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birth charts 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. in ![]()
Biography of Yelizaveta Chaikina (excerpt)
Yelizaveta Ivanovna Chaikina (Russian: Елизавета Чайкина; 28 August 1918 – 23 November 1941) often referred to as Liza Chaikina, was the Secretary of the Kalinin Komsomol Penovsky underground committee, a Soviet partisan detachment organizer and posthumous Heroine of the Soviet Union.
Biography of Hans Finne-Grønn (excerpt)
Hans Fredrik Leganger Finne-Grønn (25 September 1903 – 9 March 2001) was a Norwegian painter. He was born in Oslo as a son of lawyer and museum director Stian Herlofsen Finne-Grønn (1869–1953) and Margrethe Borchgrevink (1873–1963).He was a brother of ambassador Jørgen Finne-Grønn (1905–1998).
Biography of Joan Woodbury (excerpt)
Joan Woodbury, an American actress born in Los Angeles in 1915, began her career in the 1930s, thriving into the 1960s. She grew up in a prominent family, with her mother a former Rose Queen and in vaudeville. Woodbury discovered acting early, leading to roles in films like "Eight Girls in a Boat." Her career rose significantly by 1936, showcasing her ethnic versatility in various roles.
Biography of Tamara Karsavina (excerpt)
Tamara Platonovna Karsavina (9 March 1885 – 26 May 1978) was a Russian prima ballerina, renowned for her beauty, who was a principal artist of the Imperial Russian Ballet and later of the Ballets Russes of Sergei Diaghilev. After settling in Britain at Hampstead in London, she began teaching ballet professionally and became recognised as one of the founders of modern British ballet.
Biography of Clara González (excerpt)
Clara González (11 September 1898 – 11 February 1990) was a Panamanian feminist, lawyer, judge, and activist. She became the first Panamanian woman to earn her Bachelor of Law Degree in 1922. In 1922, she created the Partido Nacional Feminista (PNF, National Feminist Party) to campaign for women's rights and suffrage.
Biography of Riccardo Bacchelli (excerpt)
Riccardo Bacchelli (19 April 1891 – 8 October 1985) was an Italian writer. In 1927 he was one of the founders of the review La Ronda and Bagutta Prize for literature. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature eight times.
Biography of Léon Bourjade (excerpt)
Jean-Pierre Léon Bourjade (Montauban, May 25, 1889 – Papua New Guinea, October 22, 1924) was a French aviation ace and missionary. Tributes A few years after his death, the famous aviator Jean Mermoz, during one of his crossings of the South Atlantic by plane, had a serious oil leak which assured him of perdition at sea; although an atheist, he addressed a “prayer” to his pilot colleague Léon Bourjade and landed in extremis on a beach in Senegal, the propeller “flagged”.
Biography of Mabel Osgood Wright (excerpt)
Mabel Osgood Wright (January 26, 1859 – July 16, 1934) was an American ornithologist and writer.She was an early leader in the Audubon movement who wrote extensively about nature and birds. Early years and education Mabel Osgood was the daughter of Samuel and Ellen Haswell (Murdock) Osgood.
Biography of Ida Gerhardt (excerpt)
Ida Gerhardt (11 May 1905, Gorinchem – 15 August 1997, Warnsveld) was a Dutch classicist and post-symbolist poet. She attended the Erasmus Gymnasium in Rotterdam, where poet J.H. Leopold taught her Classics and left a lasting impact. She studied classical languages in Leiden and Utrecht, graduating cum laude in 1942.
Biography of Annot (artist) (excerpt)
Annot, born Anna Ottilie Krigar-Menzel on December 27, 1894, in Berlin, was a German painter, art teacher, art writer, and pacifist. Descending from a family of academics and artists, she pursued artistic training in Berlin and became involved in avant-garde art groups.
Biography of Helena Grossówna (excerpt)
Helena Grossówna (25 November 1904, Thorn, German Empire – 1 July 1994, Warsaw, Poland) was a Polish actress and dancer, who starred in several popular Polish films during the interwar period.She worked as a waitress during the German occupation of Poland, and at the same time, she served as an officer (lieutenant) in the Polish underground.
