Douglas Sirk
(1897-1987)
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Douglas Sirk (born Hans Detlef Sierck; 26 April 1897 – 14 January 1987) was a German film director best known for his work in Hollywood melodramas of the 1950s. Sirk started his career in Germany as a stage and screen director, but he left for Hollywood in 1937 because his Jewish wife was persecuted by the Nazis.
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26 April 1897 Hamburg, German Empire
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14 January 1987 (aged 89) Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland
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| Zodiac | Taurus |
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