The picture has made its million back in four months; I have been overwhelmed by letters, hundreds of them, literally, begging me in my next production not to swing over the shallow trash of mother love, father love, sister love, brother love.
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I was reared in an atmosphere where a great deal of attention was paid to women's hairdressing.
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| Birth: | 22nd September, 1885 |
| Death: | 12th May, 1957 |
| Nationality: | American, Austrian |
| Profession: | Actor, Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
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Erich von Stroheim was born in Vienna, Austria. He was an Austrian-American director, actor, producer, and screenwriter. By 1914 he was working in Hollywood. His first credited role came in Old Heidelberg. His directorial efforts were the lost film The Devil's Pass Key and Foolish Wives, in which he also starred. In 1923, he began work on Merry-Go-Round. Working in France on the eve of World War II, he was prepared to direct the film La dame blanche from his own story and screenplay. He is perhaps best known as an actor for his role as Rauffenstein in Jean Renoir's La Grande Illusion and as Max von Mayerling in Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard.
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