06/21/1925 - 03/13/2006
Maureen Stapleton (June 21, 1925 – March 13, 2006) was an American actress in film, theater and television.
09/15/1890 - 01/12/1976
Dame Agatha Christie (15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976), was a British crime writer of novels, short stories, and plays. She also wrote romances under the name Mary Westmacott, but she is best remembered for her 80 detective novels...
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Claude Monet (Claude Oscar Monet)
11/14/1840 - 12/05/1926
Claude Monet also known as Oscar-Claude Monet or Claude Oscar Monet (November 14, 1840 – December 5, 1926) was a founder of French impressionist painting, and the most consistent and prolific practitioner of the movement's philosophy of...
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06/29/1943 - 04/10/2003
Eva Narcissus Boyd (June 29, 1943 – April 10, 2003), known by the stage name of Little Eva (after a character from Uncle Tom's Cabin), was an American pop singer.
11/12/1929 - 09/14/1982
Grace Patricia Kelly (November 12, 1929 – September 14, 1982) was an American actress who, in April 1956, married Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, to become Princess consort of Monaco, styled as Her Serene Hi...
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01/06/1954 - 03/18/2008
Anthony Minghella, (6 January 1954 — 18 March 2008) was an English film director, playwright and screenwriter. He was Chairman of the Board of Governors at the British Film Institute between 2003 and 2007.
He won the Academy Award f...
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08/15/1907 - 09/08/2004
Fay Wray (born Vina Fay Wray; September 15, 1907 – August 8, 2004) was a Canadian-American actress most noted for playing the lead in King Kong. Through an acting career that spanned 57 years, Wray attained internati...
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09/26/1891 - 01/11/1985
Sir William John McKell (26 September 1891 – 11 January 1985), Australian politician, was Premier of New South Wales from 1941 to 1947, and was the 12th Governor-General of Australia.
03/11/1938 - 05/22/2011
Joseph Brooks was an American screenwriter, director, producer, and composer. He composed the song "You Light Up My Life" for the film of the same name that he also wrote, directed, and produ...
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Andreas Katsulas (Andrew Katsulas)
05/18/1946 - 02/13/2006
Andrew "Andreas" Katsulas (May 18, 1946 – February 13, 2006) was a Greek-American actor known for his roles as Ambassador G'Kar in the science fiction television series Babylon 5, as...
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04/19/1900 - 08/06/1991
Daniel Roland Michener PC CC CMM OOnt CD QC FRHSC(hon) (April 19, 1900 – August 6, 1991), commonly known as Roland Michener, was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and diplomat who served as Governor General of Canada, the 20th since Canadian Co...
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Jim Thorpe (Jacobus Franciscus Thorpe)
05/28/1888 - 03/28/1953
Jacobus Franciscus "Jim" Thorpe (Sac and Fox (Sauk): Wa-Tho-Huk) (May 28, 1888 – March 28, 1953) was an American athlete of mixed ancestry (mixed Caucasian and American Indian). Considered one of the most versatile athletes of...
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Pete Postlethwaite (Peter William Postlethwaite)
02/07/1946 - 01/02/2011
Peter William "Pete" Postlethwaite (7 February 1946 – 2 January 2011), was an English stage, film and television actor. Postlethwaite's first success came with the film Distant Voices, Still Lives in 1988. He played a myst...
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12/24/1922 - 01/25/1990
Ava Lavinia Gardner (December 24, 1922 – January 25, 1990) was an American actress.
She was signed to a contract by MGM Studios in 1941 and appeared in small roles until she drew attention with her performance in The Killers (1946). She...
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