| Also Known As: |
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Died: |
January 21, 1959 |
| Born: |
August 12, 1881 |
Cause of Death: |
heart ailment |
| Birth Place: |
Ashfield, Massachusetts, USA |
Profession: | Director
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RATE AND COMMENT
FAMILY
| father: |
Henry Churchill de Mille. Schoolteacher, theatrical producer, playwright. Of Dutch descent; died 1893 of typhus. |
| mother: |
Beatrice Samuel. Actor, author's representative, playwright. English-Jewish. |
| brother: |
William C de Mille. Playwright, producer. Older; died on March 8, 1955 at age 76; father of dancer-choreoagrapher Agnes de Mille. |
| sister: |
Agnes de Mille. Died as infant. |
| daughter: |
Cecilia DeMille Presley. Born in 1908. |
| son: |
John DeMille. Adopted. |
| daughter: |
Katherine DeMille. Adopted; married to actor Anthony Quinn from 1937 to 1965. |
| son: |
Richard de Mille. Adopted; natural son of DeMille's brother William and actress Lorna Moon; born c. 1922. |
| niece: |
Agnes de Mille. Dancer, choreographer. |
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