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Alfred Hitchcock
Director, Psycho
Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born in Leytonstone, Essex, England. He was the son of Emma Jane (Whelan; 1863 - 1942) and East End greengrocer William Hitchcock (1862 - 1914). His parents were both of half English and half Irish ancestry. He had two older siblings, William Hitchcock (born 1890) and Eileen Hitchcock (born 1892)...
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Ronald Reagan
Actor, Kings Row
Ronald Reagan is, arguably, the most successful actor in history, having catapulted from a career as a Warner Bros. contract player and television star, into serving as president of the Screen Actors Guild, the governorship of California (1967-1975), and lastly, two terms as President of the United States (1981-1989)...
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Peggy Lee
Soundtrack, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Born Norma Dolores Egstrom in Jamestown, North Dakota, sultry song stylist Peggy Lee was the product of a troubled, abusive childhood, who used singing as an escape. She found work on a radio station as a teenager in Fargo and quickly changed her name to Peggy Lee. An early move to Hollywood at age 17 proved disappointing...
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Majel Barrett
Actress, General Hospital
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Alma Reville
Writer, Shadow of a Doubt
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Leila Hyams
Actress, Freaks
Leila Hyams was born May 1, 1905 in New York, NY to vaudeville comedy performers John Hyams (1869-1940) and Leila (McIntyre) Hyams (1882-1953). Both her parents can later be seen in several Hollywood films together, such as The Housekeeper's Daughter (1939). As soon as she could walk, she appeared onstage with her parents...
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Vic Mizzy
Soundtrack, The Addams Family
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Brandon Stoddard
Producer, You Know My Name
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William Fadiman
Producer, Jubal
William J. Fadiman, longtime Hollywood story editor, literary critic and producer, was educated at the University of Wisconsin and the Sorbonne. While still in college he wrote a literary game called "Poetic Posers" that was published regularly in the New York Herald. From the 1940s to the 1970s he supervised script development and story editors at several major studios...
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Robert Gottschalk
Producer, Dangerous Charter
He bought an interest in a camera shop and later got to know a nearby outfit that made underwater filming equipment for Jacques-Yves Cousteau. Equipment restrictions at the time made wide-angle filming difficult, and Gottschalk began experimenting with anamorphic lens equipment patented by Henri Chrétien...
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