Sally Anne Golden (1910 - 1982)

Actress. Born in Sally Annazecsky Goldenni in Dresden, Germany, she immigrated as a child with her family to America, settling in Wisconsin. She made appearances in three films “Communion” (1976), “The Wanderers” (1979) and was the oldest cast member in the “Friday the 13th” (1980). She also appeared on the television series “Ryan’s Hope” before […]

Sarah Goldberg (1974 - 2014)

American Actress. Goldberg, who attended Amherst College and graduated in 1996 with a BS in microbiology, decided to pursue her dreams of acting instead. She got her start after appearing as an extra in the 1997 film ‘My Best Friend’s Wedding’. Shortly thereafter, she moved to California and appeared in several commercials and television shows, […]

Madeline Lee Lederman Gilford (1923 - 2008)

Actress, Author. A working actress from the age of three, she married the legendary character actor Jack Gilford in 1949 and they remained a vital force in the New York theatre scene until his death in 1990. Like many actors of post-World War II era, both were heavily involved in left-wing politics. She and her […]

Moyra Fraser (1923 - 2009)

Actress. Though best known in her later years as Penny of the BBC hit “As Time Goes By”, her forte was the stage, where she made herself a comedic staple of the West End over a long career. After arriving in England at age one, she took her bow as a singer and dancer with […]

Thomas Cole (1801 - 1848)

Artist. The founder of Hudson River School of Art, he was born at Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire, England. He was a noted landscape artist who inspired other artists to paint the unspoiled beauty of the natural landscapes about them especially in the Hudson River Valley. He is credited with being the founder of a distinctly American art […]

Joseph Foxcroft Cole (1837 - 1892)

Acclaimed Artist. Apprentice with artist Winslow Homer. Best known for his works of ‘Coast of Normandy’, and ‘The Aberjond’, both can be seen in the Winchesster Library in Massachusetts. (bio by: Laurie)

Nudie Cohn (1902 - 1984)

Famed Western Clothes Designer. Born in Kiev, Russia, as Nuta Kotlyarenko, at age 11, amid pogroms against Jews, he was sent to America with his brother; there he and his wife, Bobbie Nudie Cohn, popularized sequins when the two of them designed and provided glittery sequined and rhinestone-studded suits and costumes to the entertainment industry […]

Émile Cohl (1857 - 1938)

Animation Pioneer.  He was the world’s first filmaker to devote himself exclusively to animation.  In 1908 he amazed Paris movie audiences with his first film,  “Fantasmogorie,”  in which white stick figures cavorted against a black background.  He went on to create some 100 brief cartoons,  drawing and photographing each frame himself.  Cohl introduced the first […]

Matchett Herring Coe (1907 - 1999)

Sculptor.  A US Navy combat veteran of WW II, he attended public schools and college in Louisiana and at South Park College (now Lamar University), TX, majoring in electrical engineering. During 1939-40 he studied sculpture under Carl Mines at Cranbrook Art Academy in Michigan, and has come to be recognized as one of the foremost […]

Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963)

Poet, painter, writer, and director. Jean Cocteau was born on July 5, 1889, in Maisons-Laffitte, France, a village 12 miles outside Paris, to Georges and Eugénie (née) Lecomte Cocteau. He and his two older siblings were brought up in comfortable household in Paris, where they were introduced to the arts by their parents. Their father, […]

Roland Eli Coate (1890 - 1958)

American Architect.  Coate, who is credited with designing the first Monterey Colonial home in Southern California, first attended Earlham College for two years, then transferred to Cornell University where he earned his degree in architecture in 1914.  After serving in World War I as a 1st Lieutenant with the American Expeditionary Forces, he moved to […]

Frances Faye (1911 - 1991)

Singer, Songwriter, Actress. Born Francis Cohen in Brooklyn, New York, she was a second cousin of actor Danny Kaye whom began her career as a cabaret show tune singer and pianist. In the 1930s to 1960s, she recorded dozens of albums to include “Frances Faye”, “Frances Faye Sings Folk Songs”, “Frances Faye Sings the Blues” […]

Anne Bradshaw Clopton (1878 - 1956)

Artist. Anne Bradshaw was born during the summer of 1878 in Shelbyville, Tennessee. She was the first of six children. Her parents were both teachers, and young Anne had a strong desire to learn. When Anne was eleven years old she read in a magazine about a German artist who painted on the webs of […]

Henry Clews, Jr (1876 - 1937)

Noted Artist, Sculptor. Between the years 1903 and 1914, seven exhibitions of Clews paintings and sculptures were held in New York City. In 1918 he bought a medieval fortress located on a promontory overlooking the Cote D’Azur, just west of Cannes, in Southern France and devoted the next 18 years to restoring the castle and […]

Michele Fawdon (1947 - 2011)

Actress. She shall be remembered for her long career on Australian television. Raised in the London suburbs she had stage ambitions from an early age and at 12 entered the Bush Davies Theatrical School in Sussex. Moving to Australia she made her silver screen bow in 1971’s “Stockade” and received her first major notice as […]

Auguste Clésinger (1814 - 1883)

