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Marvin Silbersher(1924-2015)

  • Director
  • Actor
  • Writer
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Hoboken pizza-maker Federico Fellini, cousin to the famous director, attempts to fulfill his namesake's dying wish that a Fellini direct a film about Joan of Arc. This offbeat farcical comedy follows Fellini's attempts to find the perfect 'Joan' while kee
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Marvin Silbersher was born on 28 June 1924 in Millburn, New Jersey, USA. He was a director and actor, known for The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974), Bastard of Orleans, or Looking for Joan (2008) and Cousins (2013). He died on 7 December 2015 in Wharton, New Jersey, USA.
BornJune 28, 1924
DiedDecember 7, 2015(91)
BornJune 28, 1924
DiedDecember 7, 2015(91)
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Known for

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
7.6
  • Comptroller
  • 1974
Bastard of Orleans, or Looking for Joan (2008)
Bastard of Orleans, or Looking for Joan
  • Director
  • 2008
Cousins
8.6
  • Director
  • 2013
The Brighter Day (1954)
The Brighter Day
6.9
TV Series
  • Director(1956)

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Director

  • Cousins
    8.6
    • Director
    • 2013
  • Bastard of Orleans, or Looking for Joan (2008)
    Bastard of Orleans, or Looking for Joan
    • Director
    • 2008
  • Hidden Faces (1968)
    Hidden Faces
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1968–1969
  • Lamp Unto My Feet (1948)
    Lamp Unto My Feet
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1955–1964
  • Look Up and Live (1954)
    Look Up and Live
    5.9
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1956–1962
  • The Brighter Day (1954)
    The Brighter Day
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1954

Actor

  • Cousins
    8.6
    • Danny Gordon
    • 2013
  • Bastard of Orleans, or Looking for Joan (2008)
    Bastard of Orleans, or Looking for Joan
    • Federico Fellini Of Hoboken
    • 2008
  • Dermot Mulroney, Martha Plimpton, and Ione Skye in Samantha (1991)
    Samantha
    6.3
    • Milos
    • 1991
  • The Big Bang (1987)
    The Big Bang
    5.4
    • First (English version, voice)
    • 1987
  • Raise the Titanic (1980)
    Raise the Titanic
    5.2
    • Soviet Ambassador Antonov
    • 1980
  • The Defection of Simas Kudirka (1978)
    The Defection of Simas Kudirka
    7.1
    TV Movie
    • Commander Burkalis
    • 1978
  • The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
    The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
    7.6
    • Comptroller
    • 1974
  • Bartholomew Miro Jr. and Erika Peterson in Life Study (1973)
    Life Study
    7.2
    • Father Andersson
    • 1973
  • Michael Callan and Christopher Connelly in In Name Only (1969)
    In Name Only
    5.8
    TV Movie
    • Harry Caruso
    • 1969
  • Barbara Eden in I Dream of Jeannie (1965)
    I Dream of Jeannie
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Mr. Belber
    • 1969
  • Christopher George in The Immortal (1969)
    The Immortal
    7.5
    TV Series
    • The Doctor
    • 1969
  • Joan Blondell, Robert Brown, Bridget Hanley, Bobby Sherman, and David Soul in Here Come the Brides (1968)
    Here Come the Brides
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Dimitri
    • 1969

Writer

  • Cousins
    8.6
    • story
    • writer
    • 2013
  • Bastard of Orleans, or Looking for Joan (2008)
    Bastard of Orleans, or Looking for Joan
    • writer
    • 2008
  • Lamp Unto My Feet (1948)
    Lamp Unto My Feet
    7.8
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1961–1964

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  • Born
    • June 28, 1924
    • Millburn, New Jersey, USA
  • Died
    • December 7, 2015
    • Wharton, New Jersey, USA(died in his sleep of natural causes)

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    TV series "Look Up and Live" announced that effective May 22, 1955 Marvin Silbersher would replace producer-director William Workman as the show's director and Ted Sack would be the producer.

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