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Madonna Biography

(Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone)singer, songwriter, actress, record producerBorn: 8/16/1958Birthplace: Bay City, Michigan Singer, songwriter, and actress whose eroticism, determination, and…

Chuck Norris

(Carlos Ray Norris)actor, athleteBorn: 3/10/1940Birthplace: Ryan, Oklahoma Norris won the World Middleweight Karate Championship seven times before entering the entertainment business. He is famous…

Jean Simmons Biography

actressBorn: January 31, 1929Died: January 21, 2010 (Santa Monica, Calif.) Best Known as: English film actress Jean Simmons, a versatile British actress who…

Arthur Prysock

R&B singerBorn: 1/2/1929Birthplace: Spartanburg, South Carolina Prysock joined the Buddy Johnson blues band at age 15, performing with them at Harlem clubs. He went solo in 1952 and sometimes…

Raymond Burr

(William Stacey Burr)actorBorn: 5/21/1917Birthplace: New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada A heavy-set character actor, he gained fame playing mainly bad guys, as the murderer in Hitchcock's…

Humphrey Bogart

actorBorn: 12/25/1899Birthplace: New York City Academy Award-winning film and stage actor known for his roles as a tough, cynical guy with a big heart. His films include Casablanca (1942), The…

Robert De Niro

actorBorn: 8/17/1943Birthplace: New York City Academy Award-winning actor known for his demanding, tough-guy roles in Martin Scorsese films. His films include The Godfather Part II (1974), Raging…

Lee Marvin

actorBorn: 2/19/1924Birthplace: New York City A World War II veteran and former plumber, Marvin was first cast in tough guy roles, such as those he played in The Big Heat (1953) and The Killers (…

Ralph Bellamy

actorBorn: 6/17/1904Birthplace: Chicago A prolific character actor, he was often cast as the nice guy who didn't get the girl in screwball comedies such as The Awful Truth (1937). He film credits…

crane, machine

(Encyclopedia) crane, hoisting machine for lifting heavy loads and transferring them from one place to another, ordinarily over distances of not more than 200 ft (60 m). Cranes have a long reach and…