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François-André Danican Philidor was born on 7 September 1726 in Dreux, Eure-et-Loir, France. François-André is known for The Wife (2017), Valmont (1989) and Tom Jones (1996). François-André died on 31 August 1795 in London, England, UK.- Brian was born on 7 September 1771 in London, England, UK.
- John William Polidori (7 September 1795 - 24 August 1821) was an English writer and physician. He is known for his associations with the Romantic movement and credited by some as the creator of the vampire genre of fantasy fiction. His most successful work was the short story "The Vampyre" (1819), the first published modern vampire story. Although originally and erroneously accredited to Lord Byron, both Byron and Polidori affirmed that the story is Polidori's.
- Emilio Castelar was born on 7 September 1832 in Cadiz, Spain. He was a writer, known for Isabel de Solís, reina de Granada (1931). He was married to Benita Guijarro y Gonzalo del Río. He died on 24 May 1899 in San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain.
- Henry Campbell-Bannerman was born on 7 September 1836 in Kelvinside House, Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He was married to Sarah Charlotte Bruce. He died on 22 April 1908 in 10 Downing Street, Westminster, London, England, UK.
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William Friese-Greene was a prolific English inventor and professional photographer born in Bristol, England. He studied at the Queen Elizabeth's Hospital school. In 1871, he was apprenticed to the Bristol photographer Marcus Guttenberg, but later successfully went to court to be freed early from the indentures of his seven-year apprenticeship. He married the Swiss, Helena Friese, on 24 March 1874 and, in a remarkable move for the era, decided to add her maiden name to his surname. In 1876, he set up his own studio in Bath and, by 1881, had expanded his business, having more studios in Bath, Bristol and Plymouth. In Bath he came into contact with John Arthur Roebuck Rudge, a scientific instrument maker, who built what he called the Biophantic Lantern, which could display seven photographic slides in rapid succession, producing the illusion of movement. Friese-Greene was fascinated by the machine and worked with Rudge on a variety of devices over the 1880s, various of which Rudge called the Biophantascope. Moving his base to London in 1885, Friese-Greene realised that glass plates would never be a practical medium for continuously capturing life as it happens. Hence he began experiments with the new Eastman paper roll film before turning his attention to experimenting with celluloid as a medium for motion picture cameras. In 1888, he had some form of moving picture camera constructed, the nature of which is not known. On 21 June 1889, he was issued patent no. 10131 for a motion-picture camera, in collaboration with a civil engineer, Mortimer Evans. It was apparently capable of taking up to ten photographs per second using paper and celluloid film. In 1890 he developed a camera with Frederick Varley to shoot stereoscopic moving images. This ran at a slower frame rate, and although the 3D arrangement worked, there are no records of projection. He worked on a series of moving picture cameras into 1891, but although many individuals recount seeing his projected images privately, he never gave a successful public projection of moving pictures. His experiments with motion pictures were to the detriment of his other business interests and in 1891 he was declared bankrupt. From 1904 he lived in Brighton and, in 1905, he patented a two-colour moving picture system using prisms. Eventually, the arrival of the war and personal poverty meant there was nothing more to be done with colour for some years. On 5 May 1921, Friese-Greene, then a largely forgotten figure, attended a stormy meeting of the cinema trade at the Connaught Rooms in London to discuss the current poor state of British film distribution. Disturbed by the tone of the proceedings, Friese-Greene got to his feet to speak. The chairman asked him to come forward onto the platform to be heard better, which he did, appealing for the two sides to come together. Shortly after returning to his seat, he collapsed. People went to his aid and took him outside, but he died almost immediately of heart failure.- Anna Zelenková was born on 7 September 1856 in Pardubice, Austrian Empire [now Czech Republic]. She was an actress, known for Macocha (1919), Sivooký démon (1919) and Divoká Maryna (1919). She died on 6 June 1927 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
- Grandma Moses was born on 7 September 1860 in Greenwich, New York, USA. She was married to Thomas Salmon Moses. She died on 13 December 1961 in Hoosick Falls, New York, USA.
