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Otto Ludwig Preminger (December 5, 1906 – April 23, 1986) was an Austrian actor and film director. Preminger was born in Vienna to a prominent family. Preminger's father Marc was once the Attorney General of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Following in their father's footsteps, both Otto and his brother, Ingo Preminger, earned law degrees in Vienna.
After the war, he became well known as a Hollywood director in the 1950s and early 1960s, delivering films that were well received by critics such as Andrew Sarris. The bald-headed Preminger was known to fulfill the stereotype of the demanding Teutonic terror, in the vein of directors such as Erich von Stroheim and Fritz Lang. He was well-respected by some, but was often antagonistic towards his actors: Dyan Cannon once commented that she didn't think "he was capable of directing his nephew to the bathroom." Nonetheless, he was credited with helping break down the ingrained censorship then controlling motion pictures by dint of his demands, creativity and control.
Life and careerNotable films include: Anatomy of a Murder with James Stewart, Lee Remick, George C. Scott and Ben Gazzara; Laura, a much admired film noir starring Gene Tierney and Dana Andrews; Advise and Consent, starring an on-form Charles Laughton; Bonjour Tristesse with David Niven and Deborah Kerr; The Man With the Golden Arm for which Frank Sinatra was Oscar nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role and Bunny Lake is Missing, a cult-movie starring Laurence Olivier. Preminger also acted in a few movies; his most notable role is that of the warden of a German POW camp in Stalag 17.
In the 1960s Batman television series, Preminger was one of three actors who played Mr. Freeze. Adam West, who portrayed Batman, recalls Preminger as incredibly rude and unpleasant, and that all members of the cast were secretly delighted when he was subsequently pursued for unpaid dues by the Screen Actors Guild. Ingo Preminger, who produced the 1970 M*A*S*H movie, is Otto Preminger's kid brother. Through an extramarital relationship with Gypsy Rose Lee he had a child, writer and screenwriter Erik Lee Preminger. During his marriage, he engaged in an affair with Dorothy Dandridge, who wanted him to leave his wife and marry her. Otto Preminger died in 1986, aged 79, of cancer and Alzheimer's disease, and was interred in the Woodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx, New York. Image:BE036899.jpg Preminger dancing with Kim Novak Filmography
AwardsPreminger received one Oscar nomination for Best Picture for Anatomy of a Murder. He was twice nominated for the best director award for Laura and for The Cardinal.
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