1c1 < CRC: 0x61F639D1 File: biographies.list Date: Fri Aug 18 07:44:30 1995 --- > CRC: 0xB88F873E File: biographies.list Date: Fri Sep 1 06:50:40 1995 3c3 < BIOGRAPHY List 13 August 1995 --- > BIOGRAPHY List 27 August 1995 11c11 < The BIOGRAPHY database, started in september 1993, contains information --- > The BIOGRAPHY database, started in September 1993, contains information 35,37c35,37 < 69 | Ed Stephan < 59 | Ray Hamel < 48 | Anonymous --- > 82 | Ed Stephan > 61 | Ray Hamel > 57 | Anonymous 44c44 < 5 | Kieran Lee --- > 6 | Bill Takacs 49c49 < The following 61 people are now included in the BIOGRAPHY list . . . --- > The following 35 people are now included in the BIOGRAPHY list . . . 51,81c51,68 < Alexander, Georg Kimmins, Kenneth < Anderson, Adele Lee, Danny < Antel, Franz Lin, Lucy < Barrymore, John Blyte Linn, Teri Ann < Bemberg, Maria Luisa Livingston, Barry < Benson, Amber Livingston, Stanley < Berger, Ludwig Lynch, Jennifer Chambers < Brackett, Leigh Lyon, Francis D. < Braunberger, Pierre Mark, Heidi < Bush, Rebeccah Matthews, Dakin < Carriere, Mareike McCashin, Constance < Cheng, Kent McKamy, Kim < Chomsky, Marvin J. McMartin, John < Considine, Tim Moszkowicz, Imo < Cowles, Matthew Noel, Monique < Dawson, Portia O'Connor, Hugh (II) < DeScenna, Linda Parkhurst, Heather Elizabeth < Edmondson, Adrian Richardson, Jake < Eisenstein, Sergei M. Rickles, Mindy < Elise, Christine Santoni, Reni < Femia, John Sattmann, Peter < Forde, Brinsley Savage, Tracie < Freda, Riccardo Simson, Marianne < Fry, Taylor Stahl, Lisa < Goldberg, Gary David Theiss, Brooke < Gottfried, Gilbert Tirelli, Theresa < Grady, Don Vassey, Liz < Hall, Alaina Reed Von Baky, Josef < Hart, Mickey Whitworth, Johnny < Jutzi, Piel Young, Roger < Khan, Michelle --- > Ambrose, David Johnson, Russell > Benedict, Amy Koch, Howard > Bernice, Gisela Loy, Nanni > Bosch, Johnny Yong Lutz, Adelle > Cardenas, Steve Martin, Douglas Brian > Carr, Charmian Narvy, Jason > Clemens, Roger Parillo, Erik > Crawford, Johnny Parker, Andrea > Faulkner, William Peluce, Meeno > Frank, Jason David Petersen, Patrick > Furey, Lewis Richards, Evan > Harding, Lyn Robinson, Bill "Bojangles" > Harris, Jonathan Rona, Jeff > Hill, Melanie Schrier, Paul > Hoff, Christian Tompkins, Angel > Jackson, Karan Ashley Waschneck, Erich > Janssen, Famke Wisbar, Frank > Johnson, Amy Jo 86c73 < The following 59 people have updated entries in the BIOGRAPHY list . . . --- > The following 56 people have updated entries in the BIOGRAPHY list . . . 88,117c75,102 < Adair, Deborah Lathrop, Philip H. < Albers, Hans Laughton, Charles < Alley, Kirstie Laure, Carole < Auberjonois, Rene Leachman, Cloris < Baranski, Christine Lynch, David < Barbeau, Adrienne Martin, Steve < Bergen, Candice Melvin, Allan < Bissett, Josie Pastorelli, Robert < Bleeth, Yasmine Paul, Richard < Bogart, Humphrey Pellonpaa, Matti < Bullock, Sandra Phillips, Bobbie < Buttons, Red Phillips, Michelle < Caine, Michael Pointer, Priscilla < Carriere, Mathieu Regalbuto, Joe < Cross, Marcia Reiser, Paul < Donahue, Elinor Rivera, Geraldo < Eden, Barbara Rozsa, Miklos < Fassbinder, Rainer Werner Schilling, Niklaus < Foreman, George Schwarzenegger, Arnold < Frewer, Matt Shatner, William < Gable, Clark Sheridan, Liz < Goldthwait, Bob Stevenson, Cynthia < Hall, Brad Stroud, Don < Hartman, Phil Thalberg, Irving < Hickman, Dwayne Thomas, Jonathan Taylor < Hines, Gregory Von Ambesser, Axel < Hunter, Jeffrey Warner, Julie < Johnson, Michelle Weisman, Sam < Kelly, Gene Willis, Bruce < Lane, Priscilla --- > Aames, Willie Huston, John > Abdul, Paula King, Stephen > Adams, Mason Korjus, Miliza > Arnold, Tom LeBrock, Kelly > Askey, Arthur Lewis, Juliette > Astor, Mary Liotta, Ray > Bardot, Brigitte Lorre, Peter > Barker, Lex Lynch, David > Baryshnikov, Mikhail Marx, Groucho > Bean, Sean May, Mathilda > Buscemi, Steve Mills, John > Carrey, Jim Montgomery, Robert > Caruso, David Munson, Ona > Columbus, Chris Nelson, Willie > Cook Jr., Elisha Nureyev, Rudolf > Cormier, Denise Phoenix, River > Denver, Bob Schiffman, Karl > Detmers, Maruschka Schuenzel, Reinhold > Doyle, Jerry Seagal, Steven > Edwards, Luke Sennett, Mack > Fairbanks, Douglas Sinatra, Frank > Ford, John Tiny Tim > Greenstreet, Sydney Tom, Nicholle > Hamill, Mark Vadim, Roger > Harlin, Renny Vassey, Liz > Holden, William Williams, Robin > Howard, Jim Bob Wood Jr., Edward D. > Hunter, Tab Young, Alan 136c121 < * The List currently contains 9806 entries with 504 mini biographies. --- > * The List currently contains 9890 entries with 550 mini biographies. 570a556,566 > BG: Aames has a son, Christopher, with his first wife > BG: Aames met McCaslin in 1984 on the set of Rocky Road, a cable sitcom in > BG: which she starred they live in rural Olathe, Kansas with daughter Harleigh > > BY: Anonymous > > SP: 'Victoria Weatherman' (qv) (? - ?) > SP: 'Maylo McCaslin' (qv) (? - ? > > WN: * Aames produces and directs for a video company in Kansas City > 811a808,809 > RN: Abdul, Paula Julie > 813a812,832 > BG: Paula grew up in the San Fernando Valley, California. She began > BG: taking dance lessons when she was eight. She attended Van Nuys high > BG: school, where she was senior class president, and head of the cheerleaders. > BG: After graduating in 1980, Paula started college at Cal State-Northridge, > BG: majoring in TV and radio. After joining the L.A. Lakers cheerleaders, and > BG: becoming the head cheerleader/choreographer after only a few months, > BG: she dropped out of college to dance and choreograph full-time. She > BG: was recruited by The Jacksons to choreograph their 1984 "Torture" video, > BG: the first in a long list of videos and movies she would choreograph. > BG: She branched out into singing with her first CD, "Forever Your Girl", > BG: which had lackluster sales until the single "Straight Up" exploded onto > BG: the charts in December 1988 and so too her popularity. > > BY: Pete Brennan > > HT: 5' 2" > > OW: * CD: "Forever Your Girl" (1988) > OW: * CD: "Spellbound" (1991) > OW: * CD: "Head over Heels" (1995) > 1169a1189,1192 > GA: * "Family Ties" (1982), as Prof. Lloyd Rhodes (1986) > GA: * TV commercials for Nuprin pain reliever (late 1980s) > GA: * Radio voiceovers for WPLJ-FM radio in New York, NY (1995) > 1718,1719d1740 < RN: D'Abruzzo, Alphonso < 1733a1755,1756 > RN: D'Abruzzo, Alphonso Giuseppe Giovanni Roberto > 1738a1762,1764 > TR: * His professional surname derives from the first two letters of each of > TR: his first name and his surname at birth, i.e. ALphonso DAbruzzo > TR: (AL + DA = Alda). 2366a2393,2402 > NM: Ambrose, David > > BG: David Ambrose, an award-winning screenwriter, has worked > BG: internationally in theatre, television, and film. He lives in France. > > BY: Anonymous > > OW: * The Man Who Turned Into Himself, A Novel > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2715a2752 > GA: * Music video for "Blind Man" by Aerosmith 3049c3086 < DB: 1918, Valparaiso, Chile --- > DB: 17 August 1918, Valparaiso, Chile 3053c3090,3093 < SP: 'Richard Denning' (qv) (? - ?) --- > TR: * She was called "Queen of the Screamers", on account of her blood- > TR: curdling vocal outbursts in "B" suspense thrillers of the 40's. > > SP: 'Richard Denning' (qv) (1942 - her death) 3586a3627,3628 > RN: Aurness, James > 3588a3631,3634 > TR: * Brother of actor 'Peter Graves (II)' (qv). > > HT: 6' 6" (198 cm) > 3656c3702 < DB: 3 March 1959 --- > DB: 3 March 1959, Ottumwa, IA 3658c3704 < SP: 'Roseanne Arnold' (qv) (1990 - 1994) [divorced] --- > SP: 'Roseanne Arnold' (qv) (1990 - 1994) (divorced) 3848c3894,3896 < TR: * British comedian --- > HT: 5' 2" > > TR: * British comedian. 3988c4036,4061 < DD: 25 September 1987 --- > DD: 25 September 1987, heart attack > > BG: Her German immigrant father pushed her into a beauty contest at 14 > BG: and her first movie "Sentimental Tommy" (1921) at 15. After a > BG: number of minor parts she starred in John Barrymore's "Beau > BG: Brummel" (1924) She had a lively affair with Barrymore, over with > BG: before she starred a second time with him, in "Don Juan" (1926), > BG: the first silent movie with Vitaphone music and sound effects. > BG: Her first husband, director Kenneth Hawks (brother of Howard), > BG: died in a 1930 plane crash. While divorcing her second husband in > BG: 1936 her personal diary was entered in evidence in the custody > BG: fight for their daughter. Included among other well-publicized > BG: juicy bits was her secret affair with playwright George Kaufman. > BG: Her career picked up after the scandal -- "The Prisoner of Zenda" > BG: (1937), "Midnight" (1939, again with Barrymore), "Brigham Young" > BG: (1940), and a best supporting Oscar for "The Great Lie" (1941). > BG: Her crowning role was the lying Brigid O'Shaughnessy in "The > BG: Maltese Falcon" (1941). Three divorces, alcoholism, and attempted > BG: suicide resulted in smaller parts from then on till "Hush, Hush, > BG: Sweet Charlotte" (1964), her last due to a heart condition. She > BG: lived her final years confined to the Motion Picture Country Home. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > BO: * autobiography - "My Story" (1959) > BO: * autobiography - "A Life on Film" (1971) 5418,5419c5491,5493 < SP: 'Roger Vadim' (qv) (1952 - 1957) < SP: 'Jacques Charrier' (qv) (1959 - 1963) --- > SP: 'Roger Vadim' (qv) (20 December 1952 - 6th December 1957) > SP: 'Jacques Charrier' (qv) (18 June 1959 - ?) > SP: 'Gunther Sachs' (qv) (14 July 1966 - 1 October 1969) 5461c5535 < BG: Essenden Prep School and Phillips-Exeter Academy. He went to --- > BG: Fessenden School and Phillips-Exeter Academy. He went to 5799c5873,5875 < DB: 1932, Beverly Hills, CA --- > RN: Barrymore Jr., John Blythe > > DB: 4 June 1932, Beverly Hills, California, USA 5801c5877,5882 < TR: * Son of John Barrymore. --- > TR: * Son of actor 'John Barrymore' (qv) and actress 'Dolores Costello' (qv). > TR: * Father of actress 'Drew Barrymore' (qv). > > SP: 'Cara Williams' (qv) (1952 - divorced 1959) > > AK: John Barrymore Jr. (until 1958) 5896a5978,5988 > BG: His father was an engineer and his mother a dressmaker. While > BG: starring with the Kirov Ballet, he defected to the United States in > BG: 1974, joining the American Ballet Theatre. In 1978-9 he danced with > BG: George Ballanchine's New York City Ballet. He received an Oscar > BG: nomination for his film debut as Yuril in "The Turning Point" > BG: (1977). He played a defecting Soviet ballet star in "White Nights" > BG: (1985). In 1989 he made his Broadway debut acting in > BG: "Metamorphosis". Jessica Lange bore him a daughter. > > BY: Ed Stephan > 6334a6427,6449 > DB: 17 April 1958, Sheffield, England > > BG: Sean worked for his father's welding firm before he decided to become > BG: an actor. He attended RADA in London and appeared in a number of West > BG: End stage productions including RSC's _Fair Maid of the West_ (Spencer), > BG: (1986) and _Romeo and Juliet_ (Romeo) (1987), as well as _Deathwatch_ > BG: (Lederer) (1985) at the Young Vic and _Killing the Cat_ (Danny) (1990) > BG: at the Theatre Upstairs. > BG: > BG: Sean has two young daughters, Lorna and Molly. > > BY: Winona Kent > > GA: * "Inspector Morse" (1992), as Alex Bailey (ep. 