# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eli-wallach
# Generated: 2026-09-01T04:55:37.219Z

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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born in New York City on December 7, 1915, Wallach trained in method acting under Sanford Meisner and became a founding member of the Actors Studio under Lee Strasberg. He won a Tony Award for The Rose Tattoo in 1951, then made his screen debut in Baby Doll (1956), taking home a BAFTA for Best Newcomer. What followed was Calvera in The Magnificent Seven, Guido opposite Marilyn Monroe in The Misfits, and the role that would shadow him forever: Tuco in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Over 90 films carried him through the decades — from How the West Was Won to The Godfather Part III to late-career turns in The Holiday and Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. He died June 24, 2014, five months after his wife Anne Jackson — the woman he'd shared stages with for most of his working life.