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…
Elizabeth Jane Dugan, better known by her pseudonym “Rosa Pearle,” was the founder, editor…
Although there is some dispute about the date and place of her birth, most sources state…
Jean Harlow was born Harlean Carpenter in Kansas City, Missouri, on March 3, 1911. Her…
Rupert Hughes, a versatile popular writer, was born in Lancaster, Missouri, on January 31,…
Kathryn Johanna Kuhlman, born in Concordia, Missouri, on May 9, 1907, became…
Of British, Quaker, and Huguenot heritage, William Rockhill Nelson was born five miles west…
Jack Oakie was long considered one of the screen’s most notorious scene-stealers. He had a…
Geraldine Page was born in Kirksville, Missouri, on November 22, 1924, to Leon Elwin Page,…