Producer of the legendary series Aaron Spelling: biography, interesting facts and photos

Aaron Spelling for his life earned a multi-million dollar fortune. On his TV series, more than one generation of teenagers has grown up. And the famous "Dynasty" in its time looked at everything from small to large. Spelling was twice recorded in the Guinness Book of Records: as the world's most successful producer and as the owner of the largest house on Earth. His biography is full of interesting facts and events. In his life, there were so many adventures that she herself resembles a series.

How it all began

Aaron Spelling was born in Dallas in 1923 in a poor family of Jews who emigrated from Eastern Europe. In the world of cinematography there are rumors that the distant ancestors of Spelling were from Russia. But this is just unconfirmed data. The father of a small Aaron was a tailor, and his earnings were hard enough to feed a large family of six.

The boy attended an ordinary school, which was located next to the textile factory. Near her regularly met the local punks, which constantly pestered the boy. Because of this at the age of eight little Aaron Spelling experienced a severe nervous breakdown, as a result of which his legs were refused. For a whole year the child could not walk, but lying in bed, he was engaged in self-education: he read and honed the personal skills of the narrator much.

As a child, the future producer realized who he wanted to be. His parents were poor, but they always found money to buy movie tickets for their son. After graduating from university, Aaron Spelling went to conquer New York, where he wanted to find a script writer's job.

Starting a career

In 1953, Aaron married actress Carolyn Jones, and the couple moved to California. Young wife Spelling settled in one of the theaters, and the newly-made husband decided to write small scenarios for productions. Once Aaron Spelling, whose photo can be seen in our article, met producer Dick Powell. He invited the young man to work in his company. Duties of the young man were extremely unusual: he had to indulge the artists and fulfill all the whims of Powell.

Spelling was such a "boy in errands", but no matter how hard he was, he never complained about the difficulties. 1954 and a meeting with producer Alan Ladd became a turning point in Spelling's career. Alan asked Aaron to make some changes to his script for a new western. He did not know what to do and decided to just write a new script. Ladd was very shocked and shot the film exactly under the script of Spelling. So young Aaron became a real screenwriter.

Then he immediately burst into the world of cinema with lightning speed, shooting one after another such popular TV series as Dynasty, Beverly Hills 90210, Melrose Place and many others. During his career, Spelling has authored more than 70 series and 140 movies.

Best Daytime Soap Opera

His television series "Love and Secrets of Sunset Beach" Aaron Spelling started filming in 1996. With this work, he tried to raise the success of the day's serials. In the mid-1990s, the rating of daily TV shows began to decline rapidly and this gap was attempted by the genius of the cinema Spelling. At one time, "Sunset Beach" was the most expensive "long-game". One shooting week cost one million dollars.

In the first months of broadcasting on television, the show was very popular, but after several seasons its success began to decline rapidly, until the series was completely closed in 1999.

A series with a mystical bias

Once Spelling wanted to shoot a series with a mystical bias. The epic "Charmed" Aaron Spelling decided to shoot with the participation of his two favorite actresses: Shannen Doherty and Alice Milano. The fantastic film immediately became successful and eight seasons were filmed.

This series proves that Spelling is a versatile person who can make movies on a wide variety of topics, starting with love and ending with mysticism. "Charmed" is the story of the three sisters who are endowed with powerful magical powers. They cleanse the world of different evil spirits: sorcerers, demons and other otherworldly forces.

During the broadcast, the series gained commercial success and was praised by critics.

The most popular series of producer Spelling

During his career, a lot of film stories were shot by Aaron Spelling. The series that have become the most successful and popular are the following:

• "Charlie's Angels". The story was made during the years 1976-1981. The film tells about three beautiful women-detectives. When Spelling worked on this project, he was very risky, because before him no one had done anything like this. It was not known how the audience would accept the film, the main roles in which the idea should have been played by men. After all, in these years it was thought that the guys should be engaged in detective activity. But the film was incredibly successful.
• "Dynasty". Over the life of the millionaires, the Carringtons were watched by everyone and everyone. People even from work were asked to see how the quarrels between Krystle and Alexis would end. It was Spelling who was the first producer who taught the audience to follow the lives of famous and rich people.
• "Hotel". This is another long-running series, which tells about the cream of society. All secrets of the secular world open in one of the most luxurious and prestigious hotels in San Francisco.
• "Beverly Hills 90210". Favorite soap opera of youth of 90th years of the last century. The series gave a ticket to the acting life of many artists. In this project, Aaron took his daughter Tory.

The most chic house on the planet

Spelling was, of course, a rich man. Well, rich people, as a rule, invest in real estate. The house of Aaron Spelling is the most luxurious mansion on the planet and is among the ten most expensive possessions of the Earth. It is called the Manor mansion. It is built in the most prestigious area of Los Angeles - Holmby Hills. The building has 123 rooms and a separate wing, designed for a wardrobe.

Manor covers an area of 3390 m ² . On its territory there are a swimming pool, a gym, three kitchens, a skating rink and a bowling alley. There is also a cinema, eight garages, a puppet museum, four bars, a theater and a garden. In addition, in the territory you can find a dozen fountains and a hall intended for packing gifts.

The estate in its time was put up for sale by the wife of the late producer (he left us in 2006). She wanted for him to get $ 150 million.