Billy Wilder (I) (1906–2002) |
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Originally planning to become a lawyer, Billy Wilder abandoned that career in favor of working as a reporter for a Viennese newspaper, using this experience to move to Berlin, where he worked for the city's largest tabloid. He broke into films as a screenwriter in 1929 and wrote scripts for many German films until Adolf Hitler came to power in ...
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Died:(age 95) in West Los Angeles, California, USA |
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Writer (84 credits)
Writer (84 credits)
1956
Robert Montgomery Presents
(TV Series) (story - 1 episode)
- Sunset Boulevard
(1956)
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Lux Video Theatre
(TV Series) (previous screenplay - 3 episodes, 1954 - 1955) (film story - 1 episode, 1955)
- Sunset Boulevard
(1955)
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- Double Indemnity
(1954)
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- Hold Back the Dawn
(1954)
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Director (27 credits)
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Thanks (14 credits)
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Self (44 credits)
Self (44 credits)
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Archive footage (28 credits)
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The following works were adapted to the Broadway stage: See more »Publicity Listings:
6 Biographical Movies | 13 Print Biographies | 5 Portrayals | 2 Interviews | 21 Articles | See more »Alternate Names:
Billie Wilder | WilderHeight:
5' 11" (1.8 m)
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[on Ace in the Hole (1951)] I was attacked by every paper because of that movie. They loathed it. It was cynical, they said. Cynical, my ass. I tell you, you read about a plane crash somewhere nearby and you want to check out the scene, you can't get to it because 10,000 people are already there: they're picking up little scraps, ghoulish souvenir hunters. After I read those horrifying reviews ... See more »Trivia:
His mother, Gitla Siedlisker, was murdered in 1943 in the Plaszow concentration camp. His stepfather, Bernard (Berl) Siedlisker, died in 1942 in the Belzec concentration camp, while his grandmother, Balbina Baldinger, died in 1943 in the ghetto of Nowy Targ. See more »Trademark:
Films feature a sharp wit and characters who frequently try to change their identity. See more »Nickname:
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