Tony was terrific in this. One of my all-time favorites.
Posted on 09/30/2010 2:31:11 AM PDT by prisoner6
Tony Curtis Obit URGENT
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(Undated) -- Actor Tony Curtis has died at the age of 85. A representative for his daughter Jamie Lee Curtis' has confirmed the passing of the legendary actor, but no further details are available. Curtis, whose real name was Bernard Schwartz, was perhaps most known for his comedic turn in Billy Wilder's 'Some Like It Hot' with co-stars Marilyn Monroe and Jack Lemmon.
She is a perfect combination of her mother and father!
I loved The Great Race when I was little. Rented it on Netflix for my kids this summer and they loved it.
Hilarious. I have the recording on her retrospective album back in the ‘90s. I saw her concert in NYC in 2004 - I think that was the year - and she said she wanted to sing “Miss Marmelstein” but Penny Marshall told her during rehearsals that it wasn’t working. So she nixed it! Can you imagine her listening to Laverne???
And of course - when she was on b’way, she sang the song sitting in a chair.
American Submariner Ping!
He was in three of my favorite movies, “The Vikings”. “The Greagt Race”, and Operation Petticoat”
I read he had a real soft spot for “Operation Petticoat”, because he always wanted to serve on a submarine, and always wanted to make a movie with Cary Grant.Curtis enlisted in the Navy in WW II, volunteered for, and graduated from Sub School. He was assigned, however, to a sub tender. He witnessed the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay from his ship.
RIP
As a kid I just loved all of light hearted WWII naval comedies.
Rest in peace Tony Curtis.
Tony Curtis was from The Bronx, not Brooklyn. The accents are very similar.
Well, rest in peace, Stony Curtis.
Not likely a Brooklyn accent.
Curtis was born Bernard Schwartz in the Bronx, New York, the son of Emanuel Schwartz and his wife Helen Klein.[1][2] His parents were Hungarian Jewish immigrants from Mátészalka, Hungary. Hungarian was Curtis' only language until he was five or six, postponing his schooling.
Cary Grant... Operation Petticoat. :)
He was good in “Mr. Roberts” with Henry Fonda and William Powell and James Cagney and Ward Bond, et al.
My wife and I love his old movie’s and watch them whenever they are on tcm.
Fav Curtis film is The Boston Strangler.
I think it was sweet of you to think of her father when you saw her. I guess I was typing because I didn’t see her during DWTS.
Tony was terrific in this. One of my all-time favorites.
¨I hope you win! I hope you win, you Great Leslie, you.¨
RIP
Operation Petticoat! One of my all time favorites.
L'Auberge Vase
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JMPO -- But I believe Curtis may ultimately become more famous for his art than for his acting.
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