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James Young was born on 1 January 1872 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He was a director and actor, known for On Trial (1917), David Garrick (1914) and Beau Brummel (1913). He was married to Clara Whipple, Clara Kimball Young, Rida Johnson Young and Julie de Valera-Porkosky. He died on 9 June 1948 in New York City, New York, USA.- Robert Symes Entwistle, who was born in London on 1 January, 1872, worked on Broadway as a character comedy actor and as producer Charles Frohman's stage manager. He also appeared in the film The Beautiful Adventure (1917), that was based on a Frohman theatrical adaption of a popular French play by Robert de Flers and Gaston Arman de Caillavet. Not long after Charles Frohman was lost at sea during the sinking of the Lusitania, Entwistle retired from the stage and opened a small shop in New York on Madison Avenue and Fifty-Fourth Street that sold designer gift boxes to upscale clientele.
In 1904 Entwistle married Emily Stevenson in Birmingham, England. Their daughter, Lillian Millicent (Peg Entwistle), became known as one of the more tragic Hollywood figures, when, in 1931, she leaped to her death from atop one of the letters in the landmark Hollywoodland sign. Emily died in 1912 around the time Entwistle was brought to America by Charles Frohman. In 1914 he married, probably in New York, his sister-in-law, Lauretta Amanda Ross. Their union produced two sons, Milton and Robert, before her untimely death in 1921 at the age of 37 from spinal meningitis.
On the evening of 2 November, 1922, Entwistle was run down by a limousine at the intersection of Park Avenue and Seventy- Second Street, as he was walking home from his place of business. Witnesses to the accident told police that the limousine's chauffeur stopped, got out of the vehicle for a moment and looked down on Entwistle's broken body before speeding off. Neither the driver nor the limousine was ever found.
Robert Entwistle lingered for forty-eight days in a body caste with a broken spine before dying on 19 December at Prospects Hospital in Brooklyn, New York. He was survived by his three children, who were then raised by his brother, actor Harold Entwistle and his wife, former actress Jane Ross.
Robert Symes Entwistle was interned at the Oak Hill cemetery, Glendale, Ohio in a grave that he now shares with his daughter Millicent. - Director
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Alfred Tostary was born on 5 January 1872 in Forst, Lausitz, Germany. He is known for Die Minderjährige - Zu jung fürs Leben (1921), Können Gedanken töten? (1920) and Ehe man Ehemann wird (1920).- Martha Blackburn was born on 5 January 1872. She is known for Theatre Isn't Dead (2017) and Frau Blackburn, geb. 5.Jan. 1872, wird gefilmt (1967).
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Alexander Scriabin was a Russian composer and pianist who invented the first colour keyboard and notation for lights and colors based on his scale of Synesthetic colors. His symphony 'Prometheus: The Poem of Fire' (1910) was the first composition in history which included notation for lights and colors. Scriabin's large-scale performances in Moscow and New York were the first live shows ever with lights and colors played on a colour keyboard and projected to the beat and harmony of his music, thus preceding modern day rock concerts.
He was born Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin on January 6, 1872, (old calendar date December 25, 1871, the Russian Orthodox Christmas), in Moscow, Russia. His father, named Nikolai Scriabin, was a wealthy aristocrat, a lawyer, and a ranking diplomat, who lived mostly in the Russian embassies abroad. His mother, named Lyubov Petrovna, was a professional pianist; she died when Scriabin was only one year old. Young Scriabin was brought up by his aunt, and played his first music on his late mother's piano.
His first piano teacher was Nikolai Zverev who was also teaching Sergei Rachmaninoff at the same time, and two composers developed a life-long friendship. From 1882-1889 he studied sciences and languages at the Moscow School of Cadets. From 1888-1892 Scriabin studied piano and composition under 'Sergei Taneyev' at Moscow Conservatory, graduating in 1892, as composer and pianist, then he became a professor at the same conservatory. In 1896 Scriabin married a famous Russian pianist, Vera Isakovich, who was the winner of the Gold Medal for performances of Scriabin's piano music. Before 1900 Scriabin joined the Moscow Philosophic Society and studied various schools of thought in his pursuit of inspirational ideas.
