Robert Z. Leonard

Infobox actor
name = Robert Z. Leonard


birthname = Robert Zigler Leonard
birthdate = birth date|1889|10|7
birthplace = Chicago, Illinois
deathdate = death date and age|1968|8|27|1889|10|7
deathplace = Beverly Hills, California
yearsactive = 1908 - 1957
occupation = director, producer, actor, screenwriter
spouse = Mae Murray (1918-1925)
Gertrude Olmstead (1926-1968)

Robert Zigler Leonard (October 7 1889 - August 27 1968) was an American film director, actor, producer and screenwriter. [imdb name|id= 0502752|name=Robert Z. Leonard.]

He was born in Chicago, Illinois. At one time, he was married to silent superstar Mae Murray with the two forming Tiffany Pictures to film eight motion pictures that were released by MGM.

He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director for "The Divorcee" and "The Great Ziegfeld". Both were also nominated for Best Picture, and the latter won. One of the most odd credits in his filmography is the film noir thriller The Bribe 1949 with its sleazy settings, slippery characters and steamy atmosphere.

Robert Leonard died in 1968 in Beverly Hills, California and was interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale.

For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Robert Leonard has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6368 Hollywood Blvd.

elected filmography

* "The Sea Urchin" (1913)
* "Shon the Piper" (1913)
* "The Master Key" (1914)
* "Judge Not; or The Woman of Mona Diggings" (1915)
* "Secret Love" (1916)
* "Danger, Go Slow" (1918)
* "A Little Journey" (1927)
* "The Cardboard Lover" (1928)
* "The Divorcee" (1930)
* "Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)" (1931)
* "Dancing Lady" (1933)
* "After Office Hours"(1935)
* "Piccadilly Jim" (1936)
* "The Great Ziegfeld" (1936)
* "Maytime" (1937)
* "The Girl of the Golden West" (1938)
* "New Moon" (1940)
* "Pride and Prejudice" (1940)
* "Ziegfeld Girl" (1941)
* "Week-End at the Waldorf" (1945)
* "In the Good Old Summertime" (1949)
* "Duchess of Idaho" (1950)
* "The Bribe" (1949)
* "Her Twelve Men" (1954)
* "Kelly and Me" (1957)

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Persondata
NAME= Leonard, Robert Z.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Film director
DATE OF BIRTH= October 7 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH= Chicago, Illinois USA
DATE OF DEATH= August 27 1968
PLACE OF DEATH= Beverly Hills, California