Biography
Acclaimed American writer born Theodor Seuss Geisel (March 2, 1904 – September 24, 1991) was an American children's author and cartoonist.
He is known for his work writing and illustrating more than 60 books under the pen name Dr. Seuss. His work includes many of the most popular children's books of all time, selling over 600 million copies and being translated into more than 20 languages by the time of his death.
After attending Dartmouth College and Oxford University, he began a career in advertising. His advertising cartoons, featuring Quick, Henry, the Flit!, appeared in several leading American magazines. Dr. Seuss's first children's book, titled "And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street", hit the market in 1937, changing the face of children's literature forever. It was rejected 27 times before it was finally published by Vanguard Press in 1937.
Filmography
all 92
Movies 86
Writer 52
Producer 17
TV Shows 6
Creator 4
Screenplay 1
The Mean One (2022)
Minions & More Volume 2 (2022)
Minions & More 1 (2022)
The Zax (2020)
Serenade (2012)
Wagon Ho! (2012)
I Can Hear You (1992)
The Sneetches (1989)
Welcome (1986)
Halloween Is Grinch Night (1977)
The Lorax (1972)
Horton Hears a Who! (1970)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966)
The Gerald McBoing-Boing Show (1956)
How Now Boing Boing (1954)
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. (1953)
Hot Spot (1945)
Target Snafu (1944)
Pay Day (1944)
Outpost (1944)
Censored (1944)
The Chow Hound (1944)
Gas (1944)
A Lecture on Camouflage (1944)
Private Snafu vs. Malaria Mike (1944)
Snafuperman (1944)
Booby Traps (1944)
Going Home (1944)
Rumors (1943)
The Home Front (1943)
Fighting Tools (1943)
The Gold Brick (1943)
Spies (1943)
Gripes (1943)
Coming!! Snafu (1943)
PBS Kids Goes On Vacation
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1904-03-02
Deathday1991-09-24 (87 years old)
Birth NameTheodor Seuss Geisel
Birth PlaceSpringfield, United States
RelationshipsHelen Palmer Geisel (1927 - 1967), Audrey Dimond (1968 - 1991)
RelativesLark Grey Dimond-Cates
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsTheodor Seuss Geisel, Dr. Theodor S. Geisel, Ted Geisel, Theodor S. Geisel, Theodor Geisel, Theo LeSieg, The Kaiser, Dr. Suess
AwardsInkpot Award, American Campaign Medal, Regina Medal, World War II Victory Medal, Legionnaire of Legion of Merit, Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards, California Hall of Fame, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, Legion of Merit, Children's Literature Legacy Award
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