- Born
- Died
- Birth nameIsrael Pincu Lazarovitch
- Irving Layton was born on March 12, 1912 in Tirgu Neamt, Romania. He was an actor, known for Irving Layton: An Introduction (1986), Poet: Irving Layton Observed (1986) and Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen (1965). He was married to Annette Pottier, Harriet Bernstein, Betty Sutherland and Faye Lynch. He died on January 4, 2006 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
- SpousesAnnette Pottier(1981 - 1995) (separated)Harriet Bernstein(November 1978 - 1981) (divorced, 1 child)Betty Sutherland(1946 - November 1978)Faye Lynch(1938 - 1946) (divorced)
- Was nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature.
- Mr. Layton was married five times and fathered four children
- He was awarded the O.C. (Officer of the Order of Canada) on June 23,1976 for his services to Literature.
- Father with Aviva Layton, who became his long-term common-law wife in 1961, of David Layton.
- Ex brother-in-law of Donald Sutherland.
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