Personal Info
Known For:
Production
Birthday:
July 12, 1884
Place of Birth:
Dymer, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire [now Vyshhorod Raion, Kiev Oblast, Ukraine]
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Louis B. Mayer
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Louis Burt Mayer (born Lazar Meir in the Russian Empire; July 12, 1884 – October 29, 1957) was an American film producer and co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios (MGM). Under Mayer's management, MGM became the film industry's most prestigious movie studio, accumulating the largest concentration of leading writers, directors and stars in Hollywood. Mayer was one of the founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood | Self (archive footage) |
| 2022 | Rat Pack | Self (archive footage) |
| 2019 | Sid & Judy | Self (archive photos) |
| 2014 | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) |
| 2009 | 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year | Self (archive footage) |
| 2007 | Girl 27 | Self (archive footage) |
| 2004 | Checking Out: Grand Hotel | Self (archive footage) |
| 2004 | So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM | Self (archive footage) |
| 2004 | Judy Garland: By Myself | Self (archive footage) |
| 2003 | Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine | |
| 1987 | James Stewart: A Wonderful Life | Self (archive footage) |
| 1986 | Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown | Self (archive footage) |
| 1982 | Showbiz Goes to War | (archive footage) |
| 1972 | Hollywood: The Dream Factory | Self (archive footage) |
| 1961 | Hollywood: The Selznick Years | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Actors and Sin | Louis B. Mayer (Woman of Sin sequence) (archive footage) |
| 1938 | Another Romance of Celluloid | Self (uncredited) |
| 1937 | The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 Convention | Himself |
| 1925 | 1925 Studio Tour | Self |
| 1922 | Seeing Stars | Self |
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