(Norma Jeane Mortenson or Baker)actressBorn: 6/1/1926Birthplace: Los Angeles Actress who was, and remains, one of the most famous celebrities of the 20th century. Her mixture of vulnerability and…
(Jason Miller)actor, producerBorn: 3/17/1966Birthplace: Queens, New York The grandson of Jackie Gleason and the son of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Jason Miller, it was logical for Patric to…
(Encyclopedia) Odets, CliffordOdets, Cliffordōdĕtsˈ [key], 1906–63, American dramatist, b. Philadelphia. After graduating from high school he became an actor and in 1931 joined the Group Theatre.…
director, producer, writer, actorBorn: 9/7/1909Birthplace: Istanbul, Turkey Academy and Tony Award-winning film and stage director, producer, writer and actor who earned renown directing plays by…
(Encyclopedia) Dodsley, Robert, 1703–64, English publisher and author. He wrote occasional verses, and also several plays, including The King and the Miller of Mansfield (1737); a ballad opera, The…
(Encyclopedia) anti-hero, principal character of a modern literary or dramatic work who lacks the attributes of the traditional protagonist or hero. The anti-hero's lack of courage, honesty, or grace…
(Encyclopedia) Chadwick, George Whitefield, 1854–1931, American composer, b. Lowell, Mass., studied in Germany. In 1882 he joined the faculty of the New England Conservatory of Music, of which he was…
(Encyclopedia) Bloomer, Amelia Jenks, 1818–94, American reformer, b. Homer, N.Y. She was editor (1848–54) of the Lily, first published in Seneca Falls, N.Y., and devoted to women's rights and to…
(Encyclopedia) Cobb, Lee J., 1911–76, American actor, b. New York City. He first performed with the Pasadena (Calif.) Playhouse in 1929 and made his Broadway debut in Crime and Punishment (1935).…
(Encyclopedia) Scriblerus Club, English literary group formed about 1713 to satirize “all the false tastes in learning.” Among its chief members were Arbuthnot, Gay, Thomas Parnell, Pope, and Swift.…
