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- Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre was born on 19 January 1737 in Le Havre, Normandy, Kingdom of France [now Seine-Maritime, France]. He was a writer, known for Paul et Virginie (1924), Paulo e Virgínia (1924) and Paul and Virginia (1910). He was married to Désirée Pelleport and Félicité Didot. He died on 21 January 1814 in Éragny, Seine-et-Oise, Kingdom of France [now Éragny-sur-Oise, Val-d'Oise, France].
- Robert Edward Lee was a Confederate general who served the Confederate States of America in the American Civil War, during which he was appointed the overall commander of the Confederate States Army. He led the Army of Northern Virginia, the Confederacy's most powerful army, from 1862 until its surrender in 1865. During the war, Lee earned a solid reputation as a skilled tactician, for which he was revered by his officers and men as well as respected and feared by his adversaries in the Union Army.
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Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 19, 1809, in Boston, Massachusetts. His father, named David Poe Jr., and his mother, named Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins Poe, were touring actors. Both parents died in 1811, and Poe became an orphan before he was 3 years old. He was adopted by John Allan, a tobacco merchant in Richmond, Virginia, and was sent to a boarding school in London, England. He later attended the University of Virginia for one year, but dropped out and ran up massive gambling debts after spending all of his tuition money. John Allan broke off Poe's engagement to his fiancée Sarah Royster. Poe was heartbroken, traumatized, and broke. He had no way out and enlisted in the army in May of 1827. At the same time Poe published his first book, "Tamerlane and Other Poems" (1827). In 1829, he became a West Point cadet, but was dismissed after 6 months for disobedience. By that time he published "Al Aaraf" (1929) and "Poems by Edgar A. Poe" (1831), with the funds contributed by his fellow cadets. His early poetry, though written in the manner of Lord Byron, already shows the musical effects of his verses.
Poe moved in with his widowed aunt, Maria Clemm, and her teenage daughter, Virginia Eliza Clemm, whom he married before she was 14 years old. He earned respect as a critic and writer. In his essays "The Poetic Principle" and "The Philosophy of Composition," Poe formulated important literary theories. But his career suffered from his compulsive behavior and from alcoholism. He did produce, however, a constant flow of highly musical poems, of which "The Raven" (1845) and "The Bells" (1849) are the finest examples. Among his masterful short stories are "Ligeia" (1838), "The Fall of the House of Usher"(1839) and "The Masque of the Red Death". Following his own theory of creating "a certain unique or single effect", Poe invented the genre of the detective story. His works: "The Murder in the Rue Morgue" (1841) is probably the first detective story ever published.
Just when his life began to settle, Poe was devastated by the death of his wife Virginia in 1847. Two years later he returned to Richmond and resumed a relationship with his former fiancée, Sarah Royster, who, by that time, was a widow. But shortly after their happy reconciliation he was found unconscious on a street in Baltimore. Poe was taken to the Washington College Hospital where Doctor John Moran diagnosed "lesions on the brain" (the Doctor believed Poe was mugged). He died 4 days later, briefly coming in and out of consciousness, just to whisper his last words, "Lord, help my poor soul." The real cause of his death is still unknown and his death certificate has disappeared. Poe's critic and personal enemy, named Rufus Griswold, published an insulting obituary; later he visited Poe's home and took away all of the writer's manuscripts (which he never returned), and published his "Memoir" of Poe, in which he forged a madman image of the writer.
The name of the woman in Poe's poem "Annabel Lee" was used by Vladimir Nabokov in 'Lolita' as the name for Humbert's first love, Annabelle Leigh. Nabokov also used in 'Lolita' some phrases borrowed from the poem of Edgar Allan Poe. "The Fall of the House of Usher" was set to music by Claude Debussy as an opera. Sergei Rachmaninoff created a musical tribute to Poe by making his favorite poem "The Bells" into the eponymous Choral Symphony.- Art Department
Paul Cézanne was born on 19 January 1839 in Aix-en-Provence, France. He is known for Cezanne, I Am, Pioneers of Modern Painting (1971) and Karussell (1977). He was married to Marie-Hortense Fiquet. He died on 22 October 1906 in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.- Vladimir Davydov was born on 19 January 1849 in Novomirgorod, Bobrinets uyezd, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Novomyrhorod, Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Svadba Krechinskogo (1908). He died on 23 June 1925 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
- Emilie Melville was born on 19 January 1851 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for The White Sister (1915) and Illusion (1929). She was married to Thomas Derby. She died on 20 May 1932 in San Francisco, California, USA.
