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Danitra Vance

Danitra Vance was the first African-American woman to be a regular on the TV show Saturday Night Live. She appeared on the show for one season in 1985-86 (the same year Randy Quaid and Robert Downey…

Carol Burnett

Carol Burnett hosted one of the most popular comedy shows on television, The Carol Burnett Show, from 1967 to 1978. A "variety hour" that was mostly comedy, the show featured the red-headed and…

Alan Alda

Name at birth: Alphonso D'AbruzzoAlan Alda is best known for his 11 years playing cheeky surgeon Hawkeye Pierce on TV's M*A*S*H (1972-83). He won five Emmy Awards for the show, including wins for…

King Mongkut

King Maha Mongkut, also known as Rama IV, ruled Siam (now Thailand) from 1851 to 1868, during which time he successfully negotiated with Western powers, modernized his nation and served as the…

Lucille Lortel 1999 Deaths

Lucille LortelAge: 98 major figure in off-Broadway theater who was involved in producing about 500 plays. The former actress devoted her life to helping others in their theater careers and…

Wesley Naylor 2002 Deaths

Wesley NaylorAge: 44 composer who created the long-running off-Broadway hit, Mama, I Want to Sing. Died: Brooklyn, N.Y., Aug. 25, 2002Shelley MydansM - QLore Noto

Winston Ross Biography

Winston Ross stage actor appeared in 25 Broadway productions, including Idiot's Delight, Billy Budd and Twelfth NightBorn: 1913Died: 1997Edwin (Chapo) Rosario1997 DeathsLeo Rosten

Lionel Abel 2001 Deaths

Lionel AbelAge: 90 playwright, essayist, and novelist who won an Obie Award for his 1956 off-Broadway play Absalom. Died: Manhattan, April 19, 2001AaliyahA - FLarry Adler

Jerome Robbins 1998 Deaths

Jerome RobbinsAge: 79 legendary Broadway choreographer, celebrated for his ablity to successfully combine pop-culture and high art.Died: July 29, 1998.Risen StarR - ZT. Wayne Robertson…

Randolph Carter 1998 Deaths

Randolph Carterplaywright Broadway playwright whose works include Arms of Venus, Wuthering Heights and Eugenia.Born: 1910Died: 1998Helen CarterA - FCardinal Agostino Casaroli