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Basil Rathbone

(Philip St. John Basil Rathbone)actorBorn: 6/13/1892Birthplace: Johannesburg, South Africa Rathbone was well established as a stage actor in London before moving to Hollywood in the late 1920s. He…

Graves, Alfred Percival

(Encyclopedia) Graves, Alfred Percival, 1846–1931, Irish poet. An inspector of schools, he was also twice president of the Irish literary society. He compiled several volumes of Irish music and…

Tamayo y Baus, Manuel

(Encyclopedia) Tamayo y Baus, ManuelTamayo y Baus, Manuelmänwĕlˈ tämäˈyō ē bous [key], 1829–98, Spanish dramatist. Born into a family of actors, Tamayo became one of the most popular and versatile…

Claire Danes

actressBorn: 4/12/1979Birthplace: New York City Talented actress who made the leap to movies from her Golden Globe-winning role in the short-lived but well regarded television series, My So-Called…

Judy Davis

actressBorn: 4/23/1955Birthplace: Perth, Australia A comic and dramatic actress, she won acclaim for her roles in Gillian Armstrong's My Brilliant Career (1979) and High Tide (1988) and in David…

Gates McFadden

(Jesse Stuart Gates, Cheryl McFadden, Cheryl Gates McFadden)actress, dancer, choreographerBorn: 3/2/1949Birthplace: Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio Gates McFadden is most readily identified through her…

Kirsten Dunst

actressBorn: 4/30/1982Birthplace: Point Pleasant, N.J. Dunst has been in show business almost her entire life. She began modeling and appearing in commercials at age 3 and made her feature film…

constructivism

(Encyclopedia) constructivism, Russian art movement founded c.1913 by Vladimir Tatlin, related to the movement known as suprematism. After 1916 the brothers Naum Gabo and Antoine Pevsner gave new…

David E. Kelley

television writer, producerBorn: 1956Birthplace: Maine One of the most prolific writers in television history, Kelley began his scriptwriting career as a story editor on LA Law, where he first…