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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.
Apr 2, 2014 · From 'Some Like It Hot' to 'The Defiant Ones,' Tony Curtis was the reigning Hollywood heartthrob of the 1950s. He is also known as actress Jamie Lee Curtis's dad.
Sep 25, 2024 · Tony Curtis (born June 3, 1925, Bronx, New York, U.S.—died September 29, 2010, Henderson, Nevada) was an American actor whose handsome looks first propelled him to fame in the 1950s. He won critical plaudits as well as broad popularity in both dramatic roles and comic performances.
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Tony Curtis. Actor: Some Like It Hot. Tony Curtis was born Bernard Schwartz, the eldest of three children of Helen (Klein) and Emanuel Schwartz, Jewish immigrants from Hungary.
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- He Grew Up Hungry. Tony Curtis was born Bernard Schwartz in 1925 and raised in a tiny room at the back of his father’s tailor shop in the Bronx. It was a hard childhood for the Schwartz family.
- He Had A Tragic Childhood. Curtis's childhood was so horrific that it seems like the poor boy was cursed. Less than five years after being carted off to an orphanage, Curtis lost his beloved brother when a truck ran the poor boy over.
- Mental Illness Plagued His Family. As you might have been able to tell, life was hard for the Curtis family—but Tony's mother had an especially difficult time.
- His Mother Suffered A Dark Fate. After yet another crisis, Curtis's mother was finally diagnosed with schizophrenia. But somehow, not even this marked the end of the Curtis family's unhappiness.
Sep 30, 2010 · In Billy Wilder's 1959 comedy masterpiece, Some Like It Hot, the actor joined Jack Lemmon to play a couple of musicians who fear for their lives after witnessing the St Valentine's Day massacre.
Oct 1, 2010 · Tony Curtis, a classically handsome movie star who came out of the Hollywood studio system in the 1950s to find both wide popularity and critical acclaim in dramatic and comic roles alike, from...
