Tony Curtis

Curtis was born as Bernard Schwartz in the Bronx, New York, a son of Emanuel Schwartz and his wife Helen Klein. His parents were Jewish immigrants from Mátészalka, Hungary. His father was a tailor and the family lived in the back of the shop, the parents in one corner and Curtis and his brothers Julius and Robert in another. Curtis has said, "When I was a child Mom beat me up and was very aggressive and antagonistic." His mother was later diagnosed with schizophrenia, a mental illness which also affected his brother Robert and led to his institutionalization. When Curtis was eight, he and his younger brother Julius were placed in an orphanage for a month because their parents could not afford to feed them. Four years later, Julius was struck and killed by a truck.

During World War II, Curtis served in the United States Navy aboard USS Proteus (AS-19), a submarine tender. On September 2, 1945, he witnessed the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay from about a mile away.[3] Following his discharge, Curtis studied acting at the Dramatic Workshop of The New School in New York with the influential German director Erwin Piscator, along with Elaine Stritch, Walter Matthau, and Rod Steiger. He was discovered by a talent agent and casting director Joyce Selznick. Curtis claims it was because he "was the handsomest of the boys. Arriving in Hollywood in 1948 at age 23, he was placed under contract at Universal Pictures and changed his name to Tony Curtis, taking his first name from the novel Anthony Adverse and his last name from "Kurtz", a surname from his mother's family.[4] Although the studio taught him fencing and riding, Curtis admits he was at first only interested in girls and money

Curtis has been married six times. His first (and most famous) wife was the actress Janet Leigh (1927–2004), to whom he was married for 11 years (June 4, 1951 – 1962), and with whom he fathered actresses Jamie Lee and Kelly Curtis. "For a while, we were Hollywood's golden couple," he says. "I was very dedicated and devoted to Janet and on top of my trade, but in her eyes that goldenness started to wear off. I realized that whatever I was, I wasn't enough for Janet. That hurt me a lot and broke my heart."[cite this quote] It was Leigh's third marriage. Curtis, who admits to cheating on her throughout their marriage, left Leigh in 1962 for Christine Kaufmann, the 17-year-old German co-star of his latest film, Taras Bulba.

Curtis has also been married to:

Christine Kaufmann (February 8, 1963 – 1967); divorced, two children

Leslie Allen (April 20, 1968 – 1982); divorced, two children

Andrea Savio (1984 – 1992); divorced

Lisa Deutsch (February 28, 1993 – 1994); divorced

Jill Vandenberg Curtis (November 6, 1998 –)

Curtis' hand prints at the Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park, His son, Nicholas (with Leslie Allen), died of a heroin overdose on April 2, 1994, at the age of 23. Of this, Curtis has said, "As a father you don't recover from that. There isn't a moment at night that I don't remember him."[cite this quote]

In 2002, Curtis purportedly told a British gay magazine attitude, "I was 22 when I arrived in Hollywood in 1948. I had more action than Mount Vesuvius; men, women, animals! I loved it too. I participated where I wanted to and didn't where I didn't. I've always been open about it."[6]

Curtis states that he had a brief relationship with Marilyn Monroe in 1949, which had to end due to their different work commitments.[7]

His current wife is 42 years his junior. They met in a restaurant in 1993 and married in 1998. "The age gap doesn't bother us. We laugh a lot. My body is functioning and everything is good. She's the sexiest woman I've ever known. We don't think about time. I don't use Viagra either. There are 50 ways to please your lover."[cite this quote]

In 2004, he was inducted into the UNLV Hall of Fame.[8] A street is named after him at The Revere at Anthem development in Henderson, Nevada.

In 1998, he founded the Emanuel Foundation for Hungarian Culture, and has served as honorary chairperson. This is for the restoration and preservation of synagogues and 1300 Jewish cemeteries in Hungary. He dedicated this to the 600,000 Hungarian victims of the Holocaust.[9]

Curtis nearly died when he contracted pneumonia in December 2006 and was in a coma for several days. He now uses a wheelchair and can only walk short distances.[10] Curtis now lives in Las Vegas, NV.

In October 2008, Curtis released his latest autobiography American Prince: A Memoir (Harmony Books), written with Peter Golenbock.[11] In it, he elaborates on his widely publicized affair with Marilyn Monroe, his encounters with other Hollywood legends of the time, including Frank Sinatra and James Dean, as well as his hard-knock childhood and path to success.

There is a mural of him on US Highway 101 Southbound at the Sunset Blvd. exit.

On 24 October 2008, he appeared as a guest on the UK chat show Friday Night with Jonathan Ross on the BBC, along with Daniel Craig, Grace Jones and the UK girl band Girls Aloud.

On 21 May 2009, he appeared as a guest on The One Show, on BBC 1 in the United Kingdom.

On the 22nd of May 2009, he appeared as a guest on the popular Breakfast show GMTV, on ITV in the UK.

