Jay Ira Kanter (born December 12, 1926) is an American film producer. He is best known for his long association with

Alan Ladd Jr. Alan Walbridge Ladd Jr. (October 22, 1937 – March 2, 2022) was an American film industry executive and producer. He served as president of 20th Century Fox from 1976 to 1979, during which he approved the production of ''Star Wars''. He later es ...

He was a talent agent at MCA for a number of years. He is known for his biographical works such as ''Grace Kelly: The American Princess'' (1987) and ''Brando'' (2007). His most recent work is ''Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire'' (2014).

Personal life

Kanter was born to a

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family in

Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...

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. He was married to Judy Balaban (daughter of

Barney Balaban Barney Balaban (June 8, 1887 – March 7, 1971) was an American film executive who was the president of Paramount Pictures from 1936 to 1964 and an innovator in the cinema industry. Life and career Barney Balaban (formerly Birnbaum) was the el ...

) from 1953 until they divorced in 1961. Then he was married to Kit Bennett from 1965 until her death in 2014. He has two daughters with Balaban, Amy and Victoria.

Select Credits

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'' (1971) - producer * '' Fear is the Key'' (1972) - producer

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1926 births Living people Film producers from Illinois 20th-century American Jews People from Chicago Balaban family 21st-century American Jews {{US-film-producer-stub