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Kirk Douglas

カーク・ダグラス　/　かーく・だぐらす

American film producer

December 9, 1916 – February 5, 2020　・　Amsterdam, New York, United States

New York
film producer
television actor
film actor

My Take

Kirk Douglas embodies what I admire most in golden-age Hollywood: ferocity with a conscience. Rising from genuine poverty to become a defining star of the 1950s, he kept choosing bruising material—Paths of Glory, Lust for Life, Spartacus—when safer vehicles would have paid just as well. I am especially struck by his willingness to spend his star power against the blacklist era. The honorary Oscar and the Presidential Medal of Freedom feel almost redundant; his real monument is a filmography built on jutting-jawed defiance. Living to 103, he outlasted the very era he helped define, and few careers feel as thoroughly earned.

Overview

Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch; December 9, 1916 – February 5, 2020) was an American actor and filmmaker. After an impoverished childhood, he made his film debut in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) with Barbara Stanwyck. Douglas soon developed into a leading box-office star throughout the 1950s, known for serious dramas, including westerns and war films.

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1. Profile

Name (English): Kirk Douglas
Name (Japanese): カーク・ダグラス
Reading: かーく・だぐらす
Born: December 9, 1916 – February 5, 2020
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Sagittarius / Dragon
Origin: Amsterdam, New York, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: film producer / television actor / film actor / film director / screenwriter

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: St. Lawrence University

Awards & achievements

National Medal of Arts
1956 Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
1967 Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award
1980 Honorary César
1981 Presidential Medal of Freedom
1991 AFI Life Achievement Award
1994 Kennedy Center Honors
1995 Academy Honorary Award

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

5. Works & records

Category	Title	Role
Notable work	20,000 Leagues Under the Sea	—
Notable work	The Vikings	—
Notable work	Lust for Life	—
Notable work	Paths of Glory	—
Notable work	Spartacus	—

6. Links

Official sitehttp://www.kirkdouglas.com/
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%80%E3%82%B0%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B9

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