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<h2 id="early-life-and-education">Early life and education</h2> <p>Delbert Martin Mann Jr. was born on January 30, 1920, in <a href="/facts/Lawrence%2c_Kansas/lnX91Woj">Lawrence, Kansas</a>, to Delbert Mann Sr. and Ora (Patton) Mann (died 1961).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> His father taught sociology at the <a href="/facts/University_of_Kansas/619CXHmz">University of Kansas</a> from 1920 to 1926. In 1926, the Manns left Lawrence and moved to <a href="/facts/Pennsylvania/HGqC5bBm">Pennsylvania</a> and then <a href="/facts/Chicago/yPMokrXH">Chicago</a> before finally settling in <a href="/facts/Nashville/KvWAcNtd">Nashville</a> in 1931.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a> There, his father continued to teach sociology at the <a href="/facts/Scarritt_College_for_Christian_Workers/rwVqtX2M">Scarritt College for Christian Workers</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a> His mother was also a schoolteacher.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a> </p><p>Mann was head of his high school drama club when he met <a href="/facts/Fred_Coe/fMTV5PwA">Fred Coe</a>, the future television producer and director, who was leading a church-sponsored acting society. Coe would later figure prominently in Mann's career as a director.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a> Coe would also serve as Mann's mentor.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a> Mann studied political science in <a href="/facts/Vanderbilt_University/xut8ASAf">Vanderbilt University</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a> He graduated there in 1941 with a bachelor's degree on political science.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a> During <a href="/facts/World_War_II/2efV5L1U">World War II</a>, Mann served with the <a href="/facts/United_States_Army_Air_Corps/f5FK5BKQ">Army Air Corps</a> as a B-24 bomber pilot and then as an intelligence officer with the <a href="/facts/8th_Air_Force/6zQIXMFk">8th Air Force</a> stationed in <a href="/facts/England/U9mE5bGL">England</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24"><sup>24</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25"><sup>25</sup></a> Mann also attended the <a href="/facts/Yale_School_of_Drama/vyuFnJWV">Yale School of Drama</a>, where he earned a master's fine arts degree in directing.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26"><sup>26</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27"><sup>27</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:28" href="#fn:28"><sup>28</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:29" href="#fn:29"><sup>29</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="career">Career</h2> <h3>Television</h3> <p>Mann took a directing job at the <a href="/facts/Town_Theatre/DNPS37hu">Town Theatre</a>, a community playhouse in <a href="/facts/Columbia%2c_South_Carolina/KaG0e4KW">Columbia, South Carolina</a>. Mann was affiliated with the Town Theatre from 1947 to 1949, before moving to New York to work with Coe in television.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:30" href="#fn:30"><sup>30</sup></a> In 1949, at Coe's invitation, Mann joined him in New York, where he became a stage manager and assistant director at <a href="/facts/NBC/zyfTYCvW">NBC</a>. Within months, he became an alternating director of the anthology series, <i><a href="/facts/The_Philco_Television_Playhouse/ddRDdd2u">The Philco Television Playhouse</a></i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:31" href="#fn:31"><sup>31</sup></a> </p><p>Between 1949 and 1955, Mann directed more than 100 live television dramas. But even after turning to films, he returned to television and directed productions for <i><a href="/facts/Playhouse_90/X6QL9hDA">Playhouse 90</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Ford_Star_Jubilee/BHqC8smQ">Ford Star Jubilee</a></i> and other dramatic television anthology series. He also directed more than two dozen films for television from the late 1960s to the early 1990s, including <i><a href="/facts/Heidi_(1968_film)/p72VyaMI">Heidi</a></i> (1968), <i><a href="/facts/David_Copperfield_(1969_film)/P6DXHprl">David Copperfield</a></i> (1969), <i><a href="/facts/Jane_Eyre_(1970_film)/7Yy95W4G">Jane Eyre</a></i> (1970) and <i><a href="/facts/All_Quiet_on_the_Western_Front_(1979_film)/wM6xVgBe">All Quiet on the Western Front</a></i> (1979).