Anthony+Quinn

=Anthony Quinn=

Anthony Quinn was born April 21, 1915 as "Antonio Rodolfo Quinn" in Chihuahua, Chihuahua Mexico during the Mexican Revolution.

"Quinn lived out the latter years of his life in Bristol, Rhode Island, where he operated a restaurant. He died in hospital in Boston from pneumonia and respiratory failure linked to his battle with throat cancer. He was 86 years old." [IMDb] Quinn and his family moved from Mexico to Los Angeles. He attended Polytechnic High School, but later transferred to Belmont High where he dropped out. Quinn was also a big time movie star playing in movies such as lawerence of arabia and Viva Zapata.

Anthony Quinn had 12 children and 3 wives. Katherine DeMille with whom he had 5 children, Jolanda Addolori with whom he had 3 children, and Kathy Benvin with whom he had 2 children. Quinn was also the father of 2 others, with Friedel Dunbar who he did not marry (wikipedia).

Quinn continued to paint and became a well-known artist. He also wrote and co-wrote two memoirs, The Original Sin (1972) and One Man Tango (1997). Quinn is candid and apologetic about some of his past's darker moments in the memoirs. (movies.amctv.com) - Brianna Benard Quinn debuted his movie career performing in //[|Parole]// in 1936. Anthony played various ethnic antagonists in many popular movies including //[|Dangerous to Know]// in 1938, as well as //[|Road to Morocco]//. Anthony played roles including containing various cultural backgrounds. By 1950 he played Indians, Mafia dons, Hawaiian chiefs, Filipino freedom-fighters, Chinese guerrillas, and Arab sheiks. Despite this unique quality, he was not considered a major movie star (wikipedia). (Dan Lamin) Anthony Quinn was a two time Academy award winning best supporting Actor. one for "Viva Zapata" in 1952 and another for "Lust for Life" in 1956. Quinns parents were railroad builders in texas. His Grandpa was an Irish railroad worker. Quinn was basically conceived on the battle field during the Mexican revolution. (Mike Eisendrath) Anthony Quinn made his broadway debut in 1947 with "The Gentleman from Athens". In 1948 he headlined a national tour of "A Streetcar Named Desire", playing Stanley Kowalski opposite Uta Hagen. ([]) (Cristina Perez)

Anthony Quinn: Has played a variety of ethnicities in many of his movies! Beginning with Arab, basque, Chinese, English, French, Greek, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hun, Irish, Italian, Mexican, Mongol, Native American, Filipino, Portugese, Spaniard, and Ukranian. As well as that fun fact :), he went through quardruple heart bypass surgery in 1990. ([]) FROM: MARISSA CURRY


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Anthony Quinn’s first child Christopher died at the age of three when he wandered into the neighbouring garden of W.C. Fields and drowned in the swimming pool. (chloe brandow)
Sadly, Guinn died form throat cancer on June 3, 2001 at the age of 86.

Anthony Quinn won many awards throughout his career. He won best supportimg actor in 1953 for Viva Zapata, in 1957 for Lust in Life, and again in 1964 for Alexis Zobras. Also 1987 he won the Cecil B. Demille Award. In 2003, after he died, he also recieved a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Chamizal Independent Film Festival. By:Wendy Arechiga

====When Quinn was only eight months old, his mother hid him in a coal wagon and escaped to El Paso, Texas. When Anthony was 11, tragedy struck. Frank Quinn was killed outside their home in East Los Angeles by a passing automobile. Anthony vowed to support his mother, sister and grandmother. He started skipping school and working at odd jobs in order to help support the family. Before the age of 18, he had worked as a migrant farm worker, a newsboy, preacher and taxi driver. He also made five and ten dollars a fight as a welterweight boxer. by leslie wayman ====

As a young man Quinn [|boxed] professionally to earn money, then studied art and architecture under [|Frank Lloyd Wright], both at Wright's Arizona residence and his Wisconsin studio, [|Taliesin]. Shortly after Quinn became a citizen, he was gray-listed for association with several Communist figures. Instead of fighting these accusations, he joined Broadway were there was no gray-list.

