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Born Mary Jeanette Robison. She was the youngest daughter of Henry Robison of Penrith, Cumberland, England and Julia Schelesinger of Liverpool, Lancashire, England. Her father died in 1860 and her mother remarried. In 1866/67 they were living in St Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and moved back to London, England in 1871. She ran away from home to marry Charles Leveson Gore in 1875 and in 1877 the young couple went to Fort Worth, Texas, USA to establish a cattle ranch. They survived for two years before moving to New York where her husband died about 1881.
In 1884 she took up acting to support her three children (only her son Edward Gore survived childhood). She played both leads and supporting roles on the road and on Broadway, and over several decades she became highly respected as a character actress. She appeared in a few silent films, then returned to the screen for good in 1926 and flourished in the subsequent sound era. She was usually cast as crusty, gruff, domineering society matron or grandmother. For her portrayal of Damon Runyon's Apple Annie in Frank Capra's Lady for a Day (1933), one of her rare starring roles, she received a Best Actress Oscar nomination. Ultimately she appeared in more than 60 films, the last of which was released the year of her death.- Best-known for performing the most popular baseball poem, "Casey at the Bat." Filmed as one of the first talkies, 5 years before The Jazz Singer (1927), Casey at the Bat (1922), was included in Ken Burns' Baseball (1994). Hopper, a fervent New York Giant fan, first performed the then-unknown poem to the Giants and Chicago Cubs, on the day his friend, Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Tim Keefe had his record 19 game winning streak stopped, August 14, 1888. The dying General William T. Sherman was also in the audience that evening, along with Keefe and his brother-in-law shortstop/attorney John Montgomery Ward. 2 months later the Giants won New York's first world championship.
Hopper recited Casey for almost 40 years in films, on stage, records, radio etc. Known as the "Husband of His Country" for his 6 marriages. He became totally hairless, with blue-tinged skin, possibly from reaction to a patent medicine. Even so, his powerful voice and great sense of humor mesmerized women all his life. One of his wives was the gossip columnist Hedda Hopper. Their son, the white-maned William Hopper, played private investigator Paul Drake on Perry Mason for many years. - Writer
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Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (October 27, 1858 - January 6, 1919), often referred to as Teddy or his initials T. R., was an American politician, statesman, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909. He previously served as the 25th vice president under William McKinley from March to September 1901, and as the 33rd governor of New York from 1899 to 1900. Having assumed the presidency after McKinley's assassination, Roosevelt emerged as a leader of the Republican Party and became a driving force for anti-trust and Progressive policies.- Director
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C.J. Williams was born on 23 July 1858 in New York, USA. He was a director and actor, known for The Funny Side of Jealousy (1915), Wild Oats (1919) and Crooky (1915). He was married to Ida Williams. He died on 26 January 1945 in New York, USA.- Actor
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Forceful, authoritative character actor of the 1920s and 1930s. Entered films in 1916. Even by then, close to 60, Kerr was very effectively cast in powerful, dynamic supporting roles, usually most often as a cultured, dignified old man. Probably most memorable as the old Baron Frankenstein in Frankenstein (1931). A brilliant performer of stage and screen, yet terribly obese and a heavy smoker. He died at 74 of lung cancer near his birthplace of London in 1933.- Actor
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Frank was considered a "furniture actor" on stage. While on stage he was so often drunk that he had to lean on or hold onto furniture to keep from falling down. Known through the country for his stage work, he was ranked as one of the foremost stage artists prior to moving to Hollywood. Keenan's first wife of forty-four years, was watching him perform on stage when she suffered a stroke and died a few minutes later.- Actor
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Ferdinand Gottschalk was born on 28 February 1858 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Berkeley Square (1933), She Had to Say Yes (1933) and I Am a Thief (1934). He died on 10 November 1944 in London, England, UK.- Music Department
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Italian composer, one of the greatest exponents of operatic realism, who virtually brought the history of Italian opera to an end. His mature operas include "La Bohème" (1896), "Tosca" (1900), "Madama Butterfly" (1904), and "Turandot" left incomplete.- Actress
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Eleonora Duse was born on 3 October 1858 in Vigevano, Lombardy, Italy. She was an actress and writer, known for Cenere (1917). She was married to Tebaldo Marchetti. She died on 21 April 1924 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.- John Cossar was born on 2 January 1858 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for My Lady of Whims (1925), Fools for Luck (1917) and Two-Bit Seats (1917). He was married to Fanny Cossar. He died on 28 April 1935 in Hollywood, California, USA.
