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- A.C. Fotheringham-Lysons was born on 23 May 1867 in Skene, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK. He was an actor, known for The Elusive Pimpernel (1919), The Scourge (1922) and The Amateur Gentleman (1920). He died on 8 October 1947 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
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A graduate of Boston College (Class of 1968), Massachussettes native A.J. Antoon attended the prestigious Yale School of Drama before dropping out to pursue a professional theatrical career as a director. He directed his first production, Story Theatre at New York's 151-seat St. Clement's Church in 1971. Later that year he was introduced to the founder of the New York Shakespeare Festival, Joseph Papp, who would be influential in his later success on Broadway. Antoon would enjoy a 20-year career there, directing the Broadway debuts of notables such as Meryl Streep and Mandy Patinkin in the 1975 revival of Trelawny of the 'Wells'. During his directorial career, he'd win both the 1973 Tony Award and the 1972 NY Drama Critic's Circle Award (That Championship Season) and be nominated for a Tony that same year for an Americanized Broadway revival of the Much Ado About Nothing, an Obie Award (1979's The Art of Dining written by Tina Howe) and be nominated for the 1984 Drama Desk Award for The Rink, starring Liza Minnelli. His alma mater, Boston College awarded him an honorary doctorate. An innovative director, Antoon often shook off traditional settings, such as re-setting The Taming of the Shrew in the Wild West. His final productions were produced New York Shakespeare Festival in New York's Central Park in 1990 and 1991. Antoon died of AIDS-related lymphoma on January 22, 1992 at age 47. When he died, he had several projects in the works, including his screenplay of "Snow White." He was survived by a brother, Michael J. Antoon, and two sisters, Jessica M. Leavitt and Marsha A. Roy, all of Methuen, along with his partner, Peter Perez.- A.J. Herbert was born on 4 August 1885 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He was an actor, known for Romeo and Juliet (1916), Lights Out (1946) and The Silent Witness (1917). He died on 6 May 1963 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
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A.J. Liebling was born on 18 October 1904 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He is known for High Time (1950). He was married to Jean Stafford, Lucille Hille Spectorsky and Anne Beatrice McGinn. He died on 28 December 1963 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.- A.R. Gurney was born on 1 November 1930 in Buffalo, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for 3 by Cheever (1979), Television Theater (1953) and TV teatar (1956). He was married to Mary Forman Goodyear. He died on 13 June 2017 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- Aaron Braunstein was born on 22 December 1948 in New York, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Born to Win (1971) and Tropical Heat (1991). He was married to Yvette Lyonne and Nicole Trau. He died on 10 October 2014 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- Aaron Stern was born on 26 March 1925 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was married to Betty Lee Baum. He died on 13 April 2021 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
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Abbey Lincoln was born on 6 August 1930 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was an actress and composer, known for Nothing But a Man (1964), For Love of Ivy (1968) and Drugstore Cowboy (1989). She was married to Max Roach. She died on 14 August 2010 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.- Ada Louise Huxtable was born on 14 March 1921 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. She was married to L. Garth Huxtable. She died on 7 January 2013 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
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Adam Yauch, an only child, was born on August 5, 1964 in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Frances and Noel Yauch, who is a painter and architect. His father was Catholic (of Irish, German, and French descent) and his mother was Jewish. Adam attended Edward R. Murrow High School in the Midwood neighborhood of Brooklyn. In high school, he taught himself to play the bass guitar. He formed Beastie Boys with John Berry, Kate Schellenbach, and Mike D. On his seventeenth birthday, they played their first show, then still a hardcore punk band in the vein of Reagan Youth. Adam attended Bard College for two years before dropping out.
Beastie Boys added Adam Horovitz to the group, and released their first album, Licensed to Ill, on Def Jam Records, now performing as a hip hop trio. They went on to open for Madonna on her famous "Like a Virgin" tour. The group gained huge success with numerous genius albums and tours, and founded their own label "Grand Royal Records" in 1993.
