Kirk DouglasAKA:
Issur Danielovitch
Isidore Demsky
Nationality:
American Birthdate:
12/09/1916 Birthplace:
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biography
The archetypal Hollywood movie star of the postwar era, Kirk Douglas built a career with he-man roles as soldiers, cowboys and assorted tough guys in over 80 films. His restless, raging creations earned him three Academy Award nominations for Best Actor and one Golden Globe win for his portrayal of Vincent van Gogh in “Lust for Life” (1956). But besides his lasting mark as a seething strong man with a superhero-like head of hair and the most famous dimpled chin this side of Shirley Temple, Douglas was a Tinseltown innovator and rebel. As one of the first A-listers to wrest further control of
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milestones
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Milestone
1939
Appeared in summer stage productions; worked as drama coach for Greenwich House Settlement in NYC
1941
Broadway debut in "Spring Again" (credited as George Spelvin Jr)
1942
First Broadway performance as Kirk Douglas, "The Three Sisters"
Served with Navy during WWII; received medical discharge after accident involving depth charge
1946
Screen acting debut in "The Strange Love of Martha Ivers"
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