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Dec 25, 2012 · Charles Durning, a World War Two hero who became one of Hollywood's top character actors in films like "The Sting," "Tootsie" and "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas," has died, a New York City ...
Dec 25, 2012 · Charles Edward Durning was born into poverty on Feb. 28, 1923, in Highland Falls, N.Y., a Hudson River village. His father, James, an Irish immigrant, had been sickened by mustard gas and lost a ...
Dec 25, 2012 · Charles Durning was a boxer, ice-cream seller and dance instructor before establishing himself as an actor. Photograph: NBC via Getty Images. Movies. This article is more than 11 years old.
Dec 28, 2012 · Durning's rugged early life provided ample material on which to base his later portrayals. He was born into an Irish family of 10 children in 1923, in Highland Falls, New York, a town near West Point.
Dec 27, 2012 · Durning's films included The Sting and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas US actor Charles Durning, who starred in the 1980s film Tootsie, has died at the age of 89.
Dec 25, 2012 · Charles Durning, who overcame poverty, battlefield trauma and nagging self-doubt to become an acclaimed character actor, whether on stage as Big Daddy in “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” or in ...
Dec 25, 2012 · Charles Durning grew up in poverty, lost five of his nine siblings to disease, barely lived through D-Day and was taken prisoner at the Battle of the Bulge.His hard life and wartime trauma ...
