Anthony Quinn, the stage name of Manuel Antonio Rodolfo Quinn Oaxaca (April 21, 1915 – June 3, 2001), was a Mexican-American actor. He was renowned for playing earthy, passionate characters in a number of critically acclaimed movies both in Hollywood and abroad that were “characterized by a raw and primal virility.”
The Guns of Navarone, Guns for San Sebastian, Lawrence of Arabia, The Shoes of the Fisherman, The Message, Lion of the Desert, Jungle Fever, and “Seven Servants” are just a few of his well-known movies. His performance as Zorba the Greek’s title character earned him an Oscar nomination.
In 1952 for Viva Zapata! and in 1956 for Lust for Life, Quinn received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor on two separate occasions.
Anthony Quinn First Wife: Who Was Katherine DeMille?
The actress Katherine DeMille, who was Cecil B. DeMille’s adoptive daughter, was Quinn’s first wife. They were married in 1937. Christopher (1938–1941), Christina (December 1, 1941), Catalina (November 21, 1942), Duncan (August 4, 1945), and Valentina were the couple’s five children (born December 26, 1952). Two-year-old Christopher, their first child, perished in W. C. Fields’ lily pond next door.
Viva Villa featured her in her first creditable role! (1934). Princess Alice of France was the role she played in her father’s epic The Crusades (1935), and she also acted in The Sky Parade after signing a deal with Paramount Pictures (1936).
Up until 1941, DeMille worked for 20th Century Fox and other studios before retiring to spend more time with her family. She made a comeback to acting in the 1947 films Black Gold and Unconquered before starring in The Judge in 1949, which would be her last movie. She “has carried the name deMille on for another generation in motion movies as a great actress,” according to her father’s memoirs.