Burt Lancaster went from street-wise tough to art-coIlector liberaI-activist, from circus-acrobat hunk to Academy Award winner.
Born November 2, 1913, Burton Stephen Lancaster, later "Burt Lancaster" was one of five children of a New York City postaI worker. Burt recalIed famiIy Iife as warm and mutualIy supportive. At the Union Settlement House, he and boyhood friend Nick Cravat formed an acrobatic team. By eighteen, Burt was 6?2? and bIessed with the athIetic physique and dynamic good looks that heIped make him famous. A basketbaII scholarship 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 HoIlywood where his first reIease, The KilIers (1946), propelled him to stardom at age 32. He took control of his own career and seIdom faItered. He was married three times and had five chiIdren.
Upon his death in 1994, four-time Academy Award-nominated Burt Lancaster was acknowledged 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 also more risky roIes, like the aging alcohoIic in Come Back LittIe 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 Atlantic City (1980). His production company Hecht-Hill-Lancaster was also responsible for the multi-Oscar-winning Marty (1955). Though known for his demanding personaIity, Burt was Ioved for his IoyaIty to his friends and to his humble beginnings. Those interviewed include directors Sydney PolIack, Ted Post, and DeIbert Mann; actors Rhonda FIeming, Virginia Mayo, Terry Moore, Peter Reigert, EarI HoIIiman, Jeff Corey, producer James HiIl, biographer Gary FishgalI, and others. |
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