Tess Gardella Birth: 1897 ,Wilkes-Barre ,Luzerne County ,Pennsylvania, USA Death: Jan. 3, 1950 ,Brooklyn ,Kings County ,New York, USA Actress. She was an Italian-American born actress whom colored her face to play the character of Aunt Jemima in the original [...]
Winfield was born in Los Angeles, California. He attended four colleges: the University of Portland, Stanford University, Los Angeles City College, and the University of California at Los Angeles. He was openly gay in his private life, though he remained [...]
Marlon Brando, Jr. born on April 3, 1924 - July 1, 2004 was an Academy Award-winning American actor whose body of work spanned over half a century. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential actors of all [...]
Jim Turner was in high school at the time of his type 1 diagnosis in 1970. He recounts the story vividly - weeks of dealing with unquenchable thirst, constant urination, and fatigue – running from class to water fountain to [...]
Growing up in Seattle as the second of four children, Jean Smart was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 13. She says that she learned to give herself insulin injections very quickly after receiving her diagnosis. She [...]
Morgan Freeman has been admired through the ages. The native Memphis, Tennessee born actor entered the world in 1937. Freeman’s early life had its ups and downs. However, at the early age of 8 years old, he stole the show [...]
Carter, who was born September 13, 1948, in Birmingham, Alabama, first rose to stardom on the New York stage. After a series of roles on- and off-Broadway -- and a short-lived part in the soap opera "Ryan's Hope" -- in [...]
Park Overall Date of Birth 15 March 1957, Greeneville, Tennessee, USA Mini Biography Originally from Greeneville, Tennessee, Parker Overall toured East Tennessee with a children's theater group before heading to New York and a career on the professional stage. Numerous [...]
James Cagney Is Dead at 86 James Cagney, the cocky and pugnacious film star who set the standard for gangster roles in ''The Public Enemy'' and won an Academy Award for his portrayal of George M. Cohan in ''Yankee Doodle [...]
Jackie Gleason Christened “The Great One” by Orson Welles after a long and liquid night on the town, Jackie Gleason embraced all that the title implied. His penchant for fine food, generously poured scotch and beautiful women; his ability to [...]