Edward Buzzell
- Born
- 13 November 1895
- Died
- 11 January 1985 (aged 89)
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- Birth name
- Edward Nathan Buzzell
- Known for
- Director
Edward Buzzell was born in Brooklyn, NY, and became a musical comedy star on Broadway. He went to Hollywood in 1929 to star in the movie version (Little Johnny Jones (1929)) of the old George M. Cohan stage show "Little Johnny Jones" in 1929. He starred also in Vitaphone shorts, where he started his career as director. Subsequently he directed shorts for Columbia Pictures before he started directing features in 1933. Later he came to MGM, where he made his best remembered films with the Marx Brothers ( At the Circus (1939), Go West (1940)), Eleanor Powell (Ship Ahoy (1942), Honolulu (1939)) and Esther Williams (Neptune's Daughter (1949)).
