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Sir Michael Redgrave

Sir Michael RedgraveactorBorn: 3/29/1908Birthplace: Bristol, England Son of silent-film actor Roy Redgrave, Michael Redgrave had a prodigious career in theater and film, including acting, directing,…

Sir Michael Redgrave Biography

Sir Michael RedgraveactorBorn: 3/29/1908Birthplace: Bristol, England Son of silent-film actor Roy Redgrave, Michael Redgrave had a prodigious career in theater and film, including acting, directing,…

Schildkraut, Rudolph

(Encyclopedia) Schildkraut, RudolphSchildkraut, Rudolphshĭltˈkrout [key], 1862–1930, Austrian actor. He was a member of Max Reinhardt's Deutsches Theater, Berlin. In 1911 he came to the United States…

Oakley, Annie

(Encyclopedia) Oakley, Annie, 1860–1926, American theatrical performer, b. Darke co., Ohio. Her original name was Phoebe Anne Oakley Mozee. From childhood on she was a “dead shot” with a rifle. She…

Chew, Benjamin

(Encyclopedia) Chew, Benjamin, 1722–1810, American public official and judge, b. Anne Arundel co., Md. He read law in Philadelphia under Andrew Hamilton and was admitted (1746) to the bar. After…

Blenheim Park

(Encyclopedia) Blenheim Park, estate, Oxfordshire, central England, near Woodstock. The stately Blenheim Palace was designed by Sir John Vanbrugh and stands on spacious grounds that included…

Mancini, Laura, duchesse de Mercœur

(Encyclopedia) Mancini, Laura, duchesse de MercœurMancini, Laura, duchesse de Mercœurlouˈrä mänchēˈnē düshĕsˈ də mĕrcûrˈ [key], 1636–57, eldest of five famous sisters, nieces of Cardinal Mazarin, who…

Anne Morrow Lindbergh 2001 Deaths

Anne Morrow LindberghAge: 94 lyric writer and aviator who, with her husband, Charles Lindbergh, traveled all over the globe, setting a number of aviational records. She got her glider pilot’s…

Sylvia Ann Hewlett, 2002 News

writer, created a stir with the February publication of her book, Creating a Life: Professional Women and the Quest for Children. She theorized that many women in the upper ranks of the…