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- Ernest Legouve was born on 14 February 1807 in Paris, France. He was a writer, known for Adriana Lecouvreur (1919), Devil-May-Care (1929) and Dita di fata (1921). He died on 14 March 1903 in Paris, France.
- Edmond About was born on 14 February 1828 in Dieuze, Moselle, France. He was a writer, known for L'uomo dall'orecchio mozzato (1916), Trente et quarante (1946) and Germaine (1923). He died on 16 January 1885 in Paris, France.
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Louis Gallet was born on 14 February 1835 in Valence, Drôme, France. Louis was a writer, known for Staryy novyy god (1981), Musical TV Theater (1970) and Le Cid (2011). Louis died on 16 October 1898 in Paris, France.- Anna Howard Shaw was born on 14 February 1847 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, UK. She died on 2 July 1919 in Moylan, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Vsevolod Garshin was born on 14 February 1855 in Bakhmutsky District, Russia. He was a writer, known for Signal (1918) and Frog the Traveller (1965). He was married to Nadezhda Mikhailovna Garshina. He died on 24 March 1888 in St. Petersburg, Russia.
- Born in Ireland in 1856 of Welsh parents, Harris became a noted writer as well as a friend and confidante of the elite literati of his day including fellow Irishmen Bram Stoker, Oscar Wilde, and George Bernard Shaw in addition to Guy de Maupassant, Matthew Arnold, Aleister Cowley, and James Thurber. His varied career includes credits as a reporter (during the Boer War), editor (of the London Evening News), publisher, short story writer, novelist, playwright, biographer (of Shaw and Wilde), and Shakesperean scholar. However, his only enduring fame comes from his controversial, sexually explicit memoir, "My Life and Loves."
Emigrating to the United States in 1871, Harris attended the University of Kansas and spent time as a cowhand on the Great Plains. He initially included this portion of his life in his memoirs, but they were later published under the title "My Reminisences as a Cowboy," which became the basis for the Delmar Daves' 1958 "Cowboy" starring Glenn Ford with Jack Lemmon as the young Harris.
Harris traveled throughout Continental Europe and England (1879-1887), where he began his writing career and associations with the great literary figures of his time. He published his first short story in 1891. A 1913 story, "The Magic Glasses," became the basis of a 1934 Technicolor MGM short, "The Spectacle Maker."
Harris returned to the States and became a U.S. citizen in 1921. Three times married, he suffered from legal, financial, and health problems during the latter part of his life. During his last decade he released multiple volumes of "My Life and Loves," including the infamous, sexually explicit first volume, published privately in France in 1922, chronicling his libidinous escapades in graphic detail replete with photographs of his naked paramours.
Further installments followed and a fifth volume was published posthumously in 1931. Harris biographers have pointed out numerous cases of Harris' exaggerating important biographical details and, in some cases, fabricating entire episodes. Ironoically his prodigious literary output is largely forgotten with the exception of his salacious memoir. - Soundtrack
William J. Scanlan was born on 14 February 1856 in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA. William J. was married to Maggie Jordan. William J. died on 18 February 1898 in White Plains, New York, USA.- Mary Rorke was born on 14 February 1858 in London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Second Mrs. Tanqueray (1916), Caste (1915) and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor (1918). She was married to Frank William St. Aubyn (architect). She died on 12 October 1938 in London, England, UK.
- Justus Hagman was born on 14 February 1859 in Solna, Stockholms län, Sweden. He was an actor, known for Nattliga toner (1918), Kärlekens ögon (1922) and Miraklet (1913). He died on 28 February 1936 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden.
- Actress
Emily Lamont was born on 14 February 1860 in London, England, UK. She was an actress. She died on 13 December 1936 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Gordon W. Lillie was born on 14 February 1860 in Bloomington, Indiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Pawnee Bill's Far East (1910), Mutual Weekly, No. 136 (1917) and Mutual Weekly, No. 132 (1917). He was married to May Manning Lillie. He died on 3 February 1942 in Pawnee, Oklahoma, USA.
