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Raised in Washington, D.C., the great-granddaughter (on her father's side) of German immigrants, Frances Hussey Sternhagen taught acting, singing and dancing to young schoolchildren before first performing herself with the Arena Stage Group.
Since then, she was seen in numerous Broadway and Off-Broadway shows.
She was nominated seven times for a Tony Award (winning 2 times, once for her performance in "The Good Doctor" and once for "The Heiress"). Other shows in which she appeared include "Equus", "On Golden Pond", "Angel", and "You Can't Take it with You".
Among many other appearances Off-Broadway, including the original production of "On Golden Pond", Sternhagen delighted Off-Broadway audiences for over two years with her feisty portrayal of the title character in "Driving Miss Daisy".
Her film debut was in Up the Down Staircase (1967). Since then her credits have included Fedora (1978), Starting Over (1979), Outland (1981) and Communion (1989).
She appeared on the very popular long-running television series Cheers (1982) as Esther Clavin, mother of John Ratzenberger's character, the pedagogical know-it-all mailman Cliff Clavin.
She played wealthy philanthropist and society matron Millicent Carter, the grandmother of John Carter (Noah Wyle) on ER (1994). She also appeared in episodes of Sex and the City (1998) and Becker (1998).- Actress
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Ruby Dee was an American actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist and civil rights activist. She is best known for originating the role of "Ruth Younger" in the stage and film versions of A Raisin in the Sun (1961).
She also starred in The Jackie Robinson Story (1950), Cat People (1982), Do the Right Thing (1989), and American Gangster (2007).
Her film debut was That Man of Mine (1946).
For her performance as Mahalee Lucas in American Gangster (2007), she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. As of 2019, she stands as the second oldest nominee for Best Supporting Actress, behind Gloria Stuart who was 87 when nominated for her role in Titanic for the 70th Academy Awards, 1998.
Dee died on June 11, 2014, at her home in New Rochelle, New York, from natural causes at the age of 91.- Actress
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Teresa Brewer made her debut on "The Major Bowes Amateur Hour" radio program in 1936 and toured with the show until 1943. She made her first recording in 1949 and her first big record was "Music! Music! Music!" It debuted on 4 February 1950 and was Number 1 on the Top 10 charts for four weeks.- American character actor of extensive stage background. He appeared frequently on Broadway in such plays as "A Thousand Clowns, " "The Deputy, " and "Time Limit." He was also active in early television, working on dramatic programs such as "Kraft Television Theatre" and "Studio One." He was married to actress Frances Sternhagen. Carlin died at 62 from heart failure.
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Joan Harvey was born on 26 March 1933 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress and director, known for Hands of a Stranger (1962), The Edge of Night (1956) and Pretty Boy Floyd (1960). She was married to Saul Newton and Ralph Klein. She died on 24 November 2014 in New Rochelle, New York, USA.- Ann Thomas was born on 8 July 1913 in Newport, Rhode Island, USA. She was an actress, known for Midnight Cowboy (1969), Walk East on Beacon! (1952) and Duffy's Tavern (1945). She died on 28 April 1989 in New Rochelle, New York, USA.
- Stanley Greene was born on 17 April 1911 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Wiz (1978), The DuPont Show of the Month (1957) and Lord Shango (1975). He was married to Javotee Sutton (actress). He died on 4 July 1981 in New Rochelle, New York, USA.
- Kay Strozzi was born on 25 November 1899 in Swan's Point Plantation, Virginia, USA. She was an actress, known for Captain Applejack (1930), Ex-Lady (1933) and Kraft Theatre (1947). She died on 18 January 1996 in New Rochelle, New York, USA.
- Maurice Copeland was born on 13 June 1911 in Rector, Arkansas, USA. He was an actor, known for Blow Out (1981), Arthur (1981) and Being There (1979). He died on 3 October 1985 in New Rochelle, New York, USA.
- Riley Chamberlin was born on 7 November 1854 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA. He was an actor, known for His Winning Way (1914), The Star of Bethlehem (1912) and Mr. Cinderella (1914). He died on 24 January 1917 in New Rochelle, New York, USA.
