Louis B. Mayer

Personal Info

Birthday

July 12, 1884

Day of Death

1957-10-29

(73 years old)

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

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

Showbiz Goes to War

Actors and Sin

Filmography

2025
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
2022
Rat Pack
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Sid & Judy
as Self (archive photos)
2014
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
2009
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self (archive footage)
2007
Girl 27
as Self (archive footage)
2004
So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM
as Self (archive footage)
Judy Garland: By Myself
as Self (archive footage)
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
as Self (archive footage)
1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
1986
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
as Self (archive footage)
1982
Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)
1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
1961
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1952
Actors and Sin
as Louis B. Mayer (Woman of Sin sequence) (archive footage)
1938
Another Romance of Celluloid
as Self (uncredited)
1937
The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 Convention
as Himself
1925
1925 Studio Tour
as Self
1922
Seeing Stars
as Self