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- Nicolaus Copernicus was born on 19 February 1473 in Torun, Poland. He was a writer, known for Teatr Polskiego Radia (2004). He died on 24 May 1543 in Frombork, Poland.
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David Garrick was born on 19 February 1717 in Hereford, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Miss in Her Teens (2014), Il matrimonio segreto (1943) and The Country Girl (1915). He was married to Eva Maria Veigel. He died on 20 January 1779 in London, England, UK.- Music Department
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Luigi Boccherini was born on 19 February 1743 in Lucca, Republic of Lucca [now Tuscany, Italy]. He is known for Congo (1995), 2012 (2009) and Cruising (1980). He died on 28 May 1805 in Madrid, Spain.- Jules Sandeau was born on 19 February 1811 in Aubusson, Creuse, France. He was a writer, known for La roche aux mouettes (1933), Le gendre de Monsieur Poirier (1933) and Mademoiselle de La Seiglière (1921). He died on 24 April 1883 in Paris, France.
- Lauro Rossi was born on 19 February 1812 in Macerata, Kingdom of Italy [now Marche, Italy]. He died on 5 May 1885 in Cremona, Lombardy, Italy.
- Niko Lomouri was born on 19 February 1852 in Arbo, Tiflis Governorate, Russian Empire [now Republic of Georgia]. He was a writer, known for Qajana (1941). He died on 30 April 1915 in Gori, Tiflis Governorate, Russian Empire [now Republic of Georgia].
- Edward Owings Towne was born on 19 February 1859 in Des Moines, Iowa, USA. Edward Owings was a writer, known for The Woman in Chains (1923). Edward Owings was married to Sarah Johnston Cooper. Edward Owings died on 6 March 1938 in Glenwood, Westchester County, New York, USA(undisclosed).
- John Lince was born on 19 February 1862 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Glorious Fool (1922), Stop Thief (1920) and Framing Framers (1917). He died on 21 June 1937 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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- Actor
Was a cafe concert entertainer before Charles Pathe noticed him during the Universal Exhibition, where Zecca had been assigned to Pathe's stand. After a few daysPathe asked Zecca if he would like to work in cinematography. Zecca immediately accepted the offer and rapidly became Pathe's right hand man and head of production.- Elinor Oliver was born on 19 February 1865 in California, USA. She was an actress, known for Camille (1921) and A Doll's House (1922). She died on 6 April 1945 in Santa Clara, California, USA.
- Swen Hedin was born on 19 February 1865 in Stockholm, Sweden. He died on 26 November 1952 in Stockholm, Sweden.
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Edward S. Curtis was born on 19 February 1868 in Whitewater, Wisconsin, USA. He was a director and writer, known for In the Land of the Head Hunters (1914), The Alaskan Indians (1916) and Seeing America (1916). He was married to Clara Phillips. He died on 19 October 1952 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Director
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Camille de Morlhon was born on 19 February 1869 in Paris, France. Camille was a director and writer, known for La Broyeuse de Coeur (1913), Simone (1918) and L'ibis bleu (1919). Camille died on 24 November 1952 in Paris, France.- Hovhannes Tumanyan was born on 19 February 1869 in Dsegh, Tiflis Governorate, Russian Empire [now Lori, Armenia]. He was a writer, known for Anush (1931), Anoush (1945) and Gikor (1934). He died in March 1923 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
- Mae Talbot was born on 19 February 1869 in Indiana, USA. She was an actress, known for Gloriana (1916), A Bit o' Heaven (1917) and The Girl from Nowhere (1919). She was married to ? Winchel. She died on 4 August 1942 in Glendale, California, USA.
- Clinton Dangerfield was born on 19 February 1872 in Savannah, Georgia, USA. He is known for Vain Justice (1915) and Tides That Meet (1915).
- Charles Thursby was born on 19 February 1872 in Chelsea, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Faithful Heart (1922) and The Little Mother (1922). He died on 11 June 1952 in Cape Town, South Africa.
