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Early life. Wyler was born to a Jewish family [4] : 1220 in Mulhouse, Alsace (then part of the German Empire ). [5] : 3 His Swiss -born father, Leopold, started as a traveling salesman but later became a thriving haberdasher in Mulhouse.
Nov 25, 2022 · father: Leopold. mother: Melanie. children: Catherine Wyler, David Wyler, Judy Wyler, Melanie Ann Wyler, William Wyler Jr. Born Country: France. Directors American Men. Died on: July 27, 1981. place of death: Beverly Hills, California, United States. Ancestry: Swiss American. Cause of Death: Heart Attack.
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Apr 16, 2024 · Wyler, the son of a Swiss merchant father and an opera-loving German mother, grew up in the Alsace-Lorraine region, which passed back and forth between France and Germany in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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He was born Willi Wyler on July 1, 1902, in Mulhouse in the province of Alsace. His father was Swiss, his mother German. Educated in Mulhouse and Lausanne, Switzerland, he worked briefly in Paris before meeting his mother’s first cousin, Carl Laemmle.
Born Willi Wyler on July 1, 1902, in Mulhouse, Alsace (then a possession of Germany), to Jewish parents. His Swiss-born father, Leopold, started as a traveling salesman but later became a thriving haberdasher in Mulhouse.
- July 1, 1902
- July 27, 1981
Oct 8, 2000 · Born to Jewish parents in Germany in 1902, Wyler became interested in American culture at an early age. His cousin, Carl Laemmle, was the head of Universal Pictures, and in 1920 brought Wyler...
Biography. William Wyler was born in 1902 in Alsace, then in Germany, now part of France. His parents were Jewish and his birth name was Wilhelm Weiller which he never actually legally changed. The family were comfortably off and his father had a successful haberdashery business.
