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Biography of Anne Shirley (actress) (excerpt)
Anne Shirley (born Dawn Evelyn Paris; April 17, 1918 – July 4, 1993) was an American actress. Beginning her career as a child actress under the stage name Dawn O'Day, she adopted the stage name of Anne Shirley after playing the title character in the film adaptation of Anne of Green Gables in 1934, after which she achieved a successful career in supporting roles.
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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 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 Adelqui Migliar (excerpt)
Adelqui Migliar (5 August 1891 – 6 August 1956), also known as Adelqui Millar, was a Chilean film actor, director, screenwriter and producer. He appeared in 31 silent films between 1916 and 1928. He also directed 24 films between 1922 and 1954.
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Biography of Renate Müller (excerpt)
Renate Müller (26 April 1906 – 7 October 1937) was a German singer and actress in both silent films and sound films, as well as on stage. One of the most successful actresses in German films from the early 1930s, she was courted by the Nazi Party to appear in films that promoted their ideals, but refused.
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Biography of Patricia Medina (excerpt)
Patricia Paz Maria Medina (19 July 1919 – 28 April 2012) was a British actress known for her roles in "Phantom of the Rue Morgue" (1954) and "Mr. Arkadin" (1955). Born in Liverpool, she began acting as a teenager in the late 1930s and moved to Hollywood in the mid-1940s.
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Biography of Edgar Petersen (excerpt)
Edgar Petersen (26 April 1904 – 10 June 1986) was a German bomber pilot and officer in the Luftwaffe during World War II. Petersen was instrumental, as Geschwaderkommodore of the Kampfgeschwader 40, in converting the Focke-Wulf Fw 200 into what Winston Churchill called the "Scourge of the Atlantic" during the Battle of the Atlantic.
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Biography of Günter Raphael (excerpt)
Günter Raphael (30 April 1903 – 19 October 1960) was a German composer. Born in Berlin, Raphael was the grandson of composer Albert Becker. His first symphony was premiered by Wilhelm Furtwängler in 1926 in Leipzig with the Gewandhaus Orchestra. From 1926 to 1934 he taught in Leipzig, but illness and the rise of Fascism – he was declared a "half-Jew" – made this difficult for him.
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Biography of Pol Swings (excerpt)
Pol F. Swings (24 September 1906 – 28 October 1983) was a Belgian astrophysicist who was known for his studies of the composition and structure of stars and comets. He used spectroscopy to identify the elements in astronomical bodies, and, in particular, comets.
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Biography of Blas Infante (excerpt)
Blas Infante Pérez de Vargas, born on 5th July 1885 in Gand, was a prominent Andalusian socialist politician, Georgist, writer, historian, and musicologist, revered as the "father of Andalusia" by regional nationalists. He played a crucial role in promoting Andalusian autonomy, being a key figure in the 1918 regionalist assembly in Ronda which adopted Andalusia's flag and emblem.
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Biography of Erna Schilling (excerpt)
Erna Schilling (25 December 1884 – 2 October 1945) was a German nightclub dancer and artist's model. Embroidery by Erna Schilling The daughter of a proofreader for a publishing company, she was born in Berlin. When she was eighteen, she left home with her elder sister Gerda; the two became dancers in Berlin nightclubs. ![]()
Biography of Enzo Paci (excerpt)
Enzo Paci (born September 18, 1911, in Monterado and died July 21, 1976, in Milan) was an Italian philosopher, one of the representatives of Existentialism in Italy, before turning towards phenomenology. He studied philosophy at the University of Milan, where he was notably a student of Antonio Banfi, and then began teaching at the University of Pavia, before returning to the University of Milan where he spent the remainder of his career.
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Biography of Delphin (French actor) (excerpt)
Delphin Sirvaux, better known as Delphin, was a French dwarf actor born on October 12, 1882, in Les Fessey (Haute-Saône) and died by suicide on May 6, 1938, in Paris. Encouraged by Auguste Lamboley, another dwarf from the region, he moved to Paris and gained recognition at the 1900 Exposition and in Montmartre cabarets.
