Schwarzenegger and Maria Shiver was married over 25 years and the couple had four children together. In 2011, it was revealed that Schwarzenegger had engaged in an adulterous affair and fathered a son with employee of his. Mildred Beena, 14 years earlier. This Subsequently led to Schwarzenegger and Shiver separating and Shiver willing for divorce.
Early Life
Schwarzenegger was born in Thai, Austrian a small village bordering the Styrian capital Graz, and was christened Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger. Mr Schwarzenegger's parents were the local police chief, Gustav Schwarzenegger (1907-72), and Aurelia (1922-1998). His father served in World War II, after he voluntarily applied to join the Nazi Party in 1936. He served with the German Army as a Hauptfeldwebel of the Feldgendarmerie and was discharged in 1943 after contracting malaria. Schew parent's were married on October20, 1945 - gustav was 38, and Aurelia was a 23-years old widow with a son, Meinhard. According to Arnold, his parents were very strict, "Black then in Austrian it was a very different world, if we did something bad or we disobeyed our parents, the rod was not spared. He grew up iin a Roman Catholic family who attended Mass every Sunday.
Schwarzenegger's father (Gustav) had a preference for his stepson Meinhard, over his son, Arnie. His favoritism was "strong and blatant," which stemmed from unfounded suspicion that Arnold was not his child. Schwarzenegger has said his father had"no patience for listening or understanding your problems. Arnie had a good reletionship with his mother and kept in touch with her until her death. At school, Arnie was apparently in the middle but stood out for his "cheerful, good-humored and exuberant" character. Money was a problem in their household; Schwarzenegger recalled that one of the highlights of his youth was when the family bought a refrigerator. In later life, Arnold commissioned the Simon Wiesenthal Center to research his father's wartime record, which came up with no evidence of atrocities despite Gustav's membership in the Nazi Party and SA. Schwarzenegger's father's background received wide press attention during the 2003 California recall campaign.
In 1971, Arnie step brother Meinhar died in a car accident. Meinhard had been drinking and was killed instantly. Schwarzenegger did not attend his funeral. Meinhard was due to marry Erika Knapp, and the couple had a three year old son, Patrick. Schwarzenegger would pay for Patrick's education and help him to immigrate to the United States. Arnie father died the following year from a stroke. In pumping Iron, Schwarzenegger claimed that he did not attend his gather's funeral because he was training for a bodybuilding contest. Later, he and the film's producer said this story was taken from another bodybuilder for the purpose of showing extremes that some would go to for their sport and to make Schwarzenegger's image more cold and machine-like in order to fan controversy for the film. Barbara Baker, his first serious girlfriend, has said he informed her for his father's death without emotion and that he never spoke of his brother. Over time, he has given at least three versions of Why he was absent from his father's funeral.
In an interview with Fortune in 2004, Schwarzenegger told how he suffered what "whould now be called child abuse" at the hands pf his father.
My hair was pulled. I was hit with belts. So was the kid next door. it was just the was it was. Many of the children I've seen were broken be their parents, which was the German-Austrian mentality. They didn't want to create an Individual. It was all about conforming. I was one who did not Conform, and whose will could not be broken. Therefore, I because a rebel. Every time i got hi, and every time someone said, 'you can't do this', I said, 'this is not going to be for much longer, because I'm going to move out of here. I want to be rich. I want to be somebody.
Early adulthood
Schwarzenegger served in the Austrian Army in 1965 to fulfill the one year of service required at the time of all 18-years- old Austrian males. During his army service, he win the Junior Mr. Europe contest. He went AWOL during basic training so he could take part in the completion and spent a week in military prison: "Participating in the completion meant so much to me that i didn't carefully think through the consequences," He won another bodybuilding contest in Graz, at Steirer Hof Hotel (where he had placed second). He was Voted best built man of Europe, Which made him famous.Arnold Schwarzenegger Biography:
With an almost unpronounceable surname and a thick Austrian accent, who would have ever believed that a brash, quick talking bodybuilder from a small European village would become of Hollywood's biggest stars, marry into the prestigious Kennedy family, amass a fortune via shrewd investments and one day be the Governor on California?
The amazing story of uber-star Arnold Schwarzenegger is a true "rags to riches" story of the penniless immigrant making it in the land of opportunity, the United States of America.
However, Schwarzenegger's horizons were bigger than just the landscape of bodybuilding and he debuted on screen as "Arnold Strong" in the low budget Hercules in New York (1969), then director Bob Rafelson cast Arnold in Star Hungry (1976) alongside Jeff Bridges ans Sally field, for which Arnold won a Golden Globe Award for "Best director Debut in a Motion Picture". The mesmerizing Pumping iron (1977) covering the 1975 Mr Olympia contest in South Africa has since gone on to become one of the key sports documentaries of the 20th century, plus Arnold landed other acting roles in the comedy The Villain (1979) opposite Kirk Douglas, and he Portrayed Micky Hargitay in the well. received TV movie The Jaune Mansfield Story (1980). But, what Arnold really needed was a super hero / warrior style role in a lavish production that utilized his chiseled physique, and gave him room to show off his growing acting talents and quirky huor.
Schwarzenegger contributed cameo roles to the rundows (2003), Arnold World in 80 Days(2004) and The kid&I)(2005) and took political office in 2003 as the governor of California, effectively suspending his film career for the foreseeable future.
Personal Quotes by Arnie
I was always interested in proportion and perfection. When I was 15 I took my clothes and looked in the mirror. When I stared at myself naked, I realized that to be perfectly proportioned I would need 20-inch arms to match the rest of me.
Interview in "starlog" magazine in 1991, explaining his reluctance to do sequels to most of his successful films from the 80's There's so little time to do all the things I want to do that i can't see any reason to get bogged down in sequels.
Everything I have ever done in my life has alwaus stayed. I've just added to it . . . but I will not change. Because when you are successful and you change, you are and idiot.
I know that if you leave dishes in the sink, they get sticky and hard to wash the nest day.
I would rather be governor of California than own Austria.