On 22 May 2009, Curtis had to apologize to the BBC radio audience after he used three swear words in a six-minute interview with BBC presenter William Crawley. The presenter also apologized to the audience for Curtis's "Hollywood realism". Curtis explained that he thought the interview was being taped, when it was in fact live.

Tony organised the restitution of the Dohany Utca Synagogue in Budapest after the 2nd WW and he brought his aunt Illona and Uncle Aladar to the USA after the war.

http://ww2gravestone.com/people/curtis-toni/

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תוכן עניינים 1 ביוגרפיה 1.1 ילדותו 2 קריירת משחק 3 פילמוגרפיה חלקית 4 קישורים חיצוניים 5 הערות שוליים ביוגרפיה ילדותו טוני קרטיס נולד ברובע הברונקס ניו יורק בשם ברנרד שוורץ. הוריו, עמנואל שוורץ יליד אופאי (פאיע בפי היהודים) והלן קליין ילידת מיכלובצה, היגרו מהונגריה לארצות הברית בשנות ה-20. ילדותו לא עברה עליו על מי מנוחות: אמו נהגה להכותו ואחיו הצעיר ג'וליוס נהרג בתאונת דרכים כשטוני היה בן 12. קרטיס עצמו עזב את בית הספר והתגייס למארינס במלחמת העולם השנייה.

קריירת משחק קרטיס החל את הקריירה שלו בתיאטרון באמצע שנות ה-40, והוא הופיע בשורה של הצגות בתפקידים שונים בהם בהצגות "נער הזהב" ו-"12 לילות". החל משנת 1949, החל את הקריירה הקולנועית שלו והשתתף במבחר סרטים קלאסיים כמו "ספרטקוס" – לצידו של קירק דאגלס, "החונק מבוסטון", "הנועזים", "ריחה המתוק של ההצלחה" ו"טרפז" לצדו של ברט לנקסטר. פרסומו הרב הגיע בשנת 1959 כשהשתתף בסרט הקומי "חמים וטעים" לצד ג'ק למון ומרילין מונרו. בספר אוטוביוגרפי שהוציא לאור ב-2009 כתב קרטיס כי במהלך הצילומים של "חמים וטעים", ניהל עם מונרו (שהייתה נשואה אז לארתור מילר) רומן, שהסתיים בהריון לא צפוי ובהפלה טבעית. קרטיס כתב שהוא ומונרו התוודו בפני מילר על הרומן ביניהם - ושזה הגיב בדרישה ממנו "לסיים את הצילומים ולהסתלק מחייהם"[1][2]. עוד כתב, שמילר טען שנועץ ברופא של מונרו, שאמר לו שאין סיכוי שההריון היה מקרטיס[3].

בשנת 1958 היה מועמד לפרס אוסקר לשחקן הטוב ביותר על תפקידו בסרט "הנועזים".

בשנת 1962 שיחק בסרט: "טאראס בולבה" לצידו של יול ברינר.

השתתף בלמעלה מ-100 סרטים. כמו כן השתתף בסדרת הטלוויזיה "המשכנעים" (The Persuaders) יחד עם רוג'ר מור. בשנת 1980 פתח בקריירה נוספת והחל לצייר.

קרטיס היה נשוי ארבע פעמים. אשתו הראשונה והמפורסמת הייתה ג'נט לי, אותה הכיר בעת ששיחקו יחד בסרט "הודיני", לה היה נשוי 11 שנים ולהם נולדו שתי בנות, השחקניות קלי וג'יימי לי קרטיס. כמו כן היה נשוי לשחקנית כריסטינה קאופמן.

נפטר מהתקף לב ב-29 בספטמבר 2010, בגיל 85, לאחר שסבל במשך תקופה ארוכה ממחלות לב וריאה.

פילמוגרפיה חלקית קריס קרוס (1949) ג'וני דארק (1954) המסכה הסגולה (1955) טרפז (1956) הנועזים (1958) חמים וטעים (1959) מבצע תחתונית (1959) ספרטקוס (1960) טאראס בולבה (1962) קפטן ניומן (1963) בואינג בואינג (1965) החונק מבוסטון (1968) המשימה מונטה קרלו (1974) איש הלובסטר ממאדים (1989) בני האלמוות (1995) משחק האלופים (1999) דייוויד ופטימה (2008) קישורים חיצוניים מיזמי קרן ויקימדיה ויקישיתוף תמונות ומדיה בוויקישיתוף: טוני קרטיס Green globe.svg אתר האינטרנט הרשמי

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Curtis was born as Bernard Schwartz in the Bronx, New York, a son of Emanuel Schwartz and his wife Helen Klein. His parents were Jewish immigrants from Mátészalka, Hungary. His father was a tailor and the family lived in the back of the shop, the parents in one corner and Curtis and his brothers Julius and Robert in another. Curtis has said, "When I was a child Mom beat me up and was very aggressive and antagonistic." His mother was later diagnosed with schizophrenia, a mental illness which also affected his brother Robert and led to his institutionalization. When Curtis was eight, he and his younger brother Julius were placed in an orphanage for a month because their parents could not afford to feed them. Four years later, Julius was struck and killed by a truck.

