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Vikki LaMotta (January 23, 1930 – January 25, 2005), born Beverly Thailer, was an American model and the second wife of champion boxer Jake LaMotta, during his peak years of success, during which time Vikki became a celebrity. In the 1990s, she wrote an autobiography, but requested it not be released until after her death due to the ...
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- January 25, 2005 (aged 75), Boca Raton, Florida, U.S.
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Sep 25, 2010 · The Vikki LaMotta Story: Jake, Raging Bull, Playboy, Sinatra and The Mob | Boxing | The Guardian. World champion Jake LaMotta holds his three-year-old son Jackie, while watching his wife...
Browse 25 photos of Vikki Lamotta, the former wife of boxer Jake LaMotta and the inspiration for his biopic "Raging Bull". See her with Jake LaMotta at various events and occasions.
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- The real LaMotta brothers were shocked when they saw the film. The movie was based on the real Jake LaMotta’s memoir, Raging Bull: My Story. However, when he first saw the film, LaMotta was upset by its unflattering portrayal of him.
- This film helped save Martin Scorsese’s life. In 1978, director Martin Scorsese was at an all-time low, culminating in a life-threatening hospital visit.
- Robert De Niro became an actual boxer to play a boxer. To prepare for the role, De Niro went through intense physical training with the real LaMotta for a year.
- The script was originally much more shocking. Paul Schrader’s version of the script had Jake LaMotta masturbate at his lowest point — when he’s in jail for allegedly providing underage girls for his customers and after losing his money, wife, and club.
Feb 3, 2005 · Vikki LaMotta, the Bronx, N.Y.-born beauty whose marriage to boxer Jake LaMotta was portrayed in the film “Raging Bull,” has died. She was 75. LaMotta died Jan. 25 at Boca Raton Community...
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Sep 21, 2017 · I’d be in costume, all dressed up as his second wife, Vikki LaMotta, in the ‘50s, and he would see me and laugh and call out, “Vikki! “Vikk-eeeee!” They used to play football during lunch on...
Learn about the life and career of Vikki LaMotta, the second wife of champion boxer Jake LaMotta, who wrote an autobiography about her violent and tumultuous marriage and became a celebrity. Find out how she died in 2005, after writing Knockout!, and how her book was released posthumously.
