COMPANY

Formed by the 1924 merger of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures, and Louis B. Mayer Productions. Best known for the James Bond franchise. Filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2010.

Official Website:
http://www.mgm.com/

Industry:
Media

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Mike Curb	Politician	24-Dec-1944		Lt. Governor of California, 1979-83
Howard Dietz	Songwriter	8-Sep-1896	30-Jul-1983	MGM songwriter, publicity chief
Arthur Freed	Film/TV Producer	9-Sep-1894	12-Apr-1973	MGM producer, big budget musicals
Jules Haimovitz	Business	c. 1949		Dick Clark Productions
Kirk Kerkorian	Business	6-Jun-1917		Las Vegas baron
Sherry Lansing	Business	31-Jul-1944		Former Paramount executive
Louis B. Mayer	Film/TV Producer	4-Jul-1885	29-Oct-1957	The final M in MGM
Dore Schary	Film/TV Producer	31-Aug-1905	7-Jul-1980	President of MGM, 1951-56
David O. Selznick	Film/TV Producer	10-May-1902	22-Jun-1965	Producer of A Star Is Born
Daniel J. Taylor	Business	c. 1956		President of MGM, 2005-06
Irving Thalberg	Film/TV Producer	30-May-1899	14-Sep-1936	De-facto boss of MGM Studios
Ted Turner	Business	19-Nov-1938		Founder of Cable News Network

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Kelvin Davis	Business	c. 1965		Texas Pacific Group
Lawrence S. Smith	Business	c. 1947		CFO of Comcast, 1999-2002

BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Willie D. Davis	Football	24-Jul-1934		Businessman, former football player
Michael J. Dominguez	Business	c. 1970		Providence Equity Partners
Alexis Herman	Government	16-Jul-1947		US Secretary of Labor, 1997-2001
Carrie Wheeler	Business	c. 1970		Texas Pacific Group

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.	Business	20-Jun-1929		CEO of Seagram's until 1994
Alexander Haig	Government	2-Dec-1924	20-Feb-2010	US Secretary of State, 1981-82
J. Howard McGrath	Government	28-Nov-1903	2-Sep-1966	US Attorney General, 1949-52

