Who is Issur Danielovitch Demsky?
Kirk Douglas was born Issur Danielovitch Demsky on December 9, 1916. Kirk Douglas is the son of poor Russian-Jewish immigrants.
After stints in the U.S. Navy and on Broadway, Douglas broke into the movies with The Strange Love of Martha Ivers. He went on to critical acclaim in such films as 1952's The Bad and the Beautiful and 1956's Lust for Life. One of his biggest hits was 1960's Spartacus. He is the father of actor Michael Douglas.
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Steve McVey
Bill Coe, Why oh why don't you listen to your own advice Bill 'inane' Coe.
Bill Coe
johnespo, You know there are two buttons above the comments. One of them says "LIKE" and all you have to do is click it and you don't have to type all your inane comments.
Jerry Edwards
Refer to Christine Perfect.
This question needs to be updated as Kirk Douglas is no longer with us.
Richard D. Boyle
Veronica Luby-Hoey, No point in trying to tell this White House anything. They don’t listen to anyone with an IQ above room temperature.
Christine Perfect
RIP Spartacus
ldebartolomao
Just listen to you guys fighting each other in the comments. What is wrong with us? Smh.
Nic Irish
Veronica Luby-Hoey, what about Native Americans? Not everyone in the US is an immigrant.
Helen LoBosco
Veronica Luby-Hoey, yes
Deb McAfee
I remember hearing it on his 100th birthday.
Janice Fish
Celebrity stuff
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Emy Ngan
Great actor
Cheryl Perkins
easy as question
Vonda Summers
Got it
Jon Woolery
Got it, recalling that Kirk Douglas had some sort of Russian background.
Edan Orvitz
101 years old!!!!
Anita Clark Morton
babafrby, They don't ALWAYS use them though. Sometimes there's a conflict with someone else already using that name, or too close to that name. But as a general rule, I think you're pretty close to being correct there. Nowadays they don't care if people are Russian background, Jewish background, or whatever.