#F. Murray Abraham
RNAbraham, Fahrid Murray
DB24 October 1939, Pittsburgh, PA
GA"All in the Family" (1971), as [unknown]
GATV commercials for Fruit of the Loom
@
#Franklin Adreon
DB1902
@
#Franklyn Ajaye
DB13 May 1949, Brooklyn, NY
@
#Frank Albertson
DB2 February 1909, Fergus Falls, MN
DD29 February 1964
@
#Floyd Taliaferro Alderson
DD12 February 1980
@
#Fred Allen
RNSullivan, John
DB31 May 1894, Boston, MA
DD17 March 1956
QU"California is a fine place to live -- if you happen to be an orange."
@
#Fran Allison
DB20 November 1907, La Porte City, IA
DD13 June 1989
@
#Fern Andra
DB24 November 1893, Watseka, IL
DD8 February 1974
@
#Francesca Annis
DB14 May 1944, London, England
@
#Franz Antel
DB28 Juni 1913, Wien, Austria
SP'Maria Andergast' (qv) (? - ?)
SP'Hannelore Bollmann' (qv) (? - ?)
@
#Fanny Ardant
DB22 March 1949, Monte Carlo
@
#Florence Arliss
DB1871
DD11 March 1950
SP'George Arliss' (qv) (? - ?)
@
#Francoise Arnoul
DB3 June 1931, Constantine, Algeria
@
#Fred Astaire
RNAusterlitz, Frederick
DB10 May 1899, Omaha, NE
DD22 June 1987
 
BGThe son of an Austrian immigrant, Fred Astaire entered show business at
BGage 5. He was successful both in vaudeville and on Broadway in
BGpartnership with his sister, Adele. After Adele retired to marry in
BG1932, Astaire headed to Hollywood. Signed to RKO, he was loaned to MGM
BGto appear in _Dancing Lady_ before starting work on RKO's _Flying Down
BGto Rio_. In the latter film he began his highly successful partnership
BGwith Ginger Rogers (qv), with whom he danced in 9 RKO pictures. During
BGthese years he was also active in recording and radio. On film, Astaire
BGlater appeared opposite a number of partners through various studios.
BGAfter a temporary retirement in 1945-7, during which he opened a chain
BGof dancing schools, Astaire returned to film to star in more musicals
BGthrough 1957. He subsequently performed a number of straight dramatic
BGroles in film and TV.
HT5' 9" - 5'10"
TRWeight: 135 - 140 lbs.
TRChildren: son Fred Jr. (1936), daughter Ava (1942).
TRReceived a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Film Institute,
TRApril 18,1981.
TRThe (probably legendary) evaluation of Astaire's first screen test:
TR"Can't act. Can't sing. Balding. Can dance a little."
TRAstaire starred in Broadway versions of _Lady, Be Good!_ in 1924,
TR_Funny Face_ in 1927, _The Band Wagon_ in 1931, and _The Gay
TRDivorce_ in 1932.
TRAstaire would disguise his very large hands by curling his middle two
TRfingers while dancing.
TRReceived a special Academy Award (1949) "for his unique artistry and his
TRcontributions 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)
BOCroce, Arlene. "The Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers Book." New York: E.P.
BODutton, 1987. (paperback; ISBN: 0-525-48371-3)
BOMueller, John. "Astaire Dancing: The Musical Films." New York: Wings
BOBooks, 1991. (hardcover; ISBN: 0-517-06075-2)
GA"Battlestar Galactica", as Starbuck's father (1979)
 
BYDiana Hamilton <hamilton@gl.umbc.edu>
@
#Frankie Avalon
RNAvallone, Francis Thomas
DB8 September 1939, Philadelphia, PA
@
#Fernando Ayala
DB2 July 1920
@
#Felix Aylmer
DB21 February 1889, Corsham, Wiltshire, England
DD2 September 1979
@
#Fay Bainter
DB7 December 1892, Los Angeles, CA
DD16 April 1968
 
TRMother of Richard Venable.
TRDied after long illness in Beverly Hills CA.
@
#Fay Baker
DD13 November 1954, age 60
@
#Fausto Bara
DB1953
DD10 February 1994, AIDS
@
#Frances Barber
DB13 May 1958, Wolverhampton, England
 
TRBritish actress
@
#Freddie Bartholomew
RNMarch, Frederick Llewellyn
DB28 March 1924, London, England
DD23 January 1992
 
TRBritish child actor of the 1930's.
TRDied in Sarasota FL of emphysema and heart failure.
@
#Florence Bates
DB21 February 1888, TX
DD31 January 1954
@
#Frances Bavier
DD6 December 1989
@
#Frances Bergen
TRMother of actress Candice Bergen.
SP'Edgar Bergen' (qv) (? - ?)
@
#Florinda Bolkan
RNBulcao, Florinda Soares
DB15 February 1941, Ceara, Brazil
@
#Fortunio Bonanova
DB13 January 1895, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
DD2 April 1969, Woodland Hills, CA (cerebral hemorrhage)
 
TROpera singer.
@
#Frank Bonner
RNBoers Jr., Frank Woodrow
DB28 February 1942, Little Rock, AR
@
#Felix Bressart
DB2 March 1895, Eydtkuhnen, Germany
DD17 March 1949
@
#Fanny Brice
RNBorach, Fanny
DB29 October 1891, New York, NY
DD29 May 1951
SP'Nick Arnstein' (qv) (? - ?)
SP'Billy Rose' (qv) (? - ?)
TRStarred in every Ziegfeld Follies on Broadway from ca. 1911 until 1923.
TRStarred in the widely popular 1940's US radio comedy series as its
TRtitle character, "Baby Snooks".
BTFunny Girl (1968)
BTFunny Lady (1975)
@
#Foster Brooks
DB11 May 1912, Louisville, KY
@
#Franco Brusati
DBMilan, Italy
DD28 February 1993, Rome, Italy (leukemia, age 66)
 
