Eli Wallach Bio (Biography)
Real name:
Eli Wallach
Date of birth:
December 7. 1915
Place of birth:
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Astrology Sign:
Sagittarius
Height:
5' 10" (1.78 m)
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A star of stage and screen, Eli Wallach was born in 1915 in New York. Wallach began acting at an early age and later when onto receive degrees from The University of Texas at Austin and The City College of New York before joining the Army during World War II. When he was stationed in France his superior officer heard of his background in history. Wallach was then asked to perform a show for the patients. The show, Is This the Army?, was a success with the patients as Wallach and others joked around dressed up as a variety of dictators.
By 1945 Wallach had returned to the United States and then debuted on Broadway. His performance in the play The Rose Tattoo even garnered him a Tony Award in 1951. He also starred in several other theater productions before making the leap to film in the 1956 production, Baby Doll. This film would mark the start of a prolific career that spanned several years and a number of good films like The Misfits, The Magnificent Seven, and The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, although he was rarely offered the leading role.
During all of this, Wallach met and married theater actress, Anne Jackson in 1948. The couple went on to have three children, Peter, Katherine, and Roberta. Despite the seemingly short-lived romance of most actors and actresses in Hollywood, Eli and Anne remain married to this day.
Even though Wallach is currently in his nineties, he continues to work, even making a guest appearance on Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip in 2006. In 2005, Wallach also made the leap from actor to writer with the publication of his autobiography, "The Good, the Bad, and Me: In My Anecdotage." There are several stories in this book about Wallach's work on different movies and he even recounts one incident where he accidentally took a drink from a film technician's bottle of acid and the falling out that he and Sergio Leone had later in life. His long line of strong performances will ensure that he remains one of the best method actors that has ever graced the silver screen.
By 1945 Wallach had returned to the United States and then debuted on Broadway. His performance in the play The Rose Tattoo even garnered him a Tony Award in 1951. He also starred in several other theater productions before making the leap to film in the 1956 production, Baby Doll. This film would mark the start of a prolific career that spanned several years and a number of good films like The Misfits, The Magnificent Seven, and The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, although he was rarely offered the leading role.
During all of this, Wallach met and married theater actress, Anne Jackson in 1948. The couple went on to have three children, Peter, Katherine, and Roberta. Despite the seemingly short-lived romance of most actors and actresses in Hollywood, Eli and Anne remain married to this day.
Even though Wallach is currently in his nineties, he continues to work, even making a guest appearance on Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip in 2006. In 2005, Wallach also made the leap from actor to writer with the publication of his autobiography, "The Good, the Bad, and Me: In My Anecdotage." There are several stories in this book about Wallach's work on different movies and he even recounts one incident where he accidentally took a drink from a film technician's bottle of acid and the falling out that he and Sergio Leone had later in life. His long line of strong performances will ensure that he remains one of the best method actors that has ever graced the silver screen.