Marvin Mirisch

Marvin Mirisch
Born Marvin Eliot Mirisch
(1918-03-19)March 19, 1918
New York, New York, U.S.
Died November 17, 2002(2002-11-17) (aged 84)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Cause of death heart attack
Nationality American
Occupation Film producer
Spouse(s) Florence Smuckler (1942-2002); his death
Children Don Mirisch
Carol Mirisch Hartmann
Lynn Mirisch Rogo
Parent(s) Josephine Urbach Mirisch
Max Mirisch
Family Walter Mirisch (brother)
Harold Mirisch (half-brother)
John A. Mirisch (great-nephew)

Marvin Eliot Mirisch (1918–2002) was an American film producer.

Biography

Mirisch was born to a Jewish family[1] on March 19, 1918 in New York City,[2][3] one of two sons born to Josephine Frances (née Urbach) and Max Mirisch.[4][5] His father emigrated from Krakow in 1891 at the age of 17 arriving in New York City where he worked as a tailor.[5] His mother was the daughter of immigrants from Hungary and Poland.[5] His father was previously married to Flora Glasshut with whom he had two sons; she died of cancer at the age of 40.[5] He was the brother of Walter Mirisch and the half-brother of Harold Mirisch, who were also film executives; and the half-brother of Irving Mirisch, who ran a company which supplied candy to movie theatres.[4]

Career

In 1953, he moved to Los Angeles to join his brothers Harold and Walter at Monogram Pictures, later known as Allied Artists International.[3] In 1957, they founded The Mirisch Company, one of the leading independent production companies.[4] He was the executive producer of the movies Romantic Comedy (1983) and Dracula (1979).[2] He was associate producer for The Human Jungle (1954) and Arrow in the Dust (1954).[2]

Personal life and death

Mirisch was married to Florene Smuckler[6] for 60 years; they had three children:[1] Donald I. Mirisch;[7] Carol Mirisch Hartmann, and Lynn Mirisch Rogo.[1] He died of a heart attack on November 17, 2002 in Los Angeles, at the age of eighty-four.[2][3][4] He was buried in the Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery, a Jewish cemetery in Culver City, California.[3] His great-nephew, John A. Mirisch, serves as the Mayor of Beverly Hills, California since March 2013.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Jewish Journal: "Marvin Mirisch - Mirisch Motion Picture Production Company Co-Founder, Dies at 84" November 28, 2002
  2. 1 2 3 4 imdb
  3. 1 2 3 4 FindAGrave
  4. 1 2 3 4 Douglas Martin, Marvin Mirisch, 84, Hollywood Producer of 60's, The New York Times, November 20, 2002
  5. 1 2 3 4 Mirisch, Walter. "I Thought We Were Making Movies, Not History". University of Wisconsin Press. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Florene S. Mirisch". Los Angeles Times. August 22, 2006.
  7. ↑ Los Angeles Times: "Donald I Marisch Obituary August 1, 2014
  8. ↑ John A. Mirisch's campaign website Archived April 16, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.
  • "Mirisch family tree". University of California.


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