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Moyshe Oysher was born in 1907 in Lipkany, Bessarabia Governorate, Russian Empire [now Lipcani, Briceni District, Moldova]. He was an actor and writer, known for Singing in the Dark (1956), The Singing Blacksmith (1938) and The Cantor's Son (1937). He died on 27 November 1958 in New Rochelle, New York, USA.- Actor
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Although most of Lloyd Price's hits occurred in the late 1950s and early 1960s, he actually had his first hit in 1952, with "Lawdy Miss Clawdy", which became a major R&B hit. However, his budding career came to a quick halt in 1954 when he was drafted into the army. Because of his musical background, though, he was placed into the Special Services (entertainment) branch, where he was put in charge of a large dance band that played "swing" music to entertain the troops. It was here that Price got the idea for what was to become his trademark style: combining a lush, full orchestra with the grittier, rawer tempos and vocals of R&B. After completing his hitch, Price made the rounds of record companies trying to convince them of the soundness of his idea, but he got nowhere. Frustrated, he started his own label, Kent Records. His first record on Kent, 1957's "Just Because", became a regional hit on the East Coast, but Kent, like other small labels, found it difficult to distribute nationally, limiting the chances of the record's success. Price managed to sign a distribution deal with ABC-Paramount Records, a major player with national distribution, and that enabled the record to stay on the charts for the next six months. The next year he signed a distribution deal with Atlantic Records, another major label. However, he soon grew tired of both running a record label and performing, and decided to concentrate solely on performing. He signed a recording contract with ABC-Paramount in 1958, and in October of that year released what would be one of his biggest hits, "Stagger Lee", complete with his trademark combination of orchestral background and R&B vocals. The record sold more than a million copies and was the top R&B record of 1959. The song did cause some controversy, though. It was based on an old tune called "Stag-O-Lee" about an argument that took place during a gambling game that resulted in a barroom murder. Religious pressure groups, among them the Catholic Church's Legion of Decency, pressured Paramount not to release the record at all, due to its "immoral" subject matter. Paramount did release it, but the lyrics were somewhat sanitized, with no mention of gambling or the shooting resulting in the character's death. Price's follow-up songs to "Stagger Lee" wee also big hits: "Personality" and "I'm Gonna Get Married." Price left Paramount in 1962 and started his own record label again, Double-L. While he had some modest hits with that label, its main claim to fame was that it was the label which first signed Wilson Pickett to a solo contract.
Price signed with several different labels over the next several years (he was the first black artist signed by Monument Records, a Nashville label that specialized almost exclusively in country/western singers) but couldn't manage to chart with any more records. In an effort to jumpstart his career he started his own label again, Turntable Records, and even opened up a nightclub in New York called Turntables. In 1972, he began to concentrate more on personal appearances and concerts rather than recording. He went into semi-retirement in the mid-'80s and only occasionally appeared in concerts or on television. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.- Producer
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Saul J. Turell was born on 20 January 1921 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist (1979), Silents Please (1960) and The Love Goddesses (1965). He died on 10 April 1986 in New Rochelle, New York, USA.- Actress
Audrey Strauss was born on 30 June 1922 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She was an actress. She was married to Robert Strauss. She died on 25 June 2003 in New Rochelle, New York, USA.- Music Department
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Jazz composer-pianist Horace Silver took an interest in music as a young boy after becoming romantically interested in a 12-year-old girl who knew how to play the piano. After convincing the object of his affections to give him piano lessons, young Horace discovered his niche. He had, however, been exposed early to numerous Afro-American musical forms as well as a variety of genres from the African Diaspora. He grew up listening to the folk music of his father's native Cape Verde, the African island formerly colonized by Portugal. Additionally, he was entranced by the African-American jazz, gospel and blues prevalent during his formative years. In high school he played saxophone and piano, citing Thelonious Monk and Bud Powell as major influences during this period. In 1950 he was hired by saxophonist-composer Stan Getz. Remaining with Getz for a year, Silver began to develop his skills as a composer and produced the songs "Split Kick" and "Potter's Luck". Moving from his native Norwalk, Connecticut, to New York City in 1951, he played with a long line of jazz luminaries that included Miles Davis, Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, Milt Jackson and Art Blakey. He signed with Blue Note Records in 1952 and made many hit records for the label, continuing with the label until 1980. His stint with the cooperatively-led The Jazz Messengers (later known under the leadership of drummer Blakey) began in 1953 when the era of hard-bop was becoming the new jazz standard. Silver continued to gain prominence as a band leader, pianist and composer in spite of being diagnosed in the late 1950s with rheumatoid arthritis in one of his hands and a malformed spine that resulted from a childhood illness. From 1960 onward he produced several jazz classics that draw on both his Afro-Portuguese and Afro-American heritage, as well as Afro-Latin forms. Among his most notable compositions are "Senor Blues", "Doodlin'", "Sister Sadie", "The Preacher", "Opus de Funk", "Nica's Dream" and a 1964 Cape Verdean-Bossa Nova classic called "Song For My Father". Just as Art Blakey's Band has become legendary as a training ground for young talent, so did Silver's own band. Among his members have been the noted jazz saxophonist-composer Joe Henderson, the Brecker Brothers, Benny Golson and Woody Shaw. In 1996 readers of Down Beat Magazine justifiably voted Silver into the Down Beat Hall of Fame. Not content to rest on his laurels, he continues to be a major influence on Jazz musicians everywhere and continues to compose, record and perform throughout the world.- Adolph Lestina was born on 26 February 1861 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Girl Who Stayed at Home (1919), The Burglar's Dilemma (1912) and A Wreath of Orange Blossoms (1911). He was married to Mary Elizabeth (Bessie) Rice (aka Bessie Lea Lestina, actress). He died on 23 August 1923 in New Rochelle, New York, USA.
