Burt Lancaster

Burton Stephen "Burt" Lancaster was born on November 2, 1913 in Manhattan, New York, USA. He was the fourth child of an employee. Burt had excellent physical abilities and was a baseball star on the school team. After graduation, he and a friend joined the circus acrobatic troupe and traveled the country for several years, performing in nightclubs and traveling capitos. But in 1941, Burt injured his arm and had to give up the profession of acrobat. In addition, a difficult war time came. He was more

Burton Stephen "Burt" Lancaster was born on November 2, 1913 in Manhattan, New York, USA. He was the fourth child of an employee. Burt had excellent physical abilities and was a baseball star on the school team. After graduation, he and a friend joined the circus acrobatic troupe and traveled the country for several years, performing in nightclubs and traveling capitos. But in 1941, Burt injured his arm and had to give up the profession of acrobat. In addition, a difficult war time came. He was enlisted in the concert brigade and performed in front of fighters in North Africa and Europe.
After the war he was very lucky. The Broadway play required a man from his warehouse to play a small sergeant, and Burt was in the right place at the right time. And although the play itself failed, but Berta noticed and made him 7 offers to star in the movies. Success came to him in 1946, when he played in the film “Killers”. A well-designed game, a velvet beautiful voice and an attractive appearance have done their job. Burt's career as an actor began.

Further works of the actor were distinguished by diversity and depth of performance: images of criminals and police, military and civil servants were successful. For playing the movie. Elmer Gentry Burt won an Oscar in 1960 as the best male performer. Another successful work of the actor is considered a painting. Nuremberg Trials It was released on screens in 1961. In it, B. Lancaster played a Nazi, the German Minister of Justice.

An unusually gifted artist starred in many films. In addition, he tried himself as a director and producer. One of his greatest works is the film. Airport Based on the novel of the same name by A. Haley in 1970. B. Lancaster also proved to be an excellent manager, managing his own film studio, which worked, unfortunately, not so long. Burt realized that he was more interested in creativity, and immediately closed his business.

At the end of his career, Lancaster actively starred in Europe with prominent filmmakers: B. Bertolucci, L. Visconti, Louis Malle and others. Burt lived a long and successful life and died at the age of 80 in Los Angeles, October 20, 1994.