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Victor Fleming
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| Known for: | The Wizard of Oz, Gone with the Wind, Captains Courageous |
| Birthday: | 23 February 1889, La Canada, California, USA |
| Height: | 6' 1" (1.85 m) |
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Interred at Hollywood Memorial Cemetery (now called Hollywood Forever), Hollywood, California, USA, in the Abbey of the Psalms, Sanctuary of Refuge, #2081.
Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume One, 1890-1945". Pages 351-357. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1987.
He directed 9 different actors in Oscar-nominated performances: Emil Jannings, Spencer Tracy, Vivien Leigh, Hattie McDaniel, Clark Gable, Olivia de Havilland, Frank Morgan, José Ferrer and Ingrid Bergman. Janning, Tracy, Leigh and McDaniel all won Oscars for their performances in one of Fleming's movies.
The only director to have two films listed in the top 10 of the American Film Institute's 1998 list of the 100 greatest American films, Gone with the Wind and The Wizard of Oz.
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