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Where was Billy Wilder born?

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Billy Wilder poses in a suit and hat, leaning against a streetlamp with a sign reading Sunset Blvd. in a promotional photo for the film Sunset Boulevard. — Billy Wilder Billy Wilder in a promotional photograph for Sunset Boulevard (1950), which he directed.

Billy Wilder was born in Sucha, Austria, a location that is now part of Poland.1