TRItalian director.
@
#Frank Buck
DB17 March 1888
DD1950
@
#Frederick Burton
DB20 October 1871, IN
DD23 October 1957
@
#Francis X. Bushman
RNBushman, Francis Xavier
DB10 January 1883, Norfolk, VA
DD23 August 1966
 
TRDied after a fall in Pacific Palisades CA.
@
#Frank Butler
DB28 December 1890, Oxford, England
DD10 June 1967, Oceanside, CA
 
TRActor turned screenwriter.
@
#Frank Buxton
DB13 February 1930
 
BGBorn in Wellesley, MA, USA, Buxton grew up in Larchmont, NY, USA,
BGgraduated from Northwestern University (BS) and Syracuse University (MS).
BGAfter service in the U.S. Army in the Korean War he worked in local
BGtelevision as a producer-director in Buffalo, NY and Chicago, IL and then
BGbegan his performing career as a stand-up comedian, TV host ("Discovery",
BG"Get The Message"), and stage performer ("Brigadoon", "Bye Bye Birdie",
BG"The Tender Trap", etc.). His television writing, producing and
BGdirecting work included "The Odd Couple", "Happy Days", "Mork and
BGMindy", among many others, and he created the Peabody Award-winning
BGseries "Hot Dog" for NBC which starred Woody Allen and Jonathan Winters.
BGAs a film and TV actor he has appeared in "Overboard", "Beaches",
BG"Frankie and Johnnie", "Face of a Stranger" (TV), "With a Vengeance"
BG(TV) and "Roommates" (TV) as well as many series and specials.  He wrote
BGand created voices for Woody Allen's "What's Up, Tiger Lilly?" and has
BGdone cartoon and commercial voices for innumerable projects.
OWCo-author of books "Radio's Golden Age" and "The Big Broadcast"
GA"Pretty Woman" - Airline pilot (V.O.)
AGFrank Buxton
AGc/o Steve Franklin
AGDPF and Co.
AG11601 Wilshire Boulevard
AGLos Angeles, CA 90025
SP'Cynthia Lovelace Sears' (qv) (8 January 1982 - ?)
@
#Fausto Cabrera
BGFather of the Director/Producer/Writer Sergio Cabrera
@
#Frank Capra
DB18 May 1897, Palermo, Sicily
DD3 September 1991
@
#Fran Carlon
DD4 October 1993, cancer at age 80.
 
TR
@
#Fred Cavens
RNCavens, Frederic Adolphe
DB1882
DD1962
@
#Frank Cellier
DB23 February 1884, Surbiton, Surrey, England
DD27 September 1948
@
#Feodor Chaliapin Jr.
DBMoscow, Russia
DD17 September 1992
 
TRDied after brief illness in Rome, Italy at age 87.
@
#Frederic Chopin
RNChopin, Fryderyk Franciscek
DB1 March 1810, Zelazowa-Wola near Warsaw, Poland
DD17 October 1849, Paris, France
 
BGPolish composer and piano player. Lived in Paris since 1830 where
BGhe changed his name into Frederic Francois Chopin.
BT_Chopin - Bilder einer Trennung_ (qv)
SPLived together with 'George Sand' (qv) (Amandine-Lucie - Aurore Dupin).
 
BYOliver Heidelbach <oheiabbd@fub46.zedat.fu-berlin.de>
@
#Feride Cicekoglu
OWUcurtmayi Vurmasinlar
@
#Fred Clark
DB19 March 1914, Lincoln, CA
DD5 December 1968, Santa Monica, CA (liver ailment)
@
#Franco Columbu
TRBodybuilding Titles:
TR1976 Mr Olympia
TR1981 Mr Olympia
TRArnold Schwarzenegger training Partner.
@
#Frederick Combs
DD19 September 1992
 
TRPlaywright/director. Died of AIDS in Los Angeles CA at age 57.
@
#Fay Compton
DB18 September 1894, London, England
DD12 December 1978
@
#Forrest Compton
DB15 September, Reading, PA
@
#Frank Conroy
DB14 October 1890, Derby, England
DD24 February 1964
@
#Frank Converse
DB22 May 1938, St. Louis, MO
@
#Francis Coppola
DB7 April 1939
@
#Francis Ford Coppola
DB7 April 1939, Detroit, MI
@
#Franklin Cover
DB20 November 1928, Cleveland, OH
@
#Frank Creighton
BGGraduated from "Xavier High School" 30 West 16th Street, NY NY 10011
@
#Floyd Crosby
DB1898
DD1986, Ojhi, California.
 
BGFolyd Delafield Crosby was born in 1889 to Fredrick Van
BGSchoonhoven Crosby (1860 - 1920) and Julia Floyd Delafield
BG(1874-  1952).  Floyd had one sibling, Katherine Van Rensselaer
BG(Gregory).  Floyd Crosby married Aliph Van Cortland Whitehead in
BG1940 and they had two children, Floyd Delafield Crosby (Ethan) in
BG1936 and David Van Cortland Crosby in 1940.  Floyd and Aliph
BGwere divorced in 1960 and Floyd married Betty Cormack the same year.
BGDuring World War Two, Crosby photographed training films for
BGpilots learning air routes and landing patterns all over the world.
BGThese films are vary rare and do not give credits.  Crosby left U.S.
BGArmy Air Force Air Transport Command as a Major in 1946.
BGFloyd enjoyed working on Hollywood "B" movies and filmed
BGmany of them in the fifties and sixties.  In the late sixties, he
BGretired to live with his wife Betty Crosby in Ojhi, CA.  Floyd
BGpassed away in 1986.
BGMore information about Floyd and his relationship with his family
BGis available in his son David's autobiography "Long Time Gone".
SP'Aliph Van Cortland Whitehead' (qv) (1940 - 1960) (divorced)
SP'Betty Cormack' (qv) (1940 - 1986)
TRIs the father of rock star David Crosby
 
BYChris Gregory
@
#Finlay Currie
DB20 January 1878, Edinburgh, Scotland
DD9 May 1968
 
