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- Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
6: date_of_birth=[[1 July]], [[1961]] |
8: date_of_death=[[31 August]], [[1997]] |
11: ...ten-Windsor]], né¥ Spencer) ([[1 July]] [[1961]]–[[31 August]] [[1997]]) was the first [[wife]] ...
13: ...anthropic endeavours were overshadowed by a [[scandal]]-plagued marriage. Her bitter accusations of [[...
15: ...calls for her to be nominated for [[sainthood]] — while her detractors saw her life as a caution... - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
3: ...he became one of the [[Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood]].
5: ...odramas and became a popular child actress in Canada.
7: ...was also in the cast. The play was produced by [[David Belasco]], who insisted that she assume the st...
9: ...Villa'' in 1909. Pickford would go on to become [[Hollywood]]'s biggest female star, the first female actor t...
13: ...]] the same year. Together they were regarded as "Hollywood Royalty" and were famous for entertaining at thei... - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
6: date_of_birth=[[February 2]], [[1905]] |
8: date_of_death=[[March 6]], [[1982]] |
11: '''Ayn Rand''' ([[February 2]], [[1905]] – [[March 6]], [[1982]]; first name pronounced (...
19: ...rsburg]], [[Russia]], and was the eldest of three daughters of a Jewish family. She studied philosophy...
22: ..., Rand struggled in [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] and took odd jobs to pay her basic living-expen... - Jackie Cochran (7825 bytes)
4: ... age 14 left her home in [[DeFuniak Springs, Florida]], working as a hairdresser until she wound up in...
6: ...ed founder of Atlas Corp. and CEO of [[RKO]] in [[Hollywood]]. Widely reputed to be one of the 10 richest men...
8: ...g her products. Years later, her husband used his Hollywood connections to get [[Marilyn Monroe]] to endorse ...
12: ...ished Service Medal (USA)|Distinguished Service Medal]].
16: ... She is the only woman to ever receive the Gold Medal from the [[Federation Aeronautique International... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
2: '''Ella Fitzgerald''' ([[April 25]], [[1917]] – [[June 15]], [[1996]]), also known as '''[[Jaz...
14: ...ther with the "other voice" of jazz, [[Billie Holiday]] ([[1957]]).
47: *1958 ''[[Ella in Rome: The Birthday Concert]]''
56: *1961 ''[[Ella in Hollywood]]''
90: *1970 ''[[Ella in Budapest, Hungary]]'' - Aimee Semple McPherson (13395 bytes)
7: ...nal illness. (The age difference had caused a scandal in their small town, prompting the couple to elo...
13: ...ust 19, 1910. Aimee recovered and gave birth to a daughter, Roberta Star Semple, on September 17, afte...
19: ...13, she embarked upon a preaching career in [[Canada]] and the U.S. By June 1915 she had left home an...
23: ...she had started her own newspaper, named ''The Bridal Call'', for which she wrote many of the articles...
29: ...time, women in the [[pulpit]] ministry were rare—those who wore makeup and jewelry in the pulpit... - Lucille Ball (12427 bytes)
2: '''Lucille Ball''' ([[August 6]], [[1911]] – [[April 26]], [[1989]]) was an [[United States...
5: ... shy girl was outshined by another pupil: [[Bette Davis]]. Lucille later went home in a few weeks when...
7: ...ved great success in films. She was known in many Hollywood circles as "the B-Movie queen", sharing the "roya...
20: ...des in [[radio]], and in fact other TV sitcoms predated her show), and was among the first stars to fi...
24: ...que, and close choreography. Among other non-standard techniques used in filming the show, cans of pa... - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
4: ...emocrat from Alabama [[1931]]-[[1946]]), and granddaughter of Senator [[John H. Bankhead]] ([[1842]]-[...
12: ...nt Picture]]'s "next [[Marlene Dietrich]]", but [[Hollywood]] success eluded her in her first four films of t...
14: Nevertheless, [[David O. Selznick]] called her the "first choice amo...
24: ...-a-day consumption of [[bourbon whiskey|Old Grand Dad]] -- continued unabated. And behavior that was e...
61: *[[A Royal Scandal]] (1945) - Ingrid Bergman (5216 bytes)
1: '''Ingrid Bergman''' ([[August 29]], [[1915]] – [[August 29]], [[1982]]) was an [[Academy Awar...
3: ...rmous success and "Sweden's illustrious gift to [[Hollywood]]" had arrived.
7: ...rgman was branded as "Hollywood's apostle of degradation." One of Rossellini's and Bergman's children...
9: ...asia]]'', Bergman made her post-scandal return to Hollywood and won Best Actress for a second time. She would...
13: She died of [[cancer]] on her birthday in [[1982]] in [[London]], [[England]]. She was ... - Sarah Bernhardt (3531 bytes)
1: ...humb|275px|'''Sarah Bernhardt''' (portrait by [[Nadar]])]]
2: '''Sarah Bernhardt''' ([[October 22]], [[1844]] – [[March 26]], [[1923]]) was a [[France|French]...
4: ...esan]] - at the time, the two were considered scandalous to a roughly equal degree. She was sponsored...
8: ...self, as well as modelling for [[Antonio de La Gandara]]. She was also to publish a series of books an...
