Sidney Pollack
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Pollack in 2006
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Sydney Irwin Pollack July 1, 1934 Lafayette, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | May 26, 2008 (aged 73) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Cancer of unknown primary origin |
| Occupation | Actor, producer, director |
| Years active | 1950–2008 |
| Spouse(s) | Claire Bradley Griswold (m. 1958–2008) (his death) (3 children) |
| Children | Steven Pollack (7.2.1959–26.11.1993) Rebecca Pollack (b. 1963) Rachel Pollack (b. 1969) |
Sydney Irwin Pollack (July 1, 1934 – May 26, 2008) was an American film director, producer and actor. Pollack directed more than 20 films and 10 television shows, acted in over 30 films or shows, and produced over 44 films. His 1985 film Out of Africa won him Academy Awards for directing and producing; he was also nominated for Best Director Oscars for They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) and Tootsie (1982), in the latter of which he also appeared.
Some of his other best known works include Jeremiah Johnson (1972), The Way We Were (1973), Three Days of the Condor (1975) and Absence of Malice (1981). His subsequent films included Havana (1990), The Firm (1993), The Interpreter (2005), and as producer for and actor in Michael Clayton (2007).
Sydney Pollack was born in Lafayette, Indiana, to a family of Jewish immigrants from Ukraine, the son of Rebecca (née Miller) and David Pollack, a semi-professional boxer and pharmacist. The family relocated to South Bend and his parents divorced when he was young. His mother, an alcoholic with emotional problems, died at the age of 37 while Pollack was a student.
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