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 Prematurely white-haired character star who began as a supporting player of generally vicious demeanor, then metamorphosed into a star of both action and drama projects, Lee Marvin was born in New York City, the son of Courtenay Washington (Davidge), a fashion writer, and Lamont Waltman Marvin, an advertising executive. The young Marvin was thrown out of dozens of schools for incorrigibility. His parents took him to Florida, where he attended St. Leo's Preparatory School near Dade City. Dismissed there as well, he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps at the beginning of World War II. In the battle of Saipan in June 1944, he was wounded in the buttocks by Japanese fire which severed his sciatic nerve. He received a medical discharge and got menial work as a plumber's apprentice in Woodstock, NY. While repairing a toilet at the local community theater, he was asked to replace an ailing actor in a rehearsal. He was immediately stricken with a love for the theater and went to New York City, where he studied and played small roles in stock and Off-Broadway. He landed an extra role in Henry Hathaway's You're in the Navy Now (1951), and found his role expanded when Hathaway took a liking to him. Returning to the stage, he made his Broadway debut in "Billy Budd", and after a succession of small TV roles, moved to Hollywood, where he began playing heavies and cops in roles of increasing size and frequency. Given a leading role in Eight Iron Men (1952), he followed it with enormously memorable heavies in The Big Heat (1953) and The Wild One (1953). Now established as a major screen villain, Marvin began shifting toward leading roles with a successful run as a police detective in the TV series M Squad (1957). A surprise Oscar for his dual role as a drunken gunfighter and his evil, noseless brother in the western comedy Cat Ballou (1965) placed him in the upper tiers of Hollywood leading men, and he filled out his career with predominantly action-oriented films. A long-term romantic relationship with Michelle Triola led, after their breakup, to a highly publicized lawsuit in which Triola asked for a substantial portion of Marvin's assets. Her case failed in its main pursuit, but did establish a legal precedent for the rights of unmarried cohabitors, the so-called "palimony" law. Marvin continued making films of varying quality, always as a star, until his sudden death from a heart attack in 1987.
Bio:
Prematurely white-haired character star who began as a supporting player of generally vicious demeanor, then metamorphosed into a star of both action and drama projects, Lee Marvin was born in New York City, the son of Courtenay Washington (Davidge), a fashion writer, and Lamont Waltman Marvin, an advertising executive. The young Marvin was thrown out of dozens of schools for incorrigibility. His parents took him to Florida, where he attended St. Leo's Preparatory School near Dade City. Dismissed there as well, he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps at the beginning of World War II. In the battle of Saipan in June 1944, he was wounded in the buttocks by Japanese fire which severed his sciatic nerve. He received a medical discharge and got menial work as a plumber's apprentice in Woodstock, NY. While repairing a toilet at the local community theater, he was asked to replace an ailing actor in a rehearsal. He was immediately stricken with a love for the theater and went to New York City, where he studied and played small roles in stock and Off-Broadway. He landed an extra role in Henry Hathaway's You're in the Navy Now (1951), and found his role expanded when Hathaway took a liking to him. Returning to the stage, he made his Broadway debut in "Billy Budd", and after a succession of small TV roles, moved to Hollywood, where he began playing heavies and cops in roles of increasing size and frequency. Given a leading role in Eight Iron Men (1952), he followed it with enormously memorable heavies in The Big Heat (1953) and The Wild One (1953). Now established as a major screen villain, Marvin began shifting toward leading roles with a successful run as a police detective in the TV series M Squad (1957). A surprise Oscar for his dual role as a drunken gunfighter and his evil, noseless brother in the western comedy Cat Ballou (1965) placed him in the upper tiers of Hollywood leading men, and he filled out his career with predominantly action-oriented films. A long-term romantic relationship with Michelle Triola led, after their breakup, to a highly publicized lawsuit in which Triola asked for a substantial portion of Marvin's assets. Her case failed in its main pursuit, but did establish a legal precedent for the rights of unmarried cohabitors, the so-called "palimony" law. Marvin continued making films of varying quality, always as a star, until his sudden death from a heart attack in 1987.
