Tony Curtis

Tony's real name is Bernard Schwartz. He was born in New York in the Bronx on June 3, 1925. He started his career as a theater actor and later in 1949 he joined the movie industry. The names that he used previous to Tony Curtis were James Curtis and later he used the name Anthony Curtis.
Tony is the son of Jewish Hungarian immigrant parents. In the early years his family lived in the back of his father's store. Tony Curtis has two brothers named Julius and Robert. His father was diagnosed with schizophrenia, which also affected his brother Robert. When Tony was 8 years old he had to live in an orphanage with his brother Julius for about a month because their parents couldn’t afford to feed them. When Tony was 12 years old his brother Julius was hit by a car and died in the accident. (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000348/)

Between 1942 and 1945 Tony was part of the United States Navy aboard the submarine tender, the USS Proteus. After Tony served the army he decided to study acting in New York. His talent was discovered by talent agent, and casting director Joyce Selznick. It is said that Tony liked to work in different genres to avoid being typecast.
Tony acted in more than a 100 movies, he also acted in television. Some of his famous movies are: Goodbye Charlie in 1964, The Vikings in 1958, Some Like it Hot in 1959 and The Boston Strangler in 1968.

Tony Curtis has been married six times, his first wife was Janet Leigh from 1951-1962 with whom he had 2 children, than he married Christine Kaufmann in 1963-1967 and they had two children, than he married Leslie Allen from 1968-1982 and they also had two children, than he married Lisa Deutsch from 1993-1994 and finally he married Jill Vandenberg from November 1998 until know. Tony Curtis currently works but mostly he paints. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Curtis)

One of the quotes that defines Tony Curtis personality is:

“What's the secret to a long and happy life? Young women's saliva!”

Here is an interview of Tony Curtis, he talks about his life, his education, and career.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMYz-snQrWI&feature=related

In this video we can look at Tony Curtis personality while he waits for his interview to start.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28jGfk-HK_M