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Lagerlöf made her debut in 1891 with The Gösta Berling saga, a story about her own region, Värmland and her home, the country manor Mårbacka. With her novel she starts the wave of romantic nationalist literature in Sweden of the 1890s. Her novel Jerusalem (1901-02) is about religious emigrants from Sweden to Palestine. She is the author of Sweden's most read novel, The Adventures of Nils Holgerssons (1906), a story about a boy traveling across Sweden on the back of a goose. Her stories often evolve around folklore and supernatural events. One of the peaks in her career was her novel The Emperor of Portugal (1914). In 1907 she got a honorary degree at the University of Uppsala, in 1909 she got the Nobel Prize and 1914 she became a member of the Swedish Academy. Her home Mårbacka is now a museum visited by thousands of tourists every year.- Cesare Gravina was born on 23 January 1858 in Naples, Italy. He was an actor, known for The Man Who Laughs (1928), Merry-Go-Round (1923) and Madame Butterfly (1915). He died on 16 September 1954 in New York, USA.
- E. Nesbit was born on 15 August 1858 in London, England, UK. E. was a writer, known for Masterpiece (1971), The Railway Children Return (2022) and The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet (1995). E. was married to Thomas Tucker and Hubert Bland. E. died on 4 May 1924 in New Romney, Kent, England, UK.
- George Alexander was born on 19 June 1858 in Reading, Berkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Second Mrs. Tanqueray (1916) and Masks and Faces (1917). He was married to Florence Jane (née Théleur). He died on 15 March 1918 in London, England, UK.
- Lady Tree was born on 5 October 1858 in Bexley, Kent, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Girl from Maxim's (1933), Wedding Rehearsal (1932) and Still Waters Run Deep (1916). She was married to Herbert Beerbohm Tree. She died on 7 August 1937 in London, England, UK.
- John L. Sullivan was born on 15 October 1858 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA. He was married to Katherine Harkins and Annie Bates. He died on 2 February 1918 in Abingdon, Massachusetts, USA.
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Lorimer Johnston was born on 2 November 1858 in Maysville, Kentucky, USA. He was a director and actor, known for Son of Frankenstein (1939), The Envoy Extraordinary (1914) and Tarzan the Mighty (1928). He was married to Caroline Frances Cooke. He died on 20 February 1941 in Hollywood, California, USA.- Otis Skinner was born on 28 June 1858 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Kismet (1930), Kismet (1920) and Tom's Little Star (1919). He was married to Maud Durbin. He died on 4 January 1942 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Mathilde Nielsen was born on 26 October 1858 in Denmark. She was an actress, known for Master of the House (1925), The Parson's Widow (1920) and Nyhavn 17 (1933). She was married to Olaf Frederik. She died on 11 September 1945 in Denmark.
- Norman Forbes was born on 24 September 1858 in Barnsbury, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Second Mrs. Tanqueray (1916) and The Real Thing at Last (1916). He was married to Louise Wilson. He died on 28 September 1932 in Heavitree, Exeter, Devon, England, UK.
- Tore Svennberg was born on 28 February 1858 in Stockholm, Sweden. He was an actor, known for The Phantom Carriage (1921), A Woman's Face (1938) and Klostret i Sendomir (1920). He died on 8 May 1941 in Stockholm, Sweden.
- Sarah Adler was born on 26 May 1858 in Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for Sins of the Parents (1914). She was married to Jacob P. Adler and Maurice Heine. She died on 28 April 1953 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Born in Brooklyn, NY, in 1858, George Washington Goethals graduated from the US Military Academy at West Point in 1880. Commissioned as a lieutenant, ,he was assigned to the army's Corps of Engineers, and gained experience in the planning and building of canals and harbors, which came in handy when he returned to West Point as an instructor.
