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Billy Wilder was an Austrian-born American filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, artist, and journalist, whose career spanned more than 50 years and 60 films. He is regarded as one of the most brilliant and versatile filmmakers of Hollywood's golden age. Wilder was born on June 22, 1906, in Sucha Beskidzka, Poland, to a Jewish family. He was the son of Max and Eugenia Wilder, who were both from Galicia. He had two older siblings, William and Dorothy. Wilder began his career as a journalist in Vienna, before moving to Berlin in the late 1920s to work as a screenwriter. He then moved to Hollywood in 1934, where he wrote and directed a number of successful films, including Double Indemnity (1944), The Lost Weekend (1945), Sunset Boulevard (1950), and Some Like It Hot (1959). Wilder was married twice, first to Judith Coppicus from 1934 to 1945, and then to Audrey Young from 1949 until his death in 2002. He had two children, Victoria and Charles. Wilder was nominated for a total of 21 Academy Awards, winning six, including Best Picture for The Apartment (1960). He was also the recipient of the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award in 1960. Wilder's net worth at the time of his death was estimated to be around $20 million.

Popular As Samuel Wilder
Occupation writer,director,producer
Age 96 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 22 June 1906
Birthday 22 June
Birthplace Sucha, Austria-Hungary (now Sucha Beskidzka, Poland)
Date of death March 27, 2002
Died Place Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Nationality Poland

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Billy Wilder Height, Weight & Measurements

At 96 years old, Billy Wilder height is 5' 11" (1.8 m) .

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Who Is Billy Wilder's Wife?

His wife is Judith Coppicus (m. 1936-1946) Audrey Young (m. 1949)

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Billy Wilder Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Billy Wilder worth at the age of 96 years old? Billy Wilder’s income source is mostly from being a successful Writer. He is from Poland. We have estimated Billy Wilder's net worth , money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2023 $1 Million - $5 Million
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Source of Income Writer

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2012

Honored on a US Postage Stamp in May 2012 (along with Frank Capra, John Ford, and John Huston).

2008

Profiled in "Conversations with Directors: An Anthology of Interviews from Literature/Film Quarterly", E.M. Walker, D.T. Johnson, eds. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2008.

1999

Was the subject of the 1999 book "Conversations with Wilder," written by director/writer Cameron Crowe.

1996

Tom Cruise and Cameron Crowe begged Wilder to appear in Jerry Maguire (1996), but he turned them down flat.

1993

He wanted to direct Schindler's List (1993), but Steven Spielberg preferred doing it himself. Wilder has been quoted saying it would have become his most personal film.

1991

Awarded Austria's Golden Order, First Class for Meritorious Services. [1991]

1989

Long famous for the modern-art collection he put together over his lifetime (he sold only a portion of it in 1989 for $32.6 million)

1988

Gaylord Larsen's 1988 novel "A Paramount Kill" features Wilder as a character. A whodunit set in 1940s Hollywood, it has Raymond Chandler as the hero and Wilder as his antagonist, causing trouble for Chandler because of their bad blood during the making of Double Indemnity (1944).

1980

Is portrayed by Howard Caine in Marilyn: The Untold Story (1980), by Allan Corduner in Norma Jean & Marilyn (1996) and by Peter Feder in The Audrey Hepburn Story (2000)

1976

He died on the same day as Dudley Moore and Milton Berle. He and Moore both died of pneumonia. Of the three, Wilder is the only one who never made a guest appearance in The Muppet Show (1976).

1961

He is among an elite group of nine directors who have won Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay (Original/Adapted) for the same film. In 1961 he won all three for The Apartment (1960). The others are Leo McCarey, Francis Ford Coppola, James L. Brooks, Peter Jackson, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, and Bong Joon Ho.

1960

Had a long-standing partnership with screenwriter I.A.L. Diamond, with whom he won an Oscar for The Apartment (1960).

1959

He wrote five of the American Film Institute's 100 Funniest Movies: Some Like It Hot (1959) at #1, The Apartment (1960) at #20, The Seven Year Itch (1955) at #51, Ninotchka (1939) at #52 and Ball of Fire (1941) at #92.

1951

) Wilder's subsequent self-produced films would become more caustic and cynical, notably Ace In The Hole (1951), though he also produced such sublime comedies as Some Like It Hot (1959) and The Apartment (1960) (which won him Best Picture and Director Oscars).

1950

In the early 1950s, Wilder had planned on doing a film with Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. The film was to open with Stan and Ollie each sleeping in one of the "o"s of the Hollywood sign. The plot centered on a woman coming between them. The film was never made due to Hardy's failing health.

1949

In 1949 he married Audrey Young, an actress and former singer with the Tommy Dorsey band, whom he met on the set of The Lost Weekend (1945).

1945

Met Audrey Young at Paramount Studios on set for The Lost Weekend (1945), as his divorce from Judith was in progress and he had a liaison with the actress Doris Dowling.

1944

(Wilder had already made one film, Double Indemnity (1944) without Brackett, as the latter had refused to work on a film he felt dealt with such disreputable characters.

1943

His mother, Gitla Siedlisker, was murdered in 1943 in the Plaszow concentration camp. His stepfather, Bernard (Berl) Siedlisker, died in 1942 in the Belzec concentration camp, while his grandmother, Balbina Baldinger, died in 1943 in the ghetto of Nowy Targ.

1942

The partnership expanded into a producer-director one in 1942, with Brackett producing and the two turned out such classics as Five Graves to Cairo (1943), The Lost Weekend (1945) (Oscars for Best Picture, Director and Screenplay) and Sunset Boulevard (1950) (Oscars for Best Screenplay), after which the partnership dissolved.

1939

Father of the twins Victoria and Vincent (born 1939). Their mother was Judith. Vincent died shortly after birth.

1938

His partnership with Charles Brackett started in 1938 and the team was responsible for writing some of Hollywood's classic comedies, including Ninotchka (1939) and Ball of Fire (1941).

1933

He used "Billie" as his first name until his emigration in 1933.

1929

Originally planning to become a lawyer, Billy Wilder abandoned that career in favor of working as a reporter for a Viennese newspaper, using this experience to move to Berlin, where he worked for the city's largest tabloid. He broke into films as a screenwriter in 1929 and wrote scripts for many German films until Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933. Wilder immediately realized his Jewish ancestry would cause problems, so he emigrated to Paris, then the US. Although he spoke no English when he arrived in Hollywood, Wilder was a fast learner and thanks to contacts such as Peter Lorre (with whom he shared an apartment), he was able to break into American films.

1924

Was voted the 24th Greatest Director of all time by Entertainment Weekly.

1890

Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume One, 1890-1945". Pages 1206-1210. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1987.