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Astrology, birth chart, biography, photo and horoscope excerpts: You will find on this page all the celebrities born on November, 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".
Astrology DataBase updated Wednesday, 26 July 2017 at 11:52 am, CEST
52,644 celebrities and events, out of which 22,793 entries with a known time of birth. Search by filters, aspects, positions, categories, heights, or latest additions. Celebrities clicked on in real-time: 468,416,542 times. 118 celebrities or events were found for November, 13.
Biography of Gerard Butler
Gerard James Butler (born 13 November 1969 in Glasgow (birth time source: Caroline Gerard, birth certificate, Astrodatabank)) is a Scottish actor who has appeared on film, stage, and television. A trained lawyer, Butler turned to acting in the mid-1990s with small roles in productions such as the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), which he followed with steady work on television, most notably in the American miniseries Attila (2001). In 2003, Butler played André Marek in the adaptation of Michael Crichton's Timeline. He garnered critical acclaim for his work as the lead in Joel Schumacher's 2004 film adaptation of the musical The Phantom of the Opera. In 2007, Butler gained recognition through his portrayal of King Leonidas in the film 300. Since then, he has appeared in projec...
Biography of Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg (born Caryn Elaine Johnson, November 13, 1955), is an American actress, comedian and radio DJ. Goldberg is one of only ten individuals who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony Award, counting Daytime Emmy Awards. She is the second African American female performer to win an Academy Award for acting (the first being Hattie McDaniel); she has also won two Golden Globe Awards. Whoopi Goldberg was born on November 13, 1955 in New York City. Later in life, a DNA test would trace her ancestry to the Papel and Bayote peoples of Guinea-Bissau. Her stage name was taken from "whoopie cushion", which she initially wanted as her name, but chose the last moniker of Goldberg after her mother pointed out that her initial name pick was not Jewish enough to make her ric...
Biography of Jimmy Kimmel
James Christian "Jimmy" Kimmel (born November 13, 1967) is an American comedian, writer, talk show host, game show host, and producer. Personal life Jimmy Kimmel was born in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, and is of German and Italian descent. The family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, when he was nine years old. He graduated from Ed W. Clark High School and then attended University of Nevada, Las Vegas for one year and Arizona State University for two years without completing a degree. Kimmel and his ex-wife, Gina, married in June 1988. They have a son, Kevin, and a daughter, Katie. The marriage ended in separation in early 2002. Kimmel then dated comedian Sarah Silverman for five years, ending in the summer of 2008. Kimmel is an avid music fan, and plays the bass clarinet very ...
Biography of Chris Noth
Christopher David Noth (born November 13, 1954 in Madison, Wisconsin) is an actor in American film, stage and television. He is best known for two long-running television roles: as Det. Mike Logan on Law & Order, and as "Mr. Big" on Sex and the City. Noth (pronounced to rhyme with both) is a name which has its origins in the European area of Alsace-Lorraine (on the border of France and Germany), where it is pronounced as "note." The youngest of three sons whose father, Charles, died when he was eight, Noth traveled throughout the United Kingdom, Serbia, and Spain with his mother, CBS News reporter Jeanne Parr, who is of Irish descent. Noth's undergraduate (poetry-writing) years were spent at Marlboro College in Vermont, where he built himself a log cabin. He earned an MFA from Yale ...
Biography of Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Ayaan Hirsi Ali (born Ayaan Hirsi Magan 13 November 1969 in Mogadishu, Somalia) is a Dutch feminist and political writer, daughter of the Somali scholar, politician, and revolutionary opposition leader Hirsi Magan Isse. She is a prominent and controversial author, film maker, and critic of Islam. Her writings, especially her screenplay Submission, and her autobiography Infidel, led to death threats from numerous Muslim organizations and individuals, which have forced her to live under guard and in relative seclusion. She has received numerous awards for her human rights work, and in 2005, was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. When she was eight, her family left Somalia for Saudi Arabia, then Ethiopia, and eventually settled in Kenya. She soug...
Biography of Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson (November 13, 1850–December 3, 1894), was a Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer, and a leading representative of Neo-romanticism in English literature. He was greatly admired by many authors, including Jorge Luis Borges, Ernest Hemingway, Rudyard Kipling and Vladimir Nabokov. Most modernist writers dismissed him, however, because he was popular and did not write within their narrow definition of literature. It is only recently that critics have begun to look beyond Stevenson's popularity and allow him a place in the canon. He prepared for a law career but never practiced. He traveled frequently, partly in search of better climates for his tuberculosis, which would eventually contribute to his death at age 44. Early life Stevenson was born Robert...
