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Friedrich Kuhlau was born on 11 September 1786 in Uelzen, Brunswick-Lüneburg, Holy Roman Empire [now Lower Saxony, Germany]. He was a composer, known for Walpurgis Night (1935), Wolo czawienko (1916) and Father and Son (1931). He died on 12 March 1832 in Lyngby-Taarbæk, Denmark.- Writer
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August Wilhelm von Schlegel was born on 8 September 1767 in Hanover, Brunswick-Lüneburg, Holy Roman Empire [now Lower Saxony, Germany]. August Wilhelm was a writer, known for Dantes mysterier (1931), König Richard III (1964) and König Richard II (1968). August Wilhelm died on 12 May 1845 in Bonn, Rhine Province, Prussia [now Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany].- Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss (Latin: Carolus Fridericus Gauss; 30 April 1777 - 23 February 1855) was a German mathematician and physicist who made significant contributions to many fields in mathematics and science. Sometimes referred to as the Princeps mathematicorum (Latin for '"the foremost of mathematicians"') and "the greatest mathematician since antiquity", Gauss had an exceptional influence in many fields of mathematics and science, and is ranked among history's most influential mathematicians
- John Ruskin was born on 8 February 1819 in 54 Hunter Street, Brunswick Square, London, England, UK. John was a writer, known for Jackanory (1965), The Quarry (2013) and The King of the Golden River (1959). John was married to Euphemia Chalmers Gray. John died on 20 January 1900 in Brantwood, Coniston, Cumbria, Lancashire, England, UK.
- Sol Smith Russell was the son of a Missouri preacher and the nephew of renowned actor, Sol Smith (1801-1869). Shortly before the outbreak of the American Civil War his family moved to Cairo, Illinois, where at the age of 14 Russell found work at a local theater as a bit actor, singer and drummer. Russell had been a drummer boy for a Cairo juvenile military organization and for a brief time served as a drummer boy for the 10 Illinois Infantry. Before he had turned eighteen, Russell joined a traveling theater group that would ultimately lead him to the theaters of New York. In 1874 he began a working relationship with the great Broadway producer Augustin Daly. Russell eventually formed his own acting company and became successful performing such plays as: "Edgewood Folks", "Felix McCusick", "A Poor Relation" and "Peaceful Valley".
In an 1894 interview, Russell revealed that his grandfather had been a drummer boy at the Battle of Bunker Hill and that another relative had served as a drummer boy aboard the frigate USS Constitution.
In 1876 Russell married Alice Adams (1856-1923), the daughter of author William Taylor Adams (1822-1897), who as Oliver Optic, became a successful writer of juvenile fiction.
On the morning of 26 February, 1891, one of the two office buildings he owned in Minneapolis burned to the ground. Upon receiving the news he refused to let it affect his comedic performance in that night's showing of "A Poor Relation". Sol Smith Russell was not only one of the greatest comic actors of his day, he was also one of the shrewdest. With an estate worth between two and three million dollars he had managed to become at the relatively young age of 54, one of the wealthiest entertainers in American. This success came despite the fact that, even though he was very popular throughout America, he never achieved a major success on the New York stage.
Sol Smith Russell died on 28 April, 1902 while staying at the Richmond Hotel in Washington, D.C. In December of the previous year he was forced to retire from the stage after being diagnosed with the disease Locomotor ataxia. His first symptoms appeared in 1899 when he broke down during a performance in Chicago and was unable to go on. Russell was survived by his wife Alice, daughter Alice and son, Robert. Both Russell and his wife are interned at the Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, D.C. After his death, the city of Brunswick, Missouri renamed a city auditorium, the Russell Opera House (later the Russell Theater), in his honor. - Wilhelm Raabe was born on 8 September 1831 in Eschershausen, Duchy of Brunswick [now Lower Saxony, Germany]. He was a writer, known for Die schwarze Galeere (1962), Die Gänse von Bützow (1985) and Die Gänse von Bützow (1960). He was married to Berta Emilie Wilhelmine Leiste. He died on 15 September 1910 in Brunswick, Duchy of Brunswick [now Lower Saxony], Germany.
- Vaughn Kester was born on 13 August 1869 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA. He was a writer, known for Hell's Four Hundred (1926), The Prodigal Judge (1922) and The Manager of the B & A (1916). He died on 4 July 1911 in Gunston Hall, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA.
