Editing Sam Spiegel (section)

{{short description|American film producer (1901–1985)}}
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| name          = Sam Spiegel
| image         = Sam-Spiegel-1963.jpg
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| caption       = Spiegel in 1963
| birth_name    = Samuel P. Spiegel
| birth_date    = November 11, 1901
| birth_place   = [[Jarosław]], [[Austrian Poland]]
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|1985|12|31|1901|11|11}}
| death_place   = [[Saint Martin (island)|Saint Martin]]<ref name=nytobit>{{cite news |last1=Krebs |first1=Albin |title=Sam Spiegel, Producer, Is Dead at 84 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/01/01/obituaries/sam-spiegel-producer-is-dead-at-84.html |access-date=April 22, 2019 |work=New York Times |date=January 1, 1986|page=48}}</ref>
| education     = 
| alma_mater    = [[University of Vienna]]
| occupation    = Film producer
| years_active  = 1927–1983
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| notable_works = ''[[On the Waterfront]], [[The Bridge on the River Kwai]], [[Lawrence of Arabia (film)|Lawrence of Arabia]]''
| spouse        = Rachel Agranovich (m. 1920; div. 1926)<br />Lynn Baggett (m. 1948; div. 1953)<br />Betty Benson Spiegel (m. 1958–1985, his death)
| children      = 2<ref name=nytobit />
| awards        = [[Irving Thalberg Memorial Award]]
}}

'''Samuel P. Spiegel''' (November 11, 1901{{spnd}}December 31, 1985) was an American independent [[film producer]]. Financially responsible for some of the most critically acclaimed motion pictures of the 20th century, Spiegel produced films that won the [[Academy Award for Best Picture]] three times, a Hollywood first for a sole independent producer.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/help/statistics/Pic-Facts.pdf |title=Best picture facts most nominations and awards |access-date=February 9, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221143817/http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/help/statistics/Pic-Facts.pdf |archive-date=February 21, 2014}}</ref>