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Louis XIII roi de France was born on 27 September 1601 in Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, France. Louis XIII was married to Anne of Austria. Louis XIII died on 14 May 1643 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines, France.- Robert Robinson was born on 27 September 1735 in Swaffham, Norfolk, UK. He died on 9 June 1790 in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK.
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Epes Sargent was born on 27 September 1813 in Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA. Epes was married to Elizabeth W. Weld. Epes died on 30 December 1880 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.- George Müller was born on 27 September 1805 in Kroppenstedt, Kingdom of Prussia, Holy Roman Empire [now Saxony-Anhalt, Germany]. He was married to Susannah Sanger and Mary Groves. He died on 10 May 1898 in Bristol, England, UK.
- Edward Noyes Wescott was an American banker who began writing "David Harum" while he was recuperating from tuberculosis. He finished his book late in 1896, but failed to live to see its publication in 1898. "David Harum" went on to sell over a million copies during the decades before the Second World War and spawn two films.
- Hiram Revels was born on 27 September 1827 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA. He died on 16 January 1901 in Aberdeen, Mississippi, USA.
- Mike Donovan was born on 27 September 1847. He died on 24 March 1918.
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- Actor
R. Cecil Smith was born on 27 September 1880 in Parkersburg, West Virginia, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Smashing Barriers (1923), Sealed Hearts (1919) and The Sudden Gentleman (1917). He died on 17 December 1922 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
Herbert Vyvyan was born on 27 September 1859 in Plymouth, Devon, England, UK. He was an actor. He died on 15 August 1926 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.- Frank Adair born around the early 1870's, a British actor who became well-known on drama and comedy stage from the 1890's, later appeared as support in upper-class roles in movies between 1918-20, his first film, a war drama 'The Better 'Ole' directed by George Pearson for the Welsh-Pearson studios in 1918, his best known role as Edward Faversham in 'The Artistic Temperament' directed by Fred Goodwins and written by Eliot Stannard for the British Lion Film Company in 1919, he was last seen working for the Barker Film Company in 1920.
- Hans Hedemark was born on 27 September 1875 in Kristiania, Norway. He was an actor, known for Historien om en gut (1919), De forældreløse (1917) and Æresgjesten (1919). He died on 21 June 1930 in Oslo, Norway.
- Joe Aiello was born on 27 September 1890 in Bagheria, Sicily, Italy. He died on 23 October 1930 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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Founder of Société des Auteurs de Films (1917 or 1918), and active as member of the directors board as treasurer (1919 onwards), and secretary (until his death). Member of Société des Auteurs et des Gens de Lettres, and of Société des Auteurs Dramatiques. Took part in establishing the film industry in Portugal, and produced films there, from 1922 to 1924.- Shizue Hara was born on 27 September 1915 in Tokyo, Japan. She was an actress, known for Shinsho hâchinin onna (1932), Yomigaeru akatsuki (1932) and Nochî no nasanû naka (1933). She died on 8 August 1935.
- Elsie T. Schauffler was born on 27 September 1884 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Elsie T. was a writer, known for Parnell (1937), ITV Play of the Week (1955) and Parnell (1938). Elsie T. was married to Dr. Robert M. Schauffler. Elsie T. died on 24 October 1935 in New York City, New York, USA.
