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Astrology, birth chart, biography, photo and horoscope excerpts: You will find on this page all the celebrities born on February, 13, sorted by decreasing popularity. The popularity is the number of real time Astrotheme users' clicks for a celebrity. You can either access the photo and detailed natal chart by clicking on the thumbnail, or read the comprehensive horoscope by clicking on "Display his/her horoscope with biography and chart". Back to the Calendar · Home · 45,458 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 45,458 Celebrities
119 celebrities or events were found for February, 13. Add to favourites (205 fans)Biography of Robbie Williams
Robbie Williams (born Robert Peter Williams on February 13, 1974 (birth time source: Astrodatabank, another source gives 3:20 PM, by email but no explanation)) is a Grammy Award-nominated and fifteen time BRIT Award-winning English singer/songwriter. His career started as a member of the pop band Take That in 1990, which he left in 1995 after selling 25 million records, to begin his solo career. Since then, Robbie Williams has sold more albums in the United Kingdom than any other British solo artist in history. His sales stand at over 53 million worldwide. He has also sold an estimated 15 million singles. This brings his total to almost 70 million records. Williams entered in the The Guinness Book of World Records when he announced his World Tour for 2006, selling 1.6 million tick... Add to favourites (13 fans)Biography of Anders Breivik
Anders Behring Breivik, born on February 13, 1979, is a Norwegian citizen, and the suspected perpetrator of the 2011 Norway attacks, although it is not yet known if he acted alone. On 22 July 2011, he allegedly approached a Labour Party youth camp on Utøya island, posing as a police officer, and then open fired on the adolescents present, reportedly killing at least 84. He has also been linked with the bomb blasts which had taken place approximately two hours earlier in Oslo. He was arrested on Utøya, and is currently in police custody. Following his apprehension, Breivik was characterized by officials as being a conservative right-wing extremist. According to Reuters and the BBC, deputy police chief Roger Andresen described the suspect as a "Christian fundamentalist." Breivik studied a... Add to favourites (30 fans)Biography of Kim Novak
Kim Novak (born February 13, 1933) is an American actress who was one of America's most popular movie stars in the late 1950s. She is perhaps best known for her performance in Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958). Personal life She had a relationship with Ramfis Trujillo, the son of Rafael Leónidas Trujillo, the dictator of the Dominican Republic as well as with the entertainer Sammy Davis, Jr. She has had two husbands, English actor Richard Johnson (married March 15, 1965-divorced April 23, 1966) and veterinarian Dr. Robert Malloy (married March 12, 1976-present). Her home in Eagle Point, Oregon, was destroyed in a fire on July 24, 2000. A deputy fire marshal said the blaze was probably caused by a tree falling across a power line. Among Novak's lost mementos were scripts of some of h... Add to favourites (26 fans)Biography of Prince Michael Jackson Jr.
Michael Joseph Jackson, Jr. (also known as "Prince"), born February 13, 1997, in Los Angeles, California (source: birth certificate) is the son of Michael Jackson and his dermatologist's nurse Deborah Jeanne Rowe. He has a sister, Paris Katherine Jackson. Jackson and Rowe divorced in 1999. Jackson later said that Rowe wanted him to have the children as a "gift". The paternity of Michael Jackson's children has been heavily debated by the public. Both Jackson and Rowe have always maintained that his first two children were conceived naturally. Jackson's third child, Prince Michael Jackson II (a.k.a. Blanket) was born in 2002.... Add to favourites (39 fans)Biography of Peter Gabriel
Peter Brian Gabriel (born February 13, 1950, in Chobham, Surrey, England) is an English musician. He first came to fame as the lead vocalist and flautist of the progressive rock group Genesis. After leaving Genesis, Gabriel went on to a successful solo career. More recently he has focused on producing and promoting world music and pioneering digital distribution methods for music. He has also been involved in various humanitarian efforts. Genesis Gabriel founded Genesis in 1967 while a pupil at Charterhouse School with bandmates Tony Banks, Anthony Phillips, Mike Rutherford, and drummer Chris Stewart. The name of the band was suggested by fellow Charterhouse School alumnus, the pop music impresario Jonathan King who produced their first album From Genesis to Revelation. A lover of s... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Kelly Hu
Kelly Ann Hu (Chinese name: 胡凱麗; Pinyin: Hú Kǎilì) (born February 13, 1968) is an American actress and former fashion model who held the Miss Teen USA 1985 title. Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m) Early life Hu was born in Honolulu, Hawaii to Juanita, an engineering drafter for Honolulu, and Herbert Hu, a salesman and exotic bird feeder; the two divorced during Hu's childhood. She is of English, Chinese, Filipino and Hawaiian descent. She attended Maʻemaʻe Elementary School and Kamehameha Schools in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. Kelly Hu as Miss Hawaii Teen USA 1985Hu has held a lifelong interest in singing and dancing and has also been interested in martial arts since her early childhood, when her older brother would arrange for her to fight neighborhood bo... Add to favourites (16 fans)Biography of Mena Suvari
Mena Adrienne Suvari (born February 13, 1979) is an American actress, model, designer and spokeswoman. She is perhaps best known for her work in American Beauty (1999) and the first two American Pie films. Early life Suvari was born in Newport, Rhode Island to Ando Süvari, an Estonian psychiatrist, and Candice, a Greek American nurse. By the age of twelve, Suvari was modeling; she starred in a Rice-a-Roni commercial by the age of thirteen. Attended Providence High School, in Los Angeles, California, class of 1997. Suvari spent her early years in an stone mansion, built in 1870, that she insists was haunted. She and her brothers saw several apparitions over the years, all of which she believed were friendly. The family later relocated to Charleston, South Carolina, where her three ol... Biography of Georges Simenon
Georges Joseph Christian Simenon (French IPA: ) (February 13, 1903–September 4, 1989) was a Belgian writer who wrote in French. Early life and education Georges Simenon was born at 26 rue Léopold (now number 24) in Liège to Désiré Simenon and his wife Henriette. Désiré Simenon worked in an accounting office at an insurance company and had married Henriette in April 1902. Although Georges Simenon was born on February 13, 1903 superstition resulted in his birth being registered as having been on the 12th. This story of his birth is recounted at the beginning of his novel Pedigree. The Simenon family traces its origins back to the Limbourg region, his mother's family being from Dutch Limbourg. One of her more notorious ancestors was Gabriel Brühl, a criminal who preyed on Limbourg from... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Jerry Springer
Gerald Norman "Jerry" Springer (born February 13, 1944 (birth time source: CNN http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1106/01/pmt.01.html°) is an English-born American celebrity; a former Democratic mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio; musician; television personality; and host of the controversial television tabloid talk show bearing his name, The Jerry Springer Show. He is also the current host of America's Got Talent and the co-producer of The Steve Wilkos Show. Early years Springer was born in East Finchley tube station, London, England in 1944. His parents, Margot and Richard Springer, were Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany. In January 1949, he emigrated to the United States, settling in Kew Gardens, Queens, New York. He attended Forest Hills High School. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from T... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Peter Tork
Peter Halsten Thorkelson (born February 13, 1942), better known as Peter Tork, is an American musician and actor, best known for a member of "The Monkees". Although born in 1942, many news articles will have him listed as born in 1944 as this was the date given on early Monkees press releases. This was rumored to be in order to make Michael Nesmith appear to be the oldest member of the group (as leader). He was born in Washington, D.C. and began studying piano at the age of nine, showing an aptitude for music by learning to play several different instruments, including the banjo and acoustic and bass guitars. Tork attended Windham High School in Willimantic, Connecticut, then was a member of the first graduating class at E.O. Smith High School in Storrs, Connecticut. He attended Carl... Biography of Oliver Reed
Robert Oliver Reed (February 13, 1938 – May 2, 1999) was an English actor known for his macho image on and off screen. His major films include Oliver!, Women in Love, The Devils, The Three Musketeers, Tommy, Castaway, Lion of the Desert, and Gladiator. Early life Reed was born in Wimbledon, London to sports journalist Peter Reed and his wife Marcia (née Andrews). He was the nephew of film director Sir Carol Reed, and grandson of the actor-manager Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree by his mistress May Pinney Reed. Oliver was dyslexic and was expelled from many different private schools. He took part in Ewell Castle School’s sports day and won several cups. He went straight from the sports field to a party. In the early hours of the following morning whilst walking home from the party, he was sto... Biography of Stockard Channing
