Raging Bull is a film that is often synonymous with 1980s American culture. His second of six wives was Vikki LaMotta, memorably portrayed by Cathy Moriarty in Raging Bull.The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.
His survivors include his co-star in that production, fiancee Denise Baker, who was 30 years his junior. In 2012, he starred for two weeks in a biographical off-Broadway show, Lady and the Champ, in which he recited the “I cudda been a contender” speech from On the Waterfront. Simpson in Firepower (1979) and had top billing in a 1989 film called Mob War. He was seen as a bartender in Paul Newman’s The Hustler (1961) and appeared as thugs named Duke, Bugsy and Muscles on episodes of the NBC sitcom Car 54, Where Are You? He fought 20 times that year.Īfter he retired from boxing, LaMotta ran a popular nightclub in Miami Beach in the 1950s and worked as a stand-up comedian. LaMotta spent time in reform school before turning pro in 1941. (The biography on his website says he was born on the Lower East Side on July 10, 1922.) His father forced him to fight other children in the neighborhood, and adults tossed their loose change at the kids in appreciation. William Forsythe played LaMotta in another film, The Bronx Bull (2016).Ī son of Italian immigrants, Giacobbe LaMotta was a native of New York City. “Rest in Peace, Champ,” De Niro said in a statement. The actor famously gained 60 pounds during the course of filming - production was stopped for three months so he could gorge himself in Paris restaurants to put on the extra weight to portray LaMotta post-boxing - to win the only best actor Oscar of his career.
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