death_date death_place birth_place relatives name birth_date spouse image article_title birth_name
07 april 1981 rancho mirage , california , usa chicago , illinois , usa jackie cooper -lrb- nephew -rrb- -lrb- deceased -rrb- norman taurog 23 february 1899 julie -rrb- susan ream broderick -lrb- 1944-1981 ; his death -rrb- leonard -lrb- 1925-1943 ; divorced ; 1 child norman taurog.jpg norman taurog
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norman taurog

norman rae taurog -lrb- february 23 , 1899 -- april 7 , 1981 -rrb- was an american film director and screenwriter .
from 1920 to 1968 , taurog directed 180 films .
at the age of 32 , he received the academy award for best director for `` skippy '' -lrb- 1931 -rrb- , thus being the youngest person to win the award .
he was later nominated for best director for the film `` boys town '' -lrb- 1938 -rrb- .
he directed some of the best known actors of the twentieth century , including his nephew jackie cooper , spencer tracy , mickey rooney , judy garland , deanna durbin , fred astaire , gene kelly , deborah kerr , peter lawford , dean martin , jerry lewis , and elvis presley .
taurog directed six martin and lewis films , and nine elvis presley films , more than any other director .
for his contribution to the motion picture industry , norman taurog has a star on the hollywood walk of fame at 1600 vine street .