Under the pseudonym "Nathanial Hörnblowér", Yauch directed many of the Beastie Boys' music videos. In 2002, Yauch built a recording studio in New York City called Oscilloscope Laboratories. He began an independent film distributing company called Oscilloscope Pictures. Yauch directed the 2006 Beastie Boys concert film, although in the DVD extras for the film, the title character in "A Day in the Life of Nathanial Hörnblowér" is played by David Cross. He also directed the 2008 film Gunnin' For That #1 Spot about eight high school basketball prospects at the Boost Mobile Elite 24 Hoops Classic at Rucker Park in Harlem, New York City. Yauch produced Build a Nation, the comeback album from hardcore/punk band Bad Brains. Oscilloscope Laboratories also distributed Adam Yauch's directorial film debut, basketball documentary Gunnin' For That #1 Spot (2008) as well as Kelly Reichardt's Wendy and Lucy (2008) and Oren Moverman's The Messenger (2009).
Yauch was a practicing Buddhist. Inspired by his own extensive travels as well as the The Dalai Lama, Yauch became publicly passionate about the destructive, violent situation in Tibet, and created "The Milarepa Fund" in 1994 to help promote awareness and generate support around the world. He organized the first "Tibetan Freedom Concert" in San Francisco in 1996, which he followed with years of a similar series in the United States and worldwide. His Milarepa Fund has raised large sums of money for the Tibetan cause and its nonviolent Buddhist struggle to maintain an actual state of existence on the planet. In May of 1998, Adam married Dechen Wangdu, and they have a daughter named Tenzin Losel Yauch. Yauch has influenced an entire generation of human souls to look deep within themselves in search of a greater truth and a peaceful, compassionate understanding of all that surrounds us.
In 2009, Yauch was diagnosed and treated for a cancerous parotid gland and a lymph node, and underwent surgery and radiation therapy, delaying the release of Hot Sauce Committee Part Two and the subsequent tour. He was unable to appear in music videos for the album. Yauch became a vegan under the recommendation of his Tibetan doctors.
Beastie Boys had sold 40 million records worldwide by 2010. In 2011, Yauch received the Charles Flint Kellogg Award in Arts and Letters from Bard College, the college he attended for two years. In April 2012, the group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Yauch was inducted in absentia due to his illness. His bandmates paid tribute to Yauch, and a letter from him was read to the crowd.
Adam Yauch died from cancer on May 4, 2012, in New York City. He was survived by his wife and son.- Adele Mailer was born on 12 June 1925 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. She was married to Norman Mailer. She died on 22 November 2015 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
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The late Adrienne Shelly was born in Queens, New York, to Elaine Langbaum and Sheldon Levine. After graduating Jericho High School in Jericho, New York, she enrolled at Boston University and majored in film production. She dropped out after her junior year and moved to Manhattan, where she made a name for herself in independent films with her work in The Unbelievable Truth (1989) and Trust (1990). She eventually moved behind the camera, writing and directing I'll Take You There (1999) and Waitress (2007) (her final film).
On November 1, 2006, Adrienne Shelly was murdered. She was survived by her husband Andy Ostroy and their daughter Sophie.- Agnes Neilson was born in 1881 in the USA. She was an actress, known for Why Not Marry? (1922), April Folly (1920) and Insinuation (1922). She was married to Oliver Tibbetts. She died on 20 June 1936 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
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Agnes de Mille was born on 18 September 1905 in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Oklahoma! (1955), The Ragamuffin (1916) and Carousel (1956). She was married to Walter Foy Prude. She died on 7 October 1993 in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.- Aileen Mehle was born on 21 June 1918 in El Paso, Texas, USA. She was an actress, known for What's My Line? (1950) and To Tell the Truth (1956). She was married to Roger W. Mehle Sr. and Mark Kenneth Frank Jr.. She died on 11 November 2016 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- Aileen Passloff was born on 21 October 1931 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Her Magnum Opus (2022) and A man of dance (2015). He died on 3 November 2020 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
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Al Jaffee was born on 13 March 1921 in Savannah, Georgia, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Mad Magazine TV Special (1974), Bum Future (2013) and When We Went MAD!. He was married to Joyce Revenson and Ruth Ahlquist. He died on 10 April 2023 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.- Al Ochs was born on 13 November 1880 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Pie a la Mode (1933), Money on Your Life (1938) and Seeing Things (1930). He died on 21 June 1935 in Manhattan, New York, USA.