- Patrick Pearse was born on 10 November 1879 in 27 Great Brunswick Street, Dublin, Ireland, UK [now Republic of Ireland]. He died on 3 May 1916 in Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin, Ireland, UK [now Republic of Ireland].
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Author and poet ("Trees"), educated at Rutgers College and Columbia University (BA). He was the editorial assistant for the Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary, the literary editor of 'The Churchman', the poetry editor of the 'Literary Digest', and a contributor to the New York Times Sunday Magazine and the Warner's Library of the World's Best Literature. He also lectured at the New York University School of Journalism. During World War I he served in the 165th Infantry, US Army (69th NY), and was killed in action. His works were entered into ASCAP membership in 1950. His poems that were set to music include "Trees", "Roofs", "Memorial Day", "Slender Your Hands", "The House With Nobody In It", "Christmas Eve", "Gates and Doors", "Stars", "The Peacemaker", "Lullaby for a Baby Fairy", "The Constant Lamp", "When the 69th Gets Back", and "Fairy Hills of Dream".- Bill O'Neill was born on 22 January 1880 in St. John, New Brunswick, Canada. He died on 20 July 1920 in Woodhaven, New York, USA.
- Bonar Law was born on 16 September 1858 in Rexton, New Brunswick, Canada. He was married to Annie Pitcairn Robley. He died on 30 October 1923 in London, England, UK.
- Tom Lewis was born on 17 May 1867 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928), Enchantment (1921) and Passers-by (1920). He died on 19 October 1927 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Viktor Schwannecke was born on 8 February 1880 in Hedwigsburg, Duchy of Brunswick, Germany. He was an actor, known for Marie Antoinette - Das Leben einer Königin (1922), Liebeswalzer (1930) and Im Laden nebenan (1918). He died on 7 June 1931 in Berlin, Germany.
- Clarence Geldert was born on 9 June 1865 in New Brunswick, Canada. He was an actor and director, known for A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate (1923), Jungle Bride (1933) and Wasted Lives (1923). He died on 13 May 1935 in Calabasas, California, USA.
- Aubrey Ruggles (a.k.a. Arnold Reeves) was a Canadian playwright and actor who is best remembered for his plays; "The Shepherd King", "Bobbie's Pal" and "Cathedral Window". As an actor he toured for a number of years with the Castle Square Stock Company of Boston. Ruggles had begun his acting career in New York after emigrating from Canada in 1895.
His most popular play, "The Shepherd King", that he wrote in collaboration with Wright Lorimer, was a spectacular production that could not turn a profit. Lorimer would later commit suicide after running into financial difficulties.
After retiring to Unionville, Connecticut in 1926, Ruggles would often donate his time there directing charitable entertainment shows. Aubrey Ruggles passed away on 3 October 1935 after a short illness. He was survived by his wife Catherine, a son Benjamin and two grandchildren. - Actor
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Jack Pratt was born on 12 January 1878 in New Brunswick, Canada. He was an actor and director, known for Dan (1914), The Rip-Tide (1923) and A Man's Making (1915). He died on 24 December 1938 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- G.H. Teed was born in December 1886 in Woodstock, Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada. He was a writer, known for Sexton Blake and the Mademoiselle (1935) and The Clue of the Second Goblet (1928). He died on 24 December 1938 in Stepney, London, England, UK.
- Florence Coventry was born in 1874 in New Brunswick, Canada. She was an actress, known for The Golden Wall (1918), The Heart of a Girl (1918) and Merely Players (1918). She died on 22 November 1939 in New York City, New York, USA.
