Leon Shamroy

American cinematographer (1901–1974)

Person human Q1346696

Facts

20 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[12]
Date of birth: July 16, 1901
Date of death: July 7, 1974
Place of birth: New York City
Place of death: Los Angeles
Country of citizenship: United States^[8]
Occupation: cinematographer
Educated at: Columbia University^[9]
Award received: Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color, Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color, Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color, Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame^[10]^[11]
Spouse: Mary Anderson^[7]
Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color, Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color, Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White, Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color, Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color, Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White, Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color, Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color, Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color, Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color, Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color, Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color, Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color, Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color, Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color, Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color, Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color^[14]^[15]^[16]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[17]
End of work period: 1970^[21]
Given name: Leon^[13]
Name in native language: Leon Shamroy^[18]
Number of children: +4^[19]
P14750: 3794-7B81-A08B-1206-AE5D
Place of burial: Forest Lawn Memorial Park^[6]
Start of work period: 1926^[20]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 59

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VIAF cluster ID: 46962298
Library of Congress authority ID: n85262633
GND ID: 137461852
Academy Awards Database nominee ID: 3050
AllMovie person ID: p110954
Allcinema person ID: 334
AlloCiné person ID: 39165
American Film Institute person ID: 97555
Awards & Winners artist ID: 0dqzkv
BIBSYS ID: 90848194
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 14043702w

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CANTIC ID: 981058515536606706
CINE21 person ID: 23070
CONOR.SI ID: 46882147
DBC author ID: 87097969690629
Danish National Filmography person ID: 112523
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 137461852
Elonet person ID: 119095
Europeana entity: agent/base/429
FAST ID: 1477928
Fandango person ID: 609599
Film.ru person ID: leon-shemroy
Filmportal ID: 63062e86a08f4e6e9a71b9c43b6a8901
Filmweb.pl person ID: 41950
Find a Grave memorial ID: 6079694
Freebase ID: /m/0dqzkv
Geni.com profile ID: 6000000027942520260
George Eastman Museum people ID: 100415
IMDb ID: nm0005872
IdRef ID: 074097431
Ivi person ID: leon-shemroj
KINENOTE person ID: 575
Kinobox person ID: 53634
Kinopoisk person ID: 201382
MYmovies person ID: 117343
Movie Walker Press person ID: 517
NL CR AUT ID: xx0186116
NUKAT ID: n2011144649
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007429249305171
National Library of Lithuania ID: LNB:Cp7V;=Bm
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810630648905606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0): XX1262592
Open Media Database person ID: 13270
PORT person ID: 136786
RedBA Granada authority ID: 85216
Related category: Wikidata item
SBN author ID: LO1V302201
Scope.dk person ID: 13358
Sinemalar person ID: 37130
Swedish Film Database person ID: 94257
TMDB person ID: 13270
Treccani's Enciclopedia del Cinema ID: leon-shamroy
University of Barcelona authority ID: 981058515536606706
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme): a1115250
WikiTree person ID: Shamroy-1
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJg8yHT9c3BRCQhFwvgMyd
Yale LUX ID: person/a24552af-cb7e-48fa-a511-7a522b86895d
ČSFD person ID: 74768

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Award received 1

star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Educated at 1

Columbia University

Given name 1

Leon

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Nominated for 1

Academy Award for Best Cinematography

Occupation 1

cinematographer

Place of birth 1

New York City

Place of burial 1

Forest Lawn Memorial Park

Place of death 1

Los Angeles

Sex or gender 1

male

Spouse 1

Mary Anderson

Spouses 1

Mary Anderson

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Summary

Leon Shamroy was born on July 16, 1901^[1], in New York City^[2]. He died on July 7, 1974^[3], in Los Angeles^[4]. He worked as a cinematographer^[5].

FAQs

Where was Leon Shamroy born?

Leon Shamroy was born in New York City^[2].

Where did Leon Shamroy die?

Leon Shamroy passed away in Los Angeles^[4].

Who was Leon Shamroy married to?

Leon Shamroy's spouses include Mary Anderson^[7].

What did Leon Shamroy do for work?

Leon Shamroy worked as a cinematographer^[5].

Where did Leon Shamroy go to school?

Leon Shamroy was educated at Columbia University^[9].

What awards did Leon Shamroy receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color^[10].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Leon Shamroy — place of birth (P19): New York City. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-12-19. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Leon Shamroy — place of death (P20): Los Angeles. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-01-01. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Leon Shamroy — sex or gender (P21): male. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Leon Shamroy — spouse (P26): Mary Anderson. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Leon Shamroy — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Leon Shamroy — educated at (P69): Columbia University. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Leon Shamroy — occupation (P106): cinematographer. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Leon Shamroy — place of burial (P119): Forest Lawn Memorial Park. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Leon Shamroy — award received (P166): Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color. oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Leon Shamroy — award received (P166): star on Hollywood Walk of Fame. Retrieved 2021-06-06. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Leon Shamroy — date of birth (P569): July 16, 1901. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-10-15. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Leon Shamroy — date of death (P570): July 7, 1974. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-10-15. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Leon Shamroy — given name (P735): Leon. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Leon Shamroy — nominated for (P1411): Academy Award for Best Cinematography. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Leon Shamroy — nominated for (P1411): Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color. oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Leon Shamroy — nominated for (P1411): Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Leon Shamroy — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. CONOR.SI. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Leon Shamroy — name in native language (P1559): Leon Shamroy. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Leon Shamroy — number of children (P1971): 4. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Leon Shamroy — start of work period (P2031): 1926. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Leon Shamroy — end of work period (P2032): 1970. wikidata.org.

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9d ago · Turcoscandinavo · 2026-10-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Sitelink count → 19

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Treccani's Enciclopedia del Cinema ID → leon-shamroy

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8w ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Sinemalar person ID → 37130

End of work period → +1970-00-00T00:00:00Z

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11w ago · WindEwriX · 2026-08-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Start of work period → +1926-00-00T00:00:00Z

Name in native language → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Leon Shamroy'}

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12w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗

P14750 → 3794-7B81-A08B-1206-AE5D

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15w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-07-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗

CINE21 person ID → 23070

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