Biography of Jean Seberg
Jean Seberg (November 13, 1938 (birth time source: http://jeansebergmovie.com/ quotes about Jean chapter) – September 8, 1979) was an American actress. She starred in 34 films in Hollywood and in France. Seberg became even more of an icon after her roles in numerous French films and the tragedy of her turbulent life. Early life Seberg was born in Marshalltown, Iowa to Edward Seberg and Dorothy Benson. Her family background was Lutheran. Career Seberg was discovered by Otto Preminger, who directed her in her first two films. She made her film debut in 1957 in the title role of George Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan. She secured the role after being chosen from 18,000 hopeful actresses. The young Seberg was then thrust into the glaring spotlight and subject of countless Cinderella stori...
Biography of Juhi Chawla
Juhi Chawla (Hindi: जूही चावला ; Urdu: جُوہی چاولا,, born 13 November 1967 in Ludhiana, Punjab, India) is an award-winning Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films. Initially starting with mainstream films, Chawla is now appearing in parallel cinema. Early life Juhi Chawla was the first child born to Punjabi father Dr. S. Chawla and Gujarati mother, Mona. She has one brother named Sanjeev. She graduated from Sydenham College, Mumbai . She was the winner of Miss India title in 1984, later she won Best Costume Award for the Miss Universe contest in 1984 Career From beauty contests, she moved into film - with her movie debut being Sultanat in 1986. She then sta...
Biography of Claude Pompidou
Claude Jacqueline Pompidou (13 November 1912 (birth time source: Didier Geslain) – 3 July 2007) was the wife of President of France Georges Pompidou. She was a philanthropist and a patron of modern art, especially through the Centre Georges Pompidou. Life before politics She was born Claude Jacqueline Cahour in Château-Gontier, Mayenne, one of two daughters of a doctor. Her mother died when she was three years old. She moved to Paris to study law. She met Georges Pompidou, her future husband, during the first year of her studies; he was then working as a literature teacher at a lycée. The couple married in 1935. Their adopted son, Alain Pompidou, was born in 1942. Georges Pompidou fought in the Battle of France in the Second World War, before resuming his career as a teacher. H...
Biography of Linda Christian
Linda Christian (November 13, 1923 – July 22, 2011) was a Mexican movie actress, who filmed films in Mexican cinema and in Hollywood, her career reached its peak in the 1940s and 1950s. She played Mara in the last Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan film Tarzan and The Mermaids (1948). She is also noted for being the first Bond girl, appearing in a 1954 TV adaptation of the James Bond novel Casino Royale. In 1963 she starred in an episode of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, "An Out for Oscar". Christian's mother was of Spanish, French and German descent, and her father was a Dutch executive with Royal Dutch/Shell. She was first offered a movie contract after film scouts saw a picture of her at the beach taken by Andre de Dienes. Linda Christian is famous for having wed (and divorced) fellow movie...
Biography of Michel Gauquelin
Michel Gauquelin (November 13, 1928 – May 20, 1991) was a French psychologist and statistician who, along with his first wife Françoise Schneider-Gauquelin (born June 19, 1929), conducted very important statistical research on astrology, from the beginning of the 1950s to the present day. Although he was highly critical of certain areas of the art, Gauquelin showed an interest in astrology from an early age; it is said that he could calculate a birth chart at the age of ten and earned the nickname of Nostradamus at school because of his astrological readings. After studying psychology and statistics at the Sorbonne, he devoted his life to the attempt to demonstrate the validity of certain fundamentals of astrology. However, he did not define himself as an astrologer and opposed the prac...
Biography of Alice O. Howell
Alice O. Howell, born November 13, 1922, is an American writer and astrologer....
Biography of Augustine of Hippo
Aurelius Augustinus, Augustine of Hippo, or Saint Augustine (November 13, 354 – August 28, 430) was a philosopher and theologian, and was bishop of the North African city of Hippo Regius for the last third of his life. Augustine is one of the most important figures in the development of Western Christianity, and is considered to be one of the church fathers. He framed the concepts of original sin and just war. In Roman Catholicism and the Anglican Communion, he is a saint and pre-eminent Doctor of the Church, and the patron of the Augustinian religious order. Many Protestants, especially Calvinists, consider him to be one of the theological fathers of Reformation teaching on salvation and grace. In the Eastern Orthodox Church he is a saint, and his feast day is celebrated annually on Ju...