- Ippolit Rapgof was born on 7 September 1860 in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]. He was an actor and writer, known for Doch isterzannoy Pol'shi (1915) and Sonka zolotaya ruchka (1914). He died in 1918 in Russia.
- J.F. Willumsen was born on 7 September 1863 in Denmark. He died on 4 April 1958 in Denmark.
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French director and actor of American and French films. He began his career as a stage actor at the Odeon in Paris, then at the Eclair, where he became artistic director and chief director of the theatre school in 1910. Five years later he traveled to America and began a successful career as a film director for a variety of American film companies. After more than a decade as a director, he returned abruptly to acting and appeared in a wide range of roles in a number of films before his death at 53.- Harry Royston was born on 7 September 1864 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Barnaby Rudge (1915), Oliver Twist (1912) and David Copperfield (1913). He died on 7 March 1941 in Twickenham, Middlesex, England, UK.
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Tristan Bernard was born on 7 September 1866 in Besançon, Doubs, France. He was a writer and actor, known for Le petit café (1931), Playboy of Paris (1930) and Runaway Ladies (1938). He was married to Suzanne Bonsel. He died on 7 December 1947 in Paris, France.- Classically-trained actor, former chemist, whose formative years on the stage were spent in Bern (Switzerland) and, from 1909, the Deutsches Theater Berlin under Max Reinhardt's direction. Specialised in Shakespearean roles ('Richard III', 'Hamlet') and was a famous interpreter of the plays of Henrik Ibsen. He delivered his screen debut in a silent version of 'Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde' (Der Andere (1913)). Bassermann remained active in motion pictures throughout the 1920's, also frequently appearing on stage in Austria and Switzerland. His wife, Elsa Bassermann, nee Schiff, was Jewish, and the discrimination shown towards her in his native country so outraged him that he emigrated with her to the United States in 1939.
At the age of 72, he carved out another career in Hollywood as a celebrated character actor. It took him some time to come to terms with the English language, but he was soon cast in a small part in Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940), as Dr.Robert Koch. He also played a sympathetic chemistry professor in Knute Rockne All American (1940). That same year, he appeared as Van Meer in Alfred Hitchcock's Foreign Correspondent (1940) and was promptly nominated for an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actor. His distinguished-looking countenance and serious demeanour lent itself to being assigned a variety of consular or professorial roles: he was excellent as Consul Magnus Barring in A Woman's Face (1941) with Joan Crawford; Professor Jean Perote in Madame Curie (1943); and a dying German music teacher in Rhapsody in Blue (1945).
At the age of 83, he made a triumphant return to the German/Austrian stage in Ibsen plays. Albert Bassermann died of a heart attack en route from New York to Zurich on May 15 1952. - Josephine Ditt was born on 7 September 1868 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for The Secretary of Frivolous Affairs (1915), Damaged Goods (1914) and The Unknown Model (1912). She was married to Tom Ricketts. She died on 18 October 1939 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Tom Maguire was born on 7 September 1869 in Milford, Connecticut, USA. He was an actor, known for Then Came the Woman (1926), One Increasing Purpose (1927) and The Sawdust Paradise (1928). He was married to Louisa Skillman. He died on 21 June 1934 in North Hollywood, California, USA.
- Aleksandr Kuprin was born on 7 September 1870 in Narovchat, Penza Governorate, Russian Empire [now Penza Oblast, Russia]. He was a writer, known for Trus (1914), Granatovyy braslet (1965) and Sisters of the Gion (1936). He was married to Yelizaveta Maritsovna Geinrikh and Maria Karlovna Davydova. He died on 25 August 1938 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia].
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Eugene V. Brewster was born on 7 September 1871 in Bay Shore, Long Island, New York, USA. Eugene V. was a director and producer, known for Ramon, the Sailmaker (1920), Love's Redemption (1921) and From Farm to Fame (1922). Eugene V. was married to Liane Hill, Corliss Palmer, Eleanor V. Cator and Emilie Churbuck. Eugene V. died on 1 January 1939 in Brooklyn, New York, USA.- Karel Veverka was born on 7 September 1871 in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary. He was an actor, known for Batalión (1937), Druhe mládi (1938) and Rozkosný príbeh (1937). He died on 25 June 1945 in Plzen, Czechoslovakia.
