Cause of death heart attack Name Marvin Mirisch Nationality United States Role Film producer | Ethnicity Jewish Movies Dracula, Driving Mr. Pink Occupation Film producer | |
Full Name Marvin Eliot Mirisch Born March 19, 1919 ( 1919-03-19 ) New York, New York Parent(s) Josephine Urbach MirischMax Mirisch Spouse Florence Mirisch (m. 1942–2002) Children Lynn Mirisch, Donald Mirisch, Carol Mirisch Siblings Walter Mirisch, Harold Mirisch, Irving Mirisch Similar People Walter Mirisch, Hamilton Deane, John Badham, Kelly Ward, W D Richter | ||
Marvin Eliot Mirisch (1918–2002) was an American film producer.
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Biography
Mirisch was born to a Jewish family on March 19, 1918 in New York City, one of four sons born to Josephine (nee Urbach) and Max Mirisch. He was the brother of Walter Mirisch and Harold Mirisch, who were also film executives, and of Irving Mirisch, who ran a company which supplied candy to movie theatres.
Career
In 1953, he moved to Los Angeles to join his brothers Harold and Walter at Monogram Pictures, later known as Allied Artists International. In 1957, they founded The Mirisch Company, one of the leading independent production companies. He was the executive producer of the movies Romantic Comedy (1983) and Dracula (1979). He was associate producer for The Human Jungle (1954) and Arrow in the Dust (1954).
Personal life and death
Mirisch was married to Florene Mirisch for 60 years; they had three children: Donald I. Mirisch; Carol Mirisch Hartmann and Lynn Mirisch Rogo. He died of a heart attack on November 17, 2002 in Los Angeles, at the age of eighty-four. He was buried in the Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery, a Jewish cemetery in Culver City, California. His great-nephew, John A. Mirisch, serves as the Mayor of Beverly Hills, California since March 2013.