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Also Known As Bernard Schwartz
Born June 3, 1925 • New York City • New York
Died September 29, 2010 (aged 85) • Henderson • Nevada
Notable Family Members spouse Janet Leigh • daughter Jamie Lee Curtis

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Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, and Marilyn Monroe dressed as musicians with a band in a train car in a scene from the 1959 film Some Like It Hot.
Tony Curtis smiling outdoors, wearing a dark jacket with a white collar, with greenery blurred in the background.
Black-and-white publicity photo from Some Like It Hot showing Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon in drag embracing Marilyn Monroe, who stands between them winking.
Tony Curtis and Burt Lancaster sit at a restaurant table in a black-and-white publicity still from the film Sweet Smell of Success, with Curtis looking at Lancaster, who holds a cigarette.
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