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Darryl F. Zanuck

Darryl F. Zanuck, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1979)

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Born
September 5, 1902
Died
December 22, 1979
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1902

About Darryl F. Zanuck

Darryl Francis Zanuck ( ZAN-ək; September 5, 1902 – December 22, 1979) was an American film producer and studio executive; he earlier contributed stories for films starting in the silent era. Best known as a co-founder of 20th Century Fox, he played a major part in the Hollywood studio system as one of its longest survivors (the length of his career was rivaled only by that of Adolph Zukor). Zanuck produced three films that won the Academy Award for Best Picture and won the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award three times, the only person to receive more than one. Zanuck produced three films that won the Academy Award for Best Picture and won the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award twice, the only person to receive more than one.

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The world when Darryl F. Zanuck was born

Darryl F. Zanuck was born in 1902. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1902

  • Best-selling bookThe Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst Rose Bowl game played in Pasadena, California
  • Top headlineEnd of Philippine-American War
  • Technology milestoneAir conditioning invented by Willis Carrier
  • Notable inventionAir conditioning
  • World population~1.62B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderTheodore Roosevelt
  • U.S. population79.0M

1902 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Darryl F. Zanuck's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19022026
Population79.0M341 million

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