actressBorn: 3/12/1946Birthplace: Hollywood, California Academy and Tony Award-winning actress known for her powerful voice and stage presence and for being the daughter of director Vincente…
choreographer, dancerBorn: 10/11/1918Birthplace: New York City Academy and Tony Award-winning choreographer and dancer. He was associate artistic director of the New York City Ballet (1949–59). He…
actorBorn: 2/18/1954Birthplace: Englewood, New Jersey Film and television actor first known for his role on television's Welcome Back Kotter (1975–79) and as disco king Tony Manero in the 1977…
playwrightBorn: 10/18/1950Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatist known for her plays about educated women facing challenges in post-liberation America. Her…
actressBorn: 12/9/1934Birthplace: York, England Acclaimed British stage and screen actress who was awarded the Order of the British Empire and was made a Dame of the British Empire. In 1996, she…
actorBorn: 11/13/1947Birthplace: Chicago A long-time collaborator with playwright/director David Mamet, Mantegna won accalim for his role in the Broadway production of Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross (…
actorBorn: 4/5/1941Birthplace: Detroit This actor of screen, stage, and television first won critical praise for his role in the film Bang the Drum Slowly (1973). Soon he won a Tony Award (Find…
actorBorn: 7/9/1939Birthplace: Bridgeport, Connecticut A burly actor often cast as a tough guy or villain, he began appearing in movies in the late 1970s. His film credits include Semi-Tough (1977…
(Encyclopedia) Garland, Judy, 1922–69, American singer and film actress, b. Grand Rapids, Minn., originally named Frances Gumm. She sang in her father's theater from the age of four as one of The…
