It's such a human condition, whether you're a great track star or a great knitting person or you paint watercolors - someone knows who you are.

That was followed by Blake Edwards’ comedy Operation Petticoat (1959) with Cary Grant. In 1984 Curtis was ruTony Curtisd to hospital suffering from advanced cirrhosis as a result of his alcoholism and cocaine addiction. His paintings can also be seen at the Tony Vanderploeg Gallery in Carmel California.

Tony Curtis (born Bernard Schwartz; June 3 1925 – September 29 2010) was an American film actor whose career spanned six decades but had his greatest popularity during the 1950s and early 1960s. His stardom and film career declined considerably after the early 1960s.