Clark Gable was born on February 1, 1901 in Cadiz, Ohio. His father was an oil-driller, his unfortunately died when he was seven months old. Until Clark was two he stayed with his maternal aunt and uncle in pennsylvania At sixteen he quit school and went to work in Akron, Ohio, at a tire factory. Later, while still working for the tire factory, he decided to to become an actor after seeing the play “The Bird of Paradise.” (imdb.com) He was given the nickname “the king of hollywood” or just “the king.” He began his career as a stage actor and appeared as an extra in silent films between 1924 and 1926. He then later moved on to supporting roles in a few films with MGM in 1931. Clark Gable had immediate success with MGM in 1931, he made, most
Ronald William Howard was born March 1st, 1954 in Duncan, Oklahoma. He is the older of two brothers. His parents, Rance Howard his father was an actor, director and writer, his mother Jean Howard was an actress, in 1959 his family relocated to Hollywood. Young Ron quickly joined the family business and his first television role was on an episode of "Playhouse 90" and was followed by an appearance on "The Red Skelton Show." He also was in four episodes of "Denis the Menace" and five shows of "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis." (Encarta)
James Dean was born in a small town in Marion, Indiana and grew up a performer, Jimmy tap danced, acted in plays and used all other artistic outlets he could get a hold on. James went to school in California to study pre med but later dropped out only to later enroll back into college to become an actor. James appeared first on television for a pepsi commercial and later moved into acting on broadway in musicals. Only staring in three movies one of which was released a month after the twenty-four year olds death. East of Eden, Rebel Without a Cause, and Giant James Dean was an influential actor whose untimely death had an enormous impact on American culture. James Dean was influential to the kids in the 1950’s he embodied all that the fed up
On September 13, 1848 at 4:30 pm, a 13 pound, 3½ foot long tamping iron was shot through Phineas Gage’s head. The accident occurred near the town of Cavendish, Vermont outside of the Green Mountains.
Robin Williams: Living the American Dream Americans are blessed with the freedoms of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Each person is entitled to pursue the true dreams and desires of his or her heart. These individualized opportunities are often referred to as the American Dream. Difficulties frequently arise on the journey to one's dream. One must find a way to conquer these struggles to make his or her dream a reality.
Eugene Curran Kelly, more commonly known as Gene Kelly, was born August 23, 1912 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was known for acting, dancing, singing, and his choreography. As a child, Gene Kelly played semiprofessional ice hockey, football, baseball, and was involved with gymnastics. He was into anything athletic thanks to his father, who was a huge sports fan and a traveling salesman. Gene Kelly’s major influence was his mother, who only wanted her children to understand and love the arts. She was in love with the theater and made Gene take dancing lessons. He wanted to quit because he was being bullied by the other students, but later decided not to once the ladies started paying more attention to him.
John Wayne Gacy, an American serial killer also known as the “Killer Clown” was a rapist who sexually assaulted, abused, and murdered young men and children. John Wayne Gacy was not interested in women what so ever. John Wayne Gacy murdered about thirty-three young teenage boys and young men from the year of 1972 to 1978 where he lived in Chicago, Illinois.
Daisy Lee Gatson was born on November 13, 1914 in Huttig, Arkansas. She never knew her birth parents, John Gatson and Millie Riley, according to a birth certificate that was located in 1962. Rumors about her natural parents explained that Daisy’s mother was murdered after being raped. Her natural father moved away from Huttig shortly after the incident. No formal charges were ever brought against the alleged attackers and no one sought to locate those who harmed her family. She was adopted and reared by her natural father’s best friends, Orlee Smith and his wife Susan Smith, who raised young Daisy until she reached her late teens.
As a newborn photographer, there's nothing I love more than the opportunity to shoot a newborn with his or her big brother or sister. It's the beginning of a special bond that I get to capture on film for the family to remember for years to come.
Shirley Temple was born on April 23, 1928, in Santa Monica, California, and was a leading child film actress during the Great Depression. (Shirley Temple n. pag.) Shirley Temple was easily the most popular and famous child star of all time. (Biography for Shirley Temple n. pag.) Shirley Jane Temple was born to a banker and a housewife with two older children, on April 23, 1928, in Santa Monica, California. (Shirley Temple n. pag.) Shirley could do it all: act, sing and dance and all at the age of five! (Biography for Shirley Temple n. pag.) Temple's mother capitalized on the toddler's natural flair for dancing by enrolling her in dance classes at the age of 3 1/2.(Shirley Temple n. pag.) When Temple was just 3 years old, she landed a contract with Educational Pictures and made her acting debut in a string of low-budget movies dubbed "Baby Burlesques." (Shirley Temple n. pag.) Her father became her agent and financial adviser.(Shirley Temple n. pag.) Her first contract was with Educational Pictures Inc., for whom she worked in 1932 and 1933. (Shirley Temple Black n. pag.) She got her start in the movies at the age of three and soon progressed to super stardom. (Biography for Shirley Temple n. pag.) Fans loved her as she was bright, bouncy and cheerful in her films and they ultimately bought millions of dollars worth of products that had her likene...
Who could possibly have a .353 batting average, hit 52 home runs, and have 130 RBI’s in one season? Mickey Mantle that’s who. He is hailed as one of the best of all time to play baseball. He is one of the best players ever because of, how he got to the majors, his achievement while in the majors, and his achievements after retirement. What could this legend have done?! You ask.
Elvis was born in 1935 in Mississippi, he was supposed to be a twin but his brother was stillborn. He grew up an only child. In 1948 the Presleys moved to Memphis, where in his high school days would hang around Beale Street where B.B. King was known to perform at, drawn into the music style of the blues. After graduating in 1953, he planned out his normal life of becoming a truck driver, and in his spare time recorded a couple songs at a recording service Sam Phillips started up that anyone could record a song for four dollars. Upon going back to the studio he met Sam Phillips who
"I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give"- Audrey Hepburn. Most people do not realize how much Audrey Hepburn and Marilyn Monroe have in common. Marilyn Monroe was a blonde haired thriving actress who died at a young age. Audrey Hepburn was a beautiful brunette actress that had British ascent that made people fall in love with her. Marilyn and Audrey are the same because of their fame, family, and fight.
What is the reason for suicide? Most people would say, that person was depressed, or maybe they were lonely. In Henrik Ibsen’s book, Hedda Gabler, the play results in a character shooting themselves. As well as, William Shakespeare’s Othello, the play ends in a suicide. To find out the reason for those suicides, you must take it back to the start of it all…the beginning of the play. Why exactly did these two characters find it necessary to take their life? It seems that Hedda took her life because it was the easy way out. For Othello, he could not live with something horrible he had done, so suicide was his only answer.
With the new movie contract, Marilyn Monroe was born. She started calling herself “Marilyn Monroe” she also dyed her hair blond and soon became the most famous Hollywood actress.
Hedda Gabler was raised by her father, General Gabler, and that is how people know her. She is not someone’s girlfriend, wife, mother, or friend. She has always been and always will be General Gabler’s daughter. Being raised without a mother, Hedda was left with only her military father to look to as an example, so she learned to shoot, ride horses, be prideful, and coldhearted. She learned to set her sights on something and not stop till she got it. Like her father, Hedda takes an aristocratic view on life. She attended all the social gatherings and had many suitors, but they never interested her. She wanted something different than what they had to offer; she wanted freedom and control over her own life.