Juan Duval (1897 - 1954)

Actor. He was born in Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain. A flamenco dancer, he came to Hollywood in his teens and worked in silent films as a dancer and fight choreographer for the likes of Rudolph Valentino. He also acted and directed Spanish films and toured with his dance troupe. In 1929 Duval made his American acting […]

Juan Espantaleón (1885 - 1966)

Actor. He was born as Juan Espantaleón Torres in Sevilla, Andalucia. He debuted on stage in Sevilla on Teatro Novedades at the age of twelve. After the Spanish Civil War, he developed a prolific career on cinema, playing comedic, dramatic and tender roles. He was married with the stage actress María Victorero. On cinema, he […]

Juan Gris (1887 - 1927)

Artist.  He was one of the outstanding figures of Cubism,  along with Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque.  Gris developed a personal interpretation of this style,  called “Synthetic Cubism”,  in which the objects of his paintings are more clearly defined and brightly colored.  He often used elements of collage in his works.  Most of them are […]

Juan Jacobo Bajarlía (1914 - 2005)

Poet, essayist and novelist. He was one of the introducers of vanguardism in Argentina. Also a lawyer, wrote “Los Números de la Muerte,” “La Esfinge,” “Pierrot,” “Monteagudo,” “Los Robots” and many other books. Internationally, is best remembered for winning in 1964 the award “Mystery Magazine Ellery Queen.” (bio by: 380W)

Juan Rulfo (1917 - 1986)

It was at the University that Juan Rulfo first began writing under the tutelage of a coworker, Efrén Hernández. In 1944, Rulfo had co-founded the literary journal Pan. Later, he was able to advance in his career and travel throughout Mexico as an immigration agent. In 1946, he started as a foreman for Goodrich Euzkadi, […]

Juan Samaranch (1920 - 2010)

Samaranch was born into a wealthy family in Barcelona. He studied at the local Swiss School and at the German School of Barcelona. As a child, he was a keen roller hockey player. During the Spanish Civil War, he was conscripted into the Republican forces in 1938, at the age of 18, to serve as […]

Juana Bormann (1893 - 1945)

Juana Bormann (or Johana Borman) (10 September 1893 – 13 December 1945) was a prison guard at several Nazi concentration camps, and was executed as a war criminal at Hamelin after a trial in 1945. At her trial, Juana Bormann said she had joined the Auxiliary SS in 1938 “to earn more money”. She first served […]

Juanita Coco (1975 - 1993)

Australian television actress. Coco appeared on the talent program “Young Talent Time” from 1987 to 1988. The program also produced a feature film, “Young Talent Time-Now…1990” (1990). The show was responsible for starting the careers of singer/actresses Danni and Kylie Minogue. Coco’s death at age 17 was attributed to a car accident.

Juanita Hall (1901 - 1968)

Born in Keyport, New Jersey, Juanita Hall received classical training at the Juilliard School. In the early 1930s, she was a special soloist and assistant director for the Hall Johnson Choir. A leading black Broadway performer in her day, she was personally chosen by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II to perform the roles she […]

Juanita Hansen (1895 - 1961)

Juanita Hansen was born in Des Moines, Iowa. Her family moved to California when she was a girl and Juanita graduated from Los Angeles High School. There she secured her first acting job with L. Frank Baum’s “Oz Film Manufacturing Company”. She appeared in the The Patchwork Girl of Oz, a film based on Baum’s […]

Juanita Leone “Pulsipher” Leavitt Brooks (1898 - 1989)

Author. A native of Bunkerville, Nevada, she was a historian whose expertise was the American West and Mormon history. A lifetime member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, she was a graduate of the BYU and Columbia University. She later served as a member on the Board of Directors for the Utah […]

Juanita Long Hall (1901 - 1968)

Actress. She appeared in both the stage and film versions of “South Pacific” (1949 and 1958), in the role of “Bloody Mary.” In the film she sang the songs “Happy Talk” and “Bali Ha’i.” The stage version ran for 1,694 Broadway performances. She also appeared in the film and stage version of “Flower Drum Song” […]

Juanita Moore (1914 - 2014)

Juanita Moore Juanita Moore (October 19, 1914 – January 1, 2014) was an American film, television, and stage actress. She was the fifth African American to be nominated for an Academy Award in any category, and the third in the Supporting Actress category at a time when only a single African American had won an […]

Juanita Morris Kreps (1921 - 2010)

Presidential Cabinet Secretary. She served as United States Secretary of Commerce from 1977 until 1979, during the administration of President Jimmy Carter, becoming the first female in that capacity. The daughter of a coal mine operator, her parents divorced when she was four. She was raised in a poverty-stricken Kentucky community during the depression, and […]

Juanita Reina (1925 - 1999)

Noted spanish actress and singer of andalusian folklore (copla). Among her songs, “Soltera ya no me Quedo,” “Cinco Farolas,” and “Francisco Alegre.” She is remembered for her films “La Lola se va los Puertos” (1947) and “La Novia de Juan Lucero” (1959). (bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)  Family links:  Spouse:  Federico Casado (1933 – […]