TRDied in Gerrards Cross, England.
@
#Fifi D'Orsay
DB16 April 1904, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
DD2 December 1983
@
#Fernando Ramos Da Silva
TRWas involved with street crime before and after the movie,
TRand killed by cops that invaded his house
NKPixote
@
#Frankie Darro
DB22 December 1918, Chicago, IL
DD25 December 1976
@
#Francis De Wolff
DB1913
DD1984
 
TRBritish actor.
@
#Frances Dee
DB26 November 1907, Los Angeles, CA
@
#Frank DeKova
DD19 October 1981
@
#Florence Desmond
RNDawson, Florence
DD16 January 1993
 
TRDied in Guildford, England at age 87.
@
#Frank DiLeo
TRWas once Michael Jackson's manager
@
#Faith Domergue
DB16 June 1925, New Orleans, LA
@
#Fats Domino
DB26 February 1928, New Orleans, LA
@
#Francoise Dorleac
DB21 March 1942, Paris, France
DD26 June 1967
 
TROlder sister of Catherine Deneuve.
TRDied in auto accident in Nice, France at age 25
@
#Fabia Drake
DD28 February 1990
 
TRDied in London at age 86.
@
#Fran Drescher
DB20 September 1957
@
#Fred Dryer
DB6 July 1946, Hawthorne, CA
@
#Fosco Dubini
DB1954, in Zurich, Switzerland
@
#Faye Dunaway
RNDunaway, Dorothy Faye
DB14 January 1941, Bascom, FL
@
#Franklin Dyall
DB3 February 1874, Liverpool, England
DD8 May 1950
@
#Fred Ebb
DB8 April 1933
@
#Florida Edwards
DD3 August 1990
 
TRDied of pneumonia in Durango CO at age 79.
@
#Florence Eldridge
RNMcKechnie, Florence
DB5 September 1901, Brooklyn, NY
DD1 August 1988
 
TRDied of natural causes in Long Beach CA.
SP'Fredric March' (qv) (? - ?)
@
#Faye Emerson
DB8 July 1917, Elizabeth, LA
DD9 March 1983
@
#Fred Emney
DB12 February 1900, London, England
DD25 December 1980
@
#Fred Essler
DB13 February 1895, Austria
DD17 January 1973
 
TRDied in Woodland Hills CA.
@
#Fabian
RNBonaparte, Fabian Forte
DB6 February 1943, Philadelphia, PA
@
#Francoise Fabian
RNDe Leon y Fabianera, Michele Cortes
DB10 May 1932, Hussein Dey, Algeria
@
#Fabio
RNLanzoni, Fabio
DB15 March 1961
 
TRHis fragrance is "Mediterraneum" by Versace.
TROriginally known as a model for romance novel covers.  The first
TRromance he has written is titled PIRATE.  The first novel cover he
TRposed for was HEARTS AFLAME in 1987.
TRTHE GENTLE CONQUEROR is a fanzine for his devotees.
@
#Frances Farmer
DB19 September 1914, Seattle, WA
DD1 August 1970
 
BGBorn in Seattle, Frances Farmer studied drama at Washington State
BGUniversity. In 1936, she went to Hollywood where she secured a seven-year
BGcontract with Paramount. In 1942, she was wrongfully declared 'mentally
BGincompetent' and committed to a series of asylums and public mental
BGhospitals. After eleven years she was released, and spent the remaining
BGyears of her life tending the parents who had committed her and taking
BGodd jobs. She appeared on _This Is Your Life_, and ran her own TV show,
BG_Frances Farmer Presents_ for six years. She died of cancer in 1970.
SP'Leif Erickson' (qv) (? - ?)
BO"Will There Really Be a Morning?" by Frances Farmer. ISBN 0-00-636526-4
BO"Shadowland" by William Arnold. ISBN 0-07-002311-5
TRFarmer was the subject of a song "Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge
TROn Seattle" on the album _In Utero_ by Nirvana.
 
BYAlexander Lum <aj_lum@postoffice.utas.edu.au>
@
#Franklyn Farnum
DB5 June 1878, Boston, MA
DD4 July 1961
 
TRDied of cancer in Woodland Hills CA.
@
#Felicia Farr
DB4 October 1932, Westchester, NY
@
#Farrah Fawcett
RNFawcett, Mary Farrah Leni
DB2 February 1947, Corpus Christi, TX
GATV commercial for Head and Shoulders shampoo (1970s)
GATV commercial for Union 76 gasoline (1972)
GA"Harry O" (1974), as Harry's girl-next-door (a few episodes)
SP'Lee Majors' (qv) (? - ?)
@
#Frank Fay
DB17 November 1897, San Francisco, CA
DD25 September 1961
 
TRDied in Santa Monica CA.
@
#Frances Faye
RNCohen, Frances
DBBrooklyn, NY
DD8 November 1991
 
TRSinger/actress. Died after a series of strokes in Los Angeles CA,
TRAged in her 70's.
@
#Frank Faylen
DD2 August 1985
 
TRDied after long illness in Burbank CA at age 79.
@
#Fritz Feld
DB15 October 1900, Berlin, Germany
DD18 November 1993, Los Angeles, CA
SP'Virginia Christine Feld' (qv) (? - 1993)
@
#Federico Fellini
DB20 January 1920, Rimini, Italy
DD31 October 1993, Rome Italy, heart attack/stroke/coma
SP'Giulietta Masina' (qv) (? - ?)
SP'Masina Fellini' (qv) (? - 1993) (widowed)
@
#Freddy Fender
DB4 June 1937
@
#Frank Ferguson
DB25 December 1908, CA
DD12 September 1978
@
#Fernandel
RNContandin, Fernand Joseph Desire
DB8 May 1903, Marseilles, France
DD26 February 1971
 
