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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. ![]() ![]()
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Biography of Manolo Caracol (excerpt)
Manuel Ortega Juárez (July 9, 1909 – February 24, 1973) was a Spanish flamenco singer, known by his stage name El Caracol.Born in Seville, he descended from a long line of renowned flamenco artists and bullfighters. He gained international fame for his flamboyant personality and exceptional talent.
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Biography of Willem Elsschot (excerpt)
Willem Elsschot, born Alfons-Jozef de Ridder, was born in Antwerp on May 7, 1882, and died on May 31, 1960.A Belgian writer and poet who wrote in Dutch, he produced only 750 pages of prose, yet remains highly influential. Born into a baker's family, he left school early and held various jobs in Antwerp, Brussels, Paris, and Rotterdam. ![]()
Biography of Richard Crane (actor) (excerpt)
Richard Ollie Crane (June 5, 1918 – March 9, 1969) was a character actor whose career spanned three decades in films and television.His early career included many uncredited performances in feature films made in the 1940s. Early years and career Crane was born in New Castle, Indiana.
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Biography of Meridel Le Sueur (excerpt)
Meridel Le Sueur (February 22, 1900 – November 14, 1996) was an American writer associated with the proletarian literature movement of the 1930s and 1940s. Born Meridel Wharton, she adopted her stepfather's surname, Le Sueur.She grew up in a family of social activists and was influenced by Native American stories.
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Biography of Endre Ady (excerpt)
Endre Ady (Hungarian: diósadi Ady András Endre, archaic English: Andrew Ady; 22 November 1877 – 27 January 1919) was a turn-of-the-century Hungarian poet and journalist. Regarded by many as the greatest Hungarian poet of the 20th century, he was noted for his steadfast belief in social progress and development and for his poetry's exploration of fundamental questions of the modern European experience: love, temporality, faith, individuality, and patriotism.
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Biography of Hélène Picard (excerpt)
Hélène Picard, born Hélène Dumarc on October 1, 1873, in Toulouse, France, initially gained recognition in her native region. She received two successive awards from the Academy of Floral Games in Toulouse. In 1903, while living in Privas, Ardèche, she published her first book, "La Feuille morte," a lyrical drama that went unnoticed nationally.
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Biography of Maria Alice of Austria-Teschen (excerpt)
Maria Alice of Austria-Teschen, born on January 15, 1893, in Pressburg (now Bratislava) and died on January 1, 1962, in Halbturn, was an Archduchess of Austria. Daughter of Archduke Frederick of Teschen and Princess Isabelle of Croÿ, she grew up in a family of nine children.
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Biography of Lina Òdena (excerpt)
Paulina Òdena García, better known as Lina Òdena, was born in Barcelona on January 22, 1911. She was a communist leader and militiawoman in the Spanish Civil War who committed suicide on September 14, 1936, near Granada to avoid capture by fascists.
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Biography of Mathias Kemp (excerpt)
Mathias Hubertus Kemp, born on December 31, 1890, in Maastricht and died there on August 7, 1964, was a Dutch poet, journalist, and writer. Initially employed at the Société Céramique pottery factory in Wyck-Maastricht, Kemp later worked as a librarian and freelance journalist.
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Biography of André Deed (excerpt)
Henri André Augustin Chapais, known as André Deed, born on February 22, 1879, in Le Havre and died on October 4, 1940, in Paris, was a French actor, screenwriter, and director. Deed was a famous slapstick actor in silent cinema, starting as an acrobat and music hall singer.
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Biography of Charles Faroux (excerpt)
Charles Ernest Faroux, born on December 20, 1872, in Noyon (Oise) and died on February 9, 1957, in Neuilly-sur-Seine, was a French automotive engineer and journalist, creator of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1923, and a carom billiards player who won the amateur world championship twice.
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Biography of Fritz Genschow (excerpt)
Fritz Heinrich Wilhelm Genschow (born May 15, 1905, in Berlin; died June 21, 1977, in Berlin) was a German actor.He dedicated his work as a film director, producer, and screenwriter mainly to youth. Trained at the Reichersche Hochschule für Dramatische Kunst in Berlin, he debuted in 1924.
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Biography of Émile Dehelly (excerpt)
Émile Léon Auguste Dehelly, born on August 7, 1871, in Fresnoy-le-Grand (Aisne) and died on September 4, 1969, in Paris (5th arrondissement), was a French actor and a member of the Comédie-Française. Coming to Épernon (Eure-et-Loir) with his father when he was young, he was drafted with the number 104 during his military conscription in 1893 in Maintenon.
