Miulang
January 21st, 2006, 07:31 AM
"...He was born Anthony Papaleo in October 1928, in New York City. He was 1 when his father disappeared, and the boy grew up tough in Manhattan slums. "Getting in the first blow was something I learned in childhood," he said in an interview.
After working in odd jobs and sometimes sleeping in flophouses, at 18 he attended an audition for actors at the YMCA. and was chosen for two plays. He later studied at the Actors Studio and the New School for Social Research. Adopting his mother's maiden name, Franciosa, he began getting roles in television and the theater. "A Hatful of Rain (http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/20/obit.franciosa.ap/index.html)" made him a star..."
One of his wives was Shelley Winters, who also died last week.
Miulang
After working in odd jobs and sometimes sleeping in flophouses, at 18 he attended an audition for actors at the YMCA. and was chosen for two plays. He later studied at the Actors Studio and the New School for Social Research. Adopting his mother's maiden name, Franciosa, he began getting roles in television and the theater. "A Hatful of Rain (http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/20/obit.franciosa.ap/index.html)" made him a star..."
One of his wives was Shelley Winters, who also died last week.
Miulang