TRComedian. Died of cancer in Paris.
@
#Filip J. Field
DD11 May 1991
 
TRDied at age 67.
@
#Flora Finch
DD1940
@
#Frank Finlay
DB6 August 1926, Farnworth, Lancashire, England
@
#Fiona
RNFlanagan, Fiona
@
#Frances Fisher
DB1952, Orange, TX
@
#F. Scott Fitzgerald
SP'Zelda Fitzgerald' (qv) (? - ?)
TRGlimpses of the Moon (1923) for Famous Players.  Titles.
TRGrit (1924) for Film Guild.
TRLipstick (1927) for United Artists.  Screenplay unproduced.
TRRed-Headed Woman (1931) for M-G-M.  Screenplay not used.
TRA Yank at Oxford (1937) for M-G-M.  Dialogue Polish.
TRInfidelity (1938) for M-G-M.  Screenplay unproduced.
TRMarie Antoinette (1938) for M-G-M.  Screenplay not used.
TRThe Women (1938) for M-G-M.   Screenplay not used.
TRMadame Curie (1938) for M-G-M.  Screenplay not used.
TRGone With The Wind (1939) for Selznick.  Dialogue polish.
TRWinter Carnival (1939) for United Artists.  Dismissed.
TRAir Raid (1939) for Paramount.  Screenplay not produced.
TROpen the Door (1939) for Universal.  One week's work.
TREverything Happens at Night (1929) for 20th Century-Fox.  One day's
TRwork.
TRRalles (1939) for Goldwyn.  One week's work.
TRCosmopolitan ("Babylon Revisited) (1940) for Columbia.  Screenplay
TRunproduced.
TRBrooklyn Bridge (1940) for 20th Century-Fox.  Fitzgerald's
TRassignment unknown.
TRLife Begins at Eight-Thirty ("The Light of Heart")(1940) for 20th
TRCentury-Fox.  Screenplay not used.
@
#Fannie Flagg
RNNeal, Patricia
DB21 September 1944, Birmingham, AL
@
#Fionnula Flanagan
DB10 December 1941, Dublin, Ireland
@
#Flea
RNBalzary, Michael
DB16 October 1962
 
TRBassist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
@
#Frank Fontaine
DB19 April 1920
@
#Faith Ford
DB14 September, Alexandria, VA
SP'Robert Nottingham' (qv) (? - ?)
@
#Frank Forest
DBSt. Paul, MN
DD23 December 1976
 
TRDied at age 80.
@
#Farrah Forke
GA"Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman" (1993), as Mason
GADrake (several episodes 1994-95)
@
#Frederic Forrest
DB23 December 1936, Waxahachie, TX
@
#Fabian Forte
DB6 February 1943
@
#Friz Freleng
DB21 August 1906
DD26 May 1995
NKFriz
@
#Fridrik Thor Fridriksson
NKFrikki
@
#Frank Gatliff
DBAustralia
DDJune 1990, London (age 62)
@
#Fiona Gelin
DB1962, Paris, France
 
TRDaughter of Daniel Gelin, half-sister of Maria Schneider
@
#Fosco Giachetti
DB28 March 1904, Livorno, Italy
DD22 December 1974
@
#Frances Gifford
RNGifford, Mary Frances
DB1922, Long Beach, CA
DD22 January 1994, Pasadena CA, emphysema
@
#Frank Gifford
DB16 August 1930, Santa Monica, CA
SP'Kathie Gifford' (qv) Lee (? - present)
@
#Frank Gorshin
DB5 April 1934, Pittsburgh, PA
@
#Freeman F. Gosden
DB5 May 1899
@
#Fred Grandy
DB29 June 1948, Sioux City, IA
@
#Farley Granger
DB1 July 1925, San Jose, CA
@
#Fred Gwynne
RNGwynne, Frederick Hubbard
DB10 July 1926, New York, NY
DD2 July 1993
 
TRDied of pancreatic cancer in Taneytown MD.
@
#Frank Hamilton
DD25 April 1991
 
TRDied at age 66.
@
#Fox Harris
DD27 December 1988
@
#Forrester Harvey
DB27 June 1884, Cork, Ireland
DD14 December 1945
@
#Florence Henderson
DB14 February 1934, Dale, IN
@
#Fay Holden
DB26 September 1893, Birmingham, England
DD23 June 1973
 
TRDied of cancer in Los Angeles.
@
#Forest Holger-Madsen
DD1943
@
#Frances Howard
DD2 July 1976
 
TRDied at age 73.
@
#Frankie Howerd
DD19 April 1992
 
TRBritish comic. Died of apparent heart attack in London at age 70.
@
#Finola Hughes
DB20 October 1950, London, England
@
#Frances Hunt
DD6 February 1993
 
TRBig band singer.  Died of stroke complications in Los Angeles at age 77.
@
#Ferlin Husky
DB3 December 1927
@
#Frieda Inescort
DB29 June 1901, Edinburgh, Scotland
DD21 February 1976
@
#Famke Janssen
DB1965
GA"Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987), as Kamala
GA"Melrose Place" (1992), as [unknown]
HT5' 11"
@
#Frank Jenks
DB4 November 1902, Des Moines, IA
DD13 May 1962
 
TRDied of cancer in Hollywood CA.
@
#Frank Killmond
DD16 April 1992
 
TRDied at age 58.
@
#Fuzzy Knight
RNKnight, John Forrest
DB9 May 1901, Fairmont, WV
DD23 February 1976
@
#Fred J. Koenekamp
TRGot his start as a first cameraman on "The Man from U.N.C.L.E."
@
#Frankie Laine
DB30 March 1913, Chicago, IL
@
#Florence Lake
DD11 April 1980
@
#Fernando Lamas
DB9 January 1915, Buenos Aires, Argentina
DD8 October 1982
 
TRFather of Lorenzo Lamas
@
#Fritz Lang
DB5 December 1890, Vienna, Austria
DD2 August 1976, Beverly Hills, CA, USA
 
