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- Jacques Louis David was born on 30 August 1748 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France. He is known for Romantic Versus Classical Art (1973) and Bir Resim Bir Hikaye (2019). He was married to Marguerite Pécoul. He died on 29 December 1825 in Brussels, Belgium.
- Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (née Godwin; 30 August 1797 - 1 February 1851) was an English novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer, best known for her Gothic novel "Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus" (1818). She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley. Her father was the political philosopher William Godwin, and her mother was the philosopher and feminist Mary Wollstonecraft.
After Wollstonecraft's death less than a month after her daughter Mary was born, Mary was raised by Godwin, who was able to provide his daughter with a rich, if informal, education, encouraging her to adhere to his own liberal political theories. When Mary was four, her father married a neighbor, with whom, as her stepmother, Mary came to have a troubled relationship.
In 1814, Mary began a romance with one of her father's political followers, the then married Percy Bysshe Shelley. Together with Mary's stepsister Claire Clairmont, Mary and Shelley left for France and traveled through Europe. Upon their return to England, Mary was pregnant with Percy's child. Over the next two years, she and Percy faced ostracism, constant debt, and the death of their prematurely born daughter. They married in late 1816, after the suicide of Percy Shelley's first wife, Harriet.
In 1816, the couple famously spent a summer with Lord Byron, John William Polidori, and Claire Clairmont near Geneva, Switzerland, where Mary conceived the idea for her novel "Frankenstein". The Shelleys left Britain in 1818 for Italy, where their second and third children died before Mary Shelley gave birth to her last and only surviving child, Percy Florence Shelley. In 1822, her husband drowned when his sailing boat sank during a storm near Viareggio. A year later, Mary Shelley returned to England and from then on devoted herself to the upbringing of her son and a career as a professional author. The last decade of her life was dogged by illness, probably caused by the brain tumor that was to kill her at the age of 53.
Until the 1970s, Mary Shelley was known mainly for her efforts to publish her husband's works and for her novel "Frankenstein", which remains widely read and has inspired many theatrical and film adaptations. Recent scholarship has yielded a more comprehensive view of Mary Shelley's achievements. Scholars have shown increasing interest in her literary output, particularly in her novels, which include the historical novels "Valperga" (1823) and "Perkin Warbeck" (1830), the apocalyptic novel "The Last Man" (1826), and her final two novels, "Lodore" (1835) and "Falkner" (1837). Studies of her lesser-known works, such as the travel book "Rambles in Germany and Italy" (1844) and the biographical articles for Dionysius Lardner's "Cabinet Cyclopaedia" (1829-46), support the growing view that Mary Shelley remained a political radical throughout her life. Mary Shelley's works often argue that cooperation and sympathy, particularly as practiced by women in the family, were the ways to reform civil society. This view was a direct challenge to the individualistic Romantic ethos promoted by Percy Shelley and the Enlightenment political theories articulated by her father, William Godwin - George Frederick Root was born on 30 August 1825 in Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA. George Frederick was married to Mary Olive Woodman. George Frederick died on 6 August 1895 in Bailey Island, Maine, USA.
- Gisela von Arnim was born on 30 August 1827 in Berlin, Germany. She was a writer, known for Gritta of the Rats' Castle (1985). She was married to Herman Grimm. She died on 4 April 1889 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy.
- Joseph Petrosino was born on 30 August 1860 in Salerno, Campania, Italy. He died on 12 March 1909 in Palermo, Sicily, Italy.
- Helen Bertram was born on 30 August 1865 in Tuscola, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for Rhythm on the River (1940) and The Lightning Conductor (1914). She was married to Edward J. Morgan (actor), Edward J. Henley and Achille Tomasi. She died on 24 September 1953 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- John R Cumpson was born in Buffalo, New York, one of the youngest in a large family. His father was a blacksmith. In 1887, John R Cumpson was listed in a Buffalo City Directory as a bank clerk, and in the 1890 census as a bookkeeper. He apparently soon set aside ledgers and took up a career in acting. By 1901, he had moved to New York City and had a role on in a drama at the 14th Street Theater, "Upstate New York." By 1905 he was acting in silent film shorts, and by 1908 he was working with D.W. Griffith (who was then just at the beginning of his own career). He most often worked as a comedic character. He played Mr. Jones opposite Florence Lawrence in a series about a hapless couple. He created the role of "Bumptious" for the Edison Studios, and was under contract to Carl Laemmle's company when he died of cardiac dilatation at the age of 46.
