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John Herbert “Jackie” Gleason (February 26, 1916–June 24, 1987) was an American comedian, actor, and musician. He was known for his brash visual and verbal comedy style, exemplified by his character Ralph Kramden in The Honeymooners. Among his notable film roles were Minnesota Fats in the 1961 drama The Hustler (starring Paul Newman) and Buford T. Justice in the Smokey and the Bandit series
.Gleason was born at 364 Chauncey Street in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn.[2] He grew up nearby, at 328 Chauncey (an address he later used for Ralph and Alice Kramden on The Honeymooners).[3] Originally named Herbert Walton Gleason Jr., he was baptized John Herbert Gleason.[4] His parents were Mae “Maisie” (néeKelly), a subway change-booth attendant, and Herbert Walton “Herb” Gleason, an insurance auditor.[5][6][7] His mother was from Farranree, Cork,[8] Ireland, and his father was Irish American.[8] Gleason was one of their two children—his brother Clemence died of spinal meningitis at age 14, and his father abandoned the family.[8]He remembered his father as having “beautiful handwriting,” as Herbert Gleason often worked at the family’s kitchen table writing policies in the evenings. On the night of December 14, 1925, Gleason’s father disposed of any family photos he was pictured in; just after noon on December 15, he collected his hat, coat, and paycheck, leaving the insurance company and his family permanently. When it was evident he was not coming back, Mae went to work for the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT).[9] more....... |
Sir Sidney Poitier, KBE[1] (/ˈpwɑːtjeɪ/ or /ˈpwɑːti.eɪ/; born February 20, 1927), is a Bahamian-American actor, film director, author and diplomat.
In 1964,[2] Poitier became the first black person to win an Academy Award for Best Actor,[3] for his role in Lilies of the Field.[4] The significance of this achievement was bolstered in 1967 when he starred in three successful films, all of which deal with issues involving race: To Sir, with Love; In the Heat of the Night; and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, making him the top box-office star of that year.[5] In 1999, the American Film Institute named Poitier among the Greatest Male Stars of All Time, ranking 22nd on the list of 25. more....... Peter Lawrence Strauss[1] (born February 20, 1947) is an American television and movie actor, known for his roles in several television miniseries in the 1970s and 1980s.
immigrated from Germany, was a wine importer.[4][5][6] Strauss graduated from the Hackley School in 1965 andNorthwestern University in 1969. He married actress Rachel Ticotin on December 31, 1998. Notably, he plays Abel Roznovski in Kane and Abel, the TV miniseries from Jeffrey Archer's book of the same title. He won an Emmy Award for his role on the 1979 made-for-television movie The Jericho Mile, and he starred in a television remake of the classic 1946 film Angel on My Shoulder in 1980. His other noted television miniseries credits include starring roles in Rich Man, Poor Man, its sequelRich Man, Poor Man Book II, and Masada. Strauss plays Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. in the 1977 TV movie Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy. more....... |
Jennifer O'Neill (born February 20, 1948) is an American actress, model, author and speaker, known for her role in the 1971 film Summer of '42 and modelling for CoverGirl cosmetics starting in the 1970s.
nd Wilton, Connecticut. When she was 14, the family moved to New York City. On Easter Sunday, 1962, O'Neill attempted suicide because the move would separate her from her dog Mandy and horse Monty — "her whole world".[1]That same year, she was discovered by the Ford modeling agency and put under contract.[citation needed] By age 15, she was appearing on the cover of Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Seventeen and other magazines, earning US $80,000 a year in 1962 working as a fashion model in New York City.[1]:71 An accomplished equestrian, O'Neill won upwards of 200 ribbons at horse show competitions in her teens. She bought a horse with her modelling fees, Alezon, who balked before a wall at a horse show, breaking O'Neill's neck and back in three places, and giving her a long period of recovery.[1]:83 She attended New York City's Professional Children's Schooland the Dalton School in Manhattan, but dropped out to wed her first husband, IBM executive Dean Rossiter, at age 17.[2]Later, she moved on to films and worked in a number of television movies and series. more....... |
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