Stockard Channing (born Susan Antonia Williams Stockard on February 13, 1944) is Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe Award-nominated, three time Emmy Award-winning and Tony Award-winning American stage, film and television actress. She is best known for her portrayal of First Lady Abbey Bartlet in the NBC television series The West Wing; for playing teenager Betty Rizzo in the film Grease; and for her role in both the stage and screen versions of Six Degrees of Separation. Height: 5' 3" (1.60 m) Early life Stockard Channing was born in New York City, New York, to Lester Napier Stockard, a shipping magnate, and Mary Alice English. She grew up on the Upper East Side and inherited her father's fortune when he died in 1950.. She is an alumna of The Chapin School, a prestigious girls s... Biography of George Segal
George Segal (born February 13, 1934 in Great Neck, Long Island, New York) is an American film and stage actor. He was educated at the George School, a private Quaker preparatory boarding school near Newtown, Pennsylvania. Height: 5' 11" (1.80 m) A 1955 graduate of Columbia University, the amiable, wavy-haired leading man is equally at home in drama and comedy, although he is more often seen in the latter. Originally a stage actor and musician, Segal appeared in several nondescript films in the early 1960s before raising eyebrows in 1965 as a distraught newlywed in Ship of Fools and as a P.O.W. in King Rat. He followed with top performances as Nick in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (for which he was nominated for an Oscar), a Cagneyesque gangster in The St. Valentine's Day Massacre,... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Anne-Marie Couderc
Anne-Marie Couderc is a French politician born February 13, 1950 in Aubusson (Creuse).... Biography of Paul Deschanel
Paul Eugène Louis Deschanel (February 13, 1855 - April 28, 1922) was a French statesman. He served as President of France from February 18, 1920 to September 21, 1920. Paul Deschanel, the son of Émile Deschanel (1819-1904), professor at the Collège de France and senator, was born at Brussels, where his father was living in exile (1851—1859), owing to his opposition to Napoleon III. Paul Deschanel studied law, and began his career as secretary to Deshayes de Marcère (1876), and to Jules Simon (1876-1877). In October 1885 he was elected deputy for Eure-et-Loir. From the first he took an important place in the chamber, as one of the most notable orators of the Progressist Republican group. In January 1896 he was elected vice-president of the chamber, and henceforth devoted himself to th... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Céline Géraud
Céline Géraud is a French TV host, journalist and a former Europe judo champion, born February 13, 1968 in Forbach.... Biography of Emanuel Ungaro
Emanuel (Maffeolit) Ungaro (born 1933 in Aix-en-Provence) is a French fashion designer. Life Born to Italian parents who had fled to France from Brindisi because of the fascist Italian government. As a young boy, Emanuel Ungaro took to sewing like his father, Cosimo. At the age of 22, he moved to Paris and three years later, he began designing for the House of Cristobal Balenciaga for three years before quitting to work for Courrèges. Four years later, in 1965 with the assistance of Swiss artist Sonja Knapp, Emanuel Ungaro opened his own fashion house in Paris. In 1988, at the age of 55, he married Laura Bernabei. The House of Emanuel Ungaro In 1968, he created his first pret-a-porter collection, Parallèle and opened a boutique at 2, avenue Montaigne in Paris. During the n... Add to favourites (13 fans)Biography of Henry Rollins
Henry Rollins (born February 13, 1961 as Henry Lawrence Garfield) is an American singer-songwriter, raconteur, stand-up comedian, spoken word artist, writer, publisher, actor, radio DJ, and activist. After joining the short-lived Washington D.C.-based band State of Alert in 1980, Rollins fronted the California hardcore punk band Black Flag from 1981 until 1986. Following the band's breakup, Rollins soon established the record label and publishing company 2.13.61 to release his spoken word albums, as well as forming the Rollins Band, which toured with a number of lineups until 2003 and during 2006. Since Black Flag, Rollins has embarked on projects covering a variety of media. He has hosted numerous radio shows, such as Harmony In My Head on Indie 103, and television shows, such as The... Biography of Carol Lynley
Carol Lynley (born Carole Ann Jones on February 13, 1942 in New York City) is an American actress. She began her career as a child model under the name "Carolyn Lee", and when she started acting (after appearing on the cover of Life magazine at 15), she discovered that another actress had already registered the name, so she modified it. She did not go by her real name because she was concerned she would be confused with actress Carolyn Jones. Early on, Lynley distinguished herself in both the Broadway stage and Hollywood screen versions of the controversial drama Blue Denim (1959), in which she and co-star Brandon De Wilde had to deal with an unwanted pregnancy. In 1959, she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for "Most Promising Newcomer – Female". She appeared in the fourth seaso... Biography of Susan Oliver
Susan Oliver (February 13, 1932 – May 10, 1990), stage name of Charlotte Gercke, was an Emmy-nominated American actress, television director and flyer. Early life and family Susan Oliver was born Charlotte Gercke, the daughter of journalist George Gercke and astrology practitioner Ruth Hale Oliver, in New York City in 1932. Her parents divorced when she was still a child. In June 1949, Oliver joined her mother in Southern California, where Ruth Hale Oliver was in the process of becoming a well-known Hollywood astrologer. Oliver made a decision to embark upon a career as an actress and chose the stage name Susan Oliver. Early career 1955-1958 By September 1949, using her new name, Oliver returned to the East Coast to begin drama studies at Swarthmore College, followed by professi... Biography of Mini Anden
Mini Anden (born Susanna Andén February 13, 1978, Stockholm) is a Swedish model, actress, occasional host and producer. She began modeling at the age of ten, and joined Elite Model Management when she was fifteen. She has been on the cover of many fashion magazines including Vogue, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan and ELLE. She's been in fashion campaigns for the likes of Calvin Klein, Donna Karan, BCBG, Louis Vuitton, Hugo Boss and Gucci. Anden has also been in the Victoria's Secret catalog many times. She is currently seen as the face for Giorgio Armani's new perfume Armani Code for women edP. When videogame company Eidos Interactive were looking for a new live version of Lara Croft for the upcoming game Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend she auditioned for the role but the role was given to mo... Biography of Reem Kherici
Reem Kherici, born February 13, 1983 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, is a French actress, model and humorist. She is Carlotta in the famous movie OSS 117: Rio ne répond plus (2009) with Jean Dujardin and Louise Monot, the film of Michel Hazanavicius (2009).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Paul Biya
Paul Biya (born 13 February 1933) has been the President of Cameroon since 6 November 1982. Personal life Biya was born in the village of Mvomeka'a in the Centre-South Province of what was then French Cameroon. He is a member of the Beti-Pahuin ethnic group. He studied in Paris at Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po), where he graduated in 1961 with a diploma in International Relations. He married Jeanne-Irène Biya with whom he had a son, Franck Biya. After Jeanne-Irène Biya died on 29 July 1992, Paul Biya married Chantal Biya on 23 April 1994, and he has had two more children with her. Political career He served under President Ahmadou Ahidjo; after becoming Director of the Cabinet of the Minister of National Education in January 1964 and Secretary General of the ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Rafael Márquez
Rafael Márquez Álvarez (born February 13, 1979 in Zamora, Michoacán) is a Mexican football centre back and defensive midfielder, who is currently playing for FC Barcelona in the Spanish La Liga and the Mexico national football team. Career Club career Márquez began his career at Mexican club Atlas de Guadalajara, for whom he debuted in 1996 at only 17 years old. Márquez rose to prominence while with Atlas, making 77 appearances for the team and being runner-up in the league losing the final against Club Toluca in penalties. In 1999, French club AS Monaco FC purchased him for €6 million. Márquez was an immediate success with Monaco, helping lead the team to the French title in his first season with the club. Despite pressures from larger clubs, he would remain with the Monegasque c... Biography of Philippe Jaroussky
Philippe Jaroussky (born 13 February 1978 in Maisons-Laffitte, France) is a French sopranist countertenor. He began his musical career with the violin, winning an award at the Versailles conservatory and then took up the piano before turning to singing. He is noted for a virtuosic coloratura technique and for compelling and enlivened interpretations of baroque cantatas and operas. This has contributed to the early music revival currently in vogue in the music world. Jaroussky was inspired to sing by the Martinique-born countertenor Fabrice di Falco. He received his diploma from the Early Music Faculty of the Conservatoire de Paris. Since 1996, he has studied singing with Nicole Fallien. He has formed his own ensemble called Artaserse, and also often performs with the Ensemble Mathe... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Henri Caillavet
Henri Caillavet (February 13, 1914 – February 27, 2013) was a French political figure most prominent during the postwar years 1946-58, when, during the Fourth Republic, he was a member of the National Assembly and as a Senator from 1967-1985. A native of Agen, Lot-et-Garonne, and trained as a lawyer, Caillavet was renowned in France as a veteran guardian of civil liberties. He proposed bills concerning gay rights, abortion, transgender issues, divorce by mutual consent, euthanasia and organ transplants. In January 1953, the ministerial portfolio of France d'Outre-mer was conferred upon him in the government of René Mayer, then that of the Navy in the government of Pierre Mendès France in 1954. In 1958, he opposed General Charles de Gaulle in voting against his investiture and against... Biography of David Naughton
