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Horoscopes with Vulcanus in TaurusYou will find on these pages astrological charts of thousands of celebrities with Vulcanus in Taurus. Just click on the celebrities of your choice to get their interactive natal chart, planetary dominants and excerpts of astrological portrait. ![]() ![]() ![]()
Biography of Helmut Käutner (excerpt)
Helmut Käutner (March 25, 1908–April 20, 1980) was a German film director active mainly in the 1940s and 1950s. He started out at the end of the Weimar Republic and had his first major films in Nazi Germany. His 1959 film The Rest Is Silence was entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival. ![]()
Biography of Louise Weiss (excerpt)
Louise Weiss (born January 25, 1893 in Arras, France; died May 26, 1983 in Paris) was a French author, journalist, feminist and European politician. Life Louise Weiss came from a cosmopolitan family of Alsace. The ancestors of her Jewish mother, Jeanne Laval, came from Frankfurt, Mannheim, Munich, Vienna and Prague. ![]()
Biography of Jose Ortega y Gasset (excerpt)
José Ortega y Gasset (May 9, 1883 - October 18, 1955) was a Spanish philosopher. José Ortega y Gasset was born May 9, 1883 in Madrid. His father was director of the newspaper "El Imparcial", which belonged to the family of his mother, Dolores Gasset. ![]()
Biography of Roger Salengro (excerpt)
Roger Henri Charles Salengro, born May 30, 1890 in Lille, died November17, 1936, was a French politician, member of SFIO. The French Section of the Workers' International (Section Française de l'Internationale Ouvrière, SFIO), founded in 1905, was a French socialist political party, designed as the local section of the Second International (i.
Biography of René Lefèvre (excerpt)
René Lefèvre (or René Lefebvre | Lefebvre | Rene Lefevre | René Lefevre), born March 6, 1898 in Nice, died May 4, 1991 in Nice, was a French actor, screenwriter and director. Selected filmography Television 1982 : Bonnes gens : Magloire ![]()
Biography of Jacques Rivière (excerpt)
Jacques Rivière (Bordeaux, 15 July 1886 (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate) – 14 February 1925 in Paris) was a French "man of letters". He edited La Nouvelle Revue Française (NRF) from 1919 until his death. His close friend was Alain-Fournier with whom he exchanged an abundant correspondence. ![]()
Biography of Antonio Machado (excerpt)
Antonio Cipriano José María y Francisco de Santa Ana Machado y Ruiz, known as Antonio Machado (July 26, 1875 – February 22, 1939) was a Spanish poet and one of the leading figures of the Spanish literary movement known as the Generation of '98. ![]()
Biography of Barbara La Marr (excerpt)
Barbara La Marr (Reatha Dale Watson) (July 28, 1896 in Yakima, Washington – January 30, 1926 in Altadena, California) was a popular American stage and motion picture actress, cabaret artist and writer. Career After marrying and moving with her husband to New York City, La Marr found employment writing screenplays and her association with movie makers led to her returning to Los Angeles and making her film debut as an actress in 1920. ![]()
Biography of Hedda Hopper (excerpt)
Hedda Hopper (May 2, 1885 – February 1, 1966) was an American actress and gossip columnist, whose long-running feud with friend turned arch-rival Louella Parsons became at least as notorious as many of Hopper's columns. Early life She was born Elda Furry in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, the daughter of David and Margaret Furry, who were Quakers. ![]()
Biography of Théodore Gosselin (excerpt)
Théodore Gosselin (October 7, 1855(birth time source: Gauquelin, birth certificate) - February 7, 1935) was a French historian who wrote under the pen name G. Lenotre. Under the pen name Lenotre, Gosselin wrote articles in publications such as Figaro, Revue des deux mondes, Monde illustré and Temps. ![]()
Biography of Roland Garros (excerpt)
Roland Garros (October 6, 1888 – October 5, 1918) was an early French aviator and a fighter aircraft pilot during World War I. Garros was born in Saint-Denis, Réunion. He started his aviation career in 1909 flying Santos-Dumont's Demoiselle monoplane, an aircraft that only flew well with a small lightweight pilot. ![]()
Biography of Bess Truman (excerpt)
Elizabeth Virginia Wallace Truman (February 13, 1885 – October 18, 1982), widely known as Bess Truman, was the wife of Harry S. Truman and First Lady of the United States from 1945 to 1953. Early life Elizabeth Virginia Wallace was born to David Willock Wallace and his wife (the former Margaret Elizabeth Gates) in Independence, Missouri and was known as Bessie during her childhood. ![]()
