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Carl Laemmle
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German-American film producer (1867–1939)
Film & TV
Laupheim - Baden-Württemberg - Germany
Carl Lammle Sr. (1867-1939)was a German-American film producer and the co-founder and, until 1934, owner of Universal Pictures. Laemmle, along with Adolph Zukor, Samuel Goldwyn, Louis B. Mayer, William Fox, and the Warner Brothers, was part of the group of Eastern European immigrant Jews that founded the movie industry in Hollywood, California, in the first decades of the 20th century. Laemmle…
Known for
- The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmasked — Self (uncredited)2000
- The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors — Himself1993
- Round About Hollywood — Self1931
- Sid's Long Count — Presenter1930
- Show Boat — Himself [prologue]1929
- The Broken Coin — Editor-in-Chief1915
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Carl
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- German Reich
- Place of birth
- Laupheim
- Place of death
- Beverly Hills
- Occupation
- film actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Judaism
- Image
- Carl Laemmle LCCN2014718849 (cropped).jpg
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- cause of death
- cardiovascular disease
- Commons category
- Carl Laemmle
- relative
- Robert Wyler
- date of birth
- 1867-01-17
- date of death
- 1939-09-24
- Commons gallery
- Carl Laemmle
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Carl Laemmle
- owner of
- Independent Moving Pictures
- start of work period
- 1909-00-00
- P8168
- DeKalb County
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