Kirk Douglas

Kirk Douglas
Born	Issur Danielovitch Demsky (1916-12-09) December 9, 1916 Amsterdam, New York, U.S.
Other names	Issur Danielovitch
Notable work	Michael Kelly in Champion Jonathan Shields in The Bad and the Beautiful Vincent van Gogh in Lust for Life Spartacus in Spartacus
Height	5ft 9in (1.75 m)
Spouse(s)	Diana Dill (1943-1951, divorced) Anne Buydens (1954-present
Children	Michael Douglas (born 1944) Joel Douglas (born 1947) Peter Douglas (born 1955) Eric Douglas (1958-2004)
Parent(s)	Herschel Demsky Bryna Sanglel
Awards	Academy Honorary Award 1996 Lifetime Achievement Honorary César 1980 Lifetime Achievement Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama 1957 Lust for Life Cecil B. DeMille Award 1968 Lifetime Achievement
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Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch December 9, 1916) is an American actor and movie producer. His parents were Jews from the Russian Empire. Douglas has acted in many of Hollywood's most well-known of all time, including Spartacus. He also starred as Vincent van Gogh in Lust for Life.

He is also father to actor and producer Michael Douglas. He came in at #17 on AFI's list of the greatest male American screen legends of all time and was one of two living actors on the list (Sidney Poitier is the other).

In 1995, he was given an Honorary Academy Award. In 1956, he won a Golden Globe Award.

Other websites

• Kirk Douglas on IMDb
• Kirk Douglas at the TCM Movie Database
• Kirk Douglas at the Internet Broadway Database
• Personal papers of Kirk Douglas at the Wisconsin Historical Society - Roughly 180,000 documents on Douglas's personal and professional life
• Newcritics.com: Meeting Kirk Douglas
• Kirk Douglas, le champion de Hollywood (in French)