Happy Birthday, Delbert Mann! Born today in 1920 as Delbert Martin Mann Jr., this American television and film director, years later, won the Oscar for Best Director at the 28th Academy Awards late March 1956. This was for his 1955 American black and white drama/romance film 'Marty'.
The film had been adapted from a 1953 teleplay, of which Mann had also previously directed. From 1967 to 1971, he was president of the Directors Guild of America.
Mann had been active from 1949–1994.
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