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Reagan Biopic Gets Creed Singer Scott Stapp as Frank Sinatra

Scott Stapp will make his feature debut as the iconic Frank Sinatra in a Ronald Reagan biopic set to arrive in 2021.

Ryan ScottDec 16, 2020

George Clooney and Angelina Jolie to Star as Frank Sinatra and Marilyn Monroe

The actors will appear together in an adaptation of Andrew O'Hagan's book, The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog, and of His Friend Marilyn Monroe.

Aug 16, 2010

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About Frank Sinatra

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

Frank Sinatra

Latest 'Frank Sinatra' News

Reagan Biopic Gets Creed Singer Scott Stapp as Frank Sinatra

George Clooney and Angelina Jolie to Star as Frank Sinatra and Marilyn Monroe

Frank Sinatra Movies & TV Shows

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Cannonball Run II

Guys and Dolls