Job Film producer * Studio executive
Years active 1915-1950
Top Roles Himself, Himself
Top GenresSilent Films, Drama, Romance, Comedy, Film Adaptation, Mystery
Top TopicsBook-Based, Money, Ancient World
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Louis B. Mayer Overview:

Producer, Louis B. Mayer, was born Ezemiel Mayer on Jul 12, 1884 in Dymer, Russian Empire (now Ukraine). Mayer died at the age of 73 on Oct 29, 1957 in Los Angeles, CA and was laid to rest in Home of Peace Memorial Park Cemetery in East Los Angeles, CA.

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He was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures. In addition, Mayer was inducted into the Canadian Walk of Fame . However he won one Honorary Award in 1950 for distinguished service to the motion picture industry.

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Honorary Award Oscar 1950
WINNER

For distinguished service to the motion picture industry
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Louis B. Mayer on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame

1637 Vine Street


Ceremony Date: Feb 8, 1960
Category: Motion Pictures
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Louis B. Mayer Facts
A self-made man who rose from his apprenticeship at his father's scrap metal business in Canada to become the highest paid corporate executive in the U.S., Mayer was not above changing the particulars of his biography. Born in Imperial Russia in Vilna (in what is now Lithuania), Mayer later claimed his birthplace was Minsk (in what is now Belarus), or a village located between the two cities. He changed the year of his birth from 1882 to 1885 (the latter being the date on his tomb), and after being naturalized as an American citizen, he decided that he would celebrate his birthday on the Fourth of July (the exact date of his birth was uncertain, though he knew he had been born in the summer). He added a "B." as his middle initial to give his name more "dignity", and said that it stood for "Burt" or "Burton."
The father of two daughters, Mayer originally thought of production chief Irving Thalberg as a son, but Thalberg's ambitions and his view of himself as the man behind the success of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer eventually brought them into conflict. After Thalberg's first heart-attack forced the young executive to take a long vacation, Mayer introduced a producer system he likened to a college of cardinals to replace Thalberg as central producer. When Thalberg returned to MGM, he became just an ordinary producer, albeit one who had first choice on projects and MGM resources, including its stars, due to his closeness to 'Nicholas Schenck', the president of MGM corporate parent Loews's Inc. Schenck, who was the true power and ultimate arbiter at the studio, usually backed up Thalberg. Some Hollywood observers believe that Mayer was relieved by Thalberg's untimely death, though he professed a great deal of grief publicly and likely was saddened by his former mentor's demise as Thalberg had been instrumental in building MGM into the greatest studio in Hollywood and the world.
Portrayed by Harold Gould in The Silent Lovers (1980) (TV), Howard Da Silva in Mommie Dearest (1981), Al Waxman in Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (2001) (TV), Stanley DeSantis in The Aviator (2004), etc.
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Canadian Hall of Fame

Louis B. Mayer


Inducted: 2004
Canadian Walk of Fame
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