Sculptor. His full name was Jean-Baptiste (Auguste) Clésinger, he studied under his father, the sculptor Georges-Philippe Clésinger.  Born in Besançon, in the Doubs department of France. Auguste first exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1843 with a bust of vicomte Jules de Valdahon and last exhibited there in 1864. In 1847 at the Salon, he […]

Renée Faure (1918 - 2005)

Actress. She was born in Paris and died in Clamart (Hauts de Seine). She is best remembered for her film “La Chartreuse de Parme” (1948). She also appeared in “L’Assasinat du Père Nöel” (1941), “François Villon” (1945), “Adorables Créatures” (1952), “Le Judge et l’Assasin” (1976), “La Petite Voleuse” (1988), “Dédé” (1990), “À la Vitesse d’un […]

Stiles Oliver Clements (1883 - 1966)

Architect. Educated in architecture at the Drexel Institute of Technology, he went on to earn a master’s degree in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1911, he moved to Los Angeles, California and became a partner in the firm of Morgan, Walls, Morgan and Clements, Architects in 1923. He started his our firm architectural practice […]

Antoni Clavé (1913 - 2005)

Artist. He was born in Barcelona (Spain) and died in Saint Tropez (France). He was forced to exiled after Spanish Civil War, and he moved to France, where was one of the founders of Spanish École de Paris. His works was included in abstract and expressionist style. He was disciple of valencian painter José Mongrell. […]

Camille Claudel (1864 - 1943)

Camille Claudel The French sculptor Camille Claudel (1864-1943) was the muse, pupil, and lover of Auguste Rodin, as well as a major artist in her own right. She is perhaps better known for her tempestuous relationship with Rodin than for her moving works of art, many of which can be found at the Musee Rodin […]

Otto Classen (1868 - 1939)

Respected 20th century artist. Known for his desert landscapes and portraits. His crypt is located in a corridor at Hollywood Forever that had been closed to the general public for many years until reopening in 2004. (bio by: A.J. Marik)  Family links:  Spouse:  Elsie L. Classen (1873 – 1956)

Isak Gustaf Clason (1856 - 1930)

Architect.  Isak studied engineering and later architecture at the Institute of Technology in Stockholm, where he was a student of A. T. Gellerstedt, and later at the architectural school of the Academy of Arts. He received the royal medal in 1881 and studied abroad 1883-1886. Isak was elected member of the Academy of Arts in […]

Renée Maria Falconetti (1892 - 1946)

Actress. Although she spent most of her life as a stage comedienne actress Maria Falconetti would forever make her place in history for her one and only film role, that of the title role in Carl Dryer’s silent masterpiece “La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc” (The Passion of Joan of Arc). Her work in that film, […]

Bob Clampett (1913 - 1984)

Renowned American animator of the 1930s, 40s, 50s, and 60s. Well-known for his innovative and influencial drawing style and animation directing. Worked for Warner Bros. for many years until producing the popular “Beany and Cecil” series of cartoons for television. (bio by: A.J. Marik)  Family links:  Parents:  Ruth Clampett (1898 – 1961)

Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis (1875 - 1911)

Artist and Composer. A unique figure in the history of European arts, has left a profound imprint on Lithuanian culture. Over a short, decade-long career, he composed nearly four hundred musical compositions, including two large-scale symphonic poems, an overture, two piano sonatas, a string quartet, and a cantata for chorus and orchestra.  During those same […]

Marion Fairbanks (1900 - 1973)

Actress. She was one of “The Thanhouser Twins.” The twins began their career on the stage in such productions as “Alias Jimmy Valentine,” “Mother,” “Salomy Jane,” “Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch” and coutless others before they entered films. In 1927 Marion married former Yale football star McCormick Steele, but within a few years the […]

Frederic Edwin Church (1826 - 1900)

Artist. Specialized in, and is most famous for, painting realistic tropical landscapes. Some of his works are “Cotopaxi” (1854), “The Heart of the Andes” (1859), “Aurora Borealis” (1865) and “Aegean Sea” (1871). “Cotopaxi” presently hangs in the New York City Public Libraries Gallery, and “Aegean Sea” is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. (bio by: […]

Chumy Chúmez (1927 - 2003)

Political humorist, cartoonist. He collaborated in several newspapers such as “Triunfo” and “Diario Madrid.” He also published in magazines such as “Hermano Lobo” and “La Codorniz.” His real name was José María González Castillo. (bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)

John Christopherson (1921 - 1996)

Artist. His early life was spent working at Shell-Mex house and County Hall, London, where decorated his office with prints by the artist Paul Nash. He started painting around 1950 while working at the Geological Museum, London. At this time he began to visit West-end galleries and met the sculptor Jacob Epstein. By 1959 he […]

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki (1726 - 1801)

Painter. Largely self-taught, Daniel achieved his first popular success with the sentimental painting The Parting of Jean Calas from His Family (1767), which shows the influence of Greuze. He began engraving in 1758. The bulk of his work was in illustrating scientific books by Basedow, Buffon, Lavater, Pestalozzi and others. He also painted many portraits […]