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Actress, songwriter ("I Know That You Know"), singer, librettist and author, educated in public schools. She began her career as a singer with the Juvenile Opera Company, and later wrote the Broadway stage scores for "The Canary" and "The City Chap"; and she was librettist for "Pom-Pom", "She's a Good Fellow", "The Night Boat", "The Sweetheart Shop", and "Good Morning Dearie", and the co-librettist for "Chin Chin", "Jack o' Lantern", "Tip Top", "Hitchy Koo of 1921", "The Bunch and Judy", "Stepping Stones", "Criss Cross", "Oh, Please!", and "Three Cheers". She was also the librettist for "Take The Air", and the co-librettist for "Top o' the World" and "The Lady of the Slipper". Joining ASCAP as a charter member in 1914, she collaborated musically with Jerome Kern, Vincent Youmans, Hugo Felix, and Raymond Hubbell. Her popular song compositions also include "Temple Bells", "In the Dark", "Wait Till the Cows Come Home", "Come and Have a Swing With Me", "The Bullfrog Patrol", "Whose Baby Are You?", "Left All Alone Again Blues", "Didn't You Believe?", "Blue Danube Blues", "Easy Pickin's", "Ka-lu-a", "Once in a Blue Moon", "Raggedy Ann", "Cinderella Girl", and "Like She Loves Me".- Arthur C. Aiston was born on 30 August 1868 in South Lee, Massachusetts, USA. He was a writer, known for At the Cross Roads (1914). He was married to Estha Williams and Jane Cochrane. He died on 27 February 1924 in New York, New York, USA.
- Lavr Kornilov was born on 30 August 1870 in Ust-Kamenogorsk, Turkestan, Russian Empire [now Oskemen, Kazakhstan]. He died on 13 April 1918 in Ekaterinodar [now Krasnodar], Russia.
- Doppo Kunikida was born on 30 August 1871 in Choshi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. He was a writer, known for Shuchû nikki (1924). He was married to Nobuko Sasaki and Osamu Enomoto. He died on 23 June 1908 in Chigasaki, Kanagawa, Japan.
- Ernest Rutherford was born on 30 August 1871 in Brightwater, Nelson, New Zealand. He died on 19 October 1937 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
- Václav Rabský was born on 30 August 1876 in Prague, Cechy, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republik]. He was an actor, known for Krásná vyzvedacka (1928), Cerný plamen (1930) and Third Company (1931). He died on 19 March 1951 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
- F. Stuart Whyte was born on 30 August 1877 in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, UK. F. Stuart was a director, known for Sunrise (1926) and Painted Daughters (1925). F. Stuart died in 1947 in Ealing, London, England, UK.
- Margaret Emden was born on 30 August 1878 in Wandsworth, Surrey, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Man from Morocco (1945), Little Miss Somebody (1937) and Called Back (1933). She died on 13 February 1946 in Westminster, London, England, UK.
- The daughter of Hortense Scheff Yarger, a prima donna with the Imperial Opera in Vienna, Fritzi Scheff made her debut when eight years old singing Juliet in Charles Gounod's "Romeo and Juliet" with the Frankfurt Opera company. After appearing with several other opera companies in Germany, she spent three years with the Metropolitan Opera in New York. She also gave a command performance for Queen Victoria at Covent Garden. From there she moved into musical comedy. It was her role in "Mlle Modiste," written specifically for her by Victor Herbert, that contained what became her signature song, "Kiss Me Again." After that came vaudeville (1913-1930) and later appearances for Billy Rose in his show at the 1939 New York World's Fair and at the Diamond Horseshoe. Her last appearance was on This Is Your Life. And yes, she was temperamental.
