Biography of anthony quinn

When Anthony was 11, tragedy struck when his father was killed outside their home by a passing automobile. Anthony vowed to help support his mother, sister and grandmother, so he started skipping school and working at odd jobs — anything he could find, to help the family survive. Before the age of 18, he had worked as a migrant farm worker, a newsboy, preacher, taxi driver, just to name a few. He also made five and ten dollars a fight as a welterweight boxer, but was told by his trainer to quit because he was too kindhearted to become a good boxer.

Anthony entered another contest during his junior year in high school, with an architectural plan for a marketplace and again, he was named a winner — the prize was to study and work with the famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wright — an encounter which was to change Anthony’s life forever.

Wright taught him that the average man does not know how to live, and that it is the job of the architect to teach, and to build, n

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Anthony Quinn's biography

He was born beneath the gunfire of the Revolution in Chihuahua, Mexico in to a half-Irish father, Frank Quinn and a Mexican Indian mother, Manuela Oaxaca, who both marched beneath the banner of Pancho Villa. Manuela and Frank were separated when she became pregnant with Anthony and was forced to leave the battlefield. When he was only eight months old his mother hid Anthony in a coal wagon and flydde to El Paso, Texas. They would not find Frank Quinn again until Anthony was almost three years old. A second child was born less than a year later, a sister, Stella. Poverty led them to search for work as fruit pickers in California and they eventually settled in East Los Angeles where Frank worked at Zelig�s Studio taking care of the animals and training as a cameraman.

Anthony�s interest in art developed early and recognition was quick to follow. At age nine he began sculpting and within three years entered a California statewide competition and won it wi

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Anthony Quinn

American actor (–)

For other people named Anthony Quinn, see Anthony Quinn (disambiguation).

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Quinn and the second or maternal family name is Oaxaca.

Anthony Quinn
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Born	Manuel Antonio Rodolfo Quinn Oaxaca ()April 21, Chihuahua City, Chihuahua, Mexico
Died	June 3, () (aged&#;86) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Burial place	Quinn Family Estate Bristol County, Rhode Island, U.S.
Citizenship
Occupations	Actor film director painter sculptor restaurateur writer
Years&#;active	–
Spouses	Katherine DeMille &#; &#; (m.&#;; div.&#;)&#; Jolanda Addolori &#; &#; (m.&#;; div.&#;)&#; Katherine Benvin &#; (m.&#;)&#;
Children	12, including Francesco, Danny and Lorenzo

Manuel Antonio Rodolfo Quinn Oaxaca (April 21, &#; June 3, ), known as Anthony Quinn, was an Americ