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Jane Russell Biography

Jane Russell(Ernestine Jane Geraldine Russell)actressBorn: 6/21/1921Birthplace: Bemidji, MinnesotaDied: 2/28/2011Deathplace: Santa Maria, Calif. Beautiful, dark-haired, big-boned actress with…

Jane Wyman Biography

Jane Wyman actress, producer Born: 1/4/1914 Birthplace: St. Joseph, Missouri In 1969, Wyman starred in How to Commit Marriage.…

Jane's Addiction Biography

Jane's Addictionrock group To many, Jane's Addiction epitomized the alternative rock scene that developed during the mid-1980s. Merging elements of punk and metal among other styles, the band…

Jane Curtin Biography

Jane Curtin comedienne, actressBorn: 9/6/1947Birthplace: Cambridge, Massachusetts Emmy Award-winning television comedienne and actress who was a regular on Saturday Night Live during its heyday…

David Hyde Pierce

David Hyde PierceactorBorn: 4/3/1959Birthplace: Saratoga Springs, New York Emmy–winning actor best known as Frasier Crane's neurotic younger brother Niles on Frasier (1993–), Pierce is also active on…

Pierce Brosnan Biography

Pierce BrosnanactorBorn: 5/16/1953Birthplace: Navan, Meath, Ireland Irish-born actor whose starring role in the American TV detective series Remington Steele (1982–87) made him a popular sex…

Porter, Jane

(Encyclopedia) Porter, Jane, 1776–1850, Scottish novelist. Her historical novels, particularly Thaddeus of Warsaw (4 vol., 1803) and Scottish Chiefs (5 vol., 1810), were exceptionally popular in…

King, William Rufus Devane

(Encyclopedia) King, William Rufus Devane, 1786–1853, U.S. Senator from Alabama (1819–44, 1848–52), b. Sampson co., N.C. A Democratic Congressman from North Carolina (1811–16), he settled (1818) in…

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

(Encyclopedia) Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804–64, American novelist and short-story writer, b. Salem, Mass., one of the great masters of American fiction. His novels and tales are penetrating…

Harrison, Jane Ellen

(Encyclopedia) Harrison, Jane Ellen, 1850–1928, English classical scholar. She applied archaeological discoveries in the interpretation of Greek religion. Her works include Prolegomena to the Study…