Tivia:
Served as a Marine in the Pacific theater during WW2. In total, he took part in the invasions of 21 islands and was wounded and nearly died as a result during the Battle of Saipan, an engagement in which most of his unit was killed. He was a sniper and would be sent in during the night in a small rubber boat, prior to the rest of his platoon. He was awarded a Purple Heart for his wounds, and spent 13 months in therapy recovering from them. His wartime experiences deeply affected him for the remainder of his life.His body was interred next to that of Joe Louis in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA.Jeff Bridges has said that it was seeing Marvin and Robert Ryan at work in The Iceman Cometh (1973) that made him decide to fully commit to acting. He found that Marvin and Ryan, despite their obvious tough-guy personas, were unusually kind and giving actors.Says he learned to act in the Marines during World War II, trying to act unafraid during ferocious combat, which brought him a Purple Heart during the invasion of Saipan.Marvin hated his most famous film The Dirty Dozen (1967), which he made only for the money and said was nothing like the actual war. He much preferred Hell in the Pacific (1968) and The Big Red One (1980), both of which reflected his strong anti-war feelings.Could not ride a motorcycle at the time The Wild One (1953) was filmed but, determined not to be bettered by the star, Marlon Brando, he quickly learned. He later became a keen competitor on his Triumph 200cc Tiger Cub in desert races.Turned down the lead role of Gen. George S. Patton in Patton (1970) because he did not want to glorify war.Was a direct descendant of Thomas Jefferson and twice a descendant of male line relatives of George Washington.Was Steven Spielberg's first choice to play Quint in Jaws (1975).Burt Lancaster and he did not get along during the shoot of The Professionals (1966) due to that fact that Marvin's bottoming-out alcoholism was making him unreliable and difficult at the time. Director Richard Brooks felt the need to intervene because he feared Lancaster was going to "take Lee Marvin by the ass and throw him off that mountain".Named after Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, who was his first cousin, four times removed, through the General's grandparents Henry Lee II and Lucy Grymes.Turned down Dirty Harry (1971) and Death Wish (1974), both vigilante-themed movies. Marvin was director Sidney Lumet's first choice for Paul Kersey in "Death Wish", but Lumet dropped out and Marvin was no longer interested because of it.John Boorman originally wanted Marvin and Marlon Brando to play Ed and Lewis, respectively, in Deliverance (1972). However, Marvin suggested that he and Brando were too old and that Boorman should use younger actors.Turned down William Holden's role in The Wild Bunch (1969) in order to make Paint Your Wagon (1969), for which he had been offered $1 million plus a percentage of the profits. However, the movie was a notorious failure on release.Was offered the role of Col. Douglas Mortimer in For a Few Dollars More (1965), but turned it down to star in Cat Ballou (1965).Together with Nicolas Cage (Adaptation. (2002)), Jos�� Ferrer (Moulin Rouge (1952)) and Peter Sellers (Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)), he is one of only four actors with an Oscar nomination for playing multiple characters in a film (in Cat Ballou (1965) he plays two characters, Kid Shelleen and Tim Strawn). Marvin is the only one who actually won one for a double role.Turned down the role of Col. Trautman in First Blood (1982), as he didn't want to play a colonel.He was one of the first Hollywood celebrities to declare his support for the gay rights movement, in his "Playboy" interview from January 1969. He further stated that he would have no problem playing gay characters on screen, since he was secure with his own sexual orientation.Not a sentimental man by nature, he kept only four souvenirs of his career over the years. These were his Best Actor Oscar for Cat Ballou (1965), the citation he received from the National Cowboy Hall of Fame for his performance in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), his Gold Record for "Wandering Star" and the high-heeled shoe that Vivien Leigh beat him with in Ship of Fools (1965).Revisited Saipan (where he was wounded during World War II) in 1967, where his guide was P.F. Kluge, who went on to write Eddie and the Cruisers (1983).The first actor to win an Oscar for playing two roles in the same film. The first actor nominated for playing two roles was Jos�� Ferrer, with whom he appeared in The Caine Mutiny (1954).He was against US involvement in the Vietnam War.Turned down two movies directed by William Friedkin, The French Connection (1971) and Sorcerer (1977).Was as surprised as anyone when his recording of "Wandering Star", from the Paint Your Wagon (1969) soundtrack, became a surprise hit, earning the Gold Record (the standard in those days) for one million copies sold in 1969.Went into semi-retirement from acting after filming The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday (1976).While serving in the Marine Corps he became best friends with John Miara of Malden, MA. Miara became Marvin's model for the character of Maj. Reisman in The Dirty Dozen (1967).He was buried with full military honor at Arlington National Cemetery.Bonded with co-star Vivien Leigh on the set of Ship of Fools (1965). When