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.
Biography of Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria (excerpt)
Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria (22 October 1859 – 23 November 1949) was a member of the Bavarian House of Wittelsbach and a General of Cavalry. He married Infanta María de la Paz of Spain and was also made an Infante of Spain.
Biography of Ana María Martínez Sagi (excerpt)
Anna Maria Martínez Sagi (16 February 1907 – 2 January 2000) was a Spanish poet, trade unionist, journalist, feminist, and athlete. She was a national javelin champion and the first female director of a Spanish football club. During the Spanish Civil War, she followed the Durruti Column as a journalist and later went into exile in France.
Biography of Jean Gachet (excerpt)
Jean Gachet (2 June 1894 in Saint-Étienne – 4 February 1968) was a French featherweight boxer. He competed in the 1920s. Gachet won a silver medal at the 1920 Summer Olympics, losing to Paul Fritsch in the final. Olympic results 1st round bye
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.
Biography of Rakel Seweriin (excerpt)
Rakel Seweriin, née Solberg (26 June 1906 – 17 September 1995) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.She was the Norwegian Minister of Social Affairs from 1953 to 1955. She was born in Hof as a daughter of Casper Fredrik Solberg (1870–1932) and Zefra Eliagna Natterstad (1871–1949).
Biography of Domingo de Orueta y Duarte (excerpt)
Domingo de Orueta y Duarte, born January 21, 1862 in Málaga and died January 16, 1926 in Madrid, was a renowned Spanish geologist and scientist. Orphaned at a young age, he nonetheless pursued his studies with excellence, obtaining a degree in chemistry in Málaga and furthering his education in England.
Biography of Karel Zeman (excerpt)
Karel Zeman (November 3, 1910 – April 5, 1989) was a Czech animator and director known for his innovative animated films. After studying in France and working in advertising, he returned to Czechoslovakia and began creating animated films with puppets for brands like BATA and Tatra.
Biography of Ferhat Abbas (excerpt)
Ferhat Abbas (24 August 1899 – 24 December 1985) was an Algerian politician who acted in a provisional capacity as the then yet-to-become independent country's Prime Minister from 1958 to 1961, as well as the first President of the National Assembly and the first acting Chief of State after independence.
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.
Biography of Ewan Forbes (excerpt)
Sir Ewan Forbes, 11th Baronet, MBChB (September 6, 1912 – September 12, 1991), was a Scottish nobleman, general practitioner, and farmer, who was a trans man. Originally christened Elizabeth Forbes-Sempill and registered as a daughter, he transitioned to male in the 1930s after medical treatments in Germany and officially changed his registration to male in 1952.
Biography of Jean Decoux (excerpt)
Jean Decoux (5 May 1884 – 21 October 1963) was a French Navy admiral who was the Governor-General of French Indochina from July 1940 to 9 March 1945, representing the Vichy French government. Tributes and Legacy A street in Bétheny, in the Marne department, honors the memory of Jean Decoux in a neighborhood named after illustrious sailors.
Biography of Augusta Déjerine-Klumpke (excerpt)
Augusta Déjerine-Klumpke (15 October 1859 – 5 November 1927) was an American-born French medical doctor known for her work in neuroanatomy.She was the first female intern to work in a hospital in Paris. From a young age, Klumpke's family was supportive of her medical ambitions, going as far as to move to Paris so she and her sisters Anna Elizabeth Klumpke, Julia Klumpke, and Dorothea Klumpke could follow their pursuits.
