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Jones, Robert Edmond

(Encyclopedia) Jones, Robert Edmond, 1887–1954, American scene designer, b. Milton, N.H. With his design in 1915 for The Man Who Married a Dumb Wife, a new era of scene design began in the United…

Leslie Orgel Biography

biochemistDied: Oct. 27, 2007 (San Diego, California) Best Known as: biochemist who wrote "The Origins of Life on the Earth" A biochemist who studied the…

Leslie Odom, Jr.

Leslie Odom, Jr. won a Tony award and became a star after portraying Aaron Burr, the villain of the musical Hamilton. That restarted his screen career, and in 2021 he was nominated for an Oscar for…

Leslie Nielsen Biography

Leslie Nielsen actorBorn: 2/11/1926Birthplace: Regina, SaskatchewanDied: 11/28/2010Deathplace: Fort Lauderdale, Fla. After beginning his career in radio, Nielsen studied drama and dance in New…

Leslie Caron Biography

Leslie Carondancer, actressBorn: 7/1/1931Birthplace: Boulogne-Billancourt, France Caron had been dancing with the Ballet des Champs-Elysees since she was sixteen when she was cast opposite…

Leslie Howard Biography

Leslie Howard(Leslie Howard Steiner)actorBorn: 4/3/1893Birthplace: London, England Though he received two Oscar nominations for leading roles in Pygmalion (1938) and Berkeley Square (1933), he is…

Galbraith, John Kenneth

(Encyclopedia) Galbraith, John KennethGalbraith, John Kennethgălˈbrāth [key], 1908–2006, American economist and public official, b. Ontario, Canada, grad. Univ. of Toronto (B.S., 1931), Univ. of…

Stephen, Sir James Fitzjames

(Encyclopedia) Stephen, Sir James Fitzjames, 1829–94, English jurist and journalist; brother of Sir Leslie Stephen. He was educated at Eton and Cambridge and was admitted to the bar in 1854. After…

Georges Guétary Biography

Georges Guétaryactor, singer Guétary will be best remembered on these shores as the handsome crooner who competed with Gene Kelly for the affections of Leslie Caron in An American in Paris.…

Koch, Kenneth

(Encyclopedia) Koch, Kenneth (Kenneth Jay Koch)Koch, Kennethkōk [key], 1925–2002, American poet, novelist, and playwright, b. Cincinnati. After studying at Harvard and Columbia he was associated with…