Dustin Hoffman, who once dressed in drag for Tootsie thirty years ago, is no stranger to hiding. He once wrapped himself in secrecy to hide a deadly illness that came dangerously close to taking his life.
The Rain Man actor, who was 75 years old at the time, disclosed in 2013 that he had treatment for throat cancer in secret; the illness was “surgically cured,” but he never mentioned it again.
Thirty-year-old Dustin Hoffman made his big screen debut in the romantic comedy The Graduate in 1967. The picture brought him his first Oscar nomination. Hoffman acted in legendary films during the next few years, including Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor, and All the President’s Men (1976).
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