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A prolific director--over 700 films, most of them short- or medium-length--Louis Feuillade began his career with Gaumont where, as well as directing his own features, he was appointed artistic director in charge of production in 1907. His work was largely comprised of film series; his first series, begun in 1910 and numbering 15 episodes, was 'Le Film Esthétique', a financially unsuccessful attempt at "high-brow" cinema. More popular was La vie telle qu'elle est (1911), which moved from the costume pageantry of his earlier work to a more realistic--if somewhat melodramatic--depiction of contemporary life. Feuillade also directed scores of short films featuring the characters Bébé and René Poyen. His most successful feature-length serials were Fantômas: In the Shadow of the Guillotine (1913), which chronicled the diabolical exploits of the "emperor of crime," and Les vampires (1915), which trailed a criminal gang led by Irma Vep (Musidora) and was noted for its imaginative use of locations and lyrical, almost surreal style.- Stockdale, a very good friend of Mary Miles Minter's mother, Charlotte Shelby, claimed on the witness stand that he was with Mrs. Shelby when movie director William Desmond Taylor--Minter's lover--was murdered, therefore Charlotte could not have killed him. Stockdale said that he suspected Taylor's former chauffeur, a man named Sands, was responsible for the murder. However, after many different investigations of the murder over the years by authors, private detectives and even director King Vidor, most sources familiar with the case say the evidence points to Mrs. Shelby as Taylor's killer.
- Madge Crane was born on 19 February 1875 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. She was an actress, known for The Bachelor's Daughters (1946), All This, and Heaven Too (1940) and A Wonderful Life (1950). She was married to Gardner Crane. She died on 7 March 1963 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.
- Arthur von Gerlach was born on 19 February 1876 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was a director, known for The Chronicles of the Gray House (1925) and Vanina (1922). He died on 4 August 1925 in Berlin, Germany.
- Constantin Brâncusi was born on 19 February 1876 in Hobita, Romania [now Hobita, Gorj County, Romania]. He died on 16 March 1957 in Paris, France.
- Director
- Actor
- Producer
George Melford was born on 19 February 1877 in Rochester, New York, USA. He was a director and actor, known for Love in the Desert (1929), Jungle Menace (1937) and East of Borneo (1931). He was married to Diana Miller and Louise Marsland. He died on 25 April 1961 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Ludwig Hartau was born on 19 February 1877 in Trachenberg, Silesia, Germany. He was an actor, known for Deception (1920), Marie Antoinette - Das Leben einer Königin (1922) and Johann Baptiste Lingg (1920). He died on 24 November 1922 in Berlin, Germany.
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Louis Aubert was born on 19 February 1877 in Paramé, Ille-et-Vilaine, France. He was a composer, known for La mauvaise prière (1935) and Damia, la chanteuse était en noir (2017). He died on 9 January 1968 in Paris, France.- Daisy Prideaux was born on 19 February 1877 in Jackson, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Saved by Fire (1912), A Crucial Test (1912) and The Box Car Baby (1912). She was married to Edwin Bascomb Prideaux. She died on 27 November 1943 in Santa Barbara, California, USA.
- Bob Fleming was born in Picton, Ontario, Canada to Robert J. Fleming and Janet Ruthven Fleming. He had a least one sister, "Doll" and a nephew, Roderick Fleming. The family moved to a Cattle Ranch in Iliad, Montana (near Big Sandy) when he was a young man. He was never in the military because he had been shot in the foot early in life and had a slight limp. He was an expert horseman. Was present in San Francisco in 1905 earthquake. He began acting in Westerns as early as 1914 because of his expertise with horses. Married Mary Elizabeth Van Dusen around 1915. One child: Marian Patricia Fleming, born 9/14/1919.
- Actress
- Writer
Harriet Bosse was born on 19 February 1878 in Oslo, Norway. She was an actress and writer, known for Kameraden (1919), Ingmarssönerna (1919) and Bombi Bitt och jag (1936). She was married to Edvin Adolphson, Wingård, Gunnar and August Strindberg. She died on 2 November 1961 in Oslo, Norway.- Nora Bryant McCue was born on February 19, 1880, at Ottumwa, Iowa, the daughter of William Dunbar and Lily Bryant Head McCue. Her family moved to Madison, Wisconsin, when she was a small child, where her father worked for a local railroad line and later as a clerk at the federal courthouse. Nora was the salutatorian of her senior class at Madison Central High School in 1898 and went on to attend the University of Wisconsin, where she majored in history. It was said that Nora, who was a tall, striking brunette, cut quite a figure on campus while walking Cedric, her Great Dane. Nora's father was appalled when a few years earlier she had spent $50 of her savings to purchase Cedric, then a two-month-old puppy.