NOTABLE EMPLOYEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Harold Adamson	Songwriter	10-Dec-1906	17-Aug-1980	Time on My Hands
June Allyson	Actor	7-Oct-1917	8-Jul-2006	Two Girls and a Sailor
Richard Anderson	Actor	8-Aug-1926		Oscar Goldman on The 6 Million Dollar Man
Pier Angeli	Actor	19-Jun-1932	10-Sep-1971	Tomorrow Is Too Late
Fred Astaire	Dancer	10-May-1899	22-Jun-1987	Broadway ballroom dancer
Tex Avery	Cartoonist	26-Feb-1908	26-Aug-1980	Creator of Porky Pig and Daffy Duck
Lucille Ball	Actor	6-Aug-1911	26-Apr-1989	I Love Lucy
Ethel Barrymore	Actor	15-Aug-1879	18-Jun-1959	None But the Lonely Heart
John Barrymore	Actor	15-Feb-1882	29-May-1942	Romeo and Juliet
Lionel Barrymore	Actor	28-Apr-1878	15-Nov-1954	Young Dr. Kildare
Wallace Beery	Actor	1-Apr-1885	15-Apr-1949	Grand Hotel
Busby Berkeley	Film Director	29-Nov-1895	14-Mar-1976	Strike Up the Band
Tod Browning	Film Director	12-Jul-1882	6-Oct-1962	Freaks
Mae Busch	Actor	18-Jun-1891	19-Apr-1946	The Ever-Popular Mae Busch
Lon Chaney	Actor	1-Apr-1883	26-Aug-1930	The Phantom of the Opera
Cyd Charisse	Dancer	8-Mar-1922	17-Jun-2008	Vamp dancer in Singin' in the Rain
Maurice Chevalier	Actor	12-Sep-1888	1-Jan-1972	Love Me Tonight
Joan Crawford	Actor	23-Mar-1905	10-May-1977	What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Laraine Day	Actor	13-Oct-1920	10-Nov-2007	Foreign Correspondent
Marie Dressler	Actor	2-Nov-1868	28-Jul-1934	Min and Bill
Linda Evans	Actor	18-Nov-1942		Dynasty
William Faulkner	Author	25-Sep-1897	6-Jul-1962	Novels set in the American South
F. Scott Fitzgerald	Author	24-Sep-1896	21-Dec-1940	The Great Gatsby
Anne Francis	Actor	16-Sep-1930	2-Jan-2011	Forbidden Planet
Clark Gable	Actor	1-Feb-1901	16-Nov-1960	Gone With the Wind
Greta Garbo	Actor	18-Sep-1905	15-Apr-1990	Vanted to be alone
Ava Gardner	Actor	24-Dec-1922	25-Jan-1990	The Barefoot Contessa
Judy Garland	Singer	10-Jun-1922	22-Jun-1969	Dorothy in Wizard of Oz
Greer Garson	Actor	29-Sep-1904	6-Apr-1996	Mrs. Miniver
John Gilbert	Actor	10-Jul-1899	9-Jan-1936	La Boheme
Lillian Gish	Actor	14-Oct-1893	27-Feb-1993	Silent film actress, director
Edmund Goulding	Film Director	20-Mar-1891	24-Dec-1959	Grand Hotel
Cary Grant	Actor	18-Jan-1904	29-Nov-1986	North by Northwest
Jean Harlow	Actor	3-Mar-1911	7-Jun-1937	Bombshell
Katharine Hepburn	Actor	12-May-1907	29-Jun-2003	The Philadelphia Story
Aldous Huxley	Author	26-Jul-1894	22-Nov-1963	Brave New World
Jackie "Butch" Jenkins	Actor	29-Aug-1937	14-Aug-2001	MGM child star
Buster Keaton	Actor	4-Oct-1895	1-Feb-1966	The General
Betty Lou Keim	Actor	27-Sep-1938	27-Jan-2010	Fran McCord on The Deputy
Gene Kelly	Actor	23-Aug-1912	2-Feb-1996	Singin' in the Rain
Deborah Kerr	Actor	30-Sep-1921	16-Oct-2007	From Here to Eternity
Hedy Lamarr	Actor	9-Nov-1913	19-Jan-2000	Actress, invented frequency hopping
Angela Lansbury	Actor	16-Oct-1925		Murder She Wrote
Janet Leigh	Actor	6-Jul-1927	4-Oct-2004	Psycho
Myrna Loy	Actor	2-Aug-1905	14-Dec-1993	The Thin Man
Jeanette MacDonald	Actor	18-Jun-1903	14-Jan-1965	The Merry Widow
Chico Marx	Actor	22-Mar-1887	11-Oct-1961	An Italian con-man of a Marx Brother
Groucho Marx	Comic	2-Oct-1890	19-Aug-1977	You Bet Your Life
Harpo Marx	Actor	23-Nov-1888	28-Sep-1964	Silent harp-playing Marx Brother
Zeppo Marx	Actor	25-Feb-1901	30-Nov-1979	Straight man of the Marx Brothers
Jayne Meadows	Actor	27-Sep-1920		City Slickers
Ann Miller	Dancer	12-Apr-1923	22-Jan-2004	Kiss Me Kate
Vincente Minnelli	Film Director	28-Feb-1903	25-Jul-1986	The Courtship of Eddie's Father
Robert Montgomery	Actor	21-May-1904	27-Sep-1981	Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Karen Morley	Actor	12-Dec-1909	8-Mar-2003	Gabriel Over the White House
Maureen O'Sullivan	Actor	17-May-1911	28-Jun-1998	A Day at the Races
Joe Pasternak	Film/TV Producer	19-Sep-1901	13-Sep-1991	Destry Rides Again
George Peppard	Actor	1-Oct-1928	8-May-1994	The A Team
William Powell	Actor	29-Jul-1892	5-Mar-1984	My Man Godfrey
Paula Prentiss	Actor	4-Mar-1938		What's New, Pussycat?
Fred Quimby	Film/TV Producer	31-Jul-1886	16-Sep-1965	Producer of Tom and Jerry
Nancy Reagan	First Lady	6-Jul-1921		Wife of US President Reagan
Debbie Reynolds	Actor	1-Apr-1932		Dancer, actress
Mickey Rooney	Actor	23-Sep-1920		Actor in Andy Hardy comedies, musicals
Rosalind Russell	Actor	4-Jun-1907	28-Nov-1976	Auntie Mame
Sara Shane	Actor	18-May-1926		The King and Four Queens
Norma Shearer	Actor	10-Aug-1902	12-Jun-1983	The Divorcee
Sidney Sheldon	Author	11-Feb-1917	30-Jan-2007	Annie Get Your Gun
Frank Sinatra	Singer	12-Dec-1915	14-May-1998	It's Frank's world, we just live in it
Jimmy Stewart	Actor	20-May-1908	2-Jul-1997	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Dean Stockwell	Actor	5-Mar-1936		Blue Velvet
Russ Tamblyn	Actor	30-Dec-1934		Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Elizabeth Taylor	Actor	27-Feb-1932	23-Mar-2011	Cleopatra
Rod Taylor	Actor	11-Jan-1930		The Time Machine
Shirley Temple	Actor	23-Apr-1928		Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Spencer Tracy	Actor	5-Apr-1900	10-Jun-1967	Two consecutive Best Actor Oscars
Lana Turner	Actor	8-Feb-1920	29-Jun-1995	The Postman Always Rings Twice
King Vidor	Film Director	8-Feb-1894	1-Nov-1982	Northwest Passage
Johnny Weissmuller	Actor	2-Jun-1904	20-Jan-1984	Gold Medalist became Tarzan
Michael Wilding	Actor	23-Jul-1912	8-Jul-1979	Torch Song
Guy Williams	Actor	14-Jan-1924	7-May-1989	Prof. John Robinson on Lost in Space
P. G. Wodehouse	Author	15-Oct-1881	14-Feb-1975	Jeeves novels

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Joseph Barbera	Cartoonist	24-Mar-1911	18-Dec-2006	Hanna-Barbera cartoons
Carter T. Barron	Business	30-Jan-1905	16-Nov-1950	Washington advocate for the arts
Frances Gifford	Actor	7-Dec-1919	15-Jan-1994	Jungle Girl
William Hanna	Cartoonist	14-Jul-1910	22-Mar-2001	Half of the Hanna-Barbera cartoon sweatshop
Ub Iwerks	Cartoonist	24-Mar-1901	7-Jul-1971	First to animate Mickey Mouse
Baby Marie Osborne	Actor	5-Nov-1911	11-Nov-2010	Silent-era child star
Alan J. Pakula	Film Director	7-Apr-1928	19-Nov-1998	All the President's Men
Andy Rooney	Journalist	14-Jan-1919	4-Nov-2011	60 Minutes' resident crank

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ayn Rand	Author	2-Feb-1905	6-Mar-1982	Atlas Shrugged

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