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Charles Vidor

Charles Vidor

Personal Info:

KNOWN FOR

Directing

GENDER

male

BIRTHDAY

1900-07-26

DAY OF DEATH

1959-06-04

PLACE OF BIRTH

Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]

ALSO KNOWN AS

Károly VidorKaroly Vidor

BIOGRAPHY

Charles Vidor (July 27, 1900 – June 4, 1959) was a film director. Born Károly Vidor to a Jewish family in Budapest, Hungary, he served in the Hungarian Army during World War I. He first came to prominence during the final years of the silent film era. Among his film successes are The Bridge (1929), Cover Girl (1944), A Song to Remember (1945), Gilda (1946), The Loves of Carmen (1948), Love Me or Leave Me (1955), The Swan (1956), The Joker Is Wild (1957), and A Farewell to Arms (1957). He was married four times, to Frances Varone (1927–1931), actress Karen Morley (1932–1943), actress Evelyn Keyes (1943–1945), and Doris Warner (1945-1959, until his death), daughter of Warner Bros. President Harry Warner.

TV SHOWS APPEARANCE

acting

production

directing

writing