During World War II, Curtis served in the United States Navy aboard USS Proteus (AS-19), a submarine tender. On September 2, 1945, he witnessed the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay from about a mile away.[3] Following his discharge, Curtis studied acting at the Dramatic Workshop of The New School in New York with the influential German director Erwin Piscator, along with Elaine Stritch, Walter Matthau, and Rod Steiger. He was discovered by a talent agent and casting director Joyce Selznick. Curtis claims it was because he "was the handsomest of the boys. Arriving in Hollywood in 1948 at age 23, he was placed under contract at Universal Pictures and changed his name to Tony Curtis, taking his first name from the novel Anthony Adverse and his last name from "Kurtz", a surname from his mother's family.[4] Although the studio taught him fencing and riding, Curtis admits he was at first only interested in girls and money

Curtis has been married six times. His first (and most famous) wife was the actress Janet Leigh (1927–2004), to whom he was married for 11 years (June 4, 1951 – 1962), and with whom he fathered actresses Jamie Lee and Kelly Curtis. "For a while, we were Hollywood's golden couple," he says. "I was very dedicated and devoted to Janet and on top of my trade, but in her eyes that goldenness started to wear off. I realized that whatever I was, I wasn't enough for Janet. That hurt me a lot and broke my heart."[cite this quote] It was Leigh's third marriage. Curtis, who admits to cheating on her throughout their marriage, left Leigh in 1962 for Christine Kaufmann, the 17-year-old German co-star of his latest film, Taras Bulba.

Curtis has also been married to:

Christine Kaufmann (February 8, 1963 – 1967); divorced, two children

Leslie Allen (April 20, 1968 – 1982); divorced, two children

Andrea Savio (1984 – 1992); divorced

Lisa Deutsch (February 28, 1993 – 1994); divorced

Jill Vandenberg Curtis (November 6, 1998 –)

Curtis' hand prints at the Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park, His son, Nicholas (with Leslie Allen), died of a heroin overdose on April 2, 1994, at the age of 23. Of this, Curtis has said, "As a father you don't recover from that. There isn't a moment at night that I don't remember him."[cite this quote]

In 2002, Curtis purportedly told a British gay magazine attitude, "I was 22 when I arrived in Hollywood in 1948. I had more action than Mount Vesuvius; men, women, animals! I loved it too. I participated where I wanted to and didn't where I didn't. I've always been open about it."[6]

Curtis states that he had a brief relationship with Marilyn Monroe in 1949, which had to end due to their different work commitments.[7]

His current wife is 42 years his junior. They met in a restaurant in 1993 and married in 1998. "The age gap doesn't bother us. We laugh a lot. My body is functioning and everything is good. She's the sexiest woman I've ever known. We don't think about time. I don't use Viagra either. There are 50 ways to please your lover."[cite this quote]

In 2004, he was inducted into the UNLV Hall of Fame.[8] A street is named after him at The Revere at Anthem development in Henderson, Nevada.

In 1998, he founded the Emanuel Foundation for Hungarian Culture, and has served as honorary chairperson. This is for the restoration and preservation of synagogues and 1300 Jewish cemeteries in Hungary. He dedicated this to the 600,000 Hungarian victims of the Holocaust.[9]

Curtis nearly died when he contracted pneumonia in December 2006 and was in a coma for several days. He now uses a wheelchair and can only walk short distances.[10] Curtis now lives in Las Vegas, NV.

In October 2008, Curtis released his latest autobiography American Prince: A Memoir (Harmony Books), written with Peter Golenbock.[11] In it, he elaborates on his widely publicized affair with Marilyn Monroe, his encounters with other Hollywood legends of the time, including Frank Sinatra and James Dean, as well as his hard-knock childhood and path to success.

There is a mural of him on US Highway 101 Southbound at the Sunset Blvd. exit.

On 24 October 2008, he appeared as a guest on the UK chat show Friday Night with Jonathan Ross on the BBC, along with Daniel Craig, Grace Jones and the UK girl band Girls Aloud.

On 21 May 2009, he appeared as a guest on The One Show, on BBC 1 in the United Kingdom.

On the 22nd of May 2009, he appeared as a guest on the popular Breakfast show GMTV, on ITV in the UK.

On 22 May 2009, Curtis had to apologize to the BBC radio audience after he used three swear words in a six-minute interview with BBC presenter William Crawley. The presenter also apologized to the audience for Curtis's "Hollywood realism". Curtis explained that he thought the interview was being taped, when it was in fact live.

Tony organised the restitution of the Dohany Utca Synagogue in Budapest after the 2nd WW and he brought his aunt Illona and Uncle Aladar to the USA after the war.

http://ww2gravestone.com/people/curtis-toni/