David Walsh Naughton (born 13 February 1951) is an American actor and singer, perhaps best known for starring in the 1981 horror film An American Werewolf in London as David Kessler. Naughton was born in West Hartford, Connecticut the son of Rosemary (née Walsh) and Joseph Naughton, both of whom were teachers. Naughton attended the University of Pennsylvania. Naughton first became widely known as a result of his singing and dancing appearances in Dr Pepper TV commercials. He starred in the sitcom Makin' It and hit the Billboard Top Ten in 1979 with the show's theme song, also titled "Makin' It." He also appeared in the television series My Sister Sam and also in episodes of MacGyver, Melrose Place, Murder, She Wrote, JAG and Seinfeld (see episode: The Red Dot). He is the brother of a... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bess Truman
Elizabeth Virginia Wallace Truman (February 13, 1885 – October 18, 1982), widely known as Bess Truman, was the wife of Harry S. Truman and First Lady of the United States from 1945 to 1953. Early life Elizabeth Virginia Wallace was born to David Willock Wallace and his wife (the former Margaret Elizabeth Gates) in Independence, Missouri and was known as Bessie during her childhood. Harry Truman, whose family moved to town in 1890, always kept his first impression of when he saw her at Sunday school: "Golden curls" and "the most beautiful blue eyes." A relative said, "there never was but one girl in the world" for him. They attended the same schools from fifth grade through high school. After graduating from William Chrisman High School (then known as Independence High School) she st... Biography of Francis Luyce
Francis Luyce, born February 13, 1947 in Coudekerque, is a French former swimmer and the President of FFN (French swimming federation).... Biography of Michael Mair
Michael Mair (born February 13, 1962) is an Italian former Alpine skier. Born in Bruneck (Brunico), Italy, he won a total of three World Cup races. World Cup victories Date Location Race 21 December 1982 Madonna di Campiglio Super-G 7 December 1985 Val Gardena Downhill January 23, 1988 Leukerbad Downhill... Biography of Elaine Pagels
Elaine Pagels, née Hiesey, (born February 13, 1943), is the Harrington Spear Paine Professor of Religion at Princeton University. The recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, she is best known for her studies and writing on the Gnostic Gospels. Pagels was born in California, graduated from Stanford University (B.A. 1964, M.A. 1965) and, after briefly studying dance at Martha Graham's studio, began studying for her Ph.D. at Harvard University as a student of Helmut Koester. She married theoretical physicist Heinz Pagels in 1969. At Harvard, she was part of a team studying the Nag Hammadi library manuscripts. Upon finishing her Ph.D. from Harvard in 1970, she joined the faculty at Barnard College, where she headed the department of religion from 1974 until she moved to Princeton in 1982. ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Hugo Becker
Hugo Becker (born Jean Otto Eric Hugo Becker) (February 13, 1863 – July 30, 1941) was a prominent German cellist, cello teacher, and composer. He studied at a young age with Alfredo Piatti, and later Friedrich Grützmacher in Dresden. He was born in 1863 in Strasbourg; his father Jean Becker was a famous violinist. His father tried teaching him violin at the age of six, but the young Becker loved cello, and switched over at the age of nine. By age fifteen he was touring with a string quartet made up of him, his father, sister, and brother. He had also become a leading cellist in the court orchestra in Mannheim. In 1884, Becker was appointed solo cellist with the Frankfurt Opera Orchestra, and the following year became the leading cello teacher at the Frankfurt Hoch Conservatory. From ... Biography of Eudes Picard
Eudes Picard, born February 13, 1867 in Grenoble, is a French astrologer and author. He has written books about medical astrology and judiciary in astrology.... Biography of Ernst Fuchs
Ernst Fuchs (born February 13, 1930) is an Austrian visionary painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor, architect, stage designer, composer, poet, singer and one of the founders of the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism. Life and Work He studied sculpture with Emmy Steinbock (1943), attended the St. Anna Painting School where he studied under Professor Fröhlich (1944), and entered the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna (1945) where he began his studies under Professor Robin C. Anderson, later moving to the class of Albert Paris von Gütersloh. At the Academy he met Arik Brauer, Rudolf Hausner, Wolfgang Hutter, and Anton Lehmden, together with whom he later founded what has become known as the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism. He was also a founding member of the Art-Club (1946), as w... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of William Shockley
William Bradford Shockley (February 13, 1910 – August 12, 1989) was a British-born American physicist and inventor. Along with John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain, Shockley co-invented the transistor, for which all three were awarded the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics. Shockley's attempts to commercialize a new transistor design in the 1950s and 1960s led to California's "Silicon Valley" becoming a hotbed of electronics innovation. In his later life, Shockley was a professor at Stanford, and he also became a staunch advocate of eugenics. Early years Shockley was born in London to American parents, and raised in California. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from the California Institute of Technology in 1932. While still a student, Shockley married Iowan Jean Bailey in Augu... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Paul Choisnard
Paul Choisnard, born February 13, 1867 in Tours, was a French astrologer and author. He was one of the pioneers of statistical astrology.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of John McAllion
John McAllion (born 13 February 1948, Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish socialist politician and a member of the Scottish Socialist Party. He was originally a member of the Scottish Labour Party (SLP) that was formed in 1976 by Jim Sillars, when the SLP collapsed he chose to join the Labour Party (unlike Sillars who joined the Scottish National Party). A teacher by profession, McAllion became a Labour member of Tayside regional council of which he became the convenor in 1986. In the 1987 general election McAllion was elected Labour MP for the Dundee East constituency, defeating SNP leader Gordon Wilson, who had been the sitting MP since 1974. McAllion was a member of Scottish Labour Action putting him on the Scottish-nationalist wing of the Labour Party, and also of the Labour Campaig... Biography of Chuck Yeager
Charles Elwood "Chuck" Yeager (born February 13, 1923) is a former brigadier general in the United States Air Force and noted test pilot. In 1947, he became the first pilot (at age 24) to travel faster than sound. Originally retiring as a brigadier general, Yeager was promoted to major general on the Air Force's retired list 20 years later for his military achievements. His career began in World War II as a private in the U.S. Army Air Forces. After serving as an aircraft mechanic, in September, 1942 he entered enlisted pilot training and upon graduation was promoted to the rank of Flight Officer (WW 2 U.S. Army Air Forces rank equivalent to Warrant Officer) and became a P-51 Mustang fighter pilot. After the war he became a test pilot of many kinds of aircraft and rocket planes. Yeager ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Sal Bando
Salvatore Leonard Bando (born February 13, 1944 in Cleveland, Ohio) is a former third baseman and executive in professional baseball who played for the Kansas City & Oakland Athletics (1966-76) and Milwaukee Brewers (1977-81). He batted and threw right-handed. During the A's championship years of 1971-75, he captained the team and led the club in runs batted in three times. He was the second American League third baseman to hit 200 career home runs, joining Brooks Robinson, and retired among the all-time leaders in games (5th, 1896), assists (6th, 3720) and double plays (7th, 345) at his position. In a 16-season career, Bando was a .254 hitter with 242 home runs and 1039 RBI in 2019 games played. His brother Chris was a catcher for the Cleveland Indians. Over four consecutive American L... Biography of Randolph Churchill
Randolph Churchill, born February 13, 1849 in Blenheim Palace, died January 24, 1895 in London, was a British politician (he is not the son of Winston Churchill, with the same name).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Verner Panton
Verner Panton (13 February 1926 – 5 September 1998) is considered one of Denmark's most influential 20th-century furniture and interior designers. During his career, he created innovative and futuristic designs in a variety of materials, especially plastics, and in vibrant colors. His style was very "1960s" but regained popularity at the end of the 20th century; as of 2004, Panton's most well-known furniture models are still in production (at Vitra, among others). Panton was trained as an architectural engineer in Odense; next, he studied architecture at the Royal Danish Academy of Art (Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi) in Copenhagen, graduating in 1951. During the first two years of his career, 1950-1952, he worked at the architectural practice of Arne Jacobsen, another Danish archite... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Louis Féraud
Louis Féraud (13 February 1921 – 28 December 1999) was a French fashion designer and artist. In 1950, Louis Féraud created his first "Maison de Couture" in Cannes and by 1955 had established a couture house in Paris on the Rue du Faubourg Saint Honoré. From the mid 1950s he was dressing the Parisian elite and designed the wardrobe of Brigitte Bardot for many of her movies. It wasn't however until 1958 that he presented his first haute couture collection in Paris. The early 1960s saw Louis Féraud hire the young unknown designers Jean-Louis Scherrer, Margit Brandt and Per Spook. In 1970 he signed a contract with Fink (Germany) for a ladies' prêt-à-porter (ready-to-wear) collection. The year 1978 was an excellent one for Féraud: he won the "Golden Thimble Award" for his Spring/Sum... Biography of Pope Alexander VII