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:32" href="#fn:32"><sup>32</sup></a> </p> <h3>Film</h3> <p>In addition to <i>Marty</i> (1955), other films directed by Mann include <i><a href="/facts/The_Bachelor_Party/jIzVFBgJ">The Bachelor Party</a></i> (1957), <i><a href="/facts/Desire_Under_the_Elms_(film)/MDyahxYt">Desire Under the Elms</a></i> (1958), <i><a href="/facts/Separate_Tables_(film)/9ox6Y1ay">Separate Tables</a></i> (1958), <i><a href="/facts/Middle_of_the_Night/7HjvdCr2">Middle of the Night</a></i> (1959), <i><a href="/facts/The_Dark_at_the_Top_of_the_Stairs_(film)/FajwDH4C">The Dark at the Top of the Stairs</a></i> (1960), <i><a href="/facts/The_Outsider_(1961_film)/2s8QHy2I">The Outsider</a></i> (1961), <i><a href="/facts/That_Touch_of_Mink/rSFt13lN">That Touch of Mink</a></i> (1962), <i><a href="/facts/A_Gathering_of_Eagles/YRV9oNWc">A Gathering of Eagles</a></i> (1963), <i><a href="/facts/Dear_Heart/fEx4dqp8">Dear Heart</a></i> (1964), <i><a href="/facts/Fitzwilly/ujK0LWuG">Fitzwilly</a></i> (1967), <i><a href="/facts/Kidnapped_(1971_film)/Nt4o5Tp4">Kidnapped</a></i> (1971) and <i><a href="/facts/Night_Crossing/D9nd74v7">Night Crossing</a></i> (1982).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:33" href="#fn:33"><sup>33</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="personal-life-and-death">Personal life and death</h2> <p>Mann was married to Ann Caroline Gillespie from 1942 until her death by <a href="/facts/Alzheimer%2527s_disease/w7Ad6tdg">Alzheimer's disease</a> in 2001.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:34" href="#fn:34"><sup>34</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:35" href="#fn:35"><sup>35</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:36" href="#fn:36"><sup>36</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:37" href="#fn:37"><sup>37</sup></a> They had four children: Fred, David, Steven and Susan. Susan died in a car accident in 1976.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:38" href="#fn:38"><sup>38</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:39" href="#fn:39"><sup>39</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:40" href="#fn:40"><sup>40</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:41" href="#fn:41"><sup>41</sup></a> </p><p>During the 1980s and 1990s, Mann served on the advisory board of the <a href="/facts/National_Student_Film_Institute/X2VKv0mb">National Student Film Institute</a>. He also served as honorary chairman of the institute for a one-year term.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:42" href="#fn:42"><sup>42</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:43" href="#fn:43"><sup>43</sup></a> </p><p>On November 11, 2007, Mann died of pneumonia at the <a href="/facts/Cedars-Sinai_Medical_Center/cQcdlRga">Cedars-Sinai Medical Center</a> in Los Angeles, at age 87.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:44" href="#fn:44"><sup>44</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:45" href="#fn:45"><sup>45</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="filmography">Filmography</h2> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Marty_(film)/p6AsEYKm">Marty</a></i> (1955)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/The_Bachelor_Party/jIzVFBgJ">The Bachelor Party</a></i> (1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Desire_Under_the_Elms_(film)/MDyahxYt">Desire Under the Elms</a></i> (1958)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Separate_Tables_(film)/9ox6Y1ay">Separate Tables</a></i> (1958)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Middle_of_the_Night/7HjvdCr2">Middle of the Night</a></i> (1959)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/The_Dark_at_the_Top_of_the_Stairs/NbUH2PFw">The Dark at the Top of the Stairs</a></i> (1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Lover_Come_Back_(1961_film)/IDChELSW">Lover Come Back</a></i> (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/The_Outsider_(1961_film)/2s8QHy2I">The Outsider</a></i> (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/That_Touch_of_Mink/rSFt13lN">That Touch of Mink</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/A_Gathering_of_Eagles/YRV9oNWc">A Gathering of Eagles</a></i> (1963)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Dear_Heart/fEx4dqp8">Dear Heart</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Quick%2c_Before_It_Melts/wt82c0MX">Quick, Before It Melts</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Mister_Buddwing/8hWAbgQg">Mister Buddwing</a></i> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Fitzwilly/ujK0LWuG">Fitzwilly</a></i> (1967)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/The_Pink_Jungle/qx9NrNmm">The Pink Jungle</a></i> (1968)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Heidi_(1968_film)/p72VyaMI">Heidi</a></i> (TV adaptation, 1968)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/David_Copperfield_(1969_film)/P6DXHprl">David