- Albert Bozenhard was born on 14 February 1860 in Ulm, Kingdom of Württemberg [now Germany]. He was an actor and writer, known for Eine tolle Wette auf dem Imperator (1913), Downfall (1923) and Temperamental Artist (1920). He was married to Karli Bozenhard-Hücker. He died on 13 January 1939 in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
- Augustus Yorke was born on 14 February 1861 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Tailor of Bond Street (1916), The Grit of a Jew (1917) and A Just Deception (1917). He died on 27 December 1939.
- Bald-headed with thick rimmed round glasses Jeff Barlow born in Lancashire in 1871. Began in the theatre appearing in drama and comedy from the 1890's. He won the leading role in his first film, as the famous murderer and thief Charles Peace under the direction of Ernest G. Batley in 'Charles Peace, King of Criminals' at the British & Colonial Film Company in 1914, afterwards he seemed to be cast in character or occasionally supporting roles in many comedy and drama films, mostly for London (Jury) and for Minerva in the 1910s. His most memorable roles as Lt Waters in 'Tom Jones' starring Langhorne Burton at the Ideal Film Co in 1917 and also as Mr. Reece in 'The Further Exploits of Sexton Blake: The Mystery of the S.S. Olympic' starring Douglas Payne as Blake at Atlantic Films in 1920. A regular character star in adventures and crime thrillers through the 1920's, including the first full length British colour movie 'The Glorious Adventure' in 1922, his last screen appearance as Dorcas in Leslie S. Hiscott's comedy 'Ringing the Changes' starring Henry Edwards.
- Israel Zangwill was born on 14 February 1864 in London, England, UK. Israel was a writer, known for The Verdict (1946), Merely Mary Ann (1916) and Merely Mary Ann (1920). Israel was married to Edith Ayrton. Israel died on 1 August 1926 in Midhurst, West Sussex, England, UK.
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Carl Anderson was born on 14 February 1865 in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. He was a writer and director, known for The Police Dog (1914), The Pinkerton Pup's Portrait (1918) and The Police Dog No. 2 (1915). He died on 4 November 1948 in the USA.- Marcia Harris was born on 14 February 1868 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. She was an actress, known for Susie Snowflake (1916), Anne of Green Gables (1919) and The Foundling (1916). She died on 18 June 1947 in Northampton, Massachusetts, USA.
- Theodore Babcock was born on 14 February 1868 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Destiny: or, the Soul of a Woman (1915), The Shock Punch (1925) and The Master Hand (1915). He died on 7 September 1930 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Édouard de Max was born on 14 February 1869 in Iasi, Moldova, Romania. He was an actor, known for The Three Musketeers (1921), Milady (1923) and The Three Musketeers (1912). He died on 28 October 1924 in Paris, France.
- Jean Daragon was born on 14 February 1870 in Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, France. He was an actor, known for Le doute (1921), Pour don Carlos (1921) and Debout les morts! (1916). He was married to Marguerite Moreno. He died on 7 April 1923 in Paris, France.
- Mrs. Charles MacDona was born on 14 February 1870 in Holborn, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Castle of Dreams (1919) and The Labour Leader (1917). She was married to Charles MacDona. She died on 16 March 1940 in Brighton, Sussex, England, UK.
- Legendary Swedish dramatic stage actress and tragedienne: The brilliant Gerda Lundequist is considered as one of Scandinavian theatre's most important modern female pioneers of the early 1900s stage.
With new modern portrayals of the Ibsen, Strindberg and the classic Shakespeare leading women, her importance to modern female stage characterization in Swedish and Scandinavian theatre is not to be underestimated.
