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Cloris Leachman

actressBorn: 4/30/1926Birthplace: Des Moines, Iowa Leachman's skills as an actress range from comedy to high drama. In The Last Picture Show (1971), her portrayal of a lonely housewife received…

Buffy Sainte-Marie

(Beverly) singer, songwriter, activist, artistBirthplace: Piapot Reservation, Qu'Appelle Valley, Saskatchewan, CanadaBorn: February 20, 1941 Buffy Sainte-Marie caught the attention of a changing…

Judge Reinhold

(Edward Ernest Reinhold)actorBorn: 5/21/1956Birthplace: Wilmington, Delaware This affable blond comic actor got his start in regional theater, including a stint at Burt Reynolds's Dinner Theater in…

Carrie Fisher

actressBorn: 10/21/1956Birthplace: Beverly Hills, California Daughter of entertainers Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds , and one of the most visible actresses in her generation for her role as…

Candice Bergen

actressBorn: 5/9/1946Birthplace: Beverly Hills, California Emmy Award-winning television and film actress who enjoyed a successful film career but found wider praise and recognition starring as…

Paul Reiser

actor, comedian, writerBorn: 3/30/1957Birthplace: New York City Emmy Award winner Paul Reiser found little success in his first attempts as a stand-up comedian, so he started working at his father'…

Sandra Bernhard

actress comedianBorn: 6/6/1955Birthplace: Flint, Michigan After a career as a Beverly Hills pedicurist and “in-your-face” stand-up comedy, she landed the coveted role of Masha opposite Robert De…

John HEMPHILL, Congress, TX (1803-1862)

Senate Years of Service: 1859-1861Party: DemocratHEMPHILL, John, (uncle of John James Hemphill and great-great-uncle of Robert Witherspoon Hemphill), a Senator from Texas; born in Chester…

Lang, Fritz

(Encyclopedia) Lang, FritzLang, Fritzläng [key], 1890–1976, German-American film director, b. Vienna. His silent and early sound films, notably the iconic masterpiece Metropolis (1926) with its…