- Thérèse Kolb was born on 19 January 1856 in Altkirch, Haut-Rhin, France. She was an actress, known for La femme rêvée (1929), Dans l'ombre du harem (1928) and L'île d'amour (1928). She died on 19 August 1935 in Levallois-Perret, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
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Born in Eugene, Oregon and raised in San Francisco, Teal was a noted Broadway playwright and director. In the latter role, he was widely considered a tyrant, but enjoyed a long career on Broadway. After a serving an apprenticeship under the guidance of David Belasco, he wrote "The Great Metropolis" with George H. Jessop, that would become the first production of Abraham L. Erlanger (1859-1940) in 1889. He first directed on Broadway in 1896 and would soon become a staff director for Klaw [Marc Klaw (1858-1936)] & Erlanger's burgeoning company that would morph into The Theatrical Syndicate, formed in conjunction with theatrical mogul Charles Frohman, Al Hyman and William Harris--- the company would virtually monopolize Broadway and it's road show operations, until 1916. Teal staged many of the firm's musical extravaganzas and musical comedies. As a director he didn't win many friends among his troupes, he was explosive and prone to volatile outbursts but entrenched himself as a money-spinner to his employers. His most memorable success was directing the 1899 production of William Young's "Ben Hur." Other hits included "Sweet Nell of Drury Lane" (1900) and "The Wanderer" (1917). Teal died in 1917.- Eugène Brieux was born on 19 January 1858 in Paris, France. He was a writer, known for Damaged Goods (1914), Damaged Goods (1919) and The Cradle (1922). He died on 6 December 1932 in Nice, France.
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George L. Byram was born on 19 January 1862 in Mississippi, USA. George L. is known for The Flaming Frontier (1926). George L. died on 16 June 1929 in Hollywood, California, USA.- Tereza Taveira was born on 19 January 1863. She is known for Os Olhos da Alma (1923) and As Pupilas do Senhor Reitor (1935).
- Aleksandr Popov was born on 19 January 1863 in village Nizhnekurmoyarskaya, First Don Okrug, Don Voisko Oblast, Russian Empire [now Tsimlyansky District, Rostov Oblast, Russia]. He was a writer, known for Schastlivogo plavaniya (1949), Vesyolaya voina (1931) and Devchonka, s kotoroy ya druzhil (1962). He died on 19 January 1949 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
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Character fame on film came quite late for long-time stage actor Harry Davenport at age 70, but he made up for lost time in very quick fashion with well over a hundred film roles registered from the advent of sound to the time of his death in 1949. Beloved for his twinkle-eyed avuncular and/or grandfatherly types in both comedy and drama, Davenport also represented a commanding yet comforting wisdom in his more authoritative roles as judge, doctor, minister, senator, etc.
The scion of an acting dynasty, he was born Harold George Bryant Davenport on January 19, 1866, in New York City to actors Edward Loomis Davenport (1815-1877) and Fanny (Elizabeth) Vining (1829-1891). One of nine children, two of his siblings died young while the seven surviving children went on to share their parents' love of the arts, including actress Fanny (1850-1898) and opera singer Lillie Davenport (1851-1927). Harry took his first stage bow in an 1871 production of "Damon and Pythias" in Philadelphia, and by his teen years was playing Shakespeare in stock companies.
Re-settling in New York, Harry began assertively building up his theater credits. In 1893, at age 27, he married actress Alice Shepard (aka Alice Davenport). Their brief marriage of three years produced daughter Dorothy Davenport, who would continue the acting dynasty into a new generation. She earned further recognition as the wife of tragic silent screen star Wallace Reid. Shortly after his divorce from Alice was final in early 1896, Harry married musical comedy star Phyllis Rankin (1875-1934). Their children Kate Davenport, Edward Davenport and Fanny Davenport became actors as well.
Making his Broadway debut with the musical comedy "The Voyage of Suzette" in 1894, Harry continued in the musical vein with Broadway productions of "The Belle of New York" (1897) (with wife Phyllis) (1895), "In Gay Paree" (1899) and "The Rounders" (1899) (again with Phyllis). The new century ushered in more musicals with "The Girl from Up There" (1901), "The Defender" (1901), "The Girl from Kay's" (1903), "It Happened in Nordland" (1904), "My Best Girl" (1912), "Sari" (1914) and "The Dancing Duchess" (1914). On the legit side he played expertly in "A Country Mouse" (opposite Ethel Barrymore), and in "The Next of Kin" (1909) and "Children of Destiny" (1910).
