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
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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
During his entire career at MGM, Mayer only answered to two men: Marcus Loew- who died on Sept 25, 1927 - and his replacement at MGM parent, Loew's Inc., 'Nicholas Schenck'. It was an uncomfortable relationship for both men. Schenck inherently understood Mayer's value as a the head of MGM but resented his price. The two men would fight bitterly over the years over business matters, with Schenck repeatedly planting spies (including E.J. Mannix who soon became a Mayer loyalist) to monitor Mayer's business dealings.
Lived at 332 St. Cloud Road in Bel Air (Mayer's original home has been torn down).
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."
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Canadian Hall of Fame

Louis B. Mayer


Inducted: 2004
Canadian Walk of Fame
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