Full Name Abraham Orovitz Role Director Name Vincent Sherman | Website www.vincentsherman.com Years active 1933 - 1983 Books Studio affairs | |
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Died June 18, 2006, Woodland Hills, California, United States Spouse Hedda Comorau (m. 1931–1984) Children Eric Sherman, Hedwin Naimark Movies Adventures of Don Juan, Mr Skeffington, Affair in Trinidad, The Damned Don't Cry!, All Through the Night Similar People Ann Sheridan, Claude Rains, Kent Smith, Joan Crawford, Viveca Lindfors | ||
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Vincent Sherman (July 16, 1906 – June 18, 2006) was an American director and actor who worked in Hollywood. His movies include Mr. Skeffington (1944), Nora Prentiss (1947), and The Young Philadelphians (1959).
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- Vincent sherman tv interview bette davis joan crawford
- Vincent Sherman on Bette Davis
- Early life
- Career
- Personal life
- Death
- References
He began his career as an actor on Broadway and later in film. He directed B-movies for Warner Bros. before moving up to A-pictures. He was a good friend of actor Errol Flynn, whom he directed in Adventures of Don Juan (1949). He directed three Joan Crawford movies: The Damned Don't Cry! (1950), Harriet Craig (1950), and Goodbye, My Fancy (1951).
Vincent Sherman on Bette Davis
Early life
Sherman was born Abraham Orovitz to Jewish parents. He was born and raised in the small town of Vienna, Georgia, where his father was a dry-goods salesman. Not long after graduating from Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, he became a professional actor.
Career
Sherman arrived in New York City to sell a play and soon became a stage director and actor. As a stage actor he made his debut in May 1936 in Bitter Stream which also had Frances Bavier, later known for her role on The Andy Griffith Show. He arrived in Hollywood during the early sound era, where he appeared in William Wyler's 1933 film Counsellor at Law starring John Barrymore. In 1938, Sherman signed on at Warner Bros. as a director. His first film as a director was the 1939 horror film The Return of Doctor X, which starred Humphrey Bogart. The 2006 release of The Return of Doctor X included a director's commentary that Sherman had recorded that year at the age of 99.
Sherman quickly built a reputation for his ability to rewrite any script he was given and turn it into the basis for a successful film. It was these skills that led him to much bigger and star-studded pictures. Sherman was initially known as a "woman's director" during the mid 1940s, but his range expanded as his career developed.
After his film career wound up, Sherman ended his career in television. In 2004, he was the oldest of 21 individuals interviewed in the documentary film Imaginary Witness, a work that chronicled 60 years of film-making about the Holocaust.
Personal life
Sherman was married to Hedda Comorau from 1931 until her death in 1984. He had two children with Comorau: a son, Eric Sherman, and a daughter, Hedwin Naimark. He had a number of high-profile affairs during his life, including on-set affairs with Bette Davis, and a three-year relationship with Joan Crawford. In his memoir Studio Affairs: My Life as a Film Director, he described his relationship with Crawford and Rita Hayworth. During the last nine years of his life, he was in a romantic relationship with Francine York.
Death
Sherman died on June 18, 2006, a month short of his 100th birthday, at the Motion Picture and Television Fund Hospital in Woodland Hills, California.