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George Raft

George Raft's biography

George Raft is 79 years old actor born at New York City. He was born on Thursday 26th of September 1901. He is often nicknamed as Georgie. According to year of birth 1901 he belongs to Lost Generation. Birthday on 26th of September means he is Libra. Libra sign depicts that it is all about “Balance”. It seems that their life is very balanced, however, things are way opposite as they always face unstable situations in order to balance it further.

He is native english speaker. He is citizen of United States of America. His primary profession is to be actor. You can know him also as film actor, television actor, stage actor. He is recently known as dancer.

George Raft's schools

We found 1 school He attended. Name of the school: Stuyvesant High School.

George Raft's career

His main focus is to be actor.

How did George Raft die

He died on on Monday 24th of November 1980 when he was 79 years old at Los Angeles. George Rafts death was caused by emphysema. It happend like natural causes.

What George Raft has done for a first time

  • Appeared with Mae West in both her first (Night After Night (1932)) and last (Sextette (1977)) films. He died two days after West's death.
  • On August 24, 2020, he was honored for the first time with a day of his filmography during the Turner Classic Movies Summer Under the Stars.

George Raft's quotes

  • [on his acting] I'm afraid to look, because I'm probably awful.
  • I must have gone through $10 million during my career. Part of the loot went for gambling, part for horses and part for women. The rest I spent foolishly.
  • [April, 1944] Here I am, back in a musical comedy picture. And that's not all. A fan called me from Chicago the other day and told me I was her pin-up boy. How d'ya like that? I'm a boy, now.

George Raft's body shape

Lets describe how George Raft looks. We will focus on his body shape. Body build is average.

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