From 1904-1910 Scriabin was living and concertizing in Western Europe and in the United States. He was a remarkable pianist and successfully performed his original compositions before international audiences. At that time Scriabin became a curious student of contemporary philosophic trends and literature. His readings ranged from Oriental philosophies and Metaphysics, to Friedrich Nietzsche, whose 'ubermensch' theory Scriabin eventually outgrew, to Astrology and Medicine, and to Sir Isaac Newton's 'Optics'. He joined the circle of the Belgian Symbolist and Occultist Jean Delwille in Brussels. Scriabin also entered the circle of late Helene Blavatsky in London, studied her Theosophy, and even visited the room where she died. Scriabin's search for inspiration was not limited to Mysticism, Astrology and other Esoteric writings of the time. From 1907-1910 Scriabin lived in Paris with his second wife, Tatiana Schletser. There he was involved in the circle of Sergei Diaghilev and provided his compositions for concerts of Russian music. He also gave piano performances with the Russian Symphony Orchestra directed by M. I. Altshuller.
Scriabin was gifted with syn-aesthetic ability, though probably different from that of the physiological gift of Wassily Kandinsky, or a cognate cross-sensational gift of Vladimir Nabokov. Scriabin was the first composer in the world who wrote the musical notation for the light and color, thus making color intertwined with sound in a cross-senses harmony. In his symphonic poem 'Prometheus: the Poem of Fire' (1909) he wrote the line with notation for 'Luxe', a specially designed multicolor light projector with colored light-bulbs which was controlled by Scriabin himself playing on a colour keyboard. The multi-colored keyboard was first built in Russia by physicist Alexander Moser in 1910 for the performances of 'Prometheus'. It's performances in Moscow and in New York were the first ever orchestral concerts with color accompaniment being projected on a special screen. Scriabin also experimented with such styles as musical impressionism and expressionism. His harmonic and melodic inventiveness became manifested in his piano works and especially in his orchestral compositions. The 'Prometheus' chord' was the beginning in Scriabin's search for the new tonal/harmonic means of expression. His theory of the 'Synthesis of arts' made profound effect on innovations in film and theatre, most notably those of Vsevolod Meyerhold at the Moscow Art Theatre.
In 1915 Scriabin worked on developing of a new form of entertainment that would unite all Mankind through music, art, light, acting and interaction between performers and public. For this project Scriabin started a draft of a new cross-genre composition, which included music, literature, dance, architecture, natural landscape and light. He contemplated a seven-day long composition titled 'Misterium', of which he wrote down a few fragments on seventy pages shortly before his death. He described the composition in his draft as "a grandiose religious synthesis of all arts which would herald the birth of a New World." Scriabin planned his work to be performed at the foothills of the Himalayan mountains. Scriabin planned to include the Sunrises and the Sunsets into the measures of his unfinished music score. Part of that unfinished composition was performed under the title of 'Prefatory Action' by Vladimir Ashkenazy in Berlin with Aleksey Lyubimov at the piano. The idea of a seven-day music piece was later realized by Karlheinz Stockhausen.
Scriabin's admirer and friend poet Valery Briusov was a regular guest at Scriabin's home, where composer performed for friends and absorbed new ideas in cross-disciplinary discussions. Those discussions initially revolved around Symbolism in Art, and then eventually led to Scriabin's idea of "Future Art" or "Synthesis of Arts" alluding to a term "Gezamtkunstwerk" which was originally coined by Richard Wagner. Music and cultural heritage of other nations was among important sources of inspiration for Scriabin, who was also known as an acclaimed piano performer of music by Frédéric Chopin, Franz Liszt and Ludwig van Beethoven. Scriabin's original piano pieces show progressive development of his own tonal and harmonic thinking. His ten piano sonatas, 24 preludes, poems, études and other piano pieces are staples of many contemporary concert pianists' repertoire. The piano recordings of Scriabin's music by Vladimir Sofronitsky and Vladimir Horowitz are among the finest there are.
