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- Birth nameIrene Gladys Mayer
- Irene Mayer Selznick was born on April 2, 1907 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. She is known for A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), Bell Book and Candle (1958) and Dolores Del Rio and Cedric Gibbons Throw a Party (1935). She was married to David O. Selznick. She died on October 10, 1990 in New York City, New York, USA.
- SpouseDavid O. Selznick(April 29, 1930 - January 21, 1949) (divorced, 2 children)
- Was nominated for Broadway's 1956 Tony Award as producer of Best Play nominee "The Chalk Garden."
- Daughter-in-law of Lewis J. Selznick, sister-in-law of Myron Selznick, mother of L. Jeffrey Selznick and Daniel Selznick, daughter of Louis B. Mayer.
- Close friend of A. Scott Berg.
- Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume Two, 1986-1990, pages 768-769. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999.
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