Bronson, Charles
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Birthname | Charles Dennis Buchinsky | ||||
born on | 3 November 1921 at 11:00 (= 11:00 AM ) | ||||
Place | Croyle, Pennsylvania, 40n22, 78w45 | ||||
Timezone | EST h5w (is standard time) | ||||
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Biography
American actor in over 70 films, often cast in roles of police officers, gunfighters, or vigilantes in revenge-oriented plot lines. At the height of his fame in the early 1970s, he was the world's No. 1 box office attraction, commanding $1 million per film.
The first-born of 15 kids, he was the only one to finish high school. Bronson joined his dad in the coal mines of Pennsylvania before his screen debut came in 1951. His films include "Miss Sadie Thompson," "Battle of the Bulge," "The Mechanic" and "Death Wish." Rough hewn and worn, at the age of 50, he found himself an international sex symbol
A fine artist, Bronson painted for pleasure. He was a humanitarian who was reclusive by nature. A heavy smoker and coffee drinker, Bronson gave up alcohol.
He was married to Jill Ireland for years; they had five kids and appeared in 15 films together. He was widowed on 18 May 1990 when Ireland died of cancer. On 27 December 1998 he married his longtime sweetheart, actress Kim Weeks in a private ceremony at their Malibu home.
Known in Italy as "Il Brutto," the ugly one, the American tough-guy actor died in Los Angeles on 30 August 2003 of pneumonia at age 81.
Relationships
- associate relationship with Jobert, Marlène (born 4 November 1940)
- opponent/rival/enemy relationship with McCallum, David (born 19 September 1933). Notes: friend, but then McCallum's wife married him
- spouse relationship with Ireland, Jill (born 24 April 1936)
- role played of/by Hickok, Wild Bill (born 27 May 1837). Notes: 1977 film "The White Buffalo"
Events
- Work : New Career 1951 (Film debut)
Source Notes
Contemporary American Horoscopes.
Categories
- Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Pneumonia (Terminal)
- Family : Childhood : Family large (15 kids)
- Family : Childhood : Order of birth (First of fifteen)
- Family : Relationship : Marriage more than 15 Yrs (With Jill Ireland)
- Family : Relationship : Mate - Age difference more than 15 yrs (40 yrs. older than wife Kim)
- Family : Relationship : Mate - Noted (Jill Ireland)
- Family : Relationship : Widowed (Jill died of cancer)
- Family : Parenting : Kids more than 3 (Six)
- Lifestyle : Financial : Rags to riches
- Lifestyle : Social Life : Hobbies, games (Fine artist)
- Personal : Death : Illness/ Disease (Pneumonia)
- Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs (Age 81)
- Vocation : Beauty : Sex-symbol (Rugged appeal)
- Vocation : Entertainment : Actor/ Actress
- Vocation : Misc. : Physical labor (Coal miner as a kid)
- Notable : Book Collection : American Book
- 1921 births
- Birthday 3 November
- Birthplace Croyle, PA (US)
- Sun 10 Scorpio
- Moon 25 Sagittarius
- Asc 1 Capricorn
- 2003 deaths
- Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Pneumonia
- Family : Childhood : Family large
- Family : Childhood : Order of birth
- Family : Relationship : Marriage more than 15 Yrs
- Family : Relationship : Mate - Age difference more than 15 yrs
- Family : Relationship : Mate - Noted
- Family : Relationship : Widowed
- Family : Parenting : Kids more than 3
- Lifestyle : Financial : Rags to riches
- Lifestyle : Social Life : Hobbies, games
- Personal : Death : Illness/ Disease
- Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs
- Vocation : Beauty : Sex-symbol
- Vocation : Entertainment : Actor/ Actress
- Vocation : Misc. : Physical labor
- Notable : Book Collection : American Book