Astrid Allwyn (1905 - 1978)

Astrid Allwyn (November 27, 1905 – March 31, 1978) was an American stage and film actress.  She studied dancing and dramatics in New York and later joined a stock company. Allwyn made her Broadway debut in 1929 in Elmer Rice’s Street Scene. On the strength of her performance in Once in a Lifetime, she was […]

Astrid Lindgren (1907 - 2002)

Astrid Lindgren grew up in Näs, near Vimmerby, Småland, Sweden, and many of her books are based on her family and childhood memories and landscapes. Lindgren was the daughter of Samuel August Ericsson and Hanna Jonsson. She had two sisters, Stina and Ingegerd, and a brother, Gunnar Ericsson, who eventually became a member of the Swedish […]

Astrid Varnay (1918 - 2006)

Both her parents were Hungarian and born in small towns in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, but she was born in Stockholm, Sweden, where her parents were living during part of World War I. During a Da Capo interview in 2012 Varany claimed that although she was born in Stockholm, her ancestry was Hungarian, French and German. […]

Athene Seyler (1889 - 1990)

Athene Seyler was educated at Coombe Hill School in Surrey, a progressive co-educational school which disliked petitionary prayer and whose advanced biology classes studied Darwin’s On The Origin of Species. Seyler took part in an anti-blood sports demonstration, during which pupils captured the fox from the local hunt. She was also active in the South Place […]

Athole Shearer Hawks (1900 - 1985)

Actress. Born in Quebec, Canada, she moved to Hollywood in 1919 and started obtaining minor film roles. She made her debut in “The Flapper” (1920), followed by “Way Down East” (1920) and “The Restless Sex” (1920). She was also the sister of actress Norma Shearer and was married to film director Howard Hawks. (bio by: […]

Atilla Arcan (1970 - 2015)

Actor. Arcan, born Atilla Gurses, was an actor and comic who was well known for his appearances on television and film and also his impersonations of Turkish politicians during the 1990s. He was born to theatrical family with his father being a director and scriptwriter and was a familiar face in television and film during […]

Atkinson Morley (1970 - 1858)

Left money with which the Atkinson Morley Hospital was built. He was a hotel proprietor.

Aubrey Beardsley (1872 - 1898)

Artist-illustrator, pianist. Aubrey Beardsley, whose elegant, edgy and often erotic drawings helped to define the Art Nouveau style, first came to public attention as a musical child prodigy, giving piano recitals at the Royal Pavilion in his native Brighton, England. Stalked by tuberculosis nearly all of his brief life, he lived in the creative “fast […]

Aubrey Beattie (1970 - 1970)

Stage and Screen Actor. His silent films include “Motherhood” (1917), “Hedda Gabler” (1917) and “Life’s Greatest Problem” (1918). His performances on stage included “The Ninety and Nine” (1902), “Another Man’s Shoes”(1918), and “She Got What She Wanted” (1929).  (bio by: Ginny M)  Family links:  Spouse:  Zaida A. Wright Beattie (1872 – 1937)* *Calculated relationship

Aubrey Bodine (1906 - 1970)

Aubrey Bodine was an American photographer and photojournalist for the Baltimore Sun‘s Sunday Sun Magazine, also known as the brown section, for fifty years. Bodine is known for his images of Maryland landmarks and traditions. Bodine’s books include My Maryland, Chesapeake Bay and Tidewater, Face of Maryland, Face of Virginia, and Guide to Baltimore and Annapolis. He was born July 21, 1906, in Baltimore, Maryland. After entering professional photography […]

Aud Schønemann Pande-Rolfsen (1922 - 2006)

Norwegian Actress.  Daughter of actors’ August Schønemann (1891–1925) and Dagmar Kristensen (1901–1987). Married to actor Jan Pande-Rolfsen from 1948. Being both a dramatic actress as well as a world class comedienne, she became one of Norway’s most beloved entertainer. Made her debut on stage in 1942 and went on to become a versatile performer. She […]

Audie Murphy (1924 - 1971)

Audie Murphy On 28 May 1971, Murphy was killed when the private plane in which he was a passenger crashed into Brush Mountain, near Catawba, Virginia, 20 miles (32 km) west of Roanoke in conditions of rain, clouds, fog and zero visibility. The pilot and four other passengers were also killed.[180] The aircraft was a twin-engine […]

Audra Lindley (1918 - 1997)

Born in Los Angeles, California, Audra Lindley was the daughter of show business parents. Her father was Bert Lindley, an actor who played small roles from 1917 through 1937. She got her early start in Hollywood by being a stand-in, which eventually progressed to stunt work, and eventually became a contract player with Warner Brothers. […]

Audre Joan Monture Knecht (1930 - 1989)

Born Audrey Monture, she dropped the “y” when she became on actress. She acted on Stage and Film during the 40’s and 50’s, appearing in minor roles in such films as “The Luck of Ginger Coffey” and “Niagara” among others. She co-hosted a talk radio program in Kankakee, IL under the name “Audre K”. In […]

Audree Norton (1927 - 2015)

