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Troy Donahue Biography

Troy DonahueMerle JohnsonactorBorn: 1/27/1936Birthplace: New York City Popular blond-haired, blue-eyed teen heartthrob from the TV series Hawaiian Eye (1960–62) and Surfside Six (1962–63).…

Hugh Downs Biography

Hugh DownsTV personalityBorn: 2/14/1921Birthplace: Akron, Ohio Radio announcer who became a popular TV personality when he joined Jack Paar's The Tonight Show (1957–62). An erudite man who…

Lesley-Anne Down Biography

Lesley-Anne DownactressBorn: 3/17/1954Birthplace: London, England Actress best known for her role in the British TV series, Upstairs, Downstairs. She went on to star in several feature films…

Joanne Dru Biography

Joanne Dru(Joanne LaCock)actressBorn: 1/27/1923Birthplace: Logan, West Virginia Actress who made her mark as the leading lady of such classic westerns as Red River (1948), She Wore a Yellow…

Patty Duke Biography

Patty Duke(Anna Marie Duke)actressBorn: 12/14/1946Birthplace: New York, New York Actress who won an Oscar at the age of 16 for her performance as Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker (1962). Duke…

Sandy Duncan Biography

Sandy DuncanactressBorn: 2/20/1946Birthplace: Henderson, Texas Actress whose chirpy voice and sunny disposition made her a hit on Broadway in the 1960s and then on TV, with the series Funny Face (…

Shelley Duvall Biography

Shelley DuvallactressBorn: 7/7/1949Birthplace: Houston, Texas Actress who made her film and acting debut in the 1970 film Brewster McCloud, after being discovered by director Robert Altman.…

Jimmy Durante Biography

Jimmy Durantecomedian, actorBorn: 2/10/1893Birthplace: New York City After an early career in vaudeville, Durante had established himself as the lovable comedian whose laughs came at his own expense…

Burton Lane Biography

Burton Lane(Burton Levy)composerBorn: 2/2/1912Birthplace: New York City A composer of numerous scores for Broadway musicals and Hollywood films, Lane collaborated with lyricists Ira Gershwin…

Frederick Loewe Biography

Frederick LoewecomposerBorn: 6/10/1904Birthplace: Vienna, Austria After studying music in Berlin, Loewe immigrated to the United States in 1924. He played the piano in New York restaurants and soon…