South Bay history: Director Quentin Tarantino dropped out of Narbonne High

South Bay history: Director Quentin Tarantino dropped out of Narbonne High

Quentin Tarantino may have been born in Tennessee — but he spent his formative years in the South Bay. He grew up not knowing his father, aspiring actor Tony Tarantino, who left his teenage wife, Connie, before Quentin was born in Knoxville on March 27, 1963. The couple originally met and married in Los Angeles, but Connie returned to her family in Knoxville after their split. She returned to Los Angeles to go to nursing school, eventually landi…