Biography of Ernst Lubitsch (excerpt)
Ernst Lubitsch (January 29, 1892 – November 30, 1947) was a German-American film director, producer, writer, and actor. His urbane comedies of manners gave him the reputation of being Hollywood's most elegant and sophisticated director; as his prestige grew, his films were promoted as having "the Lubitsch touch". ![]()
Biography of Empress Kojun (excerpt)
Empress Kōjun (香淳皇后, kōjun kōgō.) (March 6, 1905 - June 16, 2000) was empress consort of Japan. Born Princess Kuni Nagako (久邇宮良子女王, kuni no miya nagako joō.), she was the consort of Emperor Shōwa and the mother of the present Emperor (Akihito). ![]()
Biography of Paul Sérusier (excerpt)
Paul Sérusier (November 9, 1864 in Paris — October 7, 1927 in Morlaix) was a French painter. Education He studied at the Académie Julian and was a monitor there in the mid 1880s. In the summer of 1888 he travelled to Pont-Aven and joined the small group of artists centered there around Paul Gauguin. ![]()
Biography of Hendrik van Loon (excerpt)
Hendrik Willem van Loon (January 14, 1882 – March 11, 1944) was a Dutch-American historian and journalist. Life and works He was born in Rotterdam, the son of Hendrik Willem van Loon and Elisabeth Johanna Hanken. He went to the United States in 1902 to study at Cornell University, receiving his degree in 1905. ![]()
Biography of René Dubos (excerpt)
René Jules Dubos (February 20, 1901 – February 20, 1982) was a French-American microbiologist, experimental pathologist, environmentalist, humanist, and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction for his book So Human An Animal. He is credited as an author of a maxim "Think globally, act locally".
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Biography of Léon Gischia (excerpt)
Léon Gischia, born June 8, 1903 in Dax, France, died May 29, 1991 in Venice, Italy, was a French painter of the Modern School of Paris. The School of Paris describes, not an art movement or a learning institution, but instead is more indicative of the importance of Paris as a center of Western art in the early decades of the 20th century. ![]()
Biography of John Gilbert (actor) (excerpt)
John Gilbert (July 10, 1897 – January 9, 1936) was an American actor, screenwriter, and a major star of the silent film era. Known as "the great lover", he rivaled even Rudolph Valentino as a box office draw. Though he was often cited as one of the high profile examples of an actor who was unsuccessful in making the transition to talkies, his decline as a star in fact had to do with studio politics and money and not the sound of his screen voice. ![]()
Biography of Chester W. Nimitz (excerpt)
Fleet Admiral Chester William Nimitz, USN (24 February 1885 – 20 February 1966) was a five-star admiral in the United States Navy. He held the dual command of Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Fleet ("CinCPac" pronounced "sink-pack"), for U.S. naval forces and Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas (CinCPOA), for U.
Biography of Wilhelm Carl Keppler (excerpt)
Wilhelm Carl Keppler, born December 14, 1882 in Heidelberg (birth time source: Steinbrecher, BC), died June 13, 1960, was a German engineer and industrialist, Hitler's personal advisor and the chief liaison between the Nazi party and the business world. ![]()
Biography of Georges Canguilhem (excerpt)
Georges Canguilhem (Castelnaudary, June 4, 1904 (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate) – September 11, 1995 in Marly-le-Roi) was a French philosopher and physician who specialized in epistemology and the philosophy of science (in particular, biology). Life and work Canguilhem entered the École Normale Supérieure in 1924 as part of a class that included Jean-Paul Sartre, Raymond Aron and Paul Nizan. ![]()
Biography of Ernest Fourneau (excerpt)
Ernest Fourneau (October 4, 1872 in Biarritz - August 5, 1949 in Ascain) was a famous French chimist. ![]()
Biography of Alice Guy-Blaché (excerpt)
Alice Guy-Blaché (July 1, 1873 – March 24, 1968) was a pioneer filmmaker who was the first female director in the motion picture industry and is considered to be one of the first directors of a fiction film. Early years Alice Guy was born to French parents who were working in Chile where her father owned a chain of bookstores.