Co-founding the Actor's Equity Association along with vaudeville legend Eddie Foy as a means to confront the deplorable exploitation of actors, Harry was held in high regard as the acting community subsequently came together and executed strikes to protect and guarantee their rights. This dire situation also prompted Harry to seek work elsewhere -- in films. He joined up with Vitragraph in 1914 and made his silent screen debut with the film Too Many Husbands (1914). In the next year he starred in and directed a series of "Jarr Family" shorts, and made his last silent feature with an unbilled part in Among Those Present (1921) before refocusing completely on his first love -- the stage.
He and his actress/wife Phyllis joined forces once again with the Broadway hit comedies "Lightnin'" and "Three Wise Fools", both in 1918. Throughout the 1920s decade he continued to find employment on the stage with "Thank You," Cock O' the Roost, "Hay Fever" and "Julius Caesar". The untimely death of wife Phyllis in 1934 prompted Harry to abandon his stage pursuits and travel to California, at age 69, to again check out the film industry. It proved to be a very smart move.
Harry graced a number of Oscar-caliber films during his character reign: The Life of Emile Zola (1937), You Can't Take It with You (1938), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939), Gone with the Wind (1939), All This, and Heaven Too (1940), Foreign Correspondent (1940), One Foot in Heaven (1941), Kings Row (1942) and The Ox-Bow Incident (1942). Several of his films also featured family or extended family members. His brother-in-law Lionel Barrymore appeared in a number of Harry's films and Gone with the Wind (1939) also had a son and grandson in the cast.
Harry maintained his film career right up until his death at age 83 of a heart attack on August 9, 1949, and was buried back in New York (Valhalla).- Carl Theodor Zahle was born on 19 January 1866 in Roskilde, Denmark. He was married to Mathilde Henriette Trier. He died on 3 February 1946 in Gentofte, Denmark.
- Sam T. Poluski was born on 19 January 1866. He was an actor, known for Nobby, the New Waiter (1913), Nobby and the Pearl Mystery (1913) and Nobby the Knut (1914). He was married to Matilda Simmons. He died on 1 June 1922.
- Gustav Meyrink was born on 19 January 1868 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was a writer, known for Der Mann auf der Flasche (1920), Der Schwarze Meister (1919) and Das ganze Sein ist flammend Leid (1920). He was married to Philomene Bernt and Hedwig Aloysia Certl. He died on 4 December 1932 in Starnberg, Germany.
- Eugene Manlove Rhodes was born on 19 January 1869, at Tecumseh, Nebraska, the son of Hinman and Julia Manlove Rhodes. His father, who had been a tailor, served with Company H, 28th Infantry Regiment Illinois, during the American Civil War. He mustered out on 15 March, 1866 at Brownsville, Texas, with the rank of Full Colonel. After the war he served in the Nebraska Legislature and later as superintendent of the Mescalero Indian Reservation in New Mexico.
Rhodes bought his first saddle as a teenager with soap coupons his family had saved. Between 1884 and 1886 he worked on cattle ranches like the Bar Cross on the Jornada del Muerto in central New Mexico. It was around this time that his reputation in the Southwest as an expert horseman became somewhat legendary. By time he was 16, Rhodes had become a skillful stone mason and road builder. He assisted in the construction of the road between Engle and Tularosa, New Mexico. After attending the University of the Pacific, San Jose for two years, Rhodes tried prospecting and hauling freight before he started his own 6,000 acre ranch in Sierra County, New Mexico. The ranch was nestled in the San Andres Mountains within a valley that would later bear his name.
In 1899 Rhodes married May Davison (1871-1957) a widow from Appalachian, New York. A few years later the couple moved to New York after May's father, Louis Davison, became ill. There Rhodes farmed and began writing about his beloved New Mexico. His stories were first accepted by McClure's Magazine and later The Saturday Evening Post.
Of the many novels and short stories Rhodes penned, "Good Men and True" (1911), "Bransford in Arcadia Or, the Little Eohippus" (1913), "Desire of the Moth" (1916), "West is West" (1917), "The Come on" (1920), "Say Now Shiboleth" (1921), "Stepson of Light" (1921), "Copper Streak Trail" (1922), "Once in the Saddle" (1925), "Paso Por Aqui" (1926), "The Hired Man on Horseback" (1928) and "Beyond the Desert" (1934) were among his more popular. Even though his stories were well-liked by the public, he never achieved financial success. The majority of his works appeared in newspapers and magazines before they were released as books.
