Tony Curtis
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 Tony Curtis facts

• He acted in more than 100 films in roles covering a wide range of genres, from light comedy to serious drama
• In his later years, Curtis made numerous television appearances
• Although his early film roles were partly the result of his good looks, by the later half of the 1950s he became a notable and strong screen presence
• He began proving himself to be a fine dramatic actor, having the range to act in numerous dramatic and comedy roles
• In his earliest parts he acted in a string of mediocre films, including swashbucklers, westerns, light comedies, sports films, and a musical
• However, by the time he starred in Houdini (1953) with his wife Janet Leigh, "his first clear success," notes critic David Thomson, his acting had progressed immensely
• He achieved his first serious recognition as a dramatic actor in Sweet Smell of Success (1957) with co-star Burt Lancaster
• The following year he was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor in The Defiant Ones (1958)
• Curtis then gave what could arguably be called his best performance: three interrelated roles in the comedy Some Like It Hot (1959)
• Thomson called it an "outrageous film," and a survey carried out by the American Film Institute voted it the funniest American film ever made