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Charles Lederer

American film director and screenwriter (1906–1976)

  • Fame51.1
  • Momentum11.6
  • Wikipedia3.2K
Source-basedStable
Lived 1906–1976, aged 70United States
United States flagUnited StatesWritersWriter / Author
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    10 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Era
    1906–1976
    Aged 70
  • Known for
    Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
    1953
Summary
Updated 2026-06-13

Charles Davies Lederer was an American screenwriter and film director. He was born into a theatrical family in New York, and after his parents divorced, was raised in California by his aunt, Marion Davies, actress and mistress to newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst. A child prodigy, he entered the University of California, Berkeley at age 13, but dropped out after a few years to work as a journalist with Hearst's newspapers.

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51.1
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Momentum11.6
Historical10.0
Source confidence65.0
Completeness75.0
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