Actress. A pretty brunette, she is remembered as the first deaf performer to become a television regular. Born Audree Lauraine Bennett, she was raised in Minnesota, was deaf from age two due to meningitis, attended the Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf, and in 1952 graduated from the famed Gallaudet University of Washington, DC. Also […]

Audrey Hepburn (1929 - 1993)

Actress. Her impressive career in film and theatre spanned 42 years, ending only with her death in 1993.  A vastly influential person and notable humanitarian, she received over fifty awards and international distinctions for her work in film and, later, for her efforts on behalf of children everywhere. Born in Brussels, Belgium, as a child, […]

Audrey Lindvall (1982 - 2006)

Born in Lee’s Summit, Missouri, to Randall (a pharmacist) and Laura Rasdall, she graduated from Lee’s Summit High School in June 2001. Growing up with four sisters and one brother, it was her sister, Michelle, that wanted to be a model. Michelle and her other sister Angela, went to local Kansas City fashion shows. It […]

Audrey Long (1922 - 2014)

Audrey Long was born on April 14, 1922 in Orlando, Florida. She was educated at St. Margaret’s School for Girls in Tappahannock, Virginia, Los Gatos High School in Los Gatos, California, and Disputana High School. Her father, C.S. Long, an Episcopal minister was a naturalized American citizen and served as a chaplain with the United […]

Audrey Meadows (1922 - 1996)

Audrey Meadows After high school, Audrey Meadows sang in the Broadway musical Top Banana before becoming a regular on television in The Bob and Ray Show. She was then hired to play Alice on The Jackie Gleason Show after the actress who originated the role, Pert Kelton, was forced to leave the show due to […]

Audrey Totter (1917 - 2013)

Actress. Comfortable in both leading and secondary roles, she was often cast as hardened females or as she once stated “bad girls”. Her association with the entertainment industry began when she became a member of a theater group following her high school years. This experience led to an abundance of parts on radio in soap […]

Audrey Young (1922 - 2012)

Actress, Singer. A Big Band performer and veteran of about two dozen movies from the late 1940s, she is better remembered via her long marriage to legendary filmmaker Billy Wilder. Raised in Southern California, she was a part time model when she joined Paramount as a contract player and made her silver screen bow in […]

Audry Lindley (1918 - 1997)

Audry Lindley She is best remembered for her role as the landlady ‘Helen Roper’ on the ABC television sitcom “Three’s Company,” which aired from March 1977 to September 1984, and it’s spinoff, “The Ropers,” which ran for only one year. Born Audra Marie Lindley, her father was actor Bert Lindley who appeared in films from […]

August “The Elder” Belmont (1816 - 1890)

Financier. Born in Alzei, Rhensih, Prussia he started his banking career early by working at the entry level for the prominent House of Rothchilds at the tender age of fourteen, working his way up to positions in Frankfort and Naples then becoming their American representative in New York in 1837. His time in America proved […]

August “The Elder” Belmont (1816 - 1890)

Financier. Born in Alzei, Rhensih, Prussia he started his banking career early by working at the entry level for the prominent House of Rothchilds at the tender age of fourteen, working his way up to positions in Frankfort and Naples then becoming their American representative in New York in 1837. His time in America proved […]

August “The Younger” Belmont (1853 - 1924)

Financier, Sportsman. The son of August Belmont, Sr. he was birthed into the wealth of the banking and international political scene that his father had constructed as a Prussian immigrant. An 1874 graduate of Harvard University, he is credited, through his love for sports and being a champion sprinter with inventing spiked track shoes.  Upon […]

August “The Younger” Belmont (1853 - 1924)

Financier, Sportsman. The son of August Belmont, Sr. he was birthed into the wealth of the banking and international political scene that his father had constructed as a Prussian immigrant. An 1874 graduate of Harvard University, he is credited, through his love for sports and being a champion sprinter with inventing spiked track shoes.  Upon […]

August Anheuser “Gussie” Busch, Jr (1899 - 1989)

Businessman. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he was the President and CEO head of the Anheuser Busch Brewery the largest brewery in the world, (1946-75). He succeeded his older brother Adolphus bush III as President and CEO and began using the Bud Clydesdale Horse Team as a company logo. He was an avid sportsman and […]

August Anheuser Busch, Sr (1865 - 1934)

Businessman, President of Anheuser-Busch Brewing Company. Born in St Louis, Missouri on December 29, 1865, August was the eldest son of Lilly (Anheuser) and Adolphus Busch. After completing his studies at Lyon Free School in St Louis, Missouri, he attended Morgan Park Military Institute in Chicago, Illinois and the Kemper School of Boonville, Missouri. He […]

August Benziger (1867 - 1955)

Artist. He was a portrait painter best known of his portraits of Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt, which are in the Historical Society of Chicago. He was also was commissioned to do portaits of Popes Leo XIII and Pius XI. (bio by: Laurie)  Family links:  Spouse:  Gertrude L. Lytton Benziger (1875 – 1966)* *Calculated […]

August Blanche (1811 - 1868)

Author, journalist, publicist, politician. Cause of death: Heart attack in the front line of a public parade