Eli Wallach
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12/06/1915
Brooklyn, NY |
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| Made his Broadway debut in 1945, costarring with 13-year-old Rita Moreno, in Skydrift. |
| Was originally tapped for the role in the 1953 classic From Here to Eternity that earned Frank Sinatra an Oscar. |
| His first film, the 1956 Tennessee Williams drama Baby Doll, was banned by the Catholic Legion of Decency; he played a Sicilian lusting after a Texas teen bride. |
| While serving in the U.S. Army in France during WWII, cowrote (and played Hitler in) a satirical revue titled This Is the Army. |
