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Horoscopes with Proserpina in VirgoYou will find on these pages astrological charts of thousands of celebrities with Proserpina in Virgo. Just click on the celebrities of your choice to get their interactive natal chart, planetary dominants and excerpts of astrological portrait. ![]() ![]()
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Biography of Catherine Pozzi (excerpt)
Catherine Pozzi, born July 13, 1882 in Paris and died December 3, 1934 in the same city, is a French poet and woman of letters. Catherine Pozzi, born into an aristocratic and bourgeois family in Paris in the late 19th century, was the daughter of Samuel Pozzi, a renowned surgeon, and Thérèse Loth-Cazalis.
Biography of Juvencio Valle (excerpt)
Juvencio Valle, also known by the pseudonym Gilberto Concha Riffo (November 6, 1900 – February 12, 1999), was a noted Chilean poet. He is a recipient of the Premio Nacional de Literatura de Chile, a National Prize awarded to poets of high reputation. ![]()
Biography of George O'Brien (actor) (excerpt)
George O'Brien, born on April 19, 1899, in San Francisco, was a prominent American actor during the silent and early sound film eras. Notable for his role in F. W. Murnau's 1927 film "Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans," O'Brien started his career in Hollywood as a cameraman assistant and stuntman. ![]()
Biography of Auguste Tuaillon (excerpt)
Auguste-Ignace Tuaillon, known as Boffy, bornMarch 18, 1873 at Esmoulières and died in November at Paris, is a French dwarf chansonnier. Auguste-Ignace Tuaillon was about five years old when his growth slowed down or stopped. His significant muscular weakness preventing him from taking part in agricultural work, Auguste earned some money by performing from the age of fifteen as a fairground attraction in Luxeuil-les-Bains and Nancy.
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Biography of Tony Zale (excerpt)
Anthony Florian Zaleski (May 29, 1913 – March 20, 1997), known professionally as Tony Zale, was an American boxer. Zale was born and raised in Gary, Indiana, a steel town, which gave him his nickname, "Man of Steel", reinforced by his reputation of being able to take fearsome punishment and still rally to win.
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Biography of Fred M. Wilcox (excerpt)
Fred McLeod Wilcox (December 22, 1907 – September 23, 1964) was an American motion picture director. He worked for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for many years and is best remembered for directing Lassie Come Home (1943) and Forbidden Planet (1956). These films were entered in the National Film Preservation Board's National Film Registry in 1993 and 2013 respectively.
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Biography of Ingeborg Waern Bugge (excerpt)
Ingeborg Wærn Bugge (5 March 1899 – 26 January 1991) was a Swedish architect. She was one of the first formally educated female architects in Sweden. She designed residential buildings and schools, and worked on renovation projects for churches. Work In 1929, she started her own architectural firm with another alumna from the Royal Institute of Technology, Kjerstin Göransson-Ljungman .
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Biography of Grace Vanderbilt Stevens (excerpt)
Grace Vanderbilt Stevens is an American heiress, born as the sole daughter of Cornelius "Neily" Vanderbilt III (1873–1942) and Grace Graham Wilson Vanderbilt (1870-1953). Her only sibling was an elder brother, Cornelius Vanderbilt IV (1898–1974), who went through seven marriages but did not have any children.
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Biography of Alexander Hall (excerpt)
Alexander Hall (January 11, 1894 – July 30, 1968) was an American film director, film editor and theatre actor. Biography Hall acted in the theatre from the age of 4 through 1914, when he began to work in silent movies. Following his military service in World War I, he returned to Hollywood and pursued a career in film production.
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Biography of B. H. Liddell Hart Liddell Hart (excerpt)
Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart (31 October 1895 – 29 January 1970), commonly known throughout most of his career as Captain B. H. Liddell Hart, was a British soldier, military historian, and military theorist. He wrote a series of military histories that proved influential among strategists.
Biography of Ida Danis (excerpt)
Ida Danis, born 18 February 1893 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, was a French actress, known for her roles in silent films. She was the sister of director Pierre Danis. She passed away at the age of 28 from tuberculosis in Arcachon on April 9, 1921.
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Biography of Frits Went (excerpt)
Friedrich August Ferdinand Christian Went ForMemRS (June 18, 1863 – July 24, 1935) was a Dutch botanist. Went was born in Amsterdam. He was professor of botany and director of the Botanical Garden at the University of Utrecht. His eldest son was the Dutch botanist Frits Warmolt Went, who in 1927 as a graduate student worked on plant hormones, specifically the role of auxin in phototropism.