'Absolute Conviction') > > TR: * Sean is a devoted follower of the Sheffield United Football Club. > TR: * He was a presenter at the 1995 BAFTA Awards. > > AG: Sean Bean > AG: c/o ICM > AG: 388 - 396 Oxford Street > AG: London W1N 9HE > 6360a6476,6480 > TR: * has a son, Andrea, with Schiavelli > > SP: 'Vincent Schiavelli' (qv) (1985 - 1988) > SP: marriage to a French photographer ended in 1994 > 6818a6939,6944 > NM: Benchley, Nathaniel > > TR: * He is the son of Algonquin Round Table figure Robert Benchley, and the > TR: father of Peter Benchley of "Jaws." > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6849a6976,6980 > NM: Benedict, Amy > > GA: * "Family Ties" (1982), as Eve Kimball (1986) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7512a7644,7649 > NM: Bernice, Gisela > > TR: * This is the name used by the actresses and director of > TR: 'Chantilly Lace', no such person exists. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7740c7877,7886 < DB: 27 May 1916 --- > DB: 1913, Sunflower, Mississippi, USA > > DD: 1962 > > BG: Actor whose 30's and 40's roles as shuffling, illiterate, superstitious > BG: porter, stableboy, chauffeur and the like served only to bolster Holly- > BG: wood's then-unchallenged stereotype of the black male as somehow sub- > BG: human. > > BY: 7743a7890,7891 > QU: "Yassuh!" > 8299a8448,8463 > BG: Voice specialist from radio, movies and TV rarely seen by his widespread > BG: audience. On 40's radio, for example, _his voice_ supplied the sound > BG: effects for the comedian Jack Benny's antique Maxwell automobile's gasp- > BG: ing and wheezing and struggling to crank up. More widely recognized as > BG: the voice of virtually every major character in the Warner Bros. cartoon > BG: pantheon, including Porky Pig, Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety & > BG: Sylvester both, Yosemite Sam et al. Since Blanc's death, 'Mel Blanc Jr.' > BG: (qv) has taken up some of his father's mantle. > > BY: Bill Takacs > > QU: "I t'ought I taw a putty-tat!" > QU: "Thufferin' thuccotash!" > QU: "Er...What's up, doc?" > QU: "That's all, folks!" (Tag line of every WB cartoon; Blanc's epitaph also.) > 8324c8488,8490 < RN: Jung, Elizabeth --- > RN: Young, Elizabeth Jane > > DB: 1910, Salida, Colorado, USA 8326c8492,8497 < DB: 1910, Salt Lake City, UT --- > BG: One of four actress sisters, the others being 'Polly Ann Young' (qv), > BG: Georgiana Young and 'Loretta Young' (qv). Sally retired from the screen > BG: ca. 1939. > > TR: * All four sisters appeared in 'The Story of Alexander Graham Bell' > TR: (1939). 8634,8636d8804 < ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ < NM: Bogart, Humphrey < 9270a9439,9443 > NM: Bosch, Johnny Yong > > DB: 1976 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9602a9776,9779 > SP: 'Pat Paterson' (qv) (1934 - died 1978) > > TR: * Took a fatal dose of barbiturates two days following his wife's death. > 10228a10406,10415 > SP: 'Nick Arnstein' (qv) (? - ?) > SP: 'Billy Rose' (qv) (? - ?) > > TR: * Starred in every Ziegfeld Follies on Broadway from ca. 1911 until 1923. > TR: * Starred in the widely popular 1940's US radio comedy series as its > TR: title character, "Baby Snooks". > > BT: Funny Girl (1968) > BT: Funny Lady (1975) > 11011a11199,11202 > TR: * Best known for his inimitable, forever-indelible portrayals of a most > TR: blithering Dr John Watson opposite Basil Rathbone's Sherlock Holmes > TR: in Universal's World War II-era Holmes films. > 11584a11776,11787 > NM: Burris, Ralph > > DB: 16 October 1944 > > BG: Production Executive, Warner Bros. Features (1983-1987); Production > BG: ve Walt Disney/Touchstone (1987-1989) > > BY: Ralph Burris > > HT: 5' 10" > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11666a11870,11874 > TR: * Graduated 1975 Valley Stream Central high School, Valley Stream, NY. > TR: Member of Alpha Omega Theta Fraternity. > > NK: Busc > 12790a12999,13003 > NM: Cardenas, Steve > > DB: 1974 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 13179a13393,13397 > NM: Carr, Charmian > > RN: Farnum, Charmian > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 13319a13538,13540 > TR: * Carrey has a daughter, Jane, with Womer > > SP: 'Melissa Womer' (qv) (1987 - 1993) 13680c13901,13903 < DB: 17 January 1956 --- > DB: 17 January 1956, Queens, NY > > GA: * "CHiPS" (1977), as the man holding Ponch hostage in his apartment (1983) 13767,13768d13989 < TR: * Director < 13770a13992,13993 > GA: * "Alfred Hitchcock Presents/You Got To Have Luck", as Sam Cobbett (1/15/56) > 14859a15083,15084 > RN: Lin, Brigitte > 15285a15511,15516 > NM: Clark, Bobby > > GA: * "Alfred Hitchcock Presents/Santa Claus and the 10th Avenue Kid", as The > GA: 10th Avenue Kid (12/18/55) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 15319a15551,15559 > NM: Clark, Gary > > DB: 16 August 1933 > > TR: * Presently lives in Phoenix, AZ > > OW: Virginian television series, circa 1965 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 15476a15717,15734 > NM: Clemens, Roger > > DB: 4 August 1962, Dayton, OH > > BG: Roger is a power pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. He broke into the > BG: major leagues with the Red Sox in 1984, posting a 9-4 record. His > BG: blazing fastball, consistently clocked in the mid 90s, have made him one > BG: of the games most dominant pitchers. He's a multiple Cy Young award > BG: winner. In 1986, he started out 14-0 and ended up at 24-4, leading the > BG: Red Sox to the World Series. Set a new major league record by striking > BG: out 20 batters in a nine inning game in 1986. Roger has appeared on > BG: numerous sports magazine covers. > > BY: Pete Brennan > > HT: 6' 4" > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 16029a16288,16289 > GA: * "Alfred Hitchcock Presents/The Cheney Vase", as Martha Cheney (12/25/55) > 16140a16401,16416 > NM: Collister, Peter Lyons > > RN: Collister, Peter > > DB: 9 March 1956 > > BG: Oringinally from Cleveland, Ohio attended USC School of Cinema.Started > BG: his career as a 2nd unit DP on such films as "The Blue Lagoon", > BG: "SummerLovers" and "Blame it on Rio". Fox's "Dunston Checks In" starring > BG: 'Faye Dunaway' (qv) is his 18th feature. > > BY: Collister > > HT: 5' 9" > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 16223a16500,16501 > DB: Spangler, PA > 16517a16796,16797 > TR: * Was the original Marshall Matt Dillon on the "Gunsmoke" radio show. > 16690a16971,16987 > BG: He debuted on stage at age 14 and worked in vaudeville, stock > BG: companies and Broadway. His only film appearance prior to 1936 was > BG: re-playing his stage role, the romantic juvenile lead, in "Her > BG: Unborn Child" (1929). After more work on Broadway, he settled in > BG: Hollywood in 1936. From then on he played type-cast small-time > BG: gangsters. His best-known role was that of Wilmer in "The Maltese > BG: Falcon" (1941), the gunsel to whom Bogart spat: "The cheaper the > BG: crook, the gaudier the patter". He is also remembered for the > BG: sexual innuendo in his scene as the mysterious drummer Cliff March > BG: in "Phantom Lady" (1944). Since he was very slightly built he has > BG: been referred to as the screen's lightest heavy. He appeared in > BG: movies through the early 1980s and in many TV shows during the rest > BG: of the decade. He suffered a loss of speech due to a stroke in > BG: 1990. At age 92 he was the last surviving member of the "Falcon" cast. > > BY: Ed Stephan > 17089a17387,17388 > AG: 212-229-7967 Svc.# > 17105a17405,17416 > NM: Cornwell, Bernard > > RN: Wiggins, Bernard > > DB: 1944, London, England > > BG: Educated at London University and now lives in Chatham, Massachusetts. > BG: Also wrote under the name of Susannah Kells. > > BY: Steve Rose > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 17218a17530,17534 > NM: Cosma, Vladimir > > DB: 13 April 1940, Bucharest, Rumania > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 17227a17544,17548 > NM: Costanzo, Robert > > GA: * "Friends" (1994), as Joey's father (01/95) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 17946a18268,18272 > NM: Crawford, Johnny > > DB: 1946 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 18098a18425,18429 > NM: Cromwell, James (II) > > GA: * "Three's Company" (1977), as Detective Lannigan (01/78) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 18167a18499,18508 > NK: Der Bingel > > SP: 'Dixie Lee' (qv) (1930 - died 1952) > SP: 'Kathryn Grant' (qv) (1957 - his death) > > TR: * Father, with singer 'Dixie Lee' (qv), of sons Gary, Philip & Dennis > TR: (twins) and Lindsay Crosby. > TR: * Father, with actress 'Kathryn Grant' (qv), of sons Harry and [?] > TR: Crosby, and of actress 'Mary Frances Crosby' (qv). > 18399a18741,18745 > NM: Cube, Ice > > RN: Jackson, O'Shea > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 18803a19150,19151 > GA: * "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987), as Amanda Rogers (ep. 'True Q') > 20005a20354,20355 > SP: 'Diana Dors' (qv) (? - ?) > 21115a21466,21470 > TR: * Has a son, Colin, with Dreama - has 4 other children from previous > TR: marriages. > > SP: 'Dreama' (qv) (? - ?) > 21238a21594,21599 > AG: Maruschka Detmers > AG: c/o Myriam Bru > AG: 80 av. Charles-de-Gaulle > AG: 92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine > AG: France > 21738a22100,22104 > NM: Dobyus, Stephen > > RN: Dobyns, Stephen > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 22385a22752,22753 > TR: * Has a 2 1/2 year old son, al, with Andra Thomson > 23065a23434,23448 > BG: First wife Jeanne died in 1943. > BG: Wed second wife, Marjorie Little after 16 year courtship when she was 39 > BG: and he 67 Marjorie Little had been the hatcheck girl at the Copacabana. > BG: Durante and his second wife adopted a baby girl, Cecelia Alicia on > BG: Christmas day 1961 Durante doted on "CeCe" until his death > BG: CeCe is a horseback-riding instructor, is married to a computer designer, > BG: lives near San Diego, and has two sons > > BY: Anonymous > > SP: Jeanne (? - 1943) (widowed) > SP: 'Marjorie Little' (qv) (? - ?) > > NK: Schnozzola > 23585a23969,23970 > RN: Edwards, Lucas Daniel > 24156a24542,24550 > NM: Endfield, Cy > > RN: Endfield, Cyril Raker > > DB: November 1914, Scranton, Pennsylvania > > DD: 16 April 1995 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 24567c24961 < DD: 7 May 1967 --- > DD: 7 May 1967, Died of cancer in New York NY. 24569c24963 < TR: * Died of cancer in New York NY. --- > GA: * "Alfred Hitchcock Presents/Guilty Witness", as Mrs. Verber (12/11/55) 24640a25035,25037 > GA: * "Alfred Hitchcock Presents/The Case of Mr. Pelham", as Mr. Pelham > GA: (12/4/55) > 24778c25175 < DD: 12 December 1939 --- > DD: 12 December 1939, heart attack 24780c25177,25206 < SP: 'Mary Pickford' (qv) (? - ?) --- > BG: He was raised by his southern mother who had separated from his > BG: father (a Jewish lawyer) when he was five. He began amateur theatre > BG: at age 12 and continued while attending the Colorado School of > BG: Mines. In 1900 they moved to New York. He attended Harvard, > BG: traveled to Europe, worked on a cattle freighter, in a hardware > BG: store and as a clerk on Wall Street. He made his Broadway debut in > BG: 1902 and five years later left theatre to marry an industrialist's > BG: daughter. He returned when his father-in-law went broke the next > BG: year. In 1915 he went to Hollywood and worked under a reluctant > BG: D.W. Griffith. The following year he formed his own production > BG: company. During a Liberty Bond tour with Charlie Chaplin he fell in > BG: love with Mary Pickford with whom he, Chaplin and Griffith had > BG: formed United Artists in 1919. He made very successful early social > BG: comedies, then highly popular swashbucklers during the 'twenties. > BG: The owners of Hollywood's Pickfair Mansion separated in 1933 and > BG: divorced in 1936. In March of that year he married an ex-chorus > BG: girl and retired from acting. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > AK: Thomas, Elton > > OW: * author - "Laugh and Live" (1917) > OW: * author - "Making Life Worth While" (1918) > OW: * author - "My Secret Success" (1922) > OW: * author - "Youth Points the Way" (1924) > > SP: 'Anna Beth Sully' (qv) (1907 - ??, divorce) a son, Douglas Jr. > SP: 'Mary Pickford' (qv) (1920 - 1936, divorce) > SP: 'Lady Sylvia Ashley' (qv) (1936 - death) 25010a25437,25442 > GA: * "Family Ties", as [unknown] > GA: * "Grapevine", as [unknown] > GA: * "New Twilight Zone, The" (ep. 'After Hours') > GA: * "Quantum Leap" (ep. 'A Leap for Lisa') > GA: * "Red Dwarf", pilot > 25058a25491,25520 > NM: Faulkner, William > > DB: 25 September 1897 > > DD: 6 July 1962 > > BG: William Faulkner, one of the 20th century's most gifted novelists, wrote > BG: for the movies in part because he could not make enough money from his > BG: novels and short stories to support his growing number of dependants. > BG: The author of such acclaimed novels as "The Sound and the Fury" and > BG: "Absalom, Absalom!", Faulkner received official screen credits for just > BG: six theatrical releases, five of which were with director Howard Hawks. > BG: Faulkner received the Nobel Prize for Literature for 1949 and he > BG: received two Pulitzer Prizes, for "A Fable" in '1955 and "The Reivers", > BG: which was published shortly before he died in 1962. > > BY: John B. Padgett > > TR: * The character of the alcoholic Southern novelist-turned screenwriter W. P. > TR: Mayhew in the movie "Barton Fink" is based loosely on William Faulkner. > > BO: * Joseph Blotner, "Faulkner: A Biography." > > SP: 'Estelle Oldham Faulkner' (qv) (? - ?) > > BT: "William Faulkner: A Life on Paper" (PBS documentary) > > HT: 5' 5.5" > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 25644a26107,26112 > QU: "Anyone who hates small dogs and children can't be all bad." > QU: "'Twas a woman drove me to drink. I never had the courtesy to thank her." > QU: "I never drink anything stronger than gin before breakfast." > QU: Asked why he never drank water: "Fish fuck in it." > QU: His epitaph: "All things considered, I'd rather be in Philadelphia." > 25836a26305,26307 > GA: * "Alfred Hitchcock Presents/Santa Claus and the 10th Avenue Kid", as > GA: Stretch Sears (12/18/55) > 26263c26734,26736 < TR: * Granddaughter of Henry Fonda, niece of Jane Fonda. --- > HT: 5' 6" > > TR: * Granddaughter of 'Henry Fonda' (qv), niece of 'Jane Fonda' (qv). 26265c26738 < TR: * Daughter of Peter Fonda. --- > TR: * Daughter of 'Peter Fonda' (qv). 26393a26867,26874 > NM: Forbes, Michelle > > GA: * "Father Dowling Mysteries, The", as [unknown] > GA: * "Star Trek: The Next Generation", as Dara (ep. 'Half a Life', 1991) > GA: * "Shannon's Deal" (ep. 'The Inside Man') > GA: * "Seinfeld" (1990), as [unknown] > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 26454c26935 < DD: 31 August 1973 --- > DD: 31 August 1973, Died of cancer in Palm Desert CA at age 78. 26456c26937,26952 < TR: * Died of cancer in Palm Desert CA at age 78. --- > BG: John Ford came to Hollywood following one of his brothers, an actor. > BG: Asked what brought him to Hollywood, he replied "The train". He became one > BG: of the most respected directors in the business, in spite of being known fo > BG: his westerns, which were not considered "serious" film. He won six > BG: Oscars, counting (he always did) the two that he won for his WWII > BG: documentary work. He had one wife; a son and daughter; and a grandson, > BG: Dan Ford, who wrote a biography on his famous grandfather. > > NK: Papa > > TR: * There was a group of actors, known informally the John Ford > TR: Stock Company (John Wayne, James Stewart, Harry Carey, John > TR: Carradine, Henry Ford, etc.) that turned up regularly in Ford's > TR: films. They knew how to work with Ford and with each other, > TR: which suited Ford's directing style: "I tell the actors what > TR: I want and they give it to me, usually on the first take." 26546a27043,27053 > NM: Forester, C.S. > > RN: Forester, Cecil Scott > > DB: 1899, England > > DD: 1966 > > BO: * Long Before Forty. Autobiography. Published: Boston, Little Brown [1968] > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 26559a27067,27078 > NM: Forman, Phil > > RN: Forman, Philip > > DB: 4 January 1949 > > HT: 5' 6" > > AG: Mimi Mayer (Theatrical) - Angel City Talent, LA, CA - (213) 463-1680 > AG: Lorri Herman (Commercial) - Angel City Talent > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 26837a27357,27371 > GA: * "Barnaby Jones", as [unknown] > GA: * "Blue and the Gray, The", as [unknown] > GA: * "Doctors, The", as [unknown] > GA: * "Dukes of Hazzard, The", as [unknown] > GA: * "Falcon Crest", as [unknown] > GA: * "Fall Guy, The", as [unknown] > GA: * "Fantasy Island", as [unknown] > GA: * "Hart to Hart", as [unknown] > GA: * "Highway to Heaven" (ep. 'Family Dispute') > GA: * "Hill Street Blues" (ep. 'Of Mouse and Man') > GA: * "It's a Living", as [unknown] > GA: * "Matlock", as [unknown] > GA: * "New Twilight Zone, The" (ep. 'But Can She Type') > GA: * "Quincy, M.E." (ep. 'The Face of Fear') > GA: * "Voyagers!" (ep. 'An Arrow Pointing East') 26839a27374 > GA: * "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine", as Thomas Riker (ep. 'Defiant', 1994) 26841d27375 < GA: * "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993), as Thomas Riker (1995) 26842a27377,27383 > GA: * "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993), as Thomas Riker (1995) > > OW: * "The Common Glory" play > OW: * "Every Good Boy Deserves Favor" play > OW: * "Henry VIII" play > OW: * "Li'l Abner" play > OW: * "Shenandoah" play 26924a27466,27475 > NM: Francis, Raymond > > TR: * Father of Clive Francis. > > WN: * Elijah did the music video "Ridiculous Thoughts" for the > WN: group The Cranberries. He is now in the Bahamas working > WN: on his new movie "Flipper" which is based on the famous TV > WN: show about a boy and his dolphin. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 26962a27514,27518 > NM: Frank, Jason David > > DB: 1975, Covina, CA > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 27471a28028,28040 > NM: Furey, Lewis > > BG: Started his career as a pornography star (movie: Rubber gun). > BG: Made 3 albums: Lewis Furey, The humours of Lewis Furey, The sky is falling. > BG: Produced albums by Carole Laure: Alibis, Western shadows and She moves on. > BG: Together with Carole Laure, he made 2 movies: Night magic and Fantastica. > BG: The lyrics on Night magic were written by Leonard Cohen. > > BY: Anonymous > > SP: 'Carole Laure' (qv) (? - ?) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 27581,27585c28150,28154 < SP: 'Josephine Dillon' (qv) (1924 - 19??, divorce) < SP: 'Rhea Luca Langham' (qv) (19?? - 1939, divorce) < SP: 'Carole Lombard' (qv) (1939 - 1942, widowed) < SP: 'Lady Sylvia Ashley' (qv) (1949, divorce) < SP: 'Kay Williams Spreckels' (qv) (1954 - death) son John Clark (posthumous) --- > SP: 'Josephine Dillon' (qv) (1924 - divorced 1930) > SP: 'Rhea Langham' (qv) (1931 - divorced 1939) > SP: 'Carole Lombard' (qv) (1939 - died 1942) > SP: 'Sylvia Ashley' (qv) (1949 - divorced 1951) > SP: 'Kay Spreckels' (qv) (1955 - his death) 27590a28160,28161 > BT: Gable and Lombard (1976) > 28933a29505,29506 > BT: Portrayed by Barry Bostwick in "The Silent Lovers", episode 'Moviola' (mini). > 29355c29928 < DD: 23 April 1990 --- > DD: 23 April 1990, Died of heart failure at home in Ronco, Switzerland. 29357c29930,29932 < TR: * Died of heart failure at home in Ronco, Switzerland. --- > SP: 'Charles Chaplin' (qv) (1933 - divorced 1942) > SP: 'Burgess Meredith' (qv) (1944 - divorced 1950) > SP: 'Erich Maria Remarque' (qv) (1958 - died 1970) 29528c30103 < GA: "Moonlighting" (1985), as [unknown] --- > GA: * "Moonlighting" (ep. 'Camille' 1985) 30197a30773,30778 > NM: Grace, April > > GA: * "NYPD Blue" (1993), as [unknown] > GA: * "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine", as Transporter Chief (ep. 'Emissary', 1993) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 30718a31300,31315 > QU: "Cinema doesn't connect with the body as artists have in two > QU: thousand years of painting, using the nude as the central > QU: figure which the ideas seem to circulate around. I think it > QU: is important to somehow push or stretch or emphasize, in as > QU: many ways as I can, the sheer bulk, shape, heaviness, the > QU: juices, the actual structure of the body. Cinema basically > QU: examines a personality first and the body afterward." > QU: "Many quite popular films are filled with violence. I think > QU: the difference between those and my films is that I show the > QU: cause and effect of violent activity. It's not a Donald > QU: Duck situation where he get a brick in the back of the head > QU: and gets up and walks away in the next frame. Mine have > QU: violence which keeps Donald Duck in the hospital for six > QU: months and creates a trauma which he will remember for the > QU: rest of his life." > 30753a31351,31352 > DB: Six Nations Reserve, Ontario, Canada > 30792c31391,31407 < DD: 18 January 1954 --- > DD: 8 January 1954 > > BG: His father ws a leather merchant with eight children. He left at > BG: age 18 to make his fortune as a Ceylon tea planter but drought > BG: forced him out of business and back to England. He managed a > BG: brewery and, to escape borderom, took acting lessons. His stage > BG: debut was as a murder in a 1902 production of "Sherlock Holmes". > BG: From then on he appeared in numerous plays in England the US, > BG: working through most of the 1930s with the Lunts at the Theatre > BG: Guild. His parts ranged from musical comedy to Shakespeare. His > BG: film debut, aged 62 and weight nearly 300 pounds, was as Kasper > BG: Guttman in "The Maltese Falcon" (1941). He joined Peter Lorre in > BG: eight more movies after that. In eight years time he made twenty- > BG: four films, all the while beset by diabetes and Bright's disease. > BG: In 1949 he retired from cinema, and four years later he died at 75. > > BY: Ed Stephan 31121a31737,31743 > NM: Grodenchik, Max > > GA: * "Star Trek: The Next Generation", as Sovak (ep. 'Captain's Holiday', 1990) > GA: * "Star Trek: The Next Generation", as Par Lenor (ep. 'The Perfect Mate', 1992) > GA: * "Tales From the Crypt" (ep. 'The Bribe') > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 31956a32579,32592 > BG: His father was a captain in the United States Navy; he grew up in > BG: California, Virginia, New York and Japan. He majored in drama at > BG: Los Angeles City College and made his acting debut on "The Bill > BG: Cosby Show" in 1970. He played a continuing role (Kent Murray) in > BG: TV's "General Hospital" (1963) and co-starred in the respected TV > BG: comedy series "The Texas Wheelers" (1974-5). Real fame came with his > BG: film debut (he was voice only in "Wizards", 1977) with the hero role > BG: of Luke Skywalker in "Star Wars" (1977), "The Empire Strikes Back" > BG: (1980) and "Return of the Jedi" ((1983). He experienced a disfiguring > BG: car crash, but later played in Broadway shows (he was Mozart in > BG: "Amadeus"), returning to film in 1989. > > BY: Ed Stephan > 32327a32964,32971 > NM: Hardin, Jerry > > GA: * "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987), as Radue (ep. 