Born in Stockholm 1871, she was brought up by foster mother Amalia Charlotta Ekecrantz, a manufacturer's widow, and later tutored by the great Swedish drama teacher Signe Hebbe at the Royal Academy of Music's old Theatre School in Stockholm 1886-89. Lundequist made her professional debute at Svenska teatern in Stockholm 1889, and her breakthrough came already the following year with her astounding portrayal of Kristina in play "Mäster Olof" by August Strindberg at the old Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm. Then followed the magnificent and historically important portrayals of the Shakespeare women Queen Gertrude in "Hamlet" and Lady Macbeth in "Macbeth", title role in "Antigone" by Sofokles, Ingrid in "Peer Gynt" by Henrik Ibsen, Ingeborg in Ibsen's "The Pretenders", title role in Hjalmar Söderberg's "Gertrud", title role in "Monna Vanna" by Maurice Maeterlinck, title role in "Maria Stuart" by Friedrich Schiller, Goneril in Shakespeare's "King Lear", Irene in "When We Dead Awaken" by Ibsen... and from there on.
Her thespian nickname as "Sweden's Sarah Bernhardt" is indeed flattering, in a way slightly misread and unjust for her as an actress. To change from the actress she most likely was as Antigone on stage 1908, or her Lady Macbeth in 1909, via her powerful and yet subtle performance as Margaretha Samzelius, the matron at Ekeby, in classic silent film The Saga of Gösta Berling (1924) - is nothing but a presentation of a true artists development. In Of Love and Lust (1955) - at age 84! - we get to see a brilliant glimpse of a true character actress at her very element: balanced, natural and collected in all her movements and thoughts. In full control of her melodic voice, character and limbs, she delivers as the old Royal Highness a refined example of timeless female bitchiness to a fellow sister! What we get to see is not at all an overacting or old melodramatic gesticulating theatre diva (as you perhaps would expect from a stage actress of her generation and with such a record), but a complete and absolutely magnificent character actress performance. Also such roles as her lovely cynical Änkedomprostinna, Mrs Hyltenius, in "The Baron's Will" by Hjalmar Bergman (a role she played 1945, 1948 and 1949 in different stagings due to her success in it) and her simple and very moving portrayal of the lonely Mrs Dowey in J.M. Barrie's beautiful little play "The Old Lady Shows Her Medals" (in 1940), shows that she indeed had an unusual wide ability for someone of her theatre generation when it came to shift from big classic tragedy to small drama stage plays, and to work with simple means when necessary.
According to colleagues and theatre people around, she was during her life described as reserved, hard to get in and as a person who never liked to talk about herself with others; she hated interviews on her roles by inquisitive journalists (and soon refused all of them!). But people who knew her closely private stated that she had a wonderful sense of humor (and because of that said they found it very regretful that she never played comedy on stage) and a very genuine warmth and kindness. So most likely she guarded her integrity well, and did hide herself in the primadonna role that somewhat became her trade mark in public, both on- and off-stage (on which subject there are many amusing stories!).
But diva or no diva; there is a reason why Gerda Lundequist is still spoken of in the Swedish theatre world of today - almost 50 years after her death and nearly 100 years after her first legendary female characterizations. Many of her character portrayals of the most classic female parts became so popular with the audience and critics at the time that she was called to reprise them at other theatres later on. - Florence Roberts was born on 14 February 1871 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Sapho (1913). She was married to Frederik Vogeding and Louis Morrison (actor). She died on 17 July 1927 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Charles Kennedy was born on 14 February 1871 in Derby, Derbyshire, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for The Servant in the House (1921), Little Old New York (1923) and The Gorgon's Head (1925). He was married to Edith Wynne Matthison. He died on 16 February 1950 in Westwood, California, USA.
- Frederick Lewis was born on 14 February 1873 in Oswego, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Moral Sinner (1924). He was married to Charlotte Kauffman. He died on 19 March 1946 in Amityville, Long Island, New York, USA.