- Rudolf Suva was born on 30 August 1879 in Prague Cechy, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Milenky starého kriminálníka (1927), Lásky Kacenky Strnadové (1926) and Rudi sportsman (1911). He died on 5 June 1962 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
- Leslie Faber born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1879. Highly successful stage actor, perhaps his most notable performances was 'The Hypocrites' in 1906, 'Lady Patricia' at the Empire Theatre in 1912 'Diplomacy' in 1914 and The Patriot' in 1928, also well-known on Broadway stage. Handsome smart gentleman who appeared in few British silent films, making his debut in 'The White Hen' co-starring Mary Glynne and the popular comedy 'Candytuft, I Mean Veronica' in 1921, he will be best remembered in the lead role as Anthony Bond in 'Afraid of Love' in 1925 and as Weston in 'White Cargo' in 1929. Married stage actress Gladys Gray. Died of pneumonia in 1929 age 50.
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Johann Schwarzer was born on 30 August 1880 in Javornik, Silesia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. Johann was a director and cinematographer, known for Zimmer zu Vermieten (1908), Sklavenmarkt (1907) and Weibliche Ringkämpfer. Johann died on 8 October 1914 in Wierzbolów, Poland, Russian Empire [now Virbalis, Lithuania].- Richard Sterling was born on 30 August 1880 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Ramona (1916), The Madcap (1916) and The Storm (1916). He died on 15 April 1959 in Douglaston, Queens, New York City, New York, USA.
- Elizabeth Williams was born on 30 August 1880 in Wales. She was an actress, known for Manhattan Moon (1935) and The Burden of Race (1921). She died on 18 May 1947 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Dobrica Milutinovic was born on 30 August 1880 in Nis, Serbia. He was an actor, known for Karadjordje (1911), Ulrih Celjski i Vladislav Hunjadi (1911) and The Unconquered People (1947). He died on 18 November 1956 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia.
- Eleanor Mercein Kelly was born on 30 August 1880 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. She was a writer, known for Kildare of Storm (1918), Their Mad Moment (1931) and Mi último amor (1931). She died on 11 October 1968 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
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John Griffith Wray was born on 30 August 1881 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. He was a director and writer, known for The Gilded Butterfly (1926), Her Reputation (1923) and Human Wreckage (1923). He was married to Bradley King and Virginia Brissac. He died on 12 July 1929 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Additional Crew
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Fencing master and graduate of the Military Institute of Physical Education and Fencing (Belgium), he was responsible for bringing style and technique to the duels in Hollywood films. Born of French parents, Cavens had started in a military school at the age of seven and by the time he was 15 had decided to take up the sword. He graduated from the Institute at 18 and was a fencing master at 21. Soon after his marriage, to a danseuse in a Belgian opera company, he emigrated to the US. His son Albert Cavens was his associate in the teaching and performing fencing stunts in Hollywood movies.- Fran Novakovic was born on 30 August 1882 in Zagreb, Croatia. He was an actor, known for Major Bauk (1951), Hanka (1955) and Majka Katina (1949). He died on 21 January 1957 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia.
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Otto Moldenhauer was born on 30 August 1882 in Bornstedt, Potsdam, Germany. He was an art director and production designer, known for D III 88 (1939), Der Schimmelkrieg in der Holledau (1937) and Unter der Laterne (1928). He died on 27 April 1969 in Berlin, Germany.- Karl Kneidinger was born on 30 August 1882 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was an actor, known for Das Mädel aus der Wachau (1928), Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald (1934) and Eva, the Factory Girl (1935). He died on 14 April 1952 in Vienna, Austria.
- Werner Hollmann was born on 30 August 1882 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Tropennächte (1931), Ich bei Tag und du bei Nacht (1932) and Mania. Die Geschichte einer Zigarettenarbeiterin (1918). He died on 3 March 1933 in Berlin, Germany.
- József Miskey was born on 30 August 1882 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]. He was an actor, known for Lelki klinika (1941), Ne kérdezd ki voltam (1941) and Beáta és az ördög (1941). He died on 30 July 1948 in Budapest, Hungary.
- Actor
Stanley Mann was born on 30 August 1883 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was an actor. He died on 10 August 1953 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Christine Maitland was born on 30 August 1884 in Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK. She was an actress, known for Nobody's Child (1919), The Temptress (1920) and Midnight Gambols (1919). She was married to James Henry Maitland Makgill Crichton. She died on 10 June 1972 in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, UK.
