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Humphrey Bogart: Biography

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  • Birth Name: Humphrey DeForest Bogart
  • Birth Place: New York, NY
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: December 25, Capricorn
  • Date of Death: 01/14/1957
  • Profession: Actor
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Humphrey Bogart Fast Facts:
  • Was born into an upper class family — his father was a Manhattan surgeon and his mother a commercial illustrator — and was bound for Yale until expulsion from prep school led to a stint in the Navy toward the end of World War I.
  • First big acting break came in 1935 in a Broadway production of Robert Sherwood's The Petrified Forest with Leslie Howard; Bogart almost lost the part in the film version to a studio-contracted Edward G. Robinson, but Howard intervened on his behalf.
  • In the late '40s, he protested the House Un-American Activities Committee alongside Lauren Bacall, Groucho Marx, John Huston and others.
  • An avid sailor who owned a yacht named Santana.
  • Humphrey Bogart Relationships:
  • Belmont DeForest Bogart - Father
  • Catherine Bogart - Sister
  • Frances Bogart - Sister
  • Helen Menken - Ex-wife
  • Lauren Bacall - Wife
  • Leslie Howard Bogart - Daughter
  • Mary Philips - Ex-wife
  • Maud Humphrey Bogart - Mother
  • Mayo Methot - Ex-wife
  • Stephen Humphrey Bogart - Son
  • Humphrey Bogart Awards:
  • 1943 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Nominee
  • 1951 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Winner
  • 1954 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Nominee
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