Wilbur Anglemyer and Lillian Coler were Kenneth Anger’s parents. Wilbur Anglemyer was of German ancestry and was born in Troy, Ohio, while Lillian Coler (the older of the pair), had English ancestry.

Anger’s parents met at Ohio State University and after marrying had their first child, Jean Anglemyer, in 1918, followed by a second, Robert “Bob” Anglemyer, in 1921. Kenneth, their third and final child, was born in 1927.

Growing up, Kenneth did not get along with his parents or siblings. His brother Bob later claimed that as the youngest child, Kenneth had been spoiled by his mother and grandmother and became somewhat “bratty”.

His grandmother Bertha was a strong influence on the young Kenneth and supported the family financially during the Great Depression. It was she who first took Kenneth to the cinema, to see a double bill of The Singing Fool and Thunder Over Mexico.

Kenneth Anger was an American underground experimental filmmaker, actor, and author. Anger was born in Santa Monica, California, in 1927. He began making films as a teenager, and his early work was influenced by the Surrealist movement.

Anger’s films are often erotic and occult in nature, and they have been praised for their visual style and their exploration of taboo subjects. Working exclusively in short films, he produced almost 40 works beginning in 1937, nine of which have been grouped together as the “Magick Lantern Cycle”.

Anger’s most famous film is probably “Scorpio Rising” (1963), a visually stunning film that explores the dark side of American culture. Anger’s other films include “Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome” (1954), “Lucifer Rising” (1972), and “Invocation of My Demon Brother” (1969).

Anger was also a prolific author, and he wrote several books on occultism and cinema, including “Hollywood Babylon” (1959) and “The Book of Anger” (1965).