Anna Neagle (1904 - 1986)

Actress. She was a theatrical and cinematic institution in England, and one of the most popular screen actresses of the mid-20th century. She is perhaps best remembered for her role as Queen Victoria in the films “Victoria the Great” (1937) and “Sixty Glorious Years” (1938). She was also a great success in “Spring in Park […]

Anna Nicole Smith (1967 - 2007)

Anna Nicole Smith Anna Nicole Smith (born Vickie Lynn Hogan; November 28, 1967 – February 8, 2007) was an American model, actress, and television personality. Smith first gained popularity in Playboy, winning the 1993 Playmate of the Year. She modeled for clothing companies, including Guess jeans and Lane Bryant. Anna Nicole Smith dropped out of […]

Anna of Austria (1528 - 1590)

Anna of Austria (Prague, July 7, 1528 – Munich, October 16, 1590) was the daughter of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor and his wife Anna of Bohemia and Hungary (1503–1547). Anna was the third of fifteen children. Her siblings included: Elizabeth, Queen of Poland, Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria, Catherine, Queen […]

Anna Piaggi (1932 - 2012)

Anna Maria Piaggi (22 March 1931 – 7 August 2012) was an Italian fashion writer and style icon.  Piaggi was born in Milan on 22 March 1931. She worked as a translator for an Italian publishing company Mondadori, then wrote for fashion magazines such as the Italian edition of Vogue and, in the 1980s, the […]

Anna Przybylska (1978 - 2014)

Actress, Model. A pretty brunette, she is remembered for numerous film appearances as well as for a large number of print and television ads. Raised on the north central coast of Poland, she had early modeling ambitions but in 1997 got her initial assignment in the form of her silver screen debut in “The Dark […]

Anna Przybylska (1978 - 2014)

Actress, Model. A pretty brunette, she is remembered for numerous film appearances as well as for a large number of print and television ads. Raised on the north central coast of Poland, she had early modeling ambitions but in 1997 got her initial assignment in the form of her silver screen debut in “The Dark […]

Anna Q. Nilsson (1888 - 1974)

Anna Q. Nilsson was born in Ystad, Skåne County, Sweden in 1888. Her middle name, “Quirentia ” is derived from her date of birth, March 30 Saint Quirinius’ Day. When she was 8 years old her father got a job at the local sugar factory in Hasslarp, a small community outside Helsingborg in Sweden where […]

Anna Quirentia Nilsson (1888 - 1974)

Actress. The first Swedish-born actress to receive a Star on the Hollywood Blvd. Walk of Fame. She appeared in almost 200 films from 1911 to 1954, and she was often uncredited in later ‘sound’ films. She played in “The Thirteenth Commandment” (1920), “The Luck of the Irish” (1920), “Adam’s Rib” (1923), “Blockade” (1928), “They Died […]

Anna Sten (1908 - 1993)

Actress. She was born Anel Sudakevich in Russia, to a Ukrainian father and a Swedish mother. She appeared in Russian motion pictures during the silent era and in German movies during the 1930s. From 1934 she played in American motion pictures with Metro Goldwyn Mayer: “Nana” (1934) with Lionel Atwill and Mae Clarke, “We Live […]

Anna Synodinou (1927 - 2016)

Actress. She worked in films, television, and the theatrical stage before serving in Parliament and in government. She studied at the National Theatre of Greece Drama School and excelled in ancient drama.   Synodinou performed on the theatrical stage before going into the cinema world and later television.   Her film and television credits include […]

Anna Tokes (1898 - 1966)

Actress. A leading star of the Hungarian stage. Her 41-year association with the famed National Theatre of Budapest was one of the longest in that company’s history. She was particularly noted for her performances in the modern repertory. Tokes was born in Marosvasarhely, Hungary,  and made her acting debut in 1923.  She was signed by […]

Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington (1876 - 1973)

Artist.  Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her father, Alpheus Hyatt, was a professor of paleontology and zoology at Harvard University and MIT, and served as a contributing factor to her early interest in animals and animal anatomy. She studied with sculptors Henry Hudson Kittleson in Boston and Hermon Atkins MacNeil at the Art Students League. She […]

Annabella (1907 - 1996)

Born Suzanne Georgette Charpentier in La Varenne Saint Hilaire, Val-de-Marne, France. Annabella’s chance to enter films came when her father entertained a film producer who gave her a small part in Napoléon in 1927. It was not until she starred in Le Million that she was acclaimed and over the following decade established herself as one of France’s most popular cinema actresses. […]

Annabella Power (1907 - 1996)

Actress. Born Suzanne Georgette Charpentier, the daughter of a magazine publisher, in la Varenne Saint Hilaire, France, on July 14, 1909 (although sources vary the years from 1904 to 1913), she appeared under the screen-name “Annabella”–which she kept throughout her subsequent acting career–in French director Abel Gance’s legendary silent epic “Napoléon” (1927), and director René […]

Annabelle Lyon (1916 - 2011)

