DeMille — or De Mille can refer to: People Agnes De Mille, American dancer/choreographer Cecil B. DeMille, American film director Constance Adams DeMille, Actress Evelyn de Mille, Canadian Bookseller James De Mille, Canadian writer Katherine DeMille,… … Wikipedia
Demille — (DeMille) n. Cecil B. DeMille (1881 1959), Academy Award winning American film director and producer, co creator of the first feature film, director of The Ten Commandments (1956); family name … English contemporary dictionary
DeMille — DeMille, Cec|il B. (1881 1959) a US film ↑producer and ↑director who helped to establish the film industry in Hollywood. He is famous for making ↑epics (=long films about people in the Bible or in history, which used hundreds of actors) . His… … Dictionary of contemporary English
DeMille — noun United States film maker remembered for his extravagant and spectacular epic productions (1881 1959) • Syn: ↑Cecil B. DeMille, ↑Cecil Blount DeMille • Instance Hypernyms: ↑film maker, ↑filmmaker, ↑film producer, ↑movie maker … Useful english dictionary
DEMILLE, CECIL B. — DEMILLE, CECIL B. (1881–1959), U.S. film producer and director. DeMille was born in Ashfield, Massachusetts. His parents, Henry and Beatrice, were playwrights. His father was a minister, for whom his mother, born an English Jew, converted. After… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
DeMille, Cecil B. — ▪ American film director in full Cecil Blount DeMille born August 12, 1881, Ashfield, Massachusetts, U.S. died January 21, 1959, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California American motion picture producer director, whose use of spectacle attracted… … Universalium
Demille, Henry Churchill — (1850 1893) North Carolina native Henry Churchill DeMille, who had originally intended a career in the ministry, took a position as a play reader for the Madison Square Theatre in 1882, the year before his first play, John Delmer s Daughter… … The Historical Dictionary of the American Theater
Demille, William Churchill — (1878 1955) Born in Washington, North Carolina, William Churchill deMille (who altered the family name from DeMille) attended Columbia University and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Along with his brother, Cecil B. DeMille, deMille… … The Historical Dictionary of the American Theater
DeMille, Cecil B(lount) — (12 ago. 1881, Ashfield, Mass., EE.UU.–21 ene. 1959, Hollywood, Cal.). Director y productor de cine estadounidense. En 1913 se asoció con Jesse Lasky (1880–1958) y Samuel Goldwyn para formar la compañía precursora de Paramount Communications. Su… … Enciclopedia Universal
DeMille, Cecil B(lount) — born Aug. 12, 1881, Ashfield, Mass., U.S. died Jan. 21, 1959, Hollywood, Calif. U.S. film director and producer. In 1913 he joined Jesse Lasky (1880–1958) and Samuel Goldwyn to form the forerunner of Paramount Communications. Their first venture … Universalium
