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HURRELL George
Date of birth : June 1, 1904, Ohio.
Date of death : May 17, 1992, California.
Profession photographer. Known as the "Rembrandt of photography".
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Addresses
* 1930 : 1261 Flores Avenue, Los Angeles.
* 1944 : 3325 Barham Boulevard, Los Angeles
* 1992 : 6702 St Clair Avenue, Los Angeles.
Story
He opened his own photo studio in Los Angeles in 1927.
His first portraits of
celebrities were those of Ramon Navarro and the movie queen Norma Shearer.
Irving G.Thalberg, director of the production at the MGM
named him head of photography (
,
), and notably of the portraits gallery.
He stayed there from 1930 to 1933.
He made the most famous
portraits of the biggest stars of the MGM (
,
).
1943 pictures of Jane Russell 
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* with Katherine Clair Cuddy (November 8, 1904, Washington-August 6, 1997, Los Angeles) in 1939
(
). They separated in 1942 and the divorce was granted on March 2, 1943.
* with Phyllis Bounds (December 22, 1919, Washington-June 21, 1983, Los Angeles) on March 10, 1944
(
-
)(
).
She was one of Walt Disney's nieces.
They had 3 children : Victoria (born in 1945, Los Angeles), Clancy (born in 1946, New York) and Alexandria (born in 1948, New York).
They separated in September 1954 and the divorce was granted on May 18, 1955.
* with Elizabeth Willis in 1955. They had 3 children : George E. Jr (born on September 15, 1959, Los Angeles), Michael A (born on October 8, 1960, Los Angeles) and Daphne.
The main part of the pictures come from the site georgehurrell.com.
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