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- P.G.T. Beauregard was born on 28 May 1818 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He died on 20 February 1893 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Louis Moreau Gottschalk was born on 8 May 1829 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Louis Moreau was a composer, known for Original Sin (2001), Little Women (2019) and The Lovebirds (2020). Louis Moreau died on 18 December 1869 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Edward Douglass White is an American politician and jurist from Louisiana. He was a United States Senator and the ninth Chief Justice of the United States. He served on the Supreme Court of the United States from 1894 to 1921. He is best known for formulating the Rule of Reason standard of antitrust law.
Born in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, White practiced law in New Orleans after graduating from the University of Louisiana. His father, Edward Douglass White Sr., was the 10th Governor of Louisiana and a Whig US Representative. White fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War, and was captured in 1865. After the war, White won election to the Louisiana State Senate and served on the Louisiana Supreme Court. As a member of the Democratic Party, White represented Louisiana in the United States Senate from 1891 to 1894. In 1894, President Grover Cleveland appointed White as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. In 1910, President William Howard Taft elevated him to the position of Chief Justice. The appointment surprised many contemporaries, as Taft was a member of the Republican Party. White served as Chief Justice until his death in 1921, when he was succeeded by Taft. - Harry Duffield was born on 3 May 1850 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was an actor, known for For Those We Love (1921), Smiling All the Way (1920) and A Wise Fool (1921). He was married to Jessie B, Phosa McAllister and Mary E.. He died on 13 October 1921 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Princess of Monaco was born on 10 February 1858 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. She was married to Prince Albert Ier de Monaco and Marie Odet Armand Aimable Chapelle de Jumilhac. She died on 23 December 1925 in Paris, France.
- Florence Gerald was born on 23 September 1858 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. She was a writer, known for The Woman Pays (1915). She died on 6 September 1942 in New York, USA.
- R.D. MacLean was born on 7 March 1859 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Bag and Baggage (1923), Don't Neglect Your Wife (1921) and The Best Man (1919). He was married to Odette Tyler. He died on 27 June 1948 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Frankie Bailey was born on 29 May 1859 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. She was an actress, known for Thank You (1925), The Crown of Lies (1926) and The Famous Mrs. Fair (1923). She was married to Frank Robinson (circus owner) and Fred McElwee. She died on 8 July 1953 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- E.H. Sothern was born on 6 December 1859 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was an actor, known for The Chattel (1916), The Man of Mystery (1917) and An Enemy to the King (1916). He was married to Julia Marlowe and Virginia Harned. He died on 28 October 1933 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Actress
Maggie Dorsey was born on 13 October 1862 in Mansfield, Louisiana, USA. She was an actress. She died on 26 September 1951 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
George Leyton was born on 28 April 1864 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for It's Never Too Late to Mend (1917), The Man Who Made Good (1917) and Land of My Fathers (1921). He died on 5 June 1948 in London, England, UK.- Minnie Maddern Fiske was born on 19 December 1865 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. She was an actress, known for Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1913) and Vanity Fair (1915). She was married to Harrison Grey Fiske and LeGrand White. She died on 15 February 1932 in Queens, New York, USA.
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
L. Rogers Lytton was born on 9 April 1867 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was an actor and director, known for The Third Degree (1919), The Fates and Flora Fourflush (1914) and A Regular Girl (1919). He died on 9 August 1924 in New York City, New York, USA.- Lucia Moore was born on 10 December 1867 in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA. She was an actress, known for Little Miss Happiness (1916), The Lure (1914) and Her Double Life (1916). She died in April 1932 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Madam C.J. Walker was born on 23 December 1867 in Louisiana, USA. She died on 25 May 1919 in Irvington, New York, USA.
- Costume Designer
Henri Bendel was born on 22 January 1868 in Lafayette, Louisiana, USA. He was a costume designer, known for Gloria's Romance (1916). He died on 22 March 1936 in New York City, New York, USA.- Actor
- Additional Crew
A noted stage actor at the turn of the 20th century, Robert Edeson began his film career working with Cecil B. DeMille on The Call of the North (1914), then moved on to Vitagraph where he remained for the rest of the teens. In the 1920s he returned to work for De Mille, playing the man-of-the-world type roles. Married to actress Mary Newcomb, Edeson died of heart failure.- Hugh Saxon was born on 14 January 1869 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Midnight Secrets (1924), Cytherea (1924) and The Guttersnipe (1922). He was married to Ellen. He died on 14 May 1945 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Bob Slater was born on 22 June 1869 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Square Joe (1922) and The Brown Derby (1926). He died on 20 June 1930 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Actor
- Director
- Soundtrack
First of all, the cross-eyed comedian of silent days was not born that way. Supposedly his right eye slipped out of alignment while playing the role of the similarly afflicted Happy Hooligan in vaudeville and it never adjusted. Ironically, it was this disability that would enhance his comic value and make him a top name.
Ben Turpin was born in New Orleans in 1869, the son of a French-born confectionery store owner. When 7 years old, his father moved to New York's lower East Side. A wanderlust fellow by nature, Turpin lived the life of a hobo in his early adult years. He started up his career by chance while bumming in Chicago where he drew laughs at parties. An ad in a newspaper looking for comedy acts caught his eye and he successfully booked shows along with a partner. Going solo, he performed on the burlesque circuit as well as under circus tents and invariably entertained his audiences by doing tricks, vigorous pratfalls and, of course, crossing his eyes. One of his more familiar sight gags was a backwards tumble he called the "108." He happened upon the Happy Hooligan persona while playing on the road and kept the hapless character as part of routine for 17 years.
He started in films at age 38 in 1907, joining Essanay Studios shortly after the company began operating in Chicago. He also became their resident janitor for a spell. He stayed with the company for two years but remained on the edges of obscurity. Appearing sporadically in silent comedy shorts, he typically played dorky characters who always did something wrong. His big break came when he returned to Essanay and was introduced to Charles Chaplin, who immediately took to him and set him up with Mack Sennett. By 1917 Sennett had turned Turpin into a top comedy draw. With his trademark crossed eyes and thick mustache, he made scores of slapstick films alongside the likes of Mabel Normand and 'Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle', among others. Most notable were his films that parodied hit movies of the day such as his The Shriek of Araby (1923), in which his character lampooned Rudolph Valentino. Turpin's true forte was impersonating the most dashingly romantic and sophisticated stars of the day and turning them into clumsy oafs.
Turpin retired from full time acting in 1924 to care for his ailing wife Canadian comedy actress Carrie Turpin (nee LeMieux). After her death the following year he returned but his marquee value had slipped drastically. The advent of sound pretty much marked the end to his special brand of physical comedy. He was only glimpsed from then on, mostly in comic cameos for other top stars such as a bit as a plumber with Laurel & Hardy in Saps at Sea (1940), his last. He died of heart disease that same year.- George Gibbs was born on 8 March 1870 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was a writer, known for Paradise Garden (1917), The Madcap (1916) and Voltaire (1933). He died on 10 October 1942 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Producer
- Actor
Jules Brulatour was born on 7 April 1870 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was a producer and actor, known for Saved from the Titanic (1912), Marionettes (1925) and Kodachrome Two-Color Test Shots No. III (1922). He was married to Hope Hampton, Dorothy Gibson and Clara Isabelle Blouin. He died on 26 October 1946 in New York City, New York, USA.- Actor
- Soundtrack
A man so disagreeable on celluloid, Claude Gillingwater's characters seemed to subsist on a steady diet of persimmons. Fondly recalled as the cranky old skinflint whose seemingly cold heart could only be warmed by the actions of a cute little tyke, the tall and rangy Gillingwater invariably played much older than he was. He, with the omnipresent bushy brows, crop of silver hair and perpetually sour puss, had a much more versatile career than perhaps realized -- on both stage and in film. Most assuredly, this caustic screen image he perfected belied a softer, gentler off-screen demeanor for he was a kind and sympathetic gent and devoted husband to wife Carlyn Stiletz (or Stellith). Their only child, Claude Gillingwater Jr., briefly became an actor himself. Sadly, Gillingwater Sr.'s thriving character career ended on a grim and tragic note in 1939.