During the 1890s and 1900s Scriabin's evolution to multi-tonal complexities superseded calculated duodecafonic compositions of the Neo-Viennese school. From his early piano compositions to his grand-scale symphonies, Scriabin's music is peppered with harmonic innovations, unusual changes and surprise tonal discoveries. Scriabin's creative thinking invites a prepared listener to an intellectual journey beyond the calculated atonality of Arnold Schönberg or even the sophisticated cosmopolitanism of Igor Stravinsky. The ascensual trajectory of Scriabin's multi-tonality development is unparalleled in freedom of musical imagination. His rich and delicate Piano Concerto in F-Sharp Minor (1896) and the passionate 'Poem of Ecstasy' (1906) has been among the most recorded and frequently performed of his orchestral works.
Alexander Scriabin was at the peak of his creativity and worked on his innovative breakthrough project of 'Mysteria', when he died of septicaemia, a complication from an inflammation on his upper lip, aged 43, on April 27, 1915, in Moscow. He was laid to rest in the Church of St. Nikolai na Peskah, near his home in Moscow, Russia. Since 1922, the Scriabin's home in Moscow has been open to public as a National museum and a Cultural Heritage Memorial. Scriabin's Bechstein grand piano has been used for regular concert performances of his music.
Since the 1910 premiere of 'Prometheus', Scriabin's large-scale symphonies has been successfully performed with light and color accompaniment at concert venues all over the world. Among the milestone performances of Scriabin's 'Prometheus' with lights were the London premiere with conductor Henry Wood (UK, 1914), the Carnegie Hall premiere (USA, 1915), the Bolshoi Theatre show (Russia, 1918), the New Haven show (USA, 1971), and the Kasan Conservatory show (Tatarstan, 1996) where Scriabin's music was intertwined with colorful compositions of Wassily Kandinsky. Scriabin's ideas are now working in such projects as "Animusic" and other 3D visualization and MIDI-based music applications.- Vangie Beilby was born on 8 January 1872 in Yorkshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Fugitive Road (1934). She died on 14 October 1958 in Alameda County, California, USA.
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Paul Cremonesi was born on 8 January 1872 in Milan, Italy. He was an actor. He died on 29 August 1939 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Gus Ruhlin was born on 8 January 1872 in Canton, Ohio, USA. He died on 13 February 1912 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Jenõ Várnay was born on 8 January 1872 in Debrecen, Hungary. He was an actor, known for Piri mindent tud (1932), A csodadoktor (1927) and Családi pótlék (1937). He died on 10 May 1961 in Budapest, Hungary.
- Paul Graener was born on 11 January 1872 in Berlin, Germany. He was a composer, known for Leier und Schwert (1930). He was married to Maria Elisabeth Hauschild. He died on 13 November 1944 in Salzburg, Austria.
- Gyula Nagy was born on 15 January 1872 in Szeged, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]. He was an actor, known for Liliomfi (1915), A vén bakancsos és fia, a huszár (1918) and Az egymillió fontos bankó (1917). He died on 19 October 1951 in Kerepes, Hungary.
- Yuri Yuryev was a Russian stage actor best known for his performance with the Aleksandrinsky (Pushkin) Theatre in St. Petersburg.
He was born Yuri Mikhailovich Yuryev on January 15, 1872, in Moscow, Russia. His uncle, Sergei Yuryev, was a writer and critic, who played important role in the formation of young Yuryev. In 1880s he took acting under A. Yuzhin, then played at Maly Theatre in Moscow. In 1893, Yuri Yuryev moved to St. Petersburg, and made a career at the Aleksandrinsky Theatre. There, during the 1910s, he worked under directorship of Vsevolod Meyerhold. In 1913 Yuriev made his film debut in German silent movies under directorship of Georg Jacoby.
