Biography: Billy Wilder
Called 'Billie' by his mother, a fan of William Cody, Wilder became a reporter for the yellow press when his father moved his family from rural Galicia to Vienna just before World War I.
Dec 2nd, 2008 |
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Called 'Billie' by his mother, a fan of William Cody, Wilder became a reporter for the yellow press when his father moved his family from rural Galicia to Vienna just before World War I.
The younger brother of director Robert Siodmak, Curt Siodmak earned a PhD in mathematics before turning to writing novels.
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