actorBorn: 5/25/1939Birthplace: Burnley, England Knighted in 1990, McKellen is one of the century's finest Shakespearean actors. In addition to his prodigious stage career (including roles as…
actressBorn: 6/3/1926Birthplace: Montreal, Quebec, Canada Canadian-born actress who debuted on Broadway in Eugene O'Neill's Desire Under the Elms (1952). During 27 years in the theatre, she won…
(Ruby Nanette Fabares)actress, singerBorn: 10/27/1920Birthplace: San Diego, California She had success as a singer and comedic actress in Broadway musicals, winning a Tony in Love Life (1948), and…
(Encyclopedia) Frayn, Michael, 1933–, English playwright and novelist, b. London. After graduating from Cambridge he worked as a reporter and columnist for the Manchester Guardian and the Observer.…
(Encyclopedia) Friel, BrianFriel, Brianfrēl [key], 1929–2015, Irish playwright, b. Killyglogher, Northern Ireland. Treating themes that enmesh both Irelands, he became the most acclaimed Irish…
(Encyclopedia) Wilson, August, 1945–2005, American playwright and poet, b. Pittsburgh as Frederick August Kittel, Jr. Largely self-educated, Wilson first attracted wide critical attention with his…
(Encyclopedia) Smith, Dame Maggie (Dame Margaret Natalie Cross), 1934–, English actress. Smith first appeared on stage in Twelfth Night (1952). With her precise, sometimes rapid-fire, articulation…
actorBorn: 12/22/1962Birthplace: Suffolk, England Handsome British leading man who burst onto the American scene as the evil concentration camp commander Amon Goeth in Steven Spielberg's Schindler…
actressBorn: 8/14/1959Birthplace: La Jolla, Calif. Harden is a respected film, stage, and television actress who is known for turning in consistently strong, nuanced performances. She began her…