Yuri Yuryev was best known for his stage performances at Aleksandrinsky (Pushkin) Theatre in St. Petersburg during the 1900s - 1940s, such as Makbeth, Othello, and King Lear in the Shakespeare's tragedies. In 1919 Yuriev was among the founders of Bolshoi Drama Theatre (BDT) together with Maxim Gorky and Anatoli Lunacharsky. He was member of the troupe with BDT for three seasons, then he had a stint at the Meyerhold's theatre in Moscow, albeit eventually he returned to Aleksandrinka (Pushkin Theatre) and was permanent member for the rest of his life. During the siege of Leningrad in the Second World War, Yuryev was giving stage performances in Leningrad, he gave his last performance as Othello in January of 1945. He was designated People's Actor of Russia, and received Honorary Doctorship in Art History for his books of memoirs. Yuri Yuryev died on March 13, 1948, in Leningrad (St. Petersburg), Russia, and was laid to rest in the Necropolis of Masters of Arts of Tikhvinskoe Cemetery of St. Aleksander Nevsky Lavra in St. Petersburg, Russia. - Producer
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British actor / author / producer E. Gordon Craig was born in England on January 16, 1872. He was the son of legendary stage actress Ellen Terry (another theatrical legend, Henry Irving, was his godfather). He made his stage debut at age six in "Olivia", which starred his mother, and when the family traveled to the US in 1885, he appeared in another of his mother's plays, "Eugene Aram", in Chicago. He had a steady, if unspectacular, career on stage, but it wasn't his cup of tea and he gave up acting in 1897 for a career as an author and set designer.
In 1903 he left England for Italy, where he founded the School for the Art of the Theatre in Florence. He designed sets for productions starring Isadora Duncan, and in 1910 he was commissioned to design the sets for the Moscow Art Theatre's production of William Shakespeare's "Hamlet".
Gordon also also became a theatrical and film producer, in addition to being a set designer and author. In 1931 he wrote a biography of his mother, "Ellen Terry and Her Secret Self".- Music Department
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Henri Büsser was born on 16 January 1872 in Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France. He is known for Joyful Partaking (2001), Opéra de Paris (1936) and Lectures pour tous (1953). He was married to Yvonne Gall. He died on 30 December 1973 in Paris, France.- Agnes Lindh was born on 18 January 1872. She is known for Falska Greta (1934), The Price They Pay (1924) and Tukkijoella (1928).
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Mór Ungerleider was born on 18 January 1872 in Laborcrév, Austria-Hungary. He was a producer and actor, known for Az utolsó hajnal (1917), Az utolsó bohém (1913) and Tavasz a télben (1918). He died on 20 April 1955 in Budapest, Hungary.- Helene Fehdmer was born on 18 January 1872 in Königsberg, East Prussia, Germany. She was an actress, known for Gilgi: One of Us (1932), Das erste Recht des Kindes (1932) and Die vom Niederrhein (1933). She was married to Friedrich Kayßler. She died on 12 August 1939 in Eibsee, Germany.
- Paul Léautaud was born on 18 January 1872 in Paris, France. He was a writer, known for Comédie d'amour (1989) and Portrait souvenir (1960). He died on 25 February 1956 in Le Plessis-Robinson, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
- Andrew Beresford was born on 18 January 1872 in Islington, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Flying Doctor (1936). He died in 1945 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Amy Busby Roy was born on 19 January 1872 in Rochester, New York, USA. She was an actress. She was married to Theodore Olynthna Douglas (engineer), Eugene Howard Lewis (lawyer) and John James Roy. She died on 13 July 1957 in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, USA.- Václav Zichovský was born on 20 January 1872 in Prague, Cechy, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Erotikon (1929), O velkou cenu (1922) and Z lásky (1929). He died on 27 January 1933 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
- Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark was born on 22 January 1872 in Athens, Greece. He was married to Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia. He died on 8 February 1938 in Athens, Greece.