- Al Silverman was born on 12 April 1926 in Lynn, Massachusetts, USA. He was a writer, known for Foster & Laurie (1975), Brian's Song (1971) and Brian's Song (2001). He was married to Rosa and Rosa Magaro. He died on 10 March 2019 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
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Al Wasserman was born on 9 February 1921 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for NBC White Paper (1960), The DuPont Show of the Week (1961) and Out of Darkness (1956). He was married to Barbara Mailer Alson and Della Newmark. He died on 31 March 2005 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.- Alain Sailhac was born on 7 January 1936 in Millau, Aveyron, France. He was married to Hélène Delacroix and Arlene. He died on 28 November 2022 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- Alan C. Greenberg was born on 3 September 1927 in Wichita, Kansas, USA. He was married to Kathryn A. Olson and Ann. He died on 25 July 2014 in Manhattan, New York, USA.
- Alan Colmes was born on 24 September 1950 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Seven Women, Seven Sins (1986), Every 40 Years (2017) and Stossel (2009). He was married to Jocelyn Crowley. He died on 23 February 2017 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- Alan Guttmacher was born on 19 May 1898 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He died on 18 March 1974 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
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Alan H. Bomser was born on 11 September 1931 in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Liquid Sky (1982) and Family Secret (2001). He died on 11 April 2019 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.- Director
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Alan Hruska was born on 9 July 1933 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and writer, known for Reunion (2009), Nola (2003) and The Man on Her Mind (2014). He was married to Julie Iovine and Laura Mae Chapman. He died on 29 March 2022 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.- Producer
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Alan King was born on 26 December 1927 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and actor, known for Casino (1995), Cat's Eye (1985) and Rush Hour 2 (2001). He was married to Jeanette Sprung. He died on 9 May 2004 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.- Additional Crew
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Alan Kress is known for Chasing Ice (2012). Alan died on 17 January 2016 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.- Alan Rabinowitz was born on 31 December 1953 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Man & Beast (2012), Tiger Tiger (2015) and The Price (2015). He was married to Salisa Sathapanawath. He died on 5 August 2018 in Manhattan, New York, USA.
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Alan Rubin was born on 11 February 1943 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Blues Brothers (1980), Blues Brothers 2000 (1998) and Nightlife (1986). He was married to Mary Moreno Rubin. He died on 8 June 2011 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.- Alana Kela was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. She died in 1993 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- Alban Conway was born on 24 March 1906 in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Murder by Rope (1936). He died on 27 November 1956 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- Albert Ellis was born on 27 September 1913 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was married to Debbie Joffe, Rhoda Winter and Karyl Corper. He died on 24 July 2007 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- Albert Fuller was born on 21 July 1926 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He died on 22 September 2007 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- Albert G. Miller was born on 28 December 1905 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer, known for The Murder Clinic (1966), The Vise (1954) and The Spider's Web (1960). He was married to Mary Sue Miller. He died on 25 June 1982 in Manhattan, New York, USA.
- Albert H. Morehead was born on 7 August 1909 in Flintstone, Georgia, USA. He died on 5 October 1966 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- Albert K. Webster was born on 14 October 1937 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. Albert K. was married to Sara (Sally) Beyer. Albert K. died on 3 April 2020 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
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Albert Marre was born on 20 September 1924 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He was a director, known for Producers' Showcase (1954), Buick-Electra Playhouse (1959) and That Young Couple (1950). He was married to Mimi Turque, Joan Diener and Ferrand, Jan. He died on 4 September 2012 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.- Cinematographer
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Albert Maysles was born on 26 November 1926 in Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Grey Gardens (1975), Salesman (1969) and Gimme Shelter (1970). He was married to Gillian Walker. He died on 5 March 2015 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.- Alexander Garvin was born on 8 March 1941 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He died on 17 December 2021 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- American statesman, politician, legal scholar, military commander, lawyer, banker, and economist. He was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was an influential interpreter and promoter of the U.S. Constitution, as well as the founder of the nation's financial system, the Federalist Party, the United States Coast Guard, and the New York Post newspaper.
