Who would have thought that one of the most famous actors in Hollywood today is listening to the advice of his parent. Sylvester Stallone's mother, and now, at 93 years old, exudes health, self-confidence and still attends the premiere of her son. No wonder she managed to grow a favorite of millions. And the actor himself has repeatedly said that for personal success it is enough to believe in yourself and love your mother.
Parents of Sylvester Stallone
Sly was born in New York on July 6, 1946 in the family of a Sicilian immigrant Frank Stallone. The father of the future actor was a hairdresser, had a tough character. Sylvester himself has repeatedly said that his father was an avid womanizer and lover of playing polo.
Sylvester Stallone's mom - Jacqueline Leybofish - from a wealthy family, daughter of the famous lawyer John Paul Leybofisha. She was a circus dancer. Then she organized competitions for women wrestlers and was a fitness consultant. Later, she retrained as an astrologer, and most recently decided to become a “popologist” - a person who compiles a psychological portrait of a client in the form of his “fifth point”.
Currently, he is actively involved in sports. Thanks to many plastic surgeries and an active life position, it is difficult at first glance to determine how old Sylvester Stallone's mother is.
Together with the father of the future actor, she lived for 12 years, followed by a divorce.
Childhood and youth "Rambo"
Immediately after childbirth, it became clear that the baby's facial nerve was broken , he had difficulty talking and blinking, because part of his face was paralyzed. When Slay was 5 years old, another child was born in their family. The younger brother was named Frank, in honor of his father. In childhood, parents devoted little time to their children, so the already miserable Sylvester was an outcast not only in his family, but also in school. This period he tries not to remember. When the boy was 11 years old, the Stallone family finally broke up. The biography of the future actor in these years and today is not exactly known. He prefers not to remember this time. For four years, Sylvester lived with his father.
When the boy was 15 years old, he moved to his mother. He entered school for difficult teenagers. In general, Sly was a difficult child, he was expelled 10 times from educational institutions for poor behavior and learning gaps.
There was another trouble of Stallone's childhood. The biography of the future celebrity during this period was tragic. In the new school, an already difficult teenager became an outcast due to slurred speech and strange facial expressions. He was constantly taunted and beaten.
This factor became decisive for the physically weak boy to decide to play sports. Persistent training in the gym made of a thin teenager a real handsome man with a chiseled figure.
Immediately after leaving school, Sylvester leaves to study in Switzerland, where he additionally becomes a physical education teacher at American College. There, in parallel, he begins to perform in theatrical productions. From the first minutes the scene conquers the young athlete, he understands that this is his vocation.
Fame and the most striking roles
Upon returning to his homeland, the young Stallone enters the University of Miami, where he studies dramatic art, but the teachers tell him that he is talentless. Then he begins to write scripts, but even this venture ends in failure. Nevertheless, the purposeful guy does not give up. By the way, Sylvester Stallone's mother always believed in the talent of her child and supported him in every possible way, despite numerous failures.
In the period of lack of money the future celebrity had to work as a security guard, zoo cleaner and even act in porn films.
But struck the finest hour Stallone. Once, after watching a boxing match with the participation of the great Muhamed Ali, Sylvester wrote the script for the movie “Rocky” in 3 days. The producers liked the idea of the film, and they decided to buy its script from Stallone. But Sly dreamed of an acting career, so he refused a fee of 350 thousand dollars and set the condition that the script will be filmed only if he plays the main role. And so it happened, it was a success that brought general public love and two Oscar nominations.
Sylvester Stallone gained popularity, he was constantly invited to act in films. Another high-profile role - Rambo, the screenwriter of the film, again, was Stallone himself.
Stallone family
The actor was married three times. In 1974, he married actress Sasha Zack. In this marriage, Stallone had two sons, one of whom is autistic. After 12 years of marriage, the couple broke up. The next wife of "Rocky" was actress Bridgette Nielsen. For two years of marital relations, the couple did not have time to have children and broke up peacefully.
In 1990, Sylvester Stallone made an offer to his current wife, Jennifer Flavin. Then he terminated his relationship, because he became interested in another model - Angie Everhart, and after some time he returned to Jen again. Three daughters were born in the marriage.
Over the years of fame, Stallone was known as a Hollywood womanizer and was repeatedly seen by journalists in the company of beautiful women.
Be that as it may, in spite of the string of women constantly changing each other, next to the actor is Sylvester Stallone's mother, a large original who always remains with her son.
Modern period
Now Sly is completely devoted to his family. Only legends go about his affair on the side. He is actively filming, writing scripts and producing films. He is still devoted to sports and spends up to five hours a day in the gym. Despite a brilliant career and recognition of the audience, according to the American Academy, Stallone was recognized as the worst actor of the XX century.