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Lionel Barrymore was born Lionel Herbert Blythe in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on the 28th of April, 1878. He became a renowned stage performer and was […]
American actress Mae Clarke was born Violet Mary Klotz in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on the 16th of August, 1910. Studying dancing as a child, she […]
Robert Oliver Reed was born in Wimbledon, England on the 13th of February, 1938, the grandson of RADA founder Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree. He […]
Tom Tyler, the American actor best known for his portrayal of the title character in the 1941 movie serial The Adventures of Captain Marvel, […]
British actor Frederick Kerr was born Frederick Grinham Keen on the 11th of October, 1858 in London. He appeared on stage in both London […]
Karl W Freund, cinematographer on The Golem (1920), Metropolis (1927) and Dracula (1931), was born on the 16th of January 1890 in Koeniginhof, Austro-Hungary. […]
Hammer make-up supremo Philip Leakey was born on the 4th of May, 1908 in London, England. Leakey became the first make-up artist ever to […]
