(Joanna Virginia Caskey)actressBorn: 8/2/1944Birthplace: Camden, New Jersey A film and television actress, she has appeared in numerous movies including The Stepford Wives (1975), Stay Hungry (…
model, actressBorn: 2/2/1954Birthplace: Malibu, California American supermodel whose 20-year contract with Cover Girl (1976–96) was the longest-running contract in the modeling industry. Her image…
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“Jonny Rebel” A Confederate soldier during the Civil War. “Billy Yank” A Union soldier during the Civil War.“Doughboy” A World War I Soldier. “Dogface” A World War II and Korean War…
(Encyclopedia) Copland, AaronCopland, Aaronkōpˈlənd [key], 1900–1990, American composer, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. Copland was a pupil of Rubin Goldmark and of Nadia Boulanger, who introduced his work to the…
(Encyclopedia) Ellington, Duke (Edward Kennedy Ellington), 1899–1974, American jazz musician and composer, b. Washington, D.C. Ellington made his first professional appearance as a jazz pianist in…
(Encyclopedia) Penn, Arthur Hiller, 1922–2010, American director, brother of Irving Penn, b. Philadelphia; studied Black Mountain College and the Actors' Studio, Los Angeles. Penn, who often dealt…
(Encyclopedia) Lee, AngLee, Angäng [key], 1954–, Taiwanese filmmaker. Lee is one of the few directors who have achieved commercial and critical success in Asia and the United States, and is also…
(Encyclopedia) King, Stephen, 1947–, American writer, b. Portland, Maine. Influenced by the 19th-century Gothic tradition, especially the works of Poe, King's fiction reveals the macabre and horrific…