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Jean Patou was born on 27 September 1887. He was a costume designer, known for Prix de beauté (Miss Europe) (1930), La vie parisienne (1935) and Éternel conflit (1948). He died on 8 March 1936 in Paris, France.- Grazia Deledda was born on 27 September 1871 in Nuoro, Sardinia, Italy. She was a writer, known for La grazia (1929), Devotion (1950) and Amore rosso (Marianna Sirca) (1952). She was married to Palmiro Madesani. She died on 15 August 1936 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
- Gianfranco Giachetti was born on 27 September 1888 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. He was an actor, known for Acqua cheta (1933), Cento di questi giorni (1933) and La cantante dell'opera (1933). He died on 29 November 1936 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
- T.D. Crittenden was born on 27 September 1878 in Oakland, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The Old Nest (1921), Bob Hampton of Placer (1921) and The Whispered Name (1917). He was married to Elizabeth Kendall Bailey. He died on 17 February 1938 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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- Actor
Eugen Thiele was born on 27 September 1897 in Vienna, Austria. He was a director and writer, known for Susanne macht Ordnung (1930), Mein Herz sehnt sich nach Liebe (1931) and A Woman Branded (1931). He died on 16 November 1938 in Austria.- Actress
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Jean Joyce was born Eleanor Jean Shookey. Her father walked out and her mother, Florence Shookey, worked as a secretary in an oil company. Jean and her mother later moved to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She attended Roosevelt Junior high where she played in the school band. At the age of seventeen she joined the Adkar Associated Players theater troupe in Tulsa. In 1934 she moved to Hollywood and got a job dancing in a nightclub. The beautiful brunette made her film debut in the musical College Rhythm. Jean landed bit parts in numerous movies including Rhumba, The Girl Friend, and The Great Ziegfeld. Then she was chosen to be a dancer in the musical Swing Time starring Ginger Rogers. During filming choreographer Hermes Pan held a contest and she was named the "champion chorus girl of the 1936."
When she wasn't working she enjoyed swimming and sleeping late. Her first marriage, to her high school sweetheart, had ended in divorce. She married director Abby Berlin in 1938. Jean was signed by Republic Pictures and appeared in the Westerns Outlaws Of Sonora and Riders Of The Frontier. On November 5, 1939 she got into a fight with her husband. She was so angry that she decided to commit suicide by swallowing arsenic laced ant paste. Tragically she died the next day, November 6, at the young age of twenty-three. Jean was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California. Her final film, Overland Mail,was released ten days after her death.- Stafford Hilliard was born on 27 September 1883 in Barnet, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Loyalties (1933), The Man in the Mirror (1936) and The Pilgrim's Progress (1939). He was married to Ann Codrington. He died on 1 February 1941 in St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, England, UK.
- Grigoriy Ge was born on 27 September 1867 in Kherson, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire. He was an actor, known for Kastus Kalinovskiy (1928). He died on 13 January 1942 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
- Actor
R.W. Steele was born on 27 September 1860 in Gravesend, Kent, England, UK. He was an actor. He died on 5 April 1943 in Camberwell, London, England, UK.- George Guhl was born on 27 September 1875 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for Torchy Runs for Mayor (1939), Fly Away Baby (1937) and Blondes at Work (1938). He was married to Carolyn J. Woodard. He died on 27 June 1943 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Harry Burkhardt was born on 27 September 1870 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Captain of the Guard (1930), The Stolen Triumph (1916) and The Law of Compensation (1917). He died on 18 September 1943 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Joseph McCarthy was born on 27 September 1885 in Malden, Massachusetts, USA. He is known for The Theory of Everything (2014), Magic in the Moonlight (2014) and Hannah and Her Sisters (1986). He was married to Dorothy Allen. He died on 18 December 1943 in New York City, New York, USA.- Annie Esmond was born on 27 September 1873 in Croydon, Surrey, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Good Companions (1933), Kipps (1921) and Mr. Pim Passes by (1921). She died on 4 January 1945 in St John's Wood, London, England, UK.
