Background
Mirisch, Walter Mortimer was born on November 8, 1921 in New York City. Son of Max and Josephine (Urbach) Mirisch.
Mirisch, Walter Mortimer was born on November 8, 1921 in New York City. Son of Max and Josephine (Urbach) Mirisch.
Student, City College of New York, 1938-1940; Bachelor, University of Wisconsin, 1942; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), University Wisconsin, 1989; I.A., Harvard Graduate School Business, 1943.
Producer, executive producer, Allied Artists Pictures Corporation, 1946-1957; producer, vice president charge production, Mirisch Company, Inc., Los Angeles, since 1957; president-executive head production, Mirisch Corporation, Inc., since 1969.
President, board directors Motion Picture Permanent Charities, 1960-1961. Board directors Center Theatre Group, Los Angeles, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Board of Governors The Los Angeles Music Center.
Member Academy Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (president 1973-1977, governor 1964-1970, 72-, Motion Picture Academy Jean Hersholt award 1983, Motion Picture Academy Irving Thalberg award 1977), Producers Guild American (president, director 1959-1962), Motion Picture Association American (director since 1961), Wisconsin Alumni Association (director) 1967-1973).
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Married Patricia Kahan, October 11, 1947. Children: Anne, Andrew, Lawrence.