Biography of Riccardo Scamarcio
Riccardo Scamarcio (born in Trani, Bari, November 13, 1979) is an Italian film actor. His first main role in a feature film was in Three Meters above Heaven (Tre metri sopra il cielo, 2004). Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m) He received his formal training as an actor at the Scuola Nazionale di Cinema in Rome. He dated Angela Liso from 1998 to 2006. He currently is involved with Valeria Golino, who is 13 years his senior. Filmography Film La meglio gioventù (2003) Ora o mai più (2003) Le mani in faccia (2003) Tre metri sopra il cielo (2004) L'odore del sangue (2004) L'uomo perfetto (2005) Texas (2005) Romanzo criminale (2005) Manuale d'amore - Capitoli successivi (2007) Ho voglia di te (2007) Mio fratello è figlio unico (2007) Go Go Tales (2007) TV Ama...
Biography of Sarah Pitkowski
Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor (born on November 13, 1975 in Seclin (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate), just south of Lille) is a former professional female tennis player from France. She was ranked World No. 29 at November 1, 1999. Pitkowski played right-handed, had a height of 1.59m and weighed about 49 kg in 2000. She turned professional in 1993. She retired from the WTA Tour tennis circuit in 2001. Her highest WTA Tour singles and doubles ranking was 29 (Nov 1, 1999) and 101 (Aug 5, 1996) respectively. She had career official prize money earnings of US$823,787. Her final career singles win-loss record was @278-198 and her final career doubles win-loss record was @52-101 (@includes main draw and qualifying matches in all WTA Tour//ITF Tour tournaments, Federation/Fed Cup ...
Biography of Joe Mantegna
Joseph Anthony “Joe” Mantegna, Jr. (born November 13, 1947) is an American Tony Award-winning actor of film, stage and television. Biography Personal life Mantegna, an Italian American, was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Mary Ann (née Novelli), a shipping clerk, and Joseph Anthony Mantegna, Sr., who worked in insurance sales. Mantegna attended Morton East High School in Cicero, Illinois (home of Al Capone) and received much inspiration for acting from this small town with lots of character. He graduated with a degree in acting from the Goodman School of Drama (the Theatre School at DePaul University) in 1969. While still a young man in Chicago, he played bass in a band called "The Apocryphals". His band played with another local group called "The Missing Links" which went o...
Biography of Neil Flynn
Neil William Flynn (born November 13, 1960) is an American actor, best known for his role as Janitor in the sitcom/dramedy Scrubs. Early life Flynn was born in the south side of Chicago, Illinois and moved to Waukegan, Illinois at an early age. As a student at Waukegan East High School in 1978, he and partner Mike Shklair won an Illinois Individual Events championship for “Humorous Duet Acting.” After graduating from Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois, in 1982, Flynn returned to Chicago to pursue an acting career. Flynn participated on the nationally renowned Bradley University Speech Team. Career During his time in Chicago, he acted with the renowned Goodman and Steppenwolf Theaters. Flynn was nominated for a Joseph Jefferson Award (Actor in a Principal Role, for The Ballad...
Biography of Steve Zahn
Steven James Zahn (born November 13, 1967) is an American comedian and actor of both film and stage. Early life Zahn was born in Marshall, Minnesota, the son of Zelda Clair (née Gades), who works for the YMCA, and Carleton Edward Zahn, a Lutheran pastor. Zahn spent part of his childhood in Mankato, Minnesota, attending Kennedy Elementary School. After attending Robbinsdale Cooper High School, Gustavus Adolphus College and Harvard University, his first acting role was in Biloxi Blues; a Minnesota production at the Old Log Theater; but his first big break came in 1994, when he was noticed by Ben Stiller, who cast him in his picture, Reality Bites. Career Zahn's early roles were split between movies, touring companies of Broadway shows, and TV shows. In 1992-1993, he toured as Hugo...
