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Date of Birth
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17-November-1898
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Place of Birth
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Ohio
(United States of America, Midwestern United States, Northwest Territory, United States, with Territories, Contiguous United States)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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William Edward Flannery, William E. Flannery
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Profession
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Film Art Director
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William Edward Flannery was an American art director and architect for William Randolph Hearst. He won an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film Picnic.
As an architect his projects included a beachside mansion for Hearst's girlfriend Marion Davies. The main mansion was demolished, but part of the property survives as the Annenberg Community Beach House.
Flannery married silent film actress Mary Mercedes Campbell and they had a son Patrick John, born in 1927.
During the Great Depression he became an art director.
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