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José Quintero Biography

José QuinteroAge: 74 director whose staging of Eugene O'Neill plays sparked a worldwide O'Neill revival. His skill earned him four Tony Award nominations and made him a major figure in Off-…

Jerome Weidman 1998 Deaths

Jerome WeidmanAge: 85 revered New York novelist and playwright who first made a splash with his novel I Can Get It for You Wholesale and later won a Pulitzer Prize with George Abbott for…

Debra Messing

Debra Messing is a leading lady of television comedy, a tall, long-maned brunette who won an Emmy during her long run on the TV sitcom Will & Grace. Raised in Rhode Island, Messing has been on…

Christina Applegate

Christina Applegate played Kelly, the not-too-bright bombshell daughter of the dysfunctional Bundy family, on the sitcom Married... With Children. Applegate was a teenager when the persistently…

Piet Mondrian

Name at birth: Pieter Cornelius Mondriaan, Jr.Piet Mondrian was a 20th century abstract painter whose most famous compositions are made up of black lines and colored rectangles. Mondrian's early…

Encore! Encore!

NBC Tuesday 8:30–9:00 p.m.; moved to Wednesday 9:30–10:00 p.m.; on hiatus Cast: Nathan Lane, Joan Plowright, Glenn Headley, Molly Price and Ernie Sabella Film and Broadway star…

Shirley Jones

Shirley Jones was virtually unknown when Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein cast her as Laurie in the 1955 movie version of their hit stage musical Oklahoma! She later played the same role on…

Vanessa Brown Biography

Vanessa BrownAge: 71 actress and writer whose career began with a role in the Broadway show Watch on the Rhine at the young age of 13. She went on to act in several films and television shows…

Ray Walston 2001 Deaths

Ray WalstonAge: 86 versatile, eccentric actor who won a Tony Award for his role as the Devil in Broadway's Damn Yankees. He may have in fact sold his soul to Satan when he signed on to play…

David Dukes 2000 Deaths

David DukesAge: 55 versatile film, television, and stage actor who won wide praise for his performance in Broadway's Bent, in which he played a gay man persecuted by the Nazis. He died while…