Caption: Best Actor Lee Marvin ("Cat Ballou"), Best Actress Julie Christie ("Darling"), Best Supporting Actress Shelley Winters ("A Patch of Blue") and Best Supporting Actor Martin Balsam ("A Thousand Clowns") at the 38th Academy Awards.
Actor
Born: November 4, 1919
Star sign: Scorpio
Height: 5' 7" (1.7 m)
Known for: 12 Angry Men (1957), Psycho (1960), Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
Source: IMDB
Martin Henry Balsam was born on November 4, 1919 in the Bronx, New York City, to Lillian (Weinstein) and Albert Balsam, a manufacturer of women's sportswear. He was the first-born child. His father was a Russian Jewish immigrant, and his mother was born in New York, to Russian Jewish parents. Martin caught the acting bug in high school where he ...