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May 9, 2019 · Beatrice deMille was a remarkable woman ahead of her time. She became a successful agent in New York representing playwrights and even producing their work. Beatrice also greatly encouraged her sons...
In 1876 de Mille married Matilda Beatrice "Bebe" Samuel (1853–1923), a native of Liverpool who had come to America with her parents when she was about eighteen. Their son William C. deMille was born in 1878, Cecil B. DeMille in 1881 and daughter Agnes de Mille some ten years later.
Apr 27, 2022 · In 1876 deMille married Matilda Beatrice Samuel in St. Luke's Church, Brooklyn. Of their three children, a daughter died in early childhood and two sons, William C. and Cecil B. deMille, reached positions of prominence in the motion picture world. DeMille was an Episcopalian and a Democrat.
DeMille was born in Ashfield, Massachusetts while his parents were vacationing there, and grew up in Washington, North Carolina. While he is known as DeMille (his nom d'oeuvre), his family name was Dutch and is usually spelled "de Mil". His father, Henry Churchill de Mille (1853–1893), was a North Carolina-born dramatist and lay reader in the Episcopal Church, who had earlier begun a career as a playwright, writing his first play at age 15. His mother was Matilda Beatrice DeMille (née ...
William C. de Mille. Director: The Splendid Crime. William Churchill de Mille, the older brother of Hollywood legend Cecil B. DeMille (W.C. retained the family spelling of his name) and father of Tony Award-winning choreographer Agnes de Mille, was born in Washington, North Carolina, on July 25, 1878. His father, Henry C. DeMille, was a playwright who had six plays produced on Broadway from 1887-90, while his mother, Beatrice DeMille,...
Cecil B. DeMille was born on August 12, 1881 in Ashfield, Massachusetts to Henry Churchill de Mille and Matilda Beatrice Samuel de Mille. DeMille started acting on Broadway in 1900, and by 1913 he joined a film studio partnership which would eventually become Paramount Pictures. DeMille had a long and storied career as a filmmaker and directed ...
Mar 14, 2024 · Henry Churchill DeMille and his wife, Matilda Beatrice DeMille, were on vacation in Ashfield, Massachusetts, when they welcomed a son into the world. On August 12, 1881, Cecil Blount DeMille was born and was the second of the couple’s three children. His family returned to New York the next month, where Henry worked as an English teacher at ...