His father died when he was only nine years old. Quinn then quit school and worked odd jobs to help support his family. (Bio. True story) ( Yadira Cruz)

In addition to his acting career, Quinn is a talented painter and sculptor - well known for his cubist and post-impressionist oils. He held a show December 1982 in Honolulu where he sold out his entire show for a total of 2 million dollars. (J. Chave

I found an excerpt from Quinn's autobiography, //__T__//he //Original Sin: A Self-Portrait,// regarding his father who apparently joined Mexican revolutionary Doroteo Arango (Later known as Pancho Villa), during the Mexican Revolution. I find it cool that Quinn later goes to act in __¡Viva Zapata!__ as Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata's brother. How many people are born during a time of political/economic revolution, have a father that fights in that revolution, and then go on to star in a movie about that revolution?

//Anthony Quinn's father - Francisco Quinn - was one of the Quinns who had just moved into the area. He was seventeen year old at the time. He decided to fight in the Mexican revolution on the side of Pancho Villa, and although he barely knew he asked Anthony's mother to go with him as his soldadera. So they met at the train station and boarded a train heading to the front. They were married on the train. From: Anthony Quinn, **The Original Sin: A Self-Portrait**, page 28://

Quinn wrote the autobiography to record his problem with accepting unconditional love, it appears as if the homie had "daddy issues..." It makes me wonder whether Quinn personally believed he had achieved success in life.

//Anthony Quinn's therapist discusses the cultural beliefs of Quinn's background. From: Anthony Quinn, The Original Sin: A Self-Portrait, pages 100-102:// > //"You know, Tony, your father was a patriarch. But as you've taught me yourself, the Mexican is in constant struggle between a matriarchal and a patriarchal society. Even in his religion he is much closer to the Virgin Mary than to Christ. Here in America we all tend to romanticize our mothers. I mean, a boy can say he hates his 'old man' and be forgiven -- but God help him if he calls his mother a c---. And let's face it. I'm sure many men have mothers who deserve being called that.// > > //"Historically the world's societies have had this struggle. The Jewish religion -- the Old Testament is devoted to a patriarchal concept. But momism has been making inroads for centuries.// > > //"A matriarchal society is romantic and sentimental. It makes little demands on us. As with our mothers, we have unconditional love by just being. We have to do very little to deserve mother love.// > > //"The patriarch demands more from us. We have to deserve God's love. The God of the Old Testament is a demanding one. He wants obedience -- He demands perfection on all levels.// > //"'Gird up thy loins like a man, for I will demand of thee and answer thou me.'// > > //"Then God goes on to list all that he can do. He asks Job if he himself is prepared to challenge God.// > //"'Hast thou given the horse strength? Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?'"// > > //The doctor put down the Bible from which he'd been quoting.// > > //"He's a pretty tough guy, this God. He says, 'Okay, son, if you want to challenge me you're going to have a hell of a fight on your hands. But, boy, you'd better gird up your loins like a man.'// > > //"Well, I think the moment has come. The 'unforseen complication' is that you're looking for the unconditional love of the mother. Of course, she loves you even if you are full of sh--. But your father doesn't accept that. He says, 'Boy, if you want my love, you're going to have to deserve it. You're going to have to fight for it. Gird up your loins like a man.'"// > > //I knew what the doctor was talking about. When I'd started working with the "Holy Rollers" [i.e., the Pentecostal followers of Amy Semple McPherson, in her fledgling International Church of the Foursquare Gospel] I'd read Job. That God of vengeance had scared the hell out of me. He made you feel so insignificant. Sure He could shake mountains and shut up the sea with doors, when it breaks forth. He could bind he sweet influence of the Pleiades, and loose the bands of Orion. But He was God. He had a head start. And who was His father? Whom did He have to beat?// > > //"As you know, Tony, it isn't my practice to prescribe, but tonight, if you'll forgive me, I'm not your doctor. I'm your friend and I'm treading on dangerous ground. You have made your father your God. He demands perfection from you. Now what do we do? Do we take him on?// > (Daniel Solís)

(Artwork by Anthony Quinn)

Anthony Quinn was married three times in his life. First wife was Kathrine DeMille (1937-1965) with whom he had 5 children, the first child drowned as someone had already mentioned. He married his second wife in 1966 and divorced in 1997, her name was Jolanda Addolori and they had 3 sons together. Finally he married Kathy Benvin and they had two children while living in Paris they were together until his death in 2001.