- Robert Crichton was born on 19 January 1925 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. He was a writer, known for The Great Impostor (1960), The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1969) and The Camerons (1979). He was married to Judy Crichton. He died on 23 March 1993 in New Rochelle, New York, USA.
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Roy Hamilton was born in Leesburg, Georgia, on April 16, 1929. His family moved to Jersey City, NJ, in 1943. He was an experienced gospel singer and one-time Golden Gloves boxer. He specialized in a mixture of pop, show and R&B tunes. He was signed by Columbia Records in 1953 after being discovered in a local club. He later signed with Columbia's subsidiary Epic Records. He had huge charted success with his first single "You'll Never Walk Alone". In 1955 he would have s chart-topping hit with what what would become one of the most recorded songs of all time, "Unchained Melody" (from the prison film Unchained (1955)). He also had success with "Don't Let Go" (1958), considered a rock standard (later reworked by Isaac Hayes); "You Can Have Her"; "Lips"; "A Great Romance"; "Time Marches On"; "If I Loved You" and "Hurt", among others. He appeared in the film Let's Rock (1958).- Writer
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Philip H. Reisman Jr. was born on 12 November 1916 in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. He was a writer and production manager, known for I Spy (1955), Project Twenty (1954) and P.J. (1967). He died on 1 June 1999 in New Rochelle, New York, USA.- Jack Carr was born on 8 September 1895 in Salisbury, North Carolina, USA. He was an actor, known for Safari (1940) and Four Shall Die (1940). He was married to Marie Brown. He died on 16 April 1951 in New Rochelle, New York, USA.
- Andy Clark was born on 12 March 1903 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Hit the Deck (1929), The Shamrock Handicap (1926) and The Great Bradley Mystery (1917). He died on 16 November 1960 in New Rochelle, New York, USA.
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Frank DelGais was born on 7 September 1956 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and actor, known for Vampire Lesbian Kickboxers (2004) and The Dash (2016). He was married to Raffaela. He died on 3 October 2003 in New Rochelle, New York, USA.- Actress
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Although Shauneille Perry's most visible credits were for her adaptation of the John Henry Redwood play "Old Settler" (see The Old Settler (2001)), Perry is a veteran director of the New York City theatre community and has a long and impressive list of credits, most often produced at New York's New Federal Theatre, that include her direction of: J. e. Franklin's Drama Desk Award-winning play "Black Girl"; "Jamimma" & "African Interlude" both by Marta-Evans Charles; "Prodigal Sister" by J. e. Franklin and Micki Grant and Grant's "Looking Back"; "Trouble in Mind" by the noted and trendsetting Harlem Renaissance playwright Alice Childress; "Keyboard" by Matt Robinson; "Love" by Carolyn Rodgers; "Who Loves the Dancer" by Rob Penny; "In Bed with the Blues: the Adventures of Fishy Waters by Guy Davis; Vincent Smith's "Williams and Walker"; "Showdown" by Don Evans; and "The Balm Yard" by Don Kinch which featured actress Roxie Roker. Perry also penned and directed "In Dahomey" during New Federal Theatre's 1998-99 season. Perry remains one of the most prolific and versatile talents in American theatre.- Laura Nelson Hall was born on 11 July 1876 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for The Stubbornness of Geraldine (1915) and Dope (1914). She was married to Ned Howard Fowler and Frederick Truesdell. She died on 11 July 1936 in New Rochelle, New York, USA.
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R.H. Cochrane was born on 27 December 1878 in Wheeling, West Virginia, USA. He is known for The Exquisite Thief (1919), Mutual Weekly, No. 42 (1915) and Animated Weekly, No. 136 (1914). He was married to Julia Fallis. He died on 31 May 1973 in New Rochelle, New York, USA.