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Natasha Jane Richardson was born in Marylebone, London, England, to director and producer Tony Richardson and actress Vanessa Redgrave. She was the sister of actress Joely Richardson, the niece of actors Corin Redgrave and Lynn Redgrave, and the granddaughter of actors Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson.
Trained at London's Central School of Speech and Drama, Richardson performed extensively on stage in roles, including "Helena" in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and Ophelia in "Hamlet" at the Young Vic. In 1986, she garnered the London Drama Critics' Most Promising Newcomer Award for her performance as "Nina" in "The Seagull", with Vanessa Redgrave and Jonathan Pryce. In 1987, she played "Tracey Lord" in Richard Eyre's musical, "High Society".
Natasha made her feature film debut as Mary Shelley in Ken Russell's Gothic (1986). Her performance caught the attention of director Paul Schrader, who cast her in the title role in Patty Hearst (1988). Natasha achieved notable success in such films as Pat O'Connor's A Month in the Country (1987), Roland Joffé's Fat Man and Little Boy (1989) and The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish (1991), featuring Bob Hoskins and Jeff Goldblum. For her performance in Volker Schlöndorff's The Handmaid's Tale (1990) and Schrader's The Comfort of Strangers (1990), Richardson earned The London Evening Standard Award for Best Actress of 1990; and for Widows' Peak (1994), also starring Mia Farrow and Joan Plowright, she received the Best Actress Award at the 1994 Karlovy Vary Festival.
Also in 1994, she co-starred with Jodie Foster and Liam Neeson in Nell (1994) and, in 1998, in The Parent Trap (1998) with Dennis Quaid. Her early 2000s films include Blow Dry (2001) released in 2001, and Ethan Hawke's Chelsea Walls (2001).
Natasha performed the title role of "Anna Christie", first in London, where she was voted London Drama Critics' Best Actress Award in 1992, then on Broadway at the Roundabout in 1993, where she was nominated for a Tony for Best Actress in a Play, a Theatre World Award for Outstanding Debut, the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Debut of an Actress, and a Drama Desk nomination for Best Actress. For her performance as Sally Bowles in Sam Mendes' production of "Cabaret", she won the 1998 Tony, Outer Critics Circle, Drama League and Drama Desk Awards for Best Actress in a Musical. She then appeared on Broadway in Patrick Marber's Tony-nominated play "Closer". In December 2009 she had been intended to play "Miss Julie" on Broadway with Philip Seymour Hoffman, directed by David Leveaux for Roundabout Theatre.
Richardson's television credits included Henrik Ibsen's "Ghosts" for the BBC, also starring Judi Dench, Michael Gambon and Kenneth Branagh; the HBO cable feature Hostages (1992); the BBC film Suddenly, Last Summer (1993), based on the play by Tennessee Williams, and also starring Maggie Smith and Rob Lowe. In 1993 she starred as Zelda Fitzgerald in the TNT movie Zelda (1993), co-starring Timothy Hutton and directed by Pat O'Connor (cable Ace nomination for Best Actress). She played Ruth Gruber in the 2001 CBS mini-series Haven (2001) based on Ms. Gruber's autobiography.
In March 2009, Natasha died in a New York City hospital, after falling and receiving a head injury whilst skiing in Mont Tremblant, Quebec, Canada. Natasha was married to actor Liam Neeson from 1994 until her death, and the couple have two children.- Actress
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Academy Award-winner Maureen Stapleton was born June 21, 1925 in Troy, New York, to Irene (née Walsh) and John P. Stapleton. Her family was of Irish descent. Maureen moved to New York City at the age of eighteen and did modeling to pay the bills. Already a Tony Award-winner, she made her Academy Award-nominated film debut in Lonelyhearts (1958) supporting four-time Academy Award-nominee Montgomery Clift, and Myrna Loy in Lonelyhearts (1958). Maureen was was nominated for an Oscar again for her performance in Airport (1970). She played the wife of D. O. Guerrero (played by Academy Award-winner Van Heflin). Eight years later she went on to earn a third Oscar nomination for her performance as Diane Keaton, Kristen Griffith, and Mary Beth Hurt's stepmother Pearl, in the Woody Allen drama Interiors (1978). Apparently, four times worked as a charm when Maureen took the Oscar home for her performance in which she portrayed the Lithuanian-born anarchist Emma Goldman in Warren Beatty's Reds (1981).- Michael Baseleon was a busy American actor who debuted in the theater before becoming a regular on television. He was featured or guest-starred in some 90 television series and TV movies (including The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1969), Ironside (1967), Police Woman (1974), Barnaby Jones (1973), Police Story (1973), Flamingo Road (1980), CHiPs (1977), The Greatest American Hero (1981), and The A-Team (1983)). He did not appear in many feature films, but two of these (Uptight (1968) and The Grissom Gang (1971)) stood out whilst another (A Man Called Horse (1970)) became a cult classic. Baseleon died at age 61 in 1986 after suffering a heart attack.
