Irina BugrimovaAge: 90 Russian animal tamer and circus performer who was the first woman to train lions and tigers. She also taught a lion to walk a tightrope.Died: Moscow, Feb. 20,…
Diane ArbusphotographerBorn: 1923 Diane Arbus spent years as a successful fashion photographer before turning her eye to people on the fringes of society. Circus performers and patients at…
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Palme d'OrThe Ballad of Narayama, Shohei Imamura (Japan)Special Jury PrizeMonty Python—The Meaning of Life, Terry Jones (United Kingdom)Grand Prix Du Cinema De CreationRobert Bresson, L'…
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Reggie MontgomeryAge: 54 actor who appeared in several plays about black history and the black experience, including 1986's The Colored Museum and Zora Neale Huston's Spunk (1990). He was the…
Al Jolson(Asa Yoelson)entertainerBorn: 5/26/1886Birthplace: Lithuania Entertainer who performed in theater, films, circuses, minstrel shows, and vaudeville. He was known for his sentimental…
Tim Allen puts on a few pounds for his new job in The Santa Clause. The anti-Santa—depressed and grouchy—is another way Hollywood has skewered the big guy for the sardonic pleasure…
