Happy Birthday: Burt Lancaster (1913–1994)

Burt Lancaster (1913–1994)

Born: November 2, 1913 in New York City, New York, USA
Died: October 20, 1994 (age 80) in Century City, California, USA

Married to: Susan Martin (10 September 1991 – 20 October 1994) (his death)
Norma Anderson (28 December 1946 – 1969) (divorced) (5 children)
June Ernst (1935 – 1946) (divorced)

[advice to actor Bruce Davison, on the set of Ulzana’s Raid (1972)] You try to please the director, and the cameraman and the soundman, and you’re acting and acting and acting and by the time you come to your close-up, you’ve shot your wad. It’s like making love to a woman: you can’t try to come all at once, son. A bit of a tit here, a bit of an inner thigh there, and you have a performance!

The Killers 1946 dir. by Robert Siodmak starring Lancaster Ava Gardner

Sorry Wrong Number 1948 dir. Anatole Litvak