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Earle Browne was born on 7 September 1872 in Hollywood, California, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for The Love of Sunya (1927), Headin' Home (1920) and Sherlock Holmes (1922). He was married to Edith Taliaferro. He died on 28 November 1944 in Hollywood, California, USA.- Wilhelm Henie was born on 7 September 1872 in Kristiania, Norway. He was married to Selma Lochmann-Nielsen. He died on 10 May 1937 in Oslo, Norway.
- Barbara Gott was born on 7 September 1872 in Alva, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK. She was an actress, known for Downhill (1927), A Sister to Assist 'Er (1930) and The Good Companions (1933). She died on 18 November 1944 in Ealing, London, England, UK.
- Cécile Sorel was born on 7 September 1873 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for La Tosca (1909), The Pearls of the Crown (1937) and L'an 40 (1941). She was married to Guillaume de Sax. She died on 3 September 1966 in Trouville-sur-Mer, Calvados, France.
- Norman Hackett was born on 7 September 1874 in Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor, known for The Crimson Dove (1917). He died in 1958 in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
- Henry Wenman was born on 7 September 1875 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Middle Watch (1930), Brewster's Millions (1935) and The Silver King (1929). He died on 6 November 1953 in Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood, London, England, UK.
- Henry Kitchell Webster was born on 7 September, 1875, in the Chicago suburb of Evanston, Illinois, the son of Towner K. and Emma J. Webster. Webster's father was a prominent Chicago area manufacturer.
After graduating from Hamilton College in 1897, Webster taught rhetoric at Union College. His first book, "The Short Line War", written in collaboration with fellow Evanstonian, Samuel Merwin was published in 1899. Webster and Merwin later collaborated on two additional novels, "Calumet K" (1901) and "Comrade John" (1907).
Webster writings fell into two categories, his left hand work and his right hand work. His left hand work created countless stories for pulp fiction publications, while his right hand work was reserved for more serious endeavors.
In 1901 Webster married Mary Ward Orth, a daughter of a coal dealer from Hiawatha, Kansas. The couple went on to have three sons, Henry Jr., Stokely and Roderick.
In all Webster wrote 27 novels, 1 play and hundreds of short stories. Henry Kitchell Webster died of cancer on 8 December, 1932 at Evanston. He was survived by his wife and three sons. - Ovid M. Doubleday was born on 7 September 1875 in Sherwood, Michigan, USA. Ovid M. was a producer, known for Blue Blazes (1921), The Devil's Ghost (1922) and Silver Spurs (1922). Ovid M. was married to Flora Ellen Hagenbaugh . Ovid M. died on 16 July 1967 in Drain, Oregon, USA.
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William L. Roubert was born on 7 September 1877 in England, UK. He was a director and writer, known for Heritage (1920), The Waif (1915) and For You My Boy (1923). He was married to Rachel "Ray" Bloom. He died on 23 January 1953 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Production Manager
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Hampton Del Ruth was born on 7 September 1879 in Delaware, USA. He was a production manager and writer, known for Defenders of the Law (1931), Naughty (1927) and The Marriage Chance (1922). He was married to Alta Allen and Helen Carlyle. He died on 15 May 1958 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Arthur Evers born in Paducah, Kentucky in 1879, became a well-known stage performer from the 1890's, smart, handsome dark-haired character and supporting star in few film roles, first he was under the direction of Jay Hunt in 'Camille' starring Gertrude Shipman at Champion Film Company in 1912, later with the Famous Players Film Company, retired from the screen in 1916 but 19 years later he made one more screen appearence as a Court Clerk in 'Les Miserables' in 1935 starring Fredric March and Charles Laughton.
- Louis Gimberg was born on 7 September 1880 in Holland, Netherlands. He was an actor, known for Malle gevallen (1934), Een danstragedie (1916) and Morgen gaat 't beter! (1939). He died on 9 April 1959.
