Profile
Rouben Mamoulian
Film Director
Male
Born
Oct 8, 1897
Hometown
Georgia (country)
Died
Dec 4, 1987
Death Place
California
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Timeline
Learn about the memorable moments in the evolution of Rouben Mamoulian.
CHILDHOOD
1897
Birth
Born on October 8, 1897.
TWENTIES

1922
24 Years Old
Mamoulian relocated to England and started directing plays in London in 1922.
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1925
27 Years Old
In 1925, Mamoulian was head of the School of Drama, where Martha Graham was also working at the time.
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1927
29 Years Old
Mamoulian began his Broadway director career with a production of DuBose Heyward's Porgy, which opened on October 10, 1927.
THIRTIES

He directed the revival of that show in 1929 along with George Gershwin's operatic treatment, Porgy and Bess, which opened on October 10, 1935.
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1937
39 Years Old
He directed the first three strip Technicolor film, Becky Sharp (1935), based on Thackeray's Vanity Fair, as well as the 1937 musical High, Wide, and Handsome.
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FORTIES

1942
44 Years Old
His foray into screwball comedy genre in 1942 was a success with Rings on Her Fingers starring Henry Fonda and Gene Tierney.
FIFTIES

1957
59 Years Old
His last completed musical film was MGM's 1957 film version of the Cole Porter musical Silk Stockings.
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LATE ADULTHOOD
1981
83 Years Old
He was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame in 1981.
1982
84 Years Old
In 1982 he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Directors Guild of America and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1709 Vine Street.
1987
90 Years Old
He died in 1987 of natural causes at the age of 90 in Woodland Hills, California.
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