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George Schaefer 1997 Deaths

George Schaeferproducer, director In his career that spanned six decades, Schaefer directed almost 100 television productions, including more than 50 “Hallmark Hall of Fame” presentations.…

Akira Kurosawa Biography

Akira Kurosawadirector, writer, producerBorn: 3/23/1910Birthplace: Toyko, Japan Academy Award-winning Japanese film director, writer and producer responsible for bringing Japanese film to the West.…

Sir Anthony Hopkins Biography

Sir Anthony HopkinsactorBorn: 12/31/1937Birthplace: Port Talbot, Wales Academy Award-winning British film and stage actor whose performance in The Silence of the Lambs (1991) made him one of the…

Florence Pugh

Florence Pugh is an English actress and star of Ari Aster's film, Midsommar (2019). Right out of high school, Pugh's career took off after being cast in the TV series The Falling (2014). On the big…

George Schaefer Biography

George Schaefer(George Louis Scheafer)director, producerBorn: 12/16/1920Birthplace: Wallingford, Connecticut In the early 1950s and 1960s, Schaefer directed the first TV versions of several…

Ira Frederick Aldridge

Ira Frederick Aldridge 19th-century American actor Born: July 24, 1804 Birthplace: New York, N.Y.   Aldridge was born to free Black people in New York City, and educated at the New York African…

Raul Julia Biography

Raul Julia(Raul Rafael Carlos Julia y Arcelay)actor, singerBorn: 3/9/1940Birthplace: San Juan, Puerto Rico The elegant and charismatic Raul Julia performed in musical theater in his native San Juan…

Infoplease Memorial: Akira Kurosawa

1910—1998, Japanese film director, scriptwriter, and producer, born in Tokyo. Akira Kurosawa is generally regarded as one of the twentieth century's great directors. In Rashomon (1950), he…

The Coen Brothers

Joel Coen and Ethan Coen -- widely known as The Coen Brothers -- are a filmmaking duo known first for quirky comedies including Raising Arizona (1987), Fargo (1996) and The Big Lebowski (1998). Joel…

The Devil's Dictionary: King's Evil

by Ambrose Bierce KINGKISSKING'S EVIL -n. A malady that was formerly cured by the touch of the sovereign, but has now to be treated by the physicians. Thus "the most pious Edward" of…