- Born
- Died
- Birth nameMichael Brunswick Ritchie
- Height2.01 m
- Michael Ritchie was born on November 28, 1938 in Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Golden Child : L'Enfant sacré du Tibet (1986), L'île sanglante (1980) and Fletch aux trousses (1985). He was married to Jimmie Brown and Georgina Tebrock. He died on April 16, 2001 in New York City, New York, USA.
- SpousesJimmie Brown(1982 - April 16, 2001) (his death, 2 children)Georgina Tebrock(February 2, 1963 - ?) (divorced, 3 children)
- Attended Berkeley High School in Berkeley, California.
- His father was Benbow Ritchie, a professor of experimental psychology at the University of California.
- Graduated from Harvard University.
- Two stepchildren, Nelly and Billy Bly.
- In 1994, Ritchie purchased for $995,000, the modest hacienda-style house at 12305 Fifth Helena Drive in the Brentwood section of LA where Marilyn Monroe died in 1962.
- I had no training in the theater. I did not study it but just did it.
- I feel that I'm leaving Williamstown too early, but I'd rather leave too early than too late.
- I have no interest in directing. I'd be a bad director.
- I've never presented. The logistics of that is a challenge.
- I'll be going to the granddaddy of the Los Angeles theaters.
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