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Tony Curtis Facts
| Sign | Gemini |
| Born |
Jun 3, 1925 The Bronx, NY |
| Died |
Sep 29, 2010 Henderson, Las Vegas |
| Age | Died at 85 |
| Total Facts | 54 |
Was the inspiration for and voiced the character Stoney Curtis on an episode of "The Flintstones" (1960), along with Ann-Margret as Ann Marg-rock.
When Curtis and Leigh chose to get married, studio executives spent three days trying to talk him out of it, telling him he would be "poisoning himself at the box office." They threatened "banishment" back to the Bronx and the end of his budding career. In response, Curtis and Leigh decided to defy the studio heads and instead eloped and were married by a local judge in Greenwich Connecticut. Comedian and close friend Jerry Lewis came as a witness.
When Curtis was eight, he and his younger brother Julius were placed in an orphanage for a month because their parents could not afford to feed them.
When Tony Curtis turned 11, a friendly neighbor saved him from what he felt would have led to a life of delinquency, by sending him to a Boy Scout camp, where he was able to settle down and work off his energy.