Pope Alexander VII (February 13, 1599 – May 22, 1667), born Fabio Chigi, was Pope from April 7, 1655 until his death. Early life Born in Siena, a member of the illustrious banking family of Chigi and a great-nephew of Pope Paul V (1605–1621), he was privately tutored and eventually received doctorates of philosophy, law, and theology from the University of Siena. Papal legate and State Secretary In 1627 he began his apprenticeship as vice-Papal legate at Ferrara, and on recommendations from two cardinals he was appointed successively Inquisitor of Malta and nuncio in Cologne (1639–1651). There, he supported Urban VIII's condemnation of Jansenius' Augustinus by the In eminenti papal bull of 1642. Though expected to take part in the negotiations which led in 1648 to the Peace o... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Sophie Arnould
Sophie Arnould (February 13, 1740, Paris - October 18, 1802, Paris) was a French operatic soprano. Born Magdeleine Sophie Arnould, she studied in Paris with Marie Fel and La Clairon, and made her stage debut at the Opéra de Paris on December 15, 1757, and sang there for 20 years. She created for Christoph Wilibald Gluck the roles of Eurydice in Orphée et Eurydice and the title role in Iphigénie en Aulide. She also obtained considerable success in operas by Jean-Philippe Rameau, François Francoeur, and Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny. According to her contemporaries, her voice was more beautiful than powerful, but she was a passionate actress. Her lack of discipline in both her professional and personal life led to a premature vocal decline, however she was able to retire in 1788 with an... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Eleanor Farjeon
Eleanor Farjeon (pronounced /ˈfɑrdʒən/) (13 February 1881 – 5 June 1965) was an English author of children's stories and plays, poetry, biography, history and satire. Many of her works had charming illustrations by Edward Ardizzone. Some of her correspondence has also been published. She won many literary awards and the prestigious Eleanor Farjeon Award for children's literature is presented annually in her memory by the Children's Book Circle, a society of publishers. Biography The daughter of popular novelist Benjamin Farjeon and Maggie (Jefferson) Farjeon, Eleanor came from a literary family, her two younger brothers, Joseph and Herbert Farjeon, being writers, while the eldest, Harry Farjeon, was a composer. Eleanor, known to the family as "Nellie", was a sm... Biography of Valentina Gardellin
Valentina Gardellin, born February 13, 1970 in Mestre, is an Italian pro basketball player. She won a Silver Medal in Rome with the Italian National Team, in 1995.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Feodor Chaliapin
Feodor Ivanovich Chaliapin (Russian: Фёдор Ива́нович Шаля́пин, Fyodor Ivanovich Shalyapin; February 13 1873 – April 12, 1938) was a Russian opera singer. The possessor of a large and expressive bass voice, he enjoyed an international career and is often credited with establishing the tradition of naturalistic acting in his chosen art form. During the first phase of his career, Chaliapin endured direct competition from three other great basses: the powerful Lev Sibiriakov (1869–1942), the more lyrical Vladimir Kastorsky (1871–1948), and Dmitri Buchtoyarov (1866–1918), whose voice lay between the extremes exemplified by Sibiriakov and Kastorsky. The fact that ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tristan Derème
Tristan Derème (February 13, 1889, Marmande, France – October 24, 1941), born Philippe Huc, was a French poet and writer. He had lived in Paris, but would often return to Oloron-Sainte-Marie, where his mother lived. Here, he would recuperate through writing poetry. Career as a Politician After being mobilized in World War I, he became Secretary of the Deputy to Achille Armand Fould, which he continued until joining the Ministry for Agriculture (1930-1932). As he began his career in political office, he became friends with Louis Barthou, Deputy of Oloron-Sainte-Marie, President of the Council and several times Minister for the Third Republic. During the beginning of his political career, he actively corresponded with Francis Jammes who he had met in Béarn. Career as a Writ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Scott Ellison
Scott Ellison, born February 13, 1964 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist.... Biography of Evelyne Dandry
Évelyne Dandry, born February 13, 1939 in Paris, is a French actress. Evelyne Dandry is singer André Dassary's daughter. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0199281/ ) "Au siècle de Maupassant: Contes et nouvelles du XIXème siècle" .... Hortense Coeurly (1 episode, 2009) - Le bonheur dans le crime (2009) TV episode .... Hortense Coeurly Un vrai papa Noël (2008) (TV) .... Grand-mère "Avocats & associés" .... Madame Pratz (1 episode, 2006) - Plaisir fatal (2006) TV episode .... Madame Pratz "Allo T où?" (2005) TV series .... Hélène Knock ou Le triomphe de la médecine (2004) (TV) .... Mme Rémy Nathalie... (2003) .... La patronne du bar Façade (2003) .... Madeleine "Les boeuf-carottes" .... Mme N'Gumo (1 episode, 2001) - Pour l'amour d'un flic (2001) ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dorothy McGuire (singer)
The McGuire Sisters were a singing trio in American popular music. The group was composed of three sisters; Christine McGuire (born July 30, 1926), Dorothy McGuire (born February 13, 1928), and Phyllis McGuire (born February 14, 1931). Among their most popular songs are "Sincerely" and "Sugartime". History The McGuire sisters were born in Middletown, Ohio and grew up in Miamisburg where their mother, Lillie, was an ordained minister of the Miamisburg First Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) and let them sing in the church as young girls. They sang at weddings, funerals and church revivals. When they started in 1935, the youngest sister, Phyllis, was only four years old. Eventually, they sang at occasions other than church-related ones, and, by 1949, they were singing at military bases... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Robert Ferguson
Robert Ferguson, born February 13, 1932 in Danbury, Connecticut, is an American writer and spiritualist researcher.... Biography of Jean Boulier-Fraissinet
Jean Boulier-Fraissinet, born February 13, 1928 in Toulouse, is a French Christian author.... Biography of Beate Klarsfeld
Serge (born September 17, 1935, Bucharest, Romania) and Beate (born February 13, 1939, Berlin, Germany) Klarsfeld are French activists known for engaging in Holocaust documentation and anti-Nazi activism. They were involved in finding Klaus Barbie, René Bousquet, Jean Leguay, Maurice Papon and Paul Touvier and seeking prosecution for their war crimes. In 1984, they were awarded France's Legion of Honour by President Mitterrand. In 1986, their story was adapted into a TV movie starring Tom Conti and Farrah Fawcett. Early years Serge Klarsfeld, a Jew, spent the war years in France. In 1943, his father was arrested by the SS in Nice during a roundup ordered by Alois Brunner, and deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp, where he died. Young Serge was cared for in a home for J... Biography of Dominique Bathenay
Dominique Bathenay (born February 13, 1954 in Pont-d'Ain, Ain) is a retired football midfielder from France, who obtained a total number of twenty international caps for the France national football team, scoring four goals, in the years 1975-1982. Playing for AS Saint-Étienne (1973-1978) he was a member of the French squad that competed at the 1978 FIFA World Cup.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Edsilia Rombley
Edsilia Rombley (born February 13, 1978) is a Dutch singer. She participated in the Soundmixshow in 1996. She represented the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest twice, in 1998 and 2007. Edsilia Rombley was born on February 13, 1978 in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Her parents were from Aruba and Curaçao (Netherlands Antilles). The career of Edsilia Rombley started in 1995, with Gracia Gorré, Karima Lemghari and Susan Haps in the group called Dignity. The name Dignity stands for Dignified Individuals Giving New Insight To You. A year later the singles "Talk To Me" and "Hold Me" from the compilation album "No Sweat" entered the charts. In 1996, Edsilia won the final of the Soundmixshow with an imitation of Oleta Adams' song, "I Just Had To Hear Your Voice". In 1997, her inte... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Eddie Robinson
Edward Gay Robinson (February 13, 1919–April 3, 2007) was an American college football coach at Grambling State University. Biography Robinson was born in Jackson in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, to the son of a sharecropper and a domestic worker. He went on to graduate from McKinley Senior High School in Baton Rouge in 1937. He went on to earn his bachelor's degree from Leland College in Baker in East Baton Rouge Parish, then went on to obtain his Master's degree from the University of Iowa in Iowa City in 1954. Robinson was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African Americans. Career Eddie G. Robinson Museum on the campus of Grambling State University Robinson spent fifty-six years as the head coach at historical... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gene Ames
Gene Ames, born February 13, 1923 in Malden, Massachusetts, died April 26, 1997 in Scottsdale, Arizona, was an American singer, a member of The Ames Brothers vocal group. The Ames Brothers were a singing quartet from Malden, Massachusetts, who were particularly famous in the 1950s for their traditional pop music hits. Biography The Ames Brothers got their beginning in Malden, where all four were born. The act consisted of brothers Joe (3 May 1921 – 22 December 2007), Gene (born 13 February 1923 – 4 April 1997), Vic (20 May 1925 – 23 January 1978) and Ed (born 9 July 1927). Born into a non-professional but musically talented family, the boys were brought up on classical and operatic music. Their parents, David and Sarah Urick, were Jewish immigrants from the Ukraine who read S... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Kathryn Bradney
