Ernst Josephson (1851 - 1906)

Painter. He studied at the Academy of Arts in Stockholm, and in Paris and the Netherlands. As an ambitious young artist he declared, “I will be Sweden´s Rembrandt, or die”. In 1876 he received a Royal Medal for his painting “Sten Sture d.ä. befriar Drottning Kristina av Danmark”.  For most of his life he suffered […]

Ernst Josephson (1851 - 1906)

Painter. He studied at the Academy of Arts in Stockholm, and in Paris and the Netherlands. As an ambitious young artist he declared, “I will be Sweden´s Rembrandt, or die”. In 1876 he received a Royal Medal for his painting “Sten Sture d.ä. befriar Drottning Kristina av Danmark”.  For most of his life he suffered […]

Ernst Mayr (1904 - 2005)

Ernst Mayr was the second son of Helene Pusinelli and Dr. Otto Mayr. His father was a jurist (District Prosecuting Attorney at Würzburg)[4] but took an interest in natural history and took the children out on field trips. He learnt all the local birds in Würzburg from his elder brother Otto. He also had access […]

Ernst Moritz Arndt (1769 - 1860)

Author, Poet. He is known chiefly for his patriotic songs and his support of German nationalism and unification, but is also controversial due to his anti-French works and some antisemitic writings. He was also well known for his work to abolish serfdom. He was born the son of a freed serf. He attended the Universities […]

Errett Lobban Cord (1894 - 1974)

Businessman, Industrialist, US Senator. Best known for his Auburn, Cord and Duesenberg family of automobiles. He was the man responsible for some of the most technologically advanced automobiles of the time. He began is automotive manufacturing career in 1924 when rescued the failing Auburn Automobile Company in Auburn, Indiana. He lowered vehicle prices and changed […]

Erroll Garner (1923 - 1977)

Erroll Garner (June 15, 1923 – January 2, 1977; some sources say 1921) was an American jazz pianist and composer known for his swing playing and ballads. His best-known composition, the ballad “Misty”, has become a jazz standard. Scott Yanow of Allmusic calls him “one of the most distinctive of all pianists” and a “brilliant […]

Erskine Caldwell (1903 - 1987)

Author. Novelist known for the works “Tobacco Road” and “God’s Little Acre”. (bio by: Ron Moody)  Family links:  Parents:  Ira Sylvester Caldwell (1872 – 1944)  Caroline Preston Bell Caldwell (1872 – 1968)Cause of death: Unknown

Erskine Childers (1870 - 1922)

Robert Erskine Childers. Writer who served in the Boer War and first came to notice with his excellent spy thriller, ‘The Riddle of the Sands’ (1903). Clerk of the House of Commons in London until 1910. Sympathised with Irish Nationalists and in 1914 used his yacht, ‘Asgard,’ to run guns from Germany to the Irish […]

Erville Alderson (1882 - 1957)

Actor. He appeared in nearly 200 motion picture roles in a career that spanned 40 years. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, he made his screen debut in 1918. He first gained notice as a member of director D.W. Griffith’s stock company, with prominent roles in “The White Rose” (1923), “America” (1924), “Isn’t Life Wonderful?” (1924), […]

Erwin Chargaff (1905 - 2002)

Erwin Chargaff proposed two main rules in his lifetime which were appropriately named Chargaff’s rules. The first and best known achievement was to show that in natural DNA the number of guanine units equals the number of cytosine units and the number of adenine units equals the number of thymine units. In human DNA, for […]

Erwin Geschonneck (1906 - 2008)

Actor. He joined the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) in 1919 and had to flee after the Nazi takeover. The Soviet Union expelled him in 1938 and he moved to Prague,  where he was arrested in 1939. He survived the Concentration Camps of Sachsenhausen, Dachau and Neuengamme and the RAF sinking of the ship “Cap […]

Esma Cannon (1905 - 1972)

Her film début was an uncredited part in The Man Behind the Mask (1936); she was first credited as Polly Shepherd in The Last Adventurers (1937), and she appeared in 64 films over the next 26 years. She had small parts in three early Powell and Pressburger films: The Spy in Black (1939), Contraband (1940) […]

Estée Lauder (1908 - 2004)

Lauder was born Josephine Esther Mentzer in Corona, Queens in 1906, the second child born to Rose Schotz Rosenthal and Max Mentzer. Her mother was French Catholic on her maternal side and Hungarian Jewish on her father’s side. Rose emigrated from Hungary to the United States in 1898 with her five children to join her […]

Estelita Rodriguez (1928 - 1966)

Actress. Cuban born, she made films for Republic Pictures. At one time, she was married to actor Grant Withers.  Family links:  Spouses:  Grant Withers (1905 – 1959)*  Richard A Pego (1919 – 1967)* *Calculated relationshipCause of death: Influenza

Estelle Aubrey Brown (1877 - 1958)

