writerBorn: 6/17/1937Birthplace: near Big Flat, Arkansas A popular children's author, she drew on her own childhood in rural Arkansas to tell stories of hardship and good times in some 20 books.…
folk artist, Baptist preacherBorn: 12/02/1916Birthplace: Valley Head, Alabama Baptist preacher and prolific folk artist known as much for his outsized personality as for his sculpture made out of…
singer, actorBorn: 12/8/1925Birthplace: New York City Popular singer and stage and film actor who started touring with his family's troupe, the Will Mastin Trio, at age three. He was a member of…
actorBorn: 12/28/1908Birthplace: Minneapolis, Minnesota Ayres appeared in more than 60 films, but is known for being a conscientious objector to World War II. Both Hollywood and movie fans balked…
(Marvin John Nance)actorBorn: 12/21/1943Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts Nance acted in several films directed by David Lynch, most memorably in the lead role of Eraserhead (1976); he also…
(Lucille Fay Le Sueur)actressBorn: 3/23/1908Birthplace: San Antonio, Texas Academy Award -winning actress whose portrayal of independent women is associated with Hollywood's most glamorous era.…
jazz bass playerBorn: 1912Birthplace: New York City Peer began plucking the strings for the Chick Webb Orchestra in 1937. He backed up stars such as Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, Lena Horne,…
(Joseph Lawrence Mignona)actor, singerBorn: 4/20/1976Birthplace: Montgomery, Pennsylvania Joey Lawrence began appearing in television commercials at the age of three. Although he had appeared on…
(Encyclopedia) O'Brien, Edna, 1932–, Irish writer. Although she moved to London in 1954, her constant theme and recurring setting is Ireland. In richly sensual prose, O'Brien explores the dreams,…