Kathryn Bradney, born February 13, 1967 in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, is an Amercian dancer and dance teacher.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Freddy Maertens
Freddy Maertens (born 13 February 1952 in Lombardsijde) was a Belgian professional racing cyclist and twice World Road Race Champion. In Italy in 1976, he won in front of Italians Francesco Moser and Tino Conti. In Prague in 1981, he beat Italian Giuseppe Saronni and France's Bernard Hinault. He was also second in the 1973 world championship. Maertens also won the 1977 Vuelta a España, taking more than half the stages; 13 in total, and took the spinters' maillot vert in the Tour de France three times (1976, 1978 and 1981). In 1976 he won a record-equalling eight stages of the Tour de France; the following year (1977), he took seven stages in the Giro d'Italia. Outside the Grand Tours, his stage race victories included Paris-Nice (1977), the Quatre Jours de Dunkerque (1973, 1975, 1... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Agostinho da Silva
George Agostinho Baptista da Silva, GCSE (Portuguese pronunciation: ; Porto, February 13, 1906 - Lisbon, April 3, 1994) was a Portuguese philosopher, essayist and writer. His thought combines elements of pantheism and millenarism, an ethic of renunciation (like in Buddhism or Franciscanism), and a belief in freedom as the most important feature of man. Anti-dogmatic, he asserts that truth is only found in the sum of all conflicting hypothesis (in paradox). He may be considered a practical philosopher, living and working for a change in society, according to his beliefs. He is part of a tradition of visionary thought that includes Father António Vieira and the poets Luís de Camões and Fernando Pessoa. Like Joachim de Fiore, he speaks of the coming of one (last?) age in History, the Age ... Biography of Gordon McMaster
Gordon James McMaster (13 February 1960 – 28 July 1997) was a Scottish politician. Born in Johnstone, Renfrewshire, he was elected as Labour Member of Parliament for Paisley South at a by-election in 1990, following the death of Norman Buchan, and retained the seat until his own death in 1997. McMaster had previously been leader of Renfrew District Council. He served as an opposition whip in opposition but was dismissed when his health broke down. McMaster began to suffer chronic fatigue which he ascribed to the effects of organophosphate chemicals which he used in his previous career as a horticulturalist; he also began drinking heavily. When the Labour Party came into power following the 1997 general election, McMaster was not offered a government post and his drinking became even ... Biography of Henri Romans-Petit
Henri Romans-Petit (February 13 1897, Firminy, France -1980) was a member of the French Resistance during the Second World War. He organised several maquis, notably the maquis de l'Ain et du Haut-Jura and the maquis de Haute-Savoie. Biography Romans-Petit was born on the 13 February 1897 at Firminy in the Loire département. He was mobilized in 1938. After the armistice, he failed in his attempt to join Free France in London. At Saint-Étienne, he connected up with the L'Espoir network affiliated to Franc-Tireur. He was involved in preparing areas for parachute drops around Lyon. In 1942 Romans-Petit organised the maquis de l'Ain et du Haut-Jura, and on 11 November he marched in the town of Oyonnax at the head of his maquisards. This fact was said to have decided the English and Fren... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Elsa Barraine
Elsa Jacqueline Barraine (13 February 1910 - 20 March 1999) was a French composer. Born in Paris, she was the daughter of cellist Alfred Barraine. She studied with Jean Gallon (harmony), Abel Estyle (piano), George Caussade (Fugue), and Paul Dukas (composition) at the Conservatoire de Paris. She won first prize for both harmony (1925) and piano accompaniment (1927) from the conservatory. In 1929 Barraine won first prize at the Prix de Rome for her cantata La Vierge guerrière; having received second prize at the contest the year before for her Heracles à Delpes. From 1936-1939 she was the directorof vocal music for Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française. During World War II she was an active member of the Front National des Musiciens which resisted German occupation. From 1944-1946 she was ... Biography of Sonia (singer)
Sonia Evans (born 13 February 1971), better known as just Sonia, is an English pop singer from Skelmersdale, West Lancashire, who was popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Career Her singing career was launched in 1989 by the songwriting and music producing trio Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman known as Stock Aitken Waterman . She was signed after badgering Pete Waterman to listen to her sing outside the recording studio in Liverpool. Waterman did a regular weekly radio broadcast. He called her bluff and had her sing live on his show, and she later had several hits in the UK Singles Chart over the following years, including the UK number one single "You'll Never Stop Me Loving You" and a hit "You've Got a Friend" (credited to Big Fun & Sonia featuring Gary Barnacle), plu... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of André Sallée
André Sallée, born February 13, 1920 in Fontenay-sous-Bois, died in 1970, was a French lyricist and author.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Yves Afonso
Yves Afonso (born 13 February 1944) is a French actor and comedian. He was born in Saulieu in the Côte-d'Or département. Since his uncredited debut in the movie Masculin, féminin in 1966, he has had many roles, both in movies and on television. He normally plays supporting roles, and is perhaps best known for his role as Inspector Bricard in L'Horloger de Saint-Paul, and the black comedy Week End, where he played Tom Thumb. Select filmography Week End - "Tom Thumb" (1967) Violins at the Ball (1974) L'Horloger de Saint-Paul - "Insp. Bricard" (1974) L'Aile ou la cuisse - "Le faux plombier" (1976) One Deadly Summer - "Rostollan" (1983) Treasure Island (1985)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of François Bazaine
François Achille Bazaine (13 February 1811 – 23 September 1888) was a French General and from 1864, a Marshal of France, who surrended the last organized French army to the Prussians during the Franco-Prussian war. He was the first Marshal who had started as a legionnaire and like the great Marshals of the First Empire, he had risen from the ranks. During four decades of distinguished service (including 35 years on campaign) under Louis-Philippe and then Napoleon III, he held every rank in the Army from Fusilier to Marshal of France. He became renowned for his determination to lead from the front, for his impassive bearing under fire and for personal bravery verging on the foolhardy (resulting in him being wounded on numerous occasions and having his horse shot from under him twice). He wa... Biography of Giuseppe Dossetti
Giuseppe Dossetti (13 February 1913 - 15 December 1996) was an Italian jurist, a politician and from 1958 onward a Catholic priest. The antifascist and politician Dossetti was born in Genoa. When he was young he joined Azione Cattolica ("Catholic Action") and he obtained a law degree at 21 years of age. Moved by profound political and moral beliefs, antifascist, he joined the Italian Resistance under the name of "Benigno" and became President of the Committee for National Liberation of Reggio Emilia, even if he always refused to use weapons. When fascist dictatorship in Italy ended, he became professor of Ecclesiastic law at University of Modena. His political career was very fast. In 1945 he became vice-secretary of Democrazia Cristiana and on 2 June 1946 was elected to become p... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alain Poiré
Alain Poiré is a French film producer and screenwriter (b. 13 February 1917 in Paris, France - died 14 January 2000, in Paris, France. Career He graduated in law and after working for Havas, in 1938 Alain Poiré moved to working in Société Nouvelle des Etablissements Gaumont (SNEG) as assistant general manager to general manager Jean Jay in order to save the company from financial disaster. SNEG was renamed Gaumont in 1975. Always passionate in cinema, he didn't leave Gaumont until his death in 2000, becoming one of the most prolific producers in French cinema particularly from the 1950s on. As producer at Gaumont et manager of Gaumont International, Alain Poiré produced more than 200 films, among them a certain numbers of great Frenc movie successes. Alain Poiré is the father o... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Corrine Gelfan
Corrine Gelfan, born February 13, 1942 in Hollywood Beach, California, is an American actress and folk singer. Filmography Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 (1987) General Hospital (1984)... Biography of Raoul Duguay
Raoul Duguay, born February 13, 1939 in Val-d'Or in Abitibi, Quebec, is a Canadian singer, poet and actor. Discography * 2006 : Apparition dans la musique du rappeur Anodajay titré : Anodajay & Raoul Duguay - Le Beat a Ti-bi * 1999 : Caser * 1999 : La santé par le rire (fait avec Jean Drouin) * 1992 : Monter en amour * 1989 : Nova * 1985 : Douceur (album)|Douceur * 1982 : Le chanteur de pomme * 1980 : Lettre à Toulmond * 1979 : ô ou l’invisible enfant (Ön s’m ô Kébèk) * 1978 : Vivant avec tôulllmônd * 1977 : M * 1976 : L'envol * 1975 : Alllô tôulmônd * 1972 : L’Infonie Vol. 333 (avec L'Infonie) * 1971 : Vol. 33 : le Mantra (avec L'Infonie) * 1969 : L'Infonie (avec L'Infonie) Filmography * La Nu... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mamadou Sakho