he and his partner Michelle Triola visited Leigh at her exquisite home in England, he tore up a deck of antique playing cards that they were playing with. Much to Triola's surprise, Leigh was not at all disturbed by Marvin's boorish behavior but seemed enchanted by him.According to his first wife Betty Ebeling (1928-2018) in her memoirs, "Tales Of a Hollywood Housewife", when Marvin died he left only $10,000 in his will for his four children. She also said that during their marriage he was often pulled over by police for drunken driving, but got away with only a warning and signing an autograph for the officers.In 1975 he left Hollywood and moved to Tucson, AZ.In December 1986 he underwent intestinal surgery after suffering abdominal pains while at his ranch outside of Tucson, AZ. Doctors said then that there was an inflammation of the colon, but that no malignancy was found.Jean Seberg likened his singing voice to "rain gurgling down a rusty pipe.".Marvin was a close friend of Robert Ryan, and they did several films together, and both served in the Marine Corps in World War Two. The pair were set to star in The Wild Bunch (1969), but Marvin had several heated arguments with director Sam Peckinpah and left the project. Ryan was no fan of Peckinpah either, but stayed on the film. He and Marvin were favorites of maverick director Samuel Fuller, who was also a close friend of both.He has appeared in four films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: The Big Heat (1953), Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) and Point Blank (1967).Publicly endorsed John F. Kennedy in the 1960 presidential election.Turned down Where Eagles Dare (1968) because he did not want to star in another war film. The part went to his Paint Your Wagon (1969) co-star Clint Eastwood.Became a father for the fourth time at age 34 when his first wife Betty Ebeling gave birth to their daughter Claudia Marvin on March 3, 1958.His first wife, Betty, was Joan Crawford's kids' nanny before she met him.At the time of his death from a sudden heart attack, he had been hospitalized at Tucson (AZ) Medical Center since 13 August 1987 with what his spokesman described as "a run-down condition related to the flu".He died five years before his mother.His acting career began by chance when, while working as a plumber's assistant at a local community theatre in upstate New York, Marvin was asked to replace an actor who had fallen ill during rehearsals. He caught the acting bug and got a job with the company at seven dollars a week.He became a major star with Cat Ballou (1965), but his career waned considerably after Paint Your Wagon (1969).Was offered the lead in The War of the Worlds (1953).Despite his "tough guy" image he is one of the few actors to win a Best Leading Actor Oscar for a comedic performance.Became a father for the first time at age 28 when his first wife Betty Ebeling gave birth to their son Christopher Lamont Marvin on November 22, 1952.Lived with Michelle Triola for six years. In 1977 she sued him for palimony and the case went to trial. On 18 April 1979, Judge Arthur K. Marshall ordered Marvin to pay $104,000 to Triola for "rehabilitation purposes", but denied her community property claim for one-half of the $3.6 million which Marvin had earned during their six years of cohabitation. Both sides claimed victory, but in August 1981, the California Court of Appeal ruled that Triola could not show any contract between herself and Marvin to justify any payment to her. As a result, Triola recovered no money from Marvin.He did not receive any offers at all for a year after M Squad (1957) finished, and fell into a deep depression.Became a father for the third time at age 32 when his first wife Betty Ebeling gave birth to their daughter Cynthia Marvin on June 8, 1956.Son of Lamont Waltman (December 19, 1896-April 6, 1971), born in New York, and Courtenay W. (n��e Davidge) Marvin (September 2, 1896-March 22, 1963), born in Virginia. His father died in Florida and his mother died in New York.Smoked up to six packs of cigarettes a day. |
| Name: |
Lee Marvin |
Type: |
Actor,Additional Crew,Soundtrack (IMDB) |
| Area: |
All World |
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IMDB |
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Business scope: |
Actor,Additional Crew,Soundtrack |
| Products for sale: |
Actor,Additional Crew,Soundtrack |
| Model rank: |
2318 |
| Last update: |
2024-07-01 03:47:49 |
| Height: |
6' 1?' (1.87 m) |
| Biography: |
Prematurely white-haired character star who began as a supporting player of generally vicious demeanor, then metamorphosed into a star of both action and drama projects, Lee Marvin was born in New York City, the son of Courtenay Washington (Davidge), |
| Trivia: |
