Otto Preminger Biography (1906-1986)

Born December 5, 1906, in Vienna, Austria; died of cancer in New York, NY, April 23, 1986; son of Marc (a lawyer) and Josefa Preminger; married Marion Mill (marriage ended); married Mary Gardner (divorced, 1960); married Patricia Hope Bryce, March, 1960; children: (third marriage) Victoria and Mark (twins);Erik Kirkland (son of Gypsy Rose Lee).

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Birth Details: December 5, 1906; Vienna, Austria
Death Details: April 23, 1986; New York, New York, United States

Famous Works

Credits
DEBUT--Lysander, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Max Reinhardt Company, Vienna, Austria, 1930.
Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE APPEARANCES
With Max Reinhardt troupe, Theatre-in-Josefstadt, Vienna.
Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE WORK
Director, with Max Reinhardt troupe, Vienna, 1935-40.
director, Margin for Error, Broadway production, NY, 1939.
producer and director, The Moon Is Blue, Henry Miller's Theatre, NY, 1951.
director, Critic's Choice, Morosco Theatre, NY, 1960.
Also, director, Full Circle, Broadway production; director,A Midsummer Night's Dream, Broadway production; Outward Bound, Broadway production.
Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM APPEARANCES
Major Diessen, The Pied Piper, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1942.
They Got Me Covered, Paramount, 1943.
Margin for Error, 1943.
Oberst von Scherbach, Stalag 17, Paramount, 1953.
Hollywood on Trial, 1977.
Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM WORK; DIRECTOR
Die Grosse Liebe, 1932.
Under Your Spell, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1936.
Danger--Love at Work, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1937.
Margin for Error, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1943.
In the Meantime, Darling, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1944.
and producer, Laura, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1944.

A Royal Scandal, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1945.
and producer, Fallen Angel, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1945.
Centennial Summer, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1946.
Forever Amber, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1947.
Daisy Kenyon, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1947.
and producer, That Lady in Ermine (replacing Ernst Lubitsch), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1948.
The Fan, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1949.
Whirlpool, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1949.
Where the Sidewalk Ends, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1950.
The Thirteenth Letter, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1951.
Angel Face, RKO, 1952.
and producer, The Moon Is Blue, United Artists, 1953.
River of No Return, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1954.
and producer, Carmen Jones, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1954.
The Court Martial of Billy Mitchell, Warner Brothers, 1955.
and producer, The Man with the Golden Arm, United Artists, 1956.
and producer, Saint Joan, United Artists, 1957.
Bonjour Tristesse, Columbia, 1958.
and producer, Porgy and Bess (replacing Rouben Mamoulian), Columbia, 1959.
and producer, Anatomy of a Murder, Columbia, 1959.
and producer, Exodus, United Artists, 1960.
Advise and Consent, Columbia, 1962.
The Cardinal, Columbia, 1963.
and producer, In Harm's Way, Paramount, 1965.
Bunny Lake Is Missing, Columbia, 1965.
and producer, Hurry Sundown, Paramount, 1967.
Skidoo, Paramount, 1968.
and producer, Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon, Paramount, 1970.
and producer, Such Good Friends, Paramount, 1971.
Rosebud, United Artists, 1975.
and producer, The Human Factor, Bryanston, 1975.
Writings;AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Preminger, Doubleday, 1977.

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