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Canadian-American film producer
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Louis Burt Mayer (born Lazar Meir; July 12, 1884 – October 29, 1957) was a Canadian-American film producer and co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios (MGM) in 1924. 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 born in the Russian Empire and grew up poor in Saint John, New Brunswick. Wikipedia
- July 12, 1884, Dymer, Ukraine
- October 29, 1957, Los Angeles, California, United States
- Leukemia
- 5'6" (1.68m)
- Lorena Layson(m 1948 - 1957), Margaret Shenberg Mayer(m 1904 - 1947)
- Irene Mayer Selznick
- Jacob Meir, Sarah Meltzer
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Louis B. Mayer Pictures, Metro Pictures
- Republican Party (United States)
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