Alexander Korda
Film director
1893 – 1956
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Who was Alexander Korda?
Sir Alexander Korda was a Hungarian-born British film producer and director. He worked in Hollywood the first time during the transition to "talkies", from 1926 to 1930. The change led to divorce from his first wife, a popular Hungarian actress who could not make the transition because of her strong accent in English.
From 1930, Korda became a leading figure in the British film industry, the founder of London Films and the owner of British Lion Films, a film distributing company.
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- Born
- Sep 16, 1893
Túrkeve - Also known as
- Sir Alexander Korda
- Sándor Kellner
- Korda Sándor
- Alexandre Korda
- Sándor Korda
- Sándor László Kellner
- Alex
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- María Corda
(1919 - 1930) - Merle Oberon
(1939/06/03 - 1945/06/04) - Alexandra Boycun
(1953/06/08 - 1956/01/23)
- María Corda
- Children
- Religion
- Judaism
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Hungarians
- Nationality
- Austria-Hungary
- Hungarian Soviet Republic
- Hungarian Democratic Republic
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Lived in
- London
- Died
- Jan 23, 1956
London - Resting place
- Golders Green Crematorium
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on July 23, 2013
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