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Miles, Sarah

actressBirthplace: Essex, EnglandBorn: 12/31/41

Miles, Vera

(Vera Ralston) actressBirthplace: nr. Boise City, Okla.Born: 8/23/30

The Green Mile

Director/Writer:Frank DarabontCastle Rock/Warner Bros.; R; 180 minutesRelease:12/99Cast:Tom Hanks, David Morse, Michael Clarke DuncanBased on the serial novel by Stephen King The Green Mile…

Piazzetta, Giovanni Batista

(Encyclopedia) Piazzetta, Giovanni BatistaPiazzetta, Giovanni Batistajōvänˈnē bätēsˈtä pēätsĕtˈtä [key], 1682–1754, Italian painter. An exponent of the Venetian school, Piazzetta combined soft colors…

Canton, cities, United States

(Encyclopedia) Canton. 1 City (2020 pop. 13,098), Fulton co., W central Ill., in the corn belt; inc. 1849. It is a trade and industrial center for a…

Cartwright, Alexander Joy

(Encyclopedia) Cartwright, Alexander Joy, 1820–92, American baseball player, b. New York City. He worked as a bank teller and a bookseller, and was a volunteer firefighter with the Knickerbocker Fire…

Miles, Nelson Appleton

(Encyclopedia) Miles, Nelson Appleton, 1839–1925, American army officer, b. near Westminster, Mass. In 1861, at the outbreak of the Civil War, he left his job in a Boston store and organized a…

Isaac TELLER, Congress, NY (1799-1868)

TELLER Isaac , a Representative from New York; born in Matteawan, Dutchess County, N.Y., February 7, 1799; completed preparatory studies; held several local offices; elected as a Whig to the…

Ludwig TELLER, Congress, NY (1911-1965)

TELLER Ludwig , a Representative from New York; born in New York City (Borough of Manhattan), N.Y., June 22, 1911; educated in the public schools; graduated from New York University in 1936 and…