Lee Marvin
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Born in New York on February 19, 1924, Lee Marvin joined the Navy after graduating. Wounded in the Second World War, he became a plumber, then a stage and screen actor. A prototypical supporting actor in westerns and war films, he made a name for himself with the rough-hewn roles he played in L'Ãquipée sauvage (1953), L'Homme qui tua Liberty Valance (1962) and Les douze salopards (1966), but it was for a comedy film, Cat Ballou (1965), that he won the Oscar for Best Actor. He also sang the theme songs, as in La Kermesse de l'Ouest (1969), with Clint Eastwood. One of the film's songs, "Wand'rin' Star", which he recites in his deep, husky voice to a country tune, became a number-one hit on the U.S. Hot 100. After a long career in film(à bout portant in 1964, Le point de non-retour in 1967 and Yves Boisset's Canicule in 1984), Lee Marvin died of a heart attack on August 29, 1987, at the age of 63.
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