He said: "Best revenge is massive success"
Hacer click en la imagen para ampliar
Frank Sinatra was born in Hoboken, New Jersey, to Italian immigrants Natalina Della
(Garaventa), from Northern Italy, and Saverio Antonino Martino Sinatra, a Sicilian boxer,
fireman, and bar owner.
Growing up on the gritty streets of Hoboken made Sinatra
determined to work hard to get ahead.
Starting out as a saloon singer in musty little dives
(he carried his own P.A.
system), he eventually got work as a band singer, first with The
Hoboken Four, then with Harry James and then Tommy Dorsey.
With the help of George
Evans (Sinatra's genius press agent), his image was shaped into that of a street thug and
punk who was saved by his first wife, Nancy Barbato.
In 1942 he started his solo career,
instantly finding fame as the king of the bobbysoxers--the young women and girls who
were his fans--and becoming the most popular singer of the era among teenage music
fans.
About that time his film career was also starting in earnest, and after appearances in
a few small films, he struck box-office gold with a lead role in Levando anclas (1945) with
Gene Kelly, a Best Picture nominee at the 1946 Academy Awards.
Sinatra was awarded a
special Oscar for his part in a short film that spoke out against intolerance, Éste es mi
hogar (1945).
His career on a high, Sinatra went from strength to strength on record, stage
and screen, peaking in 1949, once again with Gene Kelly, in the MGM musical Un día en
Nueva York (1949) and La linda dictadora (1949).
A controversial public affair with screen
siren Ava Gardner broke up his marriage to Nancy Barbato and did his career little good,
and his record sales dwindled.
He continued to act, although in lesser films such as Te
presento a Danny (1951), and a vocal cord hemorrhage all but ended his career.
He fought
back, though, finally securing a role he desperately wanted--Maggio in De aquí a la
eternidad (1953).
He won an Oscar for best supporting actor and followed this with a
scintillating performance as a cold-blooded assassin hired to kill the US President in De
repente (1954).
Arguably a career-best performance--garnering him an Academy Award
nomination for Best Actor--was his role as a pathetic heroin addict in the powerful drama
El hombre del brazo de oro (1955).
IMG
Related networks
:
