1c1 < CRC: 0x810B1FE3 File: biographies.list Date: Thu Apr 20 22:44:57 1995 --- > CRC: 0x72F0E620 File: biographies.list Date: Fri Apr 28 07:33:57 1995 3c3 < BIOGRAPHY List 19 April 1995 --- > BIOGRAPHY List 24 April 1995 35c35 < 59 | Ed Stephan --- > 65 | Ed Stephan 36a37 > 23 | Anonymous 38d38 < 22 | Anonymous 39a40 > 9 | Michael Brooke 41,42c42 < 4 | Michael Brooke < 3 | Kieran Lee --- > 5 | Kieran Lee 49c49 < The following people are now included in the BIOGRAPHY list . . . --- > The following 67 people are now included in the BIOGRAPHY list . . . 50a51,84 > Abuladze, Tengiz Leiber, Fritz > Adolfi, John G. Line, Helga > Bava, Mario Lohmeyer, Peter > Bell, E.E. Luce, Claire > Best, Willie Madhubala > Blanchard, Susan Melies, Georges > Broderick, Helen Mercer, Marian > Bunuel, Luis Miller, Dick > Byrd, Ralph Mueller-Scherz, Fritz > Capone, Nadia Murfin, Jane > Carruthers, Ben Nargis > Cherry, Byron Oppenheimer, Alan > Dreyer, Carl Theodor Osmond, Jimmy > Fitzgerald, F. Scott Paradjanov, Serguei > Folsey, George J. Pifko, Cara > Fontaine, Frank Ponnier, Matthias > Frank, Charles Reyes, Julian > Frischman, Dan Samuelson, Peter > Gershwin, George Sander, Otto > Hanson, Marcy Schaudies, Jennifer > Hidaka, Noriko Schultz, Albert > Hoerbiger, Christiane Scott, Walter (II) > Kapoor, Prithwiraj Spelling, Aaron > Kapoor, Raj Stern, Howard > Kapoor, Shammi Stewart, Jon > Kawamura, Maria Stokowski, Leopold > Kerima Svankmajer, Jan > Koenekamp, Fred J. Taviani, Paolo > Konchalovsky, Andrei Taviani, Vittorio > Kraehkamp, Heinz-Werner Thalberg, Irving > Kummeth, Horst Thomas, Frankie > Lauchlan, Agnes Viertel, Peter > Lawrence, Sharon Winston, Dayna > Lechtenbrink, Volker 55c89 < The following 332 people have updated entries in the BIOGRAPHY list . . . --- > The following 382 people have updated entries in the BIOGRAPHY list . . . 57,222c91,281 < Abbott, Bruce Corti, Axel < Abbott, Bud Costello, Lou < Abdul, Paula Coulouris, George < Achternbusch, Herbert Crawford, Joan < Albers, Hans Crosby, Denise < Alderton, John Cruise, Tom < Aldrin, Buzz Dagover, Lil < Alexander, Jason Davi, Robert < Alley, Kirstie Davis, Geena < Ameche, Don DeMille, Cecil B. < Anderson, Loni Dean, James < Anderson, Michael J. Delany, Dana < Anderson, Pamela Deneuve, Catherine < Angelou, Maya Dern, Laura < Arcand, Denys Dietrich, Marlene < Arno, Sig Doherty, Shannen < Arquette, Alexis Donahue, Troy < Austin, Teri Dorn, Michael < Azaria, Hank Douglas, Paul < Baio, Scott Downey Jr., Robert < Bakula, Scott Doyle-Murray, Brian < Baldwin, Alec Dunst, Kirsten < Baldwin, Stephen Eastwood, Clint < Banky, Vilma Eddy, Nelson < Bara, Theda Eggert, Nicole < Barrett, Majel Ely, Ron < Basinger, Kim Emhardt, Robert < Baxter, Warner Englund, Robert < Beckham, Brice Fairchild, Morgan < Biehn, Michael Fassbinder, Rainer Werner < Bissett, Josie Fawcett, Farrah < Bogart, Humphrey Field, Sally < Bogosian, Eric Fields, W.C. < Bologna, Joseph Fill, Shannon < Bono, Sonny Fisher, Carrie < Borowczyk, Walerian Fonda, Bridget < Borsos, Phillip Forsythe, John < Brandauer, Klaus Maria Foster, Jodie < Brandon, Michael Fox, Michael J. < Brinkley, Christie Frakes, Jonathan < Brisebois, Danielle Gable, Clark < Brittany, Morgan Gabor, Zsa Zsa < Brosnan, Pierce Gainsbourg, Charlotte < Brown, Bryan Ganzel, Teresa < Burton, LeVar Garcia, Marty < Byrnes, Edd Garth, Jennie < Cain, Dean Gibson, Mel < Cameron, Candace Gleason, Joanna < Campbell, Julia Godard, Jean-Luc < Caprino, Ivo Goldblum, Jeff < Caron, Leslie Goldthwait, Bob < Carrere, Tia Granger, Dorothy < Carteris, Gabrielle Green, Brian Austin < Chan, Jackie Gretzky, Wayne < Charisse, Cyd Hackett, Buddy < Chartoff, Melanie Hahn, Jessica < Cher Hancock, Herbie < Christian, Claudia Hannah, Daryl < Clift, Montgomery Harlan, Veit < Coleman, Gary Harlin, Renny < Collins, Pauline Harmon, Mark < Connelly, Jennifer Harrison, Joan < Conrad, Shane Hart, Melissa Joan < Cook, Peter Haver, June < Cooper, Gary Hawking, Stephen < Corrigan, Ray Hays, Robert < Headey, Lena McDaniel, Hattie < Heard, John McDowell, Malcolm < Hitchcock, Alfred McKellar, Danica < Hoffman, Dustin McQueen, Butterfly < Hopper, Dennis Meisner, Guenther < Horner, Harry Meissner, Guenter < Hunt, Linda Mekka, Eddie < Hunter, Holly Mineo, Sal < Hurley, Elizabeth Mix, Tom < Jannings, Emil Monroe, Marilyn < Jason, Rick Moore, Colleen < Jillian, Ann Moore, Dudley < Johnson, Don Morita, Pat < Jones, James Earl Morris, Garrett < Jordan, Neil Morrow, Rob < Jump, Gordon Mulligan, Richard < Justiniano, Gonzalo Murnau, Friedrich Wilhelm < Keaton, Buster Murray, Don < Kelly, Nancy Nalder, Reggie < Kidman, Nicole Naughton, David < Kier, Udo Neal, Edwin < Kinison, Sam Negri, Pola < Kinski, Klaus Newell, Mike < Kitt, Eartha Ng, Kal < Koepp, Volker O'Mara, Kate < Koster, Henry O'Sullivan, Maureen < Krauss, Werner Oldman, Gary < Krim, Arthur B. Osbourne, Ozzy < Ladd, Alan Pacino, Al < Ladd, Cheryl Paul, Adrian < Lake, Arthur Peckinpah, Sam < Landers, Audrey Perry, Luke < Lando, Joe Peters, Jean < Lang, Fritz Petty, Lori < Lange, Hope Pfeiffer, Michelle < LeBlanc, Matt Pitt, Brad < Lee, Jason Scott Pleasence, Donald < Liddy, G. Gordon Pommer, Erich < Linden, Hal Pop, Iggy < Livingston, Robert Post, Markie < Lloyd, Emily Purviance, Edna < Locklear, Heather Quinlan, Kathleen < Lords, Traci Ray, Satyajit < Louanne Reeves, George < Louis-Dreyfuss, Julia Reeves, Keanu < Louise, Tina Regent, Benoit < Lovett, Lyle Reinhold, Judge < Lovitz, Jon Reiser, Paul < Loy, Myrna Richards, Michael < Lubitsch, Ernst Rickman, Alan < MacDonald, Jeanette Ritter, John < MacGraw, Ali Robbins, Tim < MacMurray, Fred Roberts, Julia < Macpherson, Elle Roddenberry, Gene < Mancini, Henry Rogers, Charles 'Buddy' < Mandan, Robert Rossellini, Isabella < Mann, Thomas Ruehmann, Heinz < March, Jane Ryder, Winona < Marinaro, Ed Saget, Bob < Masterson, Mary Stuart Samms, Emma < Mastroianni, Marcello San Giacomo, Laura < Mathers, Jerry Sanders, George < Mayer, Carl Sanders, Richard < Maynard, Ken Sanders-Brahms, Helma < McCallum, David Sarandon, Susan < McClure, Doug Savant, Doug < Sayles, John Thring, Frank < Schrader, Paul Tilton, Charlene < Schuetz, Helga Tracy, Spencer < Schwarzenegger, Arnold Travolta, John < Scoggins, Tracy Turner, Florence < Scott, Campbell Tweed, Shannon < Scott, Geoffrey Valentino, Rudolph < Scott, Ridley Van Damme, Jean Claude < Shakespeare, William Veidt, Conrad < Shearer, Norma Von Harbou, Thea < Shelton, Deborah Von Trotta, Margarethe < Shepherd, Cybill Walston, Ray < Shue, Andrew Wayne, David < Sibbett, Jane Wayne, John < Smith, Taran Noah Weathers, Carl < Smithee, Alan Weaver, Sigourney < Spader, James Weigel, Teri < Speir, Dona Wesley, Mary < Spelling, Tori White, Vanna < Splet, Alan R. Wilde, Oscar < Stallone, Sylvester Williams, Robin < Stander, Lionel Winger, Debra < Sterling, Jan Wolf, Scott < Stevens, Brinke Woo, John < Stiller, Jerry Woods, James < Stone, Sharon Woodward, Edward < Strode, Woody Worden, Hank < Swanson, Gloria Worth, Irene < Tarantino, Quentin Wray, Fay < Tauber, Richard Wyn Davies, Geraint < Taylor, Elizabeth Yarlett, Claire < Terhune, Max Yarvet, Yuri < Thomas, Jonathan Taylor Ziering, Ian < Thorpe, Richard Zimmer, Kim --- > Abbott, Bruce Charisse, Cyd > Abbott, Bud Chartoff, Melanie > Abbott, Diahnne Cher > Abdul, Paula Christian, Claudia > Abel, Alfred Churchill, Winston > Abraham, F. Murray Clift, Montgomery > Achternbusch, Herbert Clouzot, Henri-Georges > Adjani, Isabelle Coleman, Gary > Albers, Hans Collins, Pauline > Alderton, John Connelly, Jennifer > Aldrin, Buzz Conrad, Shane > Alexander, Jason Cook, Peter > Alley, Kirstie Cooper, Gary > Allio, Rene Corrigan, Ray > Ameche, Don Corti, Axel > Anderson, Loni Costello, Lou > Anderson, Michael J. Costner, Kevin > Anderson, Pamela Coulouris, George > Angelou, Maya Crawford, Joan > Arcand, Denys Crisp, Donald > Arno, Sig Crosby, Denise > Arquette, Alexis Cruise, Tom > Astaire, Fred Dagover, Lil > Austin, Teri Davi, Robert > Azaria, Hank Davis, Geena > Baio, Scott DeMille, Cecil B. > Bakula, Scott Dean, James > Baldwin, Alec Delany, Dana > Baldwin, Stephen Deneuve, Catherine > Banderas, Antonio Dern, Laura > Banky, Vilma Dietrich, Marlene > Bara, Theda Doherty, Shannen > Barkin, Ellen Donahue, Troy > Barrett, Majel Dorn, Michael > Basinger, Kim Douglas, Paul > Baxter, Warner Downey Jr., Robert > Beckham, Brice Doyle-Murray, Brian > Biehn, Michael Drury, James > Bissett, Josie Dunst, Kirsten > Bogart, Humphrey Eastwood, Clint > Bogosian, Eric Eddy, Nelson > Bologna, Joseph Eggert, Nicole > Bono, Sonny Ely, Ron > Borowczyk, Walerian Emhardt, Robert > Borsos, Phillip Englund, Robert > Boynton, Peter Fairchild, Morgan > Brandauer, Klaus Maria Fassbinder, Rainer Werner > Brandon, Michael Fawcett, Farrah > Brinkley, Christie Field, Sally > Brisebois, Danielle Fields, W.C. > Brittany, Morgan Fill, Shannon > Brosnan, Pierce Fishburne, Larry > Brown, Bryan Fisher, Carrie > Bullock, Sandra Fonda, Bridget > Burton, LeVar Forsythe, John > Byrnes, Edd Foster, Jodie > Cain, Dean Fox, Michael J. > Calhoun, Rory Frakes, Jonathan > Cameron, Candace Friedkin, William > Campbell, Julia Gable, Clark > Caprino, Ivo Gabor, Zsa Zsa > Carey Sr., Harry Gainsbourg, Charlotte > Caron, Leslie Ganzel, Teresa > Carrere, Tia Garcia, Marty > Carteris, Gabrielle Garth, Jennie > Chan, Jackie Gibson, Mel > Gleason, Joanna Lane, Nathan > Glowna, Vadim Lang, Fritz > Godard, Jean-Luc Lange, Hope > Goldblum, Jeff LeBlanc, Matt > Goldthwait, Bob Lee, Jason Scott > Gottschalk, Thomas Liddy, G. Gordon > Grammer, Kelsey Linden, Hal > Granger, Dorothy Livingston, Robert > Green, Brian Austin Lloyd, Emily > Gretzky, Wayne Locklear, Heather > Hackett, Buddy Lords, Traci > Hahn, Jessica Louanne > Hancock, Herbie Louis-Dreyfuss, Julia > Hannah, Daryl Louise, Tina > Harlan, Veit Lovett, Lyle > Harlin, Renny Lovitz, Jon > Harlow, Jean Loy, Myrna > Harmon, Mark Lubitsch, Ernst > Harrington Jr., Pat MacDonald, Jeanette > Harrison, Joan MacGraw, Ali > Hart, Melissa Joan MacMurray, Fred > Hartley, Hal Macpherson, Elle > Haver, June Mancini, Henry > Hawking, Stephen Mandan, Robert > Hays, Robert Mann, Thomas > Headey, Lena March, Jane > Heard, John Marinaro, Ed > Hitchcock, Alfred Masterson, Mary Stuart > Hoffman, Dustin Mastroianni, Marcello > Hopper, Dennis Mathers, Jerry > Horner, Harry Mayer, Carl > Hunt, Linda Maynard, Ken > Hunter, Holly McCallum, David > Hurley, Elizabeth McClure, Doug > Huston, John McDaniel, Hattie > Ingram, Rex McDowell, Malcolm > Ives, Burl McGovern, Elizabeth > Jannings, Emil McKellar, Danica > Jason, Rick McQueen, Butterfly > Jillian, Ann Meisner, Guenther > Johnson, Don Meissner, Guenter > Jones, James Earl Mekka, Eddie > Jones, Tommy Lee Mikhalkov, Nikita > Jordan, Neil Mineo, Sal > Jump, Gordon Mix, Tom > Justiniano, Gonzalo Monroe, Marilyn > Kapoor, Shashi Moore, Colleen > Keaton, Buster Moore, Dudley > Kelly, Nancy Morita, Pat > Kidman, Nicole Morris, Garrett > Kier, Udo Morrow, Rob > Kinison, Sam Mulligan, Richard > Kinski, Klaus Munro, Janet > Kitaen, Tawny Murnau, Friedrich Wilhelm > Kitt, Eartha Murray, Don > Klein, Robert Nalder, Reggie > Koepp, Volker Naughton, David > Koster, Henry Neal, Edwin > Krauss, Werner Negri, Pola > Krim, Arthur B. Newell, Mike > Kubrick, Stanley Newhart, Bob > Ladd, Alan Newman, Thomas > Ladd, Cheryl Ng, Kal > Lake, Arthur Nicholson, Jack > Landers, Audrey Nielsen, Leslie > Lando, Joe O'Mara, Kate > O'Sullivan, Maureen Sibbett, Jane > Oldman, Gary Smith, Taran Noah > Osbourne, Ozzy Smithee, Alan > Pacino, Al Spader, James > Parker, Dorothy Speir, Dona > Paul, Adrian Spelling, Tori > Peckinpah, Sam Splet, Alan R. > Perry, Luke Springfield, Rick > Peters, Jean Stallone, Sylvester > Petty, Lori Stander, Lionel > Pfeiffer, Michelle Sterling, Jan > Pitt, Brad Stevens, Brinke > Pleasence, Donald Stiller, Jerry > Pommer, Erich Stone, Sharon > Pop, Iggy Strode, Woody > Post, Markie Swanson, Gloria > Purviance, Edna Tarantino, Quentin > Quinlan, Kathleen Tauber, Richard > Ray, Satyajit Taylor, Elizabeth > Reeves, George Terhune, Max > Reeves, Keanu Thomas, Jonathan Taylor > Regent, Benoit Thorpe, Richard > Reinhold, Judge Thring, Frank > Reiser, Paul Tilton, Charlene > Reno, Jean Tracy, Spencer > Rhodes, Erik Travolta, John > Richards, Michael Turner, Florence > Richman, Peter Mark Tweed, Shannon > Rickman, Alan Valentino, Rudolph > Ritter, John Van Damme, Jean Claude > Robbins, Tim Veidt, Conrad > Roberts, Julia Von Harbou, Thea > Roddenberry, Gene Von Stroheim, Erich > Rogers, Charles 'Buddy' Von Trotta, Margarethe > Rossellini, Isabella Walston, Ray > Ruehmann, Heinz Wayne, David > Ryder, Winona Wayne, John > Saget, Bob Weathers, Carl > Samms, Emma Weaver, Sigourney > San Giacomo, Laura Weigel, Teri > Sanders, George Wesley, Mary > Sanders, Richard White, Vanna > Sanders-Brahms, Helma Wilde, Oscar > Sarandon, Susan Williams, Robin > Sargent, Dick Williams, Vanessa > Savant, Doug Winger, Debra > Sayles, John Wolf, Scott > Schrader, Paul Woo, John > Schuetz, Helga Woods, James > Schwarzenegger, Arnold Woodward, Edward > Scoggins, Tracy Worden, Hank > Scott, Campbell Worth, Irene > Scott, Geoffrey Wray, Fay > Scott, Ridley Wyn Davies, Geraint > Shakespeare, William Yarlett, Claire > Shearer, Norma Yarmy, Dick > Shelton, Deborah Yarvet, Yuri > Shepherd, Cybill Ziering, Ian > Shue, Andrew Zimmer, Kim 241c300 < * The List currently contains 8893 entries with 287 mini biographies. --- > * The List currently contains 8954 entries with 309 mini biographies. 462,476c521,535 < Actors | Col Needham | 04/14/95 < Actresses | Col Needham | 04/14/95 < Alternative Names | Michel Hafner | 04/14/95 < Alternative Titles | Michel Hafner | 04/14/95 < Biographies | Mark Harding | 04/14/95 < Cast Completion | Col Needham | 04/14/95 < Certificates | Mark Harding | 04/14/95 < Cinematographers | Michel Hafner | 04/14/95 < Color Information | Mark Harding | 04/14/95 < Composers | Michel Hafner | 04/14/95 < Costume Designers | Harald Mayr | 04/07/95 < Countries | Mark Harding | 04/14/95 < Crazy Credits | Mark Harding | 04/14/95 < Directors | Col Needham | 04/14/95 < Editors | Harald Mayr | 04/07/95 --- > Actors | Col Needham | 04/21/95 > Actresses | Col Needham | 04/21/95 > Alternative Names | Michel Hafner | 04/21/95 > Alternative Titles | Michel Hafner | 04/21/95 > Biographies | Mark Harding | 04/21/95 > Cast Completion | Col Needham | 04/21/95 > Certificates | Mark Harding | 04/21/95 > Cinematographers | Michel Hafner | 04/21/95 > Color Information | Mark Harding | 04/21/95 > Composers | Michel Hafner | 04/21/95 > Costume Designers | Harald Mayr | 04/21/95 > Countries | Mark Harding | 04/21/95 > Crazy Credits | Mark Harding | 04/21/95 > Directors | Col Needham | 04/21/95 > Editors | Harald Mayr | 04/21/95 479,487c538,546 < Literature | Joachim Polzer | 02/24/95 < Locations | Rob Hartill | 04/14/95 < Misc. 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At 14, made her film debut in Le Petit > BG: Bougnat (1969) during a summer vacation. Appeared in a second film two > BG: years later under similar circumstances while continuing her high school > BG: education. By the time she graduated, she was appearing on French TV. > BG: In 1992, with limited acting experience and no formal training she became > BG: a member of the Comedie-Francaise. She was called a phenomenon of her > BG: generation and the greatest young actress to grace the French stage in > BG: years. The Comedie-Francaise offered her a 20-year contract, but > BG: rejected this instead choosing to play the title role in Truffaut's The > BG: Story of Adele H. (1975). Hailed by many critics as the most > BG: extraordinary screen personality to come along since Jeanne Moreau, she > BG: was nominated for an Academy Award for this film and went on to become > BG: France's top female movie star. Named Best Actress in Cannes in 1981 for > BG: Possession and Quartet and won French Cesar awards for Possession (1981), > BG: One Deadly Summer (1983) and Camille Claudel (1988) for which she also > BG: received the Berlin Festival Best Actress prize and a second Oscar > BG: nomination. > > BY: Kieran Lee > 1352a1446,1452 > NM: Adolfi, John G. > > DB: 1888 > > DD: 1933 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2112,2116d2211 < DD: 27 March 1975 < < ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ < NM: Allio, Rene < 3696a3792,3835 > BG: The son of an Austrian immigrant, Fred Astaire entered show business at > BG: age 5. He was successful both in vaudeville and on Broadway in partnership > BG: with his sister, Adele. After Adele retired to marry in 1932, Astaire > BG: headed to Hollywood. Signed to RKO, he was loaned to MGM to appear in > BG: _Dancing Lady_ before starting work on RKO's _Flying Down to Rio_. > BG: In the latter film he began his highly successful partnership with > BG: Ginger Rogers (qv), with whom he danced in 9 RKO pictures. During these > BG: years he was also active in recording and radio. On film, Astaire later > BG: appeared opposite a number of partners through various studios. After a > BG: temporary retirement in 1945-7, during which he opened a chain of dancing > BG: schools, Astaire returned to film to star in more musicals through 1957. > BG: He subsequently performed a number of straight dramatic roles in film and > BG: TV. > > BY: Diana Hamilton > > HT: 5' 9" - 5'10" > > TR: * Weight: 135 - 140 lbs. > TR: * Children: son Fred Jr. (1936), daughter Ava (1942). > TR: * Received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Film Institute, > TR: April 18,1981. > TR: * The (probably legendary) evaluation of Astaire's first screen test: > TR: "Can't act. Can't sing. Balding. Can dance a little." > TR: * Astaire starred in Broadway versions of _Lady, Be Good!