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Butch Cassidy Biography

Butch Cassidy(Robert Leroy Parker)outlawBorn: 4/13/1866Birthplace: Beaver, Utah Butch Cassidy was the most prolific bank and train robber of his time. After a term in prison (1894–96) Cassidy…

Helen Shaver Biography

Helen ShaveractressBorn: 2/24/1951Birthplace: St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada This seductive blonde actress graced a number of films of the 1980s, playing opposite Paul Newman in The Color of…

Notable Artists

Painters, sculptors, and photographers Read the brief and informative biographies of notable artists, from Pablo Picasso and Mary Cassatt to Vincent Van Gogh and Georgia O'Keeffe…

Olivia Newton-John

Olivia Newton-Johnsinger, actressBorn: 9/26/1948Birthplace: Cambridge, England Born in England and reared in Australia, singer Olivia Newton-John scored with numerous country-tinged pop hits…

Bob Newhart Biography

Bob Newhart(George Robert Newhart)comedian, actorBorn: 9/5/1929Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois The first of Bob Newhart's two stand-up comedy albums, The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart (1960), became…

Olivia Newton-John Biography

Olivia Newton-Johnsinger, actressBorn: 9/26/1948Birthplace: Cambridge, England Born in England and reared in Australia, singer Olivia Newton-John scored with numerous country-tinged pop hits…

Clouzot, Henri-Georges

(Encyclopedia) Clouzot, Henri-GeorgesClouzot, Henri-GeorgesäNrēˈ-zhôrzh cl&oomacr;zōˈ [key], 1907–77, French film director, master of the Gallic noir cinema. His career spanned 40 years, but he…

Delbrück, Max Ludwig Henning

(Encyclopedia) Delbrück, Max Ludwig HenningDelbrück, Max Ludwig Henningdĕlˈbrük [key], 1906–1981, American biophysicist, b. Berlin, Germany. Ph.D, Univ. of Göttingen, 1930. He spent most of his…

Eyre, Edward John

(Encyclopedia) Eyre, Edward JohnEyre, Edward Johnâr [key], 1815–1901, British colonial administrator. In Australia (1833–45) he was a magistrate, explorer, and writer on Australian geography, and had…