Advanced search
- TITLES
- NAMES
- COLLABORATIONS
Search filters
Enter full date
to
or just enter yyyy, or yyyy-mm below
to
Only includes names with the selected topics
to
or just enter yyyy, or yyyy-mm below
to
1-5 of 5
- William Squire was born on 29 April 1917 in Neath, Glamorgan, Wales, UK. He was an actor, known for The Lord of the Rings (1978), Doctor Who (1963) and Where Eagles Dare (1968). He was married to Juliet Harmer and Betty P. Dixon. He died on 3 May 1989 in London, England, UK.
- Actress
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Christine Jorgensen was an actress, nightclub entertainer, and the first transgender person to be widely publicized in America. On December 1, 1952, her transition was the subject of a front-page story in the New York Daily News and she became a celebrity overnight.
Christine sold the exclusive rights of her story to William Randolph Hearst's The American Weekly, which published her five-part series, "The Story of My Life," in 1953. She also launched a successful nightclub act, recorded several songs, and appeared in TV, radio, and theatrical productions. From the 1960s until her death in 1989, Christine lectured at college campuses, discussing gender identity and advocating for transgender rights.
Christine published her autobiography, Christine Jorgensen: A Personal Autobiography, in 1967, and went on to sell over 400,000 copies. She was also the subject of a biopic, The Christine Jorgensen Story (1970). Her 1957 interview with Nipsey Russell has been depicted in the 2005 Off-Broadway production, Christine Jorgensen Reveals. Recently she was portrayed by Jamie Clayton in Equal (2020).
Christine died of bladder and lung cancer in 1989. She was inducted into Chicago's Legacy Walk celebrating LGBT history in 2012, honored in San Francisco's Rainbow Walk in 2014, and included in the National LGBTQ Wall of Honor at Stonewall National Monument in New York City in 2019.- Silent-film actress Muriel Ostriche was born in New York City on March 24, 1896. As a young girl she planned on becoming a schoolteacher, but that career fell by the wayside when, while still a high-school student, she was stopped on the street by director Christy Cabanne, who asked her to take a screen test at American Biograph studios, where he was working. She did so and was hired by Biograph. However, Biograph only used her as an extra, and it wasn't long before she left the company and went to work for several other studios, notably Powers and Pathe, and then settled in for a spell at American Sinclair, across the river in Fort Lee, NJ. She was mentored there by director Étienne Arnaud, who put her in quite a few films.
After she left Eclair she worked briefly for Reliance Pictures, then joined the Thanhouser Company, her first picture there being Miss Mischief (1913). Thanhouser set up a special division for her, called Princess Films, and turned out a string of one-reelers starring her, often with Boyd Marshall as her co-star.
Off-screen, she enjoyed the life of a movie star, and was especially fond of upscale restaurants which, as was the fashion of the time, had dance bands to whom patrons could "trip the light fantastic" in between courses. She became renowned for making the circuit of those establishments, and was often praised in the entertainment press of the day for her "beautiful" dancing. One of the best-known of those restaurants, Rector's, featured waiters who would dance with the patrons. One of them was a fellow who was trying to break into movies but so far had just appeared in small parts, and was such a fine dancer that he and Ostriche often danced together for the enjoyment of the restaurant's customers. His name was Rudolph Valentino.
She left Thanhouser in 1915, when the studio's survival was in serious doubt. She worked for several different studios, among them Universal, Vitagraph and World Films. She stayed with World for three years, and then made several independent films that were released through Arrow Productions. She made her last film, The Shadow (1921), in 1921 for low-budget independent producer J. Charles Davis, then retired.
She married twice and had four children, two with each husband. She passed away after a short illness in St. Petersburg, FL, on May 3, 1989, at 93 years of age. - Composer
- Music Department
Serge Hovey was born on 10 March 1920 in New York City, New York, USA. Serge was a composer, known for Play of the Week (1959), The Hangman (1964) and A Storm of Strangers (1969). Serge died on 3 May 1989 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Set Decorator
- Art Department
- Art Director
Marek Iwaszkiewicz was born on 4 February 1912. He was a set decorator and art director, known for Knights of the Teutonic Order (1960), Czarci zleb (1950) and Zwariowana noc (1967). He died on 3 May 1989.