'When The Bough > GA: Breaks') > GA: * "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987), as Samuel Clemens (ep. > GA: 'Time's Arrow') > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 32353a32998,33056 > NM: Harding, Lyn > > RN: Harding, David Llewellyn > > DB: 12 October 1876, St Brides Wentlooge, Wales > > DD: August 1952, Westcliffe-on-Sea, Essex > > BG: Born in St Brides Wentlooge (now in Gwent), South Wales > BG: where he was brought up as a strict Congregationalist > BG: and a Welsh speaker. He started his working > BG: life as an apprentice draper in Newport, Wales and was > BG: drawn to an acting career after seeing "Its never too late > BG: to mend" at the Old Victoria Hall, Newport > BG: > BG: Started career as a stage actor in South Wales. His first > BG: engagement was at a chapel in Cardiff giving readings > BG: from Shakespeare. In 1890 he met a touring group on a train > BG: and was persuaded to step in for a sick actor and this was > BG: his first professional engagement. He opened on 28th > BG: August 1890 in 'The Grip Of Iron' at the Theatre > BG: Royal Bristol, gaining experience in the Provinces he made > BG: his London debut at the Shakespeare Theatre Clapham on 19 July 1897. > BG: Changed his name to Lyn when working in London as the English > BG: could not spell or pronounce his real Christian name, Llewellyn. > BG: He stared in stage screen and radio productions and he > BG: toured in USA, India, Burma and Japan sharing stages with > BG: John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson and Antony Quayle. > BG: > BG: He specialised in playing villains, The sinister hypnotist > BG: Svengali, Conan Doyle's Prof. Moriaty, Bill Sikes in Oliver > BG: Twist were some of his roles. His last stage appearance > BG: was as Abu Hassan in Chu Chin Chow in the West End in 1941 > BG: when he was 74 years old, and when he was nearly 80 he > BG: played Owain Glyndwr in Shakespeare's Henry VII for the > BG: BBC 3rd Programme. He died in 1952 after a long illness > BG: There is a memorial to him in the Chapel House Inn (a Public > BG: House) in his home town of St Brides Wentlooge. (This Inn was > BG: owned by his Uncle.) The plaque having been moved from > BG: its original place in his old school when the school closed > > BY: Dr T A Llewellyn-Edwards > > HT: 6' + > > TR: * Father was Richard Harding grandson of the Welsh Preacher > TR: the Rev Issac Morgan Harries of St Brides Wentlooge. > TR: * Mother was Elizabeth Harries, great grand daughter of the > TR: same reverend gentleman. Mother and father were thus cousins. > TR: * Parents expected him to be a preacher and were shocked > TR: by his turning to the stage. After seeing him perform > TR: his father said, "I have been in Hell tonight" > TR: * Parents are buried in the grounds of Providence > TR: * Congregationalist Church at St Brides Wentlooge > TR: * Although ignored by his parents he often visited his > TR: * place of birth where he was well known, as "Dai Bach" - > TR: * the Welsh for "Little David" > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 32495a33199,33205 > NM: Hardy, Robert > > DB: 29 October 1925, Cheltenham > > OW: * book: Longbow: a Social and Military History > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 32557a33268,33271 > DB: 15 March 1959, Riihimaeki, Finland. > > BO: * Harlin on Harlin, ISBN 951-8929-50-5 > 32667a33382 > GA: * "George Carlin Show, The", as [unknown] 32669a33385 > GA: * "Empty Nest" (1988), as [unknown] 32671a33388,33392 > TR: * Won Best-Supporting Actor Emmy in 1984 for his work on "One Day at a Time" > TR: * Has four children and three grandchildren > > SP: 'Marge' (qv) (? - 1985) (divorced after 30 years) > 32739a33461,33465 > NM: Harris, Jonathan > > SP: Gertrude > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 33328a34055,34059 > NM: Havers, Nigel > > DB: 6 November 1949, London > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 33795a34527,34533 > NM: Heifitz, Josef > > DB: 4 December 1905 > > DD: 24 April 1995 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 34651a35390,35411 > NM: Hill, Melanie > > BG: Melanie attended RADA in London where she won the Vanburgh Award. > BG: Her stage plays have included _Women Beware Women_ (Royal Court), > BG: _Under Milk Wood_, _Selfish Shellfish_, _Twelfth Night_, _Deathtrap_, > BG: _Dirty Linen_, _Breezeblock Park_, _Who Killed Hilda Murrell?_, > BG: _Fire in the Lake_, and the stage version of _Bread_. > BG: She's best known as Aveline in the British TV series _Bread_. Other > BG: TV appearances include _Auf Wiedersehen, Pet_ (Hazel), _Juliet Bravo_, > BG: _The Bill_, _A Night on the Tyne_ and _Boon_. > BG: Melanie has two young daughters, Lorna and Molly. > > BY: Winona Kent > > GA: * "Spender" (1989), as Sue Styles (ep. 'Fee') > > SP: 'Sean Bean' (qv) (? - ?) > > AG: Melanie Hill > AG: c/o Markham & Froggatt > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 34889a35650,35654 > NM: Hoff, Christian > > DB: 21 April 1968, San Diego, CA > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 35008a35774,35797 > NM: Holden, Larry > > RN: Beedle, Jr., Laurence E. > > DB: 15 May 1961 > > BG: Born in Farmington, Massachusetts, the third of four > BG: children. An Army brat, grew up in Massachusetts and Panama City Canal > BG: Zonebefore settling in Maryland, his father's home State. While > BG: actinga bit part in "That Night" (filmed in Baltimore), Juliette > BG: Lewis, star of that film, suggested he move to Hollywood. He did. > BG: Afterseveral TV commercials (Denny's, Taco Bell, et al), Mr. > BG: Holdenlanded his first speaking role as "Nick" in NBC's > BG: "Reasonable Doubts." Despite having an infamous acting relative (now > BG: deceased) Mr. Holden is determined to make it on his own, stubbornly > BG: denying his relation at times. > > BY: Connee Sheckler (his cousin) > > AG: Alliance Talent > AG: West Hollywood, CA > AG: (310) 858-1090 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 35021a35811,35828 > BG: He came from a wealthy family which moved to Pasadena CA when he > BG: was three. His father was an industrial chemist and his mother a > BG: teacher. In 1937, while studying chemistry at Pasadena Junior > BG: College, he was signed to a film contract by Paramount. His first > BG: starring role was as a young man torn between the violin and > BG: boxing, "Golden Boy" (1939). From then on he was type-cast as the > BG: boy-next-door. After returning from World War II military service, > BG: he got two very important roles: Joe Gillis, the gigolo in "Sunset > BG: Boulevard" (1950) the tutor in "Born Yesterday" (1950) followed by > BG: his Oscar-winning role as the cynical sergeant in "Stalag 17" > BG: (1953) and stayed popular through the '50s, e.g., "Picnic" (1956). > BG: He spent much of his later time as co-owner of the Mount Kenya > BG: Safari Club, dividing his time between Africa and Switzerland. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > SP: 'Brenda Marshall' (qv) (1941 - 70), a son actor Scott Holden > 35775a36583,36584 > HT: 6' 0" > 35786c36595 < SP: 'Amy' (qv) (October 10 1994 - Present) --- > SP: 'Amy Lynn Callaway' (qv) (9 October 1994 - Present) 35791c36600 < RN: Cox, John --- > RN: Cox Jr., John R. 35793c36602,36612 < DB: 1913 --- > DB: 14 April 1913, Cleveland, Ohio, USA > > DD: 19 February 1995 > > BG: Actor best remembered as the ultimately balmy brother of 'Ronald Colman' > BG: (qv) in 'The Lost Horizon' (1937) and as the wealthy fiance of > BG: 'Katharine Hepburn' (qv) in 'The Philadelphia Story' (1940). Accounted > BG: well of himself as star of several "Bulldog Drummond" entries of the > BG: later 30's. > > BY: Bill Takacs 36282c37101 < GA: * "George Gobel Show, The" (1954) (22 March 1955) --- > GA: * "George Gobel Show, The" (1955) (5 Feb 1955) 36348c37167,37183 < DB: 11 July 1931, New York, NY --- > DB: 1 July 1931, New York City, NY > > BG: He enlisted in the Coast Guard at age 15 (he lied about his age) > BG: and, at 18 made his film debut in "The Lawless" (1950). He had no > BG: previous acting experience. Though his acting was stiff and > BG: unimaginative, 1950s teenagers adored his blond, boy-next-door > BG: appearance and physique. His best-known early film was "Battle Cry" > BG: (1955). The role most remembered today is the part of pitcher Joe > BG: Hardy in "Damn Yankees" (1958). In 1960-1 he had his own TV series > BG: "The Tab Hunter Show", and he appeared regularly as George Shumway > BG: in TV's "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman" (1977-8). He co-starred three > BG: times with female impersonator Divine: "Polyester" (1981), "Out of > BG: the Dark" (1988) and "Lust in the Dust" (1985). He wrote the story > BG: for his most recent (his 32nd) movie "Dark Horse" (1992), directed > BG: by David Hemmings. > > BY: Ed Stephan 36439c37274,37280 < BO: * An Open Book (1980) by John Huston, Virgin (autobiography) (Paperback) --- > BG: John Huston was a man of many interests--painting, boxing, sculpture, > BG: gambling, > BG: fox-hunting, etc. He had four children: Tony and Angelica (with Ricki > BG: Soma), Danny (with another woman), and Allegra (Ricki with another man, but > BG: Huston raised the girl after Ricki died in a car crash). Huston wrote > BG: a somewhat sanitized autobiography in 1980 (friends who read it said, > BG: "Good book, John--who's it about?"). 36441c37282,37302 < TR: * Father of Anjelica Huston --- > BY: Anonymous > > SP: 'Dorothy Harvey' (qv) (? - ?) > SP: 'Lesley Black' (qv) (? - ?) > SP: 'Evelyn Keyes' (qv) (? - ?) > SP: 'Ricki Soma' (qv) (? - ?) > SP: 'Celeste (Cici) Shane' > > TR: * At one time he kept a pet monkey. His wife of the time, Evelyn > TR: Keyes, became fed up with the noise and the mess and told Huston > TR: that either she or the monkey would have to leave. "Honey, " > TR: replied Huston, "It's you!" > > QU: * Toward the end of his life he listed what he would change: > QU: 1) I would spend more time with my children. > QU: 2) I would make my money before spending it. > QU: 3) I would learn the joys of wine instead of hard liquor. > QU: 4) I would not smoke cigarettes when I had pneumonia. > QU: 5) I would not marry the fifth time. > > BO: * An Open Book (1980) by John Huston, Virgin (autobiography) (Paperback) 36451a37313,37316 > TR: * Father of 'John Huston' (qv) and grandfather of 'Anjelica Huston' > TR: (qv), their together comprising three generations of Academy Award > TR: winners. > 36659c37524,37533 < NM: Ingram, Rex --- > NM: Ingram, Rex (I) > > DB: 15 January 1892, Dublin, Ireland > > DD: 1950 > > TR: * Director, not to be confused with the actor 'Rex Ingram (II)' (qv). > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > NM: Ingram, Rex (II) 36666a37541,37547 > BG: Actor best remembered for his portrayal of Jim, the fugitive slave, > BG: opposite 'Mickey Rooney' (qv) in 'Huckleberry Finn' (1939). > > BY: Anonymous > > TR: * Not to be confused with the director 'Rex Ingram' (qv). > 37004a37886,37890 > NM: Jackson, Karan Ashley > > DB: 1975, Odessa, TX > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 37347a38234,38243 > NM: Janssen, Famke > > DB: 1965 > > GA: * "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987), as Kamala > GA: * "Melrose Place" (1992), as [unknown] > > HT: 5' 11" > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 37810a38707,38711 > NM: Johnson, Amy Jo > > DB: 1970 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 37939a38841,38848 > NM: Johnson, Russell > > TR: * son David died of AIDS at age 39 in 1994 > TR: since David's death, Johnson devotes his time to AIDS fundraising. > > SP: 'Constance' (qv) (? - ?) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 38040c38949,38960 < DD: 1942 --- > RN: Gebhart, Charles Frederick > > DB: 4 December 1889, Vincennes, Indiana, USA > > DD: 30 November 1942 > > BG: Popular star of westerns in the 20's and 30's. Died in the infamous > BG: Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire in Boston, USA, in which more than 400 > BG: perished. (Legend has it that Jones could have escaped but met his death > BG: while trying to save others.) > > BY: Bill Takacs 39305a40226,40230 > NM: Keena, Monica > > GA: * "Law & Order" (1990), as [unknown] > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 39360,39362d40284 < ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ < NM: Keith, Brian < 39424a40347,40381 > GA: * "333 Montgomery", pilot > GA: * "77 Sunset Strip" (ep. '88 Bars') > GA: * "ABC Afternoon Playbreak", as [unknown] > GA: * "Bat Masterson" (ep. 'No Amnesty for Death') > GA: * "Black Saddle" (ep. 'Apache Trail') > GA: * "Bold Ones: the Doctors" (ep. 'Giants Never Kneel') > GA: * "Bonanza" (eps. 'The Decision', 'The Honor of Cochise', 'Ride the Wind') > GA: * "Cowboys, The", as [unknown] > GA: * "Dakotas, The" (ep. 'Reformation at Big Nose Buffe') > GA: * "Death Valley Days: The Great Diamond Mines", as [unknown] > GA: * "Donna Reed Show", as [unknown] > GA: * "Fugitive, The", as [unknown] > GA: * "Gallant Men, The" (ep. 'A Taste of Peace') > GA: * "Gunsmoke" (eps. 'Indian Scout', 'Al Clovis') > GA: * "Ironside" (ep. 'Warrior's Return') > GA: * "Laramie" (ep. 'The Gun Deal') > GA: * "Laredo" (ep. 'Sound of Terror') > GA: * "Lawman" (ep. 'The Squatters') > GA: * "Lineup, The" (ep. 'The Chloroform Murder Case') > GA: * "Lone Ranger, The" (eps. 'Legion of Old Times', 'Gold Train') > GA: * "M Squad" (ep. 'Diamond Hard') > GA: * "Millionaire, The" (ep. 'Millionaire Iris Miller') > GA: * "Navy Log", as [unknown] > GA: * "Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law" (ep. 'Make no Mistake') > GA: * "Perry Mason" (ep. 'The Case of the Unwelcome Bride') > GA: * "Police Story", pilot > GA: * "Richard Diamond P.E." (eps. 'The Fine Art of Murder', 'The Adjuster') > GA: * "Room 222" (ep. 'Suitable for Framing') > GA: * "Rough Riders, The" (ep. 'The Night Riders') > GA: * "Route 66" (ep. '1800 Days to Justice') > GA: * "Silent Force" (ep. 'The Judge') > GA: * "Silent Service" (ep. 'The Gar Story') > GA: * "Slattery's People" (ep. 'Which One has the Privilege') > GA: * "Stagecoach West" (ep. 'Image of a Man') > 39673c40630 < DB: 26 April 1890, Monterey, CA --- > DB: 26 April 1890, Monterey, California, USA 39676a40634,40640 > AK: E. Livingston Kennedy > > TR: * Comedian acknowledged as master of the "slow burn" when antagonized. > TR: * See him as the lemonade vendor who has the dubious pleasure of en- > TR: countering 'Harpo Marx' (qv) in 'Duck Soup' (1933). > TR: * Brother of actor 'Tom Kennedy (II)' (qv). > 40150c41114,41124 < SP: 'Tabitha King' (qv) (? - ?) --- > DB: 1947, Portland, Maine, USA > > TR: * King has never censored his own work - the death scene of the doctor in > TR: novel "'Salem's Lot" was cut due to the demands of the editor in Doubleday. > TR: Between 1977 and 1984. > TR: * King published five novels (Rage, The Long Walk, > TR: Roadwork, The Running Man and Thinner) under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. > > SP: 'Tabitha King' (qv) (January 1970 - present) > > TR: * Has three children: Owen Phillip, Joseph Hillstrom and Naomi Rachel 40181a41156,41160 > NM: Kingston, Alex > > SP: 'Ralph Fiennes' (qv) (? - ?) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 40354a41334,41338 > NM: Kitchen, Michael > > DB: 31 October 1948, Leicester > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 40616a41601,41607 > NM: Koch, Howard > > DD: 18 August 1995 > > OW: Koch wrote the radio play "The War of the Worlds" > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 40646a41638,41654 > GA: * "Alfred Hitchcock Presents", as [unknown] > GA: * "Ben Casey", as [unknown] > GA: * "Columbo" (ep. 'Fade in to Murder') > GA: * "Combat!", as [unknown] > GA: * "Day in Court", as [unknown] > GA: * "Ironside", as [unknown] > GA: * "Lieutenant, The", as [unknown] > GA: * "Mannix", as [unknown] > GA: * "Medical Center", as [unknown] > GA: * "Mr. Novak", as [unknown] > GA: * "Tales of the Gold Monkey", as [unknown] > GA: * "Untouchables, The", as [unknown] > > OW: * "Actors" play > OW: * "Boys of Autumn, The" play > OW: * "Deputy, The" play > 40734c41742,41744 < DB: Warsaw, Poland --- > RN: Korjus, Miliza Elizabeth > > DB: 18 August 1909, Warsaw, Poland 40737a41748,41798 > BG: Miliza Korjus' father was Arthur Korjus, a colonel of the Imperial > BG: Russian Army, and later Chief of Staff to War Minister of independent > BG: Estonia. Her mother was Anna Gintoft, daughter of Count Anton Gintoft, > BG: a General of the Imperial Russian Army. Miliza was the fifth of six > BG: children (she had one brother, and four sisters). > BG: > BG: At the outbreak of World War I, her mother and sisters moved to Kiev, > BG: where Miliza received most of her education and eventually attended > BG: the Kiev Conservatory of Music. While still in her teens, she joined > BG: the Ukrainian State Chorus. > BG: > BG: During a visit to Leningrad in 1928, she crossed the border into > BG: Estonia and joined her father and brother who has settled there after > BG: fighting with General Denikin's Estonian army during the Russian Civil > BG: War. At her father's behest, she began making concert appearances in > BG: the Baltic states. She married Dr. Kuno Foelsch, a physicist, and > BG: moved to Germany in 1929. There, she continued her concert career and > BG: was engaged by the Berlin State Opera in 1933. Her operatic > BG: appearances and recordings quickly propelled her into the forefront of > BG: European singers. Her recordings were heard by Irving Thalberg of MGM > BG: who signed her sight unseen to a 10 year film contract. She arrived > BG: in Hollywood in March of 1936. Thalberg's death delayed production of > BG: her first film, and it was not until May of 1938 that she started > BG: work on "The Great Waltz". The film was well-received, and it was > BG: during pre-production of her second picture for MGM (working title > BG: was "Guns and Fiddles", co-starring Hedy Lamarr and Robert Taylor) > BG: that she was seriously injured in an auto accident. After nearly a > BG: year in hospital, where she underwent several operations on her leg, > BG: she was engaged for a concert tour of South America. The tour began > BG: in Mexico just as the U.S. entered World War II. Having spent her > BG: youth in war and revolution, she decided to remain in Mexico > BG: for the duration. She made one Mexican film in 1943", Caballeria del > BG: Imperio". > BG: > BG: She returned to the U.S. in October of 1944 to appear at Carnegie Hall. > BG: Eventually, she settled in Los Angeles and made concert appearances > BG: throughout North America. > BG: > BG: In 1952, she married Dr. Walter Shector, a physician, and retired from > BG: the stage, preferring instead to make recordings. She remained a > BG: bright fixture in southern California society and was greatly admired > BG: and sought out by visiting artists such as Joan Sutherland and > BG: Beverly Sills. She died of heart failure in August, 1980. > > BY: Richard Foelsch > > HT: 5" 8" > > SP: 'Dr. Kuno Foelsch, Ph.D.' (qv) (? - ?) > SP: 'Dr. Walter E. Shector, M.D.' (qv) (? - ?) > 41758a42820,42832 > NM: Lamb, Debra > > DB: November 1963 > > BG: Debra came up through the world of Exotic Dancing in Los Angeles, to > BG: in a remarkable string of low-budget screamers and mega-budget vehicles. > > BY: Anonymous > > TR: * Debra was cut from 'Trains, Planes and Automobiles' and 'Robocop' > TR: She is also an accomplished fire-eater > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 42321a43396,43403 > NM: Large, Norman > > GA: * "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987), as Proconsul Neral (ep. > GA: 'Unification') > GA: * "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987), as Maques (ep. 'Dark Page) > GA: * "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993), as Captain (ep. 'Duet') > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 42360a43443,43444 > GA: * "Three's Company" (1977), as a cop (05/79) > 42821a43906,43910 > NM: Leach, Rosemary > > DB: 18 December 1925, Much Wenlock, Shropshire > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 42942a44032,44034 > TR: * Filed for divorce from Seagal (her second husband). > TR: * Has 3 children with Seagal: Annaliza, Dominick, and Arrisa > 43914a45007,45008 > GA: * "Wonder Years, The" (1988), as Wayne's girlfriend > 44056a45151,45156 > NM: Lien, Jennifer > > GA: * "Brewster Place", as [unknown] > GA: * "Phenom", as [unknown] > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 44291c45391,45401 < DB: 18 December 1955, Union, NJ --- > DB: 18 December 1955, Newark, NJ (raised in Union Township, NJ) > > BG: Intense is the word for Ray Liotta. He specializes in psychopathic > BG: characters who hide behind a cultivated charm. Even in his nice > BG: guy roles in FIELD OF DREAMS and OPERATION DUMBO DROP, you get the > BG: impression that something is smoldering inside of him. Liotta is > BG: a very selective actor, averaging less than one movie a year. > > BY: Ray Hamel > > GA: * TV commercial for K-Tel's "Love Songs of the Fifties" (acting debut) 44943a46054,46060 > TR: * Her mother, Judith, died in 1974 at the age of 34 of chronic alcoholism > TR: * Has two daughters: Vanessa and Marianne > > SP: 'Farrell Foumberg' (qv) (? - ?) childhood sweetheart > SP: 'Doug Stevenson' (qv) (? - ?) > SP: 'Paul Siederman' (qv) (? - ?) > 44959c46076 < RN: Lowenstein, Laszio --- > RN: Lowenstein, Laszlo 44961c46078 < DB: 26 June 1904, Rosenberg (Rozsahegy?), Hungary --- > DB: 26 June 1904, Rosenberg, Hungary 44963c46080,46099 < DD: 23 March 1964 --- > DD: 23 March 1964, heart attack > > BG: He ran away from home, worked as a bank clerk, and after stage > BG: training in Vienna made his acting debut in Zurich. He remained > BG: unknown, traveling for seven years acting in Germany, Austria and > BG: Switzerland, until Fritz Lang cast as the psychopathic child > BG: killer in "M" (1931). After several more German films, as the > BG: Nazis came to power, he left for Paris, London and, in 1935, > BG: Hollywood. He played Raskolnikov in "Crime and Punishment" (1935), > BG: and a series of Mr. Moto movies during the late 'thirties. He > BG: began his pairing with Sydney Greenstreet as Joel Cairo in "The > BG: Maltese Falcon" (1941), continued in "Casablanca" (1942) and seven > BG: other films during the early 'forties. In Germany he wrote, > BG: directed and starred in "Der Verlorene"/"The Lost One" (1951). > BG: After that, somewhat heavier, he played in a string of not-so- > BG: stellar efforts; an exception -- the clown in "The Big Circus" > BG: (1959). He died the year he made his last movie, playing a stooge > BG: in Jerry Lewis' "The Patsy". > > BY: Ed Stephan 45241a46378,46384 > NM: Loy, Nanni > > DB: 23 October 1925, Cagliari, Italy > > DD: 21 August 1995, Fregene, Italy > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 45492c46635,46641 < DB: 4 February 1916, London, England --- > DB: 4 February 1918, London, England > > DD: 3 August 1995, Los Angeles, CA (stroke after a battle with colon cancer) > > SP: 'Louis Hayward' (qv) (1938 - divorced 1945) > SP: 'Collier Young' (qv) (1948 - divorced 1951) > SP: 'Howard Duff' (qv) (1951 - divorced 1973) 45514a46664,46668 > NM: Lutz, Adelle > > SP: 'David Byrne' (qv) (? - ?) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 45622a46777,46788 > QU: "In Hollywood, more often than not, they're making more kind > QU: of traditional films, stories that are understood by people. > QU: And the entire story is understood. And they become worried > QU: if even for one small moment something happens that is not > QU: understood by everyone. But what's so fantastic is to get > QU: down into areas where things are abstract and where things > QU: are felt, or understood in an intuitive way that, you can't, > QU: you know, put a microphone to somebody at the theatre and > QU: say 'Did you understand that?' but they come out with a > QU: strange, fantastic feeling and they can carry that, and it > QU: opens some little door or something that's magical and > QU: that's the power that film has." 46915a48082,48086 > NM: Mantell, Joe > > GA: * "Alfred Hitchcock Presents/Guilty Witness", as Stanley Krane (12/11/55) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 47537a48709,48747 > NM: Martin, Douglas Brian > > OW: * Directed the following music videos: > OW: "Murder, Mystery & Mayhem (1981)" for Peter Ivers > OW: "No Smoking (1982)" for John Waters > OW: "Shock Value (1982)" for John Waters > OW: "I Predict (1982)" for Sparks > OW: "Get Up And Go (1982)" for The Go-Go's > OW: "Gone Daddy Gone (1983)" for Violent Femmes > OW: "Barefoot Rock (1983)" for The Blasters > OW: "One Red Rose (1983)" for The Blasters > OW: "The Cutting Edge (1983)" for MTV > OW: "Christian Girls Problems (1983)" for The Gleaming Spires > OW: "Head Over Heels (1983)" for The Go-Go's > OW: "Sound Of The Rain (1984)" for Rank & File > OW: "Livin' A Little, Laughin' A Little (1985)" for John Hiatt/Elvis Costello > OW: "When Angels Kiss (1985)" for Gary Myrick > OW: "Stick Around (1985)" for Julian Lennon > OW: "Lips To Find You (1986)" for Teena Marie > OW: "Situation #9 (1986)" for Club Nouveau > OW: "Murder, Mystery & Mayhem (1981)" for Peter Ivers > OW: "No Smoking (1982)" for John Waters > OW: "Shock Value (1982)" for John Waters > OW: "I Predict (1982)" for Sparks > OW: "Get Up And Go (1982)" for The Go-Go's > OW: "Gone Daddy Gone (1983)" for Violent Femmes > OW: "Barefoot Rock (1983)" for The Blasters > OW: "One Red Rose (1983)" for The Blasters > OW: "The Cutting Edge (1983)" for MTV > OW: "Christian Girls Problems (1983)" for The Gleaming Spires > OW: "Head Over Heels (1983)" for The Go-Go's > OW: "Sound Of The Rain (1984)" for Rank & File > OW: "Livin' A Little, Laughin' A Little (1985)" for John Hiatt/Elvis Costello > OW: "When Angels Kiss (1985)" for Gary Myrick > OW: "Stick Around (1985)" for Julian Lennon > OW: "Lips To Find You (1986)" for Teena Marie > OW: "Situation #9 (1986)" for Club Nouveau > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 47640a48851,48941 > BG: Born in Grodek, Poland, Ross Martin grew up in New York City's East > BG: He spoke Yiddish, Polish, and Russian before even learning English and > BG: later added French, Spanish, and Italian to his amazing repetoire. > BG: Despite academic training (and receiving honors in) business, > BG: instruction, and law, M. Martin chose a career of acting. His first film > BG: was the George Pal production _Conquest of Space_. Soon after, he caught > BG: the eye of Blake Edwards, who cast him in a number of widely varied roles, > BG: culminating with a fantastic part in _The Great Race_ (1965). Ross > BG: somehow managed a series in between, the short-lived _Mr. Lucky_. With > BG: the release of _The Great Race_, CBS cast M. Martin in what was to become > BG: his most famous part, Secret Service agent Artemus Gordon in _The Wild > BG: Wild West_, opposite Robert Conrad. Perhaps the show's cancellation > BG: in 1969 was for the best- M. Martin suffered a near-fatal heart attack in > BG: '68 . Afraid to take the risk of having a lead actor with a heart > BG: condition, the networks snubbed M. Martin with regards to a lead role, > BG: yet he appeared as a guest star in an amazing number of programs, not all > BG: dramatic masterpieces. Yet Ross loved to act, and took every role which > BG: came his way. Ross Martin collapsed while playing tennis, the heart > BG: condition finally taking its toll on July 3rd, 1981. > > BY: Kristin Sabo > > GA: * US Steel Hour (1956) > GA: * Modern Romances (1957) > GA: * Studio One (1957) > GA: * "Gunsmoke" (1958) > GA: * Bat Masterson (1958) US Marshall (1959) > GA: * "Peter Gunn" (1958), as [unknown] (1959) > GA: * "Twilight Zone, The" (1959), as [unknown] (ep. 'The Four of Us Are Dying', 1960) > GA: * Comedy Spot (1961) > GA: * "Dr. Kildare" (1961), as [unknown] > GA: * The Whirlybirds (1962) > GA: * The Dick Powell Show (1963) > GA: * Your First Impression (1963) > GA: * "Twilight Zone, The" (1959), as [unknown] (ep. 'Death Ship', 1963) > GA: * Object is (1964) Password (1966) Mitzi's Second Special (1969) > GA: * "Love, American Style" (1969), as [unknown] > GA: * "Columbo", as [unknown] (ep. 'Suitable for Framing', 1971) > GA: * Night Gallery (1971, 72) > GA: * Ironside (1973) > GA: * Tenafly (1973) > GA: * McCloud "Solid Gold Swingers" (1973) > GA: * Barnaby Jones (1974) > GA: * The Invisible Man (1975) > GA: * Don Adam's Screen Test (1976) > GA: * Wonder Woman (19??) > GA: * Sanford and Son (1976) > GA: * Gemini Man (1976) > GA: * Baretta (1977) > GA: * Charlie's Angels (1977) > GA: * Quark (1978) > GA: * The American Girls (1978) > GA: * Hawaii Five-O (1978, 79 x 3) > GA: * Whew! (1980) > GA: * "Fantasy Island" (1980) > GA: * "Card Sharks" (1980) > GA: * "Mork and Mindy" (1981) > > HT: 5' 11" > > SP: 'Olavee Martin' (qv) (? - ?) > > TR: * In _Columbo_ "Suitable For Framing", many a viewer notes the marvelous > TR: interplay between Ross Martin and Peter Falk. This is to be expected; > TR: M. Martin was Falk's acting instructor in years passed. The two also > TR: worked together in _The Great Race_. > TR: M. Martin received an emmy nomination for his work in _The Wild Wild West_. > > QU: [To a reporter] "Abe, did you ever realize that any coin has three sides? > QU: Yep, it has two faces and an edge...and it can stand or fall on that edge. > QU: Now here's how that applies to [television] shows... You see, every show > QU: has a hero. He's one side of the coin. His character, no matter how weak > QU: he appears at times, must be one the audience can pull for. But the very > QU: nature of his role, the good guy who must win, makes him bigger than life- > QU: and pretty much black and white- yet the audience must identify, > QU: sympathize, even idolize him. Now we have the second side of the coin -- > QU: the co-star. He must make his own characterization clear, but also- > QU: because his role is more flexible- he must work to create a visual > QU: relationship that will make the audience feel they really know and > QU: understand both characters. It's a sort of truth you only learn about > QU: through working... the third side is the important one -- the edge. > QU: This edge is the relation I talked about between the co-stars. > QU: If it's properly established by interplay between the co-stars, it > QU: humanizes the hero, rounds out what might be just a two-dimensional basic > QU: character. By establishing loyalty and warmth between the co-stars, it > QU: can give the audience insight into more than just the action they are > QU: watching. They can be made to feel there is more to the show than just > QU: one man following another to victory over the bad guys..." > QU: -Ross Martin discussing his "nagger" with reporter > QU: Abe Greenberg while co-starring on _The Wild Wild West_ > 47755a49057,49064 > BG: During the forties and fifties, he was the highly successful host of > BG: "You Bet Your Life" a quiz show on radio and television. His son, Arthur, > BG: is a successful writer of biographies and TV scripts. Arthur complained > BG: about his father always being "on". If he asked Groucho about something > BG: serious or personal, Groucho would reply with one-liners. > > BY: Anonymous > 47770a49080,49083 > QU: Told that a swimming pool was off-limits to Jews, Groucho replied > QU: "My son is half-Jewish; can he wade in up to his knees?" > QU: "Once I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my > QU: pajamas I'll never know." 47996a49310 > TR: * Her older half-brother is her mother's son, the actor Christian Vadim (qv) 48042a49357,49358 > GA: * "Alfred Hitchcock Presents/The Big Switch", as Sam Donleavy (1/8/56) > 48183a49500,49501 > SP: 'Paul Powell' (qv) (2 December 1991 - ?) > 48787a50106,50108 > OW: * PC-Game WING COMMANDER III (1994) > OW: & WING COMMANDER IV (1996) > 48823a50145,50162 > GA: * "Beyond the Groove", as [unknown] > GA: * "Cosby Show, The", as [unknown] > GA: * "Edge of Night, The", as [unknown] > GA: * "Party of Five", as [unknown] > GA: * "Wizard, The", as [unknown] > GA: * "Dream On" (1990) (ep. 'The Book, the Thief, Her Boss, and Her Lover') > > OW: * "Bloodletters, The" play > OW: * "Cloud 9" play > OW: * "Emerald City" play > OW: * "Every Good Boy Deserves Favor" play > OW: * "Homecoming, The" play > OW: * "How to Say Goodbye" play > OW: * "Histoire du Soldat, L'" play > OW: * "Matchmaker, The" play > OW: * "To Gillian on her 37 Birthday" play > OW: * "Viva Detroit" play > 48879a50219,50220 > GA: * "Alfred Hitchcock Presents/The Cheney Vase", as museum curator (12/25/55) > 49003a50345,50349 > NM: McGuire, Kathleen > > GA: * "Alfred Hitchcock Presents/Guilty Witness", as Dorothy Krane (12/11/55) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 49336a50683,50691 > DB: 9 November 1964 > > GA: * "Going to Extremes", as [unknown] > GA: * "L.A. Law", as [unknown] > GA: * "New Twilight Zone, The" (ep. 'A Message from Charity') > GA: * "Quantum Leap" (ep. 'Good Night, Dear Heart') > GA: * "Star Trek: The Next Generation", as Cadet Nick Locarno (ep. 'The First > GA: Duty', 1992) > 49555c50910 < DB: Dublin, Ireland --- > DB: 30 May 1953, Dublin, Ireland 49557c50912,50923 < GA: * "MacGyver" (1985), as [unknown] --- > OW: * "Breaking the Code" play > OW: * "Every Good Boy Deserves Favor" play > > GA: * "Doctor Quinn, Medicine Woman", pilot > GA: * "Father Dowling Mysteries, The", as [unknown] > GA: * "MacGyver" (ep. 'Good Knight MacGyver, Part I') > GA: * "Moonlighting" (ep. 'Atomic Shakespeare') > GA: * "New Adam-12", as [unknown] > GA: * "Remington Steele" (ep. 'Steele Hanging in There, Part 2') > GA: * "Star Trek: The Next Generation", as Chief O'Brien (ep. 'All Good > GA: Things...', 1994) > GA: * "Tales From the Darkside" (ep. 'Beetles') 50658a52025,52040 > NM: Miller, Michelle M. > > DB: 9 November, 1962 > > BG: Graduate Del'Arte School of Physical Theatre > BG: Participated in North Coast Repertory Theatre, Ferndale (CA) Repertory > BG: Theatre World Premier Theatre (Eureka, CA). > BG: Makeup designer: Humbolt (CA) Light Opera Co. > BG: Costume Designer: North Coast Repertory Theatre, Ferndale Repertory Theatre > BG: Professional Clown, New Braunfels, Texas > > BY: Anonymous > > HT: 5' 3" > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 50741,50742d52122 < DD: 1982 < 50905a52286,52292 > TR: * The "Lady with the Tutti-Frutti Hat" in Hollywood musicals of the > TR: 40's. See her at her sparkling best as the cheeky "Rosita Murphy" in > TR: the gorgeous Technicolor 'Springtime in the Rockies' (1942), in which, > TR: without effort in the slightest, she virtually steals every scene > TR: wherein she appears - upstaging even the film's [nominal] star, > TR: 'Betty Grable' (qv)! > 51434c52821 < TR: * Director --- > TR: * Father of Elizabeth Montgomery. 52356a53744,53757 > GA: * "Batman: The Animated Series", as voice (ep. 'Appointment in Crime Alley') > GA: * "Empty Nest" (1988), as [unknown] > GA: * "F.B.I., The", as [unknown] (eps. 