BGHe studied at the College of Technical Sciences of Vienna's Academy of
BGGraphic Arts but unhappy with the career path chosen for him by his
BGparents, he ran away to study art in Munich and Paris.  He then spent
BGmany years travelling the world including Asia.  In 1913, he returned
BGto Paris to paint.  When World War I began, he was drafted into the
BGAustrian army.  After the war, he became a story editor, then
BGscreenwriter and actor.
BGDirector. Made films in Vienna, Austria, and Berlin, Germany. In 1935
BGhe changed to the US.
SP'Thea Von Harbou' (qv) (? - ?)
BO'Fritz Lang', Michael Toeteberg, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1985
BO'Fritz Lang', Luc Moullet, Paris 1970
BO'Fritz Lang und seine Filme', Ludwig Maibohm, Muenchen 1981
BO'Fritz Lang', Peter W. Jansen/Wolfram Schuette, Muenchen/Wien 1976
BO'Fritz Lang', Lotte H. Eisner, London 1976
 
BYOliver Heidelbach <oheiabbd@fub46.zedat.fu-berlin.de>
@
#Frank Langella
DB1 January 1940, Bayonne, NJ
@
#Frances Langford
RNNewbern, Frances
DB4 April 1913, Lakeland, FL
 
BGFrances Langford won fame on radio, primarily with Bob Hope, recordings
BGand in movies.
BGIn spite of the fact, that she acted mostly in minor ones, she
BGintroduced major songs in the grat
BGmusicals like 'You are My Lucky Star' or 'Broadway Rhythem' in Broadway
BGMelody of 1936 or 'Hooray for Hollywood'
HT5'
SP'Jon Hall' (qv) (1938 - 1955)
SP'Ralph Evinrude' (qv) (1955 - 1986) (widow)
TROwns a big motel at the coast, with a nightclub, where she is still
TRsometimes singing.  She gave her last public concert in 1966 during a
TRtour for the US forces in Vietnam.
 
BYStephan Eichenberg <eichenbe@inka.org.chemie.tu-muenchen.de>
@
#Francine Larrimore
DB22 August 1898, Verdun, France
DD7 March 1975
@
#Florence Lawrence
DB1 January 1890, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
DD28 December 1938
 
TRSilent screen actress
@
#Frank Lawton
DB30 September 1904, London, England
DD10 June 1969
 
TRDied in London.
@
#Francis Lederer
DB6 November 1906, Prague, Czechoslovakia
@
#Fernand Ledoux
DD21 September 1993, in Paris at age 96.
@
#Fritz Leiber
TRFather of Science Fiction writer of the same name
@
#Fiona Lewis
DB28 September 1946, Westcliff, England
@
#Forrest Lewis
DB5 November 1899, IN
DD2 June 1977
@
#Frank Lloyd
DB2 February 1888, Glasgow, Scotland
DD10 August 1960, Died in Santa Monica CA.
 
TROne of the 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
TRSciences (AMPAS)
@
#Felix Locher
DB16 July 1882, Switzerland
DD13 March 1969
 
TRDied in Hollywood.
@
#Frank Loesser
DB29 June 1910
@
#Francis Lopez
DB1916
DD12 January 1995, Paris France, heart attack
@
#Frank Lovejoy
DB28 March 1912, New York, NY
DD2 October 1962
 
TRDied of heart attack in New York NY.
@
#Francis D. Lyon
DB29 July 1905
@
#Fred MacMurray
RNMacMurray, Fredrick Martin
DB30 August 1908, Kankakee, IL
DD5 November 1991
SP'June Haver' (qv) (? - ?)
TRDied of pneumonia in Santa Monica CA.
@
#Francis Mankiewicz
DBShanghai, China
DD14 August 1993, Died of cancer in Montreal.
@
#Fredric March
RNBickel, Frederick Ernest McIntyre
DB31 August 1897, Racine, WI
DD14 April 1975
@
#Frances Marion
DB18 November 1888, San Francisco, CA
DD12 May 1973
 
TRScreenwriter/actress. Died in Los Angeles.
@
#Frank Maro
RNRueda, Francisco Moro
DBCuba
DD21 June 1993
 
TRDied of heart attack in Miami Fl at age 48.
@
#Frank Mayo
DB28 June 1889
DD9 July 1963
 
TRSilent screen actor. Died of heart attack in Laguna Beach CA.
@
#Francis McDonald
DB22 August 1891, Bowling Green, KY
DD18 September 1968
 
TRDied after long illness in Hollywood.
@
#Frances McDormand
DB1957, IL
@
#Frank McGrath
DB2 February 1903, MO
DD13 May 1967
 
TRDied of heart attack in Hollywood.
@
#Frank McHugh
DB23 May 1898
DD11 September 1981
@
#Frank Melton
DB6 December 1907, Pineapple, AL
DD19 March 1951, Hollywood, CA (heart attack)
@
#Freddie Mercury
RNBulsara, Frederick
DD24 November 1991, West London, England (AIDS, age 45)
 
TRMusician.
@
#Frank Merrill
DB1894
DD12 February 1966
 
BGFrank Merrill won 58 National, Southern California and Los Angeles
BGchampionships in gymnastics (Roman rings, high bars and rope climbing).
BGHe was national gymnastics champion from 1916 to 1918. Prior to his
BGroles as the fifth Tarzan, he worked as a stuntman, doubling for
BGElmo Lincoln in the 1921 "Adventures of Tarzan." His first starring
BGrole was in "Perils of the Jungle" for Weiss Brother Artclass
BGProductions. The director of that movie offered him the job of Tarzan
BGwhen the man who already had the job (Joe Bonono, already billed as "the
BGgreatest of all Tarzans") fractured his leg and broke his contract.
BGMerrill invented the vine-swinging techniques used in later Tarzan
BGfilms and the Tarzan yell, played on a record accompanying a
BG"semi-sound" version of this second Tarzan movie. His voice was
BGthought unsuitable for talkies, so he retired from movies to work
BGwith children, as Park Commissioner and recreation director for the
BGcity of Los Angeles. On retirement in 1963, following a serious
BGoperation, he donated his services to the YMCA as a gym instructor.
HT6'
BOGabe Essoe, "Tarzan of the Movies"
 