On August 1, 1904, she married Henry Elmer Willsie (1875-1948), in Madison. Willsie was a consulting mining engineer and inventor who would later help develop a gas mask for the military during World War I. It was while she and her husband were living in Arizona that Nora began her writing career by submitting western stories and articles under the name "Honore Willsie" to Collier's magazine and Harper's Weekly. Her first novel, "Heart of the Desert: Kut-Le of the Desert", was published in 1913. The following year she began a five-year stint as editor of The Delineator, a women's magazine about "Fashion, Fine Arts and Culture".
She and Willsie divorced in December of 1922. On April 25, 1923, she married publisher William Morrow at her Gramercy Park home in New York City. Morrow, who was born on June 15, 1872, at Belfast, Ireland, would go to found the New York based publishing house William Morrow and Company. The couple later adopted three children-- a son, Richard, and two daughters, Felicia and Anne.
Through 10 years of meticulous research, she became an authority on the life of Abraham Lincoln and is best known for her "Great Captain" trilogy: "Forever Free" (1927), "With Malice Toward None" (1928) and "The Last Full Measure" (1930). She was also the author of "Benefits Forgot: A Story of Lincoln and Mother Love" (1917), "Forever Free" (1927) and "Mary Todd Lincoln: An Appreciation of the Wife of Abraham Lincoln " (1928).
Honore's other books include "Still Jim" (1915); "Lydia of the Pines" (1917); "The Forbidden Trail" (1919); "The Enchanted Canyon" (1921); "Judith of the Godless Valley" (1922); "The Devonshires" (1924); "The Exile of the Lariat" (1925); "We Must March" (1925); "The Father of Little Women" (1927), a biography of Bronson Alcott; "Splendor of God" (1929), a biography of Baptist missionary Adoniram Judson; "Just a Dog's Life" (1929), a biography of Cedric, her Great Dane; "Tiger Tiger" (1930), a biography of temperance leader John B. Gough; "Black Daniel: The Love Story of a Great Man" (1931), a story about Daniel Webster; "Judith of the Godless Valley" (1931) and "Yonder Sails the Mayflower" (1934). Her last book, "Demon Daughter" (1939), is thought to be based on one of her daughters who was somewhat neurotic.
The Morrows lived several months out every of year in a 16th-century estate in Brixham, a small town in the county of Devon, in southwest England. After her husband passed away on 11 November 1931, Honore and her three children lived there full time, for the next eight years.
Honore was visiting a sister, Mrs. Manley Chester, when she died on 12 April, 1940 of influenza at the Hospital of St. Raphael in New Haven, Connecticut. She was survived by all three of her children. - George Du Count was born on 19 February 1881 in Kavkaz, Georgia, Russia. He was an actor, known for The Luckiest Girl in the World (1936), White Fang (1936) and The Gay Desperado (1936). He was married to Natalie ?. He died on 7 February 1960 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Armin Knab was born on 19 February 1881 in Neuschleichach, Oberaurach, Bavaria, Germany. He was a composer, known for Bustelli, ein Spiel in Porzellan (1951). He was married to Paula Yvonne Herrmann. He died on 23 June 1951 in Bad Wörishofen, Bavaria, Germany.
- Kenneth Hunter was born on 19 February 1882 in Capetown, South Africa. He was an actor, known for The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), Ambition (1916) and Another Dawn (1937). He died on 21 December 1961 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Will Jeffries was born on 19 February 1882 in California, USA. He was an actor, known for The Fire Flingers (1919), The Law of the Great Northwest (1918) and Souls of Men (1921). He died on 24 November 1942 in Alameda, California, USA.
- Ercole Luigi Morselli was born on 19 February 1882 in Pesaro, Marche, Italy. Ercole Luigi was a director, known for Effetti di luce (1916). Ercole Luigi died on 16 March 1921 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
- Erich Otto was born on 19 February 1883 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Das Glücksmädel (1918), 's Lieserl vom Loisachtal (1917) and Der neue Herr Generaldirektor (1919). He died on 3 October 1975 in Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Yevgeniy Tokmakov was born on 19 February 1884 in Kuznetsk, Russian Empire (now Novokuznetsk, Kemerovo region, Russia). He was an actor, known for Izbushka na Bajkale (1926), Krivoy Rog (1929) and Geroi Domny (1929). He died on 24 September 1964 in Moscow, Soviet Union [now Russia].
