Leroy Family History & Genealogy

Warner LeRoy was born on March 5, 1935 in New York, New York United States, and died at age 65 years old on February 22, 2001 in New York. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Warner Lewis LeRoy.

Jennifer LeRoy was born in United States to Warner Lewis LeRoy and Kathleen O'Reilly, and has siblings Maximillian Warner LeRoy, Bridge LeRoy, and Carolyn LeRoy. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jennifer Oz LeRoy.

Carolyn LeRoy was born in United States to Warner Lewis LeRoy and Kathleen O'Reilly, and has siblings Maximillian Warner LeRoy, Bridge LeRoy, and Jennifer Oz LeRoy. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Carolyn LeRoy.

Bridge LeRoy was born in United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Bridge LeRoy.

Maximillian LeRoy was born on November 30, 1975 in United States, and died at age 29 years old on November 3, 2005 in Los Angeles, CA. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Maximillian Warner LeRoy.

Linda (LeRoy) Janklow was born on April 17, 1938 in Los Angeles, California United States to Mervyn LeRoy and Doris Warner, and has a brother Warner Lewis LeRoy. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Linda LeRoy Janklow.

Film Director Mervyn LeRoy Dead at 86 SEP. 14, 1987 1 TIMES STAFF WRITER Oscar-winning producer-director Mervyn LeRoy, the one-time San Francisco newsboy who set the tone of Hollywood movie making for 40 years with such films as “Little Caesar,” “The Wizard of Oz,” “Quo Vadis” and “Gypsy"--and co-founded Hollywood Park race track--died Sunday at his home in Beverly Hills. He was 86, and members of the family said heart ailments had kept him bedridden for the last six months. “Mervyn went peacefully, in his sleep,” said Kitty LeRoy, his wife of 41 years. “His heart just gave way. He was dead when I came to wake him at 8 a.m. It was a good kind of death after a good kind of life. ‘Good and Sweet Man’ “None of us could have wanted anything better for a good and sweet man. . . .” In addition to his wife, he leaves a daughter, Linda Jacklow, a son, Warner LeRoy, and five grandchildren. Funeral services are pending. One of the most successful products of the pre-World War II studio system, LeRoy’s career was a reflection of the strengths of that system--while betraying almost none of its weaknesses. He had been a full-fledged director at First National (later Warner Bros.) for only three years when his handling of “Little Caesar” and “I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang” boosted Edward G. Robinson and Paul Muni to stardom--and set the tone of fast-paced toughness that dominated Warners’ products for a decade. Later, at MGM, he presided over a series of lush, romantic vehicles that enhanced the careers of such stars as Vivien Leigh and Greer Garson, while displaying a total mastery of such diverse forms as musicals, historical spectaculars, action films and even children’s fantasy. He won an Oscar in 1942 for directing “Random Harvest,” received an honorary Oscar three years later for producing a short subject, “The House I Live In,” and was selected for the Irving Thalberg Memorial career achievement award in 1975. “And through it all,” studio mogul Jack Warner told a magazine interviewer in the 1960s, “he never seemed to have a box-office disaster. Maybe one or two that didn’t do as well as they might--but no disasters. And mixed in there, several of the biggest winners of all time. “Add the fact that you can’t find anyone in town to call him a son of a b****--and you’ve got a real giant. “There’s nobody like him and never will be. . . .” In addition, LeRoy helped found the Hollywood Turf Club--which built Hollywood Park--five decades ago and served for three decades as president of the corporation that controlled the race track. It was LeRoy who introduced Ronald Reagan to then-actress Nancy Davis. In a statement issued Sunday by the White House, the President and Mrs. Reagan called him “a special part of our lives. “It was he who introduced us. And he was always a precious friend,” the statement said. “Mervyn LeRoy was one of the pillars of the entertainment industry, responsible for some of the finest motion pictures ever. He was one of the greatest directors and producers of all time, knowing exactly how a scene should be and knowing just what to say to get his actors to make it right.” “He had a touch that was like no other,” Lane Curtiz said in a 1981 appreciation. “The name ‘Mervyn LeRoy’ on the film meant that your intellect was not likely to be assaulted and your sense of fitness would emerge intact. There was an essential rightness about all that he did. “You knew the film he made would be as decent and elegant as the man himself.”