Mamadou Sakho (born 13 February 1990 in Paris (birth time source: Didier Geslain)) is a French football defender of Senegalese descent who currently plays for Paris Saint-Germain. Career Sakho started his career at Paris FC before moving Paris Saint-Germain at age 11. Sakho was originally a striker, but due to PSG's youth team having fewer defenders than strikers he was moved into a more defensive role. He can also operate at left back, as well as a left wing back. He made his first-team and Ligue 1 debut on October 20, 2007 against Valenciennes FC.On that day, Sakho also captained the squad.He became the youngest ever captain of Paris Saint Germain and also the youngest player ever to captain a side in the French Ligue 1, at 17 years and 8 months. In the following match, against O... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Elmer Bennett
Elmer James Bennett (born February 13, 1970 in Evanston, Illinois) is a retired American professional basketball player. He was selected by the Atlanta Hawks in the 2nd round (38th overall) of the 1992 NBA Draft. Bennett played in 21 career games in the NBA in a span of three seasons. A 6'0" (1.83 m) and 170 lb (77 kg) point guard, he averaged 2.3 points per game. Bennett played competitively for Bellaire High School in Bellaire, Texas.... Biography of Pernilla August
Pernilla August (born Mia Pernilla Hertzman-Ericson 13 February 1958 in Stockholm) is a Swedish actress, director and script-writer. Being one of Sweden's leading actresses and a long time collaborator with director Ingmar Bergman, she won the Best Actress Award at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival for her role in his The Best Intentions. Her international career includes the role of Shmi Skywalker in the Star Wars prequel trilogy. Career Actress August started acting during her childhood in theater and at school. Her professional acting career started in 1975 when acclaimed director Roy Andersson cast her in a minor role in the film Giliap the same year, followed from 1979 by films by other internationally renowned directors, Vilgot Sjöman (among them, the film about Alfred Nobel, 198... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean Ozenne
Jean Ozenne (Jean Marcel Ozenne), born on February 13, 1898 in Paris, died on January 27, 1969 in Paris, was a French actor and comedian. Filmography 1943 : Coup de tête de René Le Hénaff 1944 : Paméla de Pierre de Hérain : M. Bourguignon 1945 : Le Capitan de Robert Vernay 1946 : Les Chouans d'Henri Calef 1948 : Scandale de René Le Hénaff 1948 : Le Secret de Mayerling de Jean Delannoy 1949 : La Belle que voilà de Jean-Paul Le Chanois : Lord Floerdew 1949 : Le Grand Cirque de Georges Péclet 1949 : Manèges d'Yves Allégret : Éric 1949 : Pas de week-end pour notre amour de Pierre Montazel : Bernard Touquet 1950 : Mon ami le cambrioleur d'Henri Lepage : l'Anglais 1950 : La Ronde de Max Ophüls 1950 : Sous le ciel de Paris de J... Biography of Joan O'Neill
Joan O'Neill, born February 13, 1925 in Kerny, New Jersey, is an American astrologer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Roger Christian
Roger Christian, born February 13, 1950 in Liverpool, is a British musician, member of The Christians. The Christians are a musical ensemble from Liverpool, England, who had several UK and international chart hits in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The name of the band refers to the surname of the three brothers that were originally in the line-up, and is also coincidentally guitarist Henry Priestman's middle name. Garry Christian (born 27 February 1965, Liverpool) (lead vocals), Roger Christian (born 13 February 1950 - died 8 March 1998 from brain tumour) (vocals, instrumentalist), Russell Christian (born 8 July 1956) (keyboards, saxophone, vocals), and Henry Priestman (born Henry Christian Priestman, 21 July 1955, in Kingston upon Hull, brought up in Liverpool) (keyboards, guita... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bo Svenson
Bo Svenson (born February 13, 1944) is an American actor, known for his roles in genre films of the 1970s and 1980s. Early life Svenson was born Boris Lee Holder Svenson in Goeteborg, Sweden, the son of Lola Iris Viola (née Johansson), a big band leader, actress, and singer, and Birger Ragnar Svenson, a personal driver, athlete, and bodyguard for the King of Sweden. Having emigrated to the United States in 1958, as a teenager, he served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1959–1965. After the Marines, he pursued a Ph.D. in metaphysics and attended UCLA. Career In the mid-70s, he took over the role (from Joe Don Baker) of lawman Buford Pusser in both sequels to the hit 1973 film Walking Tall. While the sequels were less successful than the original, he reprised the role again for the s... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Roger van de Velde
Roger van de Velde (Boom, 13 February 1925-Antwerp, 30 May 1970) was a Belgian writer. He was a son of Jan Frans van de Velde (wine merchant) and Maria Callaer. In 1947, he married with Rosa Verboven. He worked as a journalist for the Nieuwe Gazet and also published in Arsenaal en Nieuw Gewas. Writing Life Van de velde began his career as a journalist and literary writer (initially writing radio plays). In terms of literary prominence it was events outside his writing that ironically lead to some of his best writing. In his semi-autobiographical books Galgenaas (Gallows Bird) and Recht Op Antwoord (A Right To An Answer) he chronicled his experiences of the justice system, prisons and the psychiatric institutions where he had been placed. These incarcerations were the result of an... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Eileen Farrell
Eileen Farrell (February 13, 1920 – March 23, 2002) was an American opera and concert singer soprano. During her career, Farrell was greatly admired as an opera singer, but she preferred the concert hall and radio to the theater. Biography Farrell was born in Willimantic, Connecticut, but she moved at an early age to Woonsocket, Rhode Island, which she always publicly and affectionately called her home town. She was elected to Woonsocket's Hall of Fame. Her parents were vaudeville singers. In 1942 she made her concert debut on CBS radio where she soon presented her own radio program. During 1947–1948, she toured the US as a concert singer, and in 1949 she toured South America. Farrell's song recital in New York in October 1950 was enthusiastically acclaimed and secured for her i... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Conrad Humphreys
Conrad David Humphreys was born in Exmouth, Devon on the 13th February 1973. He is a professional sailor and has competed in three round the world races. On the 20th of February 2005, he became only the 5th British sailor to complete the Vendée Globe. He finished 7th after 104 days at sea in what has been acknowledged as one of the most remarkable comebacks in the history of the Vendée Globe race. Humphreys' professional career in sailing began at 17 years old, when he was spotted at the Junior World Cadet Championships and asked to join the Youth Challenge campaign for the 1993-4 Whitbread Round the World Race (now the Volvo Ocean Race) The change in direction thrust him into the world of extreme ocean racing. His first leadership challenge was as Skipper of LG FLATRON in the gruelling... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of André Hardellet
André Hardellet, born on February 13, 1911 in Vincennes, died on July 24, 1974 in Paris, was a French writer. Publications La Cité Montgol. Paris, Seghers, 1952, poèmes Le Luisant et la Sorgue. Paris, Seghers, 1954, poèmes Le Seuil du jardin. Paris, Julliard, 1958, roman Paris, Jean-Jacques Pauvert, 1966 (édition revue et corrigée) Sommeils. Paris, Seghers, 1960, poèmes Le Parc des Archers. Paris, Julliard, 1962, roman Les Chasseurs. Paris, Jean-Jacques Pauvert, 1966, poèmes Lourdes, lentes… (sous le pseudonyme de Stève Masson). Paris, Jean-Jacques Pauvert, 1969, récit. L'érotisme de ce texte choqua, dit-on, Raymond Marcellin, ministre de l'intérieur (André Hardellet fut condamné en 1973 pour « outrages aux bonnes mœurs » par la 17 ° Chambre... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Leamon King
Leamon King (February 13, 1936 – May 23, 2001) was an American athlete who jointly held the world record for the 100 metre sprint for men from 1956 to 1960. King, a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, became joint holder of the record in October 20, 1956 in Ontario, California, with a time of 10.1 seconds, equal with Willie Williams and Ira Murchison, and repeated the time a week later in Santa Ana, California. (In 1956, times were only recorded to the nearest tenth of a second.) Ray Norton also recorded a time of 10.1 seconds in 1959. The first person to run unambiguously faster in competition was Armin Hary in 1960. He also jointly held the world 100 yard record with a time of 9.3 seconds. King, along with Murchison, Thane Baker, and Bobby Joe Morrow, won a gold ... Biography of Sophie Herbrecht
Sophie Herbrecht (born 13 February 1982 in Mulhouse) is a French handball player. She has played for the club Entente Sportive Besançon and for the French national team. She became World Champion in 2003, when France won the 2003 World Women's Handball Championship in Croatia. She represented France at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, where the French team placed 4th, and at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, where France placed 5th.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Matt Mieske
Mattew Todd Mieske (born February 13, 1968 in Midland, Michigan) is a former right fielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1993 to 2000 for the Milwaukee Brewers, Chicago Cubs, Seattle Mariners, Houston Astros and Arizona Diamondbacks.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jacques Ferny
Jacques Ferny, born Georges Chervelle February 13, 1863 in Yerville, died in 1936, was a French author, playwright, actor and musician.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Michael Anthony Bilandic
Michael Anthony Bilandic (February 13, 1923 – January 15, 2002) was an Illinois politician who served as the mayor of Chicago, Illinois and as Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court. He was a member of the Democratic Party. Bilandic practiced law in Chicago for several years having graduated from the DePaul University College of Law. He served as an alderman in the Chicago City Council, representing the Bridgeport neighborhood. When Richard J. Daley died on December 20, 1976, the President Pro Tempore of the City Council, Wilson Frost, announced that he was now Acting Mayor. However, many on the white majority city council disputed the claim of Frost, an African American. After nearly a week of closed-door negotiations, the City Council announced that Bilandic had been selected ... Biography of Anouck Lepere
