Name at birth: Claudia Alta TaylorClaudia Taylor was nicknamed "Lady Bird" as a small child, and she became Lady Bird Johnson when she married Lyndon Johnson in November of 1934. LBJ became a U.S.…
Dorothy Parker was an American poet and critic of the mid-20th century, famous for her sardonic wit and quotable one-liners like "Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses." Dorothy Parker…
Name at birth: Bonnie Elizabeth ParkerBonnie Parker was half of the crime duo Bonnie and Clyde, whose Depression-era adventures and grisly end cemented their place in American crime history. Raised…
robber, murdererBorn: 10/1/1910Birthplace: Rowena, Texas One half of the infamous Bonnie and Clyde duo, Bonnie Parker assisted her partner, Clyde Barrow , in a nationwide crime spree that lasted…
(Parker Christian Posey)actressBorn: 11/8/1968Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland Parker Posey left the North Carolina School for the Arts just three weeks before graduating to take a part on the CBS…
Sexy unpredictability, plus a touch of the Southern belle, made Parker Posey a favorite with hipsters and independent film fans in the 1990s. (Elle magazine called her a "Gen-X Audrey Hepburn,"…
Nate Parker wrote, directed and starred in the 2016 film about Nat Turner's slave rebellion, The Birth of a Nation. A 2003 graduate of the University of Oklahoma, he had a career in computer…
British filmmaker Alan Parker made most of his movies with American studios and actors, including Midnight Express (1977) and Mississippi is Burning (1988), both of which brought him Oscar…
(Encyclopedia) Parker, Dorothy (Dorothy Rothschild Parker), 1893–1967, American short-story and verse writer, b. West End, N.J. While serving as drama critic for Vanity Fair (1916–17) and book critic…
(Encyclopedia) Parker, Matthew, 1504–75, English prelate, archbishop of Canterbury. At Cambridge he was influenced by the writings of Martin Luther and other reformers. In 1535 he was appointed…
