Leon Shamroy

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Planet of the Apes (1968)

The King and I (1956)

Cleopatra (1963)

Leave Her to Heaven (1945)

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Cinematographer (120 titles)

1970 Arnie (TV series)

– Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow (1970) (director of photography)

1970 Prudence and the Chief (TV movie)

1969 Justine

1968 Skidoo

1968 The Secret Life of an American Wife

1968 Planet of the Apes (director of photography)

1967 Caprice (director of photography)

1966 The Glass Bottom Boat (director of photography)

1965 Do Not Disturb (director of photography)

1965 The Agony and the Ecstasy (director of photography)

1965 John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

1964 What a Way to Go! (director of photography)

1963 The Cardinal (director of photography)

1963 Cleopatra (director of photography)

1962 Tender Is the Night

1961 Snow White and the Three Stooges

1960 North to Alaska (director of photography)

1960 Wake Me When It's Over

1959 Beloved Infidel (director of photography)

1959 The Blue Angel

1959 Porgy and Bess

1958 Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (director of photography)

1958 The Bravados (director of photography)

1958 South Pacific (director of photography)

1957 Desk Set (director of photography)

1956 The Girl Can't Help It (director of photography)

1956 The Best Things in Life Are Free

1956 The King and I (director of photography)

1955 Good Morning, Miss Dove (director of photography)

1955 Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (director of photography)

1955 Daddy Long Legs (director of photography)

1954 There's No Business Like Show Business (director of photography)

1954 The Egyptian (director of photography)

1953 King of the Khyber Rifles (director of photography)

1953 The Robe (director of photography)

1953 White Witch Doctor

1953 The Girl Next Door

1953 Call Me Madam (director of photography)

1953 Down Among the Sheltering Palms

1953 Tonight We Sing

1952 The Snows of Kilimanjaro (director of photography)

1952 Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie

1952 With a Song in My Heart

1951 David and Bathsheba (director of photography)

1951 On the Riviera (director of photography)

1950 Two Flags West

1950 Cheaper by the Dozen (director of photography)

1949 Twelve O'Clock High (director of photography)

1949 Prince of Foxes (director of photography)

1948 That Lady in Ermine (director of photography)

1947 Daisy Kenyon (director of photography)

1947 Forever Amber (director of photography)

1947 The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (director of photography)

1945 Leave Her to Heaven (director of photography)

1945 State Fair

1945 Where Do We Go from Here? (director of photography)

1945 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (director of photography)

1944 Greenwich Village (director of photography)

1944 Wilson

1944 Buffalo Bill (director of photography)

1943 Stormy Weather (director of photography)

1943 Crash Dive (director of photography)

1943 Claudia

1942 The Black Swan (director of photography)

1942 Ten Gentlemen from West Point

1942 Roxie Hart (director of photography)

1941 Confirm or Deny

1941 A Yank in the R.A.F. (director of photography)

1941 Moon Over Miami

1941 The Great American Broadcast

1941 That Night in Rio (director of photography)

1940 Tin Pan Alley (director of photography)

1940 Down Argentine Way (director of photography)

1940 Four Sons (director of photography)

1940 Lillian Russell (director of photography)

1940 I Was an Adventuress (director of photography)

1940 Little Old New York (director of photography)

1939 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (director of photography)

1939 Second Fiddle

1939 The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (photographed by)

1939 Made for Each Other (photographed by)

1938 The Young in Heart

1938 Man's Paradise (documentary)

1937 Blossoms on Broadway

1937 She Asked for It (photographed by)

1937 The Great Gambini

1937 Her Husband Lies (photographed by)

1937 You Only Live Once (photographed by)

1936 Wedding Present (photography)

1936 Spendthrift

1936 Fatal Lady

1936 Soak the Rich

1935 Mary Burns, Fugitive

1935 She Couldn't Take It

1935 She Married Her Boss

1935 Accent on Youth

1935 Private Worlds (photography)

1934 Behold My Wife

1934 Ready for Love

1934 Kiss and Make-Up

1934 Are We Civilized?

1934 Thirty Day Princess (photographed by)

1934 Good Dame

1933 Three-Cornered Moon

1933 Her Bodyguard

1933 Jennie Gerhardt

1932 A Strange Adventure

1932 Stowaway

1931 Women Men Marry

1930 Alma de Gaucho

1928 Bitter Sweets

1928 Out with the Tide

1928 The Last Moment

1928 The Telltale Heart (short) (as Leo Shamroy)

1927 Land of the Lawless

1927 Hidden Aces

1927 The Trunk Mystery

1927 Tongues of Scandal

1926 Lightning Hutch

1926 Pirates of the Sky

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Alternate Names:

Leonard Shamroy | Leo Shamroy

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[recalling the screen test he shot for Marilyn Monroe in 1946] I thought, "This girl will be another Harlow [Jean Harlow]". Her natural beauty plus her inferiority complex gave her a look of mystery. I got a cold chill. This girl had something I hadn't seen since silent pictures. See more »

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Brother-in-law of James Anderson. See more »

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The Cameraman's Cameraman See more »

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Cancer

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	STARmeter SEE RANK Down 10,249 this week View rank on IMDbPro » Leon Shamroy (1901–1974) Cinematographer \| Camera and Electrical Department \| Director Trivia: Brother-in-law of James Anderson. See more trivia » Born: Leonard Shamroy July 16, 1901 in New York City, New York, USA Died: July 7, 1974 (age 72) in Los Angeles, California, USA