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Frank Capra: Biography

  • Birth Name: Francesco Rosario Capra
  • Birth Place: Bisacquino, Sicily, Italy
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: May 18, Taurus
  • Date of Death: 09/03/1991
  • Profession: Director; producer; writer
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Frank Capra Fast Facts:
  • Enlisted in the Army during World War I but was discharged after becoming ill during the 1918 Spanish-flu pandemic.
  • Made his professional directorial debut in 1922 with a one-reel adaptation of the Rudyard Kipling poem Fultah Fisher's Boarding House.
  • It Happened One Night (1934) was the first movie to win all five major Academy Awards: best film, director (Capra), screenplay (Robert Riskin), actor (Clark Gable) and actress (Claudette Colbert).
  • An Army colonel during World War II, he made a series of documentaries for the government titled Why We Fight. The first, 1942's Prelude to War, won an Oscar for best documentary.
  • Received the AFI's Life Achievement Award in 1982.
  • Frank Capra Relationships:
  • Antonia Capra - Sister
  • Benedetto Capra - Brother
  • Frank Capra Jr. - Son
  • Giuseppa Capra - Sister
  • Giuseppe Capra - Brother
  • Helen Howell - Ex-wife
  • Ignazia Capra - Sister
  • Lucille Capra - Daughter
  • Lucille Rayburn Warner Capra - Wife (deceased)
  • Rosaria Nicolosi Capra - Mother
  • Salvatore Capra - Father
  • Thomas Capra - Son
  • Tony Capra - Brother
  • Frank Capra Awards:
  • 1947 Golden Globe: Best Director - Motion Picture - Winner
  • 1933 Oscar: Best Achievement in Directing - Nominee
  • 1934 Oscar: Best Achievement in Directing - Winner
  • 1936 Oscar: Best Achievement in Directing - Winner
  • 1938 Oscar: Best Achievement in Directing - Winner
  • 1939 Oscar: Best Achievement in Directing - Nominee
  • 1946 Oscar: Best Achievement in Directing - Nominee
  • 1982 Emmy: Outstanding Informational Special - Nominee
  • College:
  • Throop College of Technology, Pasadena, CA (BS in Chemical Engineering, 1918)
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