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Phil HartmanAge: 49 Emmy award-winning actor best known for his spot-on comedic performances on the sketch comedy television show Saturday Night Live. He was most convincing in his skits…
Rommie Lee LouddAge: 64 first black assistant coach in the American Football League and former personnel director for the New England Patriots; played collegiately at UCLA and professionally…
Eddie Albert(Edward Albert Heimberger)actorBorn: 4/22/1906Birthplace: Rock Island, Illinois A stage, screen, and television actor whose film credits include Roman Holiday (1953) and I'll Cry…
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Charles Franklin Kettering
Born: 1876
Birthplace: Ohio
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actorBorn: 1/2/1968Birthplace: Bronx, New York
Talented actor who stole the show, and walked away with the Best Supporting Actor Oscar, as the temperamental but passionate…
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director, screenwriterBorn: 10/15/1957Birthplace: Bhubaneswar, India
Now based in New York City, India-born Nair first made her mark directing documentary films such as India Cabaret (…
Alan J. Pakula
director, producerBorn: 4/7/1928Birthplace: New York City
Thrice nominated for an Academy Award, Pakula began his career as an assistant in the cartoon department of Warner Bros.…
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