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Biography of Horst Caspar (excerpt)
Horst Joachim Arthur Caspar, born January 20, 1913, in Radegast, Germany, was a distinguished German actor recognized for his theatre and film work during the 1930s and 1940s. Despite being part-Jewish under the Nazi regime, he continued his acting career with protection from influential figures.
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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 Quentin Jackson (trombonist) (excerpt)
Quentin "Butter" Jackson (January 13, 1909 – October 2, 1976) was an American jazz trombonist. Career In the early stage of his career, Jackson worked with Cab Calloway for eight years. Later, he was a member of the Duke Ellington Orchestra and worked with Charles Mingus, Kenny Burrell, and others.
Biography of René Montis (excerpt)
René Montis, stage name of René Émile Louis Maunoury, was a French actor and producer, born on December 20, 1888 in Pantin and died on March 2, 1959 in Neuilly-sur-Seine. An actor until the early 1930s, René Montis later became a production director and producer.
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Biography of Germaine Dulac (excerpt)
Germaine Dulac, born Charlotte Élisabeth Germaine Saisset-Schneider on November 17, 1882, in Amiens, and died on July 20, 1942, in Paris, was a French film director, producer, and screenwriter. She began her career in 1906 as a feminist journalist for La Française.
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Biography of Francis Gruber (excerpt)
Francis Gruber was a French expressionist painter born in Nancy on March 15, 1912, and died of tuberculosis on December 1, 1948, in Paris. The son of Art Nouveau master glassmaker Jacques Gruber, this painter is indicative of pre-war painting, but instead of seeking the abstract, Francis Gruber favored human figures with chiseled and raw features.
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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 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 Asbjørg Borgfelt (excerpt)
Asbjørg Borgfelt (31 October 1900 – 5 June 1976) was a Norwegian sculptor. Personal life She was the daughter of Samuel Borgfeldt (1872-1936) and Magnhild Telma Sæther (1876-1941). In 1937 she married sculptor Per Hurum (1910–1989). Career Borgfeldt first studied art in Kristiania at the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry (Statens Håndverks- og Kunstindustriskole) with Wilhelm Rasmussen (1879–1965).
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Biography of Ernst Gall (excerpt)
Ernst Emil Max Gall, born on February 17, 1888, in Danzig, West Prussia, and died on August 5, 1958, in Munich, was a German art historian and monument restorer. He studied law in France and art history in Berlin, earning his doctorate in 1915.
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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.
Biography of Francisco Amighetti (excerpt)
Francisco Amighetti (1 June 1907 – 12 November 1998) was a Costa Rican painter and writer. In addition to his paintings, Amighetti also produced wood engravings, poetry and works of art criticism. He based his artwork on basic lifestyle in Costa Rica.
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Biography of Edmond Marin la Meslée (excerpt)
Edmond Marin la Meslée, born on February 5, 1912 in Valenciennes and killed in combat on February 4, 1945 in Dessenheim (Haut-Rhin), is the most decorated French aviation ace of the French campaign with sixteen confirmed aerial victories (and four more probable) achieved between January and June 1940.
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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.
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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 Max Hansen (SS officer) (excerpt)
Max Hansen (July 31, 1908 - March 7, 1990) was a German officer who served in the Waffen-SS during World War II. He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. Career Max Hansen joined the SS-Verfügungstruppe in 1933.
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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.
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Biography of Odd Eidem (excerpt)
Odd Eidem (23 October 1913 – 10 June 1988) was a Norwegian writer, journalist and literary critic. He was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. He was the eldest of three sons born to Gunnar Kølbel (1890–1963) and Dorothea Serine Eidem (1889–1940). ![]()
Biography of Kornelis Heiko Miskotte (excerpt)
Kornelis Heiko Miskotte (23 September 1894 in Utrecht – 31 August 1976 in Voorst) was a Dutch Protestant theologian and a representative of dialectical theology.
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Biography of Jacqueline Logan (excerpt)
Jacqueline Medura Logan (November 30, 1902 – April 4, 1983) was an American actress and silent film star, known as a WAMPAS Baby Star of 1922. Born in Corsicana, Texas, she moved to various locations during her childhood and initially worked as a journalist.
