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    BornBernard Schwartz · June 3, 1925 · New York City, U.S.
    DiedSeptember 29, 2010 (aged 85) · Henderson, Nevada, U.S.
    Alma materThe New School
    SpousesJanet 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)
    Movies
    Tony Curtis: The Rise and Fall of a Hollywood Icon. (Jerry Skinner Documentary)
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    Tony Curtis: The Rise and Fall of a Hollywood Icon. (Jerry Skinner Documentary)
    YouTubeJerry Skinner160.7K viewsSep 26, 2020
    Early life

    Tony Curtis was born Bernard Schwartz on June 3, 1925, at the Fifth Avenue Hospital corner of East 105th Street in East Harlem, Manhattan, the first of three boys born to Helen (née Klein) and Emanuel Schwartz.
    His parent… See more

    Career

    In 1948, Curtis arrived in Hollywood at age 23. In his autobiography, Curtis described how by chance he met Jack Warner on the plane to California.
    Under contract at Universal Pictures, he changed hi… See more

    Personal life

    Curtis was married six times. His first wife was actress Janet Leigh, whom he married in 1951. The studio he was under contract with, Universal-International, generally stayed out of their stars' love lives. When he chose t… See more

    Health and death

    In 1974, Curtis developed a heavy cocaine addiction while filming Lepke, at a time when his stardom had declined considerably and he was being offered few film roles. In 1984, Curtis was rushed to the hospital suf… See more

    Books

    • Curtis, Tony; Barry Paris (1993). Tony Curtis: The Autobiography. New York: William Morrow & Company. ISBN 978-0-688-09759-2.
    • Curtis, Tony; Peter Golenbock (2008). Tony Curtis: American Prince: My … See more

    Further reading

    • Ayres, Ian, ed. (2006). Van Gogh's Ear. The Celebrity Edition Vol. 5. New York; Paris: The Committee on Poetry; French Connection Press. pp. 61–68. ISBN 978-2-914853-07-1. OCLC 1245894209. The book includes To… See more

    External links

    • Tony Curtis at IMDb
    • Biography and naval service from the California Center for Military History website
    • Photographs at Virtual History… See more

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