Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh in the 1950s. From the book “Hollywood Moments,” by Murray Garrett. Curtis died Wednesday night at age 85. See full story(Murray Garrett / Harry N. Abrams Inc.)
Curtis and Leigh, poolside, during the 1950s. See full story(Globe Photos)
Tony Curtis is a press agent on the periphery of power in “Sweet Smell of Success” in 1957. See full story(MGM)
Cigarette girl Barbara Nichols listens to Tony Curtis’ unscrupulous pitch in “Sweet Smell of Success.” The actor at right is unidentified. See full story()
Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier earned Academy Award nominations for Best Actor for their portrayals of prisoners chained together in the 1958 drama “The Defiant Ones.” See full story(MGM)
Marilyn Monroe and Tony Curtis steam it up in the 1959 comedy classic “Some Like It Hot.” See full story(United Artists)
In Billy Wilder’s “Some Like It Hot,” Tony Curtis in drag, left, tries to fit into an all-girl band whose members include Marilyn Monroe, right. In 2000, the American Film Institute listed the 100 funniest movies, putting the 1959 film at No. 1. See full story(Associated Press)
Barbara Rush, left, Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh step out at the 32nd annual Academy Awards in 1960 at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood. See full story(Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences)
Janet Leigh welcomes husband Tony Curtis upon his return to New York from Argentina in 1961. See full story(Associated Press)
Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood and a top-hatted Jack Lemmon star in 1965’s “The Great Race.” See full story(Warner Bros.)
Tony Curtis drives, Natalie Wood rides shotgun and Jack Lemmon and Keenan Wynn bring up the rear in the slapstick comedy “The Great Race.” See full story(Warner Bros.)
Claudia Cardinale and Tony Curtis combine for one of the romantic entanglements in “Don’t Make Waves.” See full story(American Cinemathéque)
Tony Curtis, as suspected serial killer Albert DeSalvo, is apprehended in the 1968 movie “The Boston Strangler.” See full story(20th Century Fox)
Peter Ustinov, center, portrays Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot in Agatha Christie’s “Murder in Three Acts.” The 1986 film, made for television, also starred Tony Curtis, left, and Emma Samms. See full story(Warner Bros. / CBS)
Tony Curtis is congratulated by U.S. Ambassador to France Pamela Harriman, left, and film director Roman Polanski, on the occasion of being knighted Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters in a ceremony in Paris in 1995. See full story(Remy de la Mauviniere / Associated Press)
Tony Curtis and future wife Jill meander through a 1995 “Senior Saturday” fundraiser in Huntington Beach. See full story(Los Angeles Times)
Tony Curtis shares a jovial moment with Helen Fessenden, 86, of Costa Mesa at a “Senior Saturday” celebration in Huntington Beach. See full story(Los Angeles Times)
Arnold Schwarzenegger, left, and Tony Curtis act like dance partners at Elton John’s 1998 post-Oscars party at Spago. See full story(Kevin Mazur)
Once again, Tony Curtis is in touch with his female side in TV’s “Suddenly Susan” in 1998, starring Brooke Shields. See full story(Warner Bros. / NBC)
Tony Curtis gets into satiric character in 1999’s “The Continued Adventures of the Reptile Man.” See full story(Shoreline Entertainment)
The ever-dapper Tony Curtis in 1999. See full story(Kyle Christy)
Jill and Tony Curtis at the first annual Hollywood Makeup Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards in 2000 at The Beverly Hilton Hotel. See full story(Los Angeles Times)
Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon riff on their earlier roles in “Some Like It Hot” for photographer Annie Leibovitz. See full story(Annie Leibovitz)
Presenter Piero Chiambretti, left, welcomes Gina Lollobrigida and Tony Curtis at the David of Donatello Cinema Awards in Rome. Curtis was honored for lifetime achievement. See full story(Danilo Schiavella / AFP/Getty Images)
Tony Curtis poses with two of the the Mandalay Bay Bird Girls at a Las Vegas party for boxer Oscar de la Hoya. See full story(Los Angeles Times)
Tony and Jill Curtis mingle in the courtyard of the Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills as guests celebrate the 50th wedding anniversary of Anne and Kirk Douglas. See full story(Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
From left, actors Marg Helgenberger, Frank Gorshin, Tony Curtis and Scott Wilson in a scene from “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.” The actress on the right is unidentified. See full story(Robert Voets / CBS)