Born Claude Benton Gillingwater on August 2, 1879, in the small Mississippi River town of Louisiana, Missouri, he was the son of James E. and Lucy (Hunter) Gillingwater and attended St. Louis High School. For a time he was an apprentice to a lawyer uncle, but he eventually left home and joined a traveling stock company. Gradually building up his nascent career on the stage, he was discovered by theater impresario David Belasco. Gillingwater proceeded strongly on the Broadway stage beginning with a melodramatic role in "A Young Wife" (1899). This led to a well-received series of parts for the next full decade in New York ranging from high drama ("Madame Butterfly", "Du Barry") to operettas ("Mlle. Modiste," "The Old Town," "The Girl in the Train") to original works ("The Only Son," "The New Secretary").
1918 was a banner year for Gillingwater for he not only appeared in the hit Broadway show "Three Wise Fools," but also made his silent film debut in support of Gladys Leslie and Richard Barthelmess in Wild Primrose (1918). This disagreeable typecast began to assert itself with his second movie three years later as the grumbling, icy-souled Earl of Dorincourt whose grandson helps reveal his tenderer side in Little Lord Fauntleroy (1921), which starred America's sweetheart Mary Pickford in a dual role.
A rash of leading/co-starring roles came with the immediate impact of this single success, including Crinoline and Romance (1923) with Viola Dana, Alice Adams (1923) with Florence Vidor, Dulcy (1923) with Constance Talmadge, and Three Wise Fools (1923) with Eleanor Boardman. The last film mentioned gave him the opportunity to repeat his 1918 Broadway triumph. More than not, however, he was supporting the Hollywood elite such as kid star Jackie Coogan in My Boy (1921), Richard Dix in Fools First (1922) and The Christian (1923), 'Leonore Ulric' in Tiger Rose (1923), Alla Nazimova in Madonna of the Streets (1924), Ronald Colman in A Thief in Paradise (1925), Anna Q. Nilsson in Winds of Chance (1925), and Colleen Moore in Oh Kay! (1928). Sometimes his character's names reflected his curt, stern image -- names such as John P. Grout, Lord Storm and Simon Peck.
A founding member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (1927), he advanced into the talking era of films with equal verve, although his roles were, more often than not, token grouches. Some of his more distinctive parts came with the films A Tale of Two Cities (1935) (as Jarvis Lorry), Mississippi (1935) and The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936). He proved to be an excellent crabapple foil for 20th Century-Fox moppet star Shirley Temple in Poor Little Rich Girl (1936) and subsequently appeared in two more of her pictures - Just Around the Corner (1938) and Little Miss Broadway (1938).
Gillingwater played a few more curmudgeons in his last years but this period of time was to be marked by acute sadness and physical/mental hardship. A serious accident on the movie set of the picture Florida Special (1936) (he fell from a platform and injured his back) damaged his health and threatened his career, and the death of his long-time wife Carlyn left him irrevocably depressed. Fearing the possibility of becoming an invalid and wishing not to become a serious burden to anyone, the 69-year-old actor committed suicide at his Beverly Hills home with a self-inflicted gunshot to the head on November 1, 1939. Gillingwater left a fine Hollywood legacy and the fun of some of his old films is watching his vinegar turn to sugar.- Leon Artigue was born on 3 March 1872 in Louisiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Souls in Bondage (1923). He died on 6 November 1961 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Lyricist and songwriter, educated at Toule College Military School and Columbia University with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He wrote special material for Lillian Russell, Marie Dressler, Charlie Chaplin, Lon Chaney, Pearl White and Mabel Normand. Joining ASCAP in 1921, his popular-song compositions include "Oh, Frenchy", "Dixie Ain't What Dixie Used to Be", "I Leave It All to You", "Out In the New Mown Hay", and "Short and Sweet".
- Pierre Artigue was born on 5 May 1872 in New Iberia, Louisiana, USA. Pierre was a writer, known for The Man on the Rock (1938). Pierre died on 5 November 1934 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Harry Jones was born on 1 September 1872 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Injustice (1919). He died on 27 August 1970 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Additional Crew
John Fairbanks was born on 3 March 1873 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. John is known for The Man from Painted Post (1917), Down to Earth (1917) and Wild and Woolly (1917). John was married to Margaret Frye McElvain. John died on 20 November 1926.- Ike Paul was born on 10 March 1873 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He is known for The Broken Violin (1927) and On the Levee (1929).
