Frank Sinatra
Acting
- Born:
- 1915-12-12
- Died:
- 1998-05-14
- Place of birth:
- Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
Biography
Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor. Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became a successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, being the idol of the "bobby soxers". His professional career had stalled by the 1950s, but it was reborn in 1954 after he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (for his performance in From Here to Eternity). He signed with Capitol Records and released several critically lauded albums (such as In the Wee Small Hours, Songs for Swingin' Lovers, Come Fly with Me, Only the Lonely and Nice 'n' Easy). Sinatra left Capitol to found his own record label, Reprise Records (finding success with albums such as Ring-A-Ding-Ding, Sinatra at the Sands and Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim), toured internationally, was a founding member of the Rat Pack and fraternized with celebrities and statesmen, including John F. Kennedy. Sinatra turned 50 in 1965, recorded the retrospective September of My Years, starred in the Emmy-winning television special Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music, and scored hits with "Strangers in the Night" and "My Way". With sales of his music dwindling and after appearing in several poorly received films, Sinatra retired for the first time in 1971. Two years later, however, he came out of retirement and in 1973 recorded several albums, scoring a Top 40 hit with "(Theme From) New York, New York" in 1980. Using his Las Vegas shows as a home base, he toured both within the United States and internationally, until a short time before his death in 1998. Sinatra also forged a successful career as a film actor, winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in From Here to Eternity, a nomination for Best Actor for The Man with the Golden Arm, and critical acclaim for his performance in The Manchurian Candidate. He also starred in such musicals as High Society, Pal Joey, Guys and Dolls and On the Town. Sinatra was honored at the Kennedy Center Honors in 1983 and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Ronald Reagan in 1985 and the Congressional Gold Medal in 1997. Sinatra was also the recipient of eleven Grammy Awards, including the Grammy Trustees Award, Grammy Legend Award and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
Known For
Filmography
My Life As Roger Moore
Marilyn and the Mob
Breakdown: 1975
Quincy Jones, Music Man
Mia Farrow: Shadows and Light
Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywood
Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley
I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story
Kennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia
Elis & Tom: It Had to be You
Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story
Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin
George Michael: Freedom Uncut
Sammy by Sammy: My Tale of the 60's
Rat Pack
Dark Eyes
Sinatra: His Way
Dean Martin: King of Cool
Amy Winehouse: The Price of Fame
Sid & Judy
Frank Sinatra: One More for the Road
Tony Bennett & Frank Sinatra
Elvis Presley: The Searcher
Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies
Becoming Cary Grant
JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala
Sinatra in the Movies: The Man and His Motion Pictures
Frank Sinatra: The Voice of America
To Be Frank: Sinatra at 100
Frank Sinatra: The Retirement Concert
Iconic Couples of Hollywood
Sinatra: All or Nothing at All
Frank Sinatra: Live at Caesar's Palace
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
Soul Boys of the Western World
Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark
Six by Sondheim
The Rat Pack - The Greatest Hits
The Frank Sinatra Collection: Portrait of an Album & Sinatra Sings
Frank Sinatra: Around the World
Frank Sinatra: TV Performances
The Best Of Louis Armstrong: Satchmo At His Best
Frank Sinatra - Nothing but the Best
The Wrecking Crew
Elvis Through the Years
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer
The Ratpack
Legendary Christmas Entertainers
Frank Sinatra: A Reflection
Judy Garland Duets
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova
Judy Garland: By Myself
The Rat Pack
A Tale of Two Sisters - Lorna Luft and Liza Minnelli
Frank Sinatra: The Man and the Myth
Live and Swingin': The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection
Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love
Christmas from Hollywood
Frank Sinatra glömde aldrig Finspång
Vintage Sinatra
Sinatra: The Classic Duets
Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special
Året var 1953
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years
The Definitive Elvis 25th Anniversary: Vol. 1 The Memphis Years & The Television Years
The Ocean's 11 Story
All the Way... A Decade of Song and Video
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
Frank Sinatra Memorial
The Rat Pack
Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century
The Music of Kander & Ebb: Razzle Dazzle
Frank Sinatra: Hollywood the Second Time Around
Frank Sinatra: The Hollywood Years
Frank Sinatra: The Swinging Years
Frank Sinatra: The Bobby Sox Years
Frank Sinatra: The Vintage Years
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Young at Heart
That's Entertainment! III
Frank Sinatra: Relive the magic
La Classe américaine
As nascentes
Beijoqueiro: Portrait of a Serial Kisser
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
Frank, Liza & Sammy: The Ultimate Event
I Don't Even Like Apple Pie...