Anthony Quinn fathered fifteen children with 3 different wives. He has stared in more movies with other Oscar winning actors than any other actor. before Anthony Quinn became an actor he worked as a butcher, boxer, a street corner preacher, and a slaughter house worker. He even entered a dance contest for extra cash. Anthony Quinn was even nominated for a Tony award for best actor in Broadway's Becket in 1961. (I MDB.com) - Midori McAndrews

In the early 1960s, during the filming of the movie //Barabbas// on location in Rome, Quinn was romantically involved with Iolanda Addolori, who worked on the set. They married in 1966 and had three sons: Francesco, Daniele, and Lorenzo. The couple owned a residence in Manhattan and a villa near Rome. They divorced in 1997.Quinn's romantic involvement with Kathy Benvin led him into a third marriage in 1997. The couple had two children and lived in Paris. (E. Chavez) (answers.com)

The [|National Council of La Raza] gives the Anthony Quinn Award for excellence in motion pictures as an [|ALMA Award].

His various acting jobs have given him the chance to live in Rome and Paris and also in the Unite States includin Manhattan. (G.Santos)

Quinn allowed his age to show and began his transformation into a major character actor. His physique filled out, his hair grayed, and his once smooth, swarthy face weathered and became more rugged. He played a Greek resistance fighter in // [|The Guns of Navarone] //(1961), an ideal ex-boxer in // [|Requiem for a Heavyweight] //, and a natural for the role of [|Auda ibu Tayi] in// [|Lawrence of Arabia] // (both 1962). That year he also played the title role in // [|Barabbas] //, based on a novel by [|Pär Lagerkvist]. The success of // [|Zorba the Greek] // in 1964 was the high water mark of his career and resulted in another Oscar nomination. ( Solomon Gibson)

By 1947, Anthony Quinn was a veteran of over fifty films but he was still not major star. He returned to theater where he found success on Broadway. (Kaitlynn Hess)

He was best known as "Zorba the Greek Anthony". 1936 was the year he went into acting. He died in Boston Massachusetts. He first thought he wanted to be a priest. He appeared on Broadway during his career. Rex Harrison of My Fair Lady (one of the best films of all time) beat him for Best Actor in 1964.

-Eryn Rouch

Anthony Quinn's acting career was mainly signed with Paramount Pictures. The top of Quinn's game was during the 1950's where we starred in films such as, //[|Lawrence of Arabia],// //[|The Message],// //[|La strada]//. //[|Viva Zapata!]//,//[| and Lust for Life]//. He also won two Academy Awards for best supporting actor, twice in 1952 and 1956 and Also was nominated for best actor in 1957. He was very well know for this ethnic roles in movies which included playing an Arab in the movie Lawrence of Arabia, an Italian American in Requiem for a Heavyweight, and the list goes on. The thing that I'm the most interested in with Anthony Quinn is not only his wide range of acting types but was his more "underground" writing and painting lifestyle/career. The things that i've noticed about Quinn s paintings, is that most of them are all of faces and a majority of the time are reflections of himself. This is very fascinating to me becuase you can tell what his mood or feelings are based on the colors and tones that he uses. He has his own little interpretation of paintings. (Anthony Quinn in front of one of his paintings just before he passed away)

One of my favorite quotes that I came across while reasearching: "I don't see many men today. I see a lot of guys running around on television with small waists, but I don't see many men." [Quinn sometime in the 80's] Seems like entertainment hasn't changed much.^

BY: Dustin Cimoli

Actor Anthony Quinn was the first Mexican to win an Academy Award for his role in the 1952 movies //Viva Zapata //. -Kellie Ashton