Sam Spiegel

(1901-1985)

Austrian-born American independent film producer

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Samuel P. Spiegel (November 11, 1901 – December 31, 1985) was an American independent film producer born in Polish speaking part of Austria-Hungary. Financially responsible for some of the most critically acclaimed motion pictures of the twentieth century, Spiegel's films won the Academy Award for Best Picture three times, a Hollywood first for a sole independent producer.

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Born	Samuel P. Spiegel 11 November 1901 Jaroslau, Galicia, Austria-Hungary now Jaroslaw, Poland
Died	31 December 1985 (aged 84) St. Martin, Channel Islands, UK
Zodiac	Scorpio
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Lynn Baggett 1923-1960 · American actress · m. 1948; div. 1955 info edit

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Hedy Lamarr · 1914-2000 · Austrian-American actress and co-inventor of an early technique for spread spectrum communications and frequency hopping info edit view couple »

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Marie-Hélène Arnaud · 1934-1986 · French actress and model info edit view couple »

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Vikki Dougan · 1929- · American model and actress info edit view couple »

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Erica Beer · 1925-2013 · German actress info edit view couple »

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Pamela Curran · 1930-2023 · American actress info edit view couple »

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Darryl Zanuck · Friend edit info

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Charlie Chaplin (singer) · Friend · Jamaican singer edit info

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Louella Parsons · Friend · 1881-1972 · American gossip columnist edit info

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Hedda Hopper · Friend · 1885-1966 · American gossip columnist and actress edit info

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Lewis Milestone · Friend · 1895-1980 · American film director edit info

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Mervyn LeRoy · Friend · 1900-1987 · American film director and producer edit info

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Virginia Fox · Friend · 1902-1982 · Actress edit info

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Vincente Minnelli · Friend · 1903-1986 · Film and theatre director edit info

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Cary Grant · Friend · 1904-1986 · British-American actor edit info

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Charles K. Feldman · Friend · 1904-1968 · American attorney, film producer and talent agent edit info

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Howard Hughes · Friend · 1905-1976 · American aviator, engineer, industrialist, and film producer edit info

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Billy Wilder · Friend · 1906-2002 · Austrian-born American filmmaker and screenwriter edit info

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George Sanders · Friend · 1906-1972 · British actor edit info

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Otto Preminger · Friend · 1906-1986 · American director, producer and actor edit info

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David Lean · Friend · 1908-1991 · British film director edit info

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Dana Andrews · Friend · 1909-1992 · American actor edit info

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James Mason · Friend · 1909-1984 · British actor edit info

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Danny Kaye · Friend · 1911-1987 · American actor, singer, dancer, and comedian edit info

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Lucille Ball · Friend · 1911-1989 · American actress edit info

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Zsa Zsa Gabor · Friend · 1917-2016 · Hungarian-American socialite and actress edit info

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Rita Hayworth · Friend · 1918-1987 · American actress edit info

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James Hill · Friend · 1919-1994 · British film and television director, screenwriter and producer edit info

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Audrey Meadows · Friend · 1922-1996 · American actress edit info

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Judy Garland · Friend · 1922-1969 · American actress, singer, dancer and vaudevillian edit info

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Betsy Blair · Friend · 1923-2009 · American actress edit info

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Shirley Temple · Friend · 1928-2014 · American actress and diplomat edit info

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