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Joseph Louis DeGrasse (May 4, 1873 - May 25, 1940) was born into a French Canadian family. He is the son of Lange DeGrasse and Ellen Comeaux of Bathurst, New Brunswick. Joseph is the older brother of actor Samuel DeGrasse. There were 11 siblings. Joe immigrated to the USA around 1880 as a young child. Joseph began his career as a journalist, but soon became enamored of the theater and took work as a stage actor. Joe DeGrasse met and married actress, Ida May Park (1879-1954). By 1910, he and Ida were acting in motion pictures in Burbank, California. Joe eventually appeared as an actor in 13 films, and wrote 2 screenplays, his real interest was in directing. Ida also became one of the few female directors working at the time. In 1915, Joe became a founding member of the Motion Picture Directors Association, a forerunner to the Director's Guild of America. During a career spanning from 1910 to 1935 he directed a total of 86 films, as well as writing and producing. Joseph DeGrasse died in Eagle Rock, California. Family lore contends that there is a link between the DeGrasse brothers and French Admiral and US Revolutionary War hero, François-Joseph Paul, marquis de Grasse Tilly, comte de Grasse, 13 September 1722.- Director
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Paul Legband was born on 28 June 1876 in Brunswick, Duchy of Brunswick [now Lower Saxony], Germany. Paul was a director and art director, known for Aus eines Mannes Mädchenjahren (1919), König Nicolo (1919) and Spuk auf Schloß Kitay (1920). Paul died on 1 May 1942 in Hamburg, Germany.- Frank Doane was born in St. Johns, New Brunswick, Canada. He was an actor, known for The Truth (1920), By Hook or Crook (1918) and The Lambs' All-Star Gambol (1914). He was married to Bertha Blake. He died on 30 April 1943 in Port Jefferson, New York, USA.
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Ewald Daub was born on 13 October 1889 in Brunswick, Lower Saxony, Germany. He was a cinematographer, known for Er oder ich (1930), Ein Unsichtbarer geht durch die Stadt (1933) and Helen of Troy (1924). He died on 4 November 1946 in Berlin, Germany.- Tom Daly was born on 12 December 1891 in St. John, New Brunswick, Canada. He died on 7 November 1946 in Medford, Massachusetts, USA.
- R.B. Bennett was born on 3 July 1870 in Hopewell Cape, New Brunswick, Canada. He died on 26 June 1947 in Surrey, England, UK.
- Ricarda Huch was born on 18 July 1864 in Brunswick, Germany. She was a writer, known for The Last Summer (1954), Der Fall Deruga (1938) and The Guardian Angel (1990). She was married to Richard Huch and Ermanno Ceconi. She died on 17 November 1947 in Schönberg [now Kronberg im Taunus], Germany.
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Albert Heine was born on 16 November 1867 in Brunswick, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for Die Brandstifter Europas (1926), Don Juan (1922) and Der hinkende Teufel (1922). He died on 13 April 1949 in Westerland, Sylt, Germany.- Paul Rehkopf was born on 21 May 1872 in Brunswick, Germany. He was an actor, known for Die Teufelskirche (1919), Er oder ich (1930) and The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933). He died on 29 June 1949 in Berlin, Germany.
- William Huch was born on 28 September 1857 in Brunswick, Germany. He was an actor, known for Ein Unsichtbarer geht durch die Stadt (1933), Die nicht sterben sollen... (1916) and Arthur Imhoff (1916). He died on 27 September 1950 in Berlin, West Germany.
- Born in Canada, Sam De Grasse entered films in 1912 and specialized in playing thoroughly disreputable, nasty, slimy bad guys. Douglas Fairbanks was so impressed with De Grasse's villainy that he used the actor in several of his more memorable productions. He wasn't the only member of the De Grasse family in films, though. His brother Joseph De Grasse was an actor and director, and his nephew Robert De Grasse was a cinematographer.
- John Cumberland was born on 2 January 1878 in St. John, New Brunswick, Canada. He was an actor, known for A Gay Old Dog (1919), Baby Mine (1917) and The Stimulating Mrs. Barton (1920). He died on 2 July 1954 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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James P. Johnson was born on 1 February 1894 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Southland Tales (2006), Whatever Works (2009) and The Green Mile (1999). He was married to Lillie Mae Wright. He died on 17 November 1955 in New York, USA.- Director
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F. Martin Thornton was born on 4 November 1884 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA. He was a director and writer, known for Bars of Iron (1920), The Flame (1920) and My Lord Conceit (1921). He was married to Evelyn Boucher. He died on 1 April 1956 in Orange, California, USA.- Genevieve Blinn was born on 12 June 1874 in New Brunswick, Canada. She was an actress, known for The Queen of Sheba (1921), Tangled Lives (1917) and Cleopatra (1917). She was married to J.L. Blinn. She died on 20 July 1956 in Ross, California, USA.
