American film producer, screenwriter and film studio executive. He is best known for producing Gone with the Wind (1939) and Rebecca (1940), both earning him an Academy Award for Best Picture.
url https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M53Q-HTQ Citation "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M53Q-HTQ : accessed 26 January 2017), David Selznick in household of Louis J Selznick, Brooklyn Ward 8, Kings, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 145, sheet 1B, family 20, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 958; FHL microfilm 1,374,971.
url https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJB9-G5L Citation "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MJB9-G5L : accessed 26 January 2017), David Selznick in household of Lewis J Selznick, Manhattan Assembly District 9, New York, New York, United States; citing ED 701, sheet 9B, line 65, family 230, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1202; FHL microfilm 1,821,202.
Year: 1930; Census Place: Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California; Roll: 124; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 0819; Image: 153.0; FHL microfilm: 2339859
url https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K978-SY2 Citation "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K978-SY2 : accessed 29 January 2017), David Selznick, Tract 381, Beverly Hills, Beverly Hills Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 19-36, sheet 13B, line 51, family 208, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 220.
url https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8NB-XDB Citation "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K8NB-XDB : 28 November 2014), David Oliver Selznick and Irene Gladys Mayer, 29 Apr 1930; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,074,791.
url https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J5DM-DMN Citation "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J5DM-DMN : 19 May 2014), David Selznick, Jun 1965; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
url https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGRL-9DV Citation "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VGRL-9DV : 26 November 2014), David O Selznick, 22 Jun 1965; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
url https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ1-BGXY Citation "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVJ1-BGXY : 13 December 2015), David O. Selznick, 1965; Burial, Glendale, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale); citing record ID 941, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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