singer, actorBorn: 12/12/1915Birthplace: Hoboken, New Jersey Academy and Grammy Award-winning singer and actor who matured from the bobby-soxers' heartthrob to one of the most influential song…
(Jane Alice Peters)actressBorn: 10/6/1908Birthplace: Fort Wayne, Indiana Lombard's screwball comic style radiated both intelligence and sex appeal, making her a popular favorite in films such as My…
director, screenwriterBorn: 4/6/1942Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland After winning Emmy awards as a writer for The Carol Burnett Show in the 1970s, Levinson turned to screenplays, receiving an Oscar…
actorBorn: 6/13/1943Birthplace: Leeds, England Formerly an extra for the Royal Shakespeare Company, McDowell secured stardom in the lead role of Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange (1971). His…
actor, directorBorn: 3/18/1905Birthplace: Withington, Manchester, England Prominent British leading man with mellifluous voice who began his career on the state at age 16 then switched to film. He…
actressBorn: 9/25/1961Birthplace: Los Angeles Film and television actress best known for her role as Amanda Woodward, landlady extraordinaire, of the hit Fox series Melrose Place (1993–1999). With…
authorDied: January 2, 2008 (Isle of Man) Best Known as: author of the Flashman novels A British writer who wrote the Flashman novels over four decades. The…
Egyptian protest leaderBorn: Dec. 23, 1980Birthplace: Cario, Egypt Ghonim, a marketing manager for Google, shot to international fame in February 2011 as the catalyst behind the…
VAN GAASBECK, Peter, a Representative from New York; born in Ulster County, N.Y., September 27, 1754; attended the grammar schools and became a man of prominence in the county and State;…