- Henry Stanford was born on 22 January 1872 in Ramleh, Egypt. He was an actor, known for Where Love Is (1917) and Uncle Tom's Cabin (1918). He was married to Laura Burt. He died on 18 February 1921 in Great Kills, Staten Island, New York, USA.
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Lafe McKee began working in Hollywood around 1913. He usually played the likeable father of the heroine, the distressed businessman, or the ranch owner on the verge of losing his homestead or cattle to the villains. The majority of his films were westerns and he supported such actors as Gary Cooper, John Wayne, Gene Autry, Tim McCoy, Tom Tyler, and others.- Actor
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American stage actor and director who made numerous silent film appearances. Blinn was born and raised in San Francisco and attended nearby Stanford University. But his stage career had begun years before, when he made his acting debut at age six. Following his education, he resumed acting, eventually becoming a prominent figure on Broadway. He directed many of the plays he appeared in. In 1914, he made his first film and kept busy on screen and on stage for the remainder of his life. During the volatile strike of stage actors in 1919 that led to the formation of the actors' union, Actors Equity, Blinn was one of a minority of actors who sided with the opposition, the producers. He served as president of the Actors Fidelity League, which unsuccessfully fought the formation of the actors' union. During a vacation at Journey's End, his country home in Croton-on-Hudson, New York, Blinn was thrown from a horse. He appeared to be recuperating well, but the injury to his arm became infected and led to respiratory failure. He died on 24 June 1928 at 56.- Suzanne Sheldon was born on 24 January 1872 in Rutland, Vermont, USA. She was an actress, known for Kismet (1914). She was married to Henry Ainley. She died on 21 March 1924 in London, England, UK.
- Ethel Turner was born on 24 January 1872 in Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, UK. She was a writer, known for One-Way Ticket (1935), Seven Little Australians (1939) and Seven Little Australians (1953). She died on 8 April 1958 in Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- Robert McWade was born on 25 January 1872 in Buffalo, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Kennel Murder Case (1933), The Dragon Murder Case (1934) and Anything Goes (1936). He was married to Almina Lee. He died on 19 January 1938 in Culver City, California, USA.
- Marion Craig Wentworth was born on 25 January 1872 in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. Marion Craig was a writer, known for War Brides (1916). Marion Craig died in 1942 in the USA.
- Learned Hand was born on 27 January 1872 in Albany, New York, USA. He was married to Frances Amelia Finke. He died on 18 August 1961 in New York, New York, USA.
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Pyotr (Peter, Petr) Chardynin was a prolific silent film director who made over 100 silent films in Russia, France, Germany, and Soviet Union.
He was born Pyotr Ivanovich Krasavtsev, on 28 January 1972, in Simbirsk, Russian Empire (now Ulyanovsk, Russia). His father was a small business owner, his mother was a homemaker. Young Chardynin was fond of theatre, and had a dream of becoming an actor, albeit his parents objected, so he left them and dropped out of Simbirsk Gymnasium at age 16. He moved to Moscow and worked lowly jobs to achieve his dream. In 1890 he was admitted to the class of Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko at the Drama School of Moscow Philharmonic Society. There his classmates were such actors as A. Kosheverov, and Maria Tarasova among others. He also attended classes of Konstantin Stanislavski, Aleksandr Yushin, and Alexander Nevsky, graduating in 1893 as an actor.
During the 1890s he was an actor and director in several cities of Central Russia, such as Belgorod, Orekhovo-Zuevo, Uralsk, and Vologda. In 1901 he played the title role in the Shakespeare's Hamlet in Vologda, then moved to Moscow. From 1908 - 1910 he was member of the troupe at Vvedensky Narodny Dom in Moscow. There Chardynin met Aleksandr Khanzhonkov who invited him to work in movies. Chardynin replaced French directors and cinematographers, becoming the principal director for Khanzhonkov. He also brought in several fellow stage actors, such as Ivan Mozzhukhin and Nathalie Lissenko, and made them leading stars of Russian silent film.
