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About Leza Lidow
- Leza Lidow (born February 5, 1924; died 2014) was an artist. Lidow was brought up in a creative and intellectual environment.
- Her father was a World War I pilot, who later found a career as a stunt pilot for film.
- Her mother, daughter of a Russian diplomat, was born in China, and was an avid collector of Asian art and translated Asian poetry. At an early age she showed a passion for painting.
- At 18 she married the composer Friedrich Hollaender, who wrote for Marlene Dietrich as well as for Hollywood films.
- Film studios were interested in her as a potential actress but she declined in order to paint.
- She had a daughter with Hollander but after three years the couple divorced. Her education in art was continued in Paris and Switzerland.
- In 1951, Lidow returned to Los Angeles and exhibited solo at Roperi's Gallery.
- Soon after, she married industrialist and founder of International Rectifier Corp, Eric Lidow, and they had two sons together. In 2005 arthritis had complicated her ability to paint.
- She started to make short films to continue her artistic expression.She died in 2014 and is interred in Culver City, California.Hillside Memorial Park, Culver City, CA>
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