Biography of Saul Kripke
Saul Aaron Kripke (born in November 13, 1940 in Bay Shore, New York) is an American philosopher and logician, now emeritus from Princeton. He teaches as distinguished professor of philosophy at CUNY Graduate Center. Kripke has been influential in a number of fields related to logic and philosophy of language. Much of his work remains unpublished or exists only as tape-recordings and privately circulated manuscripts. Kripke was the recipient of the 2001 Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy. Biography Saul Kripke is the eldest of three children born to Dorothy and Rabbi Myer Kripke. His father was the leader of Beth El Synagogue, the only Conservative congregation in Omaha, Nebraska. His mother wrote Jewish educational children's books. Saul and his two sisters, Madeline and Netta, atte...
Biography of Edward III of England
Edward III (13 November 1312 – 21 June 1377) was one of the most successful English monarchs of the Middle Ages. Restoring royal authority after the disastrous reign of his father, Edward II, Edward III went on to transform the Kingdom of England into the most efficient military power in Europe. His reign saw vital developments in legislature and government—in particular the evolution of the English parliament—as well as the ravages of the Black Death. He remained on the throne for 50 years; no English monarch had reigned for as long since Henry III, and none would again until George III. Edward was crowned at the age of fourteen, following the deposition of his father. When he was only seventeen years old, he led a coup against his regent, Roger Mortimer, and began his personal reign. ...
Biography of Hervé Le Corre
Hervé le Corre, born November 13, 1955 in Bordeaux, is a French author. Bibliography L’Homme aux lèvres de saphir (Rivages, 2005 - Grand Prix du Roman Noir du festival de Cognac) Tango Parano (Éditions Atelier In8, 2005) Ad patrem (recueil collectif Bordeaux le tanin noir, Autrement, 2003) Copyright (Gallimard, 2001) C’est le premier pas qui coûte (recueil collectif Les 7 familles du polar, éditions Baleine, 2000) De l’autre côté du trottoir (Les temps modernes, 1997) La nuit porte conseil (recueil collectif Neuf morts et demi, Zulma, 1997) Les effarés (Gallimard, 1996) Du sable dans la bouche (Gallimard, 1993) La douleur des morts (Gallimard, 1990)...
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The source for this event comes from Marc Penfiled, at https://www.astrologysoftware.com/resources/lore/astro_search_result.asp?by=name Seattle (Listeni/siˈætəl/) is a West Coast seaport city and the seat of King County. With an estimated 662,400 residents as of 2015, Seattle is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America. In July 2013 it was the fastest-growing major city in the United States, and remained in the top five in May 2015 with an annual growth rate of 2.1%. The Seattle metropolitan area of around 3.7 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the United States. The city is situated on an isthmus between Puget Sound (an inlet of the Pacific Ocean) and Lake Washington, about 100 miles (160 km)...
Biography of Dack Rambo
Dack Rambo (b. Norman Rambo, November 13, 1941, in Delano (source Imdb), California – March 21, 1994, Delano, California) was an American actor, most notable for appearing as Jack Ewing in the TV Series Dallas from 1985 until his dismissal in 1987 and as Grant Harrison on the NBC soap opera Another World from 1990 to 1991. Height: 6' (1.83 m) He had a twin brother, Dirk Rambo, who died in 1967. After being diagnosed with HIV in 1991 he acknowledged being bisexual and campaigned for AIDS awareness until his death. Rambo died on March 21, 1994 due to complications from AIDS. Partial filmography Another World (1964) (TV series) (1990–1991) Dallas (1978) (TV series) (1985–1987) Paper Dolls (1984) (TV series) All My Children (1970) (TV series) (1982–1983) Sword of Justic...
Biography of Koda Kumi
Kumiko Koda (神田 來未子, Koda Kumiko?) (born November 13, 1982), better known by her stage name Kumi Koda (倖田 來未, Koda Kumi?), is a Japanese singer and songwriter from Kyoto, known for her Urban and R&B songs. Having debuted in 2000 with the single "Take Back", Koda gained fame for her seventh single, "Real Emotion / 1000 no Kotoba", the songs of which were used as themes for the video game Final Fantasy X-2. Her popularity grew with the release of her fourth studio album Secret (2005), her sixteenth single "Butterfly" (2005), and her first greatest hits album Best: First Things (2005), reaching the number-three, number-two and number-one spot respectively. Though her early releases presented a conservative, quiet image, since a...
