Glenda Hope Crane (1915 - 2002)

Actress. She performed with her sister Virginia Crane, touring together as the Crane Sisters. During World War II, she played in USO shows in Europe and the Mediterranean. Following the end of her show business career, she later changed her last name to Hope. In December 1946, she married United States Army Captain Crawford Morse […]

Glenn Anders (1889 - 1981)

Actor. He began his career  in vaudeville on the Orpheum circuit. He made his Broadway debut in 1919 in “Just Around the Corner.” He had a long career on Broadway, and appeared in appeared in three Pulitzer Prize winning plays – “Hell Bent for Heaven” (1924), “They Knew What They Wanted” (1924)  and “Strange Interlude” […]

Glenn Corbett (1933 - 1993)

An American lead actor and supporting actor, Glenn Corbett was born Glenn Edwin Rothenburg on August 17, 1933, the son of a garage mechanic. After serving time in the United States Navy as a Seabee, he met his wife Judy at Occidental College, and with her encouragement, he began acting in campus theater plays. He […]

Glenn Ford (1916 - 2006)

Glenn Ford Legendary actor Glenn Ford was born Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford in Sainte-Christine-d’Auvergne, Quebec, Canada, to Hannah Wood (Mitchell) and Newton Ford, a railroad executive. His family moved to Santa Monica, California when he was eight years old. His acting career began with plays at high school, followed by acting in West Coast, a […]

Glenn Frey (1948 - 2016)

Glenn Frey Glenn Frey was an all-American rock star determined to make it and certain he knew how. “He was the first guy to say, ‘If you don’t get the business right and the music right, you’re screwed,’” said Eagles manager Irving Azoff, clearly shaken by the death of his longtime friend on Monday. “Early […]

Glenn Herbert “King of the Wildcatters” McCarthy (1907 - 1988)

Developer of Shamrock Hotels. ‘Oil Man.’  Family links:  Parents:  William Peter McCarthy (1886 – 1959)  Leah Townsend McCarthy (1890 – 1979)  Spouse:  Faustine Lee McCarthy (1913 – 2003)*  Children:  Mary Margaret McCarthy Davis (1931 – 1988)*  Faustine Lee McCarthy Garbrecht (1937 – 2012)* *Calculated relationship

Glenn Miller (1904 - 1944)

Glenn Miller Alton Glenn Miller was born in Clarinda, Iowa on March 1, 1904. But it was in North Platte, Nebraska, several years later that Glenn actually got his musical start when, one day, his father brought home a mandolin. Glenn promptly traded it for an old battered horn, which he practiced every chance he […]

Glenn S. Dumke (1917 - 1989)

Educator. He moved to California in 1923, received a bachelor and master’s degree at Occidental College and his doctorate in history at the University of California, Los Angeles. In 1957, he became president of San Francisco State College and while in that post was one of the principal architects of “The Master Plan for Higher […]

Glenn Sutton (1937 - 2007)

Glenn Sutton Glenn Sutton,  Funeral services will be held Friday (April 20) in Nashville for songwriter-producer Glenn Sutton, a key figure in the success of Tammy Wynette, Lynn Anderson and David Houston. Sutton, 69, died Tuesday (April 18) of an apparent heart attack at his Nashville home. A 1999 inductee into the Nashville Songwriters Hall […]

Gloria Blondell (1910 - 1986)

Actress. The lesser-known sister of Joan Blondell, she performed in around two dozen Hollywood features. First appearing on Broadway in the 1935 “Three Men on a Horse”, she made her silver screen debut with 1938’s “Daredevil Drivers”. Gloria co-starred with Ronald Reagan in “Accidents Will Happen” (1938), then saw most of her work in the […]

Gloria Castillo (1933 - 1978)

Gloria Castillo (March 3, 1933 – October 24, 1978) was an American stage and motion picture actress of the 1950s. Castillo was born in Belen, New Mexico, and graduated from the University of New Mexico in June 1954. Gloria Castillo appeared in a production of the play Late Love in July 1954, at the Little Theater […]

Gloria Dickson (1917 - 1945)

Born in Pocatello, Idaho as Thais Alalia Dickerson, Dickson began acting during high school in amateur theatre productions. Encouraged by her acting coaches, she moonlighted doing dramatic readings at social clubs and on KFOX radio station in Long Beach, California. In April 1936, she was spotted by Warner Brothers talent scout Max Arnow who signed […]

Gloria Foster (1933 - 2001)

Gloria Foster was born on November 15, 1933, in Chicago, Illinois. As a young child she was put into custody of her mother’s grandparents. Gloria Foster never knew who her father was and she moved to Janesville, Wisconsin after her mother was hospitalized for a mental illness. Her grandmother, Eleanor Sudds, and her grandfather, Clyde […]

Gloria Grahame (1923 - 1981)

Grahame was born Gloria Grahame Hallward in Los Angeles, California. She was raised a Methodist. Reginald Michael Bloxam Hallward, her father, was an architect and author and her mother, Jeanne McDougall, who used the stage name Jean Grahame, was a British stage actress and acting teacher. McDougall taught her younger daughter acting during her childhood […]

Gloria Hatrick Stewart (1918 - 1994)

