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Andie MacDowell Biography

Andie MacDowell (Rosalie Anderson MacDowell)actress/modelBorn: 4/21/1958Birthplace: Gaffney, South Carolina Film actress and former Calvin Klein model, MacDowell got her start in films as Jane…

Andy Warhol Biography

Andy Warhol(Andrew Warhola)artist, film makerBorn: 8/6/1928(?)Birthplace: Pittsburgh,(?) Pennsylvania The consummate dispassionate observer and a founder of pop culture, Warhol made the Campbell Soup…

Mayer, Louis Burt

(Encyclopedia) Mayer, Louis Burt, 1885–1957, American movie producer, b. Russia. Mayer began (1907) as the operator of a theater in Haverhill, Mass., gradually gaining control of all the theaters in…

Cheney, Dick

(Encyclopedia) Cheney, Dick (Richard Bruce Cheney)Cheney, Dickchēˈnē, chāˈ– [key], 1941–, Vice President of the United States (2001–9), b. Lincoln, Nebr. His family moved to Casper, Wyo., when he was…

Turpin, Dick

(Encyclopedia) Turpin, Dick, 1706–39, English robber. After a short and brutal career of horse stealing and general crime he was hanged at York. The fame—or notoriety—that he later achieved derives…

Bruna, Dick

(Encyclopedia) Bruna, Dick (Hendrick Magdalenus Bruna), 1927–2017, Dutch children's book author and illustrator, b. Utrecht. The author of more than 120 books, Bruna is best known for his stories…

1965–1966 Emmy Awards

Outstanding Dramatic SeriesThe Fugitive (ABC)Outstanding Continued Performance By an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic SeriesBill Cosby, I SpyOutstanding Continued Performance By an…

Melville, Herman

(Encyclopedia) Melville, Herman, 1819–91, American author, b. New York City, considered one of the great American writers and a major figure in world literature. Like Moby-Dick, Pierre; or, The…

1962–1963 Emmy Awards

Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of DramaThe Defenders (CBS)Outstanding Continued Performance By an Actor in a Series (Lead)E.G. Marshall, The DefendersOutstanding Continued…