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'Blue' Gene Tyranny was born on 1 January 1945 in San Antonio, Texas, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Deathsport (1978), By a Thread (1990) and Love Letters (1983). He died on 12 December 2020 in Long Island City, Queens, New York City, New York, USA.- Actor
- Additional Crew
'Killer' Joe Piro was born on 2 March 1921 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Dance Hall Racket (1953), Mad Monster Party? (1967) and The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1956). He died on 5 February 1989 in New York City, New York, USA.- 'Legs' Diamond was born on 10 July 1897 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was married to Alice Kenny. He died in December 1931 in Albany, New York, USA.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
'Lighthorse' Harry Cooper was born on 4 August 1904 in Leatherhead, Surrey, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Caddy (1953). He died on 17 October 2000 in White Plains, New York, USA.- Producer
- Actor
'Senator' Ed Ford was born on 13 June 1887 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was a producer and actor, known for Krazi-Inventions (1936), Can You Top This (1950) and The Lamb's Gambol (1949). He died on 27 January 1970 in Greenport, New York, USA.- 'Slick' Chester was born on 26 February 1900 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Murder in Harlem (1935), Temptation (1935) and Harlem After Midnight (1934). He died in January 1978 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
'Whispering' Jack Smith was born on 30 May 1896 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Happy Days (1929), Cheer Up and Smile (1930) and Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (2017). He died on 13 May 1950 in New York City, New York, USA.- 14 Shots was born on 30 December 2002. He was an actor, known for Vito x AnymeansKap x 14 Shots: BallOut (2022) and 14 Shots: RedRum (2021). He died on 12 October 2022 in Brooklyn, New York, USA.
- A$AP Yams was born on 13 November 1988 in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He died on 18 January 2015 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA.
- Art Director
A. Béla Viragh-Flower was born in 1886. A. Béla was an art director, known for Empty Arms (1920), Heedless Moths (1921) and Idle Hands (1921). A. Béla died on 5 February 1922 in New York City, New York, USA.- Composer
- Music Department
A. Cousminer was born on 4 August 1896 in Kherson, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. A. was a composer. A. died in January 1966 in New York, New York, USA.- A. Elizabeth Delany was born on 3 September 1891 in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. A. Elizabeth was a writer, known for Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years (1999). A. Elizabeth died on 25 September 1995 in Mount Vernon, New York, USA.
- A. Francis Lenz was born in 1876. He was an actor, known for The Barker (1917), Your Girl and Mine: A Woman Suffrage Play (1914) and A Trip to Chinatown (1917). He died on 27 April 1946 in New York, USA.
- A. Philip Randolph was born on 15 April 1889 in Crescent City, Florida, USA. He was married to Lucille Green. He died on 16 May 1979 in New York City, New York, USA.
- A.A. Brill was born on 30 November 1872 in Kanczuga in Austro-Hungary (today in Poland). He died on 2 March 1948 in New York City, New York, USA.
- A.A. Kline was born on 16 August 1888 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer, known for Rich People (1929), What a Man (1930) and The Racketeer (1929). He died in July 1972 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Actor
- Director
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
A.B. DeComathiere was born on 19 November 1877 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and director, known for The Black King (1932), The Midnight Ace (1928) and Deceit (1923). He died on 18 May 1940 in Central Islip, Long Island, New York, USA.- A.C. Fotheringham-Lysons was born on 23 May 1867 in Skene, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK. He was an actor, known for The Elusive Pimpernel (1919), The Scourge (1922) and The Amateur Gentleman (1920). He died on 8 October 1947 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- A.H. Fischer was born in 1865 in Germany. He was a producer, known for A Scream in the Night (1919), Man and Woman (1920) and Even as Eve (1920). He was married to Elizabeth D. Fischer. He died on 30 March 1922 in New Rochelle, New York, USA.
