actressBorn: 11/25/1971Birthplace: Los Angeles, California Best known for her role as Kelly Bundy on the long-running Fox comedy, Married With Children (1987–97), she actually started acting at…
(Encyclopedia) Piazzetta, Giovanni BatistaPiazzetta, Giovanni Batistajōvänˈnē bätēsˈtä pēätsĕtˈtä [key], 1682–1754, Italian painter. An exponent of the Venetian school, Piazzetta combined soft colors…
(Encyclopedia) Birkbeck, George, 1776–1841, English educator. He established (1800–1804) in Glasgow a popular course of lectures for workingmen, which led to the founding of the Glasgow Mechanics'…
(Encyclopedia) color-field painting, abstract art movement that originated in the 1960s. Coming after the abstract expressionism of the 1950s, color-field painting represents a sharp change from the…
(Encyclopedia) RivieraRivierarĭvēârˈə [key], narrow coastal strip between the Alps and the Mediterranean, extending, roughly, from La Spezia (Italy) to Hyères (France). Famous for its scenic beauty…
child of actorsDied: January 2, 2009 (Bahamas) Best Known as: son of actors John Travolta and Kelly Preston Jett Travolta, the 16-year-old son of actors John…
dancer, actressBorn: 7/1/1931Birthplace: Boulogne-Billancourt, France Caron had been dancing with the Ballet des Champs-Elysees since she was sixteen when she was cast opposite Gene Kelly in An…
acting teacherBorn: 8/31/1905Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York Meisner began his career in the idealistic Group Theater of the 1930s and started to teach acting in 1935 at the Neighborhood Playhouse…
(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…
