dancer, actorBorn: 8/23/1912Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Dancer and film and stage actor who was an innovator in musical films, bringing the exuberance and athleticism of his dance to the…
(Margarita Carmen Cansino)actressBorn: 10/17/1918Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York Fiery movie actress who began her career as a dancer and made her major film debut in Only Angels Have Wings (1939…
(Mortimer Ambrose Becker)tap dancerBorn: 11/6/1911Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York A tap dancer and choreographer, Tapps performed in films of the 1930s and 1940s, including 52nd Street (1937) and…
(Encyclopedia) bur or burr, popular name for fruits that have barbed, pointed, or rough outgrowths. By clinging to the fur or hair of animals and the clothing of man they are transported from the…
WORTENDYKE, Jacob Reynier, a Representative from New Jersey; born in Chestnut Ridge, near Hackensack, Bergen County, N.J., November 27, 1818; completed preparatory studies under a private…
screenwriterBorn: 10/14/1909Birthplace: New York City While bedridden with measles as a young divorced mother of three, Dorothy Kingsley proclaimed that she could write better material than she was…
(Encyclopedia) sedge, common name for members of the Cyperaceae, a family of grasslike and rushlike herbs found in all parts of the world, especially in marshes of subarctic and temperate zones. The…
(Encyclopedia) O'Hara, John, 1905–70, American novelist and short-story writer, b. Pottsville, Pa. He worked at a number of jobs and ultimately became a newspaperman before the appearance of his…
(Encyclopedia) Kelly, Gene, 1912–96, American dancer, choreographer, movie actor, and director, b. Pittsburgh as Eugene Curran Kelly. Kelly started dancing on Broadway in 1938 and first gained fame…
TALBOTT, Albert Gallatin, (uncle of William Clayton Anderson), a Representative from Kentucky; born near Paris, Bourbon County, Ky., April 4, 1808; moved with his parents to Clark County in…
