Walter Wanger, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American film producer
Date of Birth: 11-Jul-1894
Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, United States
Date of Death: 18-Nov-1968
Profession: film producer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Walter Wanger
- Walter Wanger (July 11, 1894 – November 18, 1968) was an American film producer active in filmmaking from the 1910s to the turbulent production of Cleopatra, his last film, in 1963.
- He began at Paramount Pictures in the 1920s and eventually worked at virtually every major studio as either a contract producer or an independent.
- He also served as president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1939 to October 1941 and from December 1941 to 1945.
- Strongly influenced by European films, Wanger developed a reputation as an intellectual and a socially conscious movie executive who produced provocative message movies and glittering romantic melodramas.
- He achieved notoriety when, in 1951, he shot and wounded the agent of his then-wife, Joan Bennett, because he suspected they were having an affair.
- He was convicted for the crime and served a four-month sentence, then returned to making movies.
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