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Songwriter ("Runnin' Wild"), composer, conductor and pianist, educated in high school in Atlantic City, New Jersey. In 1913 he came to New York where he was a pianist in dance orchestras. During World War I he served in the Allied Expeditionary Force, and by 1923 he was leading his own orchestra, eventually touring Europe in 1929 and 1930. Later he was half of a two-piano team in night clubs. Joining ASCAP in 1937, his other popular-song compositions include "Rocky Road", "How Can You Tell", "You Bet" and "I Got the Fever".- Additional Crew
- Writer
- Producer
A.H. Woods was born on 3 January 1870 in Ujpest, Hungary. He was a writer and producer, known for Kick In (1917), Lonely Wives (1931) and Big Jim Garrity (1916). He was married to Louise Beaton. He died on 24 April 1951 in New York City, New York, USA.- Additional Crew
A graduate of Boston College (Class of 1968), Massachussettes native A.J. Antoon attended the prestigious Yale School of Drama before dropping out to pursue a professional theatrical career as a director. He directed his first production, Story Theatre at New York's 151-seat St. Clement's Church in 1971. Later that year he was introduced to the founder of the New York Shakespeare Festival, Joseph Papp, who would be influential in his later success on Broadway. Antoon would enjoy a 20-year career there, directing the Broadway debuts of notables such as Meryl Streep and Mandy Patinkin in the 1975 revival of Trelawny of the 'Wells'. During his directorial career, he'd win both the 1973 Tony Award and the 1972 NY Drama Critic's Circle Award (That Championship Season) and be nominated for a Tony that same year for an Americanized Broadway revival of the Much Ado About Nothing, an Obie Award (1979's The Art of Dining written by Tina Howe) and be nominated for the 1984 Drama Desk Award for The Rink, starring Liza Minnelli. His alma mater, Boston College awarded him an honorary doctorate. An innovative director, Antoon often shook off traditional settings, such as re-setting The Taming of the Shrew in the Wild West. His final productions were produced New York Shakespeare Festival in New York's Central Park in 1990 and 1991. Antoon died of AIDS-related lymphoma on January 22, 1992 at age 47. When he died, he had several projects in the works, including his screenplay of "Snow White." He was survived by a brother, Michael J. Antoon, and two sisters, Jessica M. Leavitt and Marsha A. Roy, all of Methuen, along with his partner, Peter Perez.- A.J. Balaban was born on 18 August 1889 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. A.J. was married to Carrie Strump. A.J. died on 1 November 1962 in New York, New York, USA.
- A.J. Herbert was born on 4 August 1885 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He was an actor, known for Romeo and Juliet (1916), Lights Out (1946) and The Silent Witness (1917). He died on 6 May 1963 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- Additional Crew
A.J. Liebling was born on 18 October 1904 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He is known for High Time (1950). He was married to Jean Stafford, Lucille Hille Spectorsky and Anne Beatrice McGinn. He died on 28 December 1963 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.- A.J. Pero was born on 14 October 1959 in Staten Island, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Priceless (2008), Have You Seen My Goat? (2015) and Twisted Sister: Come Out and Play (1986). He died on 20 March 2015 in Poughkeepsie, New York, USA.
- Actor
- Composer
A.J. Scratch was an actor and composer, known for Wild Style (1982), Kurtis Blow: If I Ruled the World (1985) and And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop (2004). He died on 9 September 2015 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA.- A.L. Erlanger was born on 4 May 1860 in Buffalo, New York, USA. A.L. was a producer, known for Lime Kiln Club Field Day (1913). A.L. was married to Adelaide Louise Balfe. A.L. died on 7 March 1930 in New York, New York, USA.
- A.M. Rosenthal was born on 2 May 1922 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada. He was married to Shirley Lord and Ann Marie Burke. He died on 10 May 2006 in New York, USA.
- Additional Crew
A.P. Waxman was born on 25 December 1892 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He died on 21 July 1962 in New York City, New York, USA.- A.R. Ammons was born on 18 February 1926 in Whiteville, North Carolina, USA. He was married to Phyllis Plumbo. He died on 25 February 2001 in Ithaca, New York, USA.
- A.R. Gurney was born on 1 November 1930 in Buffalo, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for 3 by Cheever (1979), Television Theater (1953) and TV teatar (1956). He was married to Mary Forman Goodyear. He died on 13 June 2017 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- AJ Brim was an actor, known for Drizzy B x AJ Brim: A.M.S. (2022). He died on 31 May 2023 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA.
- Aaron Braunstein was born on 22 December 1948 in New York, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Born to Win (1971) and Tropical Heat (1991). He was married to Yvette Lyonne and Nicole Trau. He died on 10 October 2014 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- Music Department
- Composer
- Writer
Aaron Copland is an Academy Award-winning composer (The Heiress (1949)), author, conductor, lecturer and educator. He was educated at public schools and was a music student of his sister and later Leopold Wolfson, Victor Wittgenstein, Clarence Adler, Rubin Goldmark and Nadia Boulanger. In 1925, he received the first Guggenheim fellowship awarded to a composer. He was a lecturer for ten years at the New School for Social Research, a guest lecturer at Harvard University between 1935 and 1944, and Dean of the Berkshire Music Center at Tanglewood from 1946. With Roger Sessions, he organized the Copland-Sessions concert series for young American composers, and he founded the American Festival of Contemporary Music, Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, New York. He was a conductor in the United States and abroad. As a guest conductor for the Boston Symphony, he toured with Charles Münch throughout the Far East in 1960. His memberships included the National Institute of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He was awarded the Edward MacDowell Medal, and the US Medal of Freedom.- Aaron Dugger was born on 9 August 1960 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Fame (1980) and She's Gotta Have It (1986). He died on 26 May 1989 in Brooklyn, New York, USA.