Actress. A model and part-time actress who mostly played herself, she is remembered as the wife of famed actor Jimmy Stewart. Born Gloria Hatrick in Larchmount, New York, she became a model and gave it up to marry and raise a family.  She was married twice, first to Edward Beale McLean, Jr. with whom she […]

Gloria Holden (1903 - 1991)

Born in England, Gloria Holden emigrated to the U.S. as a child. Her mother Eska (née Bergmann) was German. She attended school in Wayne, Pennsylvania, and later studied at New York’s American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Holden’s early stage work included small parts in plays such as The Royal Family, in which she spoke four lines […]

Gloria Hope (1899 - 1976)

American silent screen actress of the 1910s and 20s. Married to actor Lloyd Hughes. (bio by: A.J. Marik)

Gloria Marín (1916 - 1983)

Actress. Popular Mexican actress who had numerous roles in cinema, theater and TV during 1930s through the 1980s. She teamed with Mexican singer and actor Jorge Negrete as the most popular romantic couple of the era, both on and off screen. They together played a leading role in eleven films. Among them “¡Ay Jalisco, no […]

Gloria Stuart (1910 - 2010)

Gloria Stuart Gloria Stuart had an interesting, and long spanning acting career which ran nearly 80 years. She would accumulate an Oscar nomination, Golden Globe nomination, a Saturn award, and received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Screen Actors Guild. Stuart received her big break when she was able to sign with Universal Studios. She […]

Gloria Swanson (1899 - 1983)

Actress and Film Producer. She was one of the most prominent stars during the silent film era as both an actress and a fashion icon, especially under the direction of Cecil B. DeMille, making dozens of silent films and being nominated for the first Academy Award in the Best Actress category. Born Gloria May Josephine […]

Gloria Talbott (1931 - 2000)

She grew up in Glendale in Los Angeles County, California, a city co-founded by one of her grandfathers. Her sister, Lori Talbott, also became an actress.  Talbott began her career as a child actor in such films as Maytime (1937) , Sweet and Low-down (1944) and A Tree Grows In Brooklyn (1945).  After leaving school, […]

Gloria Winters (1931 - 2010)

Actress. She shall be remembered as Penny King from the 1950s television series “Sky King”. Raised in Los Angeles, she got her start in show business early, appearing as a baby in the 1932 “Virtue”, which starred Carole Lombard. She had some other small roles as a child, then begining in the late 1940s was […]

Godfrey Cambridge (1933 - 1976)

While pursuing an acting career, Godfrey Cambridge supported himself with a variety of jobs, including “cab driver, bead-sorter, ambulance driver, gardener, judo instructor, and clerk for the New York City Housing Authority,” as well as cleaning airplanes and making popcorn bunnies. His first role was as a bartender in the off-Broadway play Take a Giant Step. […]

Godfrey N. Frankenstein (1820 - 1873)

Artist. Best known for his landscape painting. His most known work is the panorama painting of Niagara Falls. (bio by: Laurie)  Family links:  Parents:  John A. Frankenstein (1789 – 1842)  Anna C. Vollhard Frankenstein (1792 – 1871)  Siblings:  John Peter Frankenstein (1817 – 1881)*  Godfrey N. Frankenstein (1820 – 1873)  Marie M.C. Frankenstein Frankenstein (1822 […]

Godfrey of Bouillon (1060 - 1100)

Godfrey of Bouillon was born around 1060 as the second son of Eustace II Count of Boulogne and Ida, daughter of Godfrey, Duke of Lower Lorraine and his wife, Doda). His birthplace was probably Boulogne-sur-Mer, although one 13th-century chronicler cites Baisy, a town in Lower Lorraine (Belgium). As second son, he had fewer opportunities than […]

Godfried Jan Arnold Bomans (1913 - 1971)

Author. Born in The Hague, Netherlands, he was a popular Dutch author and television personality. He is best known for his books of modern day fairy tales and his short stories. Some of his best works included “Erik, or the Little Insect Book” (1940), “De avonturen van Pa Pinkelman” (1946), “Avonturen van Tante Pollewop” (1948) […]

Gogi Grant (1924 - 2016)

Gogi Grant Gogi Grant, one of the premier vocalists of the 1950s and 1960s, is known for her crystal clear voice, perfect pitch, and strong vocal range. She was born Myrtle Audrey Arinsberg on September 20, 1924, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Alexander and Rose Jacobsen Arinsberg, first generation Americans whose parents had come from England […]

Golde Flami (1918 - 2007)

Stage, Motion Picture, and Television Actress. One of the most popular actresses of the Golden Age of Argentine cinema (1940s and 1950s). She is well remembered for her “femme fatale” roles. Born Golda Flon in Ukraine, she emigrated with her family to Argentina in 1923.  She began her career in the yiddish theater of the […]

Goldie Colwell (1889 - 1982)

American actress in early silents (1913-1918). Sometimes credited as Goldie Caldwell. (bio by: A.J. Marik)

Goldie Hill (1933 - 2005)

Goldie Hill Hill was soon performing on Louisiana Hayride as part of her brother Tommy’s band. On the show, she was dubbed The Golden Hillbilly, and the name stuck with her for the rest of her career. Louisiana Hayride opened even more doors for Hill, and she soon had a contract with Decca Records. Her […]