Jane Ace, a radio actress whose birth name was Jane Epstein and who was known professionally as Jane Sherwood, was…
Zoë Byrd Akins was born on October 30, 1886, in Humansville, Missouri, the second of three children of Thomas…
The Ben Bolt Theatre was a spectacular building that stood for half a century as a notable…
Ernest Calloway was born in Herberton, West Virginia, on January 1, 1909. His family became…
Joan Crawford was born Lucille LeSueur on March 23, 1908, in what she described as “a drab…
Jane Darwell, a pioneering film actress whose career spanned more than sixty years, was…
Jean Harlow was born Harlean Carpenter in Kansas City, Missouri, on March 3, 1911. Her…
Geraldine Page was born in Kirksville, Missouri, on November 22, 1924, to Leon Elwin Page,…
Nathaniel Patten Jr. could be characterized as Missouri’s quintessential pioneer country…
Emil Preetorius was a German-language journalist in St. Louis. Born in Alzey, Rheinhessen,…