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Biography of Marthe Richard (excerpt)
Marthe Richard (née Betenfeld; 15 August 1889 – 9 February 1982) was a French prostitute, spy, and later a politician who played a key role in the closure of brothels in France in 1946. Initially an apprentice tailor, she became a prostitute in 1905 and later married industrialist Henry Richer.
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Biography of Urania Mella (excerpt)
Urania Mella Serrano, born November 15, 1899 in Vigo, Galicia and died May 26, 1945 in Lugo, Galicia, was a Spanish politician, a pioneer of women's associations, a women's rights activist, and a victim of the Francoist dictatorship. Daughter of anarchist thinker Ricardo Mella and Esperanza Serrano, she was highly educated and socially active. ![]()
Biography of C. L. Moore (excerpt)
Catherine Lucille Moore (January 24, 1911 – April 4, 1987) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer, who first came to prominence in the 1930s writing as C.L.Moore.She was among the first women to write in the science fiction and fantasy genres (though earlier woman writers in these genres include Clare Winger Harris, Greye La Spina, and Francis Stevens, among others).
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Biography of Charlotte Lysès (excerpt)
Charlotte Augustine Hortense Lejeune, known as Charlotte Lysès, was born on May 17, 1877, in Paris's 8th arrondissement and died on April 6, 1956, in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, Alpes-Maritimes. She was a French theater and film actress. She was the first wife of Sacha Guitry from 1907 to 1918. ![]()
Biography of Germaine Beaumont (excerpt)
Germaine Beaumont, born Germaine Battendier on October 31, 1890, in Petit-Couronne and died on March 21, 1983, in Montfort-l'Amaury, was a French journalist and novelist. She was the first woman to win the Renaudot Prize in 1930 for her novel Piège. Influenced by Virginia Woolf and Colette, she worked for various newspapers, including Le Matin and Les Nouvelles littéraires, and was one of the first women to write for Le Monde.
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Biography of Monique de la Bruchollerie (excerpt)
Monique Yver de la Bruchollerie, born April 20, 1915 in Paris and died December 15, 1972, was a French pianist from a family of distinguished musicians. She entered the Paris Conservatoire at eleven and won first prize in piano in 1931 under Isidore Philipp.
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Biography of Janet Flanner (excerpt)
Janet Flanner (March 13, 1892 – November 7, 1978) was an American writer and pioneering narrative journalist who served as the Paris correspondent of The New Yorker magazine from 1925 until she retired in 1975. She wrote under the pen name "Genêt".
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Biography of Luis Trenker (excerpt)
Luis Trenker (born October 4, 1892 in Saint-Ulrich in Gröden (Urtijëi), Tyrol, Austria-Hungary - died April 13, 1990 in Bolzano, Italy) is an Italian-Austrian mountaineer, actor, director, screenwriter, producer and editor, whose His career began in the last years of silent cinema and continued for more than half a century, until Heimat aus Gottes Hand, a film he made in 1979, at the age of 87.
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Biography of Bob King (athlete) (excerpt)
Robert Wade King (June 20, 1906 – July 29, 1965) was an American athlete, who won a gold medal in the high jump at the 1928 Summer Olympics with a jump of 1.93 m. His personal best was 1.997 m, achieved earlier that year.
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Biography of Marius Chapuis (excerpt)
Marius Chapuis, a French cinema operator, was born on May 30, 1878, in Lyon and died on November 16, 1961, in Champfromier, Ain. He was one of the early promoters of the Lumière cinematograph abroad, alongside Alexandre Promio, Félix Mesguich, and Francis Doublier.
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Biography of Mickey Cohen (excerpt)
Meyer Harris "Mickey" Cohen (September 4, 1914 – July 29, 1976) was an American gangster based in Los Angeles and boss of the Cohen crime family during the mid-20th century. He was also a boxer. His time of birth comes from Franc Hammer Baird (no original source).
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Biography of Loo Hardy (excerpt)
Charlotte "Loo" Hardy (born Charlotte Noa; 11 January 1893 (not 1898) – 23 April 1938) was a German film actress of the silent era.She later emigrated to England where she died by suicide from an overdose of narcotics. Death Noa's body was found in her flat in Cleveland Square, Paddington.
