Marvin Eliot Mirisch (March 19, 1918 – November 17, 2002) was an American film producer.

Biography

Mirisch was born to a

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familyJewish Journal: "Marvin Mirisch - Mirisch Motion Picture Production Company Co-Founder, Dies at 84"
November 28, 2002 on March 19, 1918, in New York City,''Obituaries in the Performing Arts''
/ref> one of two sons born to Josephine Frances (née Urbach) and Max Mirisch.Douglas Martin

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'', November 20, 2002 His father emigrated from

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in 1891 at the age of 17 arriving in

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where he worked as a tailor. His mother was the daughter of immigrants from

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and

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. His father was previously married to Flora Glasshut with whom he had two sons; she died of cancer at the age of 40. He was the brother of

Walter Mirisch Walter Mortimer Mirisch (November 8, 1921 – February 24, 2023) was an American film producer. He was the president and executive head of production of The Mirisch Corporation, an independent film production company which he formed in 1957 wit ...

and the half-brother of Harold Mirisch, who were also film executives; and the half-brother of Irving Mirisch, who ran a company which supplied candy to movie theatres.

Career

In 1953, he moved to Los Angeles to join his brothers Harold and Walter at

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, later known as Allied Artists. In 1957, they founded

The Mirisch Company The Mirisch Company was an American film production company owned by Walter Mirisch and his brothers, Marvin and Harold Mirisch. The company also had sister firms known at various times as Mirisch Production Company, Mirisch Pictures Inc., Miri ...

, one of the leading independent production companies. He was the executive producer of the movies ''

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'' (1983) and ''

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'' (1979). He was associate producer for '' The Human Jungle'' and '' Arrow in the Dust'' (both 1954).

Personal life and death

Mirisch was married to Florene Smuckler for 60 years; they had three children: Donald I. Mirisch; Carol Mirisch Hartmann, and Lynn Mirisch Rogo. He died of a heart attack on November 17, 2002, in Los Angeles, at the age of 84. He was buried in the

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, a

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.''Forever LA''
/ref> His great-nephew, John A. Mirisch has served as the mayor of

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, since March 2013.John A. Mirisch's campaign website

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mirisch, Marvin 1918 births 2002 deaths Businesspeople from Los Angeles Film producers from California 20th-century American Jews Marvin 20th-century American businesspeople 21st-century American Jews