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Preston Sturges (born Edmund Preston Biden) was born on August 29, 1898, in Chicago and died on August 6, 1959, in New York City. He was a U.S. citizen and worked as a film director, screenwriter, writer, playwright, film producer, and actor. Sturges had a son named Tom Sturges. He was married to Eleanor Post Hutton.
Sturges directed several films, including The Palm Beach Story, Hail the Conquering Hero, The Great Moment, The Great McGinty, The Lady Eve, Sullivan's Travels, Unfaithfully Yours, The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, The Sin of Harold Diddlebock, The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend, and The French, They Are a Funny Race.
He was also the author of multiple works including The Power and the Glory, Diamond Jim, Port of Seven Seas, The Big Pond, Fast and Loose, We Live Again, The Good Fairy, Love Before Breakfast, College Swing, Next Time We Love, Never Say Die, Easy Living, Hotel Haywire, If I Were King, Remember the Night, and The birds and the bees.