Leigh Jason
American film director / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Leigh Jason (July 26, 1904 ā February 19, 1979) was an American film director and screenwriter.[1] He was born in New York, New York, and died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles.
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Born | (1904-07-26)July 26, 1904 New York, New York, United States |
Died | February 19, 1979(1979-02-19) (aged 74) Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, United States |
Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter |
Years active | 1925ā1962 |
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He married Ruth Harriet Louise in 1927 at Temple B'nai B'rith, with William Wyler as his best man. Louise was the first woman photographer active in Hollywood, and ran Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's portrait studio from 1925 to 1930. They had a son, Leigh Jr., who died of leukemia when he was six years old, and Louise died in 1940, along with their second son, in complications from childbirth.[2]