Cecil B. DeMille Net Worth, spouse, young children, awards, movies

Key facts:

Cecil B. DeMille was an American film director and producer.

He made 70 feature films in roughly five decades, spanning from the silent era to the sound era.

His debut silent film, "The Squaw Man," in 1914, is credited with putting Hollywood on the map.

DeMille directed "The Ten Commandments" in 1923, which held the Paramount revenue record for 25 years.

His film "Samson and Delilah" in 1949 was highly successful, and his final film, "The Ten Commandments," is the 7th highest-grossing film of all time (adjusted for inflation).

DeMille received numerous awards, including an Academy Honorary Award, a Palme d'Or, a DGA Award for Lifetime Achievement, and an Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award.

He was the first recipient of the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award and won two Golden Globes.

DeMille's legacy can also be seen on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, where he has two stars dedicated to him.

Basic Information About Cecil B. DeMille

Category	Celebrities › Directors
Professions	Film director, Film Producer, Film Editor, Screenwriter, Actor
Net worth	$50,000,000
Date of birth	1881-08-12
Place of birth	Ashfield
Date of death	1959-01-21 (aged 77)
Nationality	United States of America
Gender	Male
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.8 m)
Social Media	↗︎ Wikipedia

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Cecil B. DeMille's photos

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1/ Filename: aada-at-the-colony-club-2vox80fj.jpg

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Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AADA_at_the_Colony_Club.jpg
Original Source: Own work
Author: DanHanDan
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
Date taken: 31 May 2018

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Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Young_Cecil_B._DeMille.jpg
Original Source:
The Theatre Vol. 4 No. 45 November 1904 p. 278. Online at Internet Archive.

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Author: Unknown photographerUnknown photographer
Date taken: Published November 1904

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Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cecil_B._DeMille_1919.jpg
Original Source: Internet Archive
Author: Paramount Pictures
Date taken: 1919

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Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cecil_B_DeMille_1937.JPG
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Author: Columbia Broadcasting System-CBS
Date taken: 16 October 1937

6/ Filename: cecil-b-de-mille-in-the-greatest-show-on-earth-trailer-udm12323.jpg

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Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cecil_B_de_Mille_in_The_Greatest_Show_on_Earth_trailer.jpg
Original Source: The Greatest Show on Earth trailer
Author: Trailer screenshot
Date taken: 1952

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Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:DeMilleTomb.JPG

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Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cecil_B._DeMille_bookplate_(exlibris)_circa_1918.jpg
Original Source: https://archive.org/details/gri_33125014431890/page/n1/mode/1up
Author: Unknown
Date taken: Circa 1918

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Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Temple_of_Dagon_in_Samson_and_Delilah_trailer.jpg
Original Source: Samson and Delilah 1959 reissue trailer
Author: Trailer screenshot
Date taken: 1949

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Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cecil-b-demille_paramount-pictures.jpg
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