- Jenny Haggar was born on 14 February 1874. She was an actress, known for A Message from the Sea (1905), The Sign of the Cross (1904) and The Dumb Man of Manchester (1908). She was married to Will Haggar Jr.. She died on 7 December 1954 in Pembroke, Wales, UK.
- Dan Bain was born on 14 February 1874 in Belleville, Ontario, Canada. He died on 15 August 1962 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
- Mattie Wilkes was born on 14 February 1875 in Montclair, New Jersey, USA. She was an actress, known for The Symbol of the Unconquered (1920), The Gunsaulus Mystery (1921) and For His Mother's Sake (1922). She was married to Ernest Hogan. She died on 9 July 1927 in Montclair, New Jersey, USA.
- Lew Short was born on 14 February 1875 in Dayton, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for The Heart of Maryland (1927), The Black Pearl (1928) and The Gray Ghost (1917). He was married to Estelle Short. He died on 26 April 1958 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Daniel Pennell was born on 14 February 1875 in Massachusetts, USA. He is known for You Can't Fool Your Wife (1923), Sinners (1920) and His Bridal Night (1919).- Cecil H. Meares was born on 14 February 1876 in Inistioge, County Kilkenny, Ireland. He died on 12 May 1937 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
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Heikki Klemetti was born on 14 February 1876 in Kuortane, Finland. He was a composer, known for Kirkastettu sydän (1943), Ratkaisun päivät (1956) and Battle for Finland (2007). He was married to Armi Hämäläinen. He died on 26 August 1953 in Helsinki, Finland.- Nikolaus Graf von Üxküll-Gyllenband was born on 14 February 1877 in Güns, Hungary, Austria-Hungary [now Köszeg, Vas, Hungary]. He died on 14 September 1944 in Plötzensee, Berlin, Germany.
- Nikolai Khodotov was born on 14 February 1878 in Petrozavodsk, Olonets Governorate, Russian Empire [now Republic of Karelia, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Otets Serafim (1922) and Lichnoe delo (1932). He died on 16 February 1932 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia].
- Laura Smithson was born on 14 February 1878 in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Ghost Train (1937), A Broken Romance (1929) and South Riding (1938). She died on 20 December 1963 in London, England, UK.
- Ferenc Farkas was born on 14 February 1879 in Budapest, Hungary. He was a director, known for Az aranyhajú szfinksz (1915). He died on 27 October 1933 in Budapest, Hungary.
- Maria Labia was born on 14 February 1880 in Verona, Italy. She was an actress, known for Il re d'Inghilterra non paga (1941). She died on 11 February 1955 in Malcesine, Gardameer, Italy.
- Actor
Arthur Arlington was born on 14 February 1880 in New Jersey, USA.- Actress
- Writer
Valentine Grant was born on 14 February 1881 in Frankfort, Indiana, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for The Daughter of MacGregor (1916), The Innocent Lie (1916) and The Melting Pot (1915). She was married to Sidney Olcott. She died on 12 March 1949 in Orange County, California, USA.- Laura Pierpont was born on 14 February 1881 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. She was an actress, known for My Blue Heaven (1950), Somerset Maugham TV Theatre (1950) and Born Yesterday (1956). She was married to Taylor Granville. She died on 11 December 1972 in New Canaan, Connecticut, USA.
- Zachary Cope was born on 14 February 1881 in Hull, Humberside, England, UK. He died on 28 December 1974 in Northampton, England, UK.
- George Jean Nathan was born on 14 February 1882 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Camille (1926). He was married to Julie Haydon. He died on 8 April 1958 in New York City, New York, USA.
