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Frank Borzage: American film director and actor (1894-1962).
Born (died at age 68).
Frank Borzage has 50 credits in our database.
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Academy Award for Best Director
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Frank Borzage ( né Borzaga; April 23, 1894 – June 19, 1962) was an American film director and actor. He was the first person to win the Academy Award for Best Director for his film 7th Heaven (1927) at the 1st Academy Awards. Born to Italian and Swiss immigrant parents in Salt Lake City, Borzage began his career as a teenager performing with traveling theater groups throughout the western United States He found employment in Hollywood in 1912, where he began directing and acting in short films before transitioning to feature films. Borzage's other directorial feature credits include Street Angel (1928), Bad Girl (1931), A Farewell to Arms (1932), Man's Castle (1933), History Is Made at Night (1937), The Mortal Storm (1940), and Moonrise (1948). His final credited directorial work is the historical drama The Big Fisherman (1959), before his death from cancer in 1962.
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Frank Borzage was born on and passed away on at the age of 68.
What movies or shows has Frank Borzage been in?
Frank Borzage has 50 credits in our database. Notable titles include Journey Beneath the Desert (1961), The Big Fisherman (1959), China Doll (1958), Jeanne Eagels (1957), Blood Will Tell (1955).
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