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Irving Rapper Biography

Birth Name:Irving Rapper

Birth Place:London, England

Profession Director, Assistant director, Producer, Actor

Fast Facts

He attended New York University, where he initially studied law
He died at the age of 101 at the Motion Picture and Television Fund Home, where he had resided since 1995
He was promoted to director in 1941 and helmed "Shining Victory․"
His early successes on Broadway led to an apprenticeship with Warner Brothers
He was known for directing romantic melodramas, which have been referred to as "women's pictures․"