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- Carlo Goldoni was born on 25 February 1707 in Venice, Republic of Venice [now Veneto, Italy]. He was a writer, known for La locandiera (1929), Paese senza pace (1946) and Badaranii (1960). He was married to Nicoletta Connio. He died on 6 February 1793 in Paris, France.
- José de San Martín was born on 25 February 1778 in Yapeyú, Argentina. He was married to María de los Remedios de Escalada. He died on 17 August 1850 in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France.
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Charles d'Albert was born on 25 February 1809 in Altona, Hamburg, Germany. Charles died on 26 May 1886 in London, England, UK.- Maximilian Schmidt was born on 25 February 1832 in Eschlkam, Upper Palatinate, Germany. He was a writer, known for Der Räuber von Kaitersberg (1917), Arbeit ist des Lebens Würze (1920) and Der Georgitaler (1920). He was married to Auguste Haßlacher. He died on 8 December 1919 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
- Pierre-Auguste Renior was born on February 25, 1841, in Limoges, France. His father was a tailor and his mother was a dressmaker. In 1845 his family moved to Paris and settled near the Louvre Museum. There young Renoir had his first experience with art.
From age 13 he became an apprentice painter in a porcelain factory, where he painted for five years. At age 19 he took drawing lessons from Charles Gleyre, and in 1862 he attended the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, a classical school of fine arts in Paris. There he met Claude Monet, Alfred Sisley, and Frederic Bazille, the future founders of Impressionism. During the 1860's Renoir was still painting in the academic tradition, and his portrait of his mistress, Lise Trehot, was traditional enough to be accepted at the 1867 Salon. In 1869 Renoir moved in with 'Claude Monet' and Frederic Bazille. Under their influence he updated his technique and color scheme. He started using little brush-strokes and vibrant pure colors while painting mainly outdoors, 'en plein aire'.
In 1874 Renoir took part in the first exhibition of the 'Society of independent artists' in the Paris studio of photographer Nadar. Monet's painting 'Impression, soleil levant' (Impression, Sunrise 1872) was untitled until the first show in 1874. A title was needed in a hurry for the catalogue. Monet suggested "Impression" as a simple title for his painting. The catalogue editor, Renoir's brother Edouard, added an explanatory 'Sunrise', thus making "Impression: soleil levant" the official title for Monet's work. From the painting's title, art critic Louis Leroy coined the term "Impressionism", which he intended to be derogatory. Monet's title came under criticism which seized upon the first word. Renoir with Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Alfred Sisley, were joined by Edgar Degas, and Georges Seurat, and continued to exhibit together despite the financial failure of the first show.
Impressionists slowly gained recognition after 1880, when public begun to recognize the value of their works. In 1881 Renoir traveled to Algeria, then to Spain, and later to Italy to see masterpieces of Titian and Raphael in Florence and Rome. In 1882 Renoir met composer Richard Wagner at his home in Sicily, and painted his portrait. In 1883 he had his first one-man exhibition at the Paris gallery of Paul Durand-Ruel, who became his art dealer. He received commissions to paint portraits of prominent Parisians, and also made several group portraits of his friends, models, writers, and fellow artists, such as the 'Luncheon of the Boating Party' (1881). In 1887, being already famous, Renoir donated several paintings to Queen Victoria on her Golden Jubilee. At that time he worked on a big composition 'Les baigneuses' (The Bathers), for which he made a series of nude female studies representing feminine grace with masterful depiction of the soft forms and tender texture of skin. His lively, joyful paintings brought him fame and steady success.
In 1880 Renoir met Aline Chairgot. She became his model and a painting assistant. In 1885, their first son, Pierre Renoir, was born. They married in 1890, and spent much time in Essoyes, the childhood home of his wife. In 1894, while living in Montmartre in Paris, they had their second son, named Jean Renoir, who later became a famous filmmaker. His third son, Claude Renoir, was born in 1901. Family life was beneficial to Renoir's work. He became as interested in painting people as he was in painting landscapes. By the age of 50 Renoir became wealthy and famous, but his health declined. During the 1890s he developed rheumatoid arthritis and had to move to a warmer climate in the South of France. In 1907 he bought a farm at Cagnes-sur-Mer. There Renoir expanded the garden into a beautifully landscaped park and continued painting landscapes and nudes.
