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George Chakiris
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He made his film debut at the age of 12 singing in the chorus of
Song of Love (1947). Following his graduation from high school,
George Chakiris supported his night-time dancing, singing and
dramatic lessons with a daytime job clerking in a Los Angeles
Department store. Later he started his acting/dancing career
appearing in musicals such as Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) - he
is one of the ballet dancers escorting Marylin Monroe in "Diamonds
Are A Girl's Best Friends"- White Christmas (1954), The Girl Rush
(1954), There Is No Business Like Show Business (1954), Brigadoon
(1954), and Meet Me In Las Vegas (1956). In 1957 he made his debut
as a dramatic actor in Under Fire . In 1958, he traveled to New
York hoping for a broadway "break". Hearing that Jerome Robbins was
casting the London company of West Side Story, he auditioned and
was awarded the co-starring role of Riff. He played the part of
Riff for almost two years on the West End stage before acting,
singing and dancing as Bernardo in the Robert Wise ffilm (1961), a
performance that earned him a Golden Globe and the Academy Award
for best supporting actor (Santa Monica, April 9, 1962). Since
then, he starred in a succession of films, including Diamond Head
with Charlton Heston (1962), La Ragazza Di Bube with Claudia
Cardinale (1963), Les Demoiselles de Rochefort with Catherine
Deneuve, Françoise Dorléac and Gene Kelly (1967), The Big Cube with
Lana Turner (1969), Why not stay for breakfast (1980), Jekyll and
Hyde... Together Again (1982), Pale Blood (1991). He is one of the
most traveled stars in motion pictures : the locations have
included Hawaii, Japan, Mexico, Italy, England, Spain and France.
His nightclub career was launched to rave reviews at Caesar's
Palace in Las Vegas and Harrah's Club in Lake Tahoe. In the 70s and
80s, his career focused on television and music. He appeared as
guest star in several TV series such as Five-O (Death is a Company
policy - 1972), The Return of Wonder Woman (Death in Disguise -
1978), CHiPs (Fox Trap - 1983), Scarecrow and Mrs King (Lost and
Found - 1984), Murder She Wrote (Weave a Tangled Web - 1989) and
joined the cast of Dallas (1985 - 1986). He has released several
records : George Chakiris, Memories Are Made Of These, The Gershwin
Song Book, West Side Story's Dynamic... Recently, George Chakiris
appeared in a several plays and stage musicals : after "The King
and I " in the US in 1995, he performed in Britain the role of
Rochester in "Jane Eyre".
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