In 1907 US President Theodore Roosevelt picked him to serve as chairman and chief engineer of the US Canal Commission, the agency tasked with constructing the Panama Canal. Goethals took over complete control of the project in January of 1908. It was, to say the least, a daunting task; his two predecessors had resigned under the stress of the enormous project. He not only had to overcome the technical problems involved in the construction of the canal itself, but he had to feed and house more than 3,000 workers. In addition, the workforce had been ravaged by such tropical diseases as malaria and yellow fever, although they were eventually brought under control.
The Canal was finally opened in 1914, and US President Woodrow Wilson appointed Goethals as the first Governor of the Canal Zone, a position he held until 1917, when the US entered World War I. He was appointed acting Quartermatser General of the Army . He left the army in 1919 and started his own engineering firm, George Goethals and Co., of which he was president until 1928.
He died in New York city on Jan. 21, 1928. - Director
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André Antoine was born on 31 January 1858 in Limoges, Haute-Vienne, France. He was a director and writer, known for La terre (1921), Mademoiselle de La Seiglière (1921) and The Swallow and the Titmouse (1924). He died on 19 October 1943 in Le Pouliguen, Loire-Atlantique, France.- Gustav Wied was born on 6 March 1858 in Nakskov, Denmark. He was a writer, known for Das Feuer (1914), Thummelumsen (1941) and Slægten (1978). He was married to Alice Tutein. He died on 24 October 1914 in Roskilde, Denmark.
- Armenian novelist Alexander Shirvanzade was born Aleksandr Movsesyan in Shirvan, Azerbaijan, in 1858. His father was a tailor. At age 17 Shirvanzade found work in the Caspian Sea city of Baku, Azerbaijan, which was seeing a boom because of its vast oil reserves. He worked in various capacities--clerk, accountant--for a number of different oil companies, but still found time to immerse himself in the works of Russian and Armenian writers, as well as such Western European writers as Honoré de Balzac, Emile Zola and William Shakespeare. Seeing the effects--both good and bad, but mostly bad--that the oil boom was having on the average citizens in the Baku area, he wrote a flurry of novels, plays, articles, etc., protesting against what he saw as the exploitation of both the land and its people by the oil interests, and became active in social protest movements outside Baku. In 1894 he led protests against the Turkish massacres of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, resulting in his imprisonment in TIflis, Georgia; that experience produced what many believe to be his finest work, "Chaos" (1896).
Upon his release from prison he began to agitate for a cause that not many men of the era considered important--women's rights. His plays "Evgine" and "Did She Have the Right?" were about giving women the right to vote. "For the Sake of Honor" (1904) railed against the injustices and excesses of capitalism. In 1916 Russian writer Maxim Gorky praised Shirvanzade's works, saying they "were known and read not only in the Caucasus but also in England, in the Scandinavian Peninsula, and Italy."
In his later years he lived abroad but returned to Armenia in 1926 and settled in Yerevan. He died in Kislovodsk, Armenia, in 1935. - Charles Hawtrey was born on 21 September 1858 in Eton, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for A Message from Mars (1913), The Private Secretary (1935) and Honeymoon for Three (1915). He was married to Katherine Elsie Emma Petre and Madeline 'Mae' Harriet. He died on 30 July 1923 in Marylebone, London, England, UK.
- Calvert Carter was born on 23 October 1858 in Virginia, USA. He was an actor, known for Less Than Kin (1918), Broadway Fever (1929) and The Fighting Shepherdess (1920). He died on 29 August 1932 in Long Beach, California, USA.
- F.A. Turner was born on 12 October 1858 in New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Restitution (1918), Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917) and A Man and His Mate (1915). He died on 13 February 1923.
- Nellie Stewart was born on 20 November 1858 in Woolloomooloo, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She was an actress, known for Nell Gwynne (1911). She was married to Richard Goldsbrough Row. She died on 21 June 1931 in Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- Floyd Hatfield was born on 7 January 1858 in Pike County, Kentucky, USA. He was married to Anne Pinson and Jenny Hunt. He died in April 1938 in Hardy, Kentucky, USA.
- Georges Courteline was born on 25 June 1858 in Tours, France. He was a writer, known for Fun in the Barracks (1932), Boubouroche (1933) and Messieurs les ronds de cuir (1936). He was married to Marie-Jeanne Brécou and Suzanne Berty. He died on 25 June 1929 in Paris, France.
