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Billy Wilder

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Billy Wilder Famous memorial

Original Name
Samuel Wilder
Birth
Sucha Beskidzka, Powiat suski, Małopolskie, Poland
Death
27 Mar 2002 (aged 95)
Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Burial
Westwood, Los Angeles County, California, USA GPS-Latitude: 34.058029, Longitude: -118.4408846
Plot
Chapel Garden Estate, next to Carroll O'Connor
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Motion Picture Director, Producer, Screenwriter. A legendary, Academy-Award-winning motion picture writer, director and producer of the 1920s through the 1980s, he won Oscars for the classic films "The Lost Weekend" (1945), "Sunset Boulevard" (1950) and "The Apartment" (1960). He also wrote and directed the comedy "Some Like It Hot" (1959) starring Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis,Marilyn Monroe and Joe E. Brown. Other classic films Wilder wrote-helmed include: "Double Indemnity" (1944), "Ace in the Hole" (1951), "Stalag 17" (1953), "Sabrina" (1954), "The Seven Year Itch" (1955), "The Spirit of St. Louis" (1957), "Witness for the Prosecution" (1957), "Love in the Afternoon" (1957), "One, Two, Three" (1961), "Irma la Douce" (1963), "Kiss Me, Stupid"(1964), "The Fortune Cookie" (1966), "The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes" (1970) and "Avanti!" (1972).
Motion Picture Director, Producer, Screenwriter. A legendary, Academy-Award-winning motion picture writer, director and producer of the 1920s through the 1980s, he won Oscars for the classic films "The Lost Weekend" (1945), "Sunset Boulevard" (1950) and "The Apartment" (1960). He also wrote and directed the comedy "Some Like It Hot" (1959) starring Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis,Marilyn Monroe and Joe E. Brown. Other classic films Wilder wrote-helmed include: "Double Indemnity" (1944), "Ace in the Hole" (1951), "Stalag 17" (1953), "Sabrina" (1954), "The Seven Year Itch" (1955), "The Spirit of St. Louis" (1957), "Witness for the Prosecution" (1957), "Love in the Afternoon" (1957), "One, Two, Three" (1961), "Irma la Douce" (1963), "Kiss Me, Stupid"(1964), "The Fortune Cookie" (1966), "The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes" (1970) and "Avanti!" (1972).

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  • Added: Mar 28, 2002
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6295551/billy-wilder: accessed ), memorial page for Billy Wilder (22 Jun 1906–27 Mar 2002), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6295551, citing Westwood Memorial Park, Westwood, Los Angeles County, California, USA; Cremated; Maintained by Find a Grave.