Pandro S. Berman
Pandro Samuel Berman (March 28, 1905 – July 13, 1996), also known as Pan Berman, was an American film producer.
Pandro S. Berman
July 13, 1996 (aged 91)
1923–1970
- Viola V. Newman (divorced)
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Kathryn Hereford(m. 1960; died 1993)
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Henry Berman (brother)
Early life[edit]
Berman was born to a Jewish family[1][2][3] in Pittsburgh in 1905. His father Henry was general manager of Universal Pictures during Hollywood's formative years.[4]
Awards[edit]
Berman was the winner of the 1976 Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award. Six of his films were nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture: The Gay Divorcee (1934), Alice Adams and Top Hat (both 1935), Stage Door (1937), Father of the Bride (1950), and Ivanhoe (1952).
Personal life and death[edit]
In 1937, Berman and his wife, Viola, hired architect Roland Coate to design a house for them in Beverly Hills, California. The sixteen-room, Cape Cod-inspired mansion cost $50,000 to build and included a screening room.[8] Berman had three children with his first wife Viola - Susan Berman Moshay, Cynthia Berman Schaffel, and Michael Berman. His marriage to Viola ended in divorce. In 1960, Berman married Kathryn Hereford.[9]
Berman died of congestive heart failure on July 13, 1996, in his Beverly Hills home, aged 91.