Biography of Benny Kalama (excerpt)
Benjamin Kapena Kalama (1916 – 1999) was an American singer known for his falsetto voice. He played a pivotal role in Alfred Apaka's career, working as his coach and music arranger. Kalama, born in Hawai'i, showcased his musical talents early, playing trombone in school bands.
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Biography of Holmes Herbert (excerpt)
Holmes Herbert (born Horace Edward Jenner; 30 July 1882 – 26 December 1956) was an English character actor who appeared in Hollywood films from 1915 to 1952, often as a British gentleman. Career Holmes Herbert never made a film in his native country but managed to appear in 228 films during his career in the U.S., beginning with stalwart leading roles during the silent era and numerous supporting roles in many classic Hollywood films of the sound era, including Captain Blood (1935), The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936), The Life of Emile Zola (1937), The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), and Foreign Correspondent (1940).
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Biography of Angela Jurdak Khoury (excerpt)
Angela Jurdak Khoury (September 24, 1915 - May 29, 2011) was a Lebanese diplomat and college professor based in Washington, D.C. Career Khoury taught sociology at the American University of Beirut beginning in 1938, the university's first woman instructor.She served as assistant director of the Allied Powers Radio Poll for Syria, Lebanon, and Palestine during World War II.
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Biography of Leonard Warren (singer) (excerpt)
Leonard Warren (April 21, 1911 – March 4, 1960) was an acclaimed American opera singer known for his powerful baritone voice. His time of birth comes from Mary Jane Phillips-Matz's biography, "Leonard Warren: American Baritone" (Portland, OR: Amadeus Press, 2000). He rose to prominence as a leading artist with the Metropolitan Opera, particularly excelling in the baritone roles of Giuseppe Verdi's operas.
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Biography of Pierre Dupong (excerpt)
Pierre Dupong (1 November 1885 – 23 December 1953) was a Luxembourgish politician who served as the 16th Prime Minister of Luxembourg for 16 years, from 1937 until his death in 1953. He founded the Christian Social People's Party (CSV) and was a key figure in Luxembourgish politics during and after World War II.
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Biography of Peter of Greece and Denmark (excerpt)
Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark (3 December 1908 – 15 October 1980) was a Greek prince, soldier and anthropologist specialising in Tibetan culture and polyandry. Born in Paris and high in the line of succession to the Greek throne, Prince Peter was deemed to have forfeited his succession rights by marrying a twice-divorced Russian commoner, Irina Aleksandrovna Ovtchinnikova.
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Biography of John Diefenbaker (excerpt)
John George Diefenbaker (September 18, 1895 – August 16, 1979) was a Canadian politician who served as the 13th Prime Minister of Canada from 1957 to 1963. He was the only Progressive Conservative leader to win elections between 1930 and 1979, achieving victory three times, once with a majority.
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Biography of Jan Tinbergen (excerpt)
Jan Tinbergen (12 April 1903 – 9 June 1994) was a Dutch economist who was awarded the first Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1969, which he shared with Ragnar Frisch for having developed and applied dynamic models for the analysis of economic processes.
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Biography of Khudiram Bose (excerpt)
Khudiram Bose (also spelled Khudiram/Khudiram Basu) (3 December 1889 – 11 August 1908) was an Indian nationalist from Bengal Presidency who opposed British rule of India. His time of birth comes from the biography Amar Krantikari Khudiram Bose published by Prabhat books.
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Biography of Fritz Wolffheim (excerpt)
Fritz Wolffheim (30 October 1888 – 17 March 1942) was a German communist politician and writer.He was a leading figure in the National Bolshevism tendency that was briefly influential in Germany after World War I. Wolffheim, from a prominent Jewish family, was politically active from 1909, joining the Social Democratic Party of Germany and later the Socialist Party of America in San Francisco.
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Biography of Arturo Uslar Pietri (excerpt)
Arturo Uslar Pietri (May 16, 1906 - February 26, 2001) was a prominent Venezuelan intellectual, historian, writer, TV producer, and politician. Born in Caracas to parents with diverse cultural backgrounds, Uslar Pietri played a significant role in Venezuelan politics and culture.
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Biography of John Yeon (excerpt)
John Yeon (October 29, 1910 – March 13, 1994) was an American architect in Portland, Oregon, in the mid-twentieth century.He is regarded as one of the early practitioners of the Northwest Regional style of Modernism. Largely self-taught, Yeon’s wide ranging activities encompassed planning, conservation, historic preservation, art collecting, and urban activism.
