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Warren William Krech was born in Aitkin, Minnesota on the 2nd of December, 1894 of German stock. After high school, he won a place […]
The German stage and film actor Werner Johannes Krauss was born at the parsonage of Gestungshausen, in Upper Franconia, on the 23rd of June, […]
Wesley Earl Craven was born in Cleveland, Ohio on the 2nd of August, 1939. Studying English, psychology, philosophy and writing, he moved into the […]
Born in New York on the 25th of October, 1909, Whitner Nutting Bissell trained with the Carolina Playmakers before moving to the Broadway stage. […]
William Dyer was born in Atlanta, Georgia on the 11th of March, 1881 and would go on to become a prolific supporting actor of […]
Willis Harold O’Brien was born on the 2nd of March, 1886 in Oakland, California. He took on a variety of jobs including working as […]
Elisabeth Johann was born on the 14th of July, 1904 in the village of Deutschbentschek, Austro-Hungary, now Timişoara in Romania. Her father, hussar officer […]
