(Encyclopedia) MaoriMaorimäˈōrē [key], people of New Zealand and the Cook Islands, believed to have migrated in early times from other islands of Polynesia. Maori tradition asserts that seven canoes…
actorDied: April 30, 2007 (Los Angeles, California) Best Known as: actor in Steve Allen's "man on the street" Emmy-winning actor who specialized in playing the…
actorBorn: 2/12/1936Birthplace: Groesback, Texas A movie character actor, he is known especially for his portrayals of burly tough guys, as Steve McQueen's unscrupulous brother in Sam Pekinpah's…
(Alice MacGraw)actressBorn: 4/1/1938Birthplace: Pound Ridge, New York This ex-fashion model rose to movie stardom with Goodbye Columbus (1969) and the internationally successful Love Story (1970),…
actorBorn: 4/18/1954Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario Moranis's comic talent suits a variety of roles; he is particularly known for portrayals of the wacky eccentric and the definitive nerd. A veteran…
film, television and stage actorBorn: 19/19/1928Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York Though Hickey had been acting since the 1940s, it wasn't until 1985 that he gained fame for his role as the aging,…
(Abba Avrom Tracovutsky)singerBorn: 6/25/1899Birthplace: Kamenetz-Podolsk, Moldavia Tracy came to the United States in 1906 and began his entertainment career in vaudeville. He gained tremendous…
actorBorn: 12/26/1971Birthplace: Bossier City, Louisiana After a nomadic childhood that included stays in Haiti, Louisiana, Wyoming, Colorado, and Virginia, Jared Leto moved to Los Angeles in 1991…
