Born November 1912

Smith performed on Broadway as the drummer for the Kit Kat Band in the musical “Cabaret.”

Appeared in “Dumb and Dumber,” “Seinfeld,” and “The Office”…

Eccentric heiress Doris Duke did not leave any heirs, but she enhanced many people’s lives through the reported $1.3 billion she left to foundations …

June Havoc was one of the first child movie stars, and she was one of the youngest. She also had one of the most difficult stage parents of all time…

He became Hollywood’s first major black director with “The Learning Tree” and the hit “Shaft.”