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Biography of Eduardo Mallea (excerpt)
Eduardo Mallea (14 August 1903 in Bahía Blanca – 12 November 1982 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine essayist, cultural critic, writer and diplomat. In 1931 he became editor of the literary magazine of La Nación. Eduardo Mallea began studying law, which he abandoned in 1926 to devote himself to literature.
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Biography of Lilla Hellesen (excerpt)
Lilla Hellesen (13 October 1902 – 28 October 1963) was a Norwegian painter. She was born in Oslo, Norway as the daughter of the doctor Engel Emil Herman Hellesen and actress Marie Mejlænder. Hellesen studied at the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry 1921–22 and the Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts in Oslo 1922–25.
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Biography of Émile Aubrun (excerpt)
Émile Eugène Aubrun, born August 25, 1881 in Brunoy and died November 14, 1967 in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, was a French aviation pioneer, who particularly distinguished himself during the 1910 season. ![]()
Biography of Glenn Langan (excerpt)
Glenn Langan (July 8, 1917 – January 26, 1991) was an American character actor on stage and films. Early years Born in Denver, Colorado, Langan was the son of Thomas Langan and Kate Quinn Langan. He attended schools there. His early training in acting came in Denver, where he was stage manager at Elitch's Gardens, handling various behind-the-scenes duties.
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Biography of Marie de Régnier (excerpt)
Marie de Régnier (French: ; 20 December 1875 – 6 February 1963), also known by her maiden name Marie de Heredia or her pen-name Gérard d'Houville, was a French novelist and poet, and closely involved in the artistic circles of early twentieth-century Paris.
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Biography of Santiago Labarca (excerpt)
Santiago Labarca Labarca (Chillán, March 1, 1893 – 1968) was a Chilean civil engineer and politician. He served as a deputy for Santiago across three terms, and later as Minister of Education and Finance of Chile. Born to Santiago Labarca Walton and Josefina Labarca Ojeda, he married Berta Vergara Varas in 1921, and they had three children.
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Biography of Marjorie Grene (excerpt)
Marjorie Glicksman Grene (December 13, 1910 - March 16, 2009) was an American philosopher who focused on existentialism and the philosophy of science, particularly biology. She taught at the University of California at Davis from 1965 to 1978 and was an Honorary University Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech from 1988 until her death.
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Biography of Titta Ruffo (excerpt)
Titta Ruffo (9 June 1877 – 5 July 1953), born as Ruffo Cafiero (double forename) Titta, was an Italian operatic baritone who had a major international singing career. Known as the "Voce del leone" ("voice of the lion"), he was greatly admired, even by rival baritones, such as Giuseppe De Luca, who said of Ruffo: "His was not a voice, it was a miracle" (although not often published is the second part of De Luca's conclusion "which he (Ruffo) bawled away.
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Biography of Georges Wague (excerpt)
Georges Wague, born Georges Marie Valentin Waag on January 14, 1874, in Paris, was a French mime, teacher, and silent film actor. Raised by devout parents, he turned to the arts, studying at the Conservatory of Dramatic Art of Paris. He pioneered "cantomime," a blend of song and mime, and became known for his performances in Pierrot.
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Biography of Leonarda Cianciulli (excerpt)
Leonarda Cianciulli (18 April 1893 – 15 October 1970), also known as the Soap-Maker of Correggio, was an Italian serial killer who murdered three women in Correggio between 1939 and 1940, transforming their bodies into soap and teacakes. Born in Montella, Avellino, she faced a troubled youth, including two suicide attempts.
Biography of Jean Bertrand (aviator) (excerpt)
Jean Bertrand, born on October 3, 1907 in Courban and reported missing on August 26, 1944 (aged 37), was a French aviator. He actively participated in the campaign of France and won during the single day of May 14, 1940 3 aerial victories.
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Biography of Marie-Elisabeth Lüders (excerpt)
Marie-Elisabeth Lüders (June 25, 1878 – March 23, 1966) was a German politician and women's rights activist. Lüders was born in Berlin as the descendant of the 18th century agricultural reformer Philipp Ernst Lüders. Her father was a senior Prussian civil servant.
