Louis B. Mayer, Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney c. 1939
Caption: Louis B. Mayer, Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney c. 1939
Miscellaneous Crew, Producer, Production Manager
Born: July 12, 1884
Star sign: Cancer
Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m)
Known for: Greed (1924), That's Entertainment! (1974), He Who Gets Slapped (1924), Sowing the Wind (1921)
Source: IMDB
Mayer was born Lazar Mayer in the Ukraine and grew up in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada after his parents fled Russian oppression in 1886. He had a brutal childhood, raised in poverty and suffering physical and emotional abuse from his nearly-illiterate peddler father. In the early 1890s, he changed his name to Louis and fudged his birth date ...