actorBorn: 3/20/1950Birthplace: Washington, D.C. Academy Award-winning screen actor who was one of the main leading men of the eighties. Often typecast as a WASP, he is best known for his roles in…
(Encyclopedia) Idaho, University of, mainly at Moscow; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered and opened 1889. Among its facilities are the Water and Energy Resources Institute and…
(Encyclopedia) Donen, Stanley, 1924–2019, American film director, choreographer, and producer, b. Columbia, S.C. He is best known for directing some of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's finest musicals. In 1940…
(Encyclopedia) Tenure of Office Act, in U.S. history, measure passed on Mar. 2, 1867, by Congress over the veto of President Andrew Johnson; it forbade the President to remove any federal…
(Encyclopedia) Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, at Tallahassee; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered and opened 1887; predominantly African American. It has…
(Encyclopedia) Oklahoma State University, at Stillwater; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1890, opened 1891 as Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College, renamed 1957. It…
(Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner)actressBorn: 2/8/1921Birthplace: Wallace, Idaho The legendary Turner was “discovered” while sipping soda at Schwab's Drugstore on Sunset Boulevard and, after…
actorBorn: 8/7/1960Birthplace: New York City Actor who plays FBI agent Fox Mulder, a monotone believer in U.F.O.s and extraterrestrials, on The X-Files (1993–present). Duchovny also played Denise…
(Garry Kent Masciarelli)director, screenwriter, producer, actorBorn: 11/13/1934Birthplace: Bronx, New York Marshall has achieved great success as a writer and producer for television. He cowrote…
actressBorn: 7/8/1951Birthplace: Los Angeles Academy Award-winning film and television actress best known for her role as Mae Rose in Prizzi's Honor (1985). Other film credits include Gardens of…
