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- Sam Shaw was born on January 15, 1912 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer, known for A Woman Under the Influence (1974), Gloria (1980) and Opening Night (1977). He died on April 5, 1999 in Westwood, New Jersey, USA.
- Noted painter and photographer. Worked briefly as art director for the Brooklyn Eagle, before beginning his career as a photojournalist for Collier's magazine in the 1940s. His pictures were often on the cover of Life and Look during the 1950s and '60s.
- Became famous for his iconic photos of Marlon Brando in a ripped shirt for A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), and Marilyn Monroe with her billowing skirts above a subway grate, for The Seven Year Itch (1955).
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