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Henry Koster (1905–1988)

Henry Koster was born Herman Kosterlitz in Berlin, Germany, on May 1, 1905. His maternal grandfather was a famous operatic tenor, Julius Salomon (who died of tuberculosis in the 1880s). His father was a salesman of ladies unmentionables who left the family while Henry was at a young age, leaving him to support the family... See full bio »

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Filmography

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1966 The Singing Nun
 
1965 Dear Brigitte
 
1958 The Naked Maja
 
1958 Fräulein
 
1957 My Man Godfrey
 
1954 Desirée
 
1953 The Robe
 
1952 Full House (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
 
1951 Elopement
 
1950 Harvey
 
1950 My Blue Heaven
 
1950 Wabash Avenue
 
1940 Spring Parade
 
1939 First Love
 
1936 Catherine the Last (as Herman Kosterlitz)
 
1935 Affairs of Maupassant (as Hermann Kosterlitz)
 
1935 A csúnya lány (as Herman Kosterlitz)
 
1935 The Cross-Patch (as Hermann Kosterlitz)
 
1935 Little Mother (as Herman Kosterlitz)
 
1935 Affairs of Maupassant (as Hermann Kösterlitz)
 
1934 Peter (as Hermann Kösterlitz)
 
1933 Das häßliche Mädchen (as Hermann Kosterlitz)
 
1932 Das Abenteuer der Thea Roland (as Hermann Kosterlitz)
 
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1967 Eine Handvoll Helden (story)
 
1943 Jane Eyre (uncredited)
 
1937 Troopship
 
1935 Affairs of Maupassant (screenplay / as Hermann Kosterlitz)
 
1935 L'or dans la rue (as Hermann Kosterlitz)
 
1935 Ball im Savoy (manuscript / as Hermann Kosterlitz)
 
1935 Affairs of Maupassant (screenplay / as Hermann Kösterlitz)
 
1934 Moscow Nights (as Hermann Kosterlitz)
 
1934 Polenblut
 
1934 Hard Luck Mary
 
1934 L'amour en cage
 
1933 Toto (screenplay / as Hermann Kosterlitz)
 
1933 The Tunnel (uncredited)
 
1933 Weaker Sex (uncredited)
 
1933 Das häßliche Mädchen (as Hermann Kosterlitz)
 
1932 Der Rebell (uncredited)
 
1932 Coeurs joyeux (screenplay / as Hermann Kosterlitz)
 
1932 Fünf von der Jazzband (as Hermann Kosterlitz)
 
1932 El hombre que asesinó (screenplay / as Hermann Kosterlitz)
 
1931 Leichtsinnige Jugend (as Hermann Kosterlitz)
 
1931 Ich bleib bei Dir (as Hermann Kosterlitz)
 
1931 Wer nimmt die Liebe ernst... (as Hermann Kosterlitz)
 
1931 Seine Freundin Annette (dialogue / as Hermann Kosterlitz)
 
1931 Le réquisitoire (as Hermann Kosterlitz)
 
1931 Der Mann, der den Mord beging (screenplay / as Hermann Kosterlitz)
 
1931 Weib im Dschungel (dialogue / as Hermann Kosterlitz)
 
1931 Stamboul (screenplay / as Hermann Kosterlitz)
 
1930 Une femme a menti (as Hermann Kosterlitz)
 
1930 Thirteen Men and a Girl (as Hermann Kosterlitz / story "Jena")
 
1930 La lettre (scenario / as Hermann Kosterlitz)
 
1930 L'homme qui assassina (screenplay / as Hermann Kosterlitz)
 
1929 Sündig und süß (writer)
 
1929 Diary of a Coquette (as Hermann Kosterlitz)
 
1929 The Last Fort (as Hermann Kosterlitz)
 
1929 Liebfraumilch (as Hermann Kosterlitz)
 
1929 Hrích (screenplay / as Hermann Kosterlitz / story / as Hermann Kosterlitz)
 
1927 Eins + Eins = Drei (as Hermann Kosterlitz)
 
1927 Kinderseelen klagen euch an (as Hermann Kosterlitz)
 
1927 Prinz Louis Ferdinand (as Hermann Kosterlitz)
 
1926 Wenn Menschen irren. Frauen auf Irrwegen (as Hermann Kosterlitz)
 
1926 Orphan of Lowood (as Hermann Kosterlitz)
 
1925 Die Dame aus Berlin (as Hermann Kosterlitz)
 
1925 Die große Gelegenheit (as Hermann Kosterlitz)
 
Show ShowProducer (5 titles)
1965 Dear Brigitte (producer)
 
1963 Take Her, She's Mine (producer)
 
1942 Between Us Girls (producer)
 
1939 First Love (producer)
 
1938 The Rage of Paris (producer - uncredited)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
2005 Unwanted Cinema (documentary)
 

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There Goes the Bride -- A businessman's daughter runs away from an arranged marriage, only to find herself penniless and suspected of theft after she becomes the victim of a bag thief in the train... The Bishop's Wife -- Bishop Henry asks Dudley to perform a miracle in order to prove to him that he's an angel. The Robe -- US Home Video Trailer from 20th Century Fox
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Personal Details


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1 Print Biography  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Hermann Kosterlitz | Herman Kosterlitz | Hermann Kösterlitz

Height:

5' 10" (1.78 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[Of Robert Taylor] Really easy to work with, and a wonderful gentleman. The only trouble with him was he couldn't give up smoking, and he killed himself. He was warned that if he didn't give up smoking ---. He tried and tried, and told me the old joke of Mark Twain, about how giving up smoking was easy; Mark Twain had done it twice a week... See more »

Trivia:

Directed 6 different actors in Oscar-nominated performances: Cecil Kellaway, Loretta Young, Celeste Holm, Elsa Lanchester, Josephine Hull, James Stewart and Richard Burton. Hull won an Oscar for Harvey. See more »

Star Sign:

Taurus