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Biography of Trygve Klingenberg (excerpt)
Trygve Olavssøn Klingenberg (born 18 February 1900, died 12 January 1987) was a Norwegian architect. He was the brother of the architect Ørn Klingenberg, with whom he also worked in partnership. Education and work After graduating in art in 1917, Klingenberg briefly attended the War College before studying at the architecture department at NTH in 1918–22.
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Biography of Hilde Radusch (excerpt)
Hilde Radusch (6 November 1903 – 2 August 1994) was a German political activist (KPD, SPD) who became involved in anti-fascist resistance. As the 20th century progressed, she became increasingly prominent as a feminist and lesbian activist. Throughout her life Radusch kept a diary.
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Biography of Jean Milhau (painter) (excerpt)
Jean Louis Édouard Milhau is a French painter of the 20th century, born on December 21, 1902, in Mèze (Hérault) and died in Châtenay-Malabry (Hauts-de-Seine) on May 7, 1985.
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Biography of Maisie Renault (excerpt)
Maisie Renault (13 December 1907 – 7 April 2003) was a French Resistance fighter, a member of the Confrérie Notre-Dame network, she was arrested in 1942 and deported to the Ravensbrück concentration camp in 1944. Awards Renault received the Legion of Honor, the Croix de Guerre and the Resistance medal.
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Biography of Elena Fortún (excerpt)
María de la Encarnación Gertrudis Jacoba Aragoneses y de Urquijo (November 18, 1886, Madrid – May 8, 1952, Madrid) was a Spanish author of children's literature known by her pen name Elena Fortún. She gained fame with her series starting with "Celia, lo que dice" (1929), which became classics of Spanish literature.
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Biography of Maria Ulfah Santoso (excerpt)
Maria Ulfah Soebadio Sastrosatomo (18 August 1911 – 15 April 1988), better known by her first married name Maria Ulfah Santoso, was an Indonesian politician and women's rights activist who served as Minister of Social Affairs under Prime Minister Sutan Sjahrir.
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Biography of Jeanne Provost (excerpt)
Jeanne Provost (28 November 1887 – 24 November 1980) was a French stage and film actress. She was a member of the Comédie-Française from 1907 to 1912. In 1928 she appeared in the original cast of Marcel Pagnol's play Topaze. Selected filmography
Biography of Jeanne-Marie Petitjean de La Rosière (excerpt)
Delly is the joint pen name of a brother and a sister, Jeanne-Marie Petitjean de La Rosière, born in Avignon on September 13, 1875, and Frédéric Petitjean de La Rosière, born in Vannes on September 6, 1876, authors of popular romance novels.
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Biography of Rose Heilbron (excerpt)
Dame Rose Heilbron, DBE (19 August 1914 – 8 December 2005) was a British barrister who served as a High Court judge. Her career included many "firsts" for a woman – she was the first woman to achieve a first class honours degree in law at the University of Liverpool, the first woman to win a scholarship to Gray's Inn, one of the first two women to be appointed King's Counsel in England, the first woman to lead in a murder case, the first woman recorder, the first woman judge to sit at the Old Bailey, and the first woman treasurer of Gray's Inn.
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Biography of Gustav Waldau (excerpt)
Gustav Waldau (27 February 1871 – 25 May 1958) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1915 and 1955. Life and Work Born Gustav Freiherr von Rummel joined the Bavarian Cadet Corps at age 14. He was promoted to officer in the Infantry-Leib-Regiment.
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Biography of Paula Hertwig (excerpt)
Paula Hertwig (11 October 1889 – 31 March 1983) was a German biologist and politician. Her research focused on radiation health effects. Hertwig was the first woman to habilitate at the then Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin (now Humboldt University of Berlin) in the field of zoology.
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Biography of Elsa Ehrich (excerpt)
Else Lieschen Frida "Elsa" Ehrich (8 March 1914 – 26 October 1948) was a convicted war criminal who served as a Schutzstaffel (SS) guard in Nazi concentration camps, including at Kraków-Płaszów and the Majdanek concentration camp during World War II. She was tried in Lublin, Poland at the Majdanek Trials and sentenced to death for war crimes.
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Biography of Jeanne Matthey (excerpt)
Jeanne-Marie Matthey-Jonais (25 January 1886 – 24 November 1980) was a French tennis player. She competed during the first two decades of the 20th century. Matthey won the French Open Women's Singles Championship four times in succession from 1909 to 1912, but lost the 1913 final to Marguerite Broquedis.
