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Hingle was a veteran actor for more than fifty years in film, theater, and television. He is probably most known for this role of Commissioner James Gordon in the 1989 film Batman and it’s three sequels. Recently he appeared in Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, as the original owner of Dennit Racing. Some of his [...]
Kitt was an actress, singer and cabaret star. She is probably best known for her 1953 Christmas song “Santa Baby”. In the 1960s she replaced Julie Newmar in the role of Catwoman for the third and final season of the Batman TV series.
Garland was a businesswoman, hotel owner, and actress. She is probably best known for playing Red MacMurray’s second wife, Barbara Harper Douglas, on the long running sitcom My Three Sons. Her long television career saw her on shows such as the Twilight Zone, Remington Steele, the Mary Tyler Moore Show, Gunsmoke, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, Lois [...]
She was an African-American songwriter, guitarist, actress, singer, and most notable a civil rights activist. She is often referred to as “The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement”. Her style of music was mainly American folk music, jazz, blues and spiritual songs. It’s been noted that her style influenced Janis Joplin, Joan Baez, and Bob Dylan. Dylan [...]
Benedict was a famed character actor who is probably best remembered for his roles of The Number Painter on Sesame Street, and the English neighbor “Harry Bentley” on the classic television show The Jeffersons. On top of his various television and film careers, Benedict was an accomplished theater actor as well. He was most recently in [...]
Marand was an actress, who is best known for playing the role of Lois Lane in the Broadway musical “It’s a Bird… It’s a Plane… It’s Superman”. She was nominated for a 1966 Tony for her Lois Lane role.
Gibson was a Tony Award-winning playwright and novelist. He is best known for writing The Miracle Worker, which won him the Tony for Best Play. The Miracle Worker is the story of how Helen Keller received her childhood education.
Hayes was an Academy Award nominated screenwriter, who’s most famous work was the Alfred Hitchcock film “Rear Window”. Hayes and Hitchcock worked together quite a bit; the two collaborated on “The Trouble With Harry,” “To Catch a Thief” and the 1956 version of “The Man Who Knew Too Much.” In 1990 Hayes donated his collection of photographs, [...]
Goodspeed was a former contest on the hugely popular show American Idol. She auditioned for season five in 2005, and was closely followed by the producers. Even though she had no singing ability, she gained semi-stardom through Youtube. Goodspeed claimed that her audition videos had been seen over a million times. Goodspeed didn’t hide the fact that [...]
Miriam Makeba was a Grammy-winning singer from South Africa, who was often known by the nickname Mama Afrika. She was married to a Black Panther leader, and was vocally anti-apartheid. She even had her citizenship revoked for 30 years because of that. She had a wide discography spanning from 1960 to her last recording in 2006.
Stevie Ray Vaughan is considered by many to be one of the greatest guitar players who ever lived. He played a brand of blues-rock that is often imitated, and Vaughan’s songs still get heavy radio airplay to this day. He battled drug and alcohol problems, but as many rock stars would meet their demise from these, [...]
Crichton was a well-known author, medical doctor, film director, film producer, and television producer. He his best known for his science fiction and thriller novels, television programs, and films based off his books. Some of his more famous work includes The Andromeda Strain, Congo, Timeline, Disclosure, Prey and Next. He also created the Show ER… but [...]
Hillerman was an author of detective novels most notably being his Navajo Tribal Police mystery series. All of his novels are set in the Four Corners area of New Mexico and Arizona. Hillerman is credited for creating the beloved characters Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee. Below is a list of his Leaphorn & Chee books… 1. The Blessing [...]
Pressly was news anchor for KATV Channel 7 in Little Rock, Arkansas. She had worked at the station since May 2004. She also had a small part in the Oliver Stone movie W. where she played Ann Coulter.
Damiano directed the famous film “Deep Throat” starring Linda Lovelace and Harry Reems. Damiano’s film is credited with helping launch the “adult-entertainment” industry because it was a commercial success. It’s often been called the most profitable movie ever made, based on investment and return.
