Anne BancroftactressBorn: 9/17/1931Birthplace: New York City Academy- and Tony Award-winning film and stage actress best known for her portrayal of Annie Sullivan, Helen Keller's teacher, in the…
Anne Heche
actress
Born: 5/25/1969
Birthplace: Aurora, Ohio
Rising actress who, for better or worse, is best known as comedian Ellen DeGeneres's former lover. Heche has had a number of eye-…
(Encyclopedia) Krehbiel, Henry EdwardKrehbiel, Henry Edwardkrāˈbēl [key], 1854–1923, American music critic, b. Ann Arbor, Mich. In 1880 he became music critic of the New York Tribune. He championed…
Ann SothernAge: 92 actress and singer who, despite her range and talent, never achieved superstar status. Instead, she flirted with fame as the star of several banal movies. She starred in…
Lois-Ann Yamanaka novelistBorn: 1961Birthplace: Ho’olehua, Molokai, Hawaii Lois-Ann Yamanaka is a Japanese-American writer who grew up in Hawaii. With a unique voice that often uses pidgin…
He's gone to Davy Jones's locker, i.e. he is dead. Jones is a corruption of Jonah, the prophet, who was thrown into the sea. Locker, in seaman's phrase, means any receptacle for private…
Katherine Anne Portershort-story writer, novelistBorn: 5/15/1890Birthplace: Indian Creek, Texas Pulitzer Prize-winning short-story writer and novelist whose elegant prose earned her wide…
Jim DavisAge: 103 motorcycling pioneer who was part of the first class inducted into the Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 1998; won more than 70 nationally sanctioned races and six national titles…
Evelyn P. Davis television executive As vice president of the Children's Television Workshop, Davis brought Sesame Street to the attention of viewers in poor, urban areas. She was also a…
(Encyclopedia) Betzig, Robert Eric, 1960–, American physicist, b. Ann Arbor, Mich., Ph.D. Cornell, 1988. Betzig worked at AT&T Bell Laboratories from 1988 to 1996, when he become vice president…
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