- Loring Mandel was born on 5 May 1928 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a writer, known for Playhouse 90 (1956), The Little Drummer Girl (1984) and Love of Life (1951). He was married to Dorothy Mandel. He died on 24 March 2020 in Lenox, Massachusetts, USA.
- Andrew Carnegie is a Scottish-American industrialist, and philanthropist. Carnegie led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century and became one of the richest Americans in history. He became a leading philanthropist in the United States and in the British Empire. During the last 18 years of his life, he gave away $350 million (conservatively $66 billion in 2024 dollars, based on percentage of GDP) to charities, foundations, and universities - almost 90 percent of his fortune. His 1889 article proclaiming "The Gospel of Wealth" called on the rich to use their wealth to improve society, and stimulated a wave of philanthropy.
Carnegie was born in Dunfermline, Scotland, and immigrated to the United States with his parents in 1848 at age 12. Carnegie started work as a telegrapher, and by the 1860s had investments in railroads, railroad sleeping cars, bridges, and oil derricks. He accumulated further wealth as a bond salesman, raising money for American enterprise in Europe. He built Pittsburgh's Carnegie Steel Company, which he sold to J.P. Morgan in 1901 for $303,450,000. It became the U.S. Steel Corporation. After selling Carnegie Steel, he surpassed John D. Rockefeller as the richest American for the next several years.
Carnegie devoted the remainder of his life to large-scale philanthropy, with special emphasis on local libraries, world peace, education, and scientific research. With the fortune he made from business, he built Carnegie Hall in New York, NY, and the Peace Palace and founded the Carnegie Corporation of New York, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Carnegie Institution for Science, Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland, Carnegie Hero Fund, Carnegie Mellon University, and the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, among others. - Music Department
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Jerry Ross was born on 9 March 1926 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Goodfellas (1990), Hot Tub Time Machine (2010) and The Family (2013). He was married to Judith (Judy) Marie Levy. He died on 11 November 1955 in Lenox Hill Hospital, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.- Margarett Cooper was born on 15 October 1913 in Dayton, Ohio, USA. He was married to George Clinton Cooper. He died on 20 September 2013 in Lenox Hill Hospital, New York City, New York, USA.
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Matt Harlib was born on 16 July 1925 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Matt was a director and writer, known for Studio One (1948), Penny to a Million (1955) and The Best of Burlesque (1981). Matt was married to Harriet Blacker Harlib. Matt died on 26 March 1994 in Lenox Hill Hospital, Manhattan.- Writer
- Actor
Douglas Parkhirst was born on 3 November 1914 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Lights Out (1946), Star Tonight (1955) and The Edge of Night (1956). He died on 20 May 1964 in Lenox Hill, New York, USA.- Art Department
- Actor
Andrew Flint was born on 3 October 1983 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Death to the Tinman (2007), Glory at Sea (2008) and Five Days Gone (2010). He died on 21 January 2024 in Lenox, Massachusetts, USA.- Stefan Lorant was born on 22 February 1901 in Budapest, Hungary. He was married to Laurie Robertson. He died on 14 November 1997 in Lenox, Massachusetts, USA.
- Grace Elliston was born in 1878 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. She was an actress, known for Black Fear (1915). She died on 14 December 1950 in Lenox, Massachusetts, USA.
- Eddie White was born on 18 June 1919 in Bronx, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Killer Elite (1975), Lou, Pat & Joe D (1988) and Out and About (1996). He died on 22 October 1996 in Lenox Hill, New York, USA.
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- Director
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Michael Ulick was born on 1 July 1938 in woodmere, New York, USA. He was a producer and director, known for Memorial Day (1983) and Rocket Gibraltar (1988). He died on 23 July 2016 in Lenox, Massachusetts, USA.- John Condon was born on 29 August 1914 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He was married to Viola A.. He died on 13 October 1989 in Lenox Hill Hospital, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
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Bob Belden was born on 31 October 1956 in Evanston, Illinois, USA. He was a composer, known for Analyze That (2002), The Last Time I Committed Suicide (1997) and Three Days of Rain (2002). He died on 20 May 2015 in Lenox Hill Hospital, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.