- John St. Polis was born on 24 November 1873 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Three Weeks (1924), Why Be Good? (1929) and The Hero (1923). He was married to Angela M. Grimaldi and Rachel Amelia Ryan. He died on 8 October 1946 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Howard Lang was born on 12 May 1874 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Call of the Prairie (1936), Bar 20 Rides Again (1935) and Here's Flash Casey (1938). He was married to Gwen Heller. He died on 26 January 1941 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- August Vollmer was born on 7 March 1876 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He died on 4 November 1955 in California, USA.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Frank Darien was born on 18 March 1876 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was an actor, known for The Grapes of Wrath (1940), Hellzapoppin' (1941) and The Whip Hand (1951). He died on 20 October 1955 in Hollywood, California, USA.- Alfred Aldridge was born on 18 September 1876 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was an actor, known for It Can Be Done (1921). He died on 4 May 1934 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Actor
- Writer
Phil Gastrock was born on 26 October 1876 in Louisiana, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Too Much Johnson (1919), A Slave of Fear (1917) and His Majesty, the American (1919). He died on 10 April 1956 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Soundtrack
Buddy Bolden was born on 6 September 1877 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He died on 4 November 1931 in Jackson, Louisiana, USA.- Charlotte Shelby was born on 19 December 1877 in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA. She was an actress, known for Dimples (1916), Always in the Way (1915) and The Fairy and the Waif (1915). She was married to J. Homer Reilly. She died on 13 March 1957 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
- Originally from New Orleans, Fred Bonny was a song and dance man who worked in minstrel shows and in vaudeville for over forty years. With his wife, Pauline Freeman, they performed as "Bonny & Freeman," described as "exponents of the ULTRA TANGO DE LUXE and the Poetry of Terpsichore," and traveled the world. In the 1920s, Bonny was a member of the "Shuffle Along" Company and continued to act and perform comedy routines on various venues until his retirement just before America entered World War II.
- Soundtrack
Alphonse Picou was born on 19 October 1878 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He died on 4 February 1961.- J.M. Dumont was born on 7 February 1879 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Always Audacious (1920), The City of Masks (1920) and Sweet Lavender (1920). He died on 19 December 1959 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Henry Hastings was born on 19 May 1879 in Notchosis, Louisiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Gallant Lady (1942), Mr. Celebrity (1941) and Lucky Ghost (1942). He died on 21 February 1963 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Mathilde Baring was born on 18 September 1879 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. She was an actress, known for The Holy City (1912), McGinty and the Count (1915) and The Pines of Lorey (1914). She died in 1954 in the USA.
- William Starks was born on 22 September 1879 in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Within Our Gates (1920). He was married to Emma Lidell Burke Starks. He died on 18 October 1937.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Joseph E. Bernard was born on 1 June 1880 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Pat and Mike (1952), Within These Walls (1945) and Sign of the Wolf (1941). He was married to Axtel, Winnifred. He died on 18 October 1958 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.- George Herriman was born on 22 August 1880 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for A Krazy Katastrophe (1917), Moving Day (1917) and A Tempest in a Paint Pot (1916). He was married to Mabel Lillian Bridge. He died on 26 April 1944 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Neil Hardin was born on 20 September 1880 in Louisiana, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for The Neglected Wife (1917), Who Is Number One? (1917) and The Broken Coin (1915). He was married to Gloria Payton. He died on 22 November 1969 in Louisiana, Missouri, USA.
- Robert Pitkin was born on 21 October 1880 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Musical Comedy Time (1950), Enemies of the Law (1931) and Use Your Imagination (1933). He was married to Edna E. (Quinn) Brumley. He died in June 1970 in East Islip, New York, USA.
- Director
- Actor
- Writer
Leon De La Mothe was born on 26 December 1880 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was a director and actor, known for Las campanas de Capistrano (1930), The Northern Code (1925) and The Tenor (1915). He died on 12 June 1943 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Soundtrack
Joe Oliver was born on 11 May 1881 in Aben, Louisiana, USA.- Sound Department
Joseph Mazzoletti was born on 24 September 1882 in Louisiana, USA. Joseph died on 1 February 1947 in Los Angeles, California, USA.