Chardynin directed over 30 films for Khanzhonkov. He also appeared as actor in several silent films. His theatrical experience was a plus, however, in his later years his face was affected by a skin disease, that was misdiagnosed and mistreated, leaving permanent scars. As director, Chardynin did not survive serious competition from Yevgeny Bauer, and left the Khanzhonkov's film company. In 1916 Chardynin with Vera Kholodnaya and several other leading actors joined the D Kharitonov studio of Dmitrij Kharitonov in Odessa. There Chardynin made several successful films starring Vera Kholodnaya. After the death of Kholodnaya in 1919, he tried to work for the new Soviet Communist regime, albeit the Soviet propaganda was not exactly his style.
In 1920 Chardynin accepted invitation to work for Dmitrij Kharitonov in Rome, Italy. Then he had a brief stint at "Gomon" studio in Paris, then worked for stage projects in Berlin, Germany. From 1921 - 1923 Chardynin lived and worked in Riga, Latvia. There he directed four silent films. In 1923 he was visited by a special envoy from Odessa and was invited to work at Odessa Film Studio. There he directed several costume dramas and epics about the history of Ukraine, such as 'Taras Shevchenko' (1926) and 'Cherevichki' (1928), among his other films. In 1930 Chardynin was censored by the Soviet authorities and was banned from working in films. He suffered from a serious emotional breakdown, and eventually developed a liver cancer. He died on August 14, 1934, in Odessa, Ukraine, Soviet Union (now Odesa, Ukraine), and was laid to rest in Odessa.- Elmer Jerome was born on 30 January 1872 in Canton, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for That's My Gal (1947) and Swing Your Partner (1943). He died on 10 August 1947 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.
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Born Pearl Zane Gray on January 31, 1872, in Zanesville, Ohio--a town founded by his mother's family--famed western novelist Zane Grey was an athlete and outdoorsman from an early age, with his main interests being fishing and baseball. He attended the University of Pennsylvania on a baseball scholarship, graduating with a degree in dentistry in 1896. He played minor-league baseball for a short period for a team in West Virginia. He started a dentistry practice in New York city, where he met the woman who would become his wife, Lina Roth, who got him to focus more on his writing. He would, however, periodically take fishing trips to the upper Delaware River in Lackawaxen in Pike County, Pennsylvania. In 1902 he became a published author by selling a story about fishing. Three years later he and Lisa married and moved to a farm in Lackawaxen
Grey began to take an interest in the West after accompanying a friend to Arizona on a trapping expedition to capture mountain lions. He published his first western novel, "Spirit of the Border", in 1906, and it quickly became a best-seller. In 1912 he published what is probably his best-known western novel, "Riders of the Purple Sage", which was also a big seller. Aiming to get his books made into films, he formed his own motion-picture production company, which he later sold to Paramount Pictures executive Jesse Lasky. Paramount would produce a large number of westerns based on Grey's novels.
Unlike many successful authors, Grey didn't content himself with simply churning out more novels. He traveled all over the world and involved himself in a variety of endeavors, from working a mining claim on Oregon's Rogue River to fishing for sharks in New Zealand, and writing books--both fiction and non-fiction--about his adventures. He had a special affinity for New Zealand and wrote many best-selling books about his fishing experiences there, which helped to make the country a mecca for deep-sea sport fishermen. Grey himself held many world records for catching big-game fish.
