Jean Negulesco was a Romanian-born American director and screenwriter
Jean Negulesco
@American-romanian Film Director, Birthday and Childhood
Feb 26, 1900
Biography
Personal Details
- Birthday: February 26, 1900
- Died on: July 18, 1993
- Nationality: Romanian, Spanish, American
- Famous: American-romanian Film Director, Romanian Men, Film & Theater Personalities, Directors
- Spouses: Dusty Anderson (m. 1946–1993)
- Childrens: Gaby Negulesco, Tina Negulesco
- Birth Place: Craiova, Romania
Jean Negulesco born at
Craiova, Romania
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Birth Place
He married actress Ruth ‘Dusty’ Anderson on July 21, 1946 and stayed with her till his death.
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Personal Life
He had two daughters from this marriage named Gaby and Tina.
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Personal Life
Jean Negulesco died of heart failure in Marbella, Andalusia, Spain, on July 18, 1993 at the age of 93.
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Personal Life
Jean Negulesco was born Ioan Negulescu in Craiova, Romania, on February 29, 1900.
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Childhood & Early Life
He did his schooling from the ‘Carl I High School’ but left home at the age of 12.
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Childhood & Early Life
Jean Negulesco moved to Vienna, Austria, in 1915.
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Career
He came back to Bucharest in Romania in 1919 and took up the job of a painter.
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Career
He moved to Paris, France, in the early 1920s and started the job of a stage decorator.
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Career
He left France for America in 1927, where he put some of his paintings on exhibition. He travelled across the US and paid for his journey by selling portraits on the way. He settled in California and started working as a portrait maker.
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Career
In 1932 ‘Paramount Pictures’ hired him for director Benjamin Glazer as a sketch artist and technical advisor for designing various scenes without violating the ‘Hays Code’.
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Career
Jean Negulesco published his autobiography ‘Things I Did and Things I Think I Did’ in 1984.
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Major Works