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It is for the latter that I always wanted to be an actor: to play characters who are always on the move.
Tony Curtis
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Tony Curtis
Age: 85 †
Born: 1925
Born: June 3
Died: 2010
Died: September 29
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Film Actor
Painter
Television Actor
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New York City
New York
Bernard Schwartz
Bernard Herschel Schwartz
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