Louis B. Mayer
Birthday
1884/07/12
Day of death
1957/10/29 (73 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Dymer, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire [now Vyshhorod Raion, Kiev Oblast, Ukraine]
Also know as
Lazar Meir, Louis Burt Mayer, Louis Mayer, L.B. Mayer, L. B. Mayer, Lazar Mayer, Louis Burton Mayer, Ezemiel Mayer
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Louis Burt Mayer (born Lazar Meir in the Russian Empire; July 12, 1884 – October 29, 1957) was an American film producer and co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios (MGM). Under Mayer's management, MGM became the film industry's most prestigious movie studio, accumulating the largest concentration of leading writers, directors and stars in Hollywood. Mayer was one of the founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Acting
(1922) Seeing Stars
as Self
(2019) Sid & Judy
as Self (archive photos)
(1982) Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)
(1972) Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
(2005) Facing the Past
as Self (archive footage)
(2007) Girl 27
as Self (archive footage)
(2004) Checking Out: Grand Hotel
as Self (archive footage)
(1961) Hollywood: The Selznick Years
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2022) Rat Pack
as Self (archive footage)
(2003) Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine
as ---
(2004) So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM
as Self (archive footage)
Iconic Couples of Hollywood : Barbara Stanwyck & Robert Taylor
as Himself
(1925) 1925 Studio Tour
as Self
(1986) Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
as Self (archive footage)
(2004) Judy Garland: By Myself
as Self (archive footage)
(1938) Another Romance of Celluloid
as Self (uncredited)
(1988) James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
(2019) Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner
as Self (archive footage)
(2014) And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
(2009) 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self (archive footage)
(1937) The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 Convention
as Himself
(1952) Actors and Sin
as Louis B. Mayer (Woman of Sin sequence) (archive footage)
(2025) Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)