Anouck Lepere (born February 13, 1979 in Antwerp, Flanders) is a Belgian model. Lepere was studying architecture in Antwerp, when she was persuaded by her friends Dries van Noten and Olivier Theyskens to try modelling. She first appeared on the runways in Paris in 2000 and is currently signed with IMG Models. She also worked as a model for the Hugo Boss "Woman" and "Deep Red" perfumes, and with Steven Meisel, Mario Testino, Inez van Lamsweerde, Paul Smith and Vinoodh Matadin. Lepere was on the covers of Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Marie Claire, and French Playboy. She has her own line of jewellery. In 2006, Lepere became engaged to Jefferson Hack, father of Kate Moss' daughter Lila Grace.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pierre Raffin
Pierre Raffin, born on February 13, 1938 in Nancy, is a French Catholic Bishop, the Bishop of Metz (1987 - ).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Simone Genevois
Simone Genevois, born on February 13, 1912 in Paris, died on December 16, 1995 in Ascona, Switzerland, was a French actress. She was the spouse of Jacques Pathé (1931), and later of André Conti (1936). Filmography 1913 : Le Collier de Kali de Victorin Jasset 1917 : Protéa IV de Gérard Bourgeois (film tourné en 4 épisodes - La Petite Jacqueline) 1917 : Le Torrent de Louis Mercanton 1918 : Comme au cinéma (anonyme) 1918 : Petite Simone de Julien Clément : la petite Simone 1918 : Le Rêve de Simone (anonyme) : la petite Simone 1918 : Le Scandale de Jacques de Baroncelli 1918 : Simone de Camille de Morlhon : la petite Simone 1918 : Simone veut un petit frère (anonyme) : la petite Simone 1918 : Les Gosses dans les ruines de George Pearson ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ely Guerra
Ely Guerra (born Elizabeth Guerra Vázquez, February 13, 1972) is a Mexican singer-songwriter who was born in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Biography The daughter of Alberto Guerra (former Chivas de Guadalajara coach) and Gloria Vázquez, Ely lived the first few years of her life in Monterrey, where she was born, before moving to San Luis Potosí and then to Guadalajara, due to her father's work. It was in Guadalajara where she first discovered her passion for music. At the age of fifteen, the young Ely Guerra decided to follow her dreams and look for opportunities in Mexico City. It was there that she received a contract with BMG. Two years later, she released her first self-titled album Ely Guerra and made her professional debut as a singer in 1992. However, the album was not very su... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Edouard Mortier
Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier, 1st Duc de Trévise (13 February 1768 – 28 July 1835) was a French general and, Marshal of France under Napoléon I. Mortier was born at Le Cateau-Cambrésis on 13 February 1768, son of Charles Mortier (1730 – 1808) and wife Marie Anne Joseph Bonnaire (b. 1735), and entered the army as a sub-lieutenant in 1791. He served in the French Revolutionary Wars in the campaigns of 1792 and 1793 on the north-eastern frontier and in the Netherlands, and subsequently on the Meuse and the Rhine. In the war against the Second Coalition in 1799, he was promoted successively general of brigade and général de division. His conduct of the French occupation of Hanover, bringing about the Convention of Artlenburg, led Napoleon to include Mortier in the first list of... Biography of Ralph Holden
Ralph Holden, born on February 13, 1934 in Adamstown, Pitcairn Islands, is a British colony engineer, astrologer, author, and clergyman.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Artur Jorge (footballer)
Artur Jorge Braga Melo Teixeira (born 13 February 1946), commonly known as simply Artur Jorge, is a Portuguese football coach and a former football player. He was chosen by Portuguese sports newspaper Record as one of the best 100 Portuguese football players of all time. Club career As a junior player, he started at the junior team of FC Porto. As professional player, he played for Académica de Coimbra and Benfica, before ending his career in Belenenses, in the 1977–78 season, due to a serious injury. During his player days in Coimbra, Jorge was a student at the Faculty of Literature of the University of Coimbra, graduating in Germanic Philology from the University of Lisbon in 1975, after his transfer to Lisbon's Benfica. During his career as a player, he won four Portuguese Football ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pierre de Ségur
Pierre, marquis de Ségur (Paris, 13 February 1853 — Poissy, 13 August 1916) was a French writer and historian, elected a member of the Académie française in 1907. The eldest son of Anatole, marquis de Ségur, and of Cécile Cuvelier, he was thus the grandson of Sophie Rostopchine, Comtesse de Ségur. Works Le maréchal de Ségur, 1895 La dernière des Condé, 1899 Jeunesse du maréchal de Luxembourg, 1900 Gens d'autrefois, 1903 Parmi les cyprès et les lauriers, 1912... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Paul Brouardel
Paul Camille Hippolyte Brouardel (13 February 1837 – 23 July 1906) was a French pathologist who was born in Saint Quentin. In 1858 he became an externe at the Hôpital Cochin in Paris, and in 1865 earned his medical doctorate. In 1873 he became director of medical services at the Hôpital Saint-Antoine and la Pitié. In 1879 he became a professor of forensics at the Faculté de Médecine de Paris, and succeeded Auguste Ambroise Tardieu (1818–1879) as doyen of French forensic medicine. From 1884 to 1904 he was chair of the Consultative Committee of Hygiene, and in 1899 was elected president of the French Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AFAS). Brouardel was a leading authority of French forensic medicine, and was also a passionate advocate concerning all aspects of public healt... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Nevile Davidson
Nevile Davidson, born on February 13, 1899 in Drem, was a Scottish ecclesiastic, the Chaplain to Queen Elizabeth II in the 1950's.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Henri Delafond
Henri Delafond, born on February 13, 1805 in Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye, Bourgogne (source for his time of birth: Gauquelin), died on November 15, 1861, was a French veterinary physician and pathologist.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gerry Wolman
Gerry Wolman, born on February 13, 1927 in Shenandoah, Pennsylavnia, is an American entrepreneur and millionaire, who went bankrupt.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Terri Hendrix
Terri Hendrix, born February 13, 1968 in San Antonio, Texas, is a San Marcos, Texas-based contemporary folk singer-songwriter. In addition to releasing several albums on her own label, Wilory Records, she co-wrote the Dixie Chicks Grammy-winning instrumental, "Lil' Jack Slade." Awards Grammy for Best Country Instrumental Performance, 2003, for co-writing the Dixie Chicks song "Lil' Jack Slade" Austin Music Awards/Austin Chronicle Music Poll Best Folk Act Best Singer-Songwriter Best New Band Austin American Statesman Austin Music Critic’s Poll Best New Artist San Antonio Current Music Awards/Best of San Antonio Best Folk/Acoustic and Best Country Band Songwriter of the Year Female Entertainer of the Year Female Vocalist of the Year Discography Two Dollar Shoe... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Eljero Elia
Eljero George Rinaldo Elia (Dutch pronunciation: ; born 13 February 1987 in Voorburg) is a Dutch footballer of Surinamese descent, who currently plays for German Bundesliga club Hamburger SV and the Netherlands national team. Prior to joining HSV in 2009, Elia played for ADO Den Haag and FC Twente. He made his debut for the Dutch national team in September 2009, scoring on his debut, and participated at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. In 2009, Elia was awarded the Johan Cruijff Award for "Young Player of the Year" in the Netherlands. His trademark characteristics are his blistering pace and speed. Club career ADO Den Haag Before excelling in the ADO Den Haag youth team, he played for many amateur clubs. Elia made his professional debut in 2004 when he was just 17 years old... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Somdev Devvarman
Somdev Devvarman (born Guwahati 13 February 1985 in Guwahati, Assam; also known as Somdev Dev Varman) is a Tennis player from India. He rose to prominence whilst at college at the University of Virginia in the USA, winning the NCAA Singles Championship twice in a row. Ranked just outside the world top 200 at the end of 2008, he is viewed as a promising star of the future. Somdev is the son of Ranjana and Pravanjan Dev Varman. Somdev's parents live in Guwahati, Assam. His father is from Tripura and mother from Meghalaya. He was born February 13, 1985 in Assam.. He has an elder sister, Paulami, and an elder brother, Aratrik. Amateur Results Devvarman's achievements place him as among the most successful players in college tennis history. Somdev won the 2007 NCAA Singles Championship b... Biography of Margherita Zanatta
Margherita Zanatta, born on February 13, 1982 in Varese, is a housemate of the 11th season of Grande Fratello, the Italian version of reality television franchise Big Brother, began in September 2000, and has gone on to become a cultural phenomenon in Italy. There have been eleven completed seasons.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Sada Jacobson
Sada Jacobson (born February 14, 1983), from Dunwoody, Georgia, is an American fencer. Background Jacobson is a daughter of David Jacobson (who many at the Nellya Fencing Club call DJ), a member of the 1974 U.S. National fencing team in saber and now an endocrinologist, and Tina Jacobson, who has also fenced competitively. She is the sister of fellow U.S. Olympic team fencer Emily Jacobson, born December 2, 1985. She also has a younger sister, Jackie, born February 26, 1989, who is also a world-class fencer. Jacobson swam competitively for 2 years in high school. She graduated with a history degree from Yale University. She postponed her college career to train full-time for the Athens 2004 Olympics. She took silver at the Olympics in Beijing in 2008, and is currently ranked #... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Valéry Zeitoun
