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Norman Taurog
Born
Norman Rae Taurog
(1899-02-23)February 23, 1899
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died
April 7, 1981(1981-04-07) (aged 82)
Rancho Mirage, California, U.S.
Occupations
Film director
screenwriter
Years active
1919−1968
Spouses
Julie Leonard
(m. 1929; div. 1943)
Susan Ream Broderick
(m. 1944)
(1916-2008)
Children
3
Awards
Academy Award for Best Director 1932 Skippy
Norman Rae Taurog (February 23, 1899 – April 7, 1981) was an American film director and screenwriter.[1] From 1920 to 1968, Taurog directed 180 films. At the age of 32, he received the Academy Award for Best Director for Skippy (1931), becoming the youngest person to win the award for eight and a half decades until Damien Chazelle won for La La Land in 2017. He was later nominated for Best Director for the film Boys Town (1938). He directed some of the best-known actors of the twentieth century, including his nephew Jackie Cooper, Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Deanna Durbin, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Deborah Kerr, Peter Lawford, Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, and Elvis Presley. Taurog directed six Martin and Lewis films, and nine Elvis Presley films, more than any other director.
For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Taurog has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1600 Vine Street.
^"Norman Taurog". Allmovie. Retrieved September 8, 2012.
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