Deceased
How Did Louis B. Mayer Die?
Life & Death
Died aged 73Also known asLazar Meir, Louis Burt Mayer, Louis Mayer, L.B. Mayer, L. B. Mayer, Lazar Mayer, Louis Burton Mayer, Ezemiel MayerGenderMaleNationalityRussian EmpireBorn12/07/1884Born inDymer, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire [now Vyshhorod Raion, Kiev Oblast, Ukraine]Died29/10/1957Died inLos AngelesCauseleukemiaWikidataQ319682 ↗Buried atHome of Peace CemeteryTMDb#1060761 ↗
Louis Burt Mayer was a Canadian-American film producer and co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios (MGM) in 1924. 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.
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| Year | Title | Character | Age at release |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Gene Kelly - An American in HollywoodMovie | Self (archive footage) | 141 |
| 2022 | Rat PackMovie | Self (archive footage) | 138 |
| 2019 | Sid & JudyMovie | Self (archive photos) | 135 |
| 2009 | 1939: Hollywood's Greatest YearMovie | Self (archive footage) | 125 |
| 2006 | Stardust: The Bette Davis StoryMovie | Self (archive footage) | 122 |
| 2004 | Judy Garland: By MyselfMovie | Self (archive footage) | 120 |
| 2004 | So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGMMovie | Self (archive footage) | 120 |
| 2004 | Checking Out: Grand HotelMovie | Self (archive footage) | 120 |
| 2003 | Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the BeguineMovie | — | 119 |
| 1995 | The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American MoviesMovie | Self (archive footage) | 111 |
| 1987 | James Stewart: A Wonderful LifeMovie | Self (archive footage) | 103 |
| 1986 | Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the ClownMovie | Self (archive footage) | 102 |
| 1982 | Showbiz Goes to WarMovie | (archive footage) | 98 |
| 1972 | Hollywood: The Dream FactoryMovie | Self (archive footage) | 88 |
| 1952 | Actors and SinMovie | Louis B. Mayer (Woman of Sin sequence) (archive footage) | 68 |
| 1938 | Another Romance of CelluloidMovie | Self (uncredited) | 54 |
| 1937 | The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 ConventionMovie | Himself | 53 |
| 1926 | Vårt kronprinspar i HollywoodMovie | — | 42 |
| 1925 | 1925 Studio TourMovie | Self | 41 |
| 1922 | Seeing StarsMovie | Self | 38 |