(born Wong Fei; stage name Shirley Wong)musician, actressBorn: 8/8/1969Birthplace: Beijing, China Wong moved to Hong Kong in 1987 and got her start at the age of 20 singing in the Canto-Pop genre…
(Henry Warren Beaty)director, actor, producer, writerBorn: 3/30/1937Birthplace: Richmond, Virginia Academy Award-winning director, actor, producer and writer known for his appealing physical…
(Encyclopedia) Stevens, Phineas, 1707–56, American colonial soldier, b. Sudbury, Mass. He moved with his family to Rutland (now Rutland, Vt.) and in 1723 was captured and imprisoned by the St.…
(Encyclopedia) Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud Montgomery), 1874–1942, Canadian novelist, b. Prince Edward Island. Her first novel, Anne of Green Gables (1908), met with immediate success and has been…
(Carole Penelope Masciarelli)director, actressBorn: 10/15/1942Birthplace: Bronx, New York Born into a showbiz family, the younger sister of TV producer Garry Marshall landed her first major TV role…
(Encyclopedia) Parker, Isaac Charles, 1838–96, American frontier judge, b. Belmont co., Ohio. Self-taught in law, Parker began practice in St. Joseph, Mo., in 1859. He was elected to the U.S. House…
(Encyclopedia) Vance, Zebulon Baird, 1830–94, American political leader, Confederate governor of North Carolina (1862–65) in the Civil War, b. Buncombe co., N.C. A lawyer and a Whig, he served in the…
Distributor:Spoken Arts Arthur Yorinks’ and David Small’s classic picture book comes to life in this iconographic video. Music, voice characterizations, and touches of humorous animation enhance…
(Encyclopedia) Robinson, Bill, 1878–1949, African-American tap dancer popularly known as “Bojangles,” b. Richmond, Va., as Luther Robinson. An influential virtuoso tap dancer, he was a tap innovator…
Here are some movies to watch with mom on Mother's Day. by Jennie Wood Sandra Bullock won an Oscar for her role in The Blind Side Related Links Showbiz Moms…