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Film & Television
Tony Curtis
1925–2010Manhattan, NYItalian American descendantHistoric
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Why Included
Some Like It Hot
Biography
Some Like It Hot; Spartacus; Sweet Smell of Success; born Bernard Schwartz; father of Kelly Curtis and Jamie Lee Curtis. Academy Award nomination (Some Like It Hot); 100+ film career; father of Jamie Lee Curtis
Notable For
- Some Like It Hot
- Spartacus
- Sweet Smell of Success
- born Bernard Schwartz
Honors & Recognition
- Academy Award nomination (Some Like It Hot)
- 100+ film career
- father of Jamie Lee Curtis
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Quick Facts
- Field
- Film & Television
- Specialty
- Acting
- Years
- 1925–2010
- Birth Place
- Manhattan, NY
- Origin
- Italian American descendant
- Regional Ancestry
- Jewish-Italian
- Ancestry Verification
- Needs Review
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