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Cecil B. DeMille
(1881-1959)
American film director, producer and actor
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Cecil Blount DeMille (August 12, 1881 – January 21, 1959) was an American film director, producer and actor. Between 1914 and 1958, he made 70 features, both silent and sound films. He is acknowledged as a founding father of the American cinema and the most commercially successful producer-director in film history. His films were distinguished by their epic scale and by his cinematic showmanship. His silent films included social dramas, comedies, Westerns, farces, morality plays, and historical pageants.

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Born Cecil Blount DeMille
12 August 1881
Ashfield, Massachusetts, USA
Died
21 January 1959 (aged 77)
Hollywood, California, USA
Zodiac Leo
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  • Beatrice DeMille
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  • Beatrice DeMille
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