Actor kirk douglas bio
Actor rock hudson...
The life of actor-producer Kirk Douglas reads like a Horatio Alger success story.
Actor kirk douglas bio wikipedia
A first-generation American, Douglas was born Issur Danielovitch Demsky on 9 December , in Amsterdam, New York. His parents, Russian born Jews who immigrated to the United States in , were Harry and Bryna Demsky. The family, which consisted of six daughters and one son, found it financially difficult to survive during the Depression years.
Young Issur (or Isadore Demsky, as he was later called) worked his way through school selling newspapers and a variety of other items.
Kirk Douglas first became interested in drama when he attended Wilbur Lynch High School in Amsterdam.
Actor kirk douglas bio
Encouraged by his teacher, Louise Livingston, he participated in various kinds of dramatic and oratorical activities. In he graduated from high school, eager to attend college, for which he first had to earn the tuition money.
From to he attended St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York, where he won recognition as president of th