Todd, Mike, 1909-1958
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Name (Latin)
Todd, Mike, 1909-1958
Other forms of name
Todd, Michael, 1909-1958
Goldbogen, Avrom Hirsch
Date of birth
1909-06-22
Date of death
1958-03-22
Place of birth
Minneapolis (Minn.)
Place of death
Grants (N.M.)
Other associated place
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Occupation
Producers and directors
Theatrical producers and directors Motion picture producers and directors
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Michael Todd's Around the world in 80 days, c1956.
- Halliwell's filmgoer's comp., 1993(Todd, Mike; AKA Avrom Goldenborgen)
- Mike Todd's Broadway, 1958.
- Wikipedia, June 4, 3013(Mike Todd; Michael "Mike" Todd; born June 22, 1909; died March 22, 1958; was an American theatre and film producer, best known for his 1956 production of Around the World in 80 Days, which won an Academy Award for Best Picture. He is also known as the third husband of Elizabeth Taylor. He was co-developer of the eponymous Todd-AO widescreen film format. Born Avrom Hirsch Goldbogen in Minneapolis, Minnesota he died in a plane crash near Grants, N.M.)
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[Michael Todd, half-length portrait, facing front, at the Jones Beach Theater on Long Island]
Toni Frissell
, Public domain
File:A Night in Venice 1953.jpg
Bill Doll (public relations) New York, Public domain
File:Liz Taylor, Liza Todd and Mike Todd by Toni Frissell, 1957.jpg
Toni Frissell
, Public domain
File:Mike Todd Elizabeth Taylor Around the World in 80 Days first anniversary special 1957.jpg
CBS Television, Public domain
File:Mike Todd Elizabeth Taylor TWA Playbill ad February 10 1958.jpg
Trans World Airlines, Public domain
File:Mike Todd Frank Sinatra Around the World in 80 Days 1956.JPG
Bill Doll & Co. (publicity), New York, Public domain
File:Mike Todds Theatre Cafe Chicago 1941.JPG
American Colortype for Michael Todd's Theatre Cafe, Public domain
File:Miketodd.jpg
Toni Frissell
, Public domain
File:S.Kragujevic, Elizabeth Taylor and Mike Todd in Belgrade.JPG
Stevan Kragujević
, CC BY-SA 3.0 rs
Wikipedia description:
Michael Todd (born Avrom Hirsch Goldbogen; June 22, 1907 – March 22, 1958) was an American theater and film producer, celebrated for his 1956 Around the World in 80 Days, which won an Academy Award for Best Picture. Actress Elizabeth Taylor was his third wife. Todd was the third of Taylor's seven husbands, and the only one Taylor did not divorce. He died in a private plane accident a year after they married. He was the driving force behind the development of the eponymous Todd-AO widescreen film format.
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