Otto Preminger

Otto Ludwig Preminger (December 5, 1906 – April 23, 1986) was a film director. Born in Vienna, of assimilated Jewish ancestry, he worked with Max Reinhardt before emigrating to America. At first he directed and acted for 20th Century Fox, his Austrian accent typecasting him as a screen Nazi.

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December 5 - 1906 - April 23 - 1986 - Film director - Vienna - Jew - Max Reinhardt - 20th Century Fox - Austria - Nazi

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After the war, he became one of the most consistent Hollywood directors of the 1950s and early 1960s — delivering intelligent and entertaining films, often literary adaptations, albeit rather melodramatic or heavy-going on occasion.

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Hollywood - Directors - 1950s - 1960s - Melodrama

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He was known as a stern, forbidding character, similar to Erich von Stroheim and Fritz Lang in fulfilling the stereotype of a demanding Germanic film director. He was well-respected by some, but was often antagonistic towards his actors: Dyan Cannon once commented that she didn't think "he was capable of directing his nephew to the bathroom."

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Erich von Stroheim - Fritz Lang - Dyan Cannon

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Notable films include Anatomy of a Murder with James Stewart and Ben Gazzara, Advise and Consent with an on-form Charles Laughton, and Bonjour Tristesse with David Niven and Deborah Kerr.

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James Stewart - Ben Gazzara - Charles Laughton - Bonjour Tristesse - David Niven - Deborah Kerr

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In the 1960s Batman television series, Otto was one of three actors who played Mr. Freeze.

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Through a relationship with Gypsy Rose Lee he had one child, the screenwriter Erik Lee Preminger.

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Gypsy Rose Lee - Screenwriter - Erik Lee Preminger

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Otto Preminger died in 1986 and was interred in the Woodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx, New York.

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Woodlawn Cemetery - The Bronx - New York

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