Copperfield</a></i> (1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Jane_Eyre_(1970_film)/7Yy95W4G">Jane Eyre</a></i> (TV adaptation, 1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Kidnapped_(1971_film)/Nt4o5Tp4">Kidnapped</a></i> (1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/No_Place_to_Run_(film)/EgkgXE7J">No Place to Run</a></i> (1972 TV movie)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/The_Man_Without_a_Country_(1973_film)/k6KoXJ3k">The Man Without a Country</a></i> (TV adaptation, 1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Birch_Interval/wbvRdtQI">Birch Interval</a></i> (1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Breaking_Up_(1978_film)/v1ppAVEK">Breaking Up</a></i> (1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/All_Quiet_on_the_Western_Front_(1979_film)/wM6xVgBe">All Quiet on the Western Front</a></i> (TV adaptation, 1979)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Night_Crossing/D9nd74v7">Night Crossing</a></i> (1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/The_Gift_of_Love%3a_A_Christmas_Story/PzkJBsmm">The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story</a></i> (1983 TV movie)</li> <li><i>Love Leads The Way</i> (1984 <a href="/facts/List_of_Disney_Channel_original_films/QHgQLHj3">Disney Channel original film</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/The_Last_Days_of_Patton/nFP1BlzS">The Last Days of Patton</a></i> (1986 made-for-television movie)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Against_Her_Will%3a_An_Incident_in_Baltimore/WTgWgPW1">Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore</a></i> (1992 made-for-television movie)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Incident_in_a_Small_Town/wJHa5RXv">Incident in a Small Town</a></i> (1994 made-for-television movie)</li> <li><i>Lily in Winter</i> (1994 TV movie)</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0542720/">Delbert Mann</a> at <a href="/facts/IMDb_(identifier)/uWrqVYVy">IMDb</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/director-delbert-mann-dies-at-154871">Hollywood Reporter: Director Delbert Mann dies at 87</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/delbert-mann">Archive of American Television Interview With Delbert Mann</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Fox, Margalit (November 13, 2007). "Delbert Mann, Director, Is Dead at 87". The New York Times. Retrieved April 29, 2016. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/13/arts/13mann.html" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/13/arts/13mann.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>McLellan, Dennis (November 13, 2007). "Delbert Mann, 87; director won Oscar for 'Marty'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 29, 2016. <a href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-nov-13-me-mann13-story.html" target="_blank">https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-nov-13-me-mann13-story.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Bernstein, Adam (November 15, 2007). "Delbert Mann, 87: Film Director and TV Pioneer (2 of 2)". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 1, 2016. <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/14/AR2007111402428_2.html" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/14/AR2007111402428_2.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>McLellan, Dennis (November 14, 2007). "Director Delbert Mann dies at 87". The Day. Retrieved May 1, 2016. <a href="https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1915&dat=20071114&id=RDtSAAAAIBAJ&pg=1066,2837856" target="_blank">https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1915&dat=20071114&id=RDtSAAAAIBAJ&pg=1066,2837856</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Marquez, Jeremiah (November 13, 2007). "Pioneering TV, film director Delbert Mann dies in L.A." The Bryan Times. Retrieved May 1, 2016. <a href="https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=799&dat=20071113&id=LclOAAAAIBAJ&pg=3140,1223160" target="_blank">https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=799&dat=20071113&id=LclOAAAAIBAJ&pg=3140,1223160</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Pioneering Director Delbert Mann dies in L.A.; won Oscar for 'Marty'". Lodi News-Sentinel. November 12, 2007. Retrieved May 1, 2016. <a href="https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2245&dat=20071112&id=jBQ0AAAAIBAJ&pg=4308,1298422" target="_blank">https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2245&dat=20071112&id=jBQ0AAAAIBAJ&pg=4308,1298422</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Fox, Margalit (November 13, 2007). "Delbert Mann, Director, Is Dead at 87". The New York Times. Retrieved April 29, 2016. