He was one of three children of a Hungarian immigrant Jewish family who worked as a tailor: Who is Tony Curtis?
Tony Curtis, whose real name is Bernard Schwartz, did not know any language other than Hungarian until he was 5-6 years old. The Schwartz family, who were very poor, lived behind the tailor shop. Since his parents could not feed their children, they had to give Tony and his brother Julius to an orphanage for a month.