Every major star that Billy Wilder has directed in his films is dead. Except Tony Curtis. And Kim Novak. And Shirley MacLaine.
Let's look at the evidence:
Buddy Buddy - Jack lemmon, Walter Matthau, Paula Prentiss - all dead
Fedora - William Holden, Jose Ferrer, Henry Fonda - all dead
The Front Page (1974) - Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau - dead
Avanti - Jack Lemmon - dead
The Fortune Cookie _ Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau - dead
Kiss Me, Stupid - Dean Martin - dead
Irma la Douce - Jack Lemmon - dead
One, Two, Three - James Cagney - dead
The Apartment - Jack Lemmon, Fred MacMurray - dead
Some Like It Hot - Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon, George Raft, Pat O'Brien - all dead
Witness for the Prosecution - Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton, Tyrone Power, Elsa Lanchester - all dead
Love in the Afternoon - Gary Cooper, Audrey Hepburn, Maurice Chevalier - all dead
The Spirit of St. Louis - Jimmy Stewart - dead
The Seven Year Itch - Marilyn Monroe - dead
Sabrina - Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, William Holden - all dead
Stalag 17 - William Holden - dead
Ace In the Hole - Kirk Douglas - dead
Sunset Blvd. - William Holden, Gloria Swanson - both dead
The list of his films goes back and every major star is dead. EXCEPT FOR TONY CURTIS, KIM NOVAK AND SHIRLEY MACLAINE.
Clearly Tony, Kim and Shirley have the secret of eternal life. Vampires, perhaps. Hmmm...
Billy Wilder, genius as a writer and director and STONE KILLER OF MOVIE STARS.
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Shirley MacLaine's longevity can be traced to her miraculous Instant Karma product line. Just add water, rinse, and repeat.
Tony Curtis is actually a lot younger than we all think know him to be. At age 3, barely out of diapers when he got started in the Business, he looked like a 20-year old. The camera adds 10 pounds.
Kim Novak..I got nothing. Maybe she actually is a Vampire given her Czech heritage.
Billy Wilder was/is/always will be the immortal-est of them all.
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