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Anthony Franciosa, born Anthony George Papaleo, Jr., (October 25, 1928 – January 19, 2006), was an American actor, often billed as Tony Franciosa during the height of his career. Image File history File links Anthony_Franciosa. ...
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October 25 is the 298th day of the year (299th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ...
January 19 is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Actors in period costume sharing a joke while waiting between takes during location filming An actor is a person who acts, or plays a role, in a dramatic production. ...
Born in New York City to Italian-American parents, raised by his mother and aunt, Franciosa was his mother's maiden name (see [1]). In 1950 he joined the Cherry Lane Theatre Group off Broadway which also included actress Beatrice Arthur. Several years later he garnered rave reviews and a Tony Award nomination for his Broadway performance of the play A Hatful of Rain. Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham, NYC Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1613 - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area - City 1,214. ...
Cherry Lane Theatre entrance The Cherry Lane Theatre, located at 38 Commerce Street in the borough of Manhattan, is New York Citys oldest, continuously running off-Broadway theater. ...
Beatrice Arthur with Angela Lansbury at the 1989 Emmy Awards. ...
Broadway theatre[1] is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the United States. ...
A Hatful of Rain is a 1957 dramatic film. ...
When he reprised his role in the film version in 1957, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. He followed that with roles in several major films, including A Face in the Crowd, Career, The Long Hot Summer, Period of Adjustment, The Pleasure Seekers and Rio Conchos. The Academy Award for Best Actor is one of the awards given to male actors working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ...
A Face in the Crowd (1957) is an epic motion picture starring Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, and Walter Matthau, directed by Elia Kazan. ...
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The Long Hot Summer, directed by Martin Ritt, is a film made in 1958(It was also remake in the 1980s with Don Johnson as Ben Quick). ...
the Pleasure Seekers are a band that Suzi Quatro the bassist and singer performed in ...
Rio Conchos is a 1964 western movie featuring Richard Boone, Stuart Whitman, Tony Franciosa, and Jim Brown. ...
Eager to act in any medium he became a series lead in Valentine's Day, The Name of the Game (and its pilot TV-movie Fame Is the Name of the Game), and Matt Helm. In the 1980s he starred in the Aaron Spelling produced series "Finder of Lost Loves". Valentines Day is a 1964 comedy television series starring Tony Franciosa as Valentine Farrow, a swinging Manhattan publishing executive, and Jack Soo as Rocky Sin, Farrows poker-playing con-artist valet. ...
The Name of the Game was a television series that ran for seventy-six episodes of 90 minutes each on NBC, filmed from 1968 to 1971. ...
Fame Is the Name of the Game (1966) was ostensibly the first TV-movie, although technically the much earlier movie-length pilot of 77 Sunset Strip actually takes that title. ...
Matt Helm as depicted on the back cover of The Wrecking Crew, 1960 Matt Helm, a fictional character created by author Donald Hamilton, is a U.S. government counteragent—a man whose primary job is to kill or nullify enemy agents—not a spy or secret agent in the ordinary...
During his career, his behavior on movie productions became the subject of Hollywood gossip. The stories alleged fiery disputes with directors, sulking in his dressing room, and outbursts with other actors (see [2]). The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ...
He was married four times, and had three children. His most famous wife was Oscar-winning actress Shelley Winters; they were married from May 4, 1957 until their divorce in 1960. They had no children. Winters in Cry of the City (1948) Shelley Winters (August 18, 1920 – January 14, 2006) was a two-time Academy Award-winning American actress. ...
May 4 is the 124th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (125th in leap years). ...
Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
His first wife, Beatrice Bakalyar, was a writer. They were married for five years from 1952 to 1957. The marriage ended in divorce.
His second wife, the former Judith Balaban, is the author of the book "The Bridesmaids," about her friend Princess Grace of Monaco, in whose wedding she served as a bridesmaid. This marriage produced Franciosa's only daughter, Nina. Grace, Princess of Monaco, née Grace Patricia Kelly (November 12, 1929 – September 14, 1982) was an Academy Award-winning American film actress who, upon marriage to Rainier III, Prince of Monaco on April 19, 1956, became Her Serene Highness The Princess of Monaco. ...
His last wife (from November 27, 1970 until his death in 2006) was Rita Theil, by whom he had two sons, Marco and Christopher. Christopher Franciosa is an actor. Marco Franciosa is an organic farmer. November 27 is the 331st day (332nd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ...
On January 19, 2006, Anthony Franciosa died at age 77 at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, California after suffering a massive stroke. His death came only five days after that of his ex-wife Shelley Winters. He is survived by his wife, Rita, his children, Nina, Christopher and Marco and his grandchildren, Ruby and Cassius Franciosa. January 19 is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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UCLA Medical Center is a hospital located on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California. ...
Nickname: City of Angels Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: State California County Los Angeles County - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Area - City 1290. ...
A stroke, also known as cerebrovascular accident (CVA),[1] is an acute neurological injury in which the blood supply to a part of the brain is interrupted. ...
Trivia
In Tom Waits song "Goin' Out West" from his Bone Machine album, Tom mentions "Tony Franciosa used to date my ma". Thomas Alan Waits (born December 7, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. ...
Bone Machine is an album by Tom Waits, released in 1992 (see 1992 in music) on Island Records. ...
Before becoming successful at acting, he worked as a waiter, dishwasher, day laborer, and messenger boy.
Hobbies: swimming, tennis, reading, photography, and writing poetry.
Rita (wife), about Anthony's hair-trigger temper: "He was never taught how to control his temper...I changed him a lot....We still have good fights once in a while, but I can scream back at him." Source: People Weekly, March 18, 1996 v45 n11 p73
Anthony, about Rita's influence on him: "It took years of therapy and simply Iiving through things to finally accept and enjoy myself. My wife Rita's influence has been profound in that process. Her family was a product of The Great Disaster -- World War 11. She emerged from the flames with a remarkable buoyancy. Each day she rises with an optimism, a serenity toward life that is certainly contagious. Does that sound romantic? If so, so be it." Source: TV Heaven
As a young actor at the Cherry Lane Theatre, Tony Franciosa sometimes used to save bus fair when returning home at night by hanging on the to the outside rear of the bus. Tony also walked home in the street at night rather than risk getting mugged on the sidewalk. Cherry Lane Theatre entrance The Cherry Lane Theatre, located at 38 Commerce Street in the borough of Manhattan, is New York Citys oldest, continuously running off-Broadway theater. ...
When Tony Franciosa was starting out as a young actor and still living with his mother, the relationship between his father and mother was so stormy that Tony at times became so emotional that he would sob in tears uncontrollably backstage at the Cherry Lane Theatre. Cherry Lane Theatre entrance The Cherry Lane Theatre, located at 38 Commerce Street in the borough of Manhattan, is New York Citys oldest, continuously running off-Broadway theater. ...
Tony Franciosa's mother's apartment was so small that he slept in a closet.
As a young actor in NY, Tony's female co-actors typicaly found him the most attractive male in the company. Tony new how to win their affection by playing for sympathy, women loved to mother him.
See also Hugh OBrian as Hugh Lockwood. ...
Search was a TV-Series that aired on NBC from 1972-1973. ...
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