- Born
- Died
- Birth nameFrederick Maxwell Karger Jr.
- Fred Karger was born in New York City, New York, USA. He is known for From Here to Eternity (1953) and The Caine Mutiny (1954). He was married to Elizabeth Derrick, Jane Wyman and Patti Sacks. He died on August 5, 1979 in Santa Monica, California, USA.- IMDb mini biography by: Leigh Carter
- SpousesElizabeth Derrick(1968 - August 5, 1979) (his death)Jane Wyman(March 11, 1961 - March 9, 1965) (divorced)Jane Wyman(November 1, 1952 - December 7, 1954) (divorced)Patti Sacks(? - November 29, 1948) (divorced, 1 child)
- Parents
- Karger also worked as a vocal coach at Columbia Pictures in 1948, where a young student-starlet of his named Marilyn Monroe fell in love with him. But he spurned Marilyn because he didn't think she would make a proper stepmother for his young son from an earlier marriage.
- First wife Patti Sacks won a divorce from Karger after she testified in Superior Court that he knocked a Karl Marx book out of her hand, and told her he didn't want his wife to be more intelligent than him. Sacks was studying to be a lawyer at the time.
- He passed away on the 17th anniversary of the death of his onetime paramour Marilyn Monroe; both died on August 5th.
- Is portrayed by Taylor Nichols in Norma Jean & Marilyn (1996)
- Son of Maxwell Karger.
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