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Alessandro Pavolini was an Italian politician, journalist, and essayist, notable for his involvement in the Fascist government, during World War II, and also for his cruelty against the opponents of fascism. A native of Florence, Pavolini was the son of Paolo Emilio Pavolini, a major scholar of Sanskrit and other Indo-European languages. A brilliant student, he earned a law degree at the University of Florence and a political science degree at La Sapienza in Rome, travelling to and from between the two cities. His brother was the writer Corrado Pavolini. After joining Benito Mussolini's movement in Florence, he took part in several actions of the Blackshirts, and led a squad during the 1922 March on Rome - the moment when Fascism took over in Italy. Pavolini was assigned tasks in the cultural field (including youth programs launched by the fascists), while contributing to fascist publications such as Battaglie fasciste, Rivoluzione fascista, and Critica fascista. Thanks to his acquaintance with Florentine fascist leader Luigi Ridolfi, he broke into active politics, becoming Ridolfi's deputy in 1927. From 1929 to 1934, he was local leader of the National Fascist Party (PNF) in Florence, as well as editor of the fascist publication Il Bargello (named after a military rank of the Middle Ages), which urged all intellectuals to contribute; Pavolini aimed for an image of Fascism as cultural and aristocratic - he initiated a series of cultural events that survived both Fascism and his death, including the yearly costumed re-enactment of the Italian Renaissance-era sport Calcio Fiorentino, the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino music festival and the Ponte Vecchio Artisans' Exhibit. Between 1934 and 1942, he was a regular contributor to Corriere della Sera as a "special guest". From left to right, the dead bodies of Bombacci, Mussolini, Petacci, Pavolini and Starace in Piazzale Loreto, 1945. After becoming a member of the national PNF leadership in 1932, he moved on from local politics to become the president of the Fascist Confederation of Professionals and Artists, which propelled him to a leadership position in the Council of Corporations. He took part in the Second Italo-Abyssinian War as a lieutenant inspecting the squadron led by Galeazzo Ciano, and as a correspondent for Corriere della Sera. Throughout his political career, Pavolini published cultural and literary essays, such as Disperata ("The Desperate"; 1937) and Scomparsa d'Angela ("Angela's Disappearance"; 1940). In 1939, he was appointed by Mussolini Minister of Popular Culture, and served until January 1943. Minister of Popular Culture (Minculpop in short) meant in fact Ministry of Propaganda and Pavolini had an iron grip on what the press could or could not publish. The written instructions to the press (including radio broadcasts and "Luce" cinema newsreels) were dubbed veline (tissue paper) by the newsmen and covered an amazing variety of domains (from forbidding to publish photos of boxer Primo Carnera knocked out and lying unconscious to the obligation of publishing flattering propaganda photos of Mussolini on a brand new Fiat tractor or forbidding to publish photos of Naples under the snow, fearing it would damage the tourism industry). Minculpop also tackled the cinema industry (the famous and very creative Cinecitta studios in Rome were created by Mussolini's will to act as a counter against Hollywood productions; the Venice film festival is also a creation of the fascist period). Pavolini was deeply involved in the cinema industry (either on the propaganda or on the entertainment sides of it) and famously had a much publicized affair with Doris Duranti, a film actress of the period who starred in the Telefoni Bianchi sub-genre of light comedy films and prominently featured in the very first bare-bosomed scene in Italian cinema. The Allied invasion of Sicily and the ousting of Mussolini in Rome brought Nazi intervention and the proclamation of a new fascist puppet state, the northern Italian Social Republic. Pavolini was integrated into the Republic's administration under Mussolini, and was immediately promoted head of the successor of the PNF, the Republican Fascist Party (PFR) (the only person to occupy that post); he took part in the drafting of major documents, including the Verona manifesto that called for the execution of former Grand Council of Fascism members who had voted against Mussolini in April, and was behind the creation of the paramilitary Black Brigades. Pavolini was captured after a desperate escape attempt which saw him swimming across Lake Como and then trapped in a Mexican standoff over a half submerged rock. When Pavolini ran out of bullets, he was finally apprehended and executed by the partisans in Dongo. Before burial, his body was hung upside down in public, along with Mussolini, Mussolini's mistress Clara Petacci, the former Party Secretary Achille Starace, Nicola Bombacci and others in Piazzale Loreto, Milan.- Writer
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Vincent Youmans was born on 27 September 1898 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and composer, known for Entrapment (1999), Licorice Pizza (2021) and Legend (2015). He died on 5 April 1946 in Denver, Colorado, USA.- Strongman who won role of Maciste in Cabiria (1914), and took the character's name as his own stage name in a series of films for the next 14 years. After Pagano's death, the character of Maciste was played by several other actors.
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Baroness Emmuska Orczy was born on 27 September 1865 in Tarnaörs, Hungary. She was a writer, known for The Scarlet Pimpernel, The Scarlet Pimpernel and Two Lovers (1928). She was married to Montagu Barstow. She died on 12 November 1947 in London, England, UK.- Gordon Ray Young was born on 27 September 1886 in Missouri, USA. He was a writer, known for Hurricane Smith (1952), Captain Calamity (1936) and El capitán Tormenta (1936). He died on 10 February 1948 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Ingeborg Bitter was born on 27 September 1872 in Copenhagen, Denmark. She was an actress, known for Prinsessens Tilbeder (1918), Industrifilm (1923) and Blodhævnen (1913). She died on 14 August 1950.
