Steve Broidy

Samuel “Steve” Broidy (June 14, 1905 – April 28, 1991) was an American executive in the U.S. motion picture industry.

Early life Samuel Broidy was born on June 14, 1905, in Malden, Massachusetts. He attended Boston University, but he was forced to drop out because of the Great Depression.

He remained president of Allied Artists until 1965, when he left to form his own company, Motion Pictures International.

Philanthropy An active philanthropist, he received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1962, and was Founding Life Chairman of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Broidy served on the MPAA Board of Governors from June 1960 through May 1969, and was their Second Vice President from 1967 to 1968. President of Temple Israel of Hollywood 1953-54.

Personal life Broidy had two sons, Arthur and Steven Broidy, and a daughter, Eleanor Sattinger.

Death Broidy died in 1991 in Los Angeles, California, following a heart attack, at the age of 85.