Profile
Ted Mann
Businessman + General + Usher
Male
Born
Apr 16, 1916
Died
Jan 15, 2001
Ted Mann was an American businessman, involved in the film industry, and head of Mann Theatres. He famously changed the name of Grauman's Chinese Theater to Mann's Chinese Theater when he purchased the National General Theatre chain that owned it in 1973.… Read More
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Timeline
Learn about the memorable moments in the evolution of Ted Mann.
CHILDHOOD
1916
Birth
Born in 1916.
FIFTIES
1969
53 Years Old
The first production to his credit was 1969's The Illustrated Man, based on a Ray Bradbury book.
1973
57 Years Old
He didn't stay out of the theater business for long, and purchased the troubled 276-screen National General Theatre chain in 1973.
LATE ADULTHOOD
1977
61 Years Old
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He married actress Rhonda Fleming in 1977, and they remained together until Mann died at age 84 in Los Angeles of complications from a stroke.
1986
70 Years Old
Mann soon expanded the chain to 360 screens, but again sold off his theaters in 1986, this time to Gulf+Western, which later renamed itself to Paramount Communications (which itself became part of Viacom).
2001
85 Years Old
Died in 2001.
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