- Alexander Marshac was born on 4 April 1918 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He was married to Elaine Fischer. He died on 20 December 2004 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- Alexander Schneider was born on 21 October 1908 in Vilna, Russian Empire [now Vilnius, Lithuania]. He was married to Geraldine Page and Gerda Benfey. He died on 2 February 1993 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
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Alexander Serpico was born on 15 March 1980 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an editor and producer, known for Dark Planet (1998), End-Transmission (2000) and Speed Mating (2019). He died on 10 May 2021 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.- Alfred A. Knopf was born on 17 June 1918 in White Plains, New York, USA. He was married to Alice Laine. He died on 14 February 2009 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
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Alfred De Liagre Jr. was born on 6 October 1904 in Passaic, New Jersey, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for Deathtrap (1982), Mr. and Mrs. North (1942) and Yes, My Darling Daughter (1939). He was married to Mary Howard. He died on 5 March 1987 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.- Actor
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One of Broadway's most venerable, respected musical leading men, Alfred Drake created the male leads in "Oklahoma!" (1943), "Kiss Me Kate" (1949) and "Kismet" (1953). Sadly, he re-created none of these roles on screen. Very much a man of his beloved live theater, he never did go to Hollywood, except for the starring role in "Tars and Spars" (1946) for Columbia Pictures, a post-war comedy, and for a small role as the President of the Exchange in 1983's "Trading Places" (the one who says to Don Ameche "Mortimer, your brother's not well"). The 1964 production of "Hamlet" in which he played Claudius was filmed live in a Broadway theatre, was made in a new process of the time, (Electronovision) and distributed in movie theaters in the 60s and early 70s. It is available on DVD.
And so, apart from those films mentioned, as well as TV appearances both in starring roles and as a guest star in episodic series, his name and art can only live on in the memories of those who saw him work his particular brand of magic on stage during the golden years of the Broadway musical, his performances on Broadway cast albums giving only a partial idea of just how potent that magic was.- Alfred Henry Lewis, noted journalist and author, was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1855, the son of Isaac Lewis, a carpenter. When Lewis was quite young his family moved to Painesville, Ohio. Alfred H. Lewis married in Richfield, Ohio in 1879 to Miss Alice Ewing, the daughter of Dr. A. E. Ewing.
Lewis was educated as a lawyer and began to practice in Cleveland. From 1879 to 1881 he was a police prosecutor in that city. While still a lawyer, Lewis began to dabble in newspaper work as a Cleveland police reporter. About 1882, he moved west to Kansas City, and from there traveled in the southwest collecting frontier lore from the colorful characters of Kansas, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. The cowboys and miners Lewis met in his western travels became the dominant figures in his books. His first western sketches were printed in Kansas City newspapers. They were stories of the "Old Cattleman," signed "Dan Quin," his pseudonym.
Lewis was a prodigious worker. In 15 years he produced 18 works, many of which were widely popular. He specialized in western stories and tales of the New York underworld. Among his most popular books were the "Wolfville" series, "The Sunset Trail", Episodes of Cowboy Life", "Peggy O'Neil", and "The Boss".
By 1890, Lewis was an established journalist, a writer of political articles, by which he established a reputation as one of the foremost political writers of the country.
In the newspaper field Lewis was best known as Washington correspondent of the Chicago Times and New York Journal. He was a regular contributor to Collier's, Saturday Evening Post, Cosmopolitan and other magazines. In 1896 Lewis became the Washington correspondent for the Hearst newspapers and held that position for two years. He then became editor of "The Verdict," a humorous weekly, but soon turned his attention again to fiction and political writing for the Hearst newspapers.
In his later years, he was described as a short, squatty man with a square chin. He was noted for the prodigious amounts of coffee he drank each day.
Two of his brothers, Irving and William, controlled the publication of the New York Morning Telegraph, a theatrical daily newspaper.
He died at the age of 59 from an intestinal disorder on December 23, 1914 in Manhattan, New York. He was survived by his wife, Alice and his two brothers.
Like Bret Harte and Mark Twain, he first came into prominence through his stories of the west. It is probable he caught the spirit and vernacular of the latter-day West more accurately than any writer of his era. He had a host of imitators, but it was he that set the pace in rich humor and measured pathos and simple human nature. - Alfred Steele was born on 24 April 1901 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. He was married to Joan Crawford, Marjorie Garvey and Lillian Nelson. He died on 19 April 1959 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
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Alice Albright Patterson was born in November 1940 to the journalist and former aviatrix Josephine Patterson Albright and her husband artist Ivan Albright. Brought up in Chicago and educated at Radcliffe College and the University of Columbia Alice returned to Chicago to work as a journalist and free-lance contributor to Channel 2, as well as writing a biography of her grandmother, pioneering newspaper publisher Cissy Patterson. First married to newspaper executive James Hoge by whom she had three children she subsequently married author Michael Arlen, moving with him to New York. In 1983 her old friend Nora Ephron contacted her to jointly write the screenplay for the film 'Silkwood' for which they received Oscar and Golden Globe nominations, since when she has worked sporadically in film, as well as continuing as an author.