Preston Sturges

Quick Facts

Full Name	Preston Sturges
Date Of Birth	Aug 29, 1898(1898-08-29)
Age	126
Date Of Death	1959-08-06
Birthplace	Chicago
Country	United States
Birth City	Illinois
Horoscope	Leo

Preston Sturges Biography

Preston Sturges is one of the most popular and richest Director who was born on August 29, 1898 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. He is known as the father of screwball comedy. He wrote and directed films such as The Lady Eve (1941), Sullivan’s Travels (41), The Palm Beach Story (1942), The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek (44). For The Great McGinty, he won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1941.

He cast He cast Veronica Lake in one of her first leading roles for the 1942 film Sullivan’s Travels. as one of her first roles in the 1942 film Sullivan’s Travels.

His fourth wife Sandy was his bride on August 15, 1951. He had three children, Solomon, Preston Jr.

Preston Sturges Net Worth

Preston Sturges is one of the richest Director from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Preston Sturges 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In 1928, he appeared on Broadway in Hotbed. In the same year, he also produced The Guinea Pig. The Guinea Pig was first performed in Massachusetts, and then moved to Broadway one year later.

Paramount Pictures bought his script for The Great McGinty from him for $1. Sturges was allowed to direct the film and the deal made the picture his directorial debut.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Preston Sturges height 6 ft 1 in Preston weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Preston Sturges Dating?

According to our records, Preston Sturges married to Anne Margaret Nagle. As of December 1, 2023, Preston Sturges’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Preston Ranked on the list of most popular Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Preston Sturges celebrates birthday on August 29 of every year.

Top Facts about Preston Sturges

1. Preston Sturges was an American film director and screenwriter.
2. He wrote and directed 14 films in the 1930s and 1940s.
3. His films were known for their witty dialogue and satirical humor.
4. Sturges won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1941.
5. He was the first writer to receive a million-dollar contract from a studio.
6. Sturges’ most successful film was “The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek” (1944).
7. He worked with many famous actors, including Barbara Stanwyck and Joel McCrea.
8. Sturges had a tumultuous personal life, with multiple marriages and financial troubles.
9. Despite his success, he struggled to maintain creative control over his films.
10. Sturges’ influence can be seen in the work of later filmmakers like Woody Allen and the Coen Brothers.

Was Preston Sturges The richest man in America?

During his hey-day at Paramount in the late Thirties, Preston Sturges was indeed Hollywood’s golden boy, the first of the great writer-producer- directors. On paper, he was one of the richest men in America.

Are John Sturges and Preston Sturges related?

Although both he and fellow director Preston Sturges were from the Chicago area and shared the same last name, they had no known close relation to each other. Oak Park, Illinois, U.S.

What happened to Preston Sturges?

Drinking heavily, smoking four packs a day, treating potential investors with haughty disdain, Sturges even botched his own autobiography, delivering what Smedley and Tom Sturges call “an interminable volume of schoolboy memories and rambling yarns.” In 1959, at the age of 60, Preston died alone, probably from a heart …

Where do I start with Preston Sturges?

• The Power and the Glory (1933) Director William K. …
• The Good Fairy (1935) Director William Wyler. …
• Easy Living (1937) Director Mitchell Leisen. …
• Remember the Night (1940) …
• The Lady Eve (1941) …
• Sullivan’s Travels (1941) …
• The Palm Beach Story (1942) …
• Unfaithfully Yours (1948)

Did Preston Sturges speak French?

As Sturges spent much of his childhood and youth in France, he ended up fluent in French and a Francophile who always considered France his “second home”.