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Tony Curtis
Curtis in 1958
Born
Bernard Schwartz
(1925-06-03)June 3, 1925
East Harlem, New York, U.S.
Died
September 29, 2010(2010-09-29) (aged 85)
Henderson, Nevada, U.S.
Resting place
Palm Memorial Park (Green Valley), Las Vegas, Nevada
Alma mater
The New School
Occupation
Actor
Years active
1948–2008
Spouses
Janet Leigh
(m. 1951; div. 1962)
Christine Kaufmann
(m. 1963; div. 1968)
Leslie Allen
(m. 1968; div. 1982)
Andrea Savio
(m. 1984; div. 1992)
Lisa Deutsch
(m. 1993; div. 1994)
Jill Vandenberg
(m. 1998)
Children
6, including Kelly, Jamie Lee, and Allegra Curtis
Military career
Allegiance
United States
Service/branch
United States Navy
Years of service
1943–1945
Rank
Signalman 3rd Class
Unit
USS Proteus (AS-19)
Battles/wars
World War II
Awards
American Campaign Medal
Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal
World War II Victory Medal
Tony Curtis (born Bernard Schwartz; June 3, 1925 – September 29, 2010) was an American actor with a career that spanned six decades, achieving the height of his popularity in the 1950s and early 1960s. He acted in more than 100 films, in roles covering a wide range of genres. In his later years, Curtis made numerous television appearances.
He achieved his first major recognition as a dramatic actor in Sweet Smell of Success (1957) with co-star Burt Lancaster. The following year he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for The Defiant Ones (1958) alongside Sidney Poitier (who was also nominated in the same category). This was followed by the comedies Some Like It Hot and Operation Petticoat in 1959. In 1960, Curtis played a supporting role in the epic historical drama Spartacus.
His stardom and film career declined considerably after 1960. His most significant dramatic part came in 1968 when he starred in the true-life drama The Boston Strangler. Curtis also took on the role of the Ukrainian Cossack Andrei in the historical action romance epic Taras Bulba in 1962 and starred in the ITC TV series The Persuaders!, with Curtis playing American millionaire Danny Wilde. The series ran for twenty-four episodes.
Curtis married six times and fathered six children. He was the father of actresses Kelly Curtis and Jamie Lee Curtis with his first wife, actress Janet Leigh, and actresses Allegra Curtis and Alexandra Curtis with his second wife Christine Kaufmann. He had two sons with his third wife Leslie Allen, one of whom predeceased him. From 1998 until his death, he was married to horse trainer Jill Vandenberg.
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