_ in 1924, > TR: _Funny Face_ in 1927, _The Band Wagon_ in 1931, and _The Gay > TR: Divorce_ in 1932. > TR: * Astaire would disguise his very large hands by curling his middle two > TR: fingers while dancing. > TR: * Received a special Academy Award (1949) "for his unique artistry and his > TR: contributions to the technique of musical pictures." > > SP: 'Phyllis Livingston Potter' (qv) (1932 - 1954) (widowed) > SP: 'Robyn Smith' (qv) (1980 - ?) > > OW: * "Steps in Time." New York: Harper and Bros., 1959. (autobiography) > > BO: * Croce, Arlene. "The Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers Book." New York: E.P. > BO: * Dutton, 1987. (paperback; ISBN: 0-525-48371-3) > BO: * Mueller, John. "Astaire Dancing: The Musical Films." New York: Wings > BO: * Books, 1991. (hardcover; ISBN: 0-517-06075-2) > > GA: * "Battlestar Galactica", as Starbuck's father (1979) > 4780a4920,4921 > RN: Banderas, Jose Antonio Dominguez > 5523a5665,5666 > TR: * Went to high school with Keith Strickland of the B-52's > 5723a5867,5908 > NM: Bava, Mario > > BG: The Italian director Mario Bava was born in 1914. His father, Eugenio Bava, > BG: was a cinematographer in the early days of the Italian film industry. Bava > BG: was trained as a painter, and when he eventually followed his father into > BG: film photography his artistic background led him to a strong belief in the > BG: importance of visual composition in filmmaking. Other than a series of > BG: shorts in the forties which he directed, Bava was a cinematographer until > BG: 1960. He developed a reputation as a special effects genius, and was able > BG: to use optical trickery to great success. Among the directors for whom Bava > BG: photographed films were Paolo Heusch, Riccardo Freda, Jacques Tourneur, and > BG: Raoul Walsh. While working with Freda on I Vampiri in 1956, the director > BG: left the project after an argument with the producers and the film mostly > BG: unfinished. Bava stepped in and directed the majority of the movie, > BG: finishing it on schedule. This film, also known as The Devil's Commandment, > BG: inspired a wave of gothic Italian horror films. After a similar incident > BG: occurred on Freda's Caltiki in 1959, and Bava's having been credited with > BG: "saving" Tourneur's Giant of Marathon (1959), Galatea urged Bava to direct > BG: any film he wanted with their financing. The film that emerged, The Mask of > BG: Satan aka Black Sunday, is one his most well known as well as one of his > BG: best. This widely influential movie also started the horror career of > BG: Barbara Steele. While The Mask of Satan is a black and white film, it was > BG: in the color milieu that the director excelled. The projects which followed > BG: began to develop stunning photography, making great use of lighting, set > BG: design, and camera positioning to compliment mise-en-scenes bathed in deep > BG: primaries. Through works such as Hercules in the Haunted World (1961), The > BG: Whip and the Body (1963), and Planet of the Vampires (1965) Bava's films > BG: took on the look of works of art. In the films The Evil Eye (1963) and > BG: Blood and Black Lace (1964) he created the style and substance of the > BG: giallo, a genre which would be perfected in the later films of Dario > BG: Argento. Bava worked in many popular genres, including viking films, peplum, > BG: spaghetti westerns, action, and even softcore, but it is his horror films > BG: and gialli which stand out and for which he is best remembered. Recommended > BG: are Black Sunday, The Whip and the Body, Blood and Black Lace, Kill Baby > BG: Kill, Twitch of the Death Nerve, and Lisa and the Devil. Bava's son > BG: Lamberto served as his assistant on most of his films since 1965, and since > BG: 1980 has been a director himself. Lamberto Bava's films include Macabre, > BG: Demons, and Body Puzzle. Mario Bava died in 1980. > > BY: Jeff Dove > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6198a6384,6392 > NM: Bell, E.E. > > DB: 27 December 55 > > AG: Kazarian, Spencer & Assoc., Inc. > AG: 11365 Ventura Blvd. Suite 100 > AG: Studio City, CA.USA 91604 (818) 769-9111 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7100a7295,7299 > NM: Best, Willie > > NK: Sleep 'n' Eat > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7654a7854,7858 > NM: Blanchard, Susan > > SP: 'Charles Frank' (qv) (? - ?) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8820c9024 < DB: 4 November 1955, Danaiscotta, ME --- > RN: Boynton, Peter G. 8822c9026,9041 < SP: 'Susan Marie Snyder' (qv) (? - present) --- > DB: 4 November 1955, Damariscotta, ME > > BG: Educated Univ. of Massachusetts - Performing Arts > BG: Appeared in numerous cabarets & roadshows, including "Side by Side > BG: by Sondheim" > BG: Appeared in Broadway revival of "She Loves Me" - 1993 to 1994 > BG: Cast member of soap opera "The Catlins" (US - Tuner Broadcasting) > BG: as Beau Catlin - 1983 to 1985 > BG: Cast member of soap opera "As The World Turns" (US - Columbia > BG: Broadcasting) as Tonio Reyes - 1986 to 1991 > > BY: John F. Boynton > > SP: 'Susan Marie Snyder' (qv) (7 October 1989 - present) > > HT: 6' 1" 9510a9730,9736 > NM: Broderick, Helen > > TR: * In addition to her appearances with Fred Astaire in _Top Hat_ > TR: and _Swing Time_, Broderick starred with Astaire in the > TR: Broadway version of _The Band Wagon_ in 1931. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10262a10489 > TR: * Replaced Lori Petty in Demolition Man 10280a10508,10512 > NM: Bunuel, Luis > > BO: * My Last Breath (1983) by Luis Bunuel, Vintage (autobiography) (Paperback) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10737a10970,10976 > NM: Byrd, Ralph > > DB: 22 April 1909 > > DD: 1952 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11000a11240,11241 > TR: * He's the one that's always standing and walking! > 11464a11706,11712 > NM: Capone, Nadia > > BG: Born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. > > BY: Stewart M. Clamen > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11603a11852 > TR: * The movie "The Three Godfathers" by John Ford is devouted to him. 12185a12435,12439 > NM: Carruthers, Ben > > DD: 1983 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 13334a13589,13593 > NM: Cherry, Byron > > DB: 17 April > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 13661c13920,13922 < DB: 1874 --- > RN: Churchill, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer > > DB: 30 November 1874 13664a13926,14001 > BG: Born in Blenheim Palace, England. Mother's name was Lady Randolph > BG: Churchill who had American lineage. On his father's side he was > BG: grandson of the 7th Duke of Marlborough, his ancestry extending into the > BG: aristocracy. After passing through famous English public schools > BG: such as Harrow, he went on to fulfil his ambition for a life in the > BG: army. He fought in various parts of the British Empire until in 1900 when > BG: he won the Conservative seat in Oldham in the general election. From > BG: here until 1929 he held various offices in British Parliament. > BG: The 1930s saw Hitler rise to power and dominate much of Europe. When > BG: war was declared between Britain and Germany in 1939 Neville > BG: Chamberlain was British Prime Minister. On 10 May 1940 Hitler's > BG: forces struck at Holland, Belgium and France. Chamberlain was > BG: seen by many as a weak leader and they longed for a more forceful > BG: leader with whom Britain could feel safe. On 10 May, Winston > BG: Churchill, then First Lord of the Admiralty, was chosen to become Prime > BG: Minister (at the age of 65). It could be said that Churchill's fiery > BG: energy had never been experienced before in British politics > BG: and suddenly it seemed as though Britain could face the Nazi giant. > BG: He made a speech on 13 May: > BG: "You ask: 'What is our policy?' I will say: 'It is to wage war by > BG: sea, land and air, with all our might and with all the strength > BG: that God can give us: to wage war against a monstrous tyranny, never > BG: surpassesd in the dark lamentable catalogue of human crime.' That is > BG: our policy. You ask: 'What is our aim?' I can answer in one word: > BG: 'Victory! Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory > BG: however long and hard the road may be; for without victory there is no > BG: survival.' " > BG: The United States entered the war after the bombing of Pearl Harbour. > BG: The US's participation was excellent news to Churchill and after > BG: success on D-Day and as the Nazi forces were gradually forced back, the > BG: war in Europe gradually drew to a close. He was re-elected as Prime > BG: Minister in 1951 but because of deteriorating health he left the > BG: public scene. He died at Hyde Park Gate, London, on 24 January 1965 at > BG: the age of 90. He had succeeded in the uniting of thought and deed. He > BG: had succeeded in uniting everyone in the common purpose, inspiring > BG: them wth fortitude and strength to face whatever hardships that would > BG: have to be incurred in the process of first surviving and > BG: ultimately winning the war. His daughter Mary wrote to him on his > BG: death bed. > BG: 'I owe you what every Englishman, woman and child owes you - liberty > BG: itself.' > > BY: Matthew Stephenson > > HT: 5' 7" as young man. > > TR: * He was awarded the Order of the Garter, became 'Sir Winston' (1953). > TR: * A lady once said to Churchill, "Mr. Churchill you're drunk!" To which > TR: he replied, "I know, and you're ugly, but in the morning I shall be sober." > TR: * Another lady once said to Churchill, "If I was your wife I'd poison > TR: your coffee!" He replied, "If I was your husband I'd drink it." > > SP: 'Clementine Hozier' (qv) (12 Sep 1908 - his death on 24 Jan 1965) > > TR: (Married at > TR: St. Margaret's, Westminster, England) (She was 10 years younger than him). > > OW: * 'The Malakand Field Force'; 1897. > OW: * 'The River War'; 1899. > OW: * 'Lord Randolph Churchill'; 1906 (Biography of his father). > OW: * 'The World Crisis'; 1922 (6 volume account of the Great War). > OW: * 'My Early Life'; 1930. > OW: * 'Marlborough, his Life and Times'; 1933 (Biography to be completed in 4 volumes) > OW: * 'Arms and the Covenant'; 1938 (Speeches on defence). > OW: * 'Second World War'; 1946. > OW: * 'A History of the English-Speaking People'; 1956 (Last set of books). > > QU: * "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed, by so many to so > QU: few." > QU: * "We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight > QU: in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight > QU: with growing confidence and growing strength in the air. We > QU: shall defend our island whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on > QU: the beaches, we shall fight on the landing-grounds, we shall fight in > QU: the fields, we shall fight in the hills, we shall never surrender." > 14068a14406,14426 > BG: After a decade as a screenwriter, Clouzot made his > BG: directorial debut in 1942. His next film, 'Le Corbeau' had > BG: the distinction of being banned both by the Nazis and the > BG: victorious French forces for differing reasons. He shot to > BG: international fame with 'The Wages of Fear' and > BG: consolidated that success with 'Les Diaboliques', but > BG: continuous ill-health caused large gaps in his output, and > BG: several projects had to be abandoned (though one, > BG: 'L'Enfer', was subsequently filmed by Claude Chabrol). His > BG: films are typically relentless suspense thrillers, similar > BG: to Hitchcock's, but with far less light relief. > > BY: Michael Brooke > > SP: 'Vera Clouzot' (qv) (? - ?) > > TR: * Hitchcock considered Clouzot a very serious rival for the > TR: title of Master of Suspense, and 'Psycho' was put into > TR: production because Hitchcock specifically intended to > TR: outdo 'Les Diaboliques'. > 14791,14792d15148 < DB: 17 September 1964 < 15581c15937,15939 < SP: 'Cindy Silva' (qv) (1978 - ?) --- > HT: 6' 1" > > SP: 'Cindy Silva' (qv) (1978 - 1994) 16259a16618,16619 > SP: 'Jane Murfin' (qv) (1932 - 1944) > 18772c19132 < RN: De Mille, Cecil Blount --- > RN: DeMille, Cecil Blount 18776c19136 < DD: 21 January 1959 --- > DD: 21 January 1959, Hollywood, CA (heart ailment) 18778c19138,19163 < QU: "The public is always right" --- > BG: His parents Henry Churchill and Beatrice Samuel DeMille wrote plays. > BG: Henry died when he was 12 and his mother supported the family by > BG: opening a school for girls and a theatrical company. Too young to > BG: enlist in the Spanish-American War he fallowed his brother William to > BG: the New York Academy of Dramatic Arts, making his stage debut in 1900. > BG: For twelve years he was actor/manager of his mother's company. In 1913 > BG: he, Jesse Lasky and Sam Goldwyn formed the Lasky (Paramount) film > BG: company and, the next year, produced the successful six reeler, "The > BG: Squaw Man" their first Hollywood film. He championed the switch from > BG: short to feature-length films and is often credited with making > BG: Hollywood the motion picture capital of the world. Rather than putting > BG: his money into known stars he emphasized production values. He also > BG: developed stars, notably Gloria Swanson. He produced and directed 70 > BG: films and was involved in many more. Many of his films were romantic > BG: sexual comedies (he is supposed to have believed that Americans were > BG: curious only about money and sex). His best-known were biblical epics: > BG: King of Kings, The Ten Commandments, The Crusades. From 1936 to 1945 > BG: he hosted and directed the hour-long "Lux Radio Theatre", which > BG: brought the actors and stories of many movies to the airwaves and > BG: further established him as the symbol of Hollywood. He appeared as > BG: himself in Sunset Boulevard (1950) with his own long-ago star Gloria > BG: Swanson playing the has-been Norma Desmond. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > BO: * Anne Edwards, "The DeMilles, an American Family" (Abrams, 1988) 18780c19165,19169 < TR: * Film producer/director. Died of heart ailment in Hollywood at age 77. --- > OW: * Autobiography, 1959 > > SP: 'Constance Adams' (qv) (1902 - present) > > QU: "The public is always right" 19616a20006,20024 > BG: He was a journalism student at Columbia University when he began > BG: playing in stock productions. He made his film debut in "Man Afraid" > BG: (1957) and in 1959 signed as a contract player for Warner Brothers > BG: which promoted him to stardom with "A Summer Place" that year. He was > BG: soon a teenage heartthrob, his blond hair and blue eyes appearing > BG: frequently on the covers of movie magazines. His most successful film > BG: entry was as the title character in "Parrish" (1961). He was also > BG: popular on television in such series as "Surfside Six (1960-2) and > BG: "Hawaiian Eye" (1962-3). After that his parts declined; he made only a > BG: few television movies between the mid sixties and his small part in > BG: "The Godfather II" (1974). His films since then have been almost > BG: entirely for the low-budget home video market, e.g., "Sexpot" (1988) > BG: and "Nudity Required" (1991). > > BY: Ed Stephan > > SP: 'Suzanne Pleshette' (qv) (1964 - 1964, divorced) > SP: 'Valerie Allen' (qv) (1966 - present) > 20189a20598,20622 > NM: Dreyer, Carl Theodor > > DB: 3 February 1889, Copenhagen, Denmark > > DD: 1968 > > BG: The illegitimate son of a Swedish farmer and his housekeeper, Dreyer > BG: spent his early years in Danish foster homes before being adopted by a > BG: strict Lutheran family. He became a journalist in 1910, and entered > BG: films as a title writer, then scriptwriter and eventually director. > BG: His first film showed little promise or talent, but he found his mature > BG: style very quickly, and by the late 1920s he was hailed as the greatest > BG: director ever to emerge from Danish cinema. But his reputation as an > BG: artist was matched by his reputation as a fanatical perfectionist, and > BG: his career was dogged by problems with the financing of his films, > BG: which led to large gaps in his output - and after the critics, too, > BG: denounced 'Vampyr', he returned to journalism in 1932, and became > BG: a cinema manager in 1952 - though he still made features up to the mid- > BG: 1960s, a few years before his death. His films are typically slow, > BG: intense studies of human psychology, usually of people undergoing > BG: extreme personal or religious crises. > > BY: Michael Brooke > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 20242c20675 < DB: 1934, New York, NY --- > DB: 18 April 1934, New York, NY 21466a21900,21927 > BG: The 15th screen Tarzan (if you don't count Gordon Griffith, qv) was to > BG: have played a Tarzan impersonator in a projected Mike Henry > BG: television show which never materialized. He had been tested fourteen > BG: months earlier when Henry got the part. Prior to Tarzan he had played > BG: only bit parts in movies, e.g., the copilot in South Pacific (1958) > BG: and had co-starred in TV's brief series "Malibu Run". He played the > BG: title role in the Tarzan TV series, 1966-68, and in two movies made > BG: from that series in 1970. He refused to use a stunt double in his > BG: vine-swinging or animal fights and was often injured. It has been > BG: noted that Ron's physical appearance and dialogue were much more like > BG: those of Burroughs' character than could be said for any other > BG: Tarzan. In addition to occasional parts in TV series and movies, > BG: several made in Germany, Ron hosted the "Miss America" pageant on > BG: television 1979-81, replacing Bert Parks. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > HT: 6' 4" > > BO: * Gabe Essoe, "Tarzan of the Movies" (1968) > > QU: "Ever read the original Tarzan stories? They're beautiful. About an > QU: educated man who returns to the environment he knows best, the jungle. > QU: There he seeks truth, honor, and man's lost humanity to man. This > QU: Tarzan is the part I've been waiting for all my life." > > SP: '?? ' (qv) (? - ?, divorced) > 22374c22835,22837 < DB: 31 May 1946 --- > DB: 31 May 1945, Bad W=9Aringshofen > > DD: 10 June 1982, M=9Fnchen 23006a23470,23471 > SP: 'Hajna Moss' (qv) (1987 - ?) > 23057a23523,23550 > NM: Fitzgerald, F. Scott > > SP: 'Zelda Fitzgerald' (qv) (? - ?) > > TR: * Glimpses of the Moon (1923) for Famous Players. Titles. > TR: Grit (1924) for Film Guild. > TR: Lipstick (1927) for United Artists. Screenplay unproduced. > TR: Red-Headed Woman (1931) for M-G-M. Screenplay not used. > TR: A Yank at Oxford (1937) for M-G-M. Dialogue Polish. > TR: Infidelity (1938) for M-G-M. Screenplay unproduced. > TR: Marie Antoinette (1938) for M-G-M. Screenplay not used. > TR: The Women (1938) for M-G-M. Screenplay not used. > TR: Madame Curie (1938) for M-G-M. Screenplay not used. > TR: Gone With The Wind (1939) for Selznick. Dialogue polish. > TR: Winter Carnival (1939) for United Artists. Dismissed. > TR: Air Raid (1939) for Paramount. Screenplay not produced. > TR: Open the Door (1939) for Universal. One week's work. > TR: Everything Happens at Night (1929) for 20th Century-Fox. One day's > TR: work. > TR: Ralles (1939) for Goldwyn. One week's work. > TR: Cosmopolitan ("Babylon Revisited) (1940) for Columbia. Screenplay > TR: unproduced. > TR: Brooklyn Bridge (1940) for 20th Century-Fox. Fitzgerald's > TR: assignment unknown. > TR: Life Begins at Eight-Thirty ("The Light of Heart")(1940) for 20th > TR: Century-Fox. Screenplay not used. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 23379a23873,23883 > NM: Folsey, George J. > > TR: * Started as an office boy at Famous Players Studios in New York in > TR: 1914 at age of 14. > TR: * Recipient of first Lifetime Achievement Award of American Society > TR: of Cinematographers on March 6,1988. > TR: * Director of Photography on 160 feature films. > TR: * Received 13 Oscar nominations. > TR: * Won an EMMY award. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 23457a23962,23966 > NM: Fontaine, Frank > > DB: 19 April 1920 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 24018a24528,24534 > NM: Frank, Charles > > DB: 17 April > > SP: 'Susan Blanchard' (qv) (? - ?) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 24313a24830,24831 > BO: * Hurricane Billy: New York, Morrow Books, 1990. > 24328a24847,24851 > NM: Frischman, Dan > > DB: 23 April > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 25425a25949,25957 > NM: Gershwin, George > > RN: Gershovitz, Jacob > > DB: 26 September 1898 > > DD: 1937 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 26083a26616,26617 > GA: * _"A.S." (1995)_ as Senator Krueger > 26675a27210,27211 > SP: 'Thea Gottschalk' (qv) (? - ?) > 26872a27409,27410 > GA: * "Star Trek: TNG", episode "Cause and Effect", [character unknown] > 28576a29115,29121 > NM: Hanson, Marcy > > GA: * "Welcome Back, Kotter" (1975), as a nurse (1979) > > TR: * Playboy Playmate of the Month October 1978 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 28795a29341,29376 > BG: The dentist's daughter eloped at age 16 with a young businessman and > BG: wound up in Los Angeles where she found work as an extra and bit player > BG: (e.g., "Moran of the Marines" and "Liberty", 1928) and somewhat more > BG: prominently in Laurel and Hardy shorts ("Double Whoopie", "Liberty", > BG: "Bacon Grabbers", 1929). Her first big break came in 1930 when Howard > BG: Hughes remade his 1927 "Hell's Angels" in a sound version, replacing > BG: the heavy accented Swede Greta Nissen with the girl who, with her > BG: divorce in 1929, had adopted her mother's maiden name, Jean Harlow. > BG: Hughes loaned her out for a number of movies which, like Capra's > BG: "Platinum Blonde" (1931), featured her platinum hair and obvious > BG: sexuality (she claimed she never wore underwear). In 1932 Hughes sold > BG: her to MGM, her "Red-Headed Woman" for them led the Hays Office to > BG: prohibit unpunished adultery, and she married Irving Thalberg's right > BG: hand man, Paul Bern. The marriage ended after a few weeks: just after > BG: his former common law wife met Harlow Bern shot himself, and a few days > BG: later the other woman took her life. His suicide note hinted at > BG: impotence. She had another brief marriage with cameraman Hal Rosson, > BG: followed by an affair with William Powell. She made three films with > BG: Spencer Tracy and six with Clark Gable, receiving much improved > BG: critical acclaim for her acting, allure and comedic talent. During the > BG: filming of "Saratoga" in 1937 she was hospitalized for uremic > BG: poisoning, dying June 7 of cerebral edema, aged 26. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > BO: * I. Shulman, "Harlow: An Intimate Biography" 1964 > BO: * M. Conway and M. Ricci, "The Films of Jean Harlow" 1965 > > BT: "Harlow" (1965) with Carol Baker > BT: "Harlow" (1965) with Carol Lynley > BT: "Hughes and Harlow: Angels in Hell" (1977) > > SP: 'Charles Fremont McGrew' (qv) (1927 - 1929, divorce) > SP: 'Paul Bern' (qv) (1932 - 1932, suicide) > SP: 'Harold Rosson' (qv) (1933 - 1935, divorce) > 28853a29435,29436 > GA: * "Columbo" (1971), as Mr. Castle (1975) > 29139a29723 > OW: * Theory of Achievement 30367a30952,30958 > NM: Hidaka, Noriko > > RN: Nagai, Noriko > > DB: 31 May 1962 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 30663a31255,31259 > NM: Hoerbiger, Christiane > > GA: * _"A.S." (1995)_ as Tatjana Landauer > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 31959c32555,32557 < TR: * Actor. Father of Anjelica Huston --- > BO: * An Open Book (1980) by John Huston, Virgin (autobiography) (Paperback) > > TR: * Father of Anjelica Huston 32147a32746,32747 > RN: Reginald Ingram Montgomery Hitchcock > 32151a32752,32761 > OW: * Mars in the House of Death (Novel) > OW: * The Legion Advances (Novel) > > SP: 'Alice Terry' (qv) (? - ?) > > TR: * Retired from filmmmaking at age 39 and spent rest of life writing > TR: and sculpting. Author of two novels. > TR: Erich von Stroheim called him "the world's greatest director, " and > TR: David Lean called him his idol. > 32303c32913,32951 < DB: 14 June 1909, Hunt Township, IL --- > RN: Ives, Burle Icle Ivanhoe > > DB: 14 June 1909, Hunt, IL > > DD: 14 April 1985, Anacortes, WA (mouth cancer) > > BG: Ives was one of six children born to a Scottish-Irish farming family > BG: in Jasper County, Illinois. He first sang in public for a soldiers' > BG: reunion when he was 4. In high school he learned the banjo and played > BG: fullback, intending to become a football coach when he enrolled at > BG: Eastern Illinois State Teacher's College in 1927. He dropped out in > BG: 1930 and wandered, hitching rides, doing odd jobs, street singing. > BG: Summer stock in the late '30s led to a job with CBS radio in 1940; > BG: through his "Wayfaring Stranger" he popularized many of the folksongs > BG: he had collected in his travels. By the 1960s he had hits on both > BG: popular and country charts. He recorded over 30 albums for Decca and > BG: another dozen for Columbia. In 1962 he was singer-narrator of > BG: "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", an often-repeated Christmas > BG: television special. His Broadway debut was in 1938, though he is best > BG: remembered for creating the role of Big Daddy in the 1950s "Cat on a > BG: Hot Tin Roof." His four-decade, 30+ movie career began as a singing > BG: cowboy in "Smoky" (1946) and, reached its peak with (again) the Big > BG: Daddy role in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" and an Oscar for supporting > BG: actor in "The Big Country", both in 1958. He officially retired to > BG: Anacortes, Washington, at age eighty though he continued to do > BG: frequent benefit performances. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > HT: 6' 1" > > OW: * autbiography, "The Wayfarin' Stranger" (1948) > > GA: * frequent benefits for Indian reservations, peace academies, Boy Scouts, > GA: environmental groups, arts foundations, children's medicine > > AG: Marjorie Schicktanz Ashley > > SP: Dorothy 33463a34112,34118 > BG: > BG: He made his directorial debut in _The Good Old Boys_ (TNT, 1995) > BG: In addition to directing and starring in the film, he co-wrote > BG: the teleplay (with J.T. Allen). The film, based on Elmer > BG: Kelton's novel, is set in west Texas where Mr. Jones has strong > BG: family ties. Consequently, this story of a cowboy facing the > BG: end of an era has special meaning for him. 33859a34515,34533 > NM: Kapoor, Prithwiraj > > DB: 1906 > > DD: 1972 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > NM: Kapoor, Raj > > DB: 1924 > > DD: 1988 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > NM: Kapoor, Shammi > > DB: 1931 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 34044a34719,34723 > NM: Kawamura, Maria > > DB: 21 November 1961 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 34656a35336,35340 > NM: Kerima > > DB: 10 February 1925 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 34797,34801d35480 < SP: 'Tom Cruise' (qv) (24 December 1990 - present) < < ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ < NM: Kidman, Nicole < 35181a35861,35862 > GA: * "Married with Children" (1987), as fashion model Dominique (09/94) > 35203a35885,35886 > SP: 'Brenda Boozer' (qv) (1973 - 1989) > 35419a36103,36107 > NM: Koenekamp, Fred J. > > TR: * Got his start as a first cameraman on "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 35441a36130,36134 > NM: Konchalovsky, Andrei > > TR: * Older brother of Russian director Nikita Mikhalkov. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 35548c36241 < RN: Kosterlitz, Hermann --- > RN: Kosterlitz, Henry 35553a36247,36291 > BG: Written by son, Bob Koster: > BG: Dad was born Herman Kosterlitz Berlin, Germany, 1 May 1905. Maternal > BG: Grandfather a famous operatic tenor, Julius Salomon, who died of > BG: tuberculosis age 29 in 1880's or so. Father a salesman of ladies > BG: unmentionables. Father left home at early age leaving Dad to support > BG: family. Dad still managed to finish Gymnasium (High school) in Berlin while > BG: working as short story writer and cartoonist. Intoduced to movies 1910 or > BG: 1911 when uncle opened a very early movie theatre in Berlin and Dad's mother > BG: went there every day to play the piano to accompany the films. Dad went > BG: with her. Day care was non-existent then. And Dad had to sit for a couple > BG: hours a day staring at the movie screen. > BG: Dad achieved fame as short story writer at age 16 or 17. Was hired by > BG: Berlin movie company as scenarist, became assistant to director Kurt > BG: Bernhardt. Bernhardt became sick one day and asked Dad to direct. 1931 or 1932. > BG: Dad directed two or three films Berlin for Aafa, then Hitler became > BG: president. Dad was in the midst of directing a film, had already been > BG: subject of anti-semitism, knew he had to leave. Lost temper at SS officer > BG: at his bank during lunch hour, knocked the officer out. Had to go directly > BG: to railroad station and leave country. Went to France, was rehired there by > BG: Bernhardt (who had left earlier). Eventually went to Budapest and met and > BG: married my mother, Kato Kiraly (1934). Met Joe Pasternak, who represented > BG: Universal in Europe, directed three films for him. 1936 had contract with > BG: Universal in Hollywood, travelled to US to work with Pasternak, other > BG: refugees, my mother. > BG: After troubles with studio (Dad didn't speak English) convinced studio to > BG: let him make "Three Smart Girls" with Deanna Durbin. Coached Durbin, who > BG: was 14 yrs old. Picture a big success, pulled Universal out of bankruptcy. > BG: Second film, "100 Men and a Girl", with Durbin and Leopold Stokowski, put > BG: studio, Durbin, Pasternak and Dad on top. > BG: Went on to do numerous musicals and family comedies during late 30's and > BG: early 40's, many with Betty Grable, Deanna Durbin, other musical stars of > BG: the era. Worked Universal till 1941 or so, then MGM, then Fox 1948 or so > BG: onwards. Nominated for Academy Award for "The Bishop's Wife". ("Harvey" > BG: was not nominated). > BG: Directed first Bichard Burton film in US, "My Cousin Rachel", then given > BG: first CinemaScope film to direct, "The Robe", 1952. Did a couple more > BG: costume dramas, "Desiree" with Marlon Brando, then went back to family > BG: comedies and musicals, including "Flower Drum Song" for Universal, 1961. > BG: Last picture: "The Singing Nun", 1965. > BG: Retired to Leisure Village, Camarillo, CA, to indulge in his lifelong > BG: interest in painting. Did a series of portraits of the movies stars with > BG: whom he worked. > > BY: Bob Koster > 35630a36369,36373 > NM: Kraehkamp, Heinz-Werner > > GA: * _"A.S." (1995)_ as Bodyguard > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 35873a36617,36620 > TR: * Received Luchino Visconti Award in Italy in 1988 for contribution > TR: to the cinema. > TR: * Was to direct One-Eyed Jacks (1961) but replaced by Marlon > TR: Brando in pre-production. 35908a36656,36660 > NM: Kummeth, Horst > > SP: 'Eva Kummeth' (qv) (? - ?) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 36506a37259,37283 > OW: * From Playbill: 'Love! Valour! Compassion!' Opening Night: February 14,1995 > OW: * Walter Kerr Theatre > OW: * NATHAN LANE (Buzz Hauser) is pleased to continue his association with > OW: * Terrence McNally which began > OW: * at the Manhattan Theatre Club with 'The Lisbon Traviata' (Drama Desk Award) > OW: * followed by 'Bad Habits'; > OW: * 'Lips Together, Teeth Apart'; and 'Love! Valour! Compassion!' as well as > OW: * the film version of 'Frankie > OW: * and Johnny' and 'The Last Mile' for PBS Great Performances. > OW: * On B'way he was last seen as Max Prince > OW: * in Niel Simon's 'Laughter on the 23rd Floor' as well as Nathan Detroit > OW: * in Jerry Zaks' revival of 'Guys > OW: * and Dolls' (Tony nomination, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards); > OW: * 'Present Laughter' and 'On Borrowed Time' (with George C. Scott); > OW: * 'Some Americans Abroad'; 'Merlin'; 'The Wind in the Willows' > OW: * and the national tour of 'Broadway Bound'. Off-B'way he recieved a > OW: * 1992 Obie Award for Sustained Excellence. > OW: * Credits include 'The Common Persuit'; 'The Film Society' and > OW: * 'In a Pig's Valise' at the Second Stage; 'The Stoops to Conquer' at the > OW: * Roundabout; and 'Measure for Measure' at the NYSF directed > OW: by Joe Papp. Films include 'The Lion King'; 'Addams Family Values'; > OW: * 'Life with Mickey'; 'He Said, She Said'; 'Ironweed'; 'The Lemon Sisters'; > OW: * 'Joe Vs. the Volcano'; and the soon-to-be-seen 'Jeffrey'. This > OW: * year he will begin Mike Nichols' American remake of 'La Cage aux Folles'. > 36778a37556,37560 > NM: Lauchlan, Agnes > > DB: 10 February 1905 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 36997a37780,37788 > NM: Lawrence, Sharon > > DB: 29 June 1962, Charlotte, NC > > GA: * "Beverly Hills, 90210" (1990), [character unknown] (1991) > GA: * "Civil Wars" (1991), [character unknown] (1992) > GA: * "Cheers" (1982), [character unknown] (1993) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 37144a37936,37940 > NM: Lechtenbrink, Volker > > GA: * _"A.S." (1995)_ as Olaf Quay > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 37461a38258,38262 > NM: Leiber, Fritz > > TR: * Father of Science Fiction writer of the same name > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 38206a39008,39014 > NM: Line, Helga > > RN: Stern, Helga Lina > > DB: 1932 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 38502a39311,39312 > HT: 5' 5" > 38594a39405,39409 > NM: Lohmeyer, Peter > > GA: * _"A.S." (1995)_ as Bernd Teplitz > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 39135a39951,39956 > NM: Luce, Claire > > TR: * Luce starred opposite Fred Astaire in the Broadway version of _The > TR: Gay Divorce_ in 1932. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 39862a40684,40692 > NM: Madhubala > > RN: Jehan, Begum Mumtaz > > DB: 1933 > > DD: 1969 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 42046,42048c42876 < RN: McDaniel, Hattiw < < DB: 10 June 1895, Wichita KS --- > DB: 10 June 1895, Wichita, KS 42272a43101,43113 > BG: Daughter of a law professor at Northwestern, she moved with her > BG: family to Los Angeles when he transferred to UCLA. She began acting in > BG: school plays at North Hollywood High then continued her stage training at > BG: the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco and the Juilliard > BG: School of Dramatic Art in New York. Following a pleasant screen debut in > BG: Robert Redford's Oscar-winning Ordinary People (1980), McGovern grave a > BG: great performance as Evelyn Nesbit in Ragtime (1981) for which she earned > BG: an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress. She has > BG: continued performing on stage between film assignments rather than > BG: concentrate on being a film star. > > BY: Kieran Lee > 42665c43506 < DB: 7 January 1911, Tampa FL --- > DB: 7 January 1911, Tampa, FL 42849a43691,43697 > NM: Melies, Georges > > DB: 8 December 1861, Paris, France > > DD: 21 January 1938, Paris, france > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 43018a43867,43871 > NM: Mercer, Marian > > GA: * "Golden Girls, The" (1985), as Magda (1990) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 43211,43215d44063 < DB: 15 November 1973 < < ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ < NM: Merz, Jesse < 43415a44264,44270 > SP: 'Tatania Mikhalkov' (qv) (? - ?) > > TR: * He is the younger brother of Andrei Konchalovsky. > TR: * Father was Sergi Mikhalkov, author of children's books and writer > TR: of lyrics to the Soviet national anthem. > TR: * Mother was Natalkia Mikhalkov, a poet. > 43570a44426,44430 > NM: Miller, Dick > > RN: Miller, Richard > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 43969c44829 < DB: 6 January 1880, Mix Run PA --- > DB: 6 January 1880, Mix Run, PA 43999c44859 < SP: 'Grace I. Allin' (qv) (1902) (annuled) --- > SP: 'Grace I. Allin' (qv) (1902, annuled) 44003c44863 < SP: 'Mabel Hubbard Ward' (qv) (1932 - ?) --- > SP: 'Mabel Hubbard Ward' (qv) (1932 - 1940) 44142,44146d45001 < GA: * Union Oil Royal Triton commercial (1950) < < ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ < NM: Monroe, Marilyn < 44317c45172,45199 < DD: 25 January 1988 --- > DD: 25 January 1988, Paso Robles, CA > > BG: Her father was an irrigation engineer. She was convent-educated and > BG: studied piano at the Detroit Conservatory. D.W. Griffith brought her to > BG: Hollywood in 1917, returning a favor to her uncle, Walter Howey, the > BG: Chicago Examiner editor who helped him clear "Birth of a Nation" and > BG: "Intolerance" through the censors. She played leads in B pictures and > BG: Westerns, several opposite Tom Mix. The movie which defined her as the > BG: inventor of the "flapper" look was "Flaming Youth" (1923). The year that > BG: came out she married the first of her four husbands, Frank McCormick, > BG: production of head of First National Pictures, later part of Warner > BG: Brothers. By 1927 she was the top box-office attraction in America and > BG: making $12,500 a week, much of which she invested in the stock market. > BG: She wrote a book on investing and married two stockbrokers. After she > BG: retired she traveled widely, frequently to China. At 83 she married her > BG: fourth husband. At the time of her death she was writing a novel, a > BG: Hollywood murder mystery centered around a Mae West type. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > OW: * autogbiography, "Silent Star" (1968) > OW: * "How Women Can Make Money in the Stock Market" (a book) > OW: * "Colleen Moore's Doll House" (book about her collection of miniatures) > > SP: 'John McCormick' (qv) (1923 - 1930) > SP: 'a stockbroker' (qv) (? - ?) > SP: Homer Hargrave, VP of Merrill-Lynch > SP: building contractor Paul Magnet (1983 - her death) 45081a45964,45968 > NM: Mueller-Scherz, Fritz > > GA: * _"A.S." (1995)_ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 45200c46087 < DD: 6 December 1972 --- > DB: 1934 45202c46089 < TR: * Died at age 38. --- > DD: 6 December 1972 45232a46120,46128 > NM: Murfin, Jane > > DB: 1893, Quincy, MI > > DD: 1955 > > SP: 'Donald Crisp' (qv) (1932 - 1944) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 45569a46466,46474 > NM: Nargis > > RN: Rashid, Fatima A. > > DB: 1929 > > DD: 1981 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 46159a47065,47066 > SP: 'Virginia Quinn' (qv) (12 January 1964 - ?) > 46236c47143 < DD: 20 December 1991 --- > DB: 1931 46238c47145 < TR: * Died of heart attack in Los Angeles at age 60. --- > DD: 20 December 1991 46373c47280,47282 < DB: 28 April 1937, Neptune, NJ --- > DB: 22 April 1937, Neptune NJ [some sources say 28 April 1937] > > SP: 'Sandra Knight' (qv) (1961 - 1966) 46445a47355,47356 > TR: * Leslie is the nephew of the late actor Jean Hersholt. > 47754a48666,48677 > NM: Oppenheimer, Alan > > DB: 23 April 1930 > > SP: 'Marianna Elliott' (qv) (1958 - ?) (divorced) > SP: 'Marilyn Greenwood' (qv) (1984 - ?) > > AG: Gage Group > AG: 9229 Sunset Blvd., Suite 306 > AG: Los Angeles, CA 90069 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 47910a48834,48838 > NM: Osmond, Jimmy > > DB: 16 April 1963 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 48052a48981,48985 > BO: * Life on the Wire: the life and art of Al Pacino. > BO: * Author: Andrew Yule > > NK: Sonny > 48379a49313,49337 > NM: Paradjanov, Serguei > > DB: 9 January 1924, Tiflis, Georgia, USSR > > DD: 24 June 1990, cancer > > BG: Born in Georgia to Armenian parents, it was always unlikely that the > BG: work of Serguei Paradjanov would conform to the strict socialist > BG: realism that the Soviet authorities preferred. After studying film and > BG: music, he became an assistant director at the Dovzhenko studios in > BG: Kiev, making his debut in 1954, which he followed with numerous shorts > BG: and features, all of which he subsequently dismissed as 'garbage'. > BG: However, in 1964 he was able to make 'Shadows of our Forgotten > BG: Ancestors', a rhapsodic celebration of Ukrainian folk culture, and > BG: the world discovered a startling and idiosyncratic new talent. He > BG: followed this up with the even more innovative 'The Colour of > BG: Pomegranates' (which explored the art and poetry of his native > BG: Armenia in a series of stunningly beautiful tableaux), but by this > BG: stage the authorities had had enough, and Paradjanov spent most of the > BG: 1970s in prison on almost certainly rigged charges of 'homosexuality > BG: and illegal trafficking in religious icons'. However, with the coming > BG: of perestroika, he was able to make two further films before succumbing > BG: to cancer in 1990. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 48449a49408,49409 > BT: Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle > 49868a50829,50858 > NM: Pifko, Cara > > DB: 15 March 1976, Toronto, Ontario, Canada > > BG: Born in Toronto, Canada, Cara began her performance career > BG: singing for the children's group Sharon, Lois, and Bram. She > BG: eventually sang on six of their albums and appeared in all > BG: five seasons of their Elephant Show tv program. She has had > BG: various stage, movie and television roles, the most regular as > BG: co-host of "Pumped", a Gemini-nominated kids' sports show on > BG: Canada's The Sports Network. Cara graduated from the Claude > BG: Watson School for the Performing Arts in 1994. > > AG: Cara Pifko > AG: c/o KG Talent > AG: 55 1/2 Sumac Ave. > AG: Toronto, ON, Canada > AG: (416) 368-4866 > AG: ============================================== > AG: Daniel Pifko > AG: e-mail: DPifko@Engr.UVic.Ca > AG: WWW: http://www-engr.uvic.ca/~dpifko/ > AG: Poetry is nothing more than an intensification or illumination of common > AG: objects and everyday events until they shine with their singular nature, > AG: until we can experience their power, until we can follow their steps in the > AG: dance, until we can discern what parts they play in the Great Order of > AG: Love. How is this done? By fucking around with syntax. > AG: -- Tom Robbins, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 49999a50990,50993 > TR: * Gwyneth Paltrow is actually his new girlfriend. She is the > TR: the daughter of actress Blythe Danner and TV producer > TR: Bruce Paltrow. Gwyneth is an actress who is currently > TR: appearing in the movie "Jefferson in Paris". 50283a51278,51282 > NM: Ponnier, Matthias > > GA: * _"A.S." (1995)_ as Walter Fink > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 50930c51929 < DB: 1894, Lovelock NV --- > DB: 1894, Lovelock, NV 50932c51931 < DD: 11 January 1958, Hollywood CA --- > DD: 11 January 1958, Hollywood, CA 52057a53057,53059 > TR: * Dropped out of high school when he was 17 to become an actor > TR: * Hobbies include horseback riding and surfing (both inspired from movie roles) > TR: * Was MVP on his high school hockey team, where he was a goalie 52065a53068,53071 > GA: * Tracey Ullman Show (Two Lost Souls skit) > GA: * MTV Movie Awards - winner "Most Desireable Male"(199?) > GA: * MTV Movie Awards - presenter "Most Desireable Female"(199?) > GA: * MTV Video Awards - presenter (199?) 52385,52390c53391 < DB: 1949 < < ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ < NM: Reno, Jean < < DB: 30 July 1948 --- > DB: 30 July 1948, Casablanca Morocco 52526a53528,53556 > NM: Reyes, Julian > > RN: Reyes, Nelson > > DB: 13 November 1961 > > BG: Born in NYC, Raised in the Bronx, Attended Southern Vermont College > BG: Studied acting with Madeleine Sherwood and Patrick Brafford at John > BG: Strasberg's Real Stage. His first break came with his role in Miami > BG: Vice. Moved to California in 1985 where he played Victor Ortega on > BG: the syndicated series "What a Country!" > > BY: Julian Reyes > > HT: 6' 1" > > TR: * Has 3 brothers David, Robert, John and 1 Sister Aimee > > SP: 'Maura Reyes' (qv) (? - ?) > > AG: Julian Reyes > AG: c/o Bauman Hiller > AG: 5757 Wilshire Blvd. > AG: Los Angeles, CA 90036 > > GA: * Young Riders (Miguel), Heartbeat(Franco), Bronx Zoo(Vito Arias), > GA: D.E.A(Fabio), > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 52593a53624 > TR: * Appeared in the Broadway version of _The Gay Divorce_ in 1932. 52879a53911,53912 > DB: 16 April 1927 > 54995a56029,56071 > NM: Samuelson, Peter > > DB: 16 October 1951, London, England. > > BG: Masters Degree in English Literature, Cambridge, England. > BG: Bilingual English / French. > BG: Graduate School of Management, UCLA, Los Angeles. > BG: Member, (U.S.) Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). > BG: - Member, Academy Grants Committee, Academy Nicholl Screenwriting > BG: Fellowship. Member, Academy Library Capital Campaign. > BG: Member, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Los Angeles. > BG: Co-Founder and President 1982-, Starlight Foundation International > BG: (Granting wishes and providing audio-visual and other entertainment > BG: services to seriously ill children). > BG: Founder and President 1989-, Starbright Pediatric Network (Creator > BG: of software to educate, entertain and assist seriously ill children and > BG: their families. Chairman, Steven Spielberg). > BG: 1991 Man of The Year, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services. > BG: 1994 Outstanding Citizen Leadership Award, Ernst and Young Alumni Assoc. > BG: Guest Lecturer, University of Southern California Executive MBA Class. > BG: Guest Lecturer, Pediatric Grand Rounds, Miller Memorial Hospital. > BG: Member, Board of Governors, Century City Hospital, Los Angeles. > BG: Producer: "Revenge of the Nerds" Fox 1984. "A Man, A Woman and a > BG: Bank" Avco Embassy 1979. "Tom & Viv" Miramax 1994. "Playmaker" Orion > BG: 1994. Executive Producer "Turk-182!" Fox 1984. "Man, God & Africa" > BG: Channel 4 1994. "Vicars" Channel 4 1994. "The Babe Business" Channel 4 > BG: 1994. "The Ultimate Frisbee" Channel 4 1995. Supervising Producer: > BG: "Clash of the Daytime Stars" All American 1984. Production Manager > BG: "Return of the Pink Panther" United Artists 1975 and Production > BG: Manager / First Assistant Director on seven other motion pictures. > BG: Previously Chairman, Executive Committee, Panavision Inc. Tarzana, Calif. > BG: Previously Executive Vice President, Interscope Communications Inc. > BG: Presently (1995) Partner, Samuelson Productions of Los Angeles and > BG: London, producing film and television under contractual arrangements > BG: with Miramax Pictures, Showtime Networks, British Screen and the > BG: European Script Fund. > BG: Married to the former Saryl Hirsch. Four children. > BG: E-mail: petersam@ios.com > BG: Biography by: Sam Peterson > > HT: 5' 8" > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 55040a56117,56121 > NM: Sander, Otto > > GA: * _"A.S." (1995)_ as Freddy Klinke > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 55256c56337 < DB: 1933, Carmel, CA --- > DB: 19 April 1933, Carmel, CA 55258c56339 < DD: 1994 --- > DD: 8 July 1994, prostate cancer 55467a56549,56561 > NM: Schaudies, Jennifer > > DB: 28 October 1966 > > BG: Mostly a local stage actress, she has appeared in the locally-written > BG: and -produced plays "Mark My Word", a comedy of errors about an > BG: office of proofreaders, and "Princess Athena", a melodrama about the > BG: trials of a woman who desires to never have to grow up and the > BG: conflicts this causes with herself, her friends, and her lovers. > > HT: 5' 10" > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 55680a56775,56784 > NM: Schultz, Albert > > BG: Born in Port Hope, Ontario, Canada. Drawn to acting by his > BG: mother's community theatre work. Attended Toronto's York > BG: University theatre program and then London Academy of Music and > BG: Dramatic Art. > > BY: Stewart M. Clamen > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 55972a57077,57083 > NM: Scott, Walter (II) > > DB: 1771 > > DD: 1832 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 58419a59531,59535 > NM: Spelling, Aaron > > DB: 22 April 1925 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 58523c59639 < RN: Springthorpe, Richard --- > RN: Springthorpe, Richard Lewis 58526a59643,59671 > BG: Started in a 'quasi' heavy metal band in Australia called Zoot. > BG: Came to US early 70's and recorded an album - Beginnings. > BG: It had one "major" hit - Speak to The Sky. After that came "Comic > BG: Book Heroes" which was marginally successful. Then he learned to speak > BG: English without an accent to further his acting career after he lost his > BG: record label. Did bit parts in Wonder Woman and a few other 70's shows > BG: before landing the role as Dr. Noah Drake in 1980. Shortly after landing > BG: the role, his single "Jessie's Girl" became a #1 record in the USA. > BG: He continued to star on GH while touring and releasing "Success Hasn't > BG: Spoiled Me Yet" with the hit "Don't Talk To Strangers". Upon releasing > BG: 3rd album with RCA-"Living In Oz" he quit GH and went back to his rock > BG: roots. "Living In Oz" is considered by many his finest > BG: (and hardest rock) album. He starred in the movie "Hard To Hold" in > BG: 1984 and released the soundtrack to it with the hit > BG: "Love Somebody", followed by "Don't Walk Away" and "Bop Til Ya Drop". > BG: His next album "Tao" started his slow descent from > BG: rock star to "who?". It was followed up in 1988 by "Rock Of Life" > BG: which was his 'moodiest' and least recognized album (by the public). > BG: Rick had a son Liam who played keyboards and sang in the intro to one > BG: of the tracks on ROL (Mind you, Liam was only 3-4 yrs old). > BG: That album stands as his last musical accomplishment to date, although > BG: he did go on to star in the ill-fated tv series "Human Target". > BG: At this point it can only be assumed he is living a content happy family > BG: life somewhere in So. Calif with his wife and child(ren?) > > NK: Rick > > HT: 6' 2" > 58646a59792,59793 > GA: * "Kojak" (1973) as Detective Rick Daley > 59043a60191,60197 > NM: Stern, Howard > > DB: 12 January 1954 > > SP: 'Alison Berns' (qv) (1978 - present) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 59257a60412,60414 > NM: Stewart, Jon > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 59385a60543,60549 > NM: Stokowski, Leopold > > DB: 18 April 1882 > > DD: 1977 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 59953a61118,61138 > NM: Svankmajer, Jan > > DB: 4 September 1934, Prague > > BG: After studying at the Institute of Industrial Arts and the Marionette > BG: Faculty of the Prague Academy of Fine Arts in the 1950s, Jan Svankmajer > BG: started working as a theatre director, chiefly in association with the > BG: Theatre of Masks and the Black Theatre. He first experimented with > BG: film-making after becoming involved with the mixed-media productions of > BG: Prague's Lanterna Magika Theatre. He began making short films in 1964, > BG: and continued working in the same medium for over twenty years, when he > BG: finally achieved his long-held ambition to make a feature film based on > BG: Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland ('Alice (1988)' qv). He has also > BG: exhibited his drawings, collages and 'tactile sculptures', many of > BG: which were produced in the mid-1970s, when he was temporarily banned > BG: from film-making by the Czech authorities. He has been a card-carrying > BG: member of the Prague Surrealist Group since 1969. > > BY: Michael Brooke > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 60002c61187 < DB: 17 March 1899, Chicago IL --- > DB: 17 March 1899, Chicago, IL 60037,60040c61222,61223 < SP: 'William Somborn' (qv) (1919 - ??, divorced) Gloria, Joseph (adopted) < < DP: Marquis Henri de la Falaise (1924-1930, divorced) < --- > SP: 'William Somborn' (qv) (1919 - ?, divorced) Gloria, Joseph (adopted) > SP: Marquis Henri de la Falaise (1924 - 1930, divorced) 60553a61737,61766 > NM: Taviani, Paolo > > DB: 1931, San Miniato, Italy > > BG: Paolo Taviani studied liberal arts at the University of > BG: Pisa, becoming interested in the cinema after seeing > BG: Roberto Rossellini's 'Paisa'. After writing and directing > BG: short films and plays with his brother Vittorio, he made > BG: his first feature in 1962. The brothers have continued to > BG: work together ever since, with each directing alternate > BG: scenes with the other watching but never interfering. > > BY: Michael Brooke > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > NM: Taviani, Vittorio > > DB: 1929, San Miniato, Italy > > BG: Vittorio Taviani studied law at the University of Pisa, > BG: becoming interested in the cinema after seeing Roberto > BG: Rossellini's 'Paisa'. After writing and directing short > BG: films and plays with his brother Paolo, he made > BG: his first feature in 1962. The brothers have continued to > BG: work together ever since, with each directing alternate > BG: scenes with the other watching but never interfering. > > BY: Michael Brooke > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 60916a62130,62135 > NM: Thalberg, Irving > > BO: * Thalberg: The Last Tycoon and the World of MGM (1994) by Roland Flamini, > BO: Andre Deutsch > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 61029a62249,62253 > NM: Thomas, Frankie > > DB: 9 April 1921 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 63556a64781,64798 > NM: Viertel, Peter > > BG: Peter Viertel, whose first novel was published to glowing reviews > BG: when he was only eighteen, and who had just returned from fighting > BG: in WWII, was a hadsome writer born of parents of the European > BG: intelligentsia, exiles from Hitler's Europe. Brought up in > BG: Hollywood, in a household where Greta Garbo (his mother's closest > BG: friend), Bertolt Brecht, Thomas and Heinrich Mann, and Franz Werfel > BG: where constant guests, young Peter yearned to be an American. In > BG: need of money to support writing novels and his wife, Jigee, Viertel > BG: turned to writing scripts for Hollywood, where he soon found himself > BG: in the orbit of John Huston, the legendary director of THE MALTESE > BG: FALCON. Peter currently lives in spain with his wife, actress > BG: Deborah Kerr. > > BY: Anonymous > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 63767c65009,65011 < DD: 12 May 1957 --- > DD: 12 May 1957, Maurepas, France > > TR: * AKA Erich Oswald Hans Carl Maria Stroheim. 66247a67492,67495 > BG: Former Miss America. > > TR: * Appeared in Penthouse magazine. > 67397a68646,68647 > > SP: 'Alice Borden' (qv) (? - ?)