Renoir suffered from complications of arthritis and was wheelchair-bound during the last 20 years of his life. He also suffered from cataracts, which affected his vision so that his later paintings had a general reddish tone and softer lines. He continued to paint with a brush on a stick strapped to his arm, because he lost mobility in his fingers and in his right shoulder due to ankylosis. Renoir did not give up art, he even started making sculptures with an assistant. He died at his house in Cagnes on December 3, 1919, and was laid to rest at the Cagnes-sur-Mer church cemetery.
In 1962 his son Jean Renoir wrote 'Renoir My Father', the definitive biography of August Renoir. The value of his art has been going up. In 1990, a smaller version of Renoir's painting 'Bal au moulin de la Galette' (1876), was sold at an auction for $78,000,000. - Karl May was born on 25 February 1842 in Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Kingdom of Saxony [now Saxony, Germany]. He was a writer, known for Auf den Trümmern des Paradieses (1920), Caravan of Death (1920) and Durch die Wüste (1936). He was married to Klara Plöhn and Emma Pollmer. He died on 30 March 1912 in Radebeul, Kingdom of Saxony [now Saxony], Germany.
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Ange Flégier was born on 25 February 1846 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. He was a composer, known for Rehearsal: The Telephone Hour (1947) and Le Cor (1932). He died on 8 October 1927 in Martigues, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.- King William II of Württemberg was born on 25 February 1848 in Stuttgart, Kingdom of Württemberg [now Baden-Württemberg, Germany]. He was married to Charlotte zu Schaumburg-Lippe and Georgine Henriette Marie Prinzessin zu Waldeck und Pyrmont. He died on 2 October 1921 in Bebenhausen, Württemberg [now Baden-Württemberg], Germany.
- Edmond Duquesne was born on 25 February 1854 in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. He is known for Father John; or, The Ragpicker of Paris (1913), The Legend of the Eagle (1911) and Madame Sans-Gêne (1911).
- Raymond Blathwayt was born on 25 February 1855 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Great Moment (1921), Wild Honey (1922) and Sacred and Profane Love (1921). He died on 10 December 1935 in Bromley, Kent, England, UK.
- John Burke was born on 25 February 1859 in Keokuk County, Iowa, USA. He was an actor, known for The Million Dollar Mystery (1914). He died on 14 May 1937 in the USA.
- Bohumil Benoni was born on 25 February 1862 in Chrudim, Bohemia, Austria [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Písen lásky (1919). He died on 10 February 1942 in Weißwasser, Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia [now Belá pod Bezdezem, Czech Republic].
- Helen Bannerman was born on 25 February 1862 in Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, UK. She was a writer, known for Chibikuro Sambo no tora taiji (1956) and Chibikuro Sambo to futago no otôto (1957). She died on 13 October 1946.
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Luigi Sapelli was born on 25 February 1865 in Pinerolo, Piedmont, Italy. He was a costume designer and director, known for Volo dal nido (1917), Le mogli e le arance (1917) and Regina della Scala (1937). He died on 10 November 1936 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy.- Cajus Bruun was born on 25 February 1866. He was an actor, known for Den glade løjtnant (1912), Kærlighedens Firkløver (1915) and Manegens stjerne (1912). He died on 1 November 1919.
- Benedetto Croce was born on 25 February 1866 in Pescasseroli, Abruzzo, L'Aquila, Italy. He was married to Adele Rossi. He died on 20 November 1952 in Naples, Italy.
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Giles Warren was born on 25 February 1867 in Decatur, Illinois, USA. He is known for A Texas Steer (1915), Your Girl and Mine: A Woman Suffrage Play (1914) and The Steel King (1919).- Dennis Herbert was born on 25 February 1869 in the UK. He was married to Mary Graeme Bell. He died on 10 December 1947 in the UK.
- Lesya Ukrainka was born on 25 February 1871 in Novograd-Volynsky, Volhynian Governorate, Russian Empire [now Novohrad-Volynskyi, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine]. She was a writer, known for Lisova pisnya (1961), The Enticement of Don Juan (1985) and Lisova pisnya. Mavka (1981). She died on 1 August 1913 in Surami, Tiflis Governorate, Russian Empire [now Shida Kartli, Republic of Georgia].
- Charles Mussett was born on 25 February 1871 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for An Enemy to the King (1916), Knights of the Square Table (1917) and Number 17 (1920). He was married to Victoria Alicia Ayres. He died on 8 December 1939 in Bernardsville, New Jersey, USA.
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Kurt Matull was born on 25 February 1872 in Treptow an der Rega, Brandenburg-Prussia. He was a director and writer, known for Wildwasser (1916), Es war einst ein Prinzesschen (1916) and Suchomlinow (1918). He died in 1930 in Berlin, Germany.- Actor
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Enrico Caruso (b. Errico Caruso) was born on February 25, 1873, in Naples, Italy. He was the third of seven children to a poor alcoholic father. He received little primary education and briefly studied music with conductor Vicenzo Lombardini. His early income was from singing serenades.