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Biography of Otto Gebühr (excerpt)
Otto Gebühr (29 May 1877 – 14 March 1954) was a German film actor. He appeared in 102 films between 1917 and 1962. His final fimal, Die Blonde Frau des Maharadscha, was released eight years after his death. He was born in Kettwig, Germany and died in Wiesbaden, Germany. ![]()
Biography of Philippe Hériat (excerpt)
Philippe Hériat (September 15, 1898 in Paris (birth time source: Didier Geslain) - October 10, 1971) was a multi-talented French novelist, playwright and actor. Biography Born Raymond Gérard Payelle, he studied with film director René Clair and in 1920 made his debut in silent film. ![]()
Biography of Aimé Clariond (excerpt)
Aimé Clariond, born April 10, 1894 in Périgueux, Dordogne and died December 31, 1959 in Paris, was a French actor and comedian. Theater (extract) La Comédie-Française 1. Fouché, Madame Sans-Gêne, Victorien Sardou et Emile Moreau, 7 mars 1936 2. ![]()
Biography of Emile Buisson (excerpt)
Émile "Mimile" Buisson (August 19, 1902 (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate) – February 28, 1956) was a French gangster, and French public enemy No. 1 for 1950. A member of the French Gang des Traction Avant, Buisson was responsible for over thirty murders and a hundred robberies.
Biography of Marguerite Carter (excerpt)
Marguerite Carter, born January 31, 1899 in Seatlle, was an American astrologer and columnist. ![]()
Biography of Nathan Leopold (excerpt)
Nathan Freudenthal Leopold, Jr. (November 19, 1904 – August 29, 1971) and Richard A. Loeb (June 11, 1905 – January 28, 1936), more commonly known as Leopold and Loeb, were two wealthy University of Chicago students who murdered 14-year-old Bobby Franks in 1924, and were sentenced to life in prison.
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Biography of Conrad Veidt (excerpt)
Conrad Veidt (22 January 1893 – 3 April 1943) was a German-born British actor best remembered for his roles in films such as The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1919), The Man Who Laughs (1928), The Thief of Bagdad (1940) and Casablanca (1942). ![]()
Biography of Zarah Leander (excerpt)
Zarah Leander (March 15, 1907 (birth time source: http://www.zarahleander.de/biografie.html) – June 23, 1981) was a Swedish actress and singer. She became particularly famous throughout the German speaking countries and Scandinavia for her powerful singing voice and moody romantic songs. She is also noted for having been the leading female star of Nazi Germany's film industry. ![]()
Biography of Heinz Ruhmann (excerpt)
Heinrich Wilhelm "Heinz" Rühmann (March 7, 1902 – October 3, 1994) was a popular German film actor. Life and work Rühmann was born in Essen, Rhineland. Rühmann's role in the 1930 movie Die Drei von der Tankstelle led to him immediate stardom. He remained highly popular as a comedic actor (and sometimes singer) throughout the 1930s and early 1940s. ![]()
Biography of Fanny Brice (excerpt)
Fanny Brice (October 29, 1891 – May 29, 1951) was a popular and influential American comedian, singer, theatre and film actress and entertainer, remembered best for her many stage, radio and film appearances and her recordings. She was the creator and star of the top-rated radio comedy series, The Baby Snooks Show. ![]()
Biography of Masaharu Taniguchi (excerpt)
Masaharu Taniguchi (谷口雅春), born in Kobe, Japan November 22, 1893, died in Nagasaki, Japan, June 17, 1985) was a Japanese New Thought leader, founder of Seicho-no-ie. In 1911, he began studying English literature at the University of Waseda, Tokyo. In parallel, he also studied both Eastern and Western philosophies, particularly the works of authors such as Holmes, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche and Oscar Wilde, whose works took him to reflect on the problems of humanity and solutions to the contradictions that he had seen.
