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Gregory La Cava Facts
| Sign | Pisces |
| Born |
Mar 10, 1892 Towanda, Pennsylvania |
| Died |
Mar 1, 1952 Malibu, CA |
| Age | Died at 60 |
| Total Facts | 6 |
Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume One, 1890-1945." Pages 605-609. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1987.
Directed 8 actors to Oscar nominations: Frank Morgan (Best Actor, The Affairs of Cellini (1934)), Claudette Colbert (Best Actress, Private Worlds (1935)), William Powell (Best Actor, My Man Godfrey (1936)), Carole Lombard (Best Actress, My Man Godfrey (1936)), Mischa Auer (Best Supporting Actor, My Man Godfrey (1936)), Alice Brady (Best Supporting Actress, My Man Godfrey (1936)), Andrea Leeds (Best Supporting Actress, Stage Door (1937)), and Marjorie Rambeau (Best Supporting Actress, Primrose Path (1940)).
He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located at 6906 Hollywood Blvd.
Is portrayed by Allan Arbus in W.C. Fields and Me (1976).
La Cava is reported to have believed that a script exists only to be ignored.
Son William Morse La Cava (c. 1925).