dancer, actorBorn: 8/23/1912Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Dancer and film and stage actor who was an innovator in musical films, bringing the exuberance and athleticism of his dance to the…
(Margarita Carmen Cansino)actressBorn: 10/17/1918Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York Fiery movie actress who began her career as a dancer and made her major film debut in Only Angels Have Wings (1939…
(Mortimer Ambrose Becker)tap dancerBorn: 11/6/1911Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York A tap dancer and choreographer, Tapps performed in films of the 1930s and 1940s, including 52nd Street (1937) and…
screenwriterBorn: 10/14/1909Birthplace: New York City While bedridden with measles as a young divorced mother of three, Dorothy Kingsley proclaimed that she could write better material than she was…
(Encyclopedia) Stritch, Elaine, 1925–2014, American actress and singer, b. Detroit. Forthright and witty, with a commanding stage presence and a raspy singing voice, she had a long career in show…
Christianity is based upon the life and teachings of Jesus Christ, whose life is written about in the New Testament. Jesus, a Jew, was born in about 7 B.C. and assumed his public life, probably…
The Contenders The Slam Dunk Is this Longhorn a lock? Texas running back Ricky Williams now owns the NCAA Div. I rushing record. Saturday he could take home the 1998 Heisman Trophy. Ricky…
actressBorn: 5/25/1939Died: 4/10/2010Best Known as: Julia Sugarbaker in the television series Designing Women Guided by an early vow at age 4 to be an opera singer,…
(Encyclopedia) Chase, Philander, 1775–1852, American Episcopal bishop, b. Cornish, N.H. After experience as a missionary in the West, he was elected (1818) first bishop of Ohio, where he founded…
(Encyclopedia) Whipple, Henry Benjamin, 1822–1901, American Episcopal bishop, b. Adams, N.Y. He was ordained a priest in 1850, and in 1859 he was consecrated the first bishop of Minnesota. With James…
