Leigh Jason

Leigh Jason
Born(1904-07-26)July 26, 1904
New York, New York, United States
DiedFebruary 19, 1979(1979-02-19) (aged 74)
Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, United States
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter
Years active1925–1962

Leigh Jason (July 26, 1904 – February 19, 1979) was an American film director and screenwriter.[1] He was born in New York, New York, and died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles.

He married Ruth Harriet Louise in 1927 at Temple B'nai B'rith, with William Wyler as his best man. Louise was the first woman photographer active in Hollywood, and ran Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's portrait studio from 1925 to 1930. They had a son, Leigh Jr., who died of leukemia when he was six years old, and Louise died in 1940, along with their second son, in complications from childbirth.[2]

  1. ^ "Leigh Jason". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2008. Archived from the original on May 26, 2008. Retrieved September 8, 2011.
  2. ^ Dance, Robert; Robertson, Bruce; Art, Terra Museum of American (May 6, 2002). Ruth Harriet Louise and Hollywood Glamour Photography. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-23348-5.