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Hollywood, CA

LOCATION

SCHOOLS

SchoolFounded
Musicians Institute
1976
Fairfax High School, Los Angeles, CA
1924

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

CompanyFounded
Frederick's of Hollywood
1946

BIRTHS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Christina Applegate
Actor
25-Nov-1971   Married With Children
Desi Arnaz, Jr.
Actor
19-Jan-1953   Son of Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball
Lucie Arnaz
Actor
17-Jul-1951   Daughter of Lucy and Desi
Diane Baker
Actor
25-Feb-1938   Mirage
Walt Becker
Film Director
16-Sep-1968   Van Wilder
Brenda Benet
Actor
14-Aug-1945 7-Apr-1982 Days of Our Lives
Jan Brewer
Politician
26-Sep-1944   Governor of Arizona
Agnes Bruckner
Actor
16-Aug-1985   Soap star, movie star
Edward Bunker
Author
31-Dec-1933 19-Jul-2005 Animal Factory
Belinda Carlisle
Singer
17-Aug-1958   Lead vocalist for The Go-Go's
David Carradine
Actor
8-Dec-1936   Grasshopper
Denise Crosby
Actor
24-Nov-1957   Tasha Yar on Star Trek
John Derek
Film Director
12-Aug-1926 22-May-1998 Tarzan, the Ape Man
Leonardo DiCaprio
Actor
11-Nov-1974   Titanic
Larry Dierker
Baseball
22-Sep-1946   Houston Astros Manager, 1997-2001
Tony Dow
Actor
13-Apr-1945   Wally on Leave It to Beaver
Kevin DuBrow
Singer
29-Oct-1955 25-Nov-2007 Lead singer, Quiet Riot
Rhonda Fleming
Actor
10-Aug-1923   Spellbound
Leif Garrett
Musician
8-Nov-1961   1970s teen idol
Erica Gavin
Actor
22-Jul-1947   Vixen!
Wings Hauser
Actor
12-Dec-1947   Life Among the Cannibals
Barbara Hershey
Actor
5-Feb-1948   Boxcar Bertha and Mary Magdalene
Darryl Hickman
Actor
28-Jul-1931   The Happy Years
Jennifer Holt
Actor
10-Nov-1920 21-Sep-1997 Stage to Mesa City
Jordan Ladd
Actor
14-Jan-1975   Cabin Fever
Katherine Kelly Lang
Actor
25-Jul-1961   The Bold and the Beautiful
John Lasseter
Film Director
12-Jan-1957   Toy Story
John Phillip Law
Actor
7-Sep-1937 13-May-2008 The Russians Are Coming
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Actor
5-Feb-1962   Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Cory Lidle
Baseball
22-Mar-1972 11-