John Wildberg

Who was John Wildberg?

John J. Wildberg was an American copyright attorney, who later became a theatre producer.

He was born Jacques Wildberg in New York, NY, the eldest son of Jacob and Joan Wildberg.

Wildberg's most successful show; Anna Lucasta was produced in 1944. Together with Cheryl Crawford, he co-produced the first revival of Porgy and Bess and One Touch of Venus.

Wildberg's fourth marriage, to novelist Ursula Parrott in 1934, ended in June 1938 on the grounds of his intolerable cruelty.

In 1950 his fifth wife took an overdose of sedatives and died in bed next to him. Wildberg had various business ventures in London, England, and eventually moved there in 1951. He died there in February 8, 1959, and was cremated in Golders Green Crematorium.