1. Allan Franklin Arbus was an American actor and photographer.
11 Facts About Allan Arbus
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Allan Arbus was the former husband of photographer Diane Arbus.
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Allan Arbus attended DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx, where he first developed an interest in acting while appearing in a student play.
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In 1946, after he completed his military service, he and his first wife, photographer Diane Allan Arbus, started a photographic advertising business in Manhattan.
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Allan Arbus was primarily known for advertising photography that appeared in Glamour, Seventeen, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, and other magazines, as well as the weekly newspaper advertising photography for Russeks, a Fifth Avenue department store in Manhattan co-founded by Diane's grandfather, Frank Russek.
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Allan Arbus continued on as a solo photographer, but had given up the business to pursue an acting career by the time the couple divorced in 1969.
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Allan Arbus is far better known for his television work, which includes over forty-five titles, with works as recent as Curb Your Enthusiasm in 2000.
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Allan and Diane Arbus had two daughters, photographer Amy Arbus, and writer and art director Doon Arbus.
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The couple had one daughter, Arin Allan Arbus, who is the associate artistic director at Theatre for a New Audience.
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Allan Arbus died of congestive heart failure on April 19,2013, in Los Angeles.
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Allan Arbus was cremated and his ashes given to his family.