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Clint Eastwood
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Director, Producer, Actor
Born:
May 31, 1930 in San Francisco, CA
Biography:With his rugged good looks and icon status, "Clint Eastwood" was long one of the few actors whose name on a movie marquee could guarantee a hit. Less well-known for a long time (at least until he won the Academy Award as Best Director for "Unforgiven"), was the fact that Eastwood was also a producer/director, with an enviable record of successes. Born May 31, 1930, in San Francisco, Eastwood worked as a logger and gas-station attendant, among other things, before coming to Hollywood in the mid-'50s. After his arrival, he played small roles in several Universal features (he's the pilot of the plane that napalms the giant spider at the end of "Tarantula" [1955]) before achieving some limited star status on the television series "Rawhide". Thanks to the success of three Italian-made "Sergio Leone" Westerns -- "A Fistful of Dollars" (1964), "For a Few Dollars More" (1965), and The Good, the Bad and the... Full Biography
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Clint Eastwood in 1966's "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly"
Clint Eastwood, winner of Best Director for "Million Dollar Baby," and Hilary Swank, winner of Best...
Meryl Streep and Clint Eastwood in 1995's "The Bridges of Madison County"
Clint Eastwood, winner of Best Picture and Best Director for "Million Dollar Baby," shows off his...
Clint Eastwood, 1998
Eric Fleming and Clint Eastwood in the TV series "Rawhide," which ran from 1959 to 1966
Clint Eastwood and second wife Dina Eastwood (whom he married in 1996) attend the 61st Golden Globe...
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