- Anton Roemer was born on 27 September 1887 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. He was an actor, known for De bannelingen (1911), Roze Kate (1912) and Op stap door Amsterdam (1919). He was married to Helene Berthe. He died on 21 February 1951 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
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Olive Tell was born in New York City sometime in 1894. She appeared in her first film when she was 23 years old in Her Sister (1917). Largely a character actress, Olive did appear in few films when compared to her contemporaries. Olive was one of a few character actresses to successfully make the transition form the silent to the sound era. After filming Zaza (1938) in 1939, Olive left films for good. On June 8, 1951, she died of heart failure in the city of her birth. She was 57 years old.- Louis Dodge was born on 27 September 1870 in Burlington, Iowa, USA. He was a writer, known for Bonnie May (1920). He died on 12 June 1952 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Joe Harris was born on 27 September 1907 in Sedalia, Missouri, USA. He died on 26 July 1952 in Fresno, California, USA.
- Alfons Mühlhofer was born on 27 September 1907 in Dresden, Germany. He was an actor, known for Story of a Young Couple (1952) and Saure Wochen - frohe Feste (1950). He died on 1 October 1952 in Dresden, German Democratic Republic.
- Harry Schumm was born on 27 September 1877 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Wynona's Vengeance (1913), Perils of the Secret Service (1917) and The Hazards of Helen (1914). He died on 4 April 1953 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Salvatore A. Capodice was born on 27 September 1892 in Illinois, USA. Salvatore A. died on 23 January 1954 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Between 1926 and 1947, Harry A. Bailey's plumpness earned this fine character actor dozens of bit parts as the fat man in office. Often a politician - most often a senator (it looks as though they ate too much at the time!) he was also regularly seen in court trial scenes (whether as a lawyer, a court clerk or a juror). He also embodied with ease your good-humored bald-headed neighbor or the the conductor of the train you travel in. Incidentally, Harry Bailey appeared in three masterpieces, Frank Capra's 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' (as a... senator it goes without saying!) and Orson Welles's 'Citizen Kane' and 'The Magnificent Ambersons'. But look closely if you do not mean to miss him!
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Lars Tessing was born on 27 September 1889 in Örebro, Sweden. He was a writer and editor, known for En dotter född (1944), Den allvarsamma leken (1945) and Bröllopet i Bränna (1926). He died on 28 March 1955 in Stockholm, Sweden.- Actress
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Sári Fedák was born on 27 September 1879 in Beregszász, Austria-Hungary [now Berehovo, Ukraine]. She was an actress and writer, known for Mámi (1937), Miss Iza (1933) and Márta (1913). She was married to Ferenc Molnár. She died on 5 May 1955 in Budapest, Hungary.- Theodore St. John was born on 27 September 1906 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for The Greatest Show on Earth (1952), Fort Algiers (1953) and The Ford Television Theatre (1952). He died on 9 January 1956 in Northhampton, Massachusetts, USA.
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Adolfo Fernández Bustamante was born on 27 September 1896 in Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico. He was a writer and director, known for Asesinos, S.A. (1957), Mariachis (1950) and Barrio de pasiones (1948). He was married to Engracia Núñez Rasura and Blanca Delgado Andrade. He died on 18 March 1957 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.- Actor
István Fabinyi was born on 27 September 1883 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]. He was an actor. He died on 17 April 1957 in Budapest, Hungary.- Actor
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Ronald Simpson was born on 27 September 1896 in Acton, London, England, UK. He was an actor and publicist, known for BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950), Song of Freedom (1936) and Housemaster (1949). He was married to Doris Lila Muschamp. He died on 23 September 1957 in Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England, UK.- Actor
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Charles Williams was born on 27 September 1898 in Albany, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for It's a Wonderful Life (1946), Midnight Limited (1940) and Hidden Enemy (1940). He was married to Virginia Josephine Evans and Isabel. He died on 3 January 1958 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Judith Harms was born on 27 September 1910 in Hamburg, Germany. She was an actress, known for Ernst Thälmann - Sohn seiner Klasse (1954), Junges Gemüse (1956) and Das Stacheltier - Der Untermieter (1955). She died on 26 February 1958 in East Berlin, East Germany.