Happy Birthday: Billy Wilder (1906–2002)

billywilder.jpgHappy Birthday director Billy Wilder (1906–2002)

Born: June 22, 1906 in Sucha, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Sucha Beskidzka, Malopolskie, Poland]

Died: March 27, 2002 (age 95) in West Los Angeles, California, USA

Married to: Audrey Young (30 June 1949 – 27 March 2002) (his death)

Judith Coppicus (22 December 1936 – 1946) (divorced) (2 children)

BALL OF FIREBall of Fire
1941
dir. Howard Hawks
starring
Gary Cooper
Barbara Stanwyck
written by Wilder
the major and the minorThe Major and the Minor
1942
dir. Wilder
starring
Ginger Rogers
Ray Milland
DoubleIndemityDouble Indemity
1944
dir. by Wilder
starring
Fred MacMurray
Barbara Stanwyck
THE LOST WEEKENDThe Lost Weekend
1946
dir. Wilder
starring
Ray Milland
Jane Wyman
Sunset Blvd.
1950
dir. Wilder
starring
William Holden
Gloria Swanson
STALAG 17Stalag 17
1953
dir. Billy Wilder
Cast
Don Taylor
William Holden
SABRINASabrina
1954
dir. Wilder
starring
Humphrey Bogart
Audrey Hepburn
William Holden
The Seven Year ItchThe Seven Year Itch
1955
dir. Wilder
Marilyn Monroe
Tom Ewell
Some Like it HotSome Like it Hot
1959
dir. Wilder
Starring
Marilyn Monroe
Jack Lemon
The Apartment, 1960, dir. Billy Wilder starring Jack Lemon, Shirley MacLaineThe Apartment
1960
dir.Wilder
starring
Jack Lemon
Shirley MacLaine
One Two ThreeOne Two Three
1961
dir. Wilder
starring
James Cagney
Horst Buchholz
Sherlock JrIrma la Douche
1963
dir. Wilder
starring
Jack Lemon
Shirley MacLaine
The Fortune CookieThe Fortune Cookie
1966
dir. Wilder
starring
Jack Lemmon
Walter Matthau

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