biography
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Lancaster, Burt(on Stephen)
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| male
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| lived:
| (1913–94)
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| biography:
| Film actor and producer, born in New York, USA. A former circus and vaudeville acrobat, he returned from World War 2 overseas duty and appeared on Broadway in A Sound of Hunting (1945). His first film was The Killers (1946), and he went on to become a major Hollywood star in films ranging from acrobatic swashbucklers to brooding dramas. He received four Academy Award nominations and one Oscar for Elmer Gantry (1960). In his later years his reputation was even higher among international directors and audiences. |
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