of Miss Lulu Bett was Clara Beranger, whom deMille married in 1929. At about this time, he met Lorna Moon, an established New York author from Scotland, who also wrote sophisticated Hollywood comedies. In 1998, Richard de Mille, who had grown up in Cecil's household, revealed in the memoir My Secret Mother, Lorna Moon that William C. deMille was his father and screenwriter Moon his biological mother. Richard had been adopted by Cecil B. and Constance DeMille to avoid a family scandal. In addition to his filmmaking fame, William deMille was an early member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. (His brother was a founding member.) With Douglas Fairbanks, he co-hosted the 1st Academy Awards in 1929, and he solely hosted the 2nd Academy Awards the following year. He served as President of the Academy briefly. DeMille helped found the USC Film School in 1929, and after his East Coast theatrical career failed to revive in the early 1930s, he was active on the faculty there until his death. Death DeMille died on March 5, 1955 in Playa del Rey, California. He is interred in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Partial filmography The House of Discord (1913) (author of play) The Only Son (1914) Rose of the Rancho (1914) (actor) Strongheart (1914) (play) Young Romance (1915) (author of play) The Goose Girl (1915) (screenwriter) The Woman (1915) (author of play) The Wild Goose Chase (1915) (story/screenwriter) Carmen (1915) (screenwriter) The Ragamuffin (1916) The Blacklist (1916) The Sowers (1916) The Clown (1916) Common Ground (1916) Anton the Terrible (1916) The Heir to the Hoorah (1916) Maria Rosa (1916) (screenwriter) Hashimura Togo (1917) The Ghost House (1917) The Secret Game (1917) The Widow's Might (1918) One More American (1918) The Honor of His House (1918) Mirandy Smiles (1918) The Mystery Girl (1918) For Better, for Worse (1919) (screenwriter) Peg o' My Heart (1919) (completed but never released due to legal matters) The Tree of Knowledge (1920) Jack Straw (1920) The Prince Chap (1920) Conrad in Quest of His Youth (1920) Why Change Your Wife? (1920) (screenwriter) Midsummer Madness (1921) What Every Woman Knows (1921) The Lost Romance (1921) After the Show (1921) Miss Lulu Bett (1921) Bought and Paid For (1922) A Trip to Paramountown (1922 short) Nice People (1922) Clarence (1922) The World's Applause (1923) Grumpy (1923) Only 38 (1923) The Marriage Maker (1923) Don't Call It Love (1923)