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3 days ago · Eldred Gregory Peck was born on April 5, 1916, in the neighborhood of La Jolla in San Diego, California, [2] [3] to Bernice Mae "Bunny" (née Ayres; 1894–1992), and Gregory Pearl Peck (1886–1962), a Rochester, New York –born chemist and pharmacist. His father was of English (paternal) and Irish (maternal) heritage, [4] [5] and his mother ...
2 days ago · Eugene Wesley Roddenberry Sr. (August 19, 1921 – October 24, 1991) was an American television screenwriter and producer who created the science fiction franchise Star Trek. Born in El Paso, Texas, Roddenberry grew up in Los Angeles, where his father was a police officer. Roddenberry flew 89 combat missions in the Army Air Forces during World ...
2 days ago · John Ford. John Martin Feeney (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973), known professionally as John Ford, was an American film director and producer. He is regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers during the Golden Age of Hollywood, [3] and was one of the first American directors to be recognized as an auteur.
May 17, 2024 · John Gielgud, English actor, producer, and director, who is considered one of the greatest performers of his generation on stage and screen, particularly as a Shakespearean actor. He won an Academy Award for best supporting actor for his performance in Arthur (1981).
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May 13, 2024 · Garry Marshall (born November 13, 1934, Bronx, New York, U.S.—died July 19, 2016, Burbank, California) was an American producer, writer, and director who created several iconic TV sitcoms—notably the 1950s-nostalgia comedy Happy Days (1974–84)—and directed such crowd-pleasing films as Pretty Woman (1990). Early life and career.
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5 days ago · 2020 Broadway revival. West Side Story is a musical conceived by Jerome Robbins with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents . Inspired by William Shakespeare 's play Romeo and Juliet, the story is set in the mid-1950s in the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, then a multiracial, blue ...
May 19, 2024 · Movement / Style: big-band jazz. Notable Family Members: spouse Ava Gardner. spouse Lana Turner. Artie Shaw (born May 23, 1910, New York, New York, U.S.—died December 30, 2004, Newbury Park, California) was an American clarinetist and popular bandleader of the 1930s and ’40s.