Caruso made his operatic debut on March 15, 1895 at a back street theatre in Naples. After a two-year stint on the South Italian circuit he auditioned for Giacomo Puccini in the summer of 1897. Puccini was looking for a leading tenor for a performance of 'La Boheme' in Livorno. Puccini was so impressed with the range and tone of the young Caruso's voice, that he reportedly mumbled in awe, "Who sent you to me? God himself?" After an unfriendly reception of his performance in Naples, Caruso vowed to never sing in Naples again, and he never did.
His first major role creations were in operas 'Il Voto', composed by Umberto Giordano, on November 10, 1897, and 'L'Arlesiana' by Francesco Cilea on November 27, 1897, at the Teatro Lirico di Milano. Next season Caruso started with a role creation in 'Fedora', composed by Umberto Giordano, performed on the same stage on November 17, 1898. His first recording contract was signed in 1902, in London, with the Gramophone and Typewriter Company for ten arias at the rate of 10 pounds per take. In May, 1902, Caruso debuted at the Covent Garden Opera in 'Rigoletto' by Giuseppe Verdi. With the help of the banker Pasquale Simonelli, he went to New York. There Caruso made his Metropolitan Opera debut in November 1903. He performed for the Met the next eighteen seasons, making 607 appearances in 37 different operatic productions.
Caruso was the first recording star in history, who sold more than a million records with his 1902 recording of 'Vesti le gubba' from 'Pagliacci' (Clowns) by 'Leoncavallo'. His voice had a combination of the full baritone-like character with the smooth and brilliant tenor qualities. His range was broadened into baritone at the expense of the higher tenor notes, Caruso never sang the high C, and often transposed in order to avoid it. He was a master of interpretation, having a rare gift of portamento and legato, and a superior command of phrasing. His legendary 1904 Victor recording of 'Una furtiva lagrima', by Gaetano Donizetti is used in many film soundtracks.
He contracted pneumonia and developed a complication in the form of pleural inflammation (plerisy), followed by abscesses in his lungs. After a series of unsuccessful surgeries Enrico Caruso died on August 2, 1921, in Naples, Italy. He was laid to rest in Naples, Italy.- Actor
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Alfred Hickman was born on 25 February 1873 in London, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for The Chain Invisible (1916), Hedda Gabler (1917) and Piccadilly Jim (1919). He was married to Nance O'Neil and Blanche Walsh. He died on 9 April 1931 in Hollywood, California, USA.- Aristide Baghetti was born on 25 February 1874 in Civitavecchia, Lazio, Italy. He was an actor, known for Nobody's Children (1951), Amami, Alfredo! (1940) and Angelina (1947). He was married to Tullia Baghetti. He died on 21 March 1955 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy.
- Johnny Kling was born on 25 February 1875 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. He died on 31 January 1947 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
- Aleksander Bogusinski was born on 25 February 1877 in Krakau, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Dziesieciu z Pawiaka (1931), Spy (1933) and Story of a Sin (1933). He died on 3 December 1953 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Gertrude Quinlan was born on 25 February 1877 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. She was an actress, known for Back Home and Broke (1922). She was married to John Henry O'Neil. She died on 29 November 1963 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Jan Purkrábek was born on 25 February 1878 in Ceský Brod, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Neznámá kráska (1922), Pepánek nezdara (1925) and Ztratila se Bílá paní (1937). He died on 19 November 1954 in Brno, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
- Georg Kalkum was born on 25 February 1878 in Schloß Stein, Bavaria, Germany. He was an actor, known for Immer nur Du (1941), Wie der Hase läuft (1937) and To New Shores (1937). He died on 3 November 1951 in Berlin, Germany.
- Julius Falkenstein was born on 25 February 1879 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Zopf und Schwert - Eine tolle Prinzessin (1926), The Only Girl (1933) and Ich und die Kaiserin (1933). He was married to Helene Julie Zillinger. He died on 9 December 1933 in Berlin, Germany.
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Frank McIntyre was born on 25 February 1879 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. He was an actor, known for Too Fat to Fight (1918), The Traveling Salesman (1916) and The Lambs' All-Star Gambol (1914). He died on 8 June 1949 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.- Carlotta Nillson was born on 25 February 1879 in Stockholm, Sweden. She was an actress, known for Leah Kleschna (1913). She died on 31 December 1951 in New York City, New York, USA.
