1. On June 2,1901, Niblo married Broadway actress Josephine Cohan, the older sister of George M Cohan.
10 Facts About Fred Niblo
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Fred Niblo managed the Four Cohans in their two big successes: The Governor's Son and Running for Office.
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From 1904 to 1905, Fred resumed his stage career, appearing as Walter Lee Leonard in The Rogers Brothers in Paris and then returned to vaudeville.
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In 1924, Fred Niblo directed the film Thy Name Is Woman.
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In 1925, Fred Niblo was the principal director of the epic Ben-Hur, one of the more expensive films of the day but became the third highest-grossing silent film in cinema history.
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Fred Niblo followed this success with two major 1926 works: The Temptress starring Greta Garbo in her second film in America and Norma Talmadge in Camille.
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Fred Niblo directed some of the great stars of the era, including Joan Crawford, Lillian Gish, and Ronald Colman.
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Fred Niblo retired in 1933 after more than 40 years in show business.
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Fred Niblo was an important personality in the early years of Hollywood and was one of the original founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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Fred Niblo died in New Orleans, Louisiana, and is interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery near his wife, Enid Bennett, with whom he had three children, in Glendale, California.