Biography of Garry Marshall
Garry Kent Marshall (November 13, 1934 (birth time source: Marion March, Astrodatabank, BC) – July 19, 2016) was an American actor, director, writer, and producer. His notable credits included creating Happy Days and its various spinoffs, developing Neil Simon's 1965 play The Odd Couple for television, and directing Pretty Woman, Runaway Bride, Valentine's Day, New Year's Eve, Mother's Day, The Princess Diaries, and The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement. Early life Marshall was born in the New York City borough of The Bronx, the son of Marjorie Irene (née Ward; 1908-1983), a tap dance teacher who ran a tap dance school, and Anthony Wallace Marshall (1906–99), a director of industrial films and later a producer. He was the brother of actress/director Penny Marshall and Ronny Marsha...
Biography of Saïda Jawad
Saïda Jawad, born on November 13, 1973 in Roubaix, is a French actress, comedian, and author. She lives with French film director Gérard Jugnot. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0419529/ ) 2011 La conquête (post-production) Rachida Dati 2011 Tout est bon dans le cochon (TV movie) (post-production) Sophia Eltrani 2009 L'internat (TV series) Nadia – Retour (2009) … Nadia – Réunion (2009) … Nadia – Alliances (2009) … Nadia – Famille décomposée (2009) … Nadia – Contre-courant (2009) … Nadia See all 10 episodes » 2009 Rose et noir Amalia 2009 Diane, femme flic (TV series) Christelle Longaud – Le dernier verre (2009) … Christelle Longaud 2008 Musée haut, musée bas La maîtresse 2007 Ali Baba et les 40 voleurs (TV movie) Ouria 2006 Flo...
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Beginning at 21:16 (CET) of 13 November 2015, a series of violent attacks occurred in the 10th and 11th arrondissements of Paris, France, at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of the capital, and elsewhere in Île-de-France. At least three separate explosions and six shootings were reported around the capital, and a hostage crisis is ongoing at the Bataclan theatre, where between approximately 60 and 100 people are believed to be held. The number of casualties is unknown, but between 40 and 70 people are reported to have died. One report stated that there might be six gunmen. French radio network Europe 1 reported that as many as three suicide bombers were also involved in the attacks. In a televised statement at 23:58 CET, French President François Hollande declared a state of...
Biography of Ron Artest
Ronald William "Ron" Artest, Jr. (born November 13, 1979) is an American professional basketball player who is currently with the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA. Artest gained a reputation as one of the league's premier defenders as he won the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award in 2004. He was a major participant in the Pacers–Pistons brawl and is known for his sometimes eccentric, outspoken behavior. Biography Artest was born and raised in the Queensbridge projects in Queens, New York. Artest has 2 younger brothers, Isaiah and Daniel. He played high school basketball at La Salle Academy and college basketball at St. John's University from 1997–1999 majoring in mathematics. In 1999 he helped the Red Storm to the Elite Eight, losing to Ohio State in a classic game. He gained fame...
Biography of Suzy Carrier
Suzy Carrier, born in Moulins (Allier) November 13, 1922 and died in Grasse November 29, 1999, was a French actress. Filmography 1942 : Pontcarral, colonel d'empire de Jean Delannoy 1942 : Secrets de Pierre Blanchar 1942 : Étoiles de demain - court métrage - de René Guy-Grand 1943 : L'Escalier sans fin de Georges Lacombe 1943 : L'aventure est au coin de la rue de Jacques Daniel-Norman 1945 : Les Clandestins de André E. Chotin 1945 : Dorothée cherche l'amour de Edmond T. Gréville 1946 : Gringalet de André Berthomieu 1946 : Désarroi de Robert-Paul Dagan 1946 : Pas si bête de André Berthomieu 1947 : Bichon de René Jayet 1947 : Le Diamant de cent sous de Jacques Daniel-Norman 1947 : Un flic de Maurice de Canonge 1947 : Une mort sans importance de Yvan Noë 1947...
Biography of Kristen Gilbert
Kristen Gilbert (born November 13, 1967 as Kristen Strickland in Fall River, Massachusetts) is an American serial killer who was convicted for three first-degree murders, one second-degree murder, and two attempted murders of patients admitted for care at the VAMC ("Veteran's Affairs Medical Center") in Northampton, Massachusetts. She killed her patients by injecting them with epinephrine, causing them to have heart attacks. Although other nurses noticed a high number of deaths on Gilbert's watch, they passed it off, jokingly calling her the "Angel of Death." In 1996, three nurses reported their concern about an increase in cardiac arrest deaths and a decrease in the supply of epinephrine; an investigation ensued. The prosecutor in her case, Assistant U.S. Attorney William M. Welch I...
