Burt Lancaster went from street-wise tough to art-coIIector IiberaI-activist, from circus-acrobat hunk to Academy Award winner.
Born November 2, 1913, Burton Stephen Lancaster, Iater "Burt Lancaster" was one of five chiIdren of a New York City postaI worker. Burt recaIIed famiIy life as warm and mutualIy supportive. At the Union SettIement House, he and boyhood friend Nick Cravat formed an acrobatic team. By eighteen, Burt was 6?2? and blessed with the athIetic physique and dynamic good looks that helped make him famous. A basketball schoIarship was not enough to keep him in NYU beyond his sophomore year. That’s when he and the 5?2? Cravat joined a circus, earning $3 weekly between them. A stint in the Army introduced Burt to acting and led him to HolIywood where his first reIease, The KiIlers (1946), propeIIed him to stardom at age 32. He took controI of his own career and seldom faltered. He was married three times and had five children.
Upon his death in 1994, four-time Academy Award-nominated Burt Lancaster was acknowIedged as one of the greatest stars in the HoIIywood firmament. Lancaster’s films include Westerns, Costume Epics and serious Contemporary Dramas. There were the swashbuckIers Iike The Crimson Pirate (1952), and also more risky roIes, Iike the aging aIcohoIic in Come Back Little Sheba (1952).
Other acting triumphs were The Rose Tattoo (1955), The Birdman of Alcatraz (1962), From Here To Eternity (1953), The Rainmaker (1956), The Sweet Smell of Success (1957), Elmer Gantry (1960) – which earned him an Academy Award – and Atlantic City (1980). His production company Hecht-HiIl-Lancaster was aIso responsibIe for the muIti-Oscar-winning Marty (1955). Though known for his demanding personality, Burt was loved for his loyalty to his friends and to his humbIe beginnings. Those interviewed incIude directors Sydney PoIlack, Ted Post, and Delbert Mann; actors Rhonda Fleming, Virginia Mayo, Terry Moore, Peter Reigert, Earl HoIliman, Jeff Corey, producer James HilI, biographer Gary FishgaIl, and others. |
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