Rhodes and his wife returned to New Mexico in 1926, living first in Santa Fe, then Alamogordo and finally at White Mountain near Three Rivers in a house provided for them by former Senator Albert Bacon Fall. In 1930, ill health forced Rhodes to move to Pacific Beach, California. There he was accepted by the writer's colony that existed in those days near La Jolla.
Eugene Manlove Rhodes died of a heart attack on 27 June, 1934, at his home in Pacific Beach. He was survived by his wife, a son and a step-son. His last request was to be buried in the San Andres Mountains near his old ranch. For many years after his death, groups of his admirers would gather by his gravesite on the anniversary of his passing. Many considered Rhodes as the most accurate of the chroniclers of the old Southwest. In 1938 May Rhodes published "The Hired Man on Horseback" My Story of Eugene Manlove Rhodes, a biography of her husband but also a warm autobiography of the woman he ranched with. - Orlando Hicks was born on 19 January 1870 in Kentucky, USA. He was an actor, known for The Night That Sophie Graduated (1915), Slippery Slim and the Impersonator (1914) and The Tell-Tale Hand (1914). He was married to Madrona Hicks. He died on 10 February 1947 in Oakland, California, USA.
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Arthur Holmes-Gore was born on 19 January 1871 in Leyton, Essex, England, UK. He was an actor and director, known for His Reformation (1914), Nan Good-for-Nothing (1914) and Turtle Doves (1914). He died on 12 August 1915 in Gallipoli, Turkey.- Clara Knott was born on 19 January 1871 in Indiana, USA. She was an actress, known for Old Lady 31 (1920), After the Ball (1914) and Day-1 (2017). She died on 11 November 1926 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Amy Busby Roy was born on 19 January 1872 in Rochester, New York, USA. She was an actress. She was married to Theodore Olynthna Douglas (engineer), Eugene Howard Lewis (lawyer) and John James Roy. She died on 13 July 1957 in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, USA.- Minnie Dupree was born on 19 January 1873 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA. She was an actress, known for The Young in Heart (1938), Anne of Windy Poplars (1940) and Two Masters (1928). She died on 23 May 1947 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Otto Storm was born on 19 January 1874 in Újvidék (Neusatz), Hungary, Austria-Hungary [now Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Serbia]. He was an actor, known for Harvest (1936), Der Mann mit der Maske (1917) and Der König lächelt - Paris lacht (1936). He died on 12 August 1950 in Vienna, Austria.
- Svend Aggerholm was born on 19 January 1875 in Denmark. He was an actor, known for The Princess's Dilemma (1913), Unjustly Accused (1913) and Addys Ægteskab (1916). He died on 12 February 1940 in Denmark.
- Rose Plumer was born on 19 January 1876 in Fresno, California, USA. She was an actress, known for The Secret Code (1942), Inside the Law (1942) and Dark Mountain (1944). She was married to Lincoln Plumer. She died on 3 March 1955 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- Thit Jensen was born on 19 January 1876 in Farsø, Denmark. She was a writer, known for The Burning Question (1943), Thit Jensen (1936) and Thit Jensen (1953). She died on 14 May 1957 in Denmark.
- Ottilie A. Liljencrantz was born on 19 January 1876 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Ottilie A. was a writer, known for The Viking (1928). Ottilie A. died on 7 October 1910 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
- Milan Begovic was born on 19 January 1876 in Vrlika, Croatia, Austria-Hungary [now Croatia]. He was a writer, known for Bílá jachta ve Splitu (1939), Pustolov pred vratima (1961) and Hora once (1968). He was married to Danica Rabenhalt, Annerl, Paula Gorsetic and Paula Goretiæ. He died on 13 May 1948 in Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia [now Croatia].
- Lewin Mannering was born on 19 January 1876 in Poland. He was an actor, known for Carmen (1931), Land of Hope and Glory (1927) and The Triumph of the Rat (1926). He died on 8 June 1932 in Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK.
- Shaw Desmond was born on 19 January 1877 in Dungarvan, County Waterford, Ireland. He was an actor, known for Haunted Palace (1949). He was married to Karen Ewald. He died on 23 December 1960 in London, England, UK.
