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Stevie Wonder Biography

Stevie Wonder(Steveland Morris)singer, composer, producerBorn: 5/13/1950Birthplace: Saginaw, Michigan Grammy Award-winning singer, composer, producer, arranger, and instrumentalist known for his…

Joanne Woodward Biography

Joanne WoodwardactressBorn: 2/27/1930Birthplace: Thomasville, Georgia Academy Award-winning actress whose films include The Three Faces of Eve (1957) and The Glass Menagerie (1987), which was…

William Wyler Biography

William WylerdirectorBorn: 7/1/1902Birthplace: Alsace, France Academy Award-winning director credited with adding a new level of maturity to American films during the 1940s and 1950s. His films…

Dean Martin Biography

Dean Martinsinger, actorBorn: 6/7/1917Birthplace: Steubenville, Ohio Singer and television and film actor who appeared in 55 films, had 40 singles on the Billboard charts between 1950 and…

Morey Amsterdam Biography

Morey Amsterdamcomedian, actorBorn: 12/14/1908Birthplace: Chicago The wisecracking television writer on The Dick Van Dyke Show started his career in vaudeville and on the nightclub circuit in the…

Lew Ayres Biography

Lew AyresactorBorn: 12/28/1908Birthplace: Minneapolis, Minnesota Ayres appeared in more than 60 films, but is known for being a conscientious objector to World War II. Both Hollywood and…

Dorothy Lamour Biography

Dorothy Lamour (Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton)actressBorn: 12/10/1914Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana Best known for her roles in the Road movies with Bob Hope and Bing Crosby, Lamour, with her…

Juliet Prowse Biography

Juliet Prowse dancerBorn: 9/25/1936Birthplace: Bombay, India The tall, leggy dancer gained fame in the United States when Nikita Khrushchev, visiting the set of Can-Can, declared her dancing “…

Tiny Tim Biography

Tiny Tim (Herbert Khaury)singerBorn: 4/12/1932Birthplace: New York City The ukulele-playing, childlike singer built his career on his signature song, 1968's “Tiptoe Through the Tulips with Me” and…

Diana Trilling Biography

Diana Trilling writerBorn: 7/21/1905Birthplace: New York A member of the New York intellectuals, a group of writers and critical thinkers of the 1930s, '40s and '50s, Trilling wrote reviews…