Author. He is best known for her works “A Woman of Character,” “With Trailing Banners,” and “Around Two Worlds.” She also wrote short stories and articles in leading magazines. (bio by: Laurie)

Estelle Axton (1918 - 2004)

Businesswoman. She co-founded Stax Records in 1957. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Stax became a rival to Detroit’s giant Motown sound. Ms. Axton’s record company produced hits from acts including Sam and Dave, Otis Redding Jr., Rufus and Carla Thomas, Booker T. and the MGs, Johnny Taylor, Albert King, Rick Dees and the […]

Estelle Bennett (1941 - 2009)

Estelle Bennett and her sister, Veronica, grew up New York. Children of a white father and black mother, were reported to have been bullied at school, because of their mixed race appearance. She attended George Washington High School in Manhattan where she was valedictorian. Known as studious and interested in fashion, she went on to […]

Estelle Brody (1900 - 1995)

Actress. Daughter of renowned Yiddish Theater composer Joseph Brody, Sister of Composer Murray L. Brody. (bio by: MC)

Estelle Etterre (1899 - 1996)

Actress. Born Eleanor Clough in San Francisco, she performed in vaudeville before producer Hal Roach brought her to Hollywood in 1932. Her elegant features were flexible enough for broad slapstick and she added spice to several comedies starring Laurel & Hardy, “Our Gang” (aka “The Little Rascals”), and Charley Chase. She went on to a […]

Estelle Evans (1906 - 1985)

Actress. Estelle Evans was most famous for her role in the movie “To Kill a Mockingbird”, (1962), as “Calpurnia”. She was born Estelle Rolle on October 1, 1906 in the New Providence District of the Bahamas to parents Jonathan and Elizabeth Rolle (née Dames). She was the eldest of eighteen children. Before acting, she was […]

Estelle Getty (1923 - 2008)

Getty was born Estelle Scher in New York City, the daughter of Sarah and Charles Scher, Polish immigrants of the Jewish faith. They worked in the glass business. She had a sister, Roz, and a brother, David. Getty got her start in the Yiddish theater and also as a comedian in the Catskills borscht belt […]

Estelle Hemsley (1887 - 1968)

Actress. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, she began her career in the theatre and many performances on Broadway before making her film debut “The Return of Mandy’s Husband” (1948). A popular character actor, she won The Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for “Take a Giant Step” (1959). Her other credits included “Edge of the […]

Estelle Lebost Reiner (1914 - 2008)

Actress, Singer. The wife of comedian Carl Reiner and the mother of motion picture director Rob Reiner, she was raised in the Bronx, New York City, New York, where she studied art after graduating from high school and met her future husband while designing sets in the Catskills. The family lived in New Rochelle, New […]

Estelle Lebost Reiner (1914 - 2008)

Actress, Singer. The wife of comedian Carl Reiner and the mother of motion picture director Rob Reiner, she was raised in the Bronx, New York City, New York, where she studied art after graduating from high school and met her future husband while designing sets in the Catskills. The family lived in New Rochelle, New […]

Estelle Reiner (1914 - 2008)

Estelle Reiner was born Estelle Lebost in The Bronx, New York City, and graduated from James Monroe High School. She was a visual artist and met her future husband, Carl Reiner, while she was working in the Catskills, designing stage sets for hotel shows. She married Reiner in 1943, and had three children Rob, Lucas […]

Estelle Taylor (1899 - 1958)

Actress. Appearred in motion pictures from the 1910s to the 1940s. Married for a time to heavyweight boxing champion Jack Dempsey. (bio by: A.J. Marik)  Family links:  Parents:  Bertha Boylan (1874 – 1965)  Spouse:  Jack Dempsey (1895 – 1983)

Estelle Winwood (1883 - 1984)

Respected British-born stage and motion picture actress of the 1910s thru 1970s. She worked well into her 80s and lived past 100 years. Married for a brief time to actor Arthur Chesney. (bio by: A.J. Marik)  Family links:  Spouse:  Francis Barlow Bradley (____ – 1929)* *Calculated relationship

Esther “Kitty” Buhler Bradley (1922 - 2004)

Motion Picture Screenwriter. The second wife of General of the Army Omar N. Bradley, she was a playwright for television and movies. Educated at Kansas Wesleyan University and at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), (later receiving an honorary doctorate’s degree from Park College), she was a freelance writer for UPI in Okinawa when […]

Esther Dale (1885 - 1961)

She attended Leland and Gray Seminary in Townsend, Vermont. In Berlin, Germany, she studied music and enjoyed a successful career as a singer of lieder on the concert stage.  In America, she transferred to the acting stage and cultivated a career as an actress in summer stock. She starred in Carrie Nation on Broadway in […]

Esther Hobart Morris (1814 - 1902)

Esther Hobart Morris (August 8, 1814 – April 3, 1902) was the first woman justice of the peace in the United States. A mother of three boys, she began her tenure as justice in South Pass City, Wyoming, on February 14, 1870, serving a term of less than nine months. The Sweetwater County Board of […]