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Russell Tamblyn’s full name is Russell Irving Tamblyn, an actor and dancer from Los Angeles. Gymnastics training as a child made his subsequent career development smoother. As a child star debut, he has been active on the screen for nearly seventy years and has accumulated inexhaustible wealth.

As a child actor, he started his acting career with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. He also had an appearance in the musical Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. In 1957, he got the role of Norman Page in the drama Peyton Place, which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. After appearing in the said drama, he received credit for a number of leading roles, like Tom Thumb and High School Confidential. In 1956, he tied the knot with Venetia Stevenson, but they would separate later on. Given his contributions to the entertainment industry, he is considered an icon for many of his contemporaries.

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