That hurt me a lot and broke my heart.' It was Leigh's third marriage. I realized that whatever I was, I wasn't enough for Janet.

'I was very dedicated and devoted to Janet and on top of my trade, but in her eyes that goldenness started to wear off. 'For a while, we were Hollywood's golden couple,' he says. His first (and most famous) wife was the actress Janet Leigh (1927–2004), to whom he was married for 11 years (J– 1962), and with whom he fathered actresses Jamie Lee and Kelly Curtis. Although the studio taught him fencing and riding, Curtis admits he was at first only interested in girls and moneyĬurtis has been married six times. Arriving in Hollywood in 1948 at age 23, he was placed under contract at Universal Pictures and changed his name to Tony Curtis, taking his first name from the novel Anthony Adverse and his last name from 'Kurtz', a surname from his mother's family. Curtis claims it was because he 'was the handsomest of the boys. He was discovered by a talent agent and casting director Joyce Selznick. Following his discharge, Curtis studied acting at the Dramatic Workshop of The New School in New York with the influential German director Erwin Piscator, along with Elaine Stritch, Walter Matthau, and Rod Steiger. On September 2, 1945, he witnessed the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay from about a mile away. Four years later, Julius was struck and killed by a truck.ĭuring World War II, Curtis served in the United States Navy aboard USS Proteus (AS-19), a submarine tender. 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. Curtis has said, 'When I was a child Mom beat me up and was very aggressive and antagonistic.' His mother was later diagnosed with schizophrenia, a mental illness which also affected his brother Robert and led to his institutionalization. His father was a tailor and the family lived in the back of the shop, the parents in one corner and Curtis and his brothers Julius and Robert in another. His parents were Jewish immigrants from Mátészalka, Hungary. Private services held.Curtis was born as Bernard Schwartz in the Bronx, New York, a son of Emanuel Schwartz and his wife Helen Klein. Preceded in death by his parents, a son David Schwartz, a grandson Micah Schwartz, brothers Milton Schwartz, Myron Schwartz, Duane Schwartz, and a sister Neoma Schoewe. Further survived by nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Bob is survived by his wife Cheryl Schwartz, sons Dennis (Kim) Schwartz, Richard Schwartz, Darren (Melanie) Schwartz, 15 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren, a brother Jack (Anna Jean) Schwartz, sisters-in-law Margaret Schwartz and Marge Schwartz. Bob was a dedicated worker in furniture management and sales for his entire career. On JRobert “Bob” and Cheryl Schwarz (Young) were married in Appleton, Wisconsin. He was a graduate of Montello High School. He was born Septemto Charles and Maude Schwartz (Chivers) in Montello, Wisconsin. Robert 'Bob' Anthony Schwartz Robert “Bob” Anthony Schwartz, 82 years, passed away Februat ThedaCare Regional Medical Center – Appleton.

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