(Beverly) singer, songwriter, activist, artistBirthplace: Piapot Reservation, Qu'Appelle Valley, Saskatchewan, CanadaBorn: February 20, 1941 Buffy Sainte-Marie caught the attention of a changing…
(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…
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…
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…
(Encyclopedia) Smith, Dean Edwards, 1931–2015, American college basketball coach, b. Emporia, Kans. After playing basketball at the Univ. of Kansas (grad. 1953), Smith joined (1954) the Air Force and…
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…
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'…
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…
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…
LUNDIN, Frederick, a Representative from Illinois; born in the parish of Vestra Tollstad, Hastholmen, Sweden, May 18, 1868; immigrated to the United States and settled in Chicago, Ill., in…