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Jacques Thibaud was born on 7 September 1880 in Bordeaux, Gironde, France. He was an actor and producer, known for Swing Kids (1993), Children's Corner (1936) and La fontaine d'Aréthuse (1936). He died on 1 September 1953 in near Mt. Cemet, French Alps, France.- Ingeborg Nilsson was born on 7 September 1880 in Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden. She was an actress, known for Två bröder (1912). She died on 24 June 1972 in Täby, Stockholms län, Sweden.
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Livio Pavanelli was born on 7 September 1881 in Copparo, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. He was an actor and production manager, known for Solitudine (1941), Song to the Wind (1939) and La complice muta (1920). He died on 29 April 1958 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Guido Da Verona was born on 7 September 1881 in Saliceto Panaro, Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. He was a writer, known for Zhenshchina, kotoraya izobrela lyubov (1918), Mimì Bluette... fiore del mio giardino (1976) and La donna che inventò l'amore (1952). He died in 1939 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy.
- Barney Furey was born on 7 September 1882 in Boise, Idaho, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Big Diamond Robbery (1929), The Fighting Heiress (1916) and The Law Rides (1936). He was married to Florence. He died on 18 January 1938 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Aleksandr Zelenskiy was born on 7 September 1882 in Astrakhan, Russian Empire. Aleksandr is known for The Circus (1936), Volga - Volga (1938) and The Overcoat (1926). Aleksandr died in 1942 in Yoshkar-Ola, Mari El republic, Soviet Union.- J.O. Francis was born on 7 September 1882 in Dowlais, Glamorganshire, Wales, UK. J.O. was a writer, known for Shoestring Theatre (1959). J.O. died on 1 October 1956 in London, England, UK.
- Johanne Korch was born on 7 September 1882 in Denmark. She was a writer, known for Den rige enke (1962). She died on 30 October 1950 in Denmark.
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Karl Bachmann was born on 7 September 1883 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was an actor and writer, known for Ich liebe dich (1938), Der Tag nach der Scheidung (1938) and Der Scheidungsgrund (1937). He died on 28 April 1958 in Vienna, Austria.- Aleksandr Zagorsky was born on 7 September 1884. He was an actor, known for Eteris simgera (1956), Istrebiteli (1939) and Otaraant qvrivi (1958). He died in 1965.
- Elinor Wylie was born on 7 September 1885 in Somerville, New Jersey, USA. Elinor was a writer, known for Incantation (2008). Elinor died on 16 December 1928 in New York, New York, USA.
- Jovita Idar was born on 7 September 1885 in Laredo, Texas, USA. She died on 15 June 1946 in San Antonio, Texas, USA.
- Ludmilla Hell was born on 7 September 1886 in Austria. She was an actress, known for The Island of the Lost (1921), Der papierene Peter (1917) and Der alte Sünder (1951). She was married to Karl Meinhardt. She died on 14 March 1966.
- George Palmer Putnam was born on 7 September 1887 in Rye, New York, USA. He was married to Margaret Havilland, Jean-Marie Cosigny James, Amelia Earhart and Dorothy Binney. He died on 4 January 1950 in Trona, California, USA.
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Edith Sitwell was born on 7 September 1887 in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK. She was a writer, known for Pacific 13 (1956), About Religion (1956) and Façade (1936). She died on 9 December 1964 in London, England, UK.- Darby Aaronson was born on 7 September 1887 in New York City, New York, USA. Darby was a writer, known for The Talk of Hollywood (1929). Darby was married to Ida Silverman. Darby died on 6 March 1946 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA.
- Robert Laly was born on 7 September 1887 in Paris, France. He died on 13 December 1972.
- Alec Harford was born on 7 September 1888 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Heart of the North (1938), Botany Bay (1952) and Men in Exile (1937). He died on 31 March 1955 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Teddy Hayes was born on 7 September 1888. He was an actor, known for Madison Square Garden (1932), Fight and Win (1924) and Teddy Laughs Last (1921). He was married to Lina Basquette. He died in January 1987 in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA.