Lajos Biró (Blau)

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Lajos (Ludwig) Bíró (Blau)

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Birthplace: Oradea (Nagyvárad) (Großwardein) (Veľký Varadín), Bihor County, Romania
Death: September 09, 1948 (68)
London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom (heart attack)
Immediate Family:

Son of Péter Biró and Rosina Bíró
Husband of Jolán Biró (Vészi)
Father of Private and Vera Hollander (Biró)

Managed by: Balázs Déri
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About Lajos Biró (Blau)

Lajos Bíró (born Lajos Blau) (22 August 1880 – 9 September 1948) was a Hungarian novelist, playwright, and screenwriter who wrote many films from the early 1920s through the late 1940s. He was born in Nagyvárad, Austria-Hungary (now Oradea, Romania) and eventually moved to the United Kingdom where he worked as a scenario chief for London Film Productions run by Alexander Korda. He died in London on 9 September 1948 of a heart attack. In 1929, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Writing for The Last Command, but lost to Ben Hecht for Underworld, the only other nomination in this category.

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Lajos Biró (Blau)'s Timeline

1880
August 22, 1880
Oradea (Nagyvárad) (Großwardein) (Veľký Varadín), Bihor County, Romania
1948
September 9, 1948
Age 68
London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
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