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1 day ago · Michael Curtiz ( / kɜːrˈtiːz / kur-Tiz; born Manó Kaminer; from 1905 Mihály Kertész; Hungarian: Kertész Mihály; December 24, 1886 – April 10, 1962) was a Hungarian-American film director, recognized as one of the most prolific directors in history. [2] : 67 He directed classic films from the silent era and numerous others during ...
44 minutes ago · Corbis via Getty Images) Carter and his late wife, Rosalynn Carter, who died in November, had four children: Amy, John "Jack," Donnel "Jeff" and James "Chip." The presidential couple had 12 ...
5 days ago · Fictional character biography Showcase#4 (October 1956): First appearance of the Silver Age Flash. Art by Carmine Infantino and Joe Kubert. Barry Allen is a forensic chemist with a reputation for being very slow, and frequently late, which frustrates his fiancée, Iris West. One night, as he is working late on a new case, a lightning bolt ...
- Bartholomew Henry "Barry" Allen
- Central City
2 days ago · Sidney Poitier KBE ( / ˈpwɑːtjeɪ / PWAH-tyay; [1] February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022) was a Bahamian and American actor, film director, and diplomat. In 1964, he was the first Black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. [2] He received two competitive Golden Globe Awards, a BAFTA Award, and a Grammy Award as ...
- 1943–1944
- 6, including Sydney Tamiia
3 days ago · Richard Brooks (born May 18, 1912, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died March 11, 1992, Beverly Hills, California) was an American screenwriter and director whose best-known movies were adaptations of literary works, notably Blackboard Jungle (1955), Elmer Gantry (1960), and In Cold Blood (1967). (Read Martin Scorsese’s Britannica essay on ...
- Michael Barson
4 days ago · August 29, 1995, Bucks county, Pennsylvania (aged 94) Selma Burke (born December 31, 1900, Mooresville, North Carolina, U.S.—died August 29, 1995, Bucks county, Pennsylvania) American sculptor and educator whose most notable work is a portrait of U.S. Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt, which some have credited with inspiring the depiction of him on ...
4 days ago · Niki de Saint Phalle (born October 29, 1930, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France—died May 21, 2002, La Jolla, California, U.S.) was a French-American artist whose diverse practice encompassed a wide variety of mediums, including painting, sculpture, performance, and film. Her work explores femininity, gender oppression, violence, and joy.