- Mechthildis Thein was born in 1888 in Brunswick, Germany. She was an actress, known for Die Ratte (1918), Jettchen Gebert's Story (1918) and Homunculus, 1. Teil (1916). She died on 13 May 1959 in Singen, Germany.
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Alan Stranks was born on 7 August 1903 in Brunswick, Victoria, Australia. He was a writer, known for The Adventures of P.C. 49: Investigating the Case of the Guardian Angel (1949), Dick Barton, Detective (1948) and A Case for PC 49 (1951). He died on 18 June 1959 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.- Owen Coll was born on 30 October 1879 in St. John, New Brunswick, Canada. He was an actor, known for Kraft Theatre (1947), Three-Minute Fuse (1939) and Armstrong Circle Theatre (1950). He died on 7 February 1960 in Queens, New York, USA.
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Glen Glenn was born on 25 November 1907 in New Brunswick, Canada. Glen is known for Freckles Comes Home (1942), Borrowed Hero (1941) and Voodoo Man (1944). Glen was married to Mary Helen McCorkle. Glen died on 21 August 1960 in New Brunswick, Canada.- Director
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Roy Mack was born on 14 December 1889 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA. He was a director and writer, known for Vitamin 'U' for Me (1942), The Gigolo Racket (1931) and Poor Little Butterfly (1930). He died on 16 January 1962 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Producer
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Robert Sisk was born on 20 March 1903 in Pokeshaw, New Brunswick, Canada (some sources say Maryland). He was a producer, known for Pacific Liner (1939), They Made Her a Spy (1939) and Five Came Back (1939). He was married to Cepha Day. He died on 25 February 1964 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Director
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Ted Parmelee was born on 10 October 1912 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA. He was a director, known for The Bullwinkle Show (1959), Four Wheels, No Brakes (1954) and Peabody's Improbable History (1959). He died on 29 August 1964 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Location Management
Frank McGarrigle was born on 13 October 1899 in Saint-John, Saint John County, Nouveau-Brunswick, Canada. Frank is known for The Serial (1963). Frank was married to Gabrielle Anne Latremouille. Frank died on 31 May 1965 in Montreal, Québec, Canada.- Willy Maertens was born on 30 October 1893 in Brunswick, Germany. He was an actor, known for Unseliger Sommer (1961), Die Tochter des Brunnenmachers (1956) and Der Raub der Sabinerinnen (1959). He was married to Charlotte Kramm. He died on 28 November 1967 in Hamburg, West Germany.
- Werner Brandes was born on 10 July 1889 in Brunswick, Germany. He was a cinematographer, known for Die Herrin der Welt, 7. Teil - Die Wohltäterin der Menschheit (1920), Die Herrin der Welt 4. Teil - König Macombe (1919) and Die Herrin der Welt 5. Teil - Ophir, die Stadt der Vergangenheit (1920). He died on 30 September 1968 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.
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Don Messer was born on 9 May 1909 in Tweedside, New Brunswick, Canada. He died on 26 March 1973 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.- Additional Crew
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- Music Department
Jack Cole was born on 27 April 1911 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), River of No Return (1954) and Kismet (1955). He died on 17 February 1974 in Hollywood, California, USA.- Writer
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Mary Grannan was born on 11 February 1900 in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. She was a writer and actress, known for Just Mary (1960), A Gift for the Princess (1955) and The Rustler and the Reindeer (1957). She died on 3 January 1975 in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.- Visual Effects
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Russell Lawson was born on 8 April 1897 in St John, New Brunswick, Canada. Russell is known for Taras Bulba (1962). Russell was married to Mary Brodbine and Dorothy Dunbar. Russell died on 13 May 1975 in Paradise, California, USA.- Production Manager
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George W. Stout was born on 9 March 1890 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA. He was a production manager and producer, known for The New Adventures of Tarzan (1935), Young Eagles (1934) and The Drag-Net (1936). He died on 26 February 1976 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- William Bennett was born on 6 September 1900 in Hastings, New Brunswick, Canada. He was married to Annie Elizabeth May Richards. He died on 23 February 1979.
- Tom Clarke was born on 21 November 1906 in Brunswick, Victoria, Australia. He died on 24 July 1981 in Essendon, Victoria, Australia.