- Maude Louis was born on 19 February 1884 in Oregon, USA. She was an actress, known for A Slave of Vanity (1920) and Madame X (1920). She was married to Willard Louis. She died on 14 March 1976 in Glendale, California, USA.
- Ernest Glendinning was born on 19 February 1884 in Ulverston, Cumbria, England, UK. He was an actor, known for When Knighthood Was in Flower (1922), The Seventh Noon (1915) and Grounds for Murder (1930). He was married to Marie Julie Horne. He died on 17 May 1936 in South Coventry, Connecticut, USA.
- Leo Qiacheli was born on 19 February 1884 in Obuji, Kutaisi Governorate, Russian Empire [now Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Republic of Georgia]. Leo was a writer, known for Narindjis veli (1937), Tariel Golua (1968) and Erti tsis kvesh (1961). Leo died on 19 December 1963 in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, USSR [now Republic of Georgia].
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A graduate of Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, Irvin Miller was an actor, writer, playwright, director and producer on both stage and screen for nearly a half-century. He was best known for his annual stage review, the "Brownskin Models," black vaudeville's answer to the Ziegfeld Follies. Long a resident of Philadelphia, he moved to the city of Benton Harbor, Michigan around World War II and used it as a home base from where he sallied forth on tour or back to Harlem or out to Los Angeles. He retired there in the late 1950s.- Algot Persson was born on 19 February 1884 in Malmö, Skåne län, Sweden. He was an actor, known for The Investigating Magistrate (1911) and Värmländingarna (1910). He died on 16 March 1947 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden.
- Justus Paris was born on 19 February 1885 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. He was an actor, known for Venus vor Gericht (1941), Rheinische Brautfahrt (1939) and Enemies (1940). He died on 3 March 1942 in Munich, Germany.
- Louise Schenrich was born on 19 February 1886. She is known for Where is My Treasure? (1916).
- Producer
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- Additional Crew
A somewhat unsung legend in the animation biz, Paul Terry--born in San Mateo, CA, and raised in San Francisco--attended Polytechnic High and began as a cartoonist in newspapers (The San Francisco Bulletin, The San Francisco Call-Examiner) between 1904 and 1914. After having drawn comics for King Features in 1913, Terry moved on to producing many, many cartoons between 1915 and 1955--some 1300 in all: Aesop's Fables (not the Jay Ward shorts of the early 1960s), Terrytoons characters Farmer Al Falfa (aka Farmer Grey), Mighty Mouse, Heckle & Jeckle, Gandy Goose, Slippery Sam, Dinky Duck, Rudy Rooster and many more. In the early '60s, Mr. Terry sold Terrytoons to CBS in order to pursue painting and a life of semi-retirement.- Gustav Helios was born on 19 February 1887 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was an actor, known for Den Døde, der dræber (1914), Bankhvælvingens Hemmelighed (1914) and Fyrtaarnets Hemmelighed (1914). He died on 29 March 1960.
- Janina Munclinger was born on 19 February 1887 in Ciechocinek, Poland, Russian Empire [now Ciechocinek, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for Spy (1933). She died on 20 July 1970 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
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- Soundtrack
Aurora A. Quezon was born on 19 February 1888 in Baler, Tayabas, Philippines. She was a writer, known for Sawing gantingpala (1940) and Principeng hindi tumatawa (1946). She was married to Manuel Quezon. She died on 28 April 1949 in Bongabon, Nueva Ecija, Philippines.- Anna Hadrik was born on 19 February 1888 in Budapest, Hungary. She is known for Örház a Kárpátokban (1914), Tutyu és Totyó (1915) and Krausz doktor a vérpadon (1913).
- José Eustasio Rivera was born on 19 February 1888 in San Mateo, Huila, Colombia [now Rivera, Huila, Colombia]. José Eustasio was a writer, known for La vorágine (1949), La vorágine (1975) and The Vortex (1990). José Eustasio died on 1 December 1928 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Henry Sharp was born on 19 February 1889 in Riga, Russian Empire [now Latvia]. He was an actor, known for Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951), The Great Waltz (1955) and Shadow of the Cloak (1951). He died on 10 January 1964 in Brooklyn, New York, USA.