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This cowboy was born Issur Danielovitch in upstate New York. His parents were from Russia. And, he says, "I never rode a horse unless they paid me." But in America, anything is possible. So to honor his work in such films as Gunfight at the O.K. Corral and his own favorite, Lonely Are the Brave, the Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City inducted Kirk Douglas, 67, as its newest celluloid cowpoke, joining the legendary likes of John Wayne. The Duke might have been amused. After Douglas portrayed the eccentric painter Vincent Van Gogh. Wayne asked...
Sothern Lake. The largest group is the Readily Understandables. Issur Danielovitch lacks, well, euphony. So the name was shortened to Kirk Douglas. It is also understandable why Tula Ellice Finklea would want to change her name to Cyd Charisse, Frances Gumm to Judy Garland, Bernie Schwartz to Tony Curtis, Sarah Jane Fulks to Jane Wyman, Emma Motzo to Lizabeth Scott, Judith Tuvim to Judy Holliday, Doris Kappelhoff to Doris Day, Aaron Chwatt to Red Buttons, Zelma Hedrick to Kathryn Grayson, Eunice Quedens to Eve Arden, Natasha Gurdin to Natalie Wood, Barney Zanville to Dane Clark, and William Beedle to William...
Born. To Kirk Douglas (real name: Issur Danielovitch), 41, cinemactor (The Vikings, Paths of Glory, Lust for Life), and Anne Buydens Douglas, 35, onetime pressagent: their second son, second child (he has two more sons by a previous marriage); in Los Angeles. Name: Eric Anthony. Weight...
Born. To Kirk Douglas (real name: Issur Danielovitch), 38, Hollywood hard guy (Champion, Ulysses), and his second wife, Anne Buydens Douglas, 32: their first child, a son; in Hollywood. Name: Peter Vincent. Weight...
Married. Kirk Douglas (real name: Issur Danielovitch), 37, jut-jawed cinema tough guy (Champion, Detective Story); and Anne Buydens, 31, onetime press-agent in Paris; each for the second time; in Las Vegas...