Biography of Jacques Vaché (excerpt)
Jacques Vaché (7 September 1895 – 6 January 1919) was a friend of André Breton, an artist and author. Vaché was one of the chief inspirations behind the Surrealist movement. As Breton said: "En littérature, je me suis successivement épris de Rimbaud, de Jarry, d'Apollinaire, de Nouveau, de Lautréamont, mais c'est à Jacques Vaché que je dois le plus"
Biography of Eva Magni (excerpt)
Eva Magni (July 27, 1909 – February 11, 2005) was an Italian actress known for her work in theatre and film, active from 1926 to the late 1970s. Born in Milan to an artistic family, she debuted professionally in Luigi Pirandello's Teatro d'Arte di Roma in 1926, later becoming the leading actress in Dario Niccodemi's company.
Biography of Gerrit Rietveld (excerpt)
Gerrit Rietveld (24 June 1888 – 25 June 1964) was a Dutch furniture designer and architect.Born in Utrecht, he apprenticed with his joiner father and worked as a draughtsman. In 1917, he opened his furniture workshop and joined the De Stijl movement, creating iconic designs like the Red and Blue Chair.
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.
Biography of Thorbjørn Egner (excerpt)
Thorbjørn Egner (12 December 1912 – 24 December 1990) was a Norwegian playwright, songwriter, and illustrator, best known for his children's books, plays, and musicals. His notable works include "Karius og Baktus" (1949) and "Folk og røvere i Kardemomme by" (1955). He grew up in Oslo's Kampen neighborhood and studied art at the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry.
Biography of Steve Sundra (excerpt)
Steve Sundra, born March 27, 1910, in Luxor, Pennsylvania, was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the New York Yankees, Washington Senators, and St.Louis Browns over eight seasons. After moving from Czech coal mining roots in Pennsylvania to Cleveland, Ohio, Sundra excelled in sandlot baseball and began his professional career in 1932.
Biography of Lou Bandy (excerpt)
Lodewijk Ferdinand Dieben (April 19, 1890 – June 24, 1959), known as Lou Bandy, was a popular Dutch singer and conferencier between the world wars. Raised in The Hague, he worked various jobs before starting his entertainment career in 1915. Initially performing with his brother as The Bandy Brothers, he later pursued a solo career.
Biography of Hilda Anthony (excerpt)
Hilda Anthony (born Hilda Madeline Elizabeth Antonietti; July 13, 1886 – April 17, 1962) was a British actress born in Chile.She appeared in four silent films and numerous stage productions in London. Born in Santiago, Chile, to Italian music professor Daniele Antonietti and British musician Grace Emma Bolton Antonietti, her family was deeply rooted in the arts.
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 .
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 Suzanne Grinberg (excerpt)
Suzanne Grinberg ( 25 January 1888 - 5 July 1972) was a pioneering French lawyer, feminist and pacifist. She was one of the women who participated in the Inter-Allied Women's Conference which opened in Paris in February 1919. In 1920, she was vice-president of the Association du Jeune Barreau and secretary of the central committee of the French Union for Women's Suffrage.
Biography of Concepción Aleixandre (excerpt)
María de la Concepción Aleixandre Ballester (February 2, 1862 – 1952) was a Spanish teacher, medical doctor, gynecologist, inventor, scientist, and writer.She was the first woman admitted to Spain's Gynecological Society. Born in Valencia, she initially earned a teaching degree but pursued medicine at Universidad de Valencia, graduating in 1889.
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.After finishing school in Berlin's western district of Charlottenburg, she took singing and photography lessons before enrolling in a one-year course in economics for women at the 'Reifensteiner wirtschaftliche Frauenschulen' in the Hessian town of Nieder-Ofleiden.
Biography of Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky (excerpt)
Margarete "Grete" Lihotzky (born 23 January 1897 in the Margareten district of Vienna, Austria-Hungary – 18 January 2000) was an Austrian architect and a communist activist in the Austrian resistance to Nazism. She is mostly remembered today for designing what is known as the Frankfurt kitchen.
Biography of Helga Stene (excerpt)
Helga Stene (8 October 1904 – 2 October 1983) was a Norwegian educator, feminist and resistance member.She was born in Notodden, and was a sister of Aasta Stene.She graduated from the University of Oslo in 1932.She lectured a few years at universities in Berlin and in Sweden.