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Biography of Elisabeth Lupka (excerpt)
Elisabeth Lupka (27 October 1902 – 8 January 1949) was a Nazi female guard at two prison camps during World War II. Lupka was born in Klein-Damner, German Empire (present-day Dąbrówka Mała, Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland).She got married in 1934, had no children and soon divorced. ![]()
Biography of Rachel Baes (excerpt)
Rachel Baes (August 1, 1912 – June 8, 1983) was a Belgian surrealist painter and photographer.Born in Ixelles to painter Émile Baes, she started painting young, influenced by Flemish Expressionism. She exhibited in Paris in 1929.Baes' romantic involvement with Flemish nationalist Joris Van Severen deeply impacted her life, especially after his execution in 1940.
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Biography of Kurt von Tippelskirch (excerpt)
Kurt Oskar Heinrich Ludwig Wilhelm von Tippelskirch (9 October 1891 – 10 May 1957) was a German general in World War II, commanding several armies and Army Group Vistula. He surrendered to the US Army on May 2, 1945.Tippelskirch wrote multiple books, including "History of the Second World War" in 1951.
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Biography of Diego Fabbri (excerpt)
Diego Fabbri (July 2, 1911 – August 14, 1980) was an Italian playwright known for his works on Catholic religious themes. He graduated in economics from the University of Bologna in 1936 and began his writing career in 1928 with "The Flowers of Pain." In 1940, he wrote several notable plays.
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Biography of August Gaul (excerpt)
August Gaul, born on October 22, 1869, in Hanau, Hesse, and died on October 18, 1921, in Berlin, was a German animal sculptor. He was part of the modern trend of the Berlin School of Sculpture.At 13, he attended the Royal Drawing Academy in Hanau and later worked in a silverware factory.
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Biography of Saint-Granier (excerpt)
Saint-Granier, whose real name was Jean Adolphe Alfred de Granier de Cassagnac, was a French actor and singer-songwriter, born on May 27, 1890, in the 9th arrondissement of Paris and died on June 25, 1976, in Neuilly-sur-Seine (Hauts-de-Seine). A creator of numerous revues, he was also a screenwriter, radio personality, and journalist.
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Biography of Neil Munro (writer) (excerpt)
Neil Munro (April 2, 1864 (Wikipedia has a mistake) – December 22, 1930) was a Scottish journalist, editor, author, and critic. Initially recognized for serious literature, Munro is best known today for humorous stories about characters like Captain Para Handy of the Vital Spark.
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Biography of David Arellano (excerpt)
David Alfonso Arellano Moraga (born July 29, 1901, in Santiago, Chile, and died May 3, 1927, in Valladolid) was a Chilean footballer and one of the founders of Colo-Colo club in 1925.Wikipedia has 1902 in error. As a forward, he was capped 6 times for the Chilean national team between 1924 and 1926, scoring 8 goals.
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Biography of Emilia Ortiz (excerpt)
Emilia Ortiz Pérez (Tepic, Nayarit, February 10, 1917 – Tepic, Nayarit, November 24, 2012) was a Nayarit Mexican painter, cartoonist, caricaturist, and poet, best known for her watercolors she made of the indigenous groups in her area, and the caricatures she created from an early age of political figures and those she knew.
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Biography of Lucienne Radisse (excerpt)
Lucienne Radisse (4 December 1899 in Neuilly-sur-Seine – 19 January 1997 in Asnières-sur-Seine) was a French cellist and actress, the wife of journalist Jean Fannius and daughter-in-law of composer Henri Büsser, having married his son Yves in her second marriage in 1932.
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Biography of Jacques Raverat (excerpt)
Jacques Pierre Paul Raverat (20 March 1885 – 6 March 1925) was a French painter; Raverat was the son of Georges Pierre Raverat and Helena Lorena Raverat, née Caron; he was born in Paris, France, in 1885. Raverat started at Bedales School in Steep, Hampshire in 1898.
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Biography of Fred Haas (excerpt)
Frederick Theodore Haas Jr. (January 3, 1916 – January 26, 2004) was an American professional golfer. Amateur career Haas was born in Portland, Arkansas. After graduating from Dermott High School, he graduated from Louisiana State University in 1937, winning the NCAA individual championship in his senior year.
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Biography of Arthur Nussbaum (excerpt)
Arthur Nussbaum (January 31, 1877 – November 22, 1964) was a German-born American jurist. He studied legal science in Berlin from 1894 till 1897. He taught at the University of Berlin (1918–1933). In 1934, he moved to the United States, and in 1940, he became a US citizen. |
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