Annabelle Lyon (New York City, January 8, 1916 – November 4, 2011, Mansfield, Massachusetts) was an American ballerina. She was a principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre. She was raised in Memphis, where her father Max ran a chain of grocery stores. She took her first ballet lessons there and, showing talent, received a scholarship […]

Annalisa Ericson (1913 - 2011)

Actress, Dancer. Originally a ballerina, she was a star of the Swedish stage and screen for more than 70 years. Raised in Stockholm she began ballet lessons at five and quickly found work as a child dancer with the Royal Opera. She continued her appearances there until around 1930 when she made her silver screen […]

Anne Bancroft (1931 - 2005)

Actress, Stage, Screen, Television. Her career spanned half a century. Anne Bancroft was a prolific award winner for her excellent acting. Nominated for an Academy Award four times, she won once then was a two time winner of both Tony and Emmy Awards. However, her role as ‘Mrs. Robinson’ in the “Graduate” was her defining […]

Anne Bauchens (1882 - 1967)

Noted Film Editor. She worked as the editor on every Cecil B. DeMille film from 1919 on. It was also said that Mr. DeMille would not sign a contract to do a film unless Ms. Bauchens was also signed on. Oscar nominations/win for film editing: “The Ten Commandments” (1956),  “The Greatest Show on Earth” (1952), […]

Anne Baxter (1923 - 1985)

Actress. Anne Baxter was born in Michigan City, Indiana to a father salesman and her mother Catherine was the daughter of Frank Lloyd Wright. She arrived in New York City at age 11, attending various private schools. Possessing an acting talent and encouraged by her mother, Anne won a part at age 13 in a […]

Anne Bracegirdle (1970 - 1748)

Actress. Born in the years between 1663 and 1671, records indicate that she was baptized in Northampton on November 15, 1671. She was reportedly raised under the care of the actor Thomas Betterton, who ran a company of players at the Cockpit in Drury Lane. Tradition has it that she made her stage debut in […]

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 […]

Anne Bronte (1820 - 1849)

British Novelist and Poet. Anne Bronte was one of the three Bronte sisters who became renowned authors, the others being Charlotte and Emily Bronte. Even though she wrote and published only two novels, she would become a major literary figure in her own right. She was born the youngest of six children in Thornton, West […]

Anne Burr (1920 - 2003)

Actress. She was also known as Anne Burr McDermott. She was an actress who appeared on Broadway in New York City and appeared as Gloria LaRue Harper on “Guiding Light” as an original cast member from 1952 to 1954 on radio and television. She later appeared as another original cast member, Clare English Lowell Cassen […]

Anne Canova (1901 - 1994)

Anne Canova Singer, Musician, Actress. Member of the singing/acting Canova family, which included sister Judy Canova

Anne Cornwall (1897 - 1980)

Actress. Cornwall’s most important silent-screen appearance was as Buster Keaton’s girlfriend in “College” (1927). Cornwall is also remembered in the talking movie “Men O’ War” (1929) with Laurel and Hardy. (bio by: MC)  Family links:  Spouse:  Ellis Wing Taylor (1887 – 1951)* *Calculated relationship

Anne Dudley Bradstreet (1612 - 1672)

Poet. Born Anne Dudley to nonconformist parents Thomas Dudley and Dorothy Yorke Dudley in Northampton, England. Her father was the steward for the Earl of Lincoln and afforded his daughter an unusually complete education. About 1620 she married Simon Bradstreet, her father’s assistant. On March 29, 1630, Bradstreet and her family sailed for the New […]

Anne Francis (1930 - 2011)

Actress. Born Anne Lloyd Francis, in Ossining, New York, she began her career in the entertainment industry initially at the age of five, when she was put under contract with the John Robert Powers Agency as a model and cover girl (in order to provide income for her family during “The Depression”). She moved onto […]

Anne Frank (1929 - 1970)

Anne Frank Annelies Marie “Anne” Frank (Dutch pronunciation: [ɑnəˈlis maːˈri ˈɑnə ˈfrɑŋk], 12 June 1929 – early March 1945) was a diarist and writer. She was one of the most discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Her wartime diary The Diary of a Young Girl has been the basis for several plays and films. Born […]

Anne Gwynne (1918 - 2003)

Anne Gwynne was born in Waco, Texas, the daughter of Pearl (née Guinn) and Jefferson Benjamin Trice, an apparel manufacturer. After her family moved to St. Louis, Missouri, she attended Stephens College, where she studied drama. While accompanying her father to a convention in Los Angeles, Gwynne obtained a job modeling for Catalina Swimwear. She soon […]

Anne Haney (1934 - 2001)

Haney appeared in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “The Survivors” as Rishon Uxbridge, and later appeared as a Bajoran arbitrator in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode “Dax”. She was a regular guest-star during the syndicated run of Mama’s Family, playing Alberta Meechum, the nemesis of Thelma Harper. On Our House she […]