Biography of Manuela Montebrun
Manuela Montebrun (born 13 November 1979 in Laval) is a French hammer thrower. Her personal best throw is 74.66 metres, achieved in July 2005 in Zagreb. Achievements Year Tournament Venue Result Extra 1998 World Junior Championships Annecy, France 5th 1999 World Championships Seville, Spain 12th Universiade Palma de Mallorca, Spain 3rd 2001 World Championships Edmonton, Canada 5th Universiade Beijing, China 1st Goodwill Games Brisbane, Australia 3rd 2002 European Championships Munich, Germany 3rd 2003 World Championships Paris, France 3rd World Athletics Final Szombathely, Hungary 4th 2004 World Athletics Final Szombathely, Hungary 3rd 2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 4th World Athletics Final Szombathely, Hungary 7th...
Biography of Kenza Braïga
Kenza Braïga, born November 13, 1976 in Bagdad, Iraq, is a French author, radio host and TV host. She has participated in Star Academy first season in 2001. Loft Story is a French reality show started in 2001 on the M6 channel (Loft Story is a slightly re-tooled version of the Dutch-created Big Brother, toned down slightly for the French market by production company Endemol. The initial French Loft Story inspired the creation of a similar show of the same name in Quebec. The famous eye logo is used by both Loft Story versions. It evokes the voyeuristic eye of the television viewer as she or he watches the Lofteurs live in front of the cameras. Some of them get gradually voted off the show by viewers on their phones and the last couple win a house. It caused great controversy in France and ...
Biography of Ronald Agenor
Ronald Jean-Martin Agénor (born November 13, 1964 in Rabat, Morocco) is a professional tennis player from Haïti. He has American citizenship. Agénor was born in Morocco and lived there for ten years. He then lived in Zaire for four years, before moving to Bordeaux, France at the age of 14. He was ranked the World No. 8 junior tennis player in 1982. He turned professional in 1983. In 1989, Agénor reached the quarter-finals of the French Open (where he was knocked-out by eventual-champion Michael Chang), and won his first top-level singles title at Athens. He reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 22 that year. In 1990, Agénor won two further tour singles titles at Berlin and Genova. In 1999, Agénor finished the year ranked World No. 98 and became the first player a...
Biography of Oskar Werner
Oskar Werner (November 13, 1922 – October 23, 1984) was an Austrian actor. Born Oskar Josef Bschließmayer in Vienna, he started off his career as a stage actor for the famous Burgtheater until making his film debut in Der Engel mit der Posaune in 1948. Biography Stage career Universally regarded as one of Western Europe's foremost stage actors, Oskar Werner was 18 years old when he made his stage bow at the Burgtheater in his native Vienna. A lifelong pacifist, Werner did everything he could to avoid conscription in the Axis army during World War II; when he finally was forced into a uniform, he deserted at the earliest opportunity. Film career After the war, Werner resumed his theatrical career, only reluctantly making his first film in 1948; "I am married to the theatre, an...
Biography of Kelly Sotherton
Kelly Jade Sotherton (born 13 November 1976) is an English heptathlete. Sotherton was born in Newport on the Isle of Wight. As a teenager, she played netball for Hampshire, but also won two English Schools’ championships in the heptathlon. She moved to the English Midlands in order to train with 2000 Olympic heptathlon champion Denise Lewis. She made her senior British team debut in 2002. She is a member of Birchfield Harriers athletics club. The javelin throw is clearly her weakest discipline and has been cited as the main reason for her lack of medals at the 2005 World Championships and 2006 European Championships. Personal life She trains at the grounds of the athletics club Birchfield Harriers, which is based in Birmingham, England. 2004 She gained international rec...
