Personal Info
Known For
Production
Born
1884-07-12
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.
Known For
The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 Convention
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Rat Pack
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
Judy Garland: By Myself
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine
Another Romance of Celluloid
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Acting History
2025
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
2022Rat Pack as Self (archive footage)
2019Sid & Judy as Self (archive photos)
20091939: Hollywood's Greatest Year as Self (archive footage)
2004So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM as Self (archive footage)
2004Judy Garland: By Myself as Self (archive footage)
2004Checking Out: Grand Hotel as Self (archive footage)
2003Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine
1987James Stewart: A Wonderful Life as Self (archive footage)
1986Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown as Self (archive footage)
1982Showbiz Goes to War as (archive footage)
1972Hollywood: The Dream Factory as Self (archive footage)
1952Actors and Sin as Louis B. Mayer (Woman of Sin sequence) (archive footage)
1938Another Romance of Celluloid as Self (uncredited)
1937The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 Convention as Himself
19251925 Studio Tour as Self
1922Seeing Stars as Self