About Dean Riesner
Lived 1918 – 2002 (aged 83). Dean Riesner was an American screenwriter, actor, film actor, film screenwriter and director.
Dean Riesner (November 3, 1918 – August 18, 2002) was an American film and television writer.
Biography Riesner was born in New Rochelle, New York. His father, Charles Reisner, was a German American silent film director,
Riesner married actress Maila Nurmi, better known as the horror hostess Vampira, in 1949. They divorced in the 1950s. Riesner died in 2002 of natural causes in Encino, California.
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Who was Dean Riesner?
American screenwriter (1918-2002)
When was Dean Riesner born?
Dean Riesner was born on 3 November 1918 in New York City.
When did Dean Riesner die?
Dean Riesner died on 18 August 2002 in Encino.
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Dean Riesner was a screenwriter, actor, film actor, film screenwriter and director.
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Dean Riesner was American.
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