
Frank Sinatra
Biography
Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor. Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became a successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, being the idol of the "bobby soxers".
His professional career had stalled by the 1950s, but it was reborn in 1954 after he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (for his performance in From Here to Eternity). He signed with Capitol Records and released several critically lauded albums (such as In the Wee Small Hours, Songs for Swingin' Lovers, Come Fly with Me, Only the Lonely and Nice 'n' Easy). Sinatra left Capitol to found his own record label, Reprise Records (finding success with albums such as Ring-A-Ding-Ding, Sinatra at the Sands and Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim), toured internationally, was a founding member of the Rat Pack and fraternized with celebrities and statesmen, including John F. Kennedy.
Sinatra turned 50 in 1965, recorded the retrospective September of My Years, starred in the Emmy-winning television special Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music, and scored hits with "Strangers in the Night" and "My Way". With sales of his music dwindling and after appearing in several poorly received films, Sinatra retired for the first time in 1971. Two years later, however, he came out of retirement and in 1973 recorded several albums, scoring a Top 40 hit with "(Theme From) New York, New York" in 1980. Using his Las Vegas shows as a home base, he toured both within the United States and internationally, until a short time before his death in 1998.
Sinatra also forged a successful career as a film actor, winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in From Here to Eternity, a nomination for Best Actor for The Man with the Golden Arm, and critical acclaim for his performance in The Manchurian Candidate. He also starred in such musicals as High Society, Pal Joey, Guys and Dolls and On the Town. Sinatra was honored at the Kennedy Center Honors in 1983 and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Ronald Reagan in 1985 and the Congressional Gold Medal in 1997. Sinatra was also the recipient of eleven Grammy Awards, including the Grammy Trustees Award, Grammy Legend Award and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
Acting (179 movies)

Ocean's Eleven
1960

The Manchurian Candidate
1962

The Man with the Golden Arm
1955

Frank Sinatra: The Voice of America
2015

Young at Heart
1995

Around the World in Eighty Days
1956

Never So Few
1959

Guys and Dolls
1955

Von Ryan's Express
1965

The Pride and the Passion
1957

High Society
1956

From Here to Eternity
1953

Sinatra: His Way
2021

The List of Adrian Messenger
1963

On the Town
1949

The Road to Hong Kong
1962

Cannonball Run II
1984

The Devil at 4 O'Clock
1961

Tony Rome
1967

A Hole in the Head
1959

Can-Can
1960

Come Blow Your Horn
1963

Pal Joey
1957

Take Me Out to the Ball Game
1949

The First Deadly Sin
1980

I Love Liberty
1982

Dean Martin: King of Cool
2021

Christmas with The Martins and The Sinatras
1967

Lady in Cement
1968

The Detective
1968

Assault on a Queen
1966

Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988

The Tender Trap
1955

Johnny Concho
1956

Young at Heart
1954

None But the Brave
1965

The Miracle of the Bells
1948

Step Lively
1944

Higher and Higher
1943

Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
1995

Becoming Cary Grant
2017

Happy Holidays with Bing and Frank
1957

La Classe américaine
1993

Some Came Running
1958

Anchors Aweigh
1945

Sergeants 3
1962

4 for Texas
1963

Robin and the 7 Hoods
1964

Dirty Dingus Magee
1970

Till the Clouds Roll By
1946

Suddenly
1954

It Happened in Brooklyn
1947

Showbiz Goes to War
1982

Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story
2023

Pepe
1960

Double Dynamite
1951

Not as a Stranger
1955

Kings Go Forth
1958

Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
2005

Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
1996

Dark Eyes
2021

Frank, Liza & Sammy: The Ultimate Event
1989

Reveille with Beverly
1943

The Wrecking Crew
2008

Marriage on the Rocks
1965

George Michael: Freedom Uncut
2022

Advise & Consent
1962

Contract on Cherry Street
1977

The Kissing Bandit
1948

The Naked Runner
1967

The Joker is Wild
1957

The House I Live In
1945

Meet Danny Wilson
1952

Frank Sinatra: Concert for the Americas
1982

As nascentes
1993

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983

Las Vegas Nights
1941

The Ocean's 11 Story
2001

Frank Sinatra: The Hollywood Years
1997

Live and Swingin': The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection
2003

The Shining Future
1944

Elis & Tom: It Had to be You
2023

All the Way... A Decade of Song and Video
2001

Ship Ahoy
1942

Frank Sinatra - Primetime
1968

Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special
2003

Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century
1998

Kennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia
2023

This Is Elvis
1981

The Rat Pack
2004

Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration
1988

The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years
2002

Cast a Giant Shadow
1966

Blade Runner 2049
2017

Frank Sinatra: The Main Event
1974

Rat Pack
2022

You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
1990

That's Entertainment!
1974

All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
1983

Tony Bennett & Frank Sinatra
2019
Directing (3 movies)
| Title | Year | Job | 
|---|---|---|
| Johnny Concho | 1956 | Producer | 
| A Hole in the Head | 1959 | Executive Producer | 
| X-15 | 1961 | Producer | 
| Sergeants 3 | 1962 | Producer | 
| Robin and the 7 Hoods | 1964 | Producer | 
| JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala | 2017 | Producer | 
