Burt Lancaster
Burt Lancaster (Burton Stephen Lancaster), 1913-94, American film actor, b. New York City. A superb athlete, he began his career as an acrobat. Best known for his roles as a cerebral tough guy, he achieved stardom as a washed-up boxer in his first film, The Killers (1946). Lancaster showed his versatility in a wide variety of roles in more than 70 films—dramas, westerns, action pictures, war movies, and many more—during his long career. He won the Academy Award for best actor for his compelling portrayal of a corrupt preacher in Elmer Gantry (1960) and was nominated for Oscars for From Here to Eternity (1953), Birdman of Alcatraz (1962), and Atlantic City (1981). Among his other films are All My Sons (1948), The Rose Tattoo (1955), Trapeze (1956), The Leopard (1963), The Swimmer (1968), 1900 (1976), Local Hero (1983), and Field of Dreams (1989). Beginning in the late 1970s, Lancaster made a graceful transition from leading-man roles to character parts, the most notable of which was a gangster past his prime in the elegiac Atlantic City.
Bibliography: See biographies by R. Windeler (1985), G. Fishgall (1995), R. Karney (1996), and K. Buford (2000).
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Obituary: Ion Gheorghe Maurer
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 2/15/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...the 1960s and early 1970s, Ion Gheorghe Maurer played second fiddle to...the internment camp and rescued Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, the senior Communist leader...Maurer's close friendship with Gheorghiu-Dej paid dividends; his political...
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Dej-a-Vu: early roots of Romania's independence.
Magazine article from: East European Quarterly; 12/22/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...while surprisingly few address his predecessor, Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej. Perhaps this is due to Ceausescu's defiance...Sovietization of the country [...] The name of Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej has only been mentioned occasionally." (6...
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The period of de-Stalinization in Romanian culture, 1959-1965.
Magazine article from: East European Quarterly; 9/22/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...when Khrushchev and Mao were girding themselves, Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej realized a masterstroke. Beginning in 1962...themselves of the validity of the Communists' claim. Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej's basic purpose was to secure the economic assistance...
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Ceausescu ruled with iron grip // Created personality cult unmatched since Stalin
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 12/26/1989; 700+ words
; ...times. He became a protege of Communist leader Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, rose quickly in the party and succeeded Gheorghiu-Dej after his death in 1965. At 47, Ceausescu was...
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Letter from Romania; Freedom And Its Discontents
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 10/7/1990; ; 700+ words
; ...was a breaking away from Soviet influence.) Both Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej and his successor Nicolae Ceausescu wanted this...1971, started long before when, in April 1964, Gheorghiu-Dej ordered an anti-Soviet campaign. Under these...
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Getting carried away
Newspaper article from: The Northern Echo; 4/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...ended in a bloody riot and one of their leaders, Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, was sentenced to 12 years hard labour. In 1948...Communist past, survived the football purge, and Gheorghiu-Dej, the Grivita rioter, became the head of Communist...
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AUTOCRAT IMPOSED FEAR AND PRIVATION
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 12/23/1989; ; 700+ words
; ...II. He became a protege of Communist Party chief Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, rose quickly through the ranks and succeeded to the party leadership after Gheorghiu-Dej's death. AA0702;12/22 JOBE ;12/23,09...
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Romanian dissident, Silviu Brucan, dies
Newspaper article from: Charleston Gazette; 9/16/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...10 days after undergoing stomach surgery, Dr. Gheorghe Iana said. Brucan became a self-declared Stalinist...and wrote speeches for Romania's communist leader Gheorghe Gheorghiu Dej. Brucan resigned with the 1965 rise of Ceausescu...
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Helped topple Romanian tyrant
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 9/16/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...10 days after undergoing stomach surgery, Dr. Gheorghe Iana said. Mr. Brucan became a self-declared Stalinist...and wrote speeches for Romania's communist leader Gheorghe Gheorghiu Dej. LED BLOODY 1989 REVOLT Mr. Brucan resigned with...
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CEAUSESCU REPORTED HELD; MORE FIGHTING IN ROMANIA.(Main)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 12/24/1989; 700+ words
; ...the Communist Party Central Committee building on Gheorghe-Gheorghiu-Dej Square. An American Embassy spokeswoman said all...port of Galati, Brasov, Arad, Cluj and Svintu Gheorghe. Among the objects of Securitate attack were gas...
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Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej , 1901-65, Romanian Communist leader, b. Moldavia. He joined the Communist party in 1930 and while in prison (1933-44...
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Gheorghiu-Dej, Gheorghe
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
Gheorghiu-Dej, Gheorghe (b. 8 Nov. 1901, d. 19 Mar. 1965). General Secretary of the Communist Party of Romania 1945–55, First Secretary...
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Nicolae Ceausescu
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...It was there that he met and became close with Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, who led the Romanian Communists and took Ceausescu...domination. After Romanian liberation from fascism, Gheorghiu-Dej helped Ceausescu again become secretary of the UCY...
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Romania
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
...communist-dominated coalition assumed power, led by Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej. In 1947, Romania became a People's Republic...it became a member of the Warsaw Pact. In 1965, Gheorghiu-Dej was succeeded by Nicolae Ceauşescu...
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Nicolae Ceauşescu
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...first secretary of the Romanian Communist party, Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej . Escaping in 1944, Ceauşescu held a...then, in 1955, a member of the politburo. Upon Gheorghiu-Dej's death in Mar., 1965, he was chosen first...
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