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Otakar Ostrcil was born on 25 February 1879 in Smichow, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Smichov, Czech Republic]. He was married to Julie Marankova. He died on 20 August 1935 in Prague, Czechoslovakia.- A stage player before the days of movies, a pioneer in the industry that has made Hollywood famous, Miss Lucille Ward, a native of Dayton, Ohio Her stage career began in New York in 1907 and like many other players she was called upon in her younger years to play older parts. Thus, through her twenties, her first role was that of La Corante, a 70 year old character in "Monte Cristo." The next year she was colored mammy in "Under Southern Skies" and in 1909 we find her doing a mother part in "The Man of the Hour" company, a Brady production. In 1910 she toured with the "Stronger Set" company, a Henry W. Savage production, Here too she had a mother part. She was, in fact, playing mother parts on stage to men and women twice her age. Miss ward next accepted the lead role in "The New Clerk," a musical comedy with Harry Fischer, the star. These plays were all on tour during the winter season. The summer found miss Ward with first-class stock companies or with vaudeville acts. During 1910 she came back to Dayton and held an engagement with the stock company at Fairview Park. That was in the day when Tommy Meighan, who later made a name for himself in the movies; John Sainpolis and Lucille Spinney were members of the troupe. Later Miss Ward came back to fill and engagement with the Rod Players at the Victoria Theater. This she calls one of her most joyous seasons. She also played a summer engagement with the Colonial stock company in Columbus. It was after this engagement that she returned to New York and joined the James P. Leonard act for a full season's engagement, after this going on tour with Homer Lind company. Both these acts were headliners in the major circuit of vaudeville in those days. It was during her engagement in the "Miss 318" act, which had a run in the Fifth Avenue Theater, in New York, that producer Rupert Hughes, became so pleased with her work that he wrote a special part for her in another act that was to be produced that fall. However, before that materialized, the office of Lew Fields asked Miss Ward if she would play the lead in an act to be sent over to the Orpheum circuit. It was to be the boat scene from the play "Tillie's Nightmare," in which Marie Dressler appeared a lead feminine player for a run of two years in New York. Though the part was a rather small one, Miss Ward accepted it. As she related it, "There were 21 people in a 23 minute sketch; I had only 11 speeches, but I managed to get 13 laughs out of my part." at any rate, Feilds was so please with her work that he asked Miss War to play the star part in a revival of miss Dressler's play. Miss Ward accepted and it was in this role that she achieved the distinction of being the only woman to follow Miss Dressler in one of the latter's star parts. The road tour of "Tillie's Nightmare" began September 2, 1912, at the Colonial theater in Indianapolis and was a grand success, being booked for many return engagements before it wound up its season in New York. It was at this point that Miss Ward made her entry into the movies. In New York the old Imp company offered her a character lead in a short comedy to be made at the Universal Studios in New York city, she accepted. Later she received an offer to go to California and in the early winter of 1913 she traveled to the west coast. After six months with the Universal company, she sign a contract with the Mack Sennett company, playing comedy leads. Miss Ward made the first comedy ever played for more than one week, called "Cohen's Outings." Its success resulted in a series of Jewish stories. Later, Mack Sennett offered her a five year contract, assuring her that he would make her the most advertised woman in the world. Work in the movies was pretty rough in those days. Comedies were mostly slapstick and there was no such thing as a stand-in. She refused the Sennett offer but continued in pictures and in those early days and was associated with such players as Ford Sterling, Chester Conklin, Wallace Reid, Francis X. Bushman, Charlie Chaplin and "Fatty" Arbuckle. She appeared in Arbuckles last picture "The Traveling Salesman." She worked with him many times on sets and locations and says that as far as she knows he always conducted himself as a gentleman. While she was working with Mack Sennett in Hollywood, she received and accepted an offer from American Film company and remained with it for three years. She would not renew her contract because the company had given her society parts to play and she preferred comedy roles. She was granted a release with the agreement that she would return from time to time whenever the company had such parts as she liked. This experience caused her to become a free lance player, choosing such roles offered her as she cared to accept. She kept busy most of the time, she has played with nearly all the big screen stars and says by being a free lance player she is far ahead when to comes to money. Among the many stars whom she has supported or with whom she has played she names Lionel Barrymore, Gene Raymond, William Powell, Herbert Marshall, Reginald Denny, the late Will Rogers, Robert Young, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Grace Moore, Barbara Stanwick, Shirley Temple, Clark Gable, and the late Jean Harlow. She worked with Francis Lederer in both "One Rainy Afternoon" and "It's All Yours." She played feature parts opposite Reginald Denny in "California Straight Ahead, "Oh Doctor," Sporting Youth," and "Skinner Steps out." Submitted by David Kemper Great Great nephew of Lucille Ward
LEONARD MALTIN CLASSIC MOVIE GUIDE, COPYRIGHT 2005, 2010. USED B - Sherman Bainbridge was born on 25 February 1880 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Raid of the Human Tigers (1913), Coral (1915) and The Girl Who Won Out (1917). He died on 14 January 1950 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- James Cooley was born on 25 February 1880 in Nelsonville, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for The Van Nostrand Tiara (1913), No Living Witness (1932) and Love Knows No Laws (1912). He died on 5 November 1948 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- Gaston Bénac was born on 25 February 1881 in Castelsarrasin, Tarn-et-Garonne, France. He is known for Hardi les gars (1931) and La joie de vivre (1952).
