Two days of mourning in the world of Italian cinema and American news yesterday of the death of Vincenzo Crocitti, actor Roman was 61 years old.


But today the news of the disappearance of two other great figures of American cinema: Arthur Penn (88 years) and Tony Curtis (85 years).


Born in New York on June 3, 1925, Bernard Schwartz (this his real name) was the son of Hungarian immigrants. Interpreter of over 140 films in 1959 received a nomination for Oscars for her performance in the film The Defiant Ones, starring Sidney Poitier.
Unforgettable her performance in Some Like It Hot, a comedy by Billie Wilder, starred opposite Marilyn Monroe (with which last year revealed that he had had an affair) and Jack Lemmon. In his long career he has alternated roles in all genres, comedy, thriller, drama, history, playing movies like Houdini, Spartacus , Operation Petticoat, The Boston Strangler and many others.
In the '70s, along with Roger Moore, gave birth to the hit TV series, The Persuaders .
Father of Jamie Lee Curtis, for whom, by his own admission, has never been the ideal father, he was married 6 times. His last marriage, Jill Vandenbergh younger than him by 42 years, that was next to the last.
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