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Personal Info

Known For

Production

Birthdate

1884-07-12

Day of Death

1957-10-29

Place of Birth

Dymer, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire [now Vyshhorod Raion, Kiev Oblast, Ukraine]

Louis B. 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.

Filmography (17)

⭐ 6.5 Role: Self (archive footage)

Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood

2025
⭐ 9.0 Role: Self (archive footage)

Rat Pack

2022
⭐ 7.4 Role: Self (archive photos)

Sid & Judy

2019
⭐ 7.5 Role: Self (archive footage)

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

2009
⭐ 7.6 Role: Self (archive footage)

So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM

2004
⭐ 8.3 Role: Self (archive footage)

Judy Garland: By Myself

2004
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⭐ 7.0 Role: Self (archive footage)

Checking Out: Grand Hotel

2004
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⭐ 7.0 Role: Unknown

Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine

2003
⭐ 6.5 Role: Self (archive footage)

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

1987
⭐ 8.0 Role: Self (archive footage)

Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown

1986
⭐ 10.0 Role: (archive footage)

Showbiz Goes to War

1982
⭐ 7.3 Role: Self (archive footage)

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

1972
⭐ 6.3 Role: Louis B. Mayer (Woman of Sin sequence) (archive footage)

Actors and Sin

1952
⭐ 5.0 Role: Self (uncredited)

Another Romance of Celluloid

1938
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⭐ 7.5 Role: Himself

The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 Convention

1937