10: ...]], but the marriage, which legally endured until Damala's death in 1889 at age 34, was quickly collap... - Bette Davis (6722 bytes)
1: ...' the actress; there is also singer named [[Betty Davis]].''
2: [[Image:bettedavis.jpg|thumb|right|208x240|]]
3: ...[October 6]], [[1989]]), better known as '''Bette Davis''', was an [[Academy Award]] winning [[United ...
5: ...ed by their mother, who aspired to be an actress. Davis was denied admission to [[Eva LeGallienne]]'s ...
7: ...''. The Motion Picture Academy failed to nominate Davis for this ''tour de force'', and such was the o... - Greta Garbo (9957 bytes)
3: '''Greta Garbo''' ([[September 18]], [[1905]] – [[April 15]], [[1990]]) was a [[Sweden|Swedish...
16: ==Life in Hollywood==
25: ...ick]] wanted her cast as the dying heiress in ''[[Dark Victory]]'' in [[1935 in film|1935]], but she i...
33: ...ting Garbo in a romantic comedy that featured her dancing, but this film was a critical and box-office...
35: ...ht appear as the Duchess de Guermantes in a film adaptation of "[[Remembrance of Things Past]]," but t... - Ava Gardner (4142 bytes)
2: '''Ava Gardner''' ([[December 24]], [[1922]] – [[January 25]], [[1990]]) was an [[United Stat...
6: ...arded as one of the most beautiful actresses in [[Hollywood]]. She also had affairs with the Spanish bullfigh...
8: ... She lost to [[Audrey Hepburn]] in ''[[Roman Holiday]]''. Many thought Gardner's greatest performanc...
22: * [[Sunday Punch]] (1942)
66: * [[55 Days at Peking]] (1963) - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
2: ...d her 13th nomination for ''[[Adaptation (movie)|Adaptation]]''. Hepburn won an [[Emmy Award]] in [[1...
5: ...father was a staunch proponent of publicizing the dangers of [[venereal disease]] in a time when such ...
7: ...ater be recognized for her athletic physicality — she fearlessly performed her own pratfalls in ...
12: ...n and Smith's marriage was rocky from the start — she insisted he change his name to S. Ogden Lu...
21: ... of New York City, and began getting noticed by [[Hollywood]]. - Helen Hunt (3298 bytes)
3: ... She was born in [[Los Angeles, California]], the daughter of an acting coach.
7: ...so had a successful film career and has been in [[Hollywood]] movies such as ''[[Cast Away]]'' and ''[[As Goo...
13: She has a daughter, Makena'lei Gordon Carnahan (b. [[2004]]), ...
29: *''[[In the Company of Darkness]]'' (Made for TV) (1993)
33: *''[[Mr. Saturday Night]]'' (1992) - Nicole Kidman (11782 bytes)
2: She was born in [[Honolulu, Hawaii]] to Dr Antony David Kidman and Janelle Ann (nee MacNeille). At th...
13: Her American debut was in ''[[Days of Thunder]]'' (1990), a stock-car racing movie...
17: ===Hollywood career===
19: After ?Days of Thunder? she starred with Cruise in [[Ron Ho...
41: ..., Kidman received her Star on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood, California. - Vivien Leigh (4286 bytes)
3: ...ess]] who was born '''Vivian Mary Hartley''' in [[Darjeeling]], [[India]]. She and her parents later ...
5: ... [[1932]] to Herbert Leigh Holman, and they had a daughter, Suzanne, in [[1933]].
7: ... late [[1938]], when filming began. [[Paulette Goddard]] was close to be cast as [[Margaret Mitchell]]...
17: ... a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] at 6773 Hollywood Blvd.
25: *''[[Dark Journey]]'' ([[1937]]) - Sophia Loren (9622 bytes)
5: ...ughter of aspiring actress and piano teacher Romilda Villani and married engineer Riccardo Scicolone a...
7: ... Italian films, but she had an early brush with [[Hollywood]] in [[1951]] when she and her mother worked as e...
11: ...cond half of the 1950s, her star began to rise in Hollywood, with films such as [[1957]]'s ''[[Boy on a Dolph...
17: ...ard Burton]] and [[Ettore Scola]]'s ''[[A Special Day]]'' with Mastroianni.
19: ...ly on [[tax evasion]] charges, a fact that didn't damage her career or popularity. - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
2: '''Marilyn Monroe''' ([[June 1]], [[1926]] – [[August 5]], [[1962]]) was an [[United States...
6: ... her true biological father. The most likely candidate for a while seemed to be [[Charles Stanley Giff...
8: ...r cruelly, corrected her. After Marilyn's death, Ida claimed that she and Wayne had seriously consider...
10: ...t never hugged or kissed her, or even smiled. One day, Gladys announced that she had bought a house fo...
12: ...herty, who would become her first husband. The Goddard family was moving to the [[East Coast of the Un... - Isabella Rossellini (2696 bytes)
3: ...[model (person)|model]] and an [[Actor|actress]], daughter of [[Ingrid Bergman]] and [[Roberto Rossell...
5: ...y best known for her role as Dorothy Vallens in [[David Lynch]]'s ''[[Blue Velvet]]''. She later took ...
6: Other roles include ''[[Cousins]]'' a Hollywood remake of the French film <i>Cousin, Cousine</i>,...
10: ...r, Elettra. She was also romantically linked to [[David Lynch]] and [[Gary Oldman]].
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