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King Gustaf V was born on 16 June 1858 in Drottningholm Castle, Stockholms län, Sweden. He was an actor, known for Blyge Anton (1940), 40 år med kungen (1947) and Ruotsin kuningasparin vierailu (1925). He was married to Queen Victoria of Baden. He died on 29 October 1950 in Drottningholm Castle, Stockholms län, Sweden.- Richard Cummings was born on 20 August 1858 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He was an actor, known for The Little Orphans (1915), The Bride's Play (1922) and A Ten-Cent Adventure (1915). He was married to Catherine ?. He died on 25 December 1938 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Ethel Smyth was born on 23 April 1858 in Sidcup, Kent, England, UK. She was an actress and writer, known for Suffragette (2015), Caught (1987) and A Skirt Through History (1994). She died on 8 May 1944 in Woking, Surrey, England, UK.- 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.
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John Binns was born on 1 December 1858 in England, UK. He was an actor. He was married to Edith Ann Rhodes. He died on 29 August 1940 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
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Arthur Voegtlin was born on 8 November 1858 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for America (1914). He was married to Maude Caldwell. He died on 18 January 1948 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Wilhelm Fliess was born on 24 October 1858 in Arnswalde, Province of Brandenburg, Kingdom of Prussia (today in Poland). He died on 13 October 1928 in Berlin, Germany.
- Allan Monkhouse was born on 7 May 1858 in Barnard Castle, County Durham, England, UK. Allan was a writer, known for BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960) and ITV Play of the Week (1955). Allan was married to Elizabeth Dorothy Pearson and Lucy Dowie. Allan died on 10 January 1936 in Cheshire, England, UK.
- Charles Le Bargy was born on 28 August 1858 in La Chapelle, Paris, France. He was an actor and director, known for The Assassination of the Duke de Guise (1908), The Return of Ulysses (1909) and Carmen (1908). He died on 5 February 1936 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France.
- Henry Leone was born on 30 March 1858 in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]. He was an actor, known for The Heart of the Hills (1916), Tangled Lives (1917) and Fair Lady (1922). He was married to Elizabeth and Anne Dale. He died on 9 June 1922 in Mount Vernon, New York, USA.
- David Higgins was born on 21 June 1858 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Conquest of Canaan (1916), At Piney Ridge (1916) and His Last Dollar (1914). He was married to Bliss Milford. He died on 29 June 1936 in Brooklyn, New York, USA.
- John Mason was born on 28 October 1858 in Orange, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for The Fatal Card (1915), The Libertine (1916) and The Reapers (1916). He was married to Katherine Grey (m. as McDonough, née Best) and Marion Stevens (aka Marion Manola). He died on 12 January 1919 in Stamford, Connecticut, USA.
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Adelheid Wette was born on 4 September 1858 in Siegburg, Germany. She is known for Hänsel und Gretel (1897), Hänsel und Gretel (2015) and Hansel and Gretel (1954). She was previously married to Hermann Wette.- Emmeline Pankhurst was born on 15 July 1858 in Moss Side, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK. She was married to Richard Pankhurst. She died on 14 June 1928 in Hampstead, London, England, UK.
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Viktor Léon was born on 4 January 1858 in Szenic, Nyitra, Kingdom of Hungary, Austrian Empire [now Senica, Slovak Republic]. He was a writer and actor, known for The Merry Widow (1934), The Merry Widow (1925) and The Merry Widow (1952). He was married to Ottilie Popper. He died on 23 February 1940 in Vienna, Austria.- Writer
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Gus Hill was a producer of popular theatricals in the late 19th and early 20th century. Primarily known for producing "cartoon theatricals" (mostly musical adaptations of comic strips) from the 1890s through the 1920s. Known for his productions of Yellow Kid shows as well as adaptations of Mutt & Jeff and Bringing Up Father. Also produced several films late in his career.- Writer
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Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko was co-founder with Konstantin Stanislavski of the Moscow Art Theatre (MKhAT) in 1898. He also was co-founder of the Acting School at the Moscow Art Theatre and was a director, an acting pedagogue, and playwright.
