film editorBorn: 1910Birthplace: Elmira, New York This adept film editor garnered many awards during his six-decade career in Hollywood. Reynolds won Academy Awards for his editing of The Sound of…
Here are the nominees for actress in a supporting role. Last year, Jennifer Lawrence won a Best Actress Oscar for Silver Linings Playbook. This year she's nominated in the Best…
(Caryn Johnson)comedienne, actressBorn: 11/13/1955Birthplace: New York City Academy Award-winning, outspoken African-American comedienne turned film and television actress. Her films include The…
director, screenwriterBorn: 3/16/1940Birthplace: Parma, Italy Known for his strong visual style, he established himself at the age of 24 with the political drama Before the Revolution (1964). He…
(Mary Kathleen Turner)actressBorn: 6/19/1954Birthplace: Springfield, Missouri Body Heat (1981), Turner's screen debut, was the first of a string of successful films in which she would perform in…
actressBorn: 9/11/1950Birthplace: Chicago Former rock singer Madigan has garnered several stage and film credits, first coming to notice in Love Child (1982). In her next movie (Places in the Heart…
shipownerBorn: 1802Birthplace: Truro, Mass. Collins began working in the shipping business at age 15 in New York City, and bought his first shipping line in 1831. Five years later, he launched the…
engineer, manufacturer, philanthropistBorn: 2/12/1791Birthplace: New York City, N.Y. Having started his career making glue and isinglass, he and two partners began an iron works company in…