BYEd Stephan <stephan@henson.cc.wwu.edu>
@
#Felix Mesguich
DD1949
@
#Frank Mitchell
DD21 January 1991
 
TRDied of cardiac arrest in North Hollywood.
@
#Frank Moore
DB1946, Bay-de-Verde, Newfoundland, Canada
@
#Frank Morgan
DB1 June 1890, New York, NY
DD18 September 1949
@
#Federica Moro
RNMoro, Federica Maria
DB20 February 1965, Carate Brianza, Italy
 
TRMiss Italy 1982
@
#Fritz Mueller-Scherz
GA_"A.S." (1995)_
@
#Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
DB28 December 1889, in Bielefeld, Germany
DD11 March 1931, in Santa Barbara, CA, USA
 
BGHe studied art and literature history at the University of Heidelberg.
BGDuring World War I, he was a combat pilot.
BGDirector. First was assistant to 'Max Reinhardt' (qv). Began making
BGmovies in Germany in 1919. Went to the USA in 1926.
BO'Murnau', Lotte H. Eisner, Frankfurt a.M. 1979
TRThe border between dream and reality is often fluent in his films.
 
BYOliver Heidelbach <oheiabbd@fub46.zedat.fu-berlin.de>
@
#Franco Nero
DB1942, Italy
@
#Frank Newberg
DB9 October 1886
DD11 November 1969
 
TRActor (Newburg?). Died in Woodland Hills CA.
@
#Fred Niblo
DD1948
 
TROne of the 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
TRSciences (AMPAS)
@
#France Nuyen
DB31 July 1939, Marseilles, France
@
#Frank Orth
DB21 February 1880, Philadelphia, PA
DD17 March 1962
@
#Frank Oz
RNOznowicz, Frank
DB25 May 1944, Herford, England
@
#Fedor Ozep
DD1949
@
#Franklin Pangborn
DB23 January 1889, Newark, NY
DD20 July 1958
@
#Freddie Paris
DD15 May 1991
@
#F. William Parker
GA"Married with Children" (1987), as Vandergelder (Feb, 1989)
@
#Fess Parker
DB16 August 1925, Ft. Worth, TX
@
#Francesco Pasinetti
DD1949
@
#Francis Perrin
DB10 October 1947
 
BGFrancis Perrin is a french theater actor. Since 1993, he has been
BGdirecting the 3Montansier de Versaille2 theater.
BG1959: Write and direct his first play, 3Les Deux Peintres2
BG1965: Direct his second play 3Le reflet2
BG1966: Diploma in philosophy
BG1971: Prize 3Premiers Accessits de Comidie2
BG1972: Prize 3Premiers Prix de Comidie2
BG1972: Engaged in 3La Comidie Frangaise2
BOmagazine 3L9Avant Schne thibtre2, #962, 15 Jan 1995
 
BYFrangois Yang
@
#Frank Pettingell
DB1 January 1891, Liverpool, England
DD17 February 1966
@
#Freddie Prinze
DB22 June 1954, New York, NY
DD29 January 1977
@
#Frank Puglia
DB9 March 1892, Sicily, Italy
DD25 October 1975
@
#Francisco Rabal
DB8 March 1925, Aguilas, Spain
BOPaco Rabal. Si yo te contara.
BOAgustin Cerezales.
BOEdit. El Pais-Aguilar.
BOMadrid, 1994
TRParents:
TRBenito Rabal, Teresa Valera
TRBrothers:
TRDamian, Dolores
TRSons: Benito
SP'Asuncion' (qv) (1950 - present)
@
#Francine Racette
DB1947, Quebec, Canada
@
#Frances Rafferty
DB16 June 1922, Sioux City, IA
@
#Fritz Rasp
DB13 May 1891, Bayreuth, Germany
DD30 November 1976
@
#Florence Reed
DB10 January 1883, Philadelphia, PA
DD21 November 1967
 
TRDied after long illness in East Islip NY.
@
#Francois Reichenbach
RNReichenbach, Francois-Arnold
DB3 July 1921
DD2 February 1993
@
#Frank Reicher
DB2 December 1875, Munich, Germany
DD19 January 1965
 
TRDied in Playa del Rey CA.
@
#Frankie Reidy
SP'Michael Powell' (qv) (? - ?)
@
#Fernando Rey
RNArambillet, Fernando Casado
DB20 September 1917, La Coruna, Spain
DD9 March 1994, Madrid Spain, cancer
@
#Florence Rice
DB14 February 1911, Cleveland, OH
DD23 February 1974
@
#Flora Robson
RNRobson, Dame Flora McKenzie
DB28 March 1902, South Shields, England
DD7 July 1984
@
#Franc Roddam
DB29 April 1946
@
#Fred Rogers
DB20 March 1928, Latrobe, PA
@
#Francoise Rosay
RNDe Naleche, Francoise Bandy
DB19 April 1891, Paris, France
DD28 March 1974
@
#Fred Sadoff
DB1926
DD6 May 1994, AIDS complications, Los Angeles, CA
@
#Francoise Sagan
RNQuoirez, Francoise
DB21 June 1935, Cajarc, France
@
#Fernando Sancho
DD31 July 1990
 
TRDied after operation for malignant tumor in Madrid,
TRSpain at age 72.
@
#Fred Savage
RNSavage, Fred Aaron
DB9 July 1976, Chicago, ILL.
 