- Ludvig Nordström, born 1882 in Härnösand, was a Swedish journalist, author and artist, best known for his radio series and book, "Lort-Sverige / Dirt-Sweden" (1938) documenting the very low standards of living and housing in the Swedish countryside. After a short period of studies of history of literature at Uppsala University in 1902, Nordström was hired as a journalist at Sundsvalls Tidning. There he published several books on the bourgeois life of the small town and its painful transformation under the influence of trade and industrialism. He developed a strong belief in the importance of communications which appeared in the pavilion, "Svea Rike", at the Stockholm exhibition in 1930. It contained, among other things, a telephone exchange that showed Sweden's instantaneous contacts with the world's metropolises. Nordström's radio report on "Lort-Sverige", broadcasted in the fall of 1938, covered 48 days and 11 000 kilometers of travels by car, was an instant success, discussed and debated as the reminder of an environment most Swedes no longer believed existed in their country. Ludvig Nordström passed away in 1942, an early death mainly caused by a hard, intense and wandering life.
- Lucio Villegas was born on 25 February 1883 in Lota, Chile. He was an actor, known for Only Angels Have Wings (1939), Alas sobre El Chaco (1935) and La voluntad del muerto (1930). He died on 20 July 1968 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.
- Princess Alice was born on 25 February 1883 in Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England, UK. She was married to Lord Athlone. She died on 3 January 1981 in Kensington Palace, London, England, UK.
- J. Edward Hungerford was born on 25 February 1883 in Missouri, USA. He was a writer, known for The Big Adventure (1921), Betty and the Buccaneers (1917) and The Strength of Donald McKenzie (1916). He died on 25 April 1964 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Max E. Hayes was born on 25 February 1883 in Minsk, Russian Empire [now Belarus]. He was a writer and director, known for Fifty Million Dollars Can't Be Wrong (1933), The Helping Hand (1930) and Then Came the Yawn (1934). He was married to Kathryn Phillips. He died on 9 April 1950 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Hugh McNair Kahler was born on 25 February 1883 in Germantown, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer, known for Fools First (1922), The Little Giant (1926) and Alias Mrs. Jessop (1917). He was married to Louise Kingsley. He died on 10 July 1969 in Princeton, New Jersey, USA.
- Stephanie Claes-Vetter was born on 25 February 1884 in Zutphen, Netherlands. She was married to Ernest Claes. She died on 10 October 1974 in Elsene, Belgium.
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Jacob Mestel was born on 25 February 1884 in Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Poland]. He was an actor and writer, known for Americaner Shadchen (1940), Tkies khaf (1924) and What a Mother-in-Law! (1934). He died on 6 August 1959 in New York City, New York, USA.- Princess Alice of Battenberg was born on 25 February 1885 in Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England, UK. She was married to Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark. She died on 5 December 1969 in Buckingham Palace, Westminster, London, England, UK.
- Harry Wilde was born on 25 February 1885 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Habeas Corpus (1928). He died on 10 December 1939 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Norman Cannon was born on 25 February 1885 in Chaddington, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Annie, Leave the Room! (1935). He died on 13 December 1934 in Tucson, Arizona, USA.
- Aleksandar Verescagin was born on 25 February 1885 in Moscow, Russia. He was a director and actor, known for Strast za pustolovinom (1922). He died in 1965 in the USA.
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Osamu Wakayama was born on 25 February 1886 in Ashikaga, Tochigi, Japan. He is known for Shôhin eiga-shû: Uma (1925), Wakakusa no uta (1923) and Onna kundô (1922).