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Film & TV
Ricse, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
Known for
- Charmed Lives: A Family Romance — Self (archive footage)2028
- Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies — Self (archive footage)2008
- The Legend of Rudolph Valentino — Self (archive footage)1961
- This Is Your Life — Self1952
- The Golden Twenties — Self (archive footage)1950
- Glorifying the American Girl — Self (uncredited)1929
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1873-01-07 ) 7 January 1873, Ricse , Kingdom of Hungary , Austria-Hungary
- Died
- 10 June 1976 (1976-06-10) (aged 103), Los Angeles , California, U.S.
- Resting place
- Temple Israel Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York
- Other name
- Adolf Zuckery
- Occupation
- Film producer
- Years active
- 1903–1959
- Known for
- One of the three founders of Paramount Pictures
- Spouse
- Lottie Kaufman ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1897 ; died 1956 )
- Family
- Marcus Loew (brother-in-law)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Adolph
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Hungary
- Place of birth
- Ricse
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- film director
- Employer
- Paramount Pictures
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Adolph Zukor 1921.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
- Work location
- United States
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- date of birth
- 1873-01-07
- date of death
- 1976-06-10
- Commons category
- Adolph Zukor
- nominated for
- Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award
- start of work period
- 1903-00-00
- birth name
- Cukor Adolf
- subject has role
- centenarian
- end of work period
- 1976-00-00
- name in native language
- Adolph Zukor
- member of
- Freemasonry
- ethnic group
- Ashkenazi Jews
- partner in business or sport
- Jesse Louis Lasky
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Encyclopedic overview
Adolph Zukor (/ˈzuːkər/; Hungarian: Czukor Adolf; 7 January 1873 – 10 June 1976) was a Hungarian-American film producer best known as one of the three founders of Paramount Pictures. He produced one of America's first feature-length films, The Prisoner of Zenda, in 1913.
Early life
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