George Cukor

1899-1983

Biography: life and films

George Cukor was an American film director. He was born in Manhattan, New York City, USA on 7th July 1899 and died in Los Angeles, California, USA on 24th January 1983, aged 83.

His best films as a film director include Little Women (1933), Gone with the Wind (1939), A Double Life (1947), Adam's Rib (1949) and A Star Is Born (1954).

George Cukor directed 63 films (including 1 short) and appeared in 1 film.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Victor Fleming (2 films) and Edward H. Griffith (2).

His most frequent genres include: drama (35 films), romance (19), comedy-romance (14), comedy (13), comedy-drama (10), Thriller (4), War (3), Fantasy (2) and Biography (2).

Our average rating for George Cukor over all films is: 3.3

Filmography

Key: d = director; a = actor

Grumpy (1930) [d]

The Royal Family of Broadway (1930) [d]

The Virtuous Sin (1930) [d]

Girls About Town (1931) [d]

Tarnished Lady (1931) [d]

A Bill of Divorcement (1932) [d]

One Hour with You (1932) [d]

Rockabye (1932) [d]

The Animal Kingdom (1932) [d]

Une heure près de toi (1932) [d]

What Price Hollywood? (1932) [d]

Dinner at Eight (1933) [d]

Little Women (1933) [d]

Our Betters (1933) [d]

Manhattan Melodrama (1934) [d]

No More Ladies (1935) [d]

Sylvia Scarlett (1935) [d]

The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, & Observation of David Copperfield the Younger (1935) [d]

Camille (1936) [d]

Romeo and Juliet (1936) [d]

Holiday (1938) [d]

I Met My Love Again (1938) [d]

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938) [d]

Gone with the Wind (1939) [d]

The Wizard of Oz (1939) [d]

The Women (1939) [d]

Zaza (1939) [d]

Susan and God (1940) [d]

The Philadelphia Story (1940) [d]

A Woman's Face (1941) [d]

Two-Faced Woman (1941) [d]

Her Cardboard Lover (1942) [d]

Keeper of the Flame (1942) [d]

Gaslight (1944) [d]

I'll Be Seeing You (1944) [d]

Winged Victory (1944) [d]

A Double Life (1947) [d]

Desire Me (1947) [d]

Adam's Rib (1949) [d]

Edward, My Son (1949) [d]

A Life of Her Own (1950) [d]

Born Yesterday (1950) [d]

The Model and the Marriage Broker (1951) [d]

Pat and Mike (1952) [d]

The Marrying Kind (1952) [d]

The Actress (1953) [d]

A Star Is Born (1954) [d]

It Should Happen to You (1954) [d]

Bhowani Junction (1956) [a,d]

Lust for Life (1956) [d]

Les Girls (1957) [d]

Wild Is the Wind (1957) [d]

Hot Spell (1958) [d]

Heller in Pink Tights (1960) [d]

Let's Make Love (1960) [d]

Song Without End (1960) [d]

The Chapman Report (1962) [d]

My Fair Lady (1964) [d]

Justine (1969) [d]

Travels with My Aunt (1972) [d]

The Blue Bird (1976) [d]

Rich and Famous (1981) [d]



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