# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tony-curtis
# Generated: 2026-09-01T05:03:56.264Z

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description: "He was the Bronx kid who became Hollywood's pretty-boy matinee idol, then proved he could actually act — an Oscar nomination opposite Sidney Poitier, a turn in drag that still holds up, and a slow fade that never quite dimmed the name."
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Bernard Schwartz was born June 3, 1925, and by the 1950s he'd transformed into Tony Curtis, landing more than 100 film roles across six decades. Sweet Smell of Success in 1957 gave him his first serious notice as a dramatic actor, and the following year The Defiant Ones earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor alongside Sidney Poitier. Then came 1959's twin comedies Some Like It Hot and Operation Petticoat, and a supporting role in Spartacus in 1960. After that the stardom dimmed considerably, though he returned to dramatic weight in 1968's The Boston Strangler and played a Ukrainian Cossack in Taras Bulba, later starring as Danny Wilde in the TV series The Persuaders! for twenty-four episodes. He married six times, fathered six children — including actresses Jamie Lee Curtis and Kelly Curtis with his first wife Janet Leigh — and died September 29, 2010.