Valéry Zeitoun, born on February 13, 1966 in Pantin (birth time source: Didier Geslain), is a French producer (label AZ). He works with Universal Music Group (UMG), the largest group of record labels in the recording industry. It is the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations. Universal Music Group is a wholly owned subsidiary of French media conglomerate Vivendi.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gus Hansen
Gustav Hansen (born February 13, 1974 outside Copenhagen, Denmark) is a professional Danish poker player who lives in Monaco. In his poker career Hansen has won three World Poker Tour open titles, the 2007 Aussie Millions main event and was the season one winner of the Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament. Before turning to playing poker professionally in 1997, Hansen was a world class backgammon player and a youth tennis champion. He was known for being a sports enthusiast throughout his teens, competing in several indoor and outdoor sports as a successful junior athlete. In 2000, he moved to New York City, and tried to make a living playing professional backgammon, but found the field too small for his taste. He calls himself a professional gambler and has been known to take priv... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Pierre Jouyet
Jean-Pierre Jouyet (born 13 February 1954 in Montreuil) is a French politician and chairman of the Autorité des marchés financiers (France). Biography After having graduated from the Paris Institute of Political Studies, and later from the École Nationale d'Administration (ENA), he worked nearly two decades for the French government. He worked as an official for the French Ministry of Economy and Finance (1980), was engaged in the simplification of the French tax system (1983), and held government posts until 1991. From 1991 to 1995, Jean-Pierre Jouyet took part in the work of the European Union, in his last year of that period in the role of chief of staff to Jacques Delors, president of the European Commission. After working as deputy chief of staff to Prime Minister Lionel Jo... Biography of Ana Moreira
Ana Moreira (born 13 February 1980) is a Portuguese actress. She has appeared in over 20 films since 1997. She starred in The Mutants, which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0603502/ ) # Quinze Pontos na Alma (2009) (completed) .... Adelaide ... aka Under My Skin (International: English title: informal title) # Histórias de Alice (2009) (completed) .... Alice ... aka The History of Alice (International: English title: informal literal title) # L'arc-en-ciel (2009) (TV) .... Secretary # A Religiosa Portuguesa (2009) .... Irma Joana ... aka La religieuse portugaise (France) ... aka The Portuguese Nun (Canada: English title) # "Olhos nos Olhos" .... Simone Viana Levi (224 episodes, 2008-... Biography of Jeff Waters
Jeff Waters (born February 13, 1966), is the guitarist and mastermind of the metal band Annihilator. He was born in and resides in Ottawa, Canada. As the main member and songwriter for Annihilator, Jeff is considered among the most influential guitarists in the world and as a top songwriter. He is also a well-known mix engineer, engineer, producer and mastering engineer. Jeff Waters has owned Watersound Studios Inc. since 1994 (where it was in Maple Ridge, BC) and recently, since 2003, in Ottawa, Canada. Biography Jeff's father was in the military and mother a teacher. The family lived in Ottawa and Camp Borden, Ontario as well as London, England. He took some classical and jazz guitar as a youth. His band "Annihilator" was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada by Jeff Waters in 1984. H... Biography of Peter Hook
Peter Hook (born 13 February 1956) is an English bass player. He was a co-founder of the post-punk band Joy Division along with Bernard Sumner in the mid-1970s. Following the death of lead singer Ian Curtis, the band reformed as New Order, and Hook played bass with them throughout their career until his departure in 2007. He has also recorded an album with Revenge (One True Passion), two albums with Monaco (Music For Pleasure and Monaco) and one album with Freebass (It's A Beautiful Life) as bassist, keyboardist and lead vocalist. Playing style With New Order's ever increasing use of sequenced synthesised bass, especially throughout most of 1989's Technique and 1993's Republic, Hook's bass playing became ever more melodic and rhythmic, often exploiting the baritone guitar range of... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Sam Garbarski
Sam Garbarski, born February 13, 1948 in Krailling, Germany (source: Wikipedia in German), is a Belgian film director. He is the father of actress Tania Garbarski. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0304921/ ) 2010 Quartier Lointain 2007 Irina Palm 2003 Le tango des Rashevski 2000 Joyeux Noël, Rachid (short) 2000 La vie, la mort & le foot (short) 1999 La dinde (short)... Biography of Bayinnaung
Bayinnaung Kyawhtin Nawrahta (Burmese: ဘုရင့်နောင် ကျော်ထင်နော်ရထာ, pronounced ; Thai: พระเจ้าบุเรงนอง; 13 February 1516 – November 1581) was the third king of the Toungoo dynasty of Burma (Myanmar). During his 30-year reign, which has been called the "greatest explosion of human energy ever seen in Burma", Bayinnaung assembled the largest empire in the history of Southeast Asia, which included much of modern day Burma, Manipur, Chinese Shan States (southern Yunnan), Lan Na (northern Thailand), Siam (central and southern Thailand) and Lan Xang (Lao... Biography of Feist (singer)
Leslie Feist (born 13 February 1976), known professionally as Feist, is a Canadian singer-songwriter, performing both as a solo artist and as a member of the indie rock group Broken Social Scene. Feist launched her solo music career in 1999 with the release Monarch (Lay Your Jewelled Head Down). Her subsequent studio albums, Let It Die, released in 2004, and The Reminder, released in 2007, were critically acclaimed and commercially successful, selling over 2.5 million copies. The Reminder earned Feist four Grammy nominations, including a nomination for Best New Artist. She was the top winner at the 2008 Juno Awards in Calgary with five awards, including Songwriter of the Year, Artist of the Year, Pop Album of the Year, Album of the Year and Single of the Year. Her fourth studio album, M... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Liam Brady
Liam Brady (born 13 February 1956 in Dublin) is a former Irish association football player, and former assistant manager of the Republic of Ireland national football team. In his playing days, Brady was a midfielder renowned for his elegant technical skills, most notably his left foot, and his high-quality passing and close control. He found success both with Arsenal (one FA Cup title) and Juventus (two Serie A titles), and won 72 caps for the Republic of Ireland national football team. Brady is now head of Youth Development at Arsenal, and is a frequent television pundit with RTÉ Sport. Club career Brady started his career at Arsenal, moving to London to join the side on schoolboy forms in 1971, at the age of 15. He turned professional on his 17th birthday in 1973, and made his ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Anna Watkins
Anna Rose Watkins (née Bebington) (born 13 February 1983) is an English rower. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where she won a bronze medal in Double Sculls and has won 4 medals in the World Championships, most recently a successful defence of her world title with Katherine Grainger, in Bled, Slovenia in 2011. She won a gold medal in the double sculls at the London 2012 Olympics. Background Watkins was born and raised in Leek, where she attended Westwood College. She studied Natural Sciences at Newnham College, Cambridge where she started rowing in 2001. She took her first strokes with Newnham College Boat Club and was captain of lower boats and then secretary for the club. She is currently attending the University of Reading as a PhD student in mathematics. Watkins represe... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Randy Moss
Randy Gene Moss (born February 13, 1977) is an American football wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Marshall University, and twice earned All-American honors. He was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the first round of the 1998 NFL Draft. Moss played the first seven years of his career in Minnesota before a trade in 2005 brought him to the Oakland Raiders. On April 29, 2007, Moss was traded to the New England Patriots for a fourth-round draft pick. On October 6, 2010, Moss returned to the Vikings in a trade from the Patriots. However, his stint in Minnesota was short-lived, as he was waived by the team less than a month later, and claimed by the Tennessee Titans. After a season long retirement, Moss signed a o... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Marc Jancovici
Jean-Marc Jancovici, born on February 13, 1962 in Paris, is a French scientist, engineer, author, professor, a specialist advisor to the energy and climate change.... Biography of Caroline Blakiston
Caroline Blakiston (born 13 February 1933) is an English actress. Best known for her role in the television comedy series Brass, she has also appeared as Mon Mothma in the science fiction film Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. In the 1960s she appeared in three episodes of The Avengers as well a number of ITC productions such as The Saint and Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (in the 1969 episode "Never Trust a Ghost"). In 1977 she appeared in Raffles as Lady Paulton, and also in Murder Most English as Helen Carobleat. In 1986 Blakiston played the villain Bess Sedgwick, opposite Joan Hickson's Miss Marple, in "At Bertram's Hotel", made by the BBC and shown on the PBS series "Mystery" in the U.S. She also appeared as Lionel Hardcastle's ex-wife in an episode of As Time Goes By. S... |
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