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Known For
Production
Gender
Male
Birthday
7/12/1884
Place of Birth
Dymer, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire [now Vyshhorod Raion, Kiev Oblast, Ukraine]
Also Known As
Lazar MeirLouis Burt MayerLouis Mayer
Louis B. Mayer
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Louis Burt Mayer (born Lazar Meir in the Russian Empire; July 12, 1884 – October 29, 1957) was an American film producer and co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios (MGM). Under Mayer's management, MGM became the film industry's most prestigious movie studio, accumulating the largest concentration of leading writers, directors and stars in Hollywood. Mayer was one of the founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Known For
Sid & Judy
as Self (archive photos)
Seeing Stars
as Self
Rat Pack
as Self (archive footage)
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self (archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
Actors and Sin
as Louis B. Mayer (Woman of Sin sequence) (archive footage)
Another Romance of Celluloid
as Self (uncredited)
Judy Garland: By Myself
as Self (archive footage)
1925 Studio Tour
as Self
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
as Self (archive footage)
So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM
as Self (archive footage)