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Biography of Marguerite Chapman (excerpt)
Marguerite Chapman (March 9, 1918 – August 31, 1999) was an American film and television actress. After a year of modeling, she impressed producer Howard Hughes with a screen test, leading her to sign with 20th Century Fox in 1939. She later worked under contract with Warner Brothers and Columbia, making her film debut in 1940.
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Biography of Federico Borrell (excerpt)
Federico Borrell García (3 January 1912 – 5 September 1936) was a Spanish Republican and anarchist militiaman during the Spanish Civil War, believed to be the subject in Robert Capa's famous photo, The Falling Soldier. Born in Benilloba, he worked at a mill in Alcoi and founded a local branch of the anarchist FIJL.
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Biography of Ivan Daja (excerpt)
Ivan Đaja (Serbian Cyrillic: Иван Ђаја, French: Jean Giaja; 21 July 1884 – 1 October 1957) was a Serbian biologist, physiologist, author and philosopher. He was founder of the Chair for physiology at the Serbian Institute for Physiology, rector of the University of Belgrade, and member of the Serbian Academy of Science and Arts.
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Biography of Juliette Clarens (excerpt)
Juliette Clarens (10 April 1887 – 10 October 1978), born Juliette Marie Charlotte Dietz-Monnin, was a French actress, singer, and writer. Early life Juliette Marie Charlotte Dietz-Monnin was born in Paris in 1887, the daughter of Jules Dietz-Monnin and Henriette Adrienne Marie Adolphine Hallier.
Biography of Walter Rothenburg (excerpt)
Walter R. Rothenburg, known as Wero (born December 28, 1889, in Hamburg; died March 10, 1975, in Ascona), was a boxing promoter, lyricist, and writer. Born into a family of brewers and publishers, he served in the Imperial Navy during World War I.
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Biography of Daisy Fellowes (excerpt)
Daisy Fellowes, born Marguerite Séverine Philippine Decazes de Glucksberg on April 29, 1890, in Paris and died on December 13, 1962, was a prominent figure in European high society, renowned for her beauty. Daughter of the Duke Decazes and heiress to the Singer fortune, she was a journalist for Harper's Bazaar and authored several novels. ![]()
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 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.
Biography of Harvey Brooks (physicist) (excerpt)
Harvey Brooks (August 5, 1915 – May 28, 2004) was an American physicist, renowned for integrating science into public policy and shaping national science policies under Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson. He made significant contributions to the theory of semiconductors and metal band structure, and was the dean of the Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University.
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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 Rodolfo Graziani (excerpt)
Rodolfo Graziani (11 August 1882 – 11 January 1955) was a notable Italian military officer and a committed fascist. He was influential in Italy's colonial campaigns in Libya and Ethiopia, where he gained notoriety for using brutal repressive measures including concentration camps and mass executions. ![]()
Biography of Ann Richards (actress) (excerpt)
Shirley Ann Richards (13 December 1917 (Wikipedia gives 20 December, by mistake) – 25 August 2006) was an Australian actress and author, prominent in 1930s Australian cinema with Cinesound Productions and later in Hollywood as an MGM starlet. Notable works include "It Isn't Done" (1937), "Dad and Dave Come to Town" (1938), "An American Romance" (1944), and "Sorry, Wrong Number" (1948).
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Biography of Arend Heyting (excerpt)
Arend Heyting (9 May 1898 – 9 July 1980) was a Dutch mathematician and logician. Heyting was a student of Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer at the University of Amsterdam, and did much to put intuitionistic logic on a footing where it could become part of mathematical logic.
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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 Harold Abrahams (excerpt)
Harold Maurice Abrahams CBE (15 December 1899 – 14 January 1978) was an English track and field athlete who won the gold medal in the 100 metres at the 1924 Olympics, a victory famously depicted in the film Chariots of Fire.
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Biography of June Havoc (excerpt)
June Havoc (born Ellen Evangeline Hovick; November 8, 1912 – March 28, 2010) was a Canadian-born American actress, dancer, stage director and memoirist. Havoc was a child vaudeville performer under the tutelage of her mother Rose Thompson Hovick, born Rose Evangeline Thompson. |
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