actressDied: Oct. 16, 2007 (Suffolk, England) Best Known as: actress in "From Here to Eternity" English actress known for her genteel, tea-sipping screen persona…
(Encyclopedia) Kerr, Jean Collins, 1923–2003, American comic author and playwright, b. Scranton, Pa., wife of Walter Kerr. Kerr had a knack for finding wry humor in the worlds of marriage, suburbia,…
(Encyclopedia) Kerr, Walter Francis, 1913–96, American drama critic, b. Evanston, Ill. He wrote for the theater in the 1930s, and became drama critic for the New York Herald Tribune in 1951 and for…
CHISHOLM, Shirley Anita, a Representative from New York; born Shirley Anita St. Hill, November 30, 1924, in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y.; first black woman elected to Congress; attended public…
Record of the Year“A Taste of Honey,” Herb Alpert and the Tijuana BrassAlbum of the YearSeptember of My Years, Frank Sinatra (Reprise)Song of the Year“The Shadow of Your Smile” (Love Theme From The…
KERR, Daniel, a Representative from Iowa; born near Dalry, Ayrshire, Scotland, June 18, 1836; immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled in Madison County, Ill., in 1841;…
KERR, James, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Reedsville, Mifflin County, Pa., October 2, 1851; resided in Blair County until 1864; moved to Clearfield in 1867; pursued an academic…
KERR, John, (father of John Kerr, Jr., cousin of Bartlett Yancey, and granduncle of John Hosea Kerr), a Representative from Virginia; born near Yanceyville, Caswell County, N.C., August 4,…
Senate Years of Service: 1814-1815Party: Democratic RepublicanKERR, Joseph, a Senator from Ohio; born in Kerrtown (now Chambersburg), Franklin County, Pa., in 1765; was privately tutored;…