Tony Curtis

Some Like It Hot (DVD) By Marilyn Monroe Buy new : $11.92 77 used and new from $4.00 Customer Rating: Customer tags: classic movie (56), marilyn monroe (47), comedy (40), jack lemmon (32), tony curtis (32), billy wilder (30), 1001 movies you must see before you die (18), essential film (17), classic (9), dvd (7), romance (4), comic criminals (3) Review & Description When Chicago musicians Joe (Tony Curtis) and Jerry (Jack Lemmon) accidentally witness a gangland shooting, they quickly board...Read Full Story

Some Like It Hot (DVD) By Marilyn Monroe Buy new : $15.09 79 used and new from $4.02 Customer Rating: Customer tags: classic movie (56), marilyn monroe (47), comedy (40), jack lemmon (32), tony curtis (32), billy wilder (30), 1001 movies you must see before you die (18), essential film (17), classic (9), dvd (7), romance (4), comic criminals (3) Review & Description When Chicago musicians Joe (Tony Curtis) and Jerry (Jack Lemmon) accidentally witness a gangland shooting, they quickly board...Read Full Story

Oscar nominee Tony Curtis has died at the age of 85, his actress daughter Jamie Lee Curtis’ representative has confirmed. Curtis was best known for his role opposite Marilyn Monroe in Some Like It Hot. No further details have been released at the time of writing. The Hollywood legend was married six times throughout his life, and is survived by his wife Jill Vandenberg Curtis, whom he wed in 1998. Curtis, who was born Bernard Schwartz in 1925, received an Academy Award nomination in 1959 for...Read Full Story

The icons always pass away in threes, people. I know it’s an old-wives’ tale, but it’s so, so true. First it was Eddie Fisher , then Gloria Stuart, and now Tony Curtis. Curtis passed away last night at his Las Vegas home. He was 85 years old, and it looks like he died of a heart attack/cardiac arrest. MSNBC has an extensive biography here . Tony Curtis, the Bronx tailor’s son who became a 1950s movie heartthrob and then a respected actor with such films as “Sweet Smell of Success,” “The...Read Full Story

Actor Tony Curtis was buried Monday with a melange of his favorite possessions — a Stetson hat , an Armani scarf, driving gloves, an iPhone and a copy of his favorite novel, " Anthony Adverse ," a book that inspired his celebrity name and launched a robust film career that spanned decades and genres. The 85-year-old Oscar-nominated actor who starred in such films as "The Defiant Ones" and "Some Like It Hot" died Wednesday at his home in Henderson , a Las Vegas suburb, after suffering cardiac...Read Full Story