Cecil B. DeMille



First NameCecil
Last NameB. DeMille
Full Name at BirthCecil Blount DeMille
Age77 (age at death)
Date of BirthAugust 12, 1881
BirthplaceAshfield, Massachusetts
Date of DeathJanuary 21, 1959
Location of DeathHollywood, California
Cause of DeathHeart failure
Height5' 11" (180 cm)
BuildAverage
Eye ColorBrown - Dark
Hair ColorGrey
Star SignLeo
ReligionAnglican / Episcopalian
EthnicityWhite
NationalityAmerican
UniversityPennsylvania Military College
Occupation CategoryFilm/TV Producer
Claim to FameHollywood Producer
Official Websiteen.wikipedia.org
FatherHenry Churchill DeMille
MotherMatilda Beatrice (Samuel) DeMille
Brother(s)William C. deMille
FriendsIron Eyes Cody, Henry Wilcoxon

Cecil Blount DeMille (August 12, 1881 – January 21, 1959) was an American film director and Academy Award-winning film producer in both silent and sound films. He was renowned for the flamboyance and showmanship of his movies. Among his best-known films are The Ten Commandments (1956), Cleopatra (1934), and The Greatest Show on Earth (1952), which won the Academy Award for Best Picture.


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Filmography

Selected Cecil B. DeMille film and TV show credits:


Director Credits

1948
California's Golden Beginning
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1947
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1939
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1938
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1936
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1935
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1934
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1931
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1930
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1929
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1928
Walking Back
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1925
The Golden Bed
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1924
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1924
Triumph
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1923
Adam's Rib
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1922
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1921
Forbidden Fruit
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1919
Don't Change Your Husband
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1919
For Better, for Worse
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1918
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1918
Till I Come Back to You
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1918
We Can't Have Everything
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1917
The Devil-Stone
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1917
Nan of Music Mountain
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1917
The Woman God Forgot
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1917
Lost and Won
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1916
Maria Rosa
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1916
The Dream Girl
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1916
The Heart of Nora Flynn
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1916
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
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1915
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1915
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1915
Temptation
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1915
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1915
After Five
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1915
The Captive
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1915
Chimmie Fadden
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1915
Chimmie Fadden Out West
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1915
Kindling
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1915
The Unafraid
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1914
Brewster's Millions
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1914
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1914
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1914
The Call of the North
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1914
The Ghost Breaker
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1914
The Man from Home
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1914
The Man on the Box
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1914
The Master Mind
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1914
The Only Son
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1914
Rose of the Rancho
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1914
What's His Name
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Editor Credits

1918
We Can't Have Everything
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1917
The Devil-Stone
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1917
The Woman God Forgot
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1916
Maria Rosa
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1916
The Dream Girl
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1916
The Heart of Nora Flynn
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1916
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
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1915
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1915
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1915
Temptation
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1915
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1915
The Captive
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1915
Chimmie Fadden
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1915
Chimmie Fadden Out West
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1915
Kindling
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1915
The Unafraid
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1914
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1914
The Man from Home
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1914
Rose of the Rancho
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1914
What's His Name
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Producer Credits

1958
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1947
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1939
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1938
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1936
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1935
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1934
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1931
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1930
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1929
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1928
Walking Back
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1928
Hold 'Em Yale
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1928
Let 'Er Go Gallegher
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1927
The Fighting Eagle
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1927
White Gold
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1927
Angel of Broadway, The
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1927
Vanity
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1926
Her Man o' War
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1926
The Cruise of the Jasper B
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1926
Whispering Smith
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1925
The Golden Bed
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1925
The Coming of Amos
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1925
The Dressmaker from Paris
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1924
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1924
Triumph
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1923
Adam's Rib
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1922
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1921
Forbidden Fruit
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1919
Don't Change Your Husband
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1919
For Better, for Worse
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1918
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1918
Till I Come Back to You
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1918
We Can't Have Everything
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1917
The Devil-Stone
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1917
The Woman God Forgot
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1917
Lost and Won
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1916
Maria Rosa
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1916
The Dream Girl
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1916
The Heart of Nora Flynn
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1916
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
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1915
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1915
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1915
Temptation
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1915
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1915
The Captive
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1915
Chimmie Fadden
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1915
Chimmie Fadden Out West
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1915
Kindling
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1915
The Unafraid
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1914
Brewster's Millions
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1914
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1914
The Call of the North
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1914
The Ghost Breaker
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1914
The Man from Home
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1914
Rose of the Rancho
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1914
What's His Name
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Films directed by Cecil B. DeMille
Adam's Rib (1923)
After Five (1915)
Carmen (1915)
Cecil B. DeMille
Cleopatra (1934)
Dynamite (1929)
Feet of Clay (1924)
Kindling (1915)
Lost and Won (1917)
Madam Satan (1930)
Manslaughter (1922)
Maria Rosa (1916)
Temptation (1915)
The Arab (1915)
The Buccaneer (1958)
The Buccaneer (1938)
The Captive (1915)
The Cheat (1915)
The Crusades (1935)