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- Franciosa received both Tony and Oscar nominations for his portrayal of the brother of a heroin addict in “Hatful of Rain,” won a Golden Globe for his role as an actor who gives up everything for the stage in “Career” and starred in TV series including “The Name of the Game.”
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- October 25, 1928
- January 19, 2006
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Franciosa's performance in Hatful of Rain earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. Film star. Franciosa supported Anna Magnani and Anthony Quinn in Wild Is the Wind (1957) directed by George Cukor, produced by Hal B. Wallis who put Franciosa under a multi-film contract.
Franciosa won an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in 1958 for "Hatful" and, with his good looks, was a very hot commodity in Hollywood. He followed up his strong debut by starring in a variety of top A-list films, including George Cukor 's Wild Is the Wind (1957) , Martin Ritt 's The Long, Hot Summer (1958) and The Naked Maja (1958) , in ...
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- Anthony Franciosa in Career (1959)
- Anthony Franciosa and Daria Nicolodi in Tenebrae (1982)
- Christian Borromeo, Anthony Franciosa, and Daria Nicolodi in Tenebrae (1982)
- Jane Fonda and Anthony Franciosa in Period of Adjustment (1962)
- Jane Fonda, Jim Hutton, and Anthony Franciosa in Period of Adjustment (1962)
Franciosa won an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in 1958 for "Hatful" and, with his good looks, was a very hot commodity in Hollywood. He followed up his strong debut by starring in a variety of top A-list films, including George Cukor 's Wild Is the Wind (1957) , Martin Ritt 's The Long, Hot Summer (1958) and The Naked Maja (1958) , in ...
- October 25, 1928
- January 19, 2006
He soon moved to film, appearing in The Long Hot Summer (1958), The Naked Maja (1958), The Story on Page One (1959) and Career (1959), for which he won the Golden Globe for Best Actor. In the 1960s and 70s, he appeared mainly on television, most prominently in the drama series The Name of the Game (1968-1971), before moving to Europe to star in ...
Year: Award: 1965: Golden Globe Best Performance By an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama - Nominated 1960: Golden Globe Best Performance By an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama - Won
Handsome, Italian-American Franciosa announced his arrival in movies with an Oscar nomination for his performance in A Hatful of Rain (1957). He starred in a number of TV series, and took roles in films such as Long Hot Summer (1958), Fathom (1967), The Drowning Pool (1975) and City Hall (1996).