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Amanda Burton

One of the most respected television actors in the United Kingdom, Amanda Burton is best known for her role as sharp and persistent forensic pathologist Sam Ryan in the BBC series Silent Witness. A…

Janet Leigh

Name at birth: Jeanette Helen MorrisonBlonde, calmly beautiful and undeniably a grownup, Janet Leigh was one of the biggest movie stars of the 1950s. Leigh began making movies in 1947, and her 11-…

Sara Teasdale

Teasdale, Sara (tēzˈdāl) [key], 1884–1933, American poet, b. St. Louis. She wrote several volumes of delicate and highly personal lyrics, including Helen of Troy and Other Poems (1911), Rivers to the…

Robert A. Taft

Robert A. Taft was known as "Mr. Republican" for his dominance during the years 1939-1953, when he served as a U.S. senator from Ohio. Robert Taft is most famous for his steady opposition to Franklin…

Beatrix Potter

Name at birth: Helen Beatrix PotterBeatrix Potter was the author and illustrator of a popular series of children's books that includes The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1902), The Tailor of Gloucester (1903…

Anne Sullivan

Name at birth: Joanna SullivanAnne Sullivan was the tutor and lifelong friend and assistant to Helen Keller, the famous deaf and blind activist. Sullivan lost her own sight as a child and attended…

1996 Women's Olympic Badminton Medalists

Singles: 1. Bang Soo Hyun, S.KOR def. 2. Mia Audina, INA (11-6, 11-7); 3. Susi Susanti, INA def. Ji Kim Hyun, S.KOR (11-4, 11-1). Doubles: 1. Ge Fei & Gu Jun, CHN def. 2. Gil Young -ah &…

Teasdale, Sara (Mrs. Ernst B. Filsinger)

Teasdale, Sara (Mrs. Ernst B. Filsinger)[1884-1933](3)Born in St. Louis, Missouri, August 10, 1884. Educated at private schools. She is the author of "Sonnets to Duse", 1907; "Helen of Troy…

Leni Riefenstahl

Name at birth: Helene Bertha Amalie RiefenstahlTrained as an dancer, Leni Riefenstahl was an up-and-coming actress in German movies of the 1920s before becoming a film director. She impressed Adolf…

Entertainment News from September 1999

6 Allen Funt, creator and host of Candid Camera, dies of complications of a 1993 stroke. He was 84. The show, a CBS hit from 1960 to 1966, was originally created by Funt as a radio show, moved…