Leo McCarey
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Best Director NYFCC Award OTHER [1944]
Best Director Golden Globes [1944]
Best Director Academy Awards [1944]
.Best Director Academy Awards [1937]
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    Name Leo McCarey
    (Thomas Leo McCarey)
    Build Average
    Date of Birth October 3, 1898
    Birthplace Los Angeles, Ca.
    Star Sign Libra
    Died July 5, 1969 (Aged 71)
    Location of Death Santa Monica, Ca.
    Cause of Death emphysema
    Nationality American
    Ethnicity White
    Religion Roman Catholic
    High School Los Angeles High School
    University USC (law)
    Occupation Director
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    Claim to Fame Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)

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Frank Capra [Friend] :: John Ford [Friend] :: Oliver Hardy :: Stan Laurel [Associate] :: Harold Lloyd [Associate] :: Harpo Marx [Associate] :: Groucho Marx [Associate] :: Mae West [Associate] :: Irene Dunne [Associate] :: Cary Grant [Associate] :: W.C. Fields [Associate] :: Eddie Cantor [Associate] :: Gloria Swanson [Associate]

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  • While at Roach Studios, McCarey teamed Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy together for the first time, creating one of the most enduring comedy teams of all time.
  • McCarey wrote gags for Our Gang series in the 1920s.
  • Cary Grant`s unique screen persona in "The Awful Truth" was largely concocted by McCarey (Grant also copied many of McCarey`s mannerisms, and actor Cary and director McCarey even shared an eerie physical resemblance).
  • McCarey was a devout Roman Catholic and deeply concerned with social issues.
  • French director Jean Renoir once said that no other Hollywood director understood people better than Leo McCarey.
  • Best Writing 1944 Going My Way
  • Academy Awards Oscars for Best Director 1937 The Awful Truth 1944 Going My Way
  • As a director, was considered the king of ad libbing, setting his actors up in a scene and using live interaction.
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