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March 27, 2002 (95 years old)
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Cancer
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Billy Wilder
Billy Wilder was a Polish-Austrian film director, screenwriter and producer, whose career in Hollywood spanned over five decades. He is regarded as one of the most brilliant and versatile filmmakers of the Hollywood Golden Age of cinema. Wilder's film The Apartment, gave him the distinction of being the first person to win Academy Awards as producer, director and screenwriter. Wilder became a screenwriter in the late 1920s while living in Berlin. After the rise of the Nazi Party, he left Germany in 1933 for Paris, where he made his directorial debut. He moved to Hollywood in 1933, and in 1939 he had a hit when he co-wrote the screenplay for the romantic comedy Ninotchka, starring Greta Garbo. Wilder established his directorial reputation with an adaption of James M. Cain's Double Indemnity, a film noir. Wilder co-wrote the screenplay with crime novelist Raymond Chandler.
BornSamuel Wilder, June 22, 1906, Sucha Beskidzka, Poland
DiedMarch 27, 2002, Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
OccupationDirector, screenwriter, producer
Years active1929–1995
Children2
RelativesW. Lee Wilder (brother)

About Billy Wilder

Director Billy Wilder was born on June 22, 1906 in Austria (He dies at the age of 95, on March 27, 2002).

From the 1940s to the 1960s, he directed a number of famous films, including Double Indemnity, The Lost Weekend, Sunset Blvd., The Seven Year Itch, Some Like It Hot, and The Apartment. He won six Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Screenplay for his works.

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Billy Wilder before becoming famous

Billy Wilder was born in the Zodiac sign Cancer (The Crab), and 1906 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Horse (馬).

He was born in Austria and moved to Berlin to pursue a career as a journalist.

Achievement of Billy Wilder

He was honored with the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award in 1986.

Billy Wilder's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

On December 22, 1936, he married Judith Coppicus, and on June 30, 1949, he married Audrey Young.

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Billy Wilder Collabed with

Movie Actor Gary Cooper stars in his film Love in the Afternoon, which he filmed, produced, and wrote.

Gary Cooper (1901 - 1961) (Movie Actor)
Gary Cooper (1901 - 1961)

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Billy Wilder Income & Net worth

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Billy Wilder Height and Weight

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