Curtis, Tony
(1925–) a US actor who first became popular in the 1950s after appearing in adventure films. Later he took more serious parts in films such as Sweet Smell of Success (1957), and The Boston Strangler (1968). One of his most famous films was Some Like It Hot with Marilyn Monroe in 1959, when he and Jack Lemmon dressed as women musicians to escape from criminals who wanted to kill him. His BIRTHNAME is Bernard Schwartz.

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