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Burton Stephen “Burt” Lancaster (November 2, 1913 – October 20, 1994) was an American film actor noted for his athletic physique and distinctive smile (which he called “The Grin”). After initially building his career on “tough guy” roles Lancaster abandoned his “all-American” image in the late 1950s in favor of more complex and challenging roles, and came to be regarded as one of the best actors of his generation as a result.

• Born: Burton Stephen Lancaster November 2, 1913 New York City, U.S.
• Died: October 20, 1994 (aged 80) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
• Cause of death: Heart attack
• Education: DeWitt Clinton High School
• Alma mater: New York University
• Occupation: Actor, director, producer
• Years active: 1945–91
• Spouse: June Ernst (1935–46; divorced) Norma Anderson (1946–69; divorced) 5 children Susan Martin (1990–94; his death)

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Pencil This In: Frank Perry Double Feature, Shop the Avenues, and Listen to an Opera Pro Talk
LAist - News from LA, 2010-12-10 21:00:00
FILM An excellent double feature of films by director Frank Perry is on screen at the Egyptian tonight. Adapting Joan Didion's best-seller, Perry cast Tuesday Weld as an ex-model on the verge of a nervous breakdown in Hollywood in Play it as it Lays. With Anthony Perkins, Adam Roarke. Burt ...

'Scalphunters' scribe Norton dies
Variety, 2010-10-10 19:44:30
Obituary: He was arrested for running guns -- Scribe William Norton, who penned Burt Lancaster starrer "The Scalphunters" and other action pics before becoming a gunrunner for a splinter group of the Irish Republican Army, died Oct. 2 in Santa Barbara. He was 85.

DVDs: Visconti’s ‘Leopard’ — After the Prince, the Deluge
NY Times Movies, 2010-06-26 02:45:48
Burt Lancaster and Claudia Cardinale in “The Leopard,” which has undergone restorations since it was released in America, in 1963, in a compromised version.