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Aaron Hoffman was born on 31 October 1880 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He was a writer, known for Give and Take (1928), The Gilded Youth (1917) and Beloved Rogues (1917). He was married to Minnie ?. He died on 27 May 1924 in New York City, New York, USA.- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Aaron Rosand was born on 15 March 1927 in Hammond, Indiana, USA. He is known for Orchestra of Exiles (2012), Camera Three (1955) and Aaron Rosand: Live at Mills College (2004). He was married to Christina Khimm-Rosand, Maree Macpherson, Monica Woo and Eileen Flissler. He died on 9 July 2019 in White Plains, New York, USA.- Aaron Stern was born on 26 March 1925 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was married to Betty Lee Baum. He died on 13 April 2021 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- Aaron Swartz was born on 8 November 1986 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He died on 11 January 2013 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA.
- Actress
- Music Department
- Composer
Abbey Lincoln was born on 6 August 1930 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was an actress and composer, known for Nothing But a Man (1964), For Love of Ivy (1968) and Drugstore Cowboy (1989). She was married to Max Roach. She died on 14 August 2010 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.- Abbey Mitchell was born on 25 September 1884. She was an actress, known for Lime Kiln Club Field Day (1913), Junction 88 (1947) and A Night in Dixie (1925). She was married to Will Marion Cook. She died on 16 March 1960 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Abbot Lutz was born on 14 August 1917 in New York City, New York, USA. He died in December 1985 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Abby Lewis was born on 14 November 1910 in Mesilla Park, New Mexico, USA. She was an actress, known for Mathnet (1987), Monsters (1988) and Square One Television (1987). She was married to John Seymour. She died on 27 November 1997 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Abby Stein was married to Robert Hechkoff. She died on 19 June 2014 in New York, USA.
- Abdulaziz Al-Omari was born on 28 May 1979 in Saudi Arabia. He died on 11 September 2001 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Art Department
Abe Blashko was born in 1920 in Seattle, Washington, USA. Abe is known for Are You Positive? (1957). Abe died on 13 January 2011 in New York, New York, USA.- Producer
- Writer
- Music Department
Songwriter, composer, writer, panelist, director, singer and pianist, educated at City College of New York and New York University. He began his writing career as a script writer for "Duffy's Taven" on radio, and later, the Rudy Vallee program. He sang in his own radio shows , in night clubs, and on television. He wrote the Broadway librettos for "Guys and Dolls" and received a Tony award and a New York Drama Critics award in 1951), and also directed "Happy Hunting", "Silk Stockings", "First Impressions", "Can-Can", "Say, Darling", and "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" (earning a Pulizer Prize and a Tony and New York Drama Critics awards). He directed "Two on the Aisle", "Reclining Figure", "The Golden Fleecing", and "What Makes Sammy Run?". He was also the playwright and director of "Cactus Flower". Joining ASCAP in 1952, he composed the popular songs "The Girl With the Three Blue Eyes" and "Leave Us Face It, We're in Love", and authored "The Abe Burrows Song Book".- Composer
- Music Department
- Actor
Composer, conductor and pianist, educated at the Third Street Settlement, the Manhattan School of Music, and Juilliard (on scholarship); a student of Frederic Jacobi, Rubin Goldmark, and Albert Stoessel. He was a member of the Metropolitan Opera's Children's Chorus between 1916 and 1920 and sang in the John Barrymore production "Richard III". He toured the world as accompanist to cantor Joseph Rosenblatt, and composed operettas for the Yiddish Theater. He also composed the Broadway stage score for "Great To Be Alive" and worked in radio as music director for WMGM in New York and program host over WEVD in New York between 1951 and 1963. He also was the music director for the Advertisers Broadcasting Company. Joining ASCAP in 1958, his chief musical collaborators included Walter Bullock, Molly Picon, Jacob Jacobs, and Samuel Rosenbaum.- Abe Hirschfeld was born in Poland but moved to the British Mandate of Palestine in the 1930s; he later claimed that most of his family died during the Holocaust. He moved to the United States with his family in the 1950s and made his first fortune on open-air parking garages. Part of his fortune was used for his purchase of the Hudson Theater in 1956.
In the year 2000, Hirschfeld was sentenced to three years in prison for attempting to arrange the murder of one of his business partners, who died before he had the chance to execute the murder. He served two years in prison, during which time he developed a new diet and a plan to build a new World Trade Center. He died in 2005 at Mount Sinai Hospital from heart failure and cancer.