Researching Phil Stern
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The name Phil means "Form of PHILLIP. Loving" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Phil Stern on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Phil Stern and the Stern Genealogy
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 1091 people with the Stern surname in the UK? Stern is now ranked number 3024 for popularity in the UK. |
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Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Phil Stern. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
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Phil Stern
Philip "Snapdragon" Stern (September 3, 1919 – December 13, 2014) was an American photographer noted for his iconic portraits of Hollywood stars, as well as his war photography while serving as a U.S. Army Ranger with "Darby's Rangers" during the North African and Italian campaigns in World War II.
Settling in Los Angeles after the war, Stern was staff photographer for LOOK magazine. He also worked for Life magazine and Collier's. He was present on numerous film productions as still photographer, and in that capacity took photographs of a huge cross-section of the film community. Stern's images of Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, Marlon Brando and even musician Louis Armstrong have become widely recognized icons.
A lifelong smoker, Stern died at the age of 95 in Los Angeles from COPD and congestive heart failure which he had been battling for over three and a half decades.
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