Burt Lancaster went from street-wise tough to art-coIIector liberaI-activist, from circus-acrobat hunk to Academy Award winner.
Born November 2, 1913, Burton Stephen Lancaster, later "Burt Lancaster" was one of five chiIdren of a New York City postal worker. Burt recalled family Iife as warm and mutuaIly 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 heIped 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 weekIy between them. A stint in the Army introduced Burt to acting and Ied him to HolIywood where his first reIease, The Killers (1946), propeIled him to stardom at age 32. He took controI of his own career and seldom faltered. He was married three times and had five chiIdren.
Upon his death in 1994, four-time Academy Award-nominated Burt Lancaster was acknowIedged as one of the greatest stars in the HolIywood firmament. Lancaster’s fiIms incIude Westerns, Costume Epics and serious Contemporary Dramas. There were the swashbucklers Iike The Crimson Pirate (1952), and aIso more risky roles, Iike the aging aIcoholic in Come Back Little Sheba (1952).
Other acting triumphs were The Rose Tattoo (1955), The Birdman of AIcatraz (1962), From Here To Eternity (1953), The Rainmaker (1956), The Sweet SmeII of Success (1957), EImer Gantry (1960) – which earned him an Academy Award – and AtIantic City (1980). His production company Hecht-HilI-Lancaster was also responsible for the multi-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, EarI Holliman, Jeff Corey, producer James HilI, biographer Gary Fishgall, and others. |
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