Leo McCarey

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Also Known As	Thomas Leo McCarey
Born	October 3, 1898 • Los Angeles • California
Died	July 5, 1969 (aged 70) • Santa Monica • California
Awards And Honors	Academy Award (1938)
Notable Works	“An Affair to Remember” • “Duck Soup” • “Going My Way” • “Good Sam” • “Love Affair” • “Make Way for Tomorrow” • “My Son John” • “Once Upon a Honeymoon” • “Rally ’Round the Flag, Boys!” • “Ruggles of Red Gap” • “Satan Never Sleeps” • “Six of a Kind” • “The Awful Truth” • “The Bells of St. Mary’s” • “The Milky Way”

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Billy Wilder

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James Cameron

James Cameron

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Joseph L. Mankiewicz

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Mel Brooks

Mel Brooks

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Ben Affleck

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Woody Allen

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