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Aidan Quinn

actorBorn: 3/8/1959Birthplace: Chicago Luminously blue-eyed Quinn first came to critical attention for his roles in the film Desperately Seeking Susan (1985) and the TV film An Early Frost, in…

Brad Renfro Biography

former child actorDied: January 15, 2008 (Los Angeles, California) Best Known as: former child actor who played a witness to a mob lawyer's suicide in "The Client…

Wheel strange before Pat & Vanna

The Question: Before Vanna White & Pat Sajak there were two other hosts of Wheel of Fortune. One was Chuck Woolery. Who was the woman? The Answer: You are…

Motley, John Lothrop

(Encyclopedia) Motley, John Lothrop, 1814–77, American historian and diplomat, b. Dorchester, Mass. Author of two novels concerning Thomas Morton (1839 and 1849), as well as a number of articles for…

Weaver, Sigourney

(Encyclopedia) Weaver, Sigourney , 1949- , American actress, b. New York, N.Y., as Susan Alexandra Weaver, Stanford Univ. (B.A., 1972), Yale Univ. (M.…

Stockard Channing

(Susan Stockard)actressBorn: 2/13/1944Birthplace: New York City An award-winning stage actress, she has appeared mostly in supporting roles on film. Her movies credits include Grease (1978),…

Sigourney Weaver

(Susan Weaver)actressBorn: 10/8/1949Birthplace: New York City Weaver attended Stanford University and the Yale School of Drama before making her film debut in Annie Hall (1977). Her first lead…

ZaSu Pitts

actressBorn: 1/3/1894Birthplace: Parsons, Kan. The name “ZaSu”" was created because her two aunts, Eliza and Susan, each wanted the baby named after them. Pitts started working as an extra in…

Dogsledding

In 1974 Mary Shields and Lolly Medley became the first two women to race in the Iditarod. Shields placed 23rd while Medley came in 26 minutes after her…