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Bradbury, Ray
(Encyclopedia) Bradbury, Ray (Raymond Douglas Bradbury)Bradbury, Ray (Raymond Douglas Bradbury)brădˈbĕrˌē, –bərē [key], 1920–2012, American writer, b. Waukegan, Ill. A popular and prolific writer of…Poitier, Sir Sidney
(Encyclopedia) Poitier, Sir Sidney, 1927–2022, Bahamian-American actor, b. Miami, raised in the Bahamas, returned to the United States at 14. Poitier…Ophüls, Max
(Encyclopedia) Ophüls, MaxOphüls, Maxôˈfüls [key], 1902–57, German-born French film director, b. Saarbrücken as Maximilian Oppenheimer. He started his career in the 1920s as an stage actor and…Penn, Arthur Hiller
(Encyclopedia) Penn, Arthur Hiller, 1922–2010, American director, brother of Irving Penn, b. Philadelphia; studied Black Mountain College and the Actors' Studio, Los Angeles. Penn, who often dealt…Brentwood, city and district, England
(Encyclopedia) Brentwood, city and district, Essex, SE England. Brentwood is mainly residential but produces some agricultural equipment, film, and…Mamet, David
(Encyclopedia) Mamet, DavidMamet, Davidmămĕtˈ [key], 1947–, American playwright and film director, b. Chicago. He taught drama (and produced some of his early plays) at Goddard College. His work,…Welles, Orson
(Encyclopedia) Welles, Orson, 1915–85, American actor, director, and producer, b. Kenosha, Wis. From childhood he evinced a precocious talent and lofty sense of self-assurance in theatrical matters.…Pinter, Harold
(Encyclopedia) Pinter, Harold, 1930–2008, English dramatist. Born in Hackney in London's East End, the son of an English tailor of Eastern European Jewish ancestry, he studied at London's Royal…Fuji
(Encyclopedia) Fuji Fuji f&oomacr;ˈjē [key], city, Shizuoka prefecture, S central Honshu, Japan, on Suruga Bay…Mitchell, Margaret
(Encyclopedia) Mitchell, Margaret, 1900–1949, American novelist, b. Atlanta, Ga. Her one novel, Gone with the Wind (1936; Pulitzer Prize), a romantic, panoramic portrait of the Civil War and…Trending
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