He was the second of three children of Henry Churchill de Mille (September 4, 1853 – February 10, 1893) and his wife Matilda Beatrice deMille (née Samuel; January 30, 1853 – October 8, 1923), known as Beatrice.
She emigrated from England with her parents in 1871 when she was 18, and they settled in Brooklyn.
DeMille's mother Beatrice, a literary agent and scriptwriter, whose parents were both of German Jewish heritage, married Henry de Mille on July 1, 1876, despite dissent from her parents due to their differing religions.
DeMille, was born on July 25, 1878.
Cecil Blount DeMille (; August 12, 1881January 21, 1959) was an American film director and producer.
DeMille's reputation as a filmmaker has grown over time and his work has influenced many other films and directors. ==Biography== ===1881–1899: Early years=== Cecil Blount DeMille was born on August 12, 1881, in a boarding house on Main Street in Ashfield, Massachusetts, where his parents had been vacationing for the summer.
On September 1, 1881, the family returned with newborn DeMille to their flat in New York.
He worked as a playwright, administrator, and faculty member during the early years of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, established in New York City in 1884. Henry deMille frequently collaborated with David Belasco when playwriting.
DeMille's sister Agnes was born on April 23, 1891; his mother nearly did not survive the birth.
He was the second of three children of Henry Churchill de Mille (September 4, 1853 – February 10, 1893) and his wife Matilda Beatrice deMille (née Samuel; January 30, 1853 – October 8, 1923), known as Beatrice.
DeMille recalled that this church was the place where he visualized the story of his 1923 version of The Ten Commandments. On January 8, 1893, at the age of forty, Henry de Mille died suddenly from typhoid fever, leaving Beatrice with three children.
DeMille School for Girls in her home in February 1893.
Agnes would die on February 11, 1894, at the age of three from spinal meningitis.
He began his career as a stage actor in 1900.
DeMille (Class of 1900) attended and graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, where he attended for free due to his father's service to the Academy.
DeMille began his career as an actor on the stage in the theatrical company of Charles Frohman in 1900.
He debuted as an actor on February 21, 1900, in the play Hearts Are Trumps at New York's Garden Theater.
In 1901, DeMille starred in productions of A Repentance, To Have and to Hold, and Are You a Mason? At the age of twenty-one, Cecil B.
DeMille married Constance Adams on August 16, 1902 at Adams's father's home in East Orange, New Jersey.
He related a story that he maintained his self-control when Gloria Swanson sat on his lap, refusing to touch her. In 1902, he played a small part in Hamlet.
Publicists wrote that he became an actor in order to learn how direct and produce, but DeMille admitted that he became an actor in order to pay the bills. From 1904 to 1905, DeMille attempted to make a living as a stock theatre actor with his wife Constance.
Publicists wrote that he became an actor in order to learn how direct and produce, but DeMille admitted that he became an actor in order to pay the bills. From 1904 to 1905, DeMille attempted to make a living as a stock theatre actor with his wife Constance.
DeMille made a 1905 reprise in Hamlet as Osric.
In the summer of 1905 DeMille joined the stock cast at the Elitch Theatre in Denver, Colorado.
His 1905 performance in The Prince Chap as the Earl of Huntington was well received by audiences.
In 1907, due to a scandal with one of Beatrice's students, Evelyn Nesbit, the Henry deMille School lost students.
DeMille had a daughter, Cecilia, on November 5, 1908, who would be his only biological child.
In the 1910s, DeMille began directing and producing other writer's plays. DeMille was poor and struggled to find work.
In 1911, DeMille became acquainted with vaudeville producer Jesse Lasky when Lasky was searching for a writer for his new musical.
The collaboration of DeMille and Lasky produced a successful musical called California which opened in New York in January 1912.
Another DeMille-Lasky production that opened in January 1912 was The Antique Girl.
Having become disinterested in working in theatre, DeMille's passion for film was ignited when he watched the 1912 French film Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth. ===1913–1914: Entering films=== Desiring a change of scene, Cecil B.
DeMille found success in the spring of 1913 producing Reckless Age by Lee Wilson, a play about a high society girl wrongly accused of manslaughter starring Frederick Burton and Sydney Shields.
Lasky Feature Play Company in 1913 over which DeMille became director-general.
Between 1914 and 1958, he made 70 features, both silent and sound films.
He was the second of three children of Henry Churchill de Mille (September 4, 1853 – February 10, 1893) and his wife Matilda Beatrice deMille (née Samuel; January 30, 1853 – October 8, 1923), known as Beatrice.
DeMille recalled that this church was the place where he visualized the story of his 1923 version of The Ten Commandments. On January 8, 1893, at the age of forty, Henry de Mille died suddenly from typhoid fever, leaving Beatrice with three children.
After more than thirty years in film production, DeMille reached a pinnacle in his career with Samson and Delilah (1949), a biblical epic which became the highest-grossing film of 1950.
Between 1914 and 1958, he made 70 features, both silent and sound films.
Cecil Blount DeMille (; August 12, 1881January 21, 1959) was an American film director and producer.
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