LEE MARVIN
BIRTH: February 19, 1924
DEATH: August 29, 1987
AGED: 63 yrs old
DIED FROM: Heart Attack, had ill health for a while
REAL NAME: Lamont Marvin Jr.
MARRIED: Twice and lived together with another( big mistake)
AFFAIRS: Ann Bancroft( according to his first wife), Jeanne Moreau, Yvette Vickers
CHILDREN: 4 kids
FRIENDS: Robert Ryan
OSCAR WINS: Cat Ballou- Best Supporting Actor
OSCAR NOMINATIONS: Cat Ballou
TALENT: his singing! He had a hit record with Wandrin’ Star from the musical, Paint Your Wagon.
KNOWN FOR: his distinctive voice, a descendant of Thomas Jefferson and Robert E. Lee.
Lee Marvin was one tough mother #$&@ who was often in trouble in school and when in the Marines because he got demoted to Private. I always liked him, his face was not pretty but you felt you could trust him..except when he played a psychopathic killer. This guy was a true hero who fought in the 4th Marine Division and was in a couple of key battles before being wounded and taking a year in hospitals to recuperate. He was awarded the Purple Heart, The Presidential Unit Citation, the American Campaign Medal, The Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War 2 Victory Medal and the Combat Action Ribbon. When he came back to the States, he became a plumber and was working in a theatre when an extra didn’t show up so the director got him to stand in and …Voila! He was known to smoke up to 6 packs of cigarettes a day (how the?? 6??) and he could drink almost anyone under the table, except for Oliver Reed who won the bet when Reed was still standing while Lee passed out after a gizillion drinks. He also married his high school sweetheart after meeting up with her again and they stayed married until he died. He is also very famous for the groundbreaking trial between him and Michelle Triolla whom he shacked up with for 6 years. The relationship ended badly (that’s an understatement) where she sued him for over 3 million( or was it 6) because she gave up her singing career for him. Mud was slung on both sides and she won but much, much less and that was rescinded when she could not produce an actual contract. It became fodder on Saturday Night Live and Johnny Carson. I have to look this up. Anyways, he was from the old school of acting who played many thugs but was known to be a big advocate for Gay Rights and was a Democrat through and through.
FILMS
1. The Dirty Dozen-1967
2. Cat Ballou-1965
3. The Professionals- 1966
4. Great Scout and Cathouse Thursday-1976
5. Ship Of Fools-1965
6. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance-1962
7. The Big Heat
8. Avalanche Express-1979
9. The Big Heat-1953
10. Paint Your Wagon-1969
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