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Billy Wilder (/ ˈ w aɪ l d ər /; German:; born Samuel Wilder; June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002) was an American filmmaker and screenwriter. He was born in Sucha Beskidzka , Poland, a town in Austria-Hungary at the time of his birth. [ 1 ]
On June 30, 1949, Young married director Billy Wilder in Linden, Nevada. [3] They first met when she appeared in a small role as a Cloak Room Attendant in The Lost Weekend and were married until his death in 2002. [2] They had no children, but she was stepmother to Wilder's child from an earlier marriage. [4]
Billy Wilder (1906–2002) was an Austrian filmmaker. Wilder initially pursued a career in journalism after being inspired by an American newsreel. [ 1 ] He worked for the Austrian magazine Die Bühne and the newspaper Die Stunde in Vienna, and later for the German newspapers Berliner Nachtausgabe , and Berliner Börsen-Courier in Berlin. [ 2 ]
Kiss Me, Stupid is a 1964 American sex comedy film produced and directed by Billy Wilder, and starring Dean Martin, Kim Novak, and Ray Walston.. The screenplay by Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond is based on the play L'ora della fantasia (The Dazzling Hour) by Anna Bonacci, which had inspired Wife for a Night (Moglie per una notte, 1952), an Italian film starring Gina Lollobrigida.
The Apartment is a 1960 American romantic comedy-drama film directed and produced by Billy Wilder from a screenplay he co-wrote with I. A. L. Diamond.It stars Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, Ray Walston, Jack Kruschen, David Lewis, Willard Waterman, David White, Hope Holiday, and Edie Adams.
Wilder was married four times, but his last two marriages most deeply affected his life and character. ... He was married to his first wife, Mary Mercier, from 1960-1965 and his second wife, Mary ...
Billy Crystal and his wife producer Janice Crystal attend premiere of Apple TV's "Before" in New York City on October 16, 2024. Billy Crystal has simple advice for more than 50 years of marriage.
A scheming wife lures an insurance salesman into helping murder her husband and then declare it an accident. ... They showed the script to Billy Wilder who gave his ...