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.
Movies (191)
Elvis: A Life in Music
2026
Quincy Jones, Music Man
2025
Mia Farrow: Shadows and Light
2025
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
2025
Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley
2024
I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story
2024
Kennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia
2023
Elis & Tom: It Had to be You
2023
Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story
2023
Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin
2022
George Michael: Freedom Uncut
2022
The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes
2022
Sammy by Sammy: My Tale of the 60's
2022
Rat Pack
2022
Dark Eyes
2021
Sinatra: His Way
2021
Dean Martin: King of Cool
2021
The Magic Voices of Pop
2021
Amy Winehouse: The Price of Fame
2020
Sid & Judy
2019
Frank Sinatra: One More for the Road
2019
Tony Bennett & Frank Sinatra
2019
Blade Runner 2049
2017
Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies
2017
Becoming Cary Grant
2017
Frank Sinatra: The Voice of America
2015
To Be Frank: Sinatra at 100
2015
Frank Sinatra: The Retirement Concert
2015
Frank Sinatra: Live at Caesar's Palace
2014
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
2014
Soul Boys of the Western World
2014
Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark
2014
Six by Sondheim
2013
The Rat Pack - The Greatest Hits
2012
The Frank Sinatra Collection: Portrait of an Album & Sinatra Sings
2011
Frank Sinatra: Around the World
2011
Frank Sinatra - Nothing but the Best
2008
The Wrecking Crew
2008
Elvis Through the Years
2007
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
2006
Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer
2006
The Ratpack
2006
Judy Garland Duets
2005
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
2005
Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova
2005
Judy Garland: By Myself
2004
The Rat Pack
2004
Frank Sinatra: The Man and the Myth
2004
Live and Swingin': The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection
2003
Christmas in Hollywood
2003
Frank Sinatra glömde aldrig Finspång
2003
Sinatra: The Classic Duets
2003
Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special
2003
Året var 1953
2003
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
2002
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
2002
The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years
2002
The Ocean's 11 Story
2001
All the Way... A Decade of Song and Video
2001
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
2000
Frank Sinatra Memorial
2000
Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century
1998
The Music of Kander & Ebb: Razzle Dazzle
1997
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
1996
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
1995
Young at Heart
1995
That's Entertainment! III
1994
Frank Sinatra: Relive the magic
1994
La Classe américaine
1993
As nascentes
1993
Beijoqueiro: Portrait of a Serial Kisser
1992
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
1991
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
1990
Frank, Liza & Sammy: The Ultimate Event
1989
The Unforgettable Nat King Cole
1989
American Expose: Who Murdered JFK?
1988
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988
Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration
1988
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
1987
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
1986
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
1986
Frank Sinatra in Japan: Live at the Budokan Hall, Tokyo
1985
That's Dancing!
1985
Cannonball Run II
1984
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
1983
James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
Showbiz Goes to War
1982
Frank Sinatra: Concert for the Americas
1982
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982
Why was Cairo Calm
1982
I Love Liberty
1982
Frank Sinatra: The Man and His Music
1981
This Is Elvis
1981
The First Deadly Sin
1980
Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years
1979
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
1979
Cinderella at the Palace
1978
Frank Sinatra: Live from Caesars Palace
1978
Contract on Cherry Street
1977
Sinatra and Friends
1977
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
1975
Frank Sinatra: The Main Event
1974
That's Entertainment!
1974
Frank Sinatra: Ol' Blue Eyes is Back
1973
Fight of the Century
1971
Frank Sinatra: In Concert at Royal Festival Hall
1971
Dirty Dingus Magee
1970
Sinatra
1969
Francis Albert Sinatra Does His Thing
1968
Frank Sinatra - Primetime
1968
Lady in Cement
1968
The Detective
1968
Christmas with The Martins and The Sinatras
1967
Movin' with Nancy
1967
Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim
1967
Tony Rome
1967
The Naked Runner
1967
Mondo Hollywood
1967
Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music Part II
1966
Assault on a Queen
1966
Cast a Giant Shadow
1966
The Oscar
1966
Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music Part I
1965
Marriage on the Rocks
1965
Von Ryan's Express
1965
Frank Sinatra Spectacular
1965
None But the Brave
1965
Robin and the 7 Hoods
1964
4 for Texas
1963
Come Blow Your Horn
1963
The List of Adrian Messenger
1963
The Manchurian Candidate
1962
Advise & Consent
1962
This is Sinatra
1962
The Road to Hong Kong
1962
The Judy Garland Show
1962
Sergeants 3
1962
The Devil at 4 O'Clock
1961
Pepe
1960
Ocean's Eleven
1960
Frank Sinatra's Welcome Home Party for Elvis Presley
1960
Can-Can
1960
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show - To the Ladies
1960
Happiness and Love in Monaco
1959
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show: An Afternoon with Frank Sinatra
1959
Never So Few
1959
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show
1959
A Hole in the Head
1959
Some Came Running
1958
Kings Go Forth
1958
Happy Holidays with Bing and Frank
1957
Pal Joey
1957
The Edsel Show
1957
The Joker is Wild
1957
The Pride and the Passion
1957
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
High Society
1956
Johnny Concho
1956
Meet Me in Las Vegas
1956
The Man with the Golden Arm
1955
Guys and Dolls
1955
The Tender Trap
1955
Our Town
1955
Not as a Stranger
1955
Young at Heart
1954
Suddenly
1954
Anything Goes
1954
From Here to Eternity
1953
Meet Danny Wilson
1952
Double Dynamite
1951
The Costume Designer
1950
On the Town
1949
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
1949
The Kissing Bandit
1948
The Miracle of the Bells
1948
It Happened in Brooklyn
1947
Till the Clouds Roll By
1946
The House I Live In
1945
Anchors Aweigh
1945
The All-Star Bond Rally
1945
Step Lively
1944
The Shining Future
1944
Higher and Higher
1943
Show-Business at War
1943
Reveille with Beverly
1943
Ship Ahoy
1942
Las Vegas Nights
1941
Sinatra Duets
TV Shows (28)
Elvis Presley: The Searcher
2018
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Iconic Couples of Hollywood
2015
Sinatra: All or Nothing at All
2015
The Rat Pack
1999
Sacrée Soirée
1987
Entertainment Tonight
1981
Magnum, P.I.
1980
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
Cadet Rousselle
1971
Great Performances
1971
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Grammys
1959
Startime
1959
Frank Sinatra Show
1957
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
MGM Parade
1955
The Oscars
1953
The Jack Benny Program
1950
The Frank Sinatra Show
1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
The Bob Hope Show
1950
What's My Line?
1950
The Emmy Awards
1949
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948