Leon Schlesinger, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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film producer
Date of Birth: 20-May-1884
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Date of Death: 25-Dec-1949
Profession: film producer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Leon Schlesinger
- Leon Schlesinger (May 20, 1884 – December 25, 1949) was an American film producer, remembered for founding Leon Schlesinger Productions, which later became the Warner Bros.
- Cartoons studio, during the Golden Age of American animation.
- He was also a distant relative of the Warner Brothers.
- As head of his own studio, Schlesinger served as the producer of Warner's Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons from 1930, when Schlesinger assumed production from his subcontractors, Harman and Ising, to 1944, when Warner acquired the studio.
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