'Escape to Nowhere', 'Act of Violence') > GA: * "Genesis II", as [unknown] > GA: * "Hart to Hart", as [unknown] > GA: * "Hawaii Five-O", as [unknown] (ep. 'Death Wish on Tantalus Mountain') > GA: * "Incredible Hulk, The", as [unknown] (eps. 'Homecoming', 'Sanctuary') > GA: * "Insight", as [unknown] > GA: * "Invaders, The", as [unknown] (ep. 'The Life Seekers') > GA: * "Kung Fu", as [unknown] (ep. 'The Elixir') > GA: * "Quincy, M.E.", as [unknown] > GA: * "Rockford Files, The", as [unknown] > GA: * "Streets of San Francisco, The", as [unknown] > 52361a53763,53765 > GA: * "Cheers" (1982), as [unknown] > GA: * "Murphy Brown", as [unknown] > 52478c53882 < DB: 1906, Portland, Oregon, USA. --- > DB: 16 June 1906, Portland, OR 52480c53884 < DD: February 1955, New York, NY (suicide) --- > DD: 11 February 1955, New York City, NY (suicide) 52482c53886,53904 < SP: 'Eddie Buzzell' (qv) (1926 - ?), San Francisco (divorced) --- > BG: A slim, pale blonde, Munson achieved film immortality as the > BG: tainted Belle Watling in "Gone With The Wind". Her other film > BG: roles were sporadic supporting roles in dramas and westerns. > > BY: Ray Hamel > > HT: 5' 2" > > GA: * Ona Munson in Hollywood(radio series), as host > GA: * "Craig's Wife" (1952), as [unknown] > GA: * "Nemesis" (1953), as [unknown] > GA: * "Tight Approach" (1953), as [unknown] > > TR: * She introduced the song "You're the Cream in My Coffee" in > TR: the Broadway play "Hold Everything", c. 1927. > > SP: 'Eddie Buzzell' (qv) (1927 - 193?) > SP: 'Stewart McDonald' (qv) (1941 - 1947) > SP: 'Eugene Berman' (qv) (1949 - 1955) 52547c53969,53971 < DB: 20 June 1924, Kingston, TX --- > DB: 20 June 1924, Kingston, Texas, USA > > DD: 28 May 1971, Died in plane crash near Roanoke VA. 52549c53973 < DD: 28 May 1971 --- > SP: 'Wanda Hendrix' (qv) (1949 - divorced 1950) 52550a53975,53977 > TR: * Among his 24 decorations from World War II was the Medal of Honor, the > TR: US's highest award for military conduct "above and beyond the call of > TR: duty." 52552c53979,53980 < TR: * Died in plane crash near Roanoke VA. --- > > BT: To Hell and Back (1955), in which he starred as himself. 52853a54282,54283 > DB: 7 January 1903, Birmingham, England > 52855a54286,54289 > HT: 6' 5" (195 cm) > > TR: * Remembered as the butler, Alfred, in the "Batman" TV series of yore. > 52885a54320,54324 > NM: Narvy, Jason > > DB: 1975, Los Angeles, CA > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 53358a54798,54802 > SP: 'Martha Matthews' (qv) (1950 - 1960) three children > SP: 'Shirley Collie' (qv) (1961 - 1971) > SP: 'Connie Koepke' (qv) (1971 - 1988) two children > SP: 'Ann-Marie D'Angleo' (qv) (1991 - present) two children > 54247c55691 < DB: 17 March 1938, Russia --- > DB: 17 March 1938, Irkutsk, USSR 54249c55693 < DD: 6 January 1993 --- > DD: 6 January 1993, Paris (AIDS) 54251c55695,55706 < TR: * Dancer. Died of cardiac complication in Paris. --- > BG: He was educated at the Leningrad Ballet School and starred with > BG: Kirov Ballet. His first film was a USSR short "Le Corsaire" > BG: (1958). While performing in Paris in 1961 he defected to the West. > BG: He then performed internationally, becoming an Austrian citizen in > BG: 1982. The English/French documentary "I Am a Dancer" (1972, "Un > BG: Danceur: Rudolph Nureyev"), directed by Pierre Jourdain, featured > BG: him and his long-time partner Margot Fonteyn. He played Rudolph > BG: Valentino in the film "Valentino" (1977) and Daniel Jelline in > BG: "Exposed" (1983), his last film. In 1982 he starred in the US > BG: stage revival of "The King and I". > > BY: Ed Stephan 56111a57567,57573 > NM: Parillo, Erik > > HT: 6' 1" > > AG: 212-541-7600 Svc.# > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 56141a57604,57608 > NM: Parker, Andrea > > GA: * "Coach" (1989), as Penny (1994) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 56644a58112,58113 > HT: 5' 10" > 56688a58158,58159 > GA: * "Alfred Hitchcock Presents/You Got To Have Luck", as [unknown] (1/15/56) > 57011a58483,58487 > NM: Peluce, Meeno > > DB: 26 February 1970 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 57388a58865,58869 > NM: Petersen, Patrick > > DB: 9 August 1966 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 57504c58985 < SP: 'David E. Kelly' (qv) (1994 - present) --- > SP: 'David E. Kelley' (qv) (1994 - present) 57508c58989 < TR: * Sister of Dedee Pfeiffer (qv) --- > TR: * Sister of 'Dedee Pfeiffer' (qv) 57670a59152,59156 > NM: Phillips, Sian > > DB: 14 May 1934 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 57701a59188,59205 > BG: His father John had been a carpenter, his mother Arlyn a secretary in > BG: the Bronx. They met in California in 1968 where they worked as > BG: itinerant fruit pickers. By the time River was two they were members > BG: of the Children of God, living in South America, where John was the > BG: sect's "Archbishop of Venezuela". In 1977 they moved to Los Angeles > BG: and changed their name to Phoenix. His parents encouraged all their > BG: children to get into movies, and by age ten River was acting > BG: professionally on TV. His film debut was in "Explorers" (1985), > BG: followed rapidly by box-office successes with "Stand by Me" and "The > BG: Mosquito Coast" (1986) and as young Indiana in "Indiana Jones and the > BG: Last Crusade" (1989). His role as Danny Pope in "Running on Empty" > BG: (1988) earned him an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting > BG: Actor. His best role was probably Mike, the hustler in "My Own Private > BG: Idaho" (1991). He died aged 23 outside Johnny Depp's Los Angeles club, > BG: the Viper Room. > > BY: Ed Stephan > 57904a59409,59413 > NM: Pigott-Smith, Tim > > DB: 13 May 1946, Rugby > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 58063a59573,59580 > NM: Piven, Byrne > > WN: * Co-director with wife Joyce Piven of Piven Theater Workshop, > WN: a Chicago-area school whose alumni include Jeremy Piven, > WN: John, Joan, and Ann Cusack, Aidan Quinn, and Rosanna Arquette, > WN: among others. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 58674a60192,60193 > RN: Power, Frederick Tyrone > 58678a60198,60200 > TR: * First of three generations of 20th-century actors to bear the Tyrone > TR: Power name. Primogenitor and namesake of them all was his grandfather, > TR: the great Irish actor Tyrone Power (1797 - 1841). 59225a60748,60750 > GA: * "Alfred Hitchcock Presents/A Bullet for Baldwin", as Benjamin Stepp > GA: (1/1/56) > 59324a60850,60854 > NM: Quilley, Dennis > > DB: 26 December 1927 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 60121c61651 < DB: 6 February 1911, Tampico, IL --- > DB: 6 February 1911, Tampico, Illinois, USA 60123,60124c61653,61654 < SP: 'Jane Wyman' (qv) (? - ?) (divorced). < SP: 'Nancy Reagan' (qv) (? - present) --- > SP: 'Jane Wyman' (qv) (1940 - divorced 1948) > SP: 'Nancy Davis' (qv) (1952 - present) 60128a61659,61661 > TR: * The first divorce to become President of the United States. > TR: * Portrays a woman-abusing mobster in his final film, 'The Killers' > TR: (1964). 60305a61839,61843 > NM: Reed, Philip > > GA: * "Alfred Hitchcock Presents/A Bullet for Baldwin", as Mr. King (1/1/56) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 61122c62660 < DB: 10 February 1906 --- > DB: 10 February 1906, El Reno, Oklahoma, USA 61125a62664,62666 > TR: * Stage actor best remembered in films as the mustachioed, feather- > TR: brained, Continental type in two Astaire-Rogers mistaken-identity > TR: romps: 'The Gay Divorcee' (1934) and 'Top Hat' (1935). 61331a62873,62877 > NM: Richards, Evan > > DB: 23 August 1970 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 61686a63233,63241 > BG: Singing-cowboy star of "B" westerns during the 30's and 40's and later > BG: country-music recording star. > > BY: Anonymous > > NK: America's Most Beloved Cowboy > > TR: * Perhaps best remembered for his haunting vocalization of the theme > TR: song in 'High Noon' (1952). 62031a63587,63607 > NM: Robinson, Bill "Bojangles" > > RN: Robinson, Luther > > DB: 25 May 1878, Richmond, VA > > DD: 1949 > > BG: He quit school at age seven and began work as a professional dancer the > BG: following year. Bojangles (the name referred to his happy-go-lucky > BG: ebullience) starred in vaudeville, musical stage and movies. He invented > BG: the stair tap routine and was considered one of the world's greatest tap > BG: dancers. His film debut was in "Dixiana" (1930). He worked in fifteen > BG: movies, but his movie fame came primarily from the films he made with > BG: Shirley Temple -- ""The Little Colonel" (1936), "The Littlest Rebel" > BG: (1935), and "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" (1938). In 1989 the US Congress > BG: named his birth date as National Tap Dancing Day. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 62422c63998 < DB: 4 November 1879, Oologah, OK --- > DB: 4 November 1879, Cologah, Oklahoma Territory, USA 62425a64002,64008 > TR: * Died in the Arctic crash of a plane piloted by the world-renowned, > TR: one-eyed pioneer aviator, Wiley Post (in which Post died as well). > > BT: The Story of Will Rogers (1952), portrayed by his son Will Jr. > > QU: "It's a good thing we don't get all the government we pay for." > 62442a64026,64030 > NM: Roizman, Owen > > DB: Brooklyn, NY > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 62579a64168,64184 > NM: Rona, Jeff > > DB: 3 March 1957 > > TR: * A well known synthesist and sound designer in Los Angeles for many years, > TR: his work has been heard on a large number of top films. > > AG: Cheryl Tiano, Gorfain/Schwartz Agency > > HT: 5' 11" > > SP: 'Judy Silk' (qv) (? - ?) > > OW: * "The MIDI Companion" (1995) published by Hal Leonard Books > OW: * "Synchronization From Reel To Reel" (1994) published by Hal Leonard Books > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 62646a64252,64257 > NM: Roseanne > > SP: 'Tom Arnold' (qv) (? - ?) > SP: 'Ben Thomas' (qv) (? - ?) