Cecil B. DeMille

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film director film producer human screenwriter silent film director

Cecil B. DeMille was a pioneering American film director and producer, famed for his epic biblical and historical movies such as "The Ten Commandments" and "Cleopatra."

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DeMille 2
American filmmaker Cecil B. DeMille 1
Cecil Blount DeMille 1
collaborating with Cecil B. DeMille 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf film director ⓘ
film producer ⓘ
human ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
silent film director ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award (namesake honor) ⓘ
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award ⓘ
burialPlace Hollywood Forever Cemetery ⓘ
surface form: Hollywood Memorial Cemetery, Los Angeles, California, United States
causeOfDeath heart failure ⓘ
child Cecilia DeMille Harper ⓘ
Richard DeMille ⓘ
surface form: John DeMille

Katherine DeMille ⓘ
Richard DeMille ⓘ
coFounded Paramount Pictures ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1881-08-12 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1959-01-21 ⓘ
educatedAt American Academy of Dramatic Arts ⓘ
Pennsylvania Military College ⓘ
employer Paramount Pictures ⓘ
familyName Cecil B. DeMille self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: DeMille
father Henry Churchill DeMille ⓘ
fullName Cecil B. DeMille self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Cecil Blount DeMille
genre biblical epic ⓘ
epic film ⓘ
historical drama ⓘ
givenName Cecil ⓘ
hasSignature signature of Cecil B. DeMille ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
mother Beatrice DeMille ⓘ
movement Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
surface form: Classical Hollywood cinema
notableWork Cleopatra (1934 film) ⓘ
Samson and Delilah (1949 film) ⓘ
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952 film) ⓘ
The King of Kings (1927 film) ⓘ
The Ten Commandments (1923 film) ⓘ
The Ten Commandments (1956 film) ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
film director ⓘ
film producer ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Ashfield, Massachusetts, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Hollywood ⓘ
surface form: Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
religion Presbyterianism ⓘ
residence Los Angeles ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling William C. deMille ⓘ
spouse Constance Adams DeMille ⓘ
yearsActive 1913–1958 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Katherine DeMille → adoptiveFather → Cecil B. DeMille ⓘ
Richard DeMille → adoptiveFather → Cecil B. DeMille ⓘ
Beatrice DeMille → child → Cecil B. DeMille ⓘ
Henry Churchill DeMille → child → Cecil B. DeMille ⓘ
Cleopatra (1934 film) → director → Cecil B. DeMille ⓘ
Samson and Delilah (1949 film) → director → Cecil B. DeMille ⓘ
The King of Kings (1927 film) → director → Cecil B. DeMille ⓘ
The Ten Commandments (1923 film) → director → Cecil B. DeMille ⓘ
The Ten Commandments (1956 film) → director → Cecil B. DeMille ⓘ
Cecil B. DeMille → familyName → Cecil B. DeMille self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: DeMille
Constance Adams DeMille → familyName → Cecil B. DeMille ⓘ
this entity surface form: DeMille
Cecilia DeMille Harper → father → Cecil B. DeMille ⓘ
Katherine DeMille → father → Cecil B. DeMille ⓘ
Cecil B. DeMille → fullName → Cecil B. DeMille self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cecil Blount DeMille
Hollywood Forever Cemetery → hasBurial → Cecil B. DeMille ⓘ
Cecil → hasNotableBearer → Cecil B. DeMille ⓘ
Richard DeMille → hasRelative → Cecil B. DeMille ⓘ
Henry Churchill DeMille → influenced → Cecil B. DeMille ⓘ
subject surface form: Ashfield, Massachusetts
subject surface form: Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award
subject surface form: Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award
this entity surface form: American filmmaker Cecil B. DeMille
Constance Adams DeMille → notableFor → Cecil B. DeMille ⓘ
this entity surface form: collaborating with Cecil B. DeMille
de Mille → notableRelative → Cecil B. DeMille ⓘ
subject surface form: Agnes de Mille
Cecilia DeMille Harper → notableRelative → Cecil B. DeMille ⓘ
Katherine DeMille → notableRelative → Cecil B. DeMille ⓘ
Cleopatra (1934 film) → producer → Cecil B. DeMille ⓘ
Samson and Delilah (1949 film) → producer → Cecil B. DeMille ⓘ
The King of Kings (1927 film) → producer → Cecil B. DeMille ⓘ
The Ten Commandments (1923 film) → producer → Cecil B. DeMille ⓘ
The Ten Commandments (1956 film) → producer → Cecil B. DeMille ⓘ
Agnes de Mille → relative → Cecil B. DeMille ⓘ
Cecilia DeMille Harper → relative → Cecil B. DeMille ⓘ
Constance Adams DeMille → relative → Cecil B. DeMille ⓘ
William C. deMille → sibling → Cecil B. DeMille ⓘ
Constance Adams DeMille → spouse → Cecil B. DeMille ⓘ
Eve Southern → workedWith → Cecil B. DeMille ⓘ