
BillyWilder His birth name was Samuel Wilder.
Facts about Billy Wilder • He was born on 22 June 1906. • He was the son of Max and Eugenia Wilder. • He was born in Sucha, Poland (then part of the Austro-Hungarian empire).
More facts about Billy Wilder • He married Judith Coppicus in 1936, they had two kids, but divorced 10 years later. • He remarried Audrey Young in 1949.
What Billy Wilder did • He was a very popular movie director and a screen writer. • He became a producer and a director while working with Charles Brackett. • Some of his most famous works are Ninotchka, Ball of Fire, Five Graves to Cairo, The Lost Weekend, and Sunset Blvd. • He retired in 1981.
Hobbies and other Interests • I was unable to find any.
Date of Death • Billy Wilder died on March 27, 2002 in Los Angeles, California.
Works Citied • http://histclo.com/bio/w/bio-wilderb.html • http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000697/