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Henry Churchill de Mille (September 17, 1853 – February 10, 1893) was an American dramatist and Georgist, and the father of film pioneers Cecil B. de Mille and William C. de Mille, and the paternal grandfather of the dancer and choreographer Agnes de Mille.
DeMille as a young man, c. 1904. On January 8, 1893, at age 40, Henry de Mille died suddenly from typhoid fever, leaving Beatrice with three children. To provide for her family, she opened the Henry C. de Mille School for Girls in her home in February 1893. [27]
Cecil Blount DeMille was a founder of the Hollywood motion-picture industry, one of the most commercially successful producer-directors of his time, and one of the most influential filmmakers in history. Between 1914 and 1956, he made seventy feature films; all but seven were profitable.
1 mars 2014 · La personne qui a le plus influencé Cecil B. DeMille est sûrement son père, Henry Churchill de Mille (Cecil ayant changé l'orthographe de son nom de famille lorsqu'il s'essaya au théâtre).
Son père Henry DeMille descendait de la famille protestante flamande de Mille, originaire de Bruges, réfugiée aux Pays-Bas à la fin du XVI e siècle lors de l'invasion espagnole, qui avait ensuite émigré aux États-Unis en 1658 [7], et il était membre actif de l'Église épiscopalienne américaine.
- 12 août 1881Ashfield (Massachusetts)
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Henry C. de Mille. (1855) Quick Reference. (1855?–93), playwright. De Mille came to New York from his North Carolina home with the intention of studying for the clergy, but his exposure to the theatre changed his plans. ... From: de Mille, Henry C [hurchill] in The Oxford Companion to American Theatre » Subjects: Performing arts — Theatre.
Cecil B. DeMille. Producer: The Ten Commandments. His parents Henry C. DeMille and Beatrice DeMille were playwrights. His father died when he was 12, and his mother supported the family by opening a school for girls and a theatrical company. Too young to enlist in the Spanish-American War, Cecil followed his brother William C. de Mille to the ...