Biography of Théo Fleischman (excerpt)
Théo Fleischman, born on March 24, 1893 in Antwerp, died on March 4, 1979, was a Belgian journalist, radio host, and writer. Publications (extract) Le Roi de Gand. Louis XVIII et les émigrés français à Gand pendant les Cent Jours, Bruxelles, la Renaissance du Livre, 1953, 219p. ![]()
Biography of Jules Ladoumègue (excerpt)
Jules Ladoumègue (born December 10, 1906 – died March 2, 1973) was a French middle-distance runner. He became a running star as the sport enjoyed a huge resurgence at the start of the Great Depression, fueled in large part by newsreel coverage. ![]()
Biography of Grandma Moses (excerpt)
Anna Mary Robertson Moses (September 7, 1860 – December 13, 1961), better known as "Grandma Moses" was a renowned American folk artist. She is most often cited as an example of an individual successfully beginning a career in the arts at an advanced age.
Biography of René Caudron (excerpt)
The Caudron Airplane Company (Société des Avions Caudron) was a French aircraft company founded in 1909 by brothers Gaston Caudron (1882-1915) and René Caudron (1884-1959). It was one of the earliest aircraft manufacturers in France and produced planes for the military in both World War I and World War II. ![]()
Biography of Montéhus (excerpt)
Gaston Mardochée Brunswick, better known by his pseudonym Montéhus, was a French singer-songwriter. He was born in Paris on 9 July 1872 (birth time source: birth certificate) and died in December 1952. He was the writer of such notable songs as Gloire au 17ème and La Butte Rouge. ![]()
Biography of Vincent Auriol (excerpt)
Vincent Jules Auriol (27 August 1884 – 1 January 1966) was a French politician who served as President of France from 1947 to 1954. In 1914, Auriol entered the Chamber of Deputies as a Socialist Deputy for Muret, a position he retained until 1942. ![]()
Biography of Josemaria Escriva (excerpt)
Saint Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer (Barbastro, Thursday, January 9, 1902 – Thursday, June 26, 1975) (also known as José María or Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer y Albás, born José María Mariano Escrivá y Albás) was a Catholic priest from Spain, and founder of Opus Dei.
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Biography of Armand Hammer (excerpt)
Armand Hammer (May 21, 1898 – December 10, 1990) was an American business manager and owner, most closely associated with Occidental Petroleum, a company he ran from 1957 until his death. He was known as well for his art collection and his close ties to the Soviet Union.
Biography of Franz André (conductor) (excerpt)
Franz André, born on June 10, 1893 in Brussels (source for his time of birth: Lescaut), died in 1975, was a Belgian musician and conductor. ![]()
Biography of Aimé Cotton (excerpt)
Aimé Auguste Cotton (9 October 1869 - 16 April 1951) was a French physicist known for his studies of the interaction of light with chiral molecules. In the absorption bands of these molecules, he discovered large values of optical rotatory dispersion (ORD), or variation of optical rotation as a function of wavelength (Cotton effect), as well as circular dichroism or differences of absorption between left and right circularly polarized light.
Biography of Upton Sinclair (excerpt)
Upton Beall Sinclair, Jr. (September 20, 1878 – November 25, 1968), was a prolific American author who wrote over 90 books in many genres and was widely considered to be one of the best investigators advocating socialist views. He achieved considerable popularity in the first half of the 20th century.
Biography of Micheál MacLiammóir (excerpt)
Micheál Mac Liammóir (or MacLiammóir) (born Alfred Willmore) (25 October 1899 – 6 March 1978) was an Irish actor, dramatist, impresario, writer, poet and painter. MacLiammóir was born to a Protestant family living in the Kensal Green neighbourhood of London. Life and work ![]()
Biography of Félix Mayol (excerpt)
Félix Mayol (November 18, 1872 - November 1, 1941) was a French singer and entertainer. Mayol was born in Toulon, France. His parents were both amateurs singers or actors, who arranged for Felix to make his debut stage at six years of age. ![]()
Biography of Eddie Albert (excerpt)
Edward Albert Heimberger (April 22, 1906 – May 26, 2005), better known as Eddie Albert, was a popular Oscar-nominated American stage, film, character actor, gardener, humanitarian activist, and World War II hero. In an acting career that spanned nearly seven decades, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1954 for his performance in Roman Holiday and again in 1973 for The Heartbreak Kid. ![]()
Biography of Jean Tissier (excerpt)
Jean Tissier, born April 1, 1896 in Paris (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate) and died March 31, 1973 in Granville, was a French actor and comedian. Filmography (extract) 1925 : Madame sans gène, de Léonce Perret - Une figuration |
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