- Aleksandr Cheban was born on 30 August 1886 in Saratov, Saratov uyezd, Saratov Governorate, Russian Empire [now Saratov Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Bal gospoden (1918), Glubokiy reyd (1938) and Prairie Station (1941). He died on 8 October 1954 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
- Myra Davis Hemmings was a schoolteacher in the San Antonio public school system for over fifty years; she was also active in the African-American community, particularly in amateur theatrics. She and her husband John formed the Hemmings Players, a group of amateur actors who put on plays and other performances in and about San Antonio. Mrs. Hemmings, a 1913 graduate of Howard University in Washington, D.C., also earned a master's degree in speech from Northwestern in 1947. She is best known in some circles as one of the founders of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority; her personal papers are on deposit in the archives of the library of University of Texas - San Antonio.
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Béla Tompa was born on 30 August 1887 in Budapest, Hungary. He was an actor and writer, known for Zenélö malom (1943), Palika (1918) and Az apacs álma (1914). He died on 4 August 1953 in Budapest, Hungary.- Producer
From 1913 on, Acín was engaged in the Spanish anarquist movement, particularly in Barcelona and his home region of Aragón. He wrote for several anarquist magazines in Aragón and Catalonia. Took part in several congresses of anarquist labour union CGT in Huesca. He was a non-violent anarquist, and very engaged in workers' education matter's; e.g., he gave drawing lesson's to workers in evening school courses. His own artistical works were presented in Madrid in 1931.
Until the beginning of the spanish Second Republic he was imprisioned several times for his writings and spent some time in the later 1920s in exile in France. When the spanish Civil War began, Huesca was taken by nationalist forces soon. Acín and his wife, Conchita Monrás, were among the many victims of illegal executions at that time. When he won in the lottery, he gave an amount of money to Luis Buñuel for the production of "Las Hurdes - Tierra sin pan", that's how he made his way into film history.- Actress
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Bessie Learn was born on 30 August 1888 in San Diego, California, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for In the Shadow of Death (1915), Her Grandmother's Wedding Dress (1914) and The Ploughshare (1915). She was married to Art Robbins and J. Roy Prosser. She died on 5 February 1987 in Burbank, California, USA.- Eduardo Ciannelli was born on the beautiful island of Ischia in the Bay of Naples, which is renowned for its thermal baths. His father, a physician, owned a health spa there and Eduardo briefly followed the same career path and studied medicine at the University of Naples, graduating as a fully qualified doctor. His calling, however, lay elsewhere. He first came to prominence as a leading baritone opera star, performing at La Scala and touring internationally. Then he reinvented himself as a dramatic actor of stage and screen, first in Europe, and, from 1919, in America.
He first performed on Broadway in the short-lived play 'Always You' (1920), then had better roles in 'Rose-Marie' (1924-1926), 'The Front Page' (1928-29, as Diamond Louis, establishing his stereotypical later screen persona) and 'Uncle Vanya' (1930,as Telegin). He reprised his stage role from 'Reunion in Vienna' (1931-32) in the MGM movie of 1933. With his heavily-lined face, piercing eyes and erudite Italian-accented manners, Ciannelli was soon cast as Italian gangsters (apparently, there was also some alleged resemblance to the infamous Lucky Luciano). One of his most celebrated roles was as Trock Estrella in Winterset (1936) (re-creating another previous stage performance), which the New York Times review of December 4 described as the film's 'most compelling characterization'. This set the pattern for many of Ciannelli's later efforts, such as the smooth, elegant racketeer Johnny Vanning in Marked Woman (1937) or Rockey in Law of the Underworld (1938). Other notable villains in his repertoire include the maniacal leader of the Kali sect in Gunga Din (1939) and the suave evil genius, titular villain in the Republic serial Mysterious Doctor Satan (1940).
