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Also Known As Isidore Schary
Born August 31, 1905 • Newark • New Jersey
Died July 7, 1980 (aged 74) • New York City • New York
Awards And Honors Academy Award (1939)
Notable Works “Boys Town” • “The Unsinkable Molly Brown”
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