Jack Palance, b; 1920 the acclaimed star of cinema, television & theatre for almost half a century, has has also spent most of his life painting & writing. Palance attended both the University of North Carolina & Stanford University. Besides his acting career, Palance also worked as a radio writer, professional boxer, & coal miner. His theatrical career garnered many honors & awards including Theatre Worlds'
Most Promising Personality [1950], for the play Darkness at Noon; a Emmy Award for
his performance in the 1957 television drama, " Requiem for a Heavyweight";
3 Academy Award nominations for best supporting actor in Sudden Fear [1952] In his long, illustrious career ha has appeared in over 56 films; 8 plays including his
role on Broadway as Stanley Kowalski in the 1948 production of Street Car Named
Desire; & in over 50 television programs including the Palance currently makes his home on 2 coast--his farm in Pennsylvania & his ranch in California [Tehachapi Mountains] where he spends time with his children & grandchildren. I have a signed copy of his first writing & artwork published in 1996; he had a book signing at B-Dalton book Store in Bakersfield CA in 1997. For The Forrest of Love.
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