He died in 1939 and is buried at the Union Cemetery in Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania. The city is also the location of the Zane Grey Museum, which is administered by the National Park Service.- Writer
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Rupert Hughes was born on 31 January 1872 in Lancaster, Missouri, USA. He was a writer and director, known for Souls for Sale (1923), True As Steel (1924) and Look Your Best (1923). He was married to Patterson Dial, Mrs. Rupert Hughes and Agnes Wheeler Hedge. He died on 9 September 1956 in Hollywood, California, USA.- Actress
Nellie Noxon was born on 31 January 1872 in California, USA. She was an actress. She was married to Walter Ruffcorn. She died on 22 October 1954 in Santa Cruz, California, USA.- John A. Widtsoe was born on 31 January 1872 in Froyen, Norway. He died on 29 November 1952 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
- Hulda Didrichsen was born on 2 February 1872. She was an actress, known for Familien Swedenhielm (1947) and The Woman Always Pays (1910). She died on 11 June 1961.
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Sam Harris was an extremely prolific and successful Broadway theatrical producer (active from 1904 until his death in 1941) and theater owner, first in partnership with the legendary George M. Cohan. He bitterly broke with Cohan over the issue of signing the Actors Equity contract (there are several seemingly deliberate gross factual inaccuracies in the characterization of him in Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), portrayed by Richard Whorf--not in the least that he'd died the year before!). He produced numerous historically important productions with The Marx Brothers in conjunction with George S. Kaufman, Moss Hart and Morrie Ryskind in their original Broadway productions. Not to be confused with his notorious contemporary Jed Harris.- Maude Tull was born on 3 February 1872 in Bedford, Iowa, USA. She died on 10 July 1976 in Inglewood, California, USA.
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Florence Latimer was born on 5 February 1872. She was an actress. She died on 9 December 1942 in Humboldt, Nevada, USA.- Gustaf Aronsson was born on 6 February 1872 in Kisa, Östergötlands län, Sweden. He was an actor, known for Närkingarna (1923), Gustaf Wasa del I (1928) and A.-B. gifta bort baron Olson (1928). He died in 1930.
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Carl Wilhelm was born on 9 February 1872 in Vienna, Austria. He is known for Die Sippschaft (1920), Das Haus der Qualen (1921) and Frau Annas Pilgerfahrt (1915).- Max Mothes was born on 10 February 1872 in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. He was an actor, known for Louise de Lavallière (1922), Die kleine und die große Liebe (1938) and Angelo, das Mysterium des Schlosses Drachenegg (1920). He died on 24 November 1938 in Berlin, Germany.
- Rudolph Hans Bartsch was born on 11 February 1872 in Graz, Styria, Austria. He was a writer, known for Love Me and the World Is Mine (1927), The Treasure (1923) and Hannerl und ihre Liebhaber (1921). He was married to Grete von Noe and Berta Koscher. He died on 7 February 1952 in St. Peter, Graz, Styria, Austria.
- Louie Pounds was a late-Victorian actress and singer. She is perhaps most famous for appearing with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company between 1899 and 1903 and a mezzo-soprano chorister, later taking the principal roles of Kate in "The Pirates of Penzance" and the eponymous role in "Iolanthe". Her brother was Courtice Pounds, who was Principal Tenor with the D'Oyly Carte. Her sisters Lily, Nancy and Rosy also sang with the company.
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Kate Price was born on 13 February 1872 in Cork, Ireland. She was an actress and writer, known for Quality Street (1927), Arizona (1918) and Paradise (1926). She was married to Joseph Price Ludwig . She died on 4 January 1943 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Writer
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Walter Anthony was born on 13 February 1872 in Stockton, California, USA. He was a writer, known for The Man Who Laughs (1928), The Ice Flood (1926) and Fighting the Flames (1925). He died on 1 May 1945 in Hollywood, California, USA.- Amélie Matisse was born on 16 February 1872 in Beauzelle, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France. She was married to Henri Matisse. She died on 12 November 1958 in Paris, Île-de-France, France.
- Mitchell Ingraham was born on 16 February 1872 in Rushville, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for The Luckiest Girl in the World (1936). He died on 23 September 1944 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Diana Hope was born on 17 February 1872 in England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Man from Blankley's (1930). She was married to ? Sukeforth. She died on 20 November 1942 in Hollywood, California, USA.