- Frána Srámek was born on 19 January 1877 in Sobotka, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was a writer, known for Mesíc nad rekou (1953), Léto (1949) and Stríbrný vítr (1956). He died on 1 July 1952 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
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Ludwig Provaznik was born on 19 January 1877 in West Point, Nebraska, USA. He was an actor. He died on 31 January 1966 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Art Department
Power O'Malley was born on 19 January 1877 in Dungarvan, County Waterford, Ireland. Power is known for Paddy the Next Best Thing (1933). Power died in 1946 in New York City, New York, USA.- William Provaznik was born on 19 January 1877 in West Point, Nebraska, USA. He was an actor. He died on 7 November 1966 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Jennie Mac (born Yachna Sosa Shimon, later known as Jennie Cecile Simon and Jennie Simon MacMahon) was born in Tsarist Russia into a Jewish family that would emigrate to the United States.
She began her acting career in 1931 at the age of 53 after the death of her husband, William MacMahon. Her daughter, Aline MacMahon, was a well-known film and stage actress who encouraged her mother's new career. Jennie Mac studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. She often appeared in the films of her nephew, S. Sylvan Simon.
She died in 1984, several weeks before her 107th birthday, at her home in Beverly Hills.- Rudolf Ritter was born on 19 January 1878 in Brüx, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Most, Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Der Wilderer (1926). He died on 3 June 1966 in Gaildorf, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
- Harry Adnes was born on 19 January 1879 in Paris, France. He was an actor, known for Self Made Lady (1932), Rose of Tralee (1937) and When London Sleeps (1932). He died in 1958 in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, England, UK.
- Vessie Farrell was born on 19 January 1879 in Monroe City, Missouri, USA. She was an actress, known for Twenty Dollars a Week (1935), Among the Missing (1934) and The Healer (1935). She died on 30 September 1935 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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William Bertram was born on 19 January 1880 in Walkerton, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor and director, known for The Old Maid's Baby (1919), Neal of the Navy (1915) and The Phantom Buster (1927). He was married to Jean. He died on 1 May 1933 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Fritz Schade was born on 19 January 1880 in Dresden, Germany. He was an actor, known for Hash House Mashers (1915), Her Nature Dance (1917) and Ruined by a Dumbwaiter (1918). He died on 17 June 1926 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Clyde McAtee was born on 19 January 1880 in Serena, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Crossed Signals (1925), The Usurper (1919) and Percy (1925). He died on 20 February 1947 in Calabasas, California, USA.
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Entering films as an actor in 1910, John G. Adolfi soon switched careers and became a director. He turned out numerous, mostly low-budget films for minor companies, but every so often got a chance to work at a big studio like Fox. His big break came in the sound era, when he formed a partnership with actor George Arliss and directed several of Arliss' most successful films.- Edward G. Longman was born on 19 January 1881 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Builders of Castles (1917), The Last Sentence (1917) and All for a Girl (1915). He died on 14 April 1969 in Coconut Grove, Florida, USA.
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Elliott J. Clawson was born on 19 January 1883 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Elliott J. was a writer and producer, known for The Cop (1928), Sal of Singapore (1928) and Skyscraper (1928). Elliott J. died on 21 July 1942 in Vista, California, USA.- Music Department
Hermann Abendroth was born on 19 January 1883 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany. He is known for The Unknown (1936) and Johann Sebastian Bach (1950). He was married to Elisabeth Walter. He died on 29 May 1956 in Jena, Thuringia, Germany.- Ivan Maysky was born on 19 January 1884 in Kiriloff, Novgorod Province, Russia. He was married to Agnes Alexandrovna Skippin. He died on 4 September 1975.
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Albert Wolff was born on 19 January 1884 in Paris, France. He was a composer, known for Divine (1935), La tendre ennemie (1936) and Accord final (1938). He died on 20 February 1970 in Paris, France.- Marshall Bradford was born on 19 January 1885 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for It Conquered the World (1956), Western Renegades (1949) and The Fast and the Furious (1954). He died on 11 January 1971 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- Allan Jeayes was born on 19 January 1885 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Four Feathers (1939), 'Pimpernel' Smith (1941) and The Stars Look Down (1940). He was married to Frances Hamerton. He died on 20 September 1963 in London, England, UK.
- Creighton Brown Burnham was born on 19 January 1885. Creighton was a writer, known for Born Innocent (1974). Creighton died in November 1966 in Oklahoma, USA.