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Marceau started her career at 14 when Claude Pinoteau cast her in the starring role of the teenager movie La Boum (1980). The family lived a working class life that left ...

Susan Sarandon

In 1969, Sarandon went to a casting call for the motion-picture Joe with her then husband Chris Sarandon. Although Susan Sarandon did not get a part, Susan Sarandon was c ...

Sarah Geronimo

Sarah's first music lessons came from her father. Sarah Geronimo would have her practice everyday to develop her singing prowess. Sarah first sang on stage at age two at ...

Sam Cooke

His first pop single, "Lovable" (1956), was released under the alias of "Dale Cooke" in order to not alienate his fan base; there was a considerable t ...

Rene Zellweger

Zellweger was born in Baytown, Texas, an eastern suburb of Houston. Between junior school and high school her family moved to Katy, Texas, a western suburb of Houston. He ...

Sally Field

Sally Field is a two-time Academy Award-winner for her performances in Robert Benton's Places in the Heart (also capturing a Golden Globe) and Martin Ritt's Norma Rae. Fo ...

Van Morrison

Morrison has pursued an idiosyncratic musical path. Much of his music is tightly structured around the conventions of American soul and R&B, such as the popular singl ...

Shadows

In following years, Shadows formed a number of bands with Avenged Sevenfold's rhythm guitarist Zacky Vengeance. Shadows was previously a member of a punk group called 'Su ...

Liv Tyler

A year was enough of the modeling grind, and Liv Tyler decided to become an actress. Liv Tyler was offered the part of Callie in Heavy (1995) after a single reading, and ...

Shirley Bassey

Throughout the 1960s, Bassey had numerous hits on the British charts. Her recording of "As Long As Shirley Bassey Needs Me" from Lionel Bart's Oliver! reached n ...

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Cleveland Abbe

Cleveland Abbe biography: 1838 - Born on the 3rd of December in New York City. - Cleveland Abbe grew up in a prosperous merchant family in New York City.1857 - Cleveland Abbe excelled in mathematics and chemistry, and graduated from the Free Academy. &n ...

Theophile Bellando de Castro

Theophile Bellando de Castro biography: Monegasque lyricist and soldier wrote Monegasque national anthem (adopted 1867) ...

Ralph Julian Canine

Ralph Julian Canine biography: US administrator and general 1st director of National Security Agency 1952-1956 (NSA) ...

Khorlogiyen Choibalsan

Khorlogiyen Choibalsan biography: Mongolian marshal and politician president of Mongolia 1928-1930 premier of Mongolia 1939-1952 ...

Richard Andrew Cloward

Richard Andrew Cloward biography: US welfare activist co-wrote "Regulating the Poor: The Functions of Public Welfare" 1971 ...

Michael Collins

Michael Collins biography: US (Italian-born) astronaut ...

Sir Robert Bruce Cotton

Sir Robert Bruce Cotton biography: English antiquarian, courtier, and librarian ...

Dan L Crippen

Dan L Crippen biography: US administrator and economist director of Congressional Budget Office 1999-2003 ...

Max Sr Factor

Max Sr Factor biography: US cosmetics businessman founder and eponym of Max Factor and Co. 1909 ...

Stanley Lawrence Elkin

Stanley Lawrence Elkin biography: US author wrote novels "Boswell: A Modern Comedy" 1964, "A Bad Man" 1967, "The Dick Gibson Show" 1971, "The Franchiser" 1976, "George Mills" 1982, "The Magic Kingdom" 1985, "The Rabbi of Lud" 1987, "The MacGuffin" 1993, "Mrs. Ted Bliss" 1995, short story collection "Criers and Kibitzers, Criers ...

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