Juano Hernandez (1896 - 1970)

Juano Hernández (birth name: Juan G. Hernández) was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico to a Puerto Rican father and a Brazilian mother. With no formal education, he worked as a sailor and settled in Rio de Janeiro. He was hired by a circus and become an entertainer, making his first appearance as an acrobat […]

Judge Isaac Charles Parker (1838 - 1896)

US District Court Judge,  Folk Figure. The youngest son of Joseph and Jane Parker was born in a log cabin outside of Barnesville,  Ohio. He attended the local schools and taught himself law. He was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1859 at the age of 21. Shortly thereafter he relocated to Saint Joseph Missouri, […]

Judge Jonathan Corwin (1640 - 1718)

Jurist. He was a judge in the infamous Salem Witchcraft Trials of 1692, assisting in conducting examinations of many of those accused of witchcraft, which helped create a hysteria in the coastal Massachusetts town. As a result of the witchcraft trials, 20 people from in and around Salem Village (now Danvers), Massachusetts were hanged, and […]

Judge Joseph Albert Wapner Jr (1919 - 2017)

Judge Joseph Albert Wapner Jr Joseph A. Wapner, a retired California judge whose flinty-folksy style of resolving disputes on the show “The People’s Court” helped spawn an entire genre of courtroom-based reality television with no-nonsense jurists and often clueless litigants, died Feb. 26 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 97. A grandson, Gabriel […]

Judge Macon Bolling Allen (1816 - 1894)

Judicial Figure. He was the first African-American in United States history to received a law degree and to receive a judgeship. Born in Indiana as a freeman, he was self taught, and ultimately becoming a school teacher in Indiana where he taught for five years. In the late 1830’s he elected to move to Portland, […]

Judge Ronald Norwood Davies (1904 - 1996)

Judge. Born in Crookston in Polk County in northwestern Minnesota. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the College of Liberal Arts at the University of North Dakota at Grand Forks, North Dakota in 1927.  In 1930, he attained a law degree from Georgetown University Law School in Washington, D.C. He practiced law in […]

Judith A. Resnik (1949 - 1986)

Astronaut. Born in Akron, Ohio, she was as a RCA design engineer when recruited into the NASA Astronaut program January 1978. She was the first American Jewish woman to go into space flight was as a mission specialist on the maiden voyage of the Space Shuttle Discovery August to September 1984. On January 28, 1986, […]

Judith Anderson (1897 - 1992)

Anderson was born Frances Margaret Anderson in 1897 in Adelaide, South Australia to Jessie Margaret (née Saltmarsh; 19 October 1862 – 24 November 1950) and James Anderson Anderson. She attended Norwood High School, and began acting in Australia before moving to New York in 1918. Anderson established herself as a dramatic actress of note, making […]

Judith Barsi (1978 - 1988)

Judith Eva Barsi (June 6, 1978 – July 25, 1988) was an American child actress in the mid- to late 1980s. She began her career in television, making appearances in commercials and television shows, and later appeared in the films Jaws: The Revenge, The Land Before Time, and All Dogs Go to Heaven, supplying the […]

Judith Crist (1922 - 2012)

Crist was born Judith Klein in The Bronx, borough of New York City, New York, the daughter of Helen (née Schoenberg), a librarian, and Solomon Klein, a manufacturing jeweler. She attended Morris High School in The Bronx, and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Hunter College and a Master of Science degree from the […]

Judith Eva Barsi (1978 - 1988)

Child Actress, Murder Victim.   Born Judith Eva Barsi, the only child to Jozsef and Maria Benko Barsi, Hungarian immigrants who had fled their homeland during the 1956 Hungarian uprising against the Soviet occupation.  They immigrated to the United States, and settled in Los Angeles, California shortly before the birth of their daughter.   Her […]

Judith Evelyn (1909 - 1967)

Judith Evelyn (March 20, 1909 – May 7, 1967) was an American stage and film actress who appeared in as many as fifty films and television series. She was born Evelyn Morris in Seneca, South Dakota. All of the four plays were made into films, but Evelyn did not appear in any of them. She did […]

Judith Exner (1934 - 1999)

Mistress of US President John F. Kennedy and Mafia leader Sam Giancana, her disclosure of her relationship with the men diminished the near legendary stature of the deceased president by revealing a scandal during his administration. Born Judith Eileen Katherine Immoor, she was the daughter of a German architect in New York City. While still […]

Judith Katherine Campbell Exner (1934 - 1999)

Mistress of US President John F. Kennedy and Mafia leader Sam Giancana, her disclosure of her relationship with the men diminished the near legendary stature of the deceased president by revealing a scandal during his administration. Born Judith Eileen Katherine Immoor, she was the daughter of a German architect in New York City.  While still […]

Judith Lowry (1890 - 1976)

Judith Lowry made her stage debut in 1913 in a stock company in Washington, D.C. Later in 1921 when she became pregnant with her first child she would retire from acting to raise her family. She resumed her acting career in 1952 after her youngest of 9 children, Martha, turned 18. She made several stage […]