Anthony Quinn
Wood Rabbit - Yi Mao Year
The 60-year Cycle of the Chinese Zodiac
Born: 21 April 1915
Birthplace: Chihuahua, Mexico
Death: 3 June 2001 (respiratory failure)
Best Known As: Zorba the Greek
Anthony Quinn's heyday was the 1950s, when he won two Oscars as a supporting actor: one as the brother of Emiliano Zapata in Viva Zapata! (1952), and another as the painter Gauguin, the friend of Vincent Van Gogh in Lust for Life (1956, with Kirk Douglas as Van Gogh). In the 1960s Quinn became permanently associated with the title role of the earthy peasant in Zorba the Greek. In later years Quinn became notorious for his marital peccadilloes; in all he had five wives and fathered 13 children. Quinn died of respiratory failure in June 2001, aged 86.
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