Served as a Marine in the Pacific theater during WW2. In total, he took part in the invasions of 21 islands and was wounded and nearly died as a result during the Battle of Saipan, an engagement in which most of his unit was killed. He was a sniper and would be sent in during the night in a small rubber boat, prior to the rest of his platoon. He was awarded a Purple Heart for his wounds, and spent 13 months in therapy recovering from them. His wartime experiences deeply affected him for the remainder of his life.His body was interred next to that of Joe Louis in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA.Jeff Bridges has said that it was seeing Marvin and Robert Ryan at work in The Iceman Cometh (1973) that made him decide to fully commit to acting. He found that Marvin and Ryan, despite their obvious tough-guy personas, were unusually kind and giving actors.Says he learned to act in the Marines during World War II, trying to act unafraid during ferocious combat, which brought him a Purple Heart during the invasion of Saipan.Marvin hated his most famous film The Dirty Dozen (1967), which he made only for the money and said was nothing like the actual war. He much preferred Hell in the Pacific (1968) and The Big Red One (1980), both of which reflected his strong anti-war feelings.Could not ride a motorcycle at the time The Wild One (1953) was filmed but, determined not to be bettered by the star, Marlon Brando, he quickly learned. He later became a keen competitor on his Triumph 200cc Tiger Cub in desert races.Turned down the lead role of Gen. George S. Patton in Patton (1970) because he did not want to glorify war.Was a direct descendant of Thomas Jefferson and twice a descendant of male line relatives of George Washington.Was Steven Spielberg's first choice to play Quint in Jaws (1975).Burt Lancaster and he did not get along during the shoot of The Professionals (1966) due to that fact that Marvin's bottoming-out alcoholism was making him unreliable and difficult at the time. Director Richard Brooks felt the need to intervene because he feared Lancaster was going to "take Lee Marvin by the ass and throw him off that mountain".Named after Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, who was his first cousin, four times removed, through the General's grandparents Henry Lee II and Lucy Grymes.Turned down Dirty Harry (1971) and Death Wish (1974), both vigilante-themed movies. Marvin was director Sidney Lumet's first choice for Paul Kersey in "Death Wish", but Lumet dropped out and Marvin was no longer interested because of it.John Boorman originally wanted Marvin and Marlon Brando to play Ed and Lewis, respectively, in Deliverance (1972). However, Marvin suggested that he and Brando were too old and that Boorman should use younger actors.Turned down William Holden's role in The Wild Bunch (1969) in order to make Paint Your Wagon (1969), for which he had been offered $1 million plus a percentage of the profits. However, the movie was a notorious failure on release.Was offered the role of Col. Douglas Mortimer in For a Few Dollars More (1965), but turned it down to star in Cat Ballou (1965).Together with Nicolas Cage (Adaptation. (2002)), Jos�� Ferrer (Moulin Rouge (1952)) and Peter Sellers (Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)), he is one of only four actors with an Oscar nomination for playing multiple characters in a film (in Cat Ballou (1965) he plays two characters, Kid Shelleen and Tim Strawn). Marvin is the only one who actually won one for a double role.Turned down the role of Col. Trautman in First Blood (1982), as he didn't want to play a colonel.He was one of the first Hollywood celebrities to declare his support for the gay rights movement, in his "Playboy" interview from January 1969. He further stated that he would have no problem playing gay characters on screen, since he was secure with his own sexual orientation.Not a sentimental man by nature, he kept only four souvenirs of his career over the years. These were his Best Actor Oscar for Cat Ballou (1965), the citation he received from the National Cowboy Hall of Fame for his performance in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), his Gold Record for "Wandering Star" and the high-heeled shoe that Vivien Leigh beat him with in Ship of Fools (1965).Revisited Saipan (where he was wounded during World War II) in 1967, where his guide was P.F. Kluge, who went on to write Eddie and the Cruisers (1983).The first actor to win an Oscar for playing two roles in the same film. The first actor nominated for playing two roles was Jos�� Ferrer, with whom he appeared in The Caine Mutiny (1954).He was against US involvement in the Vietnam War.Turned down two movies directed by William Friedkin, The French Connection (1971) and Sorcerer (1977).Was as surprised as anyone when his recording of "Wandering Star", from the Paint Your Wagon (1969) soundtrack, became a surprise hit, earning the Gold Record (the standard in those days) for one million copies sold in 1969.Went into semi-retirement from acting after filming The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday (1976).While serving in the Marine Corps he became best friends with John Miara of Malden, MA. Miara became Marvin's model for the character of Maj. Reisman in The Dirty Dozen (1967).He was buried with full military honor at Arlington National Cemetery.Bonded with co-star Vivien Leigh on the set of Ship of Fools (1965). When he and his partner Michelle Triola visited Leigh at her exquisite home in England, he tore up a deck of antique playing cards that they were playing with. Much to Triola's surprise, Leigh was not at all disturbed by Marvin's boorish behavior but seemed enchanted by him.According to his first wife Betty Ebeling (1928-2018) in her memoirs, "Tales Of a Hollywood Housewife", when Marvin died he left only $10,000 in his will for his four children. She also said that during their marriage he was often pulled over by police for drunken driving, but got away with only a warning and signing an autograph for the officers.In 1975 he left Hollywood and moved to Tucson, AZ.In December 1986 he underwent intestinal surgery