Biography of José Ortega Spottorno
José Ortega Spottorno (November 13, 1916 — February 18, 2002) was a Spanish journalist and publisher. Born in Madrid to famous philosopher José Ortega y Gasset and Rosa Spottorno Topete, José Ortega Spottorno was the founder of affordable paperback publishing firm Alianza Editorial and the Spanish daily newspaper El País, which quickly became the bestselling Spanish newspaper, a crown it holds to this day. He was survived by his wife, Simone Ortega, and three children, one of whom works as a journalist for El País. Early life Ortega Spottorno was born and educated in Madrid, studying at the Baccalaureate School of the Institute of Madrid. This education has been described as setting the course for the rest of his life, emphasising as it did the virtues of liberalism and secularism. W...
Biography of Geneviève Picon
Geneviève Picon, born November 13, 1916 in Nantes and died February 8, 1996, was a French art historian....
Biography of José Carlos Somoza
José Carlos Somoza is a Spanish author born on November 13, 1959 in Havana, Cuba. In 1960 his family moved to Spain after being exiled for political reasons. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in psychiatry, but he gave up medicine in order to be a full-time writer in 1994. Works * Planos 1994 * Silencio de Blanca 1996 * Miguel Will 1997 * Cartas de un asesino insignificante 1999 * La ventana pintada 1999 * La caverna de las ideas 2000 (The Athenian Murders 2002, shortlisted for the UK's Independent Foreign Fiction Prize; winner of the CWA Gold Dagger) * Dafne desvanecida 2000 (shortlisted for the Spain's Nadal Prize) * Clara y la penumbra 2001 (The Art of Murder 2004) * La dama número trece 2003 * La caja de marfil 2004 * El detalle (tr...
Biography of René Dorin
René Dorin, born November 13, 1891 in La Rochelle (birth time source: Didier Geslain), died July 25, 1969 in Paris, was a French singer, composer, musician, violonist, artist, radio host and author. He wrote more than 600 sings and founded more than 40 newspapers....
Biography of Jérôme Daran
Jérôme Daran, born November 13, 1973 in Besançon, is a French humorist, singer and sometimes actor....
Biography of David Auradou
David Auradou (born 13 November 1973 in Harfleur, Normandy) is a French rugby union footballer playing Paris club, Stade Français in the élite Top 14 competition. His usual position is at lock. His is the current captain of Stade Français Paris CASG. Auradou was part of the Stade Français team that won the Coupe de France in 1999, when they beat CS Bourgoin-Jallieu 27-19 at Saint-Etienne. The following season his club also featured in the final of the French championship, in which they won, defeating the US Colomiers 28-23 at Stade de France. The club went onto feature in the final of the 2000-01 Heineken Cup, but were defeated by the Leicester Tigers. The following year he made his international debut for France during the 2002 Six Nations Championship, in the 33-12 win over Italy i...
Biography of Adrienne Corri
Adrienne Corri (born on 13 November 1931 in Edinburgh, Scotland) is an actress of Italian parentage. She is probably best known for her role as the rape victim Mrs. Alexander in the 1971 Stanley Kubrick film A Clockwork Orange, and for her appearances as Valerie in Jean Renoir's The River (1951) and as Lara's mother in David Lean's Dr. Zhivago (1965). She appeared in many horror and suspense films in the 1950s until the 1970s including Devil Girl from Mars, The Tell-Tale Heart, A Study in Terror and Vampire Circus. She has also appeared as Therese Duval in Revenge of the Pink Panther. Her numerous television credits include regular roles in A Family At War and You're Only Young Twice, appearing as Mena in the Doctor Who story "The Leisure Hive" and guest starred as the mariticidal Li...
Biography of Jack Elam
Jack Elam (November 13, 1920 — October 20, 2003) was an American film actor best known for his lazy eye in Western films. Early life William Scott Elam was born in Miami, Arizona, to Millard Elam and Alice Amelia Kerby. The year of his birth is often given as 1916. According to his New York Times obituary, Elam was born in 1918 and "lied about his age to get work as a youngster". However, his birth, death, and census records indicate Elam was born in 1920. Alice died in 1924, when young Jack was not quite four years of age. Afterwards, he was reared by relatives in unhappy circumstances. By 1930, he was once again living with his father, older sister, Mildred, and their stepmother, Flossie. He grew up picking cotton. As a Boy Scout, he lost the sight in his left eye after another...