Maria Ann (Leroy) Pettifer of Parkville, VIC Australia was born on March 4, 1865 in Whroo, and died at age 92 years old on November 20, 1957 at The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Grattan Street,, in Parkville. Maria Pettifer was buried at Coburg Pine Ridge Cemetery, Bell Street,, in Preston.

William Alfred Leroy of Rushworth, Campaspe Shire County, VIC Australia was born on July 21, 1895 in Whroo, and died at age 74 years old on October 26, 1969 in Rushworth.

George Frederick LeRoy of Eltham, Shire of Nillumbik County, VIC Australia was born on August 12, 1898 in Whroo, and died at age 64 years old on May 11, 1963 in Eltham.

Charles James LeRoy of Frankston, City of Frankston County, VIC Australia was born on December 26, 1900 in Whroo, and died at age 58 years old on August 23, 1959 in Frankston.

John William LeRoy of Rushworth, Campaspe Shire County, VIC Australia was born on January 8, 1909 in Rushworth, and died at age 1 year old on May 12, 1910 in Rushworth.

Bertram Ernest LeRoy of Rushworth, Campaspe Shire County, VIC Australia was born on September 11, 1914 in Rushworth, and died on February 5, 1915 in Rushworth.

Dorothy Ellen (LeRoy) McIntosh of Seymour, Mitchell Shire County, VIC Australia was born on December 26, 1912 in Rushworth, Campaspe Shire County to Eliza Ann (Shell) LeRoy and William John Leroy. She had siblings Mary Hammond Le Roy, Caroline Isobel LeRoy, Grace Christina LeRoy, Bertram Ernest LeRoy, John William LeRoy, Raymond John Le Roy, Charles James LeRoy, George Frederick Leroy, and William Alfred Leroy. Dorothy McIntosh died at age 81 years old on September 21, 1994 in Seymour, Mitchell Shire County.

Grace Christina (LeRoy) Collard of Brighton, City of Bayside County, VIC Australia was born on January 9, 1906 in Rushworth, Campaspe Shire County, and died at age 88 years old on June 16, 1994 in Brighton, City of Bayside County.

Caroline Isobel (Leroy) of Brunswick, City of Merri-bek County, VIC Australia was born in 1903 in Whroo, and died at age 24 years old on October 21, 1928 in Brunswick.

Mary Hammond (LeRoy) Lowne of Pascoe Vale, City of Merri-bek County, VIC Australia was born on April 24, 1892 in Elsternwick, City of Glen Eira County to Eliza Ann (Shell) LeRoy and William John Leroy. She had siblings Caroline Isobel LeRoy, Grace Christina LeRoy, Dorothy Ellen LeRoy, Bertram Ernest LeRoy, John William LeRoy, Raymond John Le Roy, Charles James LeRoy, George Frederick Leroy, and William Alfred Leroy. She married Edward Stanley Lowne in 1918, and had a child Raymond Edward Lowne. Mary Lowne died at age 75 years old on August 18, 1967 in Pascoe Vale, City of Merri-bek County.

Eliza Ann (Shell) LeRoy of Rushworth, Campaspe Shire County, VIC Australia was born on April 8, 1869 in Durham Lead, and died at age 58 years old on January 12, 1928 in Rushworth.

William John LeRoy of Brunswick, City of Merri-bek County, VIC Australia was born on September 13, 1867 in Whroo to Alfred Frederic Le Roy and Maria Ann (Hamon) LeRoy. He had siblings Thomas Leroy, Maria Ann (Leroy) Pettifer, John William Leroy, Christina Leroy, Caroline Leroy Jones, and Lydia Le Roy. He married Eliza Ann (Shell) LeRoy in 1891, and had children Mary Hammond Le Roy, William Alfred Leroy, George Frederick Leroy, Charles James LeRoy, Caroline Isobel LeRoy, Grace Christina LeRoy, John William LeRoy, Dorothy Ellen LeRoy, Raymond John Le Roy, and Bertram Ernest LeRoy. William LeRoy died at age 84 years old on June 13, 1952 in Brunswick.

Maria Ann (Hamon) LeRoy of Elmore, Greater Bendigo City County, VIC Australia was born on July 5, 1831. She was married to Alfred Frederic Le Roy, and had children John William Leroy, Thomas Leroy, Lydia Le Roy, Maria Ann (Leroy) Pettifer, William John Leroy, Christina Leroy, and Caroline Leroy Jones. Maria LeRoy died at age 76 years old on December 30, 1907 in Elmore, and was buried at Whroo Cemetery, in Whroo, Campaspe Shire County.