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Biography of Josephine White Bates (excerpt)
Josephine White Bates (8 July 1862 – 20 October 1934) was a Canadian-American author who preferred to use her married name Mrs. E. Lindon Bates. She was the author of several works including A Blind Lead (1886), Bunch-Grass Stories (1892), and Mercury Poisoning in the Industries of New York City and Vicinity (1912).
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Biography of Otto Nagel (excerpt)
Otto Nagel (27 September 1894 – 12 July 1967) was a German painter, graphic designer and long-time head of the Berlin Academy of Arts who was one of the most prolific artists of East Germany. Life Born at Berlin-Wedding, Nagel was the son of a carpenter and social democrat.
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Biography of Marcel Rouff (excerpt)
Marcel Rouff (May 4,1877 in Geneva – February 3, 1936 in Paris) was a prolific novelist, playwright, poet, journalist, historian, and gastronomic writer. With Curnonsky (Maurice Edmond Sailland) he wrote the multi-volume work La France gastronomique, guide des merveilles culinaires et des bonnes auberges françaises (Gastronomic France: Guide to the culinary marvels and the good inns of France). ![]()
Biography of Maria Branyas (excerpt)
Maria Branyas Morera (March 4, 1907 – August 19, 2024) was an American-born Catalan supercentenarian. She was recognized as the world’s oldest living person from January 2023 until her death in August 2024 at the age of 117. Born in San Francisco to a Spanish family, she lived in the U.
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Biography of Pierre Avezard (excerpt)
Pierrevezard, also known as "Petit Pierre", born December 30, 1909 in Vienne-en-Val (Loiret) and died July 24, 1992 in Jargeau (Loiret), was a French creator of art brut. Disabled and self-taught, he is the author of the "manège de Petit Pierre", exhibited at La Fabuloserie in Dicy in the Yonne.
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Biography of Maria Martins (artist) (excerpt)
Maria Martins (born Maria de Lourdes Alves; 7 August 1894 – 27 March 1973) was a Brazilian visual artist who was particularly well known for her modern sculptures. Martins had an affair with the artist Marcel Duchamp, which lasted for several years from 1946 onwards, ending with her departure for Brazil in 1951 and with his 1954 marriage to his second wife Alexina Duchamp.
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Biography of Rex Bell (excerpt)
Rex Bell, born George Francis Beldam on October 16, 1903, was an American actor and politician, predominantly known for his roles in Western films. His film debut was in 1928's "Wild West Romance." Notably, he starred in the 1930 movie "True to the Navy," alongside Clara Bow, whom he married in 1931.
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Biography of Karl Wolff (excerpt)
Karl Friedrich Otto Wolff (13 May 1900 – 17 July 1984) was a German SS functionary who served as Chief of Personal Staff Reichsführer-SS (Heinrich Himmler) and an SS liaison to Adolf Hitler during World War II. He ended the war as the Supreme SS and Police Leader in occupied Italy and helped arrange for the early surrender of Axis forces in that theatre, effectively ending the war there several days sooner than in the rest of Europe.
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Biography of Émile Pouget (excerpt)
Émile Pouget (12 October 1860 in Pont-de-Salars, Aveyron – 21 July 1931 Lozère, Palaiseau, Essonne) was a French anarcho-communist, who adopted tactics close to those of anarcho-syndicalism. He was vice-secretary of the General Confederation of Labour from 1901 to 1908.
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Biography of Hermann Struck (excerpt)
Hermann Struck (6 March 1876 – 11 January 1944) was a German Jewish artist known for his etchings. Hermann Struck (Chaim Aaron ben David) was born in Berlin. He studied at the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts. In 1904, he joined the modern art movement known as the Berlin Secession.
Biography of Max Bozzoni (excerpt)
Max Bozzoni is a French dancer and ballet teacher born May 30, 1917 in Paris and died April 19, 2003 in Guainville.
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Biography of Eric Liddell (excerpt)
Eric Henry Liddell (16 January 1902 – 21 February 1945) was a Scottish sprinter, rugby player and Christian missionary. Born in Qing China to Scottish missionary parents, he attended boarding school near London, spending time when possible with his family in Edinburgh, and afterwards attended the University of Edinburgh.
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Biography of Dagmar Myhrvold (excerpt)
Dagmar Myhrvold (April 19, 1898 – April 21, 1972) was a Norwegian actress. After attending Sofie Bernhoft's school, Myhrvold spent a year studying theater in Copenhagen. In 1916 she was able to make her debut as a participant in Edvard Drabløs's touring theater. |
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