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Jacques Charles was born on 14 February 1882 in Paris, France. Jacques died on 27 September 1971 in Paris, France.- Actor
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Val Harris was born on 14 February 1882 in Ava, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for The Wild Westerner (1928) and Snowed Under (1923). He was married to Lydia Virginia. He died on 17 March 1961 in Van Nuys, California, USA.- Composer
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Alfréd Márkus was born on 14 February 1883 in Budapest, Hungary, Austria-Hungary. He was a composer, known for Maga lesz a férjem (1938), Lovagias ügy (1937) and Filléres gyors (1932). He died on 30 October 1946 in New York, USA.- Writer
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Novelist, poet, editor and journalist Allan Eugene Updegraff was born in Grinnell, Iowa on 14 February, 1883, the oldest of four boys born to William R. and Laura A. Updegraff. Laura passed away sometime between 1889 and 1900. Updegraff's parents were farmers and had operated farms near Grinnell and Washington, Iowa and later Springfield, Missouri. Two of his brothers, Lawrence Vale (1884-1961) and Herbert H. (1889-1961), went on to have successful newspaper careers, while his third brother, William David (1885-1960), became a California rancher.
Updegraff attended, but did not graduate from Yale University. Before his writing career bloomed, Updegraff worked as an editor of a South Chicago newspaper, investigator for a charitable organization, editor of the Yale Monthly and maintenance man for Upton Sinclair's utopian Helicon Home Colony in Englewood, New Jersey. It was at the latter that Updegraff caught the writing bug.
In 1907 The New York Times reported that Updegraff and a friend intended to travel on foot to San Francisco where they hoped to find work on a merchant ship bound for the Fiji Islands. The two hoped to achieve their search for a workless and poetic society on $20 apiece, panhandling and maybe a little larceny. It is not known by this writer how far the couple got.
A short list of Uupdegraff's works may include "A Gentleman from Jupiter" (1916), "Second Youth: Being, in the Main, Some Account of the Middle Comedy in the Life of a New York Bachelor: A Novel" (1917), " A Novel of Modernistic Truth and Intruding War" (1918), "Whatever We Do" (1927) and "Grantham's Moor,: And Collected Poems, Some old" (1960).
In 1908 Updegraff married Canadian author ("Weeds" 1923) Edith Summers (1884-1956)), whom he'd met while she was Upton Sinclair's secretary. Two children, Barbara and Ivor, were born to this union before they divorced sometime around 1913. Updegraff later wed fashion consultant and freelance writer Dora (Doris) Loues Miller. Starting in 1923, and only interrupted by the war years, Updegraff and his wife would spend the majority out of every year in Paris, France, the fashion capital of the world.
Allan Eugene Updegraff died in Paris on 7 December, 1965. He was survived by his wife Dora who passed away in Paris three years later. His son Ivor H. Updegraff (1913-2006) went on to be a chemistry professor and scientist.
The source material for this bio primarily came from: Reports of Deaths of American Citizens Abroad, 1960, 1963-1974, US Census records and several newspaper articles, including Dora Loues Miller's obituary in the 17 February, 1968 edition of the New York Times.- Grace Valentine was born on 14 February 1884 in Springfield, Ohio, USA. She was an actress, known for The Unchastened Woman (1918), The Phantom in the House (1929) and The Scarlet Runner (1916). She was married to Wayne Nunn. She died on 12 November 1964 in New York City, New York, USA.
- George Routh was born on 14 February 1884 in Ashland, Maine, USA. He was an actor, known for While the Children Slept (1913), A Lesson in Labor (1916) and The Hazards of Helen (1914). He died on 22 March 1950 in Huntington Park, California, USA.
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Nils Olaf Chrisander was born on 14 February 1884 in Stockholm, Sweden. He was an actor and director, known for Das Gelübde der Keuschheit (1919), Alraune und der Golem (1919) and Die weißen Rosen von Ravensberg (1919). He died on 5 June 1947 in Skivarp, Skurup, Skåne län, Sweden.- George S. Gullette was born on 14 February 1884 in Camden, Alabama, USA. George S. is known for Goofytone Newsreel #1 (1933) and Goofytone Newsreel #2 (1933). George S. was previously married to Olive Grace Campbell.