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- Gabriel Pascal was born on June 4, 1894 in Arad, Transilvania, Austria-Hungary [now Arad, Arad, Romania]. He was a producer and actor, known for Major Barbara (1941), Caesar and Cleopatra (1945) and Pygmalion (1938). He was married to Valéria Hidvéghy. He died on July 6, 1954 in New York City, New York, USA.
- SpouseValéria Hidvéghy(1947 - June 1954) (divorced)
- Producer and occasional director who, after working in France and Germany, befriended George Bernard Shaw after moving to England. Shaw gave him permission to film his plays, Pascal ultimately producing four of them. However, the stagy Caesar and Cleopatra (1945) turned out to be an expensive flop and all but ended his career.
- Despite his French-sounding name, he was one of the band of Hungarian exiles who centered around Alexander Korda.
- His correspondence with George Bernard Shaw shows that future plans included 'Arms And The Man' with Cary Grant and 'Mrs Warren's Profession' with Mae West.
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