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/13/arts/13mann.html" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/13/arts/13mann.html</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>McLellan, Dennis (November 13, 2007). "Delbert Mann, 87; director won Oscar for 'Marty'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 29, 2016. <a href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-nov-13-me-mann13-story.html" target="_blank">https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-nov-13-me-mann13-story.html</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>Bergan, Ronald (November 14, 2007). "Delbert Mann". The Guardian. Retrieved April 30, 2016. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/nov/14/guardianobituaries.obituaries1" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/nov/14/guardianobituaries.obituaries1</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>Farmer, Bill (March 10, 1962). "'Marty' Director a Visitor". Lawrence Journal-World. Retrieved April 30, 2016. <a href="https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2199&dat=19620310&id=SFcxAAAAIBAJ&pg=4644,4764378" target="_blank">https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2199&dat=19620310&id=SFcxAAAAIBAJ&pg=4644,4764378</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>Zepp, George R. (September 1, 2009). Hidden History of Nashville. Arcadia. ISBN 9781625843067. <a href="9781625843067" target="_blank">9781625843067</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>McLellan, Dennis (November 13, 2007). "Delbert Mann, 87; director won Oscar for 'Marty'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 29, 2016. <a href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-nov-13-me-mann13-story.html" target="_blank">https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-nov-13-me-mann13-story.html</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>Farmer, Bill (March 10, 1962). "'Marty' Director a Visitor". Lawrence Journal-World. Retrieved April 30, 2016. <a href="https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2199&dat=19620310&id=SFcxAAAAIBAJ&pg=4644,4764378" target="_blank">https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2199&dat=19620310&id=SFcxAAAAIBAJ&pg=4644,4764378</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>George R. Zepp, Hidden History of Nashville, The History Press, 2009 page 77 <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ax-ilaOIP0QC&q=delbert+mann&pg=PA77" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=ax-ilaOIP0QC&q=delbert+mann&pg=PA77</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:15"><p>Fox, Margalit (November 13, 2007). "Delbert Mann, Director, Is Dead at 87". The New York Times. Retrieved April 29, 2016. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/13/arts/13mann.html" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/13/arts/13mann.html</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:16"><p>"Delbert Mann". The Daily Telegraph. November 20, 2007. Retrieved April 30, 2016. <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1569856/Delbert-Mann.html" target="_blank">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1569856/Delbert-Mann.html</a> <a href="#fnref:16" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:17"><p>McLellan, Dennis (November 13, 2007). "Delbert Mann, 87; director won Oscar for 'Marty'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 29, 2016. <a href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-nov-13-me-mann13-story.html" target="_blank">https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-nov-13-me-mann13-story.html</a> <a href="#fnref:17" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:18"><p>Marquez, Jeremiah (November 13, 2007). "TV, film director Delbert Mann dies". Star-News. Retrieved May 1, 2016. <a href="https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1454&dat=20071113&id=KxNPAAAAIBAJ&pg=4740,3798425" target="_blank">https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1454&dat=20071113&id=KxNPAAAAIBAJ&pg=4740,3798425</a> <a href="#fnref:18" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:19"><p>Vallance, Tom (November 13, 2007). "Delbert Mann: Oscar-winning director of 'Marty'". The Independent. Retrieved April 30, 2016. <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/delbert-mann-400226.html" target="_blank">https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/delbert-mann-400226.html</a> <a href="#fnref:19" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:20"><p>Fox, Margalit (November 13, 2007). "Delbert Mann, Director, Is Dead at 87". The New York Times. 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