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Personal Info
Known For
Production
Birthday
July 12, 1884
Died
October 29, 1957
Place of Birth
Dymer, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire [now Vyshhorod Raion, Kiev Oblast, Ukraine]
Also Known As
- Lazar Meir
- Louis Burt Mayer
- Louis Mayer
- L.B. Mayer
- L. B. Mayer
- Lazar Mayer
- Louis Burton Mayer
- Ezemiel Mayer
Louis B. Mayer
0.1 Popularity
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Louis Burt Mayer (born Lazar Meir in the Russian Empire; July 12, 1884 – October 29, 1957) was an American film producer and co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios (MGM). Under Mayer's management, MGM became the film industry's most prestigious movie studio, accumulating the largest concentration of leading writers, directors and stars in Hollywood. Mayer was one of the founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Known For
6.4
Self (archive footage)
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
2025
9.0
Self (archive footage)
Rat Pack
2022
7.4
Self (archive photos)
Sid & Judy
2019
9.5
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood, The Dream Life of Lana Turner
2019
7.0
Self (archive footage)
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
7.5
Self (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
6.4
Self (archive footage)
Girl 27
2007
7.0
Self (archive footage)
So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM
2004
7.5
Self (archive footage)
Judy Garland: By Myself
2004
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7.0
Self (archive footage)
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004
Credits
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
2025
6.4
Rat Pack
as Self (archive footage)
2022
9.0
Sid & Judy
as Self (archive photos)
2019
7.4
Hollywood, The Dream Life of Lana Turner
as Self (archive footage)
2019
9.5
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
2014
7.0
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self (archive footage)
2009
7.5
Girl 27
as Self (archive footage)
2007
6.4
So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM
as Self (archive footage)
2004
7.0
Judy Garland: By Myself
as Self (archive footage)
2004
7.5
🎬
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
as Self (archive footage)
2004
7.0
🎬
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine
2003
0.0
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
1988
6.0
🎬
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
as Self (archive footage)
1986
8.0
Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)
1982
10.0
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
1972
6.0
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1961
3.3
Actors and Sin
as Louis B. Mayer (Woman of Sin sequence) (archive footage)
1952
5.2
Another Romance of Celluloid
as Self (uncredited)
1938
5.0
🎬
The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 Convention
as Himself
1937
6.0
1925 Studio Tour
as Self
1925
6.2
Seeing Stars
as Self
1922
4.9