TRBrother of Ben Savage.
@
#Ferdinando Scarfiotti
DB1941
DD30 April 1994, Los Angeles CA, after brief illness
@
#Fred D. Scott
DD16 December 1991
@
#Franklyn Seales
DD21 May 1990
 
TRDied of AIDS in Brooklyn at age 37.
@
#Fred Sherman
DD20 May 1969
 
TRDied after a stroke in Woodland Hills CA at age 64.
@
#Fred Shields
RNShields, Frederick Hagenstein
DB18 May 1904, Kansas City, MO
DD30 June 1974
 
BGIn Kansas City, Shields owned a theatre group, The Playmakers, and
BGperformed in stage plays.
BGHe also worked as a newscaster for WDAF radio. In 1929 he announced the
BGplane flight of
BGGermany's Graf Zeppelin over the U.S. In 1930 he came to Hollywood, CA
BGwith Ger his wife, Karena,
BGand daughter, Evelyn. He was employed as the Station Manager for KTM Los
BGand Angeles. In 1939
BGhe was President of the American Federation of Radio Artists.  From 1940
BGto he  1965 he was the
BGannouncer on the Alka Seltzer News, KHJ Hollywood. He also played "Mr.
BGArcher" on "Meet Corliss Archer" both on CBS radio and television.
SP'Karena' (qv) (Catharine Mary) Plant (qv) (18 May 1929 - August 1937)
HT5' 8"
 
BYEvelyn Linda Shields Wheeler (daughter)
@
#Frank Sinatra Jr.
DB10 January 1944
@
#Frank Sinatra
RNSinatra, Francis Albert
DB12 December 1915, Hoboken, NJ
 
BGSinger, actor, director
BGGrowing up poor on the streets of Hoboken, New Jersey, USA made him
BGall the more determined to work hard and make something of his life.
BGStarting out as a saloon singer in musty, little dives, he eventually got
BGwork as a band singer, first with Harry James, then Tommy Dorsey.
BGIn 1942, he started his solo career, instantly finding fame as the king
BGof the bobbysoxers--the young women and girls who were his fans.  About
BGthat time his film career was also starting in earnest.  Never formally
BGtrained, he was an instinctive actor who was best at playing parts that
BGmirrored his own personality.  After a vocal cord homorrhage all but
BGended his career, he fought back and won the coveted role of Maggio in
BG"From Here to Eternity".  He won an Oscar for the part and his career
BGwas assured from then on.  He was to continue to give strong and
BGmemorable performances in such films as "The Man with the Golden
BGArm", "Suddenly" and, especially, "The Manchurian Candidate"--
BGprobably his best film.  For the rest of the 1960s, he concentrated
BGmainly on lighter roles, playing hard-boiled private eyes and hamming
BGit up with his Rat Pack buddies Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr.
BGOf these films "The Detective" and "Ocean's 11" are the best.
BGHis last lead role was as the aging detective in "The First Deadly
BGSin".  In it, he gave a moving performance that was a fitting finale to
BGa long and rich career.
SP'Nancy Barbato' (qv) (4 February 1939 - 1951)
SP'Ava Gardner' (qv) (7 November 1951 - 1957)
SP'Mia Farrow' (qv) (July 1966 - 1967)
SP'Barbara Marx' (qv) (May 1976 - present)
BO"My Father" by Nancy Sinatra
BO"His Way" by Kitty Kelly
BO"Frank Sinatra" by Jessica Hodge
BO"Sinatra! The Song is You" by Will Friedwald
BT"Sinatra" (1992) starring Philip Casnoff as F.A.Sinatra
TRThought by many to be the finest American popular singer of our time.
TRFather of Nancy Jr, Tina and Frank Jr.
TRInspired the Johnny Fontaine character in "The Godfather."
TR(A myth which was without merit.)
TRAlso winner of a special Academy Award for "The House I Live In"
TR(1945) and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (1971)
NK"Old Blue Eyes" and "The Chairman of the Board"
 
BYDavid Montgomery <djmont@aol.com>
@
#Frank Singuineau
DBTrinidad
DD11 September 1992
 
TRDied in London.
@
#Fred Slyter
DD4 February 1992
 
TRDialogue coach. Died after long illness in Los Angeles at age 56.
@
#Fay Spain
DDMay 1983
@
#Frank Stallone
DB30 July 1950, New York, NY
 
TRBrother of Sylvester Stallone (qv)
@
#Frances Sternhagen
DB13 January 1930, Washington, DC
@
#Fisher Stevens
RNFisher, Steven
DB27 November 1963, Chicago, IL
GA"Friends" (1994), as Roger (01/95)
@
#Fran Stevens
DBWashington, DC
DD2 November 1991
 
TRSinger. Died of cancer in Bronx NY at age 72.
@
#Fred Stone
DB19 August 1873, Longmont, CO
DD6 March 1959
 
TRDied in North Hollywood CA.
@
#Francis L. Sullivan
DB6 January 1903, London, England
DD19 November 1956
@
#Frank Sully
DB17 June 1908, St. Louis, MO
DD17 December 1975
@
#Frank Sutton
DB23 October 1922, Clarksville, TN
DD28 June 1974
@
#Fran Tarkington
DB3 February 1940, Richmond, VA
@
#Florence Tarlow
DD10 February 1992
 
TRDied of cancer in New York at age 70.
@
#Frank M. Thomas
DD25 November 1989
@
#Frankie Thomas
DB9 April 1921
@
#Fred Dalton Thompson
TRThompson was elected in 1994 to the United States Senate.
TRThompson represents his home state of Tennessee.
TRHe can be reached at the e-mail address senator@thompson.senate.gov
@
#Frank Thring
DB1926, Melbourne Australia
DD29 December 1994, Melbourne Australia, cancer
SP'Joan Cunliffe' (qv) (? - ?)
@
#Franchot Tone
RNTone, Stanislas Pascal Franchot
DB27 February 1905, Niagara Falls, NY
DD18 September 1968
 
TRDied of lung cancer in New York NY.
@
#Franziska Troegner
GA"A.S." (1995), as Ulla Landowski, 27 June 1995
@
#Francois Truffaut
DB6 February 1932, Paris, France
DD21 October 1984, Cancer
 