after suffering abdominal pains while at his ranch outside of Tucson, AZ. Doctors said then that there was an inflammation of the colon, but that no malignancy was found.Jean Seberg likened his singing voice to "rain gurgling down a rusty pipe.".Marvin was a close friend of Robert Ryan, and they did several films together, and both served in the Marine Corps in World War Two. The pair were set to star in The Wild Bunch (1969), but Marvin had several heated arguments with director Sam Peckinpah and left the project. Ryan was no fan of Peckinpah either, but stayed on the film. He and Marvin were favorites of maverick director Samuel Fuller, who was also a close friend of both.He has appeared in four films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: The Big Heat (1953), Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) and Point Blank (1967).Publicly endorsed John F. Kennedy in the 1960 presidential election.Turned down Where Eagles Dare (1968) because he did not want to star in another war film. The part went to his Paint Your Wagon (1969) co-star Clint Eastwood.Became a father for the fourth time at age 34 when his first wife Betty Ebeling gave birth to their daughter Claudia Marvin on March 3, 1958.His first wife, Betty, was Joan Crawford's kids' nanny before she met him.At the time of his death from a sudden heart attack, he had been hospitalized at Tucson (AZ) Medical Center since 13 August 1987 with what his spokesman described as "a run-down condition related to the flu".He died five years before his mother.His acting career began by chance when, while working as a plumber's assistant at a local community theatre in upstate New York, Marvin was asked to replace an actor who had fallen ill during rehearsals. He caught the acting bug and got a job with the company at seven dollars a week.He became a major star with Cat Ballou (1965), but his career waned considerably after Paint Your Wagon (1969).Was offered the lead in The War of the Worlds (1953).Despite his "tough guy" image he is one of the few actors to win a Best Leading Actor Oscar for a comedic performance.Became a father for the first time at age 28 when his first wife Betty Ebeling gave birth to their son Christopher Lamont Marvin on November 22, 1952.Lived with Michelle Triola for six years. In 1977 she sued him for palimony and the case went to trial. On 18 April 1979, Judge Arthur K. Marshall ordered Marvin to pay $104,000 to Triola for "rehabilitation purposes", but denied her community property claim for one-half of the $3.6 million which Marvin had earned during their six years of cohabitation. Both sides claimed victory, but in August 1981, the California Court of Appeal ruled that Triola could not show any contract between herself and Marvin to justify any payment to her. As a result, Triola recovered no money from Marvin.He did not receive any offers at all for a year after M Squad (1957) finished, and fell into a deep depression.Became a father for the third time at age 32 when his first wife Betty Ebeling gave birth to their daughter Cynthia Marvin on June 8, 1956.Son of Lamont Waltman (December 19, 1896-April 6, 1971), born in New York, and Courtenay W. (n��e Davidge) Marvin (September 2, 1896-March 22, 1963), born in Virginia. His father died in Florida and his mother died in New York.Smoked up to six packs of cigarettes a day. |
| Trademarks: |
Typecast as a heavy before graduating to unsympathetic heroes
Films often portrayed his liberal politics
Gravelly smoke burnished voice
Often played tough, hard bitten anti-heroes
Silver gray hair |
| Quotes: |
Tequila. Straight. There's a real polite drink. You keep drinking until you finally take one more and it just won't go down. Then you know you've reached your limit.
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[upon accepting his Best Actor Academy Award for Cat Ballou (1965)] I think half of this belongs to a horse somewhere out in the [San Fernando] Valley.
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Ah, stardom! They put your name on a star in the sidewalk on Hollywood Boulevard and you walk down and find a pile of dog manure on it. That tells the whole story, baby.
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If I have any appeal at all, it's to the fellow who takes out the garbage.
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Stimulation? Thursdays. Motivation? Thursdays. Paydays. That's it. It's important not to think too much about what you do. You see, with my way of thinking there are always Thursdays -- no matter how the picture works out. |
| Salaries: |
Pocket Money (1972) - $1,000,000
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Paint Your Wagon (1969) - $1,000,000
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Cat Ballou (1965) - $30,000 |
| Job title: |
Actor,Additional Crew,Soundtrack |
| Others works: |
Unsold pilot: In 1958 he starred in an unsold pilot called "Chicago Beat", about a plainclothes detective with the knack for solving baffling crimes.
US Marine Corps Combat Leadership Skills Video
(February 15, 1985) Guest on "AM Clevelan |
| Spouse: |
Pamela Marvin (October 18, 1970 - August 29, 1987) (his death)Betty Ebeling (April 5, 1952 - January 4, 1967) (divorced, 4 children) |
| Children: |
Christopher MarvinClaudia MarvinCourtenay Marvin |
| Parents: |
Lamont Waltman Marvin
Courtenay Washington |
| Relatives: |
Marvin. Cynthia (Cousin) |
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