Terrence Steven McQueen, known as Steve, was one of America’s most famous actors. His obsession? Racing cars.
Born on March 24, 1930, the Beech Grove native was a student at the Actors Studio in New York. He was one of the most famous faces in Hollywood. He had a theatrical personality and loved the thrill of speed. He lived a reckless life, becoming A true legend of cinema from the 60s and 70s.
He became, along with Clint Eastwood, a pioneer of action films.. Directors and producers opposed him because of his lighthearted style but he worked hard. McQueen made his film debut in Robert Wise’s Somebody Up There Loves Me (1956), but his first leading role was in Irvin Yearworth’s Deadly Fluid (1958). As cowboy Finn in John Sturges’s Western The Magnificent Seven (1960), he became famous worldwide.
A young and troubled talent in American cinema, he found his own cinematic space in the Golden Age of Hollywood. As John Reese, the former sergeant who comes He was demoted for insubordination and drunkenness.He gave an applause performance. He got roles of great importance and great compensation. The knight invested much of the money he earned in buying famous cars.
He was a bad boy indeed. At the age of twelve he returned to live with his mother in Los Angeles.California. By the age of fourteen, he was already a member of a street gang and his mother forced the boy to be sent to a reform school in California, the California Junior Boys Republic near Chino Hills. He began attending acting classes at the Lee Strasberg Actors Studio in New York.
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McQueen’s car up for auction
According to Mecum’s estimates, the legendary A Shelby Cobra can be worth between $1.25 and $1.5 million. (€1.1 and €1.4 million). The first owner was film producer David L. Wolper, while the second owner was Elmer Bernstein, who loaned the car to McQueen between 1965 and 1967.
The car was then sold to an American collector, before ending up in Switzerland in 2003 and England in 2006. It has covered a total of around 27,000 kilometres. The conditions are not ideal, but under the hood is a powerful 4.7 V8 engine, mated to a 4-speed manual gearbox. The car is listed in the Shelby registry.
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