This is the grave of Diahann Carroll. Born in 1935 in The Bronx, Carol Diann Johnson was the daughter of a subway worker and a nurse, so pretty firmly in the Black middle class of that place and time. She grew up in Harlem and...
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This is the grave of Laurence Olivier. Born in 1907 in Dorking, Surrey, England, Olivier had a somewhat unusual entrance into being one of the greatest actors to ever live,.
This is the grave of Josephine Hull. Born in 1877 in Newtonville, Massachusetts, Marie Josephine Tewkesbury got interested in the stage as a young woman. She started working as a.
This is the grave of Carole Lombard. Born in 1908 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Jane Peters grew up with money. Her family was locally prominent with money that went back generations. However, her parents hated each other and in 1914, her mother took the kids...
Unquestionably one of the biggest figures of late 20th century American acting and she's what made most of those Woody Allen films work. Not to mention being a fashion icon.
Which of course is the occasional French film reaching an American arthouse cinema, as if those even exist anymore outside of a few college towns and a couple of New.
Like a lot of people my age, I primarily know Claudia Cardinale from her role as Jill in Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West, which is in my view one of the ten best films ever made. But of course she was...
I can't say I was the biggest Redford fan in the world. I certainly liked him well enough in several roles, but when facing off with Paul Newman, no one.
This is the grave of Richard Conte. Born in 1910 in Jersey City, Nicholas Conte grew up in the Italian-American world there. His parents were immigrants and none too wealthy..
Terence Stamp, RIP. The Limey is one of my favorite films ever made. ...[update by Rob] https://youtu.be/VKcpoyC6RMA?si=Xn5ywghUl7r0V6yV
This is the grave of George Montgomery. Born in 1916 in Brady, Montana, George Montgomery Letz was the youngest of 15 children of German Ukrainian immigrants to that state. Brady.
This is the grave of Glenda Farrell. Born in 1904 in Enid, Oklahoma, Farrell grew up in a family that wanted her to succeed in the entertainment industry. Her father.