Biography of Gérald Godin
Gérald Godin (November 13, 1938 – October 12, 1994) was a Quebec poet and politician. Born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, he worked as a journalist at La Presse and other newspapers and magazines. He was among those arrested under the War Measures Act during the October Crisis in 1970. In the 1976 Quebec provincial election, he won a seat as a candidate for the Parti Québécois, defeating incumbent Premier of Quebec Robert Bourassa in his own riding of Mercier. He served in various cabinet posts in the governments of René Lévesque and Pierre-Marc Johnson. His life companion was the Québécois singer Pauline Julien. As a poet, he won the Prix Québec-Paris for his 1987 work Ils ne demandaient qu'à brûler. Place Gérald-Godin The area surrounding the Mont-Royal metro station has been ...
Biography of Henri Noguères
Henri Noguères, born in Bages (Pyrénées-Orientales) November 13, 1916 and died November 15, 1990, was a French politician, journalist, lawyer, author and historian. He is the son of Louis Noguères. Works L'expédition d'Alger, 1830, Julliard, 1962 Munich ou la drôle de paix, 29 septembre 1938, coll. Ce jour-là, Robert Laffont, 1963 ; Le cercle du bibliophile, 1963 La Saint-Barthélémy, 24 août 1572, coll. les grandes purges de l'histoire, Édition de Crémille, 1973. Le suicide de la flotte française à Toulon, 27 novembre 1942, Édition de Crémille, Genève, 1973 et Editions "J'ai lu leur aventure" n°A120/121 . Histoire de la résistance en France de 1940 à 1945 Édition originale : 5 vol., Robert Laffont, 1967-1981 Édition revue et complétée : 10 vol., Crémille et Famot, Genève,...
Biography of Charles Tickner
Charles Tickner (born November 13, 1953 in Lafayette, CA) is an American figure skater who won the gold medal at the 1978 World Figure Skating Championships, skating to music from Georges Bizet's Carmen and Jules Massenet's Le Cid (opera) for his long program. He also won the bronze medal at the 1980 Winter Olympics and the 1980 World Championships. Competitive highlights Event 1974 1975 1977 1978 1979 1980 Olympic Games 3rd World Championships 5th 1st 4th 3rd U.S. Championships 3rd 3rd 1st 1st 1st 1st...
Biography of Huang Xiaoming
Huang Xiaoming (born 13 November 1977 in Qingdao, Shandong Province) is a mainland Chinese actor, singer, and model. He is often referred to as China's "number one heartthrob" or "number one young male" (中国第一小生). His best-known roles are Yang Guo in The Return of the Condor Heroes (神雕侠侣) and Xu Wenqiang in Shanghai Bund (新上海滩). Huang graduated from the Performance Institute of the Beijing Film Academy in 2000, alongside well-known actors Zhao Wei and Chen Kun. He first rose to prominence in 2001 by playing the role of the protagonist Emperor Wu of Han in the TV drama trilogy Da Han Tian Zi (大汉天子). The drama reached number one in the ratings when it aired in Taiwa...
Biography of Serge Tchuruk
Serge Tchurukdichian (born November 13, 1937), known as Serge Tchuruk, is a French businessman of Armenian descent. He was the Chief Executive Officer and chairman of Alcatel (a global telecommunications company) till the end of November 2006 and is now the chairman of Alcatel-Lucent. Serge Tchuruk was graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique in 1962....
Biography of Steve Hamer
Steve Ray Hamer (born November 13, 1973, in Memphis, Tennessee) is a retired American professional basketball player. He had a brief National Basketball Association career. Playing career The 7-foot center played at the University of Tennessee. He was the #38 pick in the second round of the 1996 NBA Draft by the Boston Celtics and appeared in 35 games (starting three) during the 1996–97 NBA season for the 15-67 Boston Celtics....
Biography of Edwin Booth
Edwin Thomas Booth (November 13, 1833 – June 7, 1893), was a famous 19th century American actor. He was born near Bel Air, Maryland into the English American theatrical Booth family. Booth toured throughout America and to the major capitals of Europe, performing Shakespeare; in 1869 he founded Booth's Theatre in New York, a spectacular theatre that was quite modern for its time. Some theatre historians consider him the greatest American actor and Hamlet of the 19th century. He was also the brother of John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln. Early life Booth was the son of another famous actor, Junius Brutus Booth, an Englishman, who named Edwin after Edwin Forrest and Thomas Flynn, two of Junius's colleagues. John Wilkes Booth, the assassin, was Edwin's younger br... |
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