Moore was a comedian, musician, actor, and producer. He is commonly remembered for his role of Dolemite the pimp in the film Dolemite, and it’s sequel The Human Tornando. Moore released numerous comedy albums during the 60’s & 70’s. He developed a style that was said to be much more rude and crude than Redd Foxx [...]
Mr. Blackwell was a fashion critic, who is commonly known for his “Ten Worst Dressed Women” list. The list is an annual awards presentation given out each January. Along with his annual list he also wrote two books “Mr. Blackwell: 30 Years of Fashion Fiascos” and an autobiography “From Rags to Bitches”.
Warwick was a soul singer who is best known for her string of hits during the 1960s which include “I’m Gonna Make You Love Me”. Warwick is also a two-time Grammy nominee for “She Didn’t Know” and “Foolish Fool”. Following in the footsteps of her older sister (Dionne) she changed her name from Warrick to Warwick.
Stubbs was a baritone singer who is best known for being the lead vocalist of the Motown R&B supergroup The Four Tops. The Four Tops began as a small “supper-club” act but eventually signed with Motown Records in 1963. By the end of the 1960’s The Four Tops had over a dozen hits to their name some [...]
Narz was a game show host and television announcer. He worked on shows such as Place The Face, Dotto, Top Dollar, The Price Is Right, Seven Keys, Beat the Clcok, Concentration, Now Your See It, and Card Sharks. In May 2007, Narz was awarded the Diamond Circle Award by the Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters at a celebrity [...]
Bradley Anne Stewart (aka Gidget Gein) was best known as the second bass player for controversial musical act Marilyn Manson (called Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids when Gein joined). His stage name - Gidget Gein, was derived from television character Gidget, and serial killer Ed Gein. This was the same concept used by all [...]
Frank Vincent Zappa was an American songwriter, electric guitarist, and record producer. He played with the band the Mothers of Invention before going on to a solo career that earned him cult status. He eventually got into filmmaking as well.
Peters is known for being the original Mr. Clean on TV commercials from the late 1950s to the early 1960s. Some of his additional acting credits include Lassie, The Twilight Zone, Gunsmoke, Perry Mason and Wagon Train. Peters retired form acting in the late 1960s after filming his last episode of Lassie.
Pachard was a former sex/sadism exploitation film director from the 1960s for the 42nd Street grindhouse market. Starting in the 1980s, Pachard switched it up and started directing and producing mainstream pornographic films. He is well known for his “fetish” videos. He was a three-time AVN Best Director winner, and was inducted into the XRCO (X-Rated Critics [...]
Paul Leonard Newman was an American actor, although he had other passions as well - being an entrepreneur, directing film, and racing cars. The films for which Newman was probably most known for include: Cool Hand Luke, The Hustler, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The COlor of Money, The Sting, Exodus, Cat on a Hot [...]
Lynch was a former professional football player for the Washington Redskins and New York Giants. During his playing days with the Giants, Lynch made the Pro Bowl in 1963 and led the NFL in interceptions in 1961 and 1963. After his playing days were over, he found himself in the commentator’s booth from 1967 to 2008.
Brown was a blues singer who was heavily influenced by gospel music. He had a very distinctive sound, as he used a wide vibrato, melisma, and extra syllables when he sang. Some of his hits included “Don’t Be Angry, and “Night Time Is the Right Time”.
Whitfield was a producer and songwriter, and well known for his work with Berry Gordy’s Motown label. Whitfield is often credited with being one of the creators of the “Motown Sound”, as well as one of the key figures in the sub-genre of psychedelic soul. Some of his songwriting and production highlights included… * 1963: “Pride & Joy” [...]
Sergio Leone was an Italian filmmaker known mostly for his “spaghetti western” movies. The most famous of these are “A Fistful of Dollars”, “For a Few Dollars More”, and “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly”, all starring Clint Eastwood. Leone was probably the most influential filmmaker in the Spaghetti Western genre which also included Enzo [...]
Wright was a self-taught keyboardist and pianist, but will forever be remembered for his long career with Pink Floyd. His multilayered, often called richly textured, sound was a vital ingredient in the distinctive sound that was Pink Floyd. Though he was not known for his songwriting ability like his band mates Syd Barrett, Roger Waters and [...]