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Frank Langella

Frank Langella's Oscar nomination for playing former president Richard Nixon in the 2008 film Frost/Nixon came after three decades as a celebrated New York stage actor. Langella's always been on…

Betty Hutton

Name at birth: Elizabeth June ThornburgMovie star Betty Hutton was nicknamed "The Blond Bombshell" because of her extreme energy on stage and screen. On Broadway in the early 1940s, she moved to…

Billy Crudup

Billy Crudup is a darkly handsome stage and film actor known for taking serious-minded roles on stage and a variety of wild and intense roles on screen. Billy Crudup gained notice as the rebellious…

Danny Kaye

Name at birth: David Daniel KominskiDanny Kaye was one of the most popular entertainers in the United States and England during the 1940s and '50s, thanks largely to a string of successful films that…

Peter Allen

Name at birth: Peter Allen WoolnoughPeter Allen was a songwriter and exuberant cabaret-style performer who had his greatest fame in the 1970s and 1980s. He was "discovered" in 1964 by Judy Garland,…

Cynthia Erivo

Cynthia Erivo is the actress who was Oscar-nominated in 2020 for her leading role in the 2019 film Harriet. Cynthia Erivo was born in London and began college at the University of East London before…

Julie Harris Biography

Julie HarrisactressBorn: 12/2/1925Birthplace: Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan Tony Award-winning stage, film and television actress who is one of Broadway's most respected actresses. Her stage roles…

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.…

Georgie Tapps 1997 Deaths

Georgie Tapps (Mortimer Alphonse Becker)tap dancer tapped his way to fame in Broadway productions, including Pal Joey, and in films, including Vogues of 1938Born: 1912Died: 1997Tomoyuki…

Bob Merrill 1998 Deaths

Bob Merrillsongwriter prolific composer and lyricist of the familiar “How Much is that Doggie in the Window,” and Broadway musicals, includingFunny Girl, Carnival and New Girl in TownBorn:…