Billy Wilder
American
Austrian-Hungarian
Billy Wilder was a legendary American feature film director, writer and producer. - AsNotedIn
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- Mother Eugenia Wilder
Billy Wilder was a legendary American feature film director, writer and producer. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1906/06/22 | Eugenia Wilder, wife of Max Wilder who ran a small cafe at the Sucha railroad station, gives birth to a son, Samuel Wilder, in the Galician village of Sucha Beskidzka, south of Krakow, Austria-Hungary (now Poland). | Born | Billy Wilder's Birthday | ||||
| 1907/00/00 | Following Jewish custom, Samuel, was named for a deceased grandfather. His mother, Genia, prefers calling him "Billie", after Buffalo Bill. | Life | |||||
| 1912/00/00 | At Hotel City, run by his parents, Billie Wilder snookers strangers into playing three-cushion billiards and steals the waiters' tips off the tables. "I learned many things about human nature, none of them favorable." BW | Life | Historic Centre of Krakow | Krakow | |||
| 1917/00/00 | Billie Wilder is pressed into service cleaning Vienna's streets, shoveling snow and picking up garbage. | Life | |||||
| 1918/11/11 | As he walks home from school to home on Fleischmarkt, Billie Wilder sees mobs in the streets - looting, tearing down royal statues and K u K insignia. Fearful Austrian soldiers quickly changed into civilian clothing to avoid being assaulted. | Life | Innere Stadt, Wien | Armistice Day | |||
| 1924/07/04 | Billie Wilder passes his Matura, or exit exam, from the PrivatRealgymnasium Juranek, receiving a B in German, a B Latin, an A in math, but he nearly flunks French. | Education | |||||
| 1925/00/00 | Max, Genia and Billie Wilder move out of their Fleischmarkt flat and move to a small apartment at 15 Billrothstrasse in Vienna's 19 District. | Home | Wilder Building, Wien | Vienna, AT | |||
| 1934/08/00 | Billy Wilder moves into the windowless room at Chateau Marmont. Furnished with a hot plate, but no window, Wilder decorates his little abode with his impressionist paintings. | Home | Chateau Marmont, LA | Los Angeles | |||
| 1934/11/00 | Billy Wilder stores his belonging in the basement of Chateau Marmont and travels to Vienne, Austria, to visit his mother, Eugenia, and to try to persuade her to move to America. Eugenia, a Polish Jew, will not leave Austria. | Home | |||||
| 1934/12/00 | Wilder returns to the Chateau Marmont, with no rooms available, he sleeps in closet near the womens room for a few days. | Home | Chateau Marmont, LA | Los Angeles | |||
| 1944/00/00 | "Double Indemnity " is released. | Director | Double Indemnity | ||||
| 1945/11/16 | "The Lost Weekend" is released. | Director | The Lost Weekend (film) | ||||
| 1950/00/00 | "Sunset Boulevard" is released. | Director | Sunset Boulevard | ||||
| 1951/00/00 | "The Big Carnival " is released. | Director | The Big Carnival | ||||
| 1951/06/14 | Ace in the Hole - premieres in Albuquerque, New Mexico | Director | Ace in the Hole (film) | ||||
| 1953/05/29 | "Stalag 17" is released in the United Kingdom. | Director | Stalag 17 | ||||
| 1954/00/00 | "Sabrina" is released. | Director | Sabrina | ||||
| 1959/00/00 | "Some Like it Hot " is released. | Director | Some Like it Hot | ||||
| 1960/00/00 | "The Apartment " is released. | Director | The Apartment | ||||
| 2002/03/27 | Billy Wilder dies of pneumonia at the age of 95 at his home in Beverly Hills, California. He is buried in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Westwood, Los Angeles near Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. | Died | Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary, LA | Los Angeles |
9 Creative Works by Billy Wilder »
| Title | Type | Association | Y/M/D | Moniker |
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| Title | Type | Association | Y/M/D | Moniker |
| Double Indemnity | Director | Film | 1944/00/00 |
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| The Lost Weekend (film) | Director | Film | 1945/11/16 |
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| Sunset Boulevard | Director | Film | 1950/00/00 |
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| The Big Carnival | Director | Film | 1951/00/00 |
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| Ace in the Hole (film) | Director | Film | 1951/06/14 |
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| Stalag 17 | Director | Film | 1953/05/29 |
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| Sabrina | Director | Film | 1954/00/00 |
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| Some Like it Hot | Director | Film | 1959/00/00 |
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| The Apartment | Director | Film | 1960/00/00 |
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