Biography of Ernie Nordli (excerpt)
Ernest Nordli (June 15, 1912 – April 22, 1968) was an American animation designer and layout artist, most notably for Walt Disney Studios. He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah to Norwegian immigrant Hans Magnus Nordli (1884-1975) and Hedvig Charlotte Esterblom (1888-1976) who was of Swedish heritage.
Biography of Lotte Ulbricht (excerpt)
Charlotte "Lotte" Ulbricht (née Kühn; April 19, 1903 – March 27, 2002) was an official of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) and the second wife of East German leader Walter Ulbricht. Born in Rixdorf, she worked as an office worker before joining the communist movement in 1919.
Biography of Herta Ehlert (excerpt)
Herta Ehlert (née Liess; 26 March 1905 – 4 April 1997) was a female guard at many Nazi concentration camps during the Holocaust. During the war On 15 November 1939, Ehlert was called for Schutzstaffel (SS) work by the Labor Exchange, and began working at Ravensbrück concentration camp.
Biography of Jeanne Bérangère (excerpt)
Jeanne Bérangère (born Françoise Marie Charlotte Béraud; 9 June 1864 – 19 November 1928) was a French stage and film actress whose career spanned nearly forty years on the stage and in films during the silent film era. Film career Following her appearance in La peur, Bérangère was placed under contract by brothers Emile and Charles Pathé for their film production company Pathé where she appeared in approximately twenty films between 1910 and 1913, including one of the first film portrayals of Cleopatra (Cléopâtre, 1910) and several films directed by Albert Capellani, before signing with the Éclair Film Company.
Biography of Jane Herveu (excerpt)
Jeanne Aline Herveux, generally known as Jane Herveu, (1885–1955) was a pioneering French aviator who obtained her pilot's licence on 7 December 1910. Life Born on 10 December 1885 in Paris, she was first known as an automobile exhibition driver, performing at the Crystal Palace in London and taking part in car and motorcycle races at various locations in France.
Biography of Anna Tumarkin (excerpt)
Anna Tumarkin, born Anna-Ester Pavlovna Toumarkina on February 16, 1875 (Gregorian calendar), in Dubrowna, Russia (now Belarus), was a pioneering Russian philosopher. She became the first woman in Europe authorized to conduct doctoral exams and habilitations when she began teaching at the University of Bern in 1898.
Biography of Gabriele Reuter (excerpt)
Gabriele Reuter (8 February 1859 – 16 November 1941) was a German writer. Gabriele Reuter, who was widely read in her lifetime though now is almost forgotten, was known for her novel From a Good Family (Aus guter Familie, 1895), subtitled "the Passion of a Girl", which described a typical young woman of the Wilhelmine era.
Biography of Roy Barcroft (excerpt)
Roy Barcroft (born Howard Harold Ravenscroft; September 7, 1902 – November 28, 1969) was an American character actor famous for playing villains in B-Westerns and other genres. From 1937 to 1957, he appeared in more than 300 films for Republic Pictures. Film critic Leonard Maltin acclaimed Barcroft as "Republic Pictures' number one bad guy".
Biography of Montagu Norman (excerpt)
Montagu Collet Norman, 1st Baron Norman DSO PC (6 September 1871 – 4 February 1950) was an English banker, best known for his role as the Governor of the Bank of England from 1920 to 1944.Son heure de naissance vient de Taeger Vol.
Biography of Tito Guízar (excerpt)
Federico Arturo Guízar Tolentino, known professionally as Tito Guízar, born on April 8, 1908, and died on December 24, 1999, was a Mexican singer and actor. He was among the few Mexicans who made a mark in the early days of Hollywood, along with Dolores del Río, Ramón Novarro, Lupe Vélez, and José Mojica.
Biography of Fred Polak (excerpt)
Frederik Lodewijk Polak (May 21, 1907 – September 17, 1985) was a Dutch pioneer in futures studies and the author of the seminal work "The Image of the Future". Born in Amsterdam, he was the son of a violin builder and concertmaster of the Concertgebouw Orchestra. |
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