Happy Birthday: Frank Sinatra (1915–1998)

Frank Sinatra (1915–1998)

Born: December 12, 1915 in Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
Died: May 14, 1998 (age 82) in Los Angeles, California, USA

Married to:
Barbara Marx (11 July 1976 – 14 May 1998) (his death)
Mia Farrow (19 July 1966 – 16 August 1968) (divorced)
Ava Gardner (7 November 1951 – 5 July 1957) (divorced)
Nancy Barbato (4 February 1939 – 29 October 1951) (divorced) (3 children)

[after the deaths of Sammy Davis Jr., Ava Gardner, Jilly Rizzo and Dean Martin] I’m next. I ain’t scared, either. Everybody I ever knew is already over there.

[on Elvis Presley in 1957] Sung, played and written for the most part by cretinous goons; and by means of its almost imbecilic reiterations and sly, lewd – in plain fact, dirty – lyrics it manages to be the martial music of every sideburned delinquent on the face of the Earth. This rancid-smelling aphrodisiac I deplore. His kind of music is deplorable, a rancid smelling aphrodisiac . . . it fosters almost totally negative and destructive reactions in young people.

[on Ava Gardner] I love her, and God damn me for it.

You better get busy living, because dying’s a pain in the ass.

The Man with the Golden Arm 1955 dir. Otto Preminger Starring Sinatra Eleanor Parker

High Society 1956 dir. Charles Walters Starring Bing Crosby Sinatra Grace Kelly

Pal Joey 1957 dir. George Sidney Starring Frank Sinatra Rita Hayworth Kim Novak

From Here to Eternity 1953 dir. Fred Zinnemann Cast Burt Lancaster Montgomery Clift

The Manchurian Candidate 1962 dir. John Frankenheimer starring Sinatra Laurence Harvey

Robin and the 7 Hoods 1964 dir. Gordon Douglas Starring Sinatra Dean Martin Sammy Davis Jr.

TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME 1949 dir. Busby Berkeley Stars: Frank Sinatra Esther Williams

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