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10. Nov. 2021 · Even though Academy Award-winning actor Burt Lancaster had five children and three wives, FBI documents claimed he was bisexual. He was under investigation for it.
13. Juli 2020 · Two years of what she calls “Back Street” bliss with Burt Lancaster, who was married and had two toddlers, ended when she read in The Hollywood Reporter that his wife was pregnant again ...
- He Grew Up on The Streets
- He Had A Severe Upbringing
- He Learned About Equality
- He Saw A Friend in Need
- He Was A Swinger
- His Love Was in The Air
- He Crash Landed
- He Sang For His Supper
- He Amused The Army
- He Played A Minor Role
Burt Lancaster was born at his family’s home in East Harlem, New York on November 2, 1913. His parents were both working-class Irish immigrants who insisted that, although they lived in the slums, they were a better sort of folk, destined for great things. Lancaster didn’t care about that: He ran free and wild on the streets—at least when his autho...
Lancaster’s mother, Lizzie, was a formidable woman with a mean streak. She weighed about 250 pounds and her discipline tactic of choice was a strap, which she used to teach her children lessons in honesty. One time Lancaster accidentally received an extra five cents in change at the grocery store and, when Lizzie found out he hadn’t returned it, sh...
Lizzie Lancaster did something very simple that most white Americans weren’t doing at that time: She invited friends for tea. The difference was that these friends were African Americans. This simple act must have had an impact on young Lancaster, because as an adult he would fight for the civil rights of minorities. And even as a child, Lancaster ...
At the age of nine, Burt Lancaster met Nick Cuccia, and the two friends had fantasies of joining the circus together. Cuccia was both extremely short and Italian: neither of which were a benefit in those days. Lancaster continually had to look out for his friend and, in fact, after becoming famous, he kept Cuccia on his payroll for life. But before...
Lancaster and Cuccia formed a duo called Lang and Cravat and signed up for the Kay Brothers Circus. Lancaster really came to life swinging on the horizontal bars, but life and finances were tough in the ring—and the duo had to resort to desperate measures.They eventually tried performing at burlesque clubs to make more money, doing their acrobatics...
Lancaster’s first wife, June Ernst, was, like her mother before her, a renowned acrobat. The two met under the big tent where they performed together. However, this romance was doomed from the start. Lancaster and Ernst parted ways sometime in the late 1930s for mysterious reasons. They remained legally married but had nothing to do with one anothe...
In 1939, soon after his split from Ernst, Lancaster suffered a painful accident during a performance. The result was an injury that left his finger infected. Lancaster nervously visited the doctor and waited for the diagnosis. The news was devastating.The doctor gave Lancaster an ultimatum: You can give up acrobatics or give up your finger. The cir...
Though it pained him, Lancaster decided to keep the finger. Devastated, he left the circus and had to scramble to find other work. Lancaster tried sales and even performed as a singing waiter in a few different restaurants. By 1942, he still hadn’t found something he liked as much as circus performing—but the US Armed Forces were about to solve tha...
In 1942, things were heating up in Europe, and the US army soon drafted Burt Lancaster for service. Lucky for him, Special Services noticed Lancaster’s talents and signed him up to entertain the servicemen alongside such stars as Sammy Daivs Jr. and Mickey Rooney. Sounds like a great gig after what he'd been through—but Lancaster's skills weren’t q...
Burt Lancaster freely admitted that he didn't actually do much to entertain servicemen, and was quite honest about his limited role. He says that he immensely enjoyed traveling through Europe and North Africa as—get this—the person who turns the pages for the pianist. His job didn’t quite use his entertaining skills, but it did help him turn an imp...
19. März 2000 · Burt Lancaster, 1994 im Alter von 80 Jahren verstorbene Hollywood-Legende, war dem FBI jahrzehntelang als sexuell ausschweifend und orientierungslos verdächtig.
30. Jan. 2019 · The case of Burt Lancaster is more complex. He was married three times, and he had five children. But we are past believing that such credentials settle all interests. The best biography on Lancaster, deeply researched and written with care and respect by Kate Buford, does not believe he had an active gay life. That book was ...
18. März 2000 · By DANIEL JEFFREYS ON SCREEN, even his critics said Burt Lancaster looked like a god. The rugged film idol with the chiselled profile makes...
Nach Getrennt von Tisch und Bett (1958), der von den Liebeswirren zweier Paare erzählt, trat Lancaster 1959 zusammen mit Kirk Douglas in der Shaw-Verfilmung Der Teufelsschüler auf. 1959 produzierten Hecht-Hill-Lancaster das Drama Spring über Deinen Schatten, das Rassenprobleme thematisierte, in dem Lancaster aber nicht als Schauspieler ...
