Profile
Anthony Quinn
Actor
Male
Born
Apr 21, 915 AD
Died
Jun 3, 2001
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Romance
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Kathy BenvinMarried 1993 - 2001
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Jolanda AddoloriMarried 1961 - 1997
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Suzan BallDated 1953 - 1954
Family
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Anthony Quinn
d.2001
children
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Danny QuinnSon, Age 49
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Alex A. QuinnSon, Age 36
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Ryan QuinnSon, Age 16
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Valentina QuinnDaughter
Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1915
Birth
Born on April 21, 1915.
TWENTIES
1936
21 Years Old
After a short time performing on the stage, Quinn launched his film career performing character roles in the 1936 films Parole (his debut) and The Milky Way.
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1937
22 Years Old
Quinn's personal life was as volatile and passionate as the characters he played in films. His first wife was the adopted daughter of Cecil B. DeMille, the actress Katherine DeMille, whom he married in 1937.
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THIRTIES
By 1947, he had appeared in over 50 films and had played Indians, Mafia dons, Hawaiian chiefs, Filipino freedom-fighters, Chinese guerrillas, and Arab sheiks, but was still not a major star.
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1953
38 Years Old
He appeared in several Italian films starting in 1953, turning in one of his best performances as a dim-witted, thuggish and volatile strongman in Federico Fellini's La strada (1954) opposite Giulietta Masina.
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FORTIES
1959
44 Years Old
Quinn starred in The Savage Innocents 1959 (film) as Inuk, an Eskimo who finds himself caught between two clashing cultures.
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1964
49 Years Old
The success of Zorba the Greek in 1964 was the high water mark of his career and resulted in another Oscar nomination for Best Actor.
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FIFTIES
1965
50 Years Old
In 1965, Quinn and DeMille were divorced due to his affair with Italian costume designer Jolanda Addolori whom he married in 1966.
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1969
54 Years Old
In 1969, he starred in The Secret of Santa Vittoria with Anna Magnani.
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1971
56 Years Old
In 1971, after the success of a TV movie named The City, where Quinn played Mayor Thomas Jefferson Alcala, he starred in the single-season ABC television series entitled The Man and the City.
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LATE ADULTHOOD
1977
62 Years Old
In 1977, he starred in the movie Mohammad, Messenger of God (also known as The Message), about the origin of Islam, as Hamzah, a highly revered warrior instrumental in the early stages of Islam.
1980
65 Years Old
In 1980, he starred in the Lion of the Desert, together with Irene Papas, Oliver Reed, Rod Steiger, and John Gielgud.
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1983
68 Years Old
In 1983, he reprised his most famous role, playing Zorba the Greek for 362 performances in a successful revival of the Kander and Ebb musical Zorba.
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1994
79 Years Old
In 1994, he played Zeus in the five TV movies that led to the syndicated series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. (However, he did not continue in the actual series, and the role was eventually filled by several other actors).
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1996
81 Years Old
He would later portray Gambino family underboss Aniello Dellacroce in the 1996 HBO film Gotti.
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1997
82 Years Old
The union ended in 1997, after Quinn had children with his secretary, Katherine Benvin.
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2001
86 Years Old
Died on June 3, 2001.
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