He was born Vladimir Ivanovich Nemirovich-Danchenko on December 23, 1858, in Ozurgety, near Tbilisi, Georgia, Russian Empire (now Ozurgety, Georgia). His father, Ivan Dachenko, was a military officer in the Russian Army. Young Nemirovich-Danchenko was fond of literature and theatre. He studied at Tbilisi Gymnasium, and played with amateur school productions of classic plays. From 1876- 1879 he studied at the department of Physics and Mathematics of Moscow State University. In 1881 Nemirovich-Danchenko published his first story, then wrote several plays and had his plays staged by theatre companies in Moscow and in St, Petersburg. He emerged as a notable playwright, novelist and theatre producer, and was awarded the Griboedov Prize for his popular plays. During the 1890s he taught acting class at the Moscow Philharmonia, where his student were such talented actors as Vsevolod Meyerhold and Olga Knipper-Chekhova.
Nemirovich-Danchenko is best known as the co-founder of the Moscow Art Theatre. An independent theatre company was the only way to obtain some freedom of speech amidst the tough censorship in Russia under the rule of the Tsar Nicholas II. In 1897 he joined Konstantin Stanislavski to start what would become the most successful independent private theatre company in Moscow, Russia. In 1898 Moscow Art Theatre began the first season with the staging of "Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich" by Aleksei Tolstoy. At the same time Nemirovich-Danchenko secured the rights to the production of "The Seagull" (1898), and other plays written by Anton Chekhov. In "The Seagull" Nina was played by Olga Knipper-Chekhova and Treplev by Vsevolod Meyerhold. "The Seagull", "Uncle Vanya", "The Three Sisters", and "The Cherry Orchard", all by Anton Chekhov, were the most acclaimed plays, produced by Nemirovich-Danchenko. His other productions at the Moscow Art Theatre included "The Lower Depths" by writer Maxim Gorky, and "Life of a Man" by Leonid Andreyev among other Russian plays.
After the Russian revolution of 1917, the Soviet Communists established a bloody dictatorial regime, so many leading actors and directors emigrated from the troubled Soviet Russia. However, Nemirovich-Danchenko continued his work at the Moscow Art Theatre. In 1922-24 the troupe made a series of successful guest performances in Europe and in the United States. During the 1920s-1930s Mikhail A. Bulgakov was the staff playwright at the Moscow Art Theatre. The legendary play "Days of the Turbins" by Mikhail A. Bulgakov was performed over 200 times. At least 15 performances of the play were attended by Joseph Stalin, who later used in his speeches some of the well-written lines from the characters in the play of Mikhail A. Bulgakov.
Nemirovich-Danchenko was the proponent of the Stanislavski's System of acting, also known as "Method" (or Acting Method). His hectic personal relations with the highly emotional Konstantin Stanislavski were described by Mikhail A. Bulgakov in his novel "Teatralny Roman" (The Theatrical Novel). In the 1920s Nemirovich-Danchenko with Konstantin Stanislavski also co-founded the Moscow Musical Theatre for the ballet, opera, and musical productions.
Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko played a historic influential role in the 20th century Russian theatre as well as in world theatre. His personal friendship with Anton Chekhov and Olga Knipper-Chekhova was part of the success. He managed to survive through the rough times in the Russian history under the dictatorship of Joseph Stalin. Stalin was a regular visitor of the Moscow Art Theatre because of his obsession with the plays by Mikhail A. Bulgakov. Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko was under surveillance by the Soviet secret service, predecessor of the KGB, however he survived and preserved the tradition of the Moscow Art Theatre. He died of a heart attack on April 25, 1943, in Moscow, and was laid to rest at the Novodevichy Convent Cemetery in Moscow.- Born in 1858 to Duke Friedrich of Schleswig-Holstein and his wife, Princess Adelheid zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Augusta-Victoria's family was uprooted from their hereditary fief due to war, and as a consequence she lived throughout Europe as a girl. She met then-Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany in 1879 and married him two years later; she was a dutiful wife and mother, and posed no challenge to her husband's dominating personality. When his father died in 1888, Wilhelm became Kaiser of Germany. After World War I, she followed her husband into exile in the Netherlands, where she died in 1921.