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George Chakiris (born September 16, 1932) is an American actor and dancer. He is best known for his appearance in the 1961 film version of West Side Story as Bernardo, the leader of the Sharks gang, for which he won both the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture.
Bernardo (George Chakiris) and Riff (Russ Tamblyn) stare each other down in a scene from 1961's West Side Story. (Photo: Courtesy Everett Collection) (Courtesy Everett Collection)
Immediately after filming that, Tamblyn went to England to play the title role in the musical Tom Thumb (1958), made for George Pal. When he returned, MGM immediately cast him as the lead in High School Confidential (1958), which was a solid hit. [15] Tamblyn's career momentum was interrupted when he was drafted into the United States Army in ...
George Richard Beymer Jr. (born February 20, 1938) [1] is an American actor, filmmaker and artist who played the roles of Tony in the film version of West Side Story (1961), Peter in The Diary of Anne Frank (1959), and Ben Horne on the television series Twin Peaks (1990–1991, 2017).
James William Ercolani (June 8, 1936 – September 2, 2024), known by his stage name James Darren, was an American television and film actor, television director, and singer.
Rita Moreno (born Rosa Dolores Alverío Marcano; [1] December 11, 1931) is an American actress, dancer, and singer. [2] With a career spanning eight decades she is known for her roles on stage and screen, and is one of the last remaining stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood.
"Whatever happened to George?" The 57-year-old Ocean's Eleven star first appeared on the hit '90s sitcom back in 1988 as Booker Brooks, a foreman at the factory where Roseanne worked, ...
She took a department store job and studied psychology, but heeded the advice of casting director Hoyt Bowers and Walt Disney, who had told her, "Whatever you do, keep working at your craft". [6] Jillian married Andy Murcia, a Chicago police sergeant, on March 27, 1978, [7] and shortly thereafter Murcia retired to manage his wife's career. [8]