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Connie Francis

(Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero)singer, actressBorn: 12/12/1938Birthplace: Newark, New Jersey Dark-haired, bubbly singer who made it big with hits like “ Who's Sorry Now?” and “Where the Boys Are…

Hispanic American Writers

  Sandra Cisneros   Isabel Allende, writer Julia Alvarez, writer Rudolfo Anaya, writer Sandra Cisneros, writer Oscar Hijuelos, writer Maria Hinojosa,…

Mariel Hemingway

actressBorn: 11/22/1961Birthplace: Mill Valley, California Competent actress, granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway and younger sister of actress/model Margaux Hemingway, Mariel was almost destined to…

Hedy Lamarr

(Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler)actressBorn: 11/9/1913Birthplace: Vienna, Austria Austrian-born film actress in the thirties and forties who won notoriety by appearing nude in the Czech film Extase (1932…

Maximilian Schell

actor, director, producer, screenwriterBorn: 12/8/1930Birthplace: Vienna, Austria Schell made his U.S. screen debut in 1958 and won an Oscar in 1961 for his role as the defense attorney in Judgment…

Busto Arsizio

(Encyclopedia) Busto Arsizio Busto Arsizio b&oomacr;ˈstō ärsēˈtsyō [key], city,…

Henri

(Encyclopedia) Henri, 1955–, grand duke of Luxembourg (2000–), the oldest son of Jean, grand duke of Luxembourg, and Joséphine Charlotte, princess of Belgium. In 1981 Henri married María Teresa…

Andújar

(Encyclopedia) Andújar Andújar änd&oomacr;ˈhär [key], city, Jaén prov., S Spain, in Andalusia, on the Guadalquivir River. Its pottery and its water-cooling jars made of…

Caltanissetta

(Encyclopedia) Caltanissetta Caltanissetta kälˌtänēs-sĕtˈtä [key], city, capital of Caltanissetta prov., central…