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 63783a65395,65399 > NM: Salgueiro, Teresa > > WN: * Singer of the portuguese group Madredeus > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 64014a65631,65637 > TR: * Brother of the actor 'Tom Conway' (qv). The two appeared together in > TR: one film: 'The Falcon's Brother' (1942), in which they portrayed - > TR: appropriately enough - brothers, and which was Sanders' final appear- > TR: ance as "The Falcon", a role he had grown tired of. In this entry, > TR: Sanders hands off the role to Conway, who took it up for nine subse- > TR: quent films through 1946. > 64647a66271,66274 > SP: 'Allyce Beasley' (qv) (1985 - 1988) > > TR: * Son Andrea with Beasley > 64707a66335,66339 > NM: Schiffman, Karl > > AG: Barry Perelman, Los Angeles U.S.A (310) 274 5999 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 64848a66481,66485 > NM: Schrier, Paul > > DB: Las Vegas, NV > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 64893a66531,66534 > DB: 1886 > > DD: 1954 > 65350a66992,66994 > TR: * Seagal has been married 3 times > TR: * Has three children with LeBrock: Annaliza, Dominick, and Arrisa > 65657c67301 < DB: 17 January 1880 --- > RN: Sinnott, Michael (Mikall) 65659c67303,67348 < DD: 1960 --- > DB: 17 January 1880, Danville, Quebec, Canada > > DD: 5 November 1960 > > BG: His parents were Irish immigrants. At 17 his parents moved to East > BG: Berlin, CT and he became a laborer at American Iron Works, a job he > BG: continued when they moved to Northampton MA. He happened to meet > BG: the actress Marie Dressler in 1902 and through her went to New York > BG: to try for a career on the stage. He managed some burlesque and > BG: chorus boy parts. In 1908 he began acting in Biograph films. His > BG: work there lasted until 1911; it included direction by D.W. > BG: Griffith and acting with Mary Pickford and Mabel Normand. By 1910 > BG: he was directing. In 1912 he and two bookies formed the Keystone > BG: production company. He brought Mabel Normand with him and soon > BG: added "Fatty" Arbuckle, Chester Conklin, At St. John, Slim > BG: Summervile, Minta Duffee and Charlie Chaplin (who was directed by > BG: Sennett in 35 comedies during 1914). He told Chaplin: "We have no > BG: scenario--we get an idea then follow the natural sequence of events > BG: until it leads up to a chase, which is the essence of our comedy". > BG: To the slapstick chase gags of the Keystone Kops were gradually > BG: added the Bathing Beauties and the Kid Komedies. In 1915 he and > BG: Griffith and Thomas Ince formed Triangle Films. Comedy moved from > BG: improvisational slapstick to scripted situations. Stars like Bobby > BG: Vernon and Gloria Swanson joined him. In 1917 he formed Mack > BG: Sennett Comedies, distributing through Paramount and later Pathe, > BG: launching another star, Harry Langdon. When he returned to > BG: Paramount in 1932 he produced shorts featuring W.C. Fields and > BG: musical ones with Bing Crosby. After directing his only Buster > BG: Keaton film, "The Timid Young Man" (135) he returned to Canada a > BG: pauper. In 1937 he was awarded a special Oscar - "to the master of > BG: fun, discoverer of stars ... for his lasting contribution to the > BG: comedy technique of the screen". > > BY: Ed Stephan > > BG: Director; founder in 1912 of Keystone Studios, which introduced to > BG: silent-film comedy (and to the world!) the likes of Fatty Arbuckle, > BG: Mack Swain, The Keystone Kops and...Charles Chaplin. > > BY: > > BO: * autobiography - "King of Comedy" (1954) > > BT: "Mack and Mabel" (1974 Broadway musical) > > NK: The King of Comedy 65964a67654,67655 > TR: * Plays bridge. > 66520a68212,68239 > NM: Shields, Fred > > RN: Shields, Frederick Hagenstein > > DB: 18 May 1904, Kansas City, MO > > DD: 30 June 1974 > > BG: In Kansas City, Shields owned a theatre group, The Playmakers, and > BG: performed in stage plays. > BG: He also worked as a newscaster for WDAF radio. In 1929 he announced the > BG: plane flight of > BG: Germany's Graf Zeppelin over the U.S. In 1930 he came to Hollywood, CA with > BG: Ger his wife, Karena, > BG: and daughter, Evelyn. He was employed as the Station Manager for KTM Los > BG: and Angeles. In 1939 > BG: he was President of the American Federation of Radio Artists. From 1940 to > BG: he 1965 he was the > BG: announcer on the Alka Seltzer News, KHJ Hollywood. He also played "Mr. Archer" > BG: on "Meet Corliss Archer" both on CBS radio and television. > > BY: Evelyn Linda Shields Wheeler (daughter) > > SP: 'Karena' (qv) (Catharine Mary) Plant (qv) (18 May 1929 - August 1937) > > HT: 5' 8" > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 67148c68867 < BO: * Numerous others --- > BO: * "Sinatra! The Song is You" by Will Friedwald 68067c69786,69793 < DB: 22 January 1909, Valley City, SD --- > DB: 22 January 1909, Valley City, North Dakota, USA > > SP: 'Roger Pryor' (qv) (1936 - divorced 1942) > SP: 'Robert Sterling' (qv) (1943 - divorced 1949) > > TR: * Mother of look-alike, sound-alike actress 'Tisha Sterling' (qv). The > TR: two appeared in 'The Whales of August' (1987), with Tisha, in the > TR: prelude scene, portraying a younger-day Ann. 68449c70175 < DB: 10 September 1892, Santa Ana, CA --- > DB: 10 September 1893, Santa Ana, California, USA 68453c70179,70188 < TR: * Died of heart attack in Vidalia CA. --- > BG: Silent-film comic who appeared in dozens of Mack Sennett's early > BG: Keystone comedies and would eventually create and star in his own > BG: vehicles for other studios. With the advent of sound, he became a char- > BG: acter actor in westerns and later the bewhiskered sidekick of B-western > BG: heroes like 'Buster Crabbe' (qv), 'Bob Livingston' (qv) and > BG: 'Lash La Rue' (qv). > > BY: Bill Takacs > > NK: Fuzzy 68757a70493,70497 > NM: Starke, Anthony > > GA: * "Seinfeld" (1990), as Jimmy (1995) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 69085a70826,70827 > GA: * "Friends" (1994), as Roger (01/95) > 69378a71121,71130 > BG: Photogenic American child actor of the 40's, popular due in no small > BG: measure to his air of innocence and his beautiful, cherubic face, with > BG: its dimples and sparkling eyes, topped with a crown of curls. Still an > BG: actor in demand while well into his middle years, he is one of the few > BG: juvenile performers to succeed lifelong in films. Considering child > BG: actors who matured gracefully, his career can be likened perhaps only > BG: to that of 'Natalie Wood' (qv), excepting her degree of stardom. > > BY: Bill Takacs > 70785a72538 > TR: * Sharon was 8 months pregnant when she met Tex and Susan 71618,71622c73371,73373 < BG: Fred Thompson was a prosecuting attorney during the Watergate trials, < BG: who went on to try his hand at acting. In 1994, he was elected as a < BG: Republican to the U.S. House of Representatives. < < BY: Anonymous --- > TR: * Thompson was elected in 1994 to the United States Senate. > TR: Thompson represents his home state of Tennessee. > TR: * He can be reached at the e-mail address senator@thompson.senate.gov 71769a73521,73528 > NM: Throne, Malachi > > GA: * "Star Trek" (1966), as Voice of The Keeper (ep. 'The Cage') > GA: * "Star Trek" (1966), as Commodore Jose Mendez (ep. 'The Menagerie') > GA: * "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987), as Senator Pardek (ep. > GA: 'Unification') > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 71874a73634,73648 > BG: Legendary Hollywood "tough guy," on screen and off. Remembered as the > BG: title character in 'Dillinger' (1945) and as the consummately brutal > BG: lover of 'Claire Trevor' (qv) in 'Born to Kill' (1947). Notorious also > BG: for his frequent, well-publicized past involvements in public alter- > BG: cations - like barroom brawls - and other real-life manifestations of > BG: rowdiness. (In a 1973 incident, he managed to get himself stabbed.) > BG: Though now a puffy-faced, totally bald old man, he continues as screen > BG: actor to project the hard-as-nails mien that has been ingrained since > BG: his younger days, as he evidences quite amply in Quentin Tarantino's > BG: 'Reservoir Dogs' (1992). > > BY: Bill Takacs > > TR: * Elder brother and erstwhile mentor of actor 'Scott Brady' (qv). > 71935a73710,73711 > RN: Khaury, Herbert > 72097c73873,73897 < DB: March 1978 --- > DB: March 1978, Hinsdale, IL > > BG: Nicholle Tom was born in Hinsdale, Illinois in March 1978. She > BG: has a twin brother, David, and a two and a half year older sister, > BG: Heather. She started her career together with David in Chicago at > BG: the age of eight. > BG: > BG: She first appeared in print ads and commercials. Soon the family > BG: moved to Seattle. There she continued to work in commercials, with > BG: both David and Heather. > BG: > BG: In her first acting role she was the older sister (Ryce) in the movie > BG: "Beethoven". She renewed the role in "Beethoven's 2nd." In the movie > BG: "Season of Change" she acted as Sally Mae Parker. > BG: Her first role in a TV movie (non series) was as Jacy Woodman in > BG: "Bloodlines: Murder in the Family" (1993) > BG: > BG: Nicholle acted in two TV series, "Beverly Hills 90210" as Sue Scanlon > BG: (1990) and as permanent character Maggie in "The Nanny" (1993). > BG: She has guested in "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air" and in the miniseries > BG: "The Ninja Murders". > > BY: Robert Klein, RoKlein@MzdmzA.ZDV.Uni-Mainz.DE > > GA: "Fresh Prince of Bel Air, The" (1990), as [unknown] 72162a73963,73967 > NM: Tompkins, Angel > > GA: * "Three's Company" (1977), as Grace Thompson (1978) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 72281a74087 > GA: * "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987), as Ishara Yar (ep. 'Legacy') 72424a74231,74238 > SP: 'Virginia McKenna' (qv) (1957 - his death) > > TR: * Brother of actress 'Linden Travers' (qv). > TR: * Came to stardom and international fame as the hammer-throwing giant in > TR: 'Geordie' aka 'Wee Geordie' (1955). > TR: * He and his wife co-starred in a number of films, most memorably as the > TR: conservationists George and Joy Adamson in 'Born Free' (1966). > 72958a74773,74774 > TR: * Spoke the voice (uncredited) of sexy Jessica Rabbit in the toon-noir > TR: 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' (1988). 73408a75225,75230 > NM: Vadim, Christian > > TR: * Vadim is the love-child of Roger Vadim (qv) and Catherine Deneuve (qv) > TR: his half-sister is his mother's daughter Chiara Mastroianni (qv) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 73410a75233,75234 > RN: Plemiannikov, Roger Vladimir > 73414c75238,75241 < SP: 'Brigitte Bardot' (qv) (1952 - 1957) --- > SP: 'Brigitte Bardot' (qv) (20 December 1952 - 6th December 1957) > > TR: * He and Catherine Deneuve (qv) had a love-child - son Christian > TR: Vadim (qv) prior to his marriage to Fonda 73920a75748,75754 > NM: Vargas, Jacob > > GA: * "Diff'rent Strokes" (1978), as [unknown] > > TR: * Born in Mexico, but moved to California at age 1. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 73947a75782 > GA: * "Dream On" (1990), as [unknown] (1995) 74627a76463,76465 > TR: * Nominated for best actor in 1988 for his role as Papa Lasse in Pele the > TR: Conqueror. > 75507a77346,77352 > NM: Waschneck, Erich > > DB: 1887 > > DD: 1970 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 75631a77477,77478 > RN: Waterston, Samuel Atkinson > 75633a77481,77482 > HT: 6' 1" > 76484a78334,78338 > NM: West, Lockwood > > TR: * Father of Timothy West > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 76519a78374,78375 > DB: 2 October 1934, Bradford > 76920c78776,78781 < DB: 26 December 1914, Sunrise, MN --- > DB: 26 December 1914, Sunrise, Minnesota, USA > > TR: * Unforgettable in his screen debut (in 1947's 'Kiss of Death') as > TR: Tommy Udo, a psychopathic mob hit-man, who giggles gleefully even as > TR: he sends a wheelchair-bound old woman, portrayed by 'Mildred Dunnock' > TR: (qv), tumbling down a long stairway to her demise. 77400a79262,79266 > NM: Williams, Michael > > SP: 'Judi Dench' (qv) (? - ?) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 77425a79292,79294 > TR: * Described as "hairy" by Hugh Grant (qv) in the _Tonight Show_ (qv) in > TR: June 1995. > 77974a79844,79850 > NM: Wisbar, Frank > > DB: 1899 > > DD: 1967 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 78314c80190 < BT: Ed Wood (1995) --- > BT: "Ed Wood (1994)" 79064a80941,80944 > TR: * Young has three children Young was raised in Vancouver > > SP: 'Virginia' (qv) (? - ?) > 79112c80992 < DB: 4 November 1913, St. Cloud, MN --- > DB: 4 November 1913, St. Cloud, Minnesota, USA 79115a80996,81003 > AK: Byron Barr (II) > AK: Bryant Fleming > > TR: * Adopted the name 'Gig Young' verbatim from that of the character he > TR: portrayed in 'The Gay Sisters' (1942). > > SP: 'Elizabeth Montgomery' (qv) (1956 - divorced 1963) > 79246a81135,81147 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > NM: Zaizen, Naomi > > DB: 10 January 1966 > > HT: 164 cm > > AG: Ken-On > AG: 301 Dai-4 Bunsei Bld., > AG: 7-10-9 Akasaka Minato-ku > AG: Tokyo 107, Japan > AG: Phone +81-3-3586-8031