BGFrancois begins to assiduously go to the movies at 7. He is also a
BGgreat reader, but not a good pupil. He leaves school at 14 and starts
BGworking. In 1947, aged 15, he founds a film club and meets Andre Bazin,
BGa figure of the french critic, who becomes his protector. Bazin helps
BGthe delinquent Truffaut and also when he is put in jail because he
BGdeserted the army.
BGIn 1953, he publishes his first movies critiques in "Les Cahiers du
BGCinema". In this magazine, Truffaut and some of his friends as
BGpassionate as he is will become defender of what they call the
BG"author policy".
BGIn 1954, as a test, Truffaut directs his first short film.
BGTwo years after, in 1956, he assisted Roberto Rossellini for some
BGlater given-up projects.
BG1957 is one important year for him : he married Madeleine Morgenstern,
BGthe daughter of an important film distributor, and founds his own
BGproduction company "Les Films du Carrosse"; named after Jean Renoir's
BG"Le Carrosse d'Or" (_The Golden Coach_ (qv)). He also directs
BG_Les Mistons"_ (qv), considered as the real first step of his
BGcinematographic work.
BGThe other big year is 1959 : the huge success of his first full-length
BGfilm _The 400 blows_ (qv) is the beginning of the New Wave, a new way
BGof making movies in France. This is also the birth year of his first
BGdaughter Laura.
BGFrom 1959 to his death, Francois Truffaut's life and films are mixed
BGup. Let's only note he will have two other daughters Ewa (b. 1961) and
BGJosephine (b. 1982 of french actress Fanny Ardant).
BGFrancois Truffaut was the most popular and successful french film
BGdirector ever. His main themes were passion, women, childhood and
BGfaithfulness.
OWA book of interviews of Alfred Hitchcock, in which he was one of the
OWfirst to show how Hitch was a real author : first published 1966 "Le
OWcinema selon Hitchcock" (The cinema according to Hitchcock)
OWA compilation of some of his movies critiques "Les films de ma vie"
OW(The movies of my life).
QU"Is the cinema more important than life ?"
QU"I have always preferred the reflect of the life to life itself"
SP'Madeleine Morgenstern' (qv) (1957 - ?)
SP'Fanny Ardant' (qv) (1981 - 1984)
 
BYYepok
@
#Forrest Tucker
DB12 February 1919, Plainfield, IN
DD25 October 1986
@
#Felipe Turich
DD9 March 1992
@
#Florence Turner
DD1946
@
#Fabiana Udenio
DB1964, Rome, Italy
@
#Frankie Valli
RNCastelluccio, Frank
DB3 May 1937, Newark, NJ
@
#Florence Vidor
RNArto, Florence
DB23 July 1895, Houston, TX
DD3 November 1977
@
#Ferdinand Von Alten
DD17 March 1933
 
TRDied at age 48.
@
#Frank Vosper
DB15 December 1899, London, England
DD6 March 1937
@
#Fred Ward
DB1943, San Diego, CA
@
#Felicity Waterman
GA"Ellen" (1994), as Lauren (04/95)
@
#Fritz Weaver
DB19 January 1926, Pittsburgh, PA
@
#Frank Westbrook
DD20 March 1992
 
TRDancer/choreographer. Died at age 82.
@
#Floyd Red Crow Westerman
TRNative American actor.
@
#Frank Whaley
DB1963, Syracuse, NY
@
#Forest Whitaker
DB15 July 1961, Longview, TX
@
#Frank Wilcox
DB13 March 1907, DeSoto, MO
DD3 March 1974
@
#Fred Willard
GA"Married with Children" (1987), as time-share salesman Stan (02/92)
@
#Frances Williams
DB1905
DD2 January 1995, Los Angeles, CA (complications from stroke)
@
#Fred Williamson
DB5 March 1938, Gary, IN
@
#Flip Wilson
RNWilson, Clerow
DB8 December 1933, Jersey City, NJ
@
#Frank Wilson
DD6 February 1992, age 37
 
TRProducer.
@
#Frank Wisbar
DB1899
DD1967
@
#Frank Wolff
DBSan Francisco, CA
DD12 December 1971
 
TRCommitted suicide in Rome, Italy at age 43.
@
#Frank E. Woods
TROne of the 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
TRSciences (AMPAS)
@
#Fay Wray
DB14 September 1907, Alberta, Canada
OWbook: "On the Other hand"
BO"The Meadowlark" - autobiographical play.
@
#Frank Yablans
DB27 August 1935, New York, NY
@
#Fumio Yamaguchi
TRActually, Fumio Yamaguchi was a pseudonym for another character,
TRwhose whereabouts were unknown at the time, and used as a sort
TRof "red herring" to throw viewers off as to the true identity
TRof "Tojamura."
@
#Fan Yon
DB1947
 
BGBorn in Hunan Province, China, he grew up in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
BGIn 1968, he studied film and photography in America and Europe.
BGUpon his return to Hong Kong in 1974, was a fashion and portrait
BGphotographer, his work featured in Vogue, Harper's and other major
BGfashion magazines.
BGHis film career began in 1984.
 
BYL.H.Wong
@
#Freddie Young
DB9 October 1902, London, England
 
BGCinematographer with a long and distinguished career crowned with Oscars
BGfor three consecutive films directed by David Lean (qv) between
BG1962-1970. Awarded OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in
BG1970.
 
BYAllen Dace <a.w.dace@itdd.maff.gov.uk>
@
#Frank Zappa
DB21 December 1940, Baltimore, MD
DD4 December 1993, Laurel Canyon CA, prostate cancer
 
TRChildren - Dweezil Zappa, Moon (Unit) Zappa, Lunar Module Zappa
SP'Gail' (? - 1993) (widowed)
@
#Ferdinand Zecca
DD1947
@
#Franco Zeffirelli
DB12 February 1923
@
#Fred Zinnemann
DB29 April 1907
@
#Finn Henriksen
DB29 January 1933
 
TRInstruktør
 
BYSEP
@
#Finn Nielsen
DB21 April 1937
 
TRSkuespiller
@