The Billy Martin Celebrity Roast
The Unforgettable Nat King Cole
American Expose: Who Murdered JFK?
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration
Sacrée soirée
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
All Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan
Frank Sinatra in Japan: Live at the Budokan Hall, Tokyo
That's Dancing!
All Star Party for Lucille Ball
Salute to Lady Liberty
Cannonball Run II
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Showbiz Goes to War
Frank Sinatra: Concert for the Americas
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
Why was Cairo Calm
I Love Liberty
Frank Sinatra: The Man and His Music
Entertainment Tonight
This Is Elvis
Magnum, P.I.
The First Deadly Sin
Sinatra at Carnegie Hall
Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
The Kennedy Center Honors
Cinderella at the Palace
Frank Sinatra: Live from Caesars Palace
Contract on Cherry Street
Sinatra and Friends
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
That's Entertainment, Part II
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
Frank Sinatra: The Main Event
That's Entertainment!
Frank Sinatra: Ol' Blue Eyes is Back
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Cadet Rousselle
V.I.P. Schaukel
Fight of the Century
Frank Sinatra: In Concert at Royal Festival Hall
Great Performances
Dirty Dingus Magee
Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special
Sinatra
Francis Albert Sinatra Does His Thing
Frank Sinatra - Primetime
Lady in Cement
The Detective
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Christmas with The Martins and The Sinatras
Movin' with Nancy
Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim
Tony Rome
The Naked Runner
Mondo Hollywood
Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music Part II
Assault on a Queen
Cast a Giant Shadow
The Oscar
Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music Part I
Marriage on the Rocks
Von Ryan's Express
Frank Sinatra Spectacular
None But the Brave
Robin and the 7 Hoods
Paris When It Sizzles
4 for Texas
Come Blow Your Horn
The List of Adrian Messenger
The Manchurian Candidate
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Advise & Consent
This is Sinatra
The Road to Hong Kong
The Judy Garland Show
Sergeants 3
Chun King Chow Mein Hour
The Devil at 4 O'Clock
Pepe
Ocean's Eleven
Frank Sinatra's Welcome Home Party for Elvis Presley
Can-Can
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show - To the Ladies
Happiness and Love in Monaco
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show: An Afternoon with Frank Sinatra
Never So Few
The Grammys
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show
Startime
A Hole in the Head
Some of Manie's Friends
Some Came Running
Kings Go Forth
Happy Holidays with Bing and Frank
Pal Joey
Frank Sinatra Show
The Edsel Show
The Joker is Wild
The Pride and the Passion
Around the World in 80 Days
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
High Society
Johnny Concho
Meet Me in Las Vegas
The Man with the Golden Arm
Guys and Dolls
The Tender Trap
Our Town
MGM Parade
Not as a Stranger
Young at Heart
The Jimmy Durante Show
Suddenly
Anything Goes
From Here to Eternity
The Oscars
Meet Danny Wilson
Double Dynamite
The Jack Benny Program
The Frank Sinatra Show
The Colgate Comedy Hour
The Costume Designer
The Bob Hope Show
What's My Line?
On the Town
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
The Emmy Awards
The Kissing Bandit
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Miracle of the Bells
It Happened in Brooklyn
Till the Clouds Roll By
The House I Live In
Anchors Aweigh
The All-Star Bond Rally
Step Lively
The Road to Victory
The Shining Future
Higher and Higher
Show-Business at War
Reveille with Beverly
Ship Ahoy
Las Vegas Nights
Sinatra Duets