Cecil B. DeMille (1881–1959)

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His parents Henry C. DeMille and Beatrice DeMille were playwrights. His father died when he was 12, and his mother supported the family by opening a school for girls and a theatrical company. Too young to enlist in the Spanish-American War, Cecil followed his brother William C. de Mille to the New York Academy of Dramatic Arts, making his stage ... See full bio »
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Known For

Os Dez Mandamentos
Os Dez Mandamentos Producer
(1956)
O Maior Espectáculo do Mundo
O Maior Espectáculo do Mundo Producer
(1952)
Crepúsculo dos Deuses
Crepúsculo dos Deuses Cecil B. DeMille
(1950)
Sansão e Dalila
Sansão e Dalila Producer
(1949)
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 1958 O Corsário Lafitte (supervising executive producer)
 1956 Os Dez Mandamentos (producer - as Cecil B. de Mille)
 1953 A Guerra dos Mundos (executive producer - uncredited)
 1952 O Maior Espectáculo do Mundo (producer)
 1951 Quando os Mundos Chocam (executive producer - uncredited)
 1949 Sansão e Dalila (producer)
 1947 Inconquistáveis (producer - as Cecil B. De Mille)
 1944 Pelo Vale das Sombras (producer)
 1942 O Vento Selvagem (producer - as Cecil B. De Mille)
 1940 Os Sete Cavaleiros da Vitória (producer)
 1939 Aliança de Aço (producer)
 1938 O Corsário Lafitte (producer)
 1936 Uma Aventura de Buffalo Bill (producer - uncredited)
 1935 As Cruzadas (producer - uncredited)
 1934 Cleópatra (producer - uncredited)
 1934 Four Frightened People (producer)
 1933 This Day and Age (producer - uncredited)
 1932 O Sinal da Cruz (producer - uncredited)
 1931 O Exilado (producer - uncredited)
 1930 Madame Satan (producer - uncredited)
 1929 Dinamite (producer - uncredited)
 1928 A Descrente (producer)
 1928 Walking Back (producer - uncredited)
 1928 Hold 'Em Yale (producer)
 1928 Let 'Er Go Gallegher (executive producer)
 1927 The Angel of Broadway (producer)
 1927 O Brigadeiro Gerard (executive producer)
 1927 Vaidade (producer)
 1927 O Rei dos Reis (producer)
 1927 O Veleiro Triunfante (producer)
 1927 Dolores (producer)
 1926 O Pirata Branco (producer)
 1926 O Prisioneiro (producer)
 1926 O Barqueiro do Volga (producer)
 1926 Salteadores de Expressos (producer)
 1925 Duas Vidas (producer)
 1925 O Homem do Rancho (producer)
 1925 A Melhor Modista de Paris (supervising producer)
 1925 A Cama de Ouro (producer)
 1924 Feet of Clay (producer)
 1924 Triunfo (producer)
 1923 Os dez Mandamentos (producer - uncredited)
 1923 Adam's Rib (producer)
 1922 O Homicídio (producer)
 1922 Saturday Night (producer)
 1921 Fool's Paradise (producer)
 1921 The Affairs of Anatol (producer - as Cecil B. De Mille)
 1921 Forbidden Fruit (producer)
 1920 Something to Think About (producer)
 1920 Why Change Your Wife? (producer)
 1919 Macho e Fêmea (producer)
 1919 For Better, for Worse (producer)
 1919 Don't Change Your Husband (producer)
 1918 The Squaw Man (producer)
 1918 Till I Come Back to You (producer)
 1918 We Can't Have Everything (producer)
 1918 Old Wives for New (producer)
 1918 The Whispering Chorus (producer)
 1917 The Devil-Stone (producer)
 1917 The Woman God Forgot (producer)
 1917 A Pequena Americana (producer)
 1917 A Romance of the Redwoods (producer)
 1917 Lost and Won (producer)
 1916 Joana d'Arc (producer)
 1916 The Dream Girl (producer)
 1916 Maria Rosa (producer)
 1916 The Heart of Nora Flynn (producer)
 1916 The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (producer)
 1915 Temptation (producer)
 1915/I The Golden Chance (producer)
 1915 A Marca de Fogo (producer)
 1915 Chimmie Fadden Out West (producer)
 1915/I Carmen (producer)
 1915 Kindling (producer)
 1915 Chimmie Fadden (Short) (producer)
 1915 The Arab (producer)
 1915 The Wild Goose Chase (Short) (producer - uncredited)
 1915 The Captive (producer)
 1915 The Unafraid (Short) (producer - uncredited)
 1915 The Warrens of Virginia (producer - uncredited)
 1915 The Girl of the Golden West (producer)
 1914 The Ghost Breaker (producer)
 1914 Rose of the Rancho (producer)
 1914 The Man from Home (producer)
 1914 What's His Name (producer)
 1914 The Call of the North (producer - uncredited)
 1914 Brewster's Millions (producer - uncredited)
 1914 O Exilado (producer - uncredited)
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Stage: Wrote (w/Jesse Lasky) "California", produced on Broadway. See more »

Publicity Listings:

4 Biographical Movies | 13 Print Biographies | 1 Portrayal | 102 Articles | 2 Magazine Cover Photos | See more »

Official Sites:

Official Site

Alternate Names:

Cecil B. De Mille | Cecil B. de Mille

Height:

5' 10" (1.78 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[on the Burning Bush in Os Dez Mandamentos (1956)] Doris Turner brought me the idea which unlocked the problem of how to show the Burning Bush as the Bible describes it, burning but not consumed. Doris happened to see in a shop window a clock, shaped like a fireplace, with wavy light from a hidden source playing over small artificial logs. That does not sound like the sort of clock a good ... See more »

Trivia:

The lifetime achievement award from the Hollywood Foreign Press (Golden Globe Awards) is named after him. See more »

Trademark:

Films with strong-willed women See more »

Nickname:

The Master of Spectacle See more »

Star Sign:

Leo
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