Louis B. Mayer

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businessperson film industry pioneer film producer studio executive

Louis B. Mayer was a powerful Hollywood film producer and studio executive who co-founded Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) and became one of the most influential figures of the studio era.

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L.B. Mayer 1
Louis Burt Mayer 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf businessperson ⓘ
film industry pioneer ⓘ
film producer ⓘ
studio executive ⓘ
activeIn Hollywood ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Louis B. Mayer ⓘ
surface form: L.B. Mayer
associatedWith Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ
burialPlace East Los Angeles ⓘ
Home of Peace Cemetery ⓘ
causeOfDeath leukemia ⓘ
child Edith Mayer ⓘ
Irene Mayer ⓘ
citizenship United States of America ⓘ
coFounderOf Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
countryOfBirth Russian Empire ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1884-07-12 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1957-10-29 ⓘ
employer Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
era Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
ethnicGroup Jewish ⓘ
familyName Mayer ⓘ
founded Louis B. Mayer Pictures ⓘ
fullName Louis B. Mayer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Louis Burt Mayer
givenName Louis ⓘ
industry film industry ⓘ
mergedCompanyInto Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
middleName Burt ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableFor being one of the most powerful studio heads of Hollywood's Golden Age ⓘ
building the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer star system ⓘ
shaping the classical Hollywood studio system ⓘ
occupation film producer ⓘ
film studio head ⓘ
studio executive ⓘ
placeOfBirth Minsk ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
placeOfDeath California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Los Angeles ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
positionHeld head of production at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
studio chief at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
relative William Goetz ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
residence Beverly Hills ⓘ
Los Angeles ⓘ
roleInOrganization key organizer of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ
spouse Lorena Layson ⓘ
Margaret Shenberg ⓘ
workLocation Culver City ⓘ

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Louis B. Mayer → alsoKnownAs → Louis B. Mayer ⓘ
this entity surface form: L.B. Mayer
Marcus Loew → associatedWith → Louis B. Mayer ⓘ
MGM → foundedBy → Louis B. Mayer ⓘ
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer → foundedBy → Louis B. Mayer ⓘ
Louis B. Mayer → fullName → Louis B. Mayer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Louis Burt Mayer
MGM → notableExecutive → Louis B. Mayer ⓘ
The Red Lily (1924 film) → producer → Louis B. Mayer ⓘ