Anthony Franciosa Overview:

Actor, Anthony Franciosa, was born Anthony Papaleo on Oct 25, 1928 in New York City, NY. Franciosa died at the age of 77 on Jan 19, 2006 in Los Angeles, CA .

HONORS and AWARDS:

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Although Franciosa was nominated for one Oscar, he never won a competitive Academy Award.

Academy Awards

YearAwardFilm nameRoleResult
1957Best ActorA Hatful of Rain (1957)PoloNominated
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Anthony Franciosa Quotes:

Tony Armotti: I spotted you the minute you opened your mouth.
Anne Leeds: I may have some sort of New England accent, if that's what you mean, but I can't help it any more than you can help your New York accent.
Tony Armotti: What New York accent?


Fathom Harvill: [Recognising the serial number Peter has just read out] Hey - that's my passport number!
Peter Merriwether: [Looking at Fathom's passport] You know, your picture doesn't do you justice!


Ralph Baitz: The human heart could never pass the drunk test. Take a human heart out of a human body, put legs on it and tell it to walk a straight line, and it couldn't. The heart could never pass a drunk test.


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Anthony Franciosa Facts
Son of a construction worker and seamstress who divorced when he was a year old. He seldom saw his father after this.

Was nominated for Broadway's 1956 Tony Award as Best Supporting or Featured Actor (Dramatic) for "A Hatful of Rain," a role he recreated in an Oscar-nominated performance in the film version with the same name, A Hatful of Rain (1957).

Studied at the Actors Studio and the New School for Social Research.

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