Attempting to shake-off his typecast 'bad guy' image, Eduardo appeared as the jovial speakeasy proprietor Giono in Kitty Foyle (1940). Following that, his screen roles began to diminish. Changing his name to Edward Ciannelli failed to re-ignite his career. In 1952, he returned to Italy to appear in continental co-productions, occasionally re-surfacing in Hollywood sword-and-sandal epics (Attila (1954),Helen of Troy (1956), Love Slaves of the Amazons (1957)). He also continued to portray Godfather-types in film (The Brotherhood (1968),Stiletto (1969)) and on television (Naked City,The Untouchables,I Spy). Among his last roles of note, one must include Houseboat (1958), as Arturo Zaccardi, and a recurring character part, jazz club owner Waldo, in the television series Johnny Staccato (1959). Eduardo died in Rome in October 1969 and is interred at the Cimitero Flaminio in Lazio. - Actress
- Director
Bodil Ipsen was born on 30 August 1889 in Copenhagen, Denmark. She was an actress and director, known for Café Paradis (1950), Red Meadows (1945) and The Viking Watch of the Danish Seaman (1948). She was married to Ejnar Black, Emanuel Gregers, Helmuth Heinrich Otto Moltke and Jacob Texiere. She died on 26 November 1964 in Denmark.- Writer
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Edwin J. Burke, one of first New York playwrights to move to Hollywood after advent of "talkies", was born on 30 August, 1889, at Albany, New York. In 1910, after attending the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City, he began his acting career playing lead roles for a local Shakespearean company. Later he became a stage director for a traveling stock company. After running out of money during the 1919 actors' strike, Burke decided to see if he could make a living writing for vaudeville. Over the next ten years or so he wrote over 250 one-act plays and skits. Hollywood called in 1928 after the success of his first full length play "This Thing Called Love" (adapted for the screen in 1929 and again in 1940). After working as a writer and director on many successful films, including Bad Girl (1931) for which he won an Oscar, Burke left Hollywood in 1935 and relocated to High Bridge, New Jersey. Edwin J. Burke passed away after a short illness at New York City on 26 September, 1944. Not long before his death he had been working with Winfield R. Sheehan on Captain Eddie (1945), a film based on the life of Capt.Eddie Rickenbacker. Burke had served as a director of the Percy Williams Home for Actors at East Islip, Long Island, New York.- Director
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Kali Prasad Ghosh was born on 30 August 1889. He is known for Shaher Ka Jadoo (1934), Vidyasagar (1952) and Lagna Bandhan (1936).- Rex Comeaux was born on 30 August 1889 in Menominee, Michigan, USA. He was an actor, known for The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962). He died on 13 April 1965 in San Diego, California, USA.
- Augusta Haviland was born on 30 August 1889 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for The Passing of the Third Floor Back (1918). She was married to Charles Chappelle (actor). She died on 25 October 1925 in New York City, New York, USA.
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A.V. Olsen was born on 30 August 1889 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was a writer and director, known for Krudt med knald (1931), Kejserens nye klæder (1949) and Proletardrengen (1916). He died on 10 May 1980.- Emil Autere was born on 30 August 1890 in Helsinki, Finland. He was an actor, known for Se parhaiten nauraa, joka viimeksi nauraa (1921), Anna-Liisa (1922) and Olli's Apprenticeship (1920). He died on 12 March 1944.
- Scott Moore was born on 30 August 1890 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Man Against Crime (1949), The Mugger (1958) and The Struggle (1931). He died on 17 December 1967 in Miami Beach, Florida, USA.
- George W. Chase was born on 30 August 1890 in Spokane, Washington, USA. He was an actor, known for Flying Colors (1917), The Argument (1918) and The Hard Rock Breed (1918). He died on 29 July 1918 in Woodhaven, Long Island, New York, USA.
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Hugo Becker was born on 30 August 1890 in Örebro, Sweden. He was a production manager, known for A Sailor on Horseback (1940). He died on 13 November 1948 in Stockholm, Sweden.- Casting Director
David C. Werner was born on 30 August 1890 in Hoboken, New Jersey, USA. David C. was a casting director, known for Cheers for Miss Bishop (1941). David C. died on 17 August 1941 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Frank Du Frane was born on 30 August 1892 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Larceny on the Air (1937) and The Unbroken Road (1915). He died on 20 September 1938 in Valley Stream, Long Island, New York, USA.