Peter Ustinov loved to make people laugh, using his quick wit, natural storytelling ability and gift for mimicry to good effect during his 60-year career…
Born April 16
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Charlie Chaplin wore many hats in his life: actor, director, comedian, writer, producer, mogul and pariah. But the most beloved of his hats was a simple bowler that transformed Chaplin …
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The way Edie Adams looked –– golden-haired, pretty and vivacious –– might lead some to assume that she was a stereotypical dumb blonde. In reality Adams was blonde, but she …
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Henry Mancini wrote some of the coolest film and TV scores of all time. His jazzy themes and strings-heavy ballads defined movie music in the 1960s.
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When Dusty Springfield’s career was lagging in 1968, she traveled across the ocean to record one of the most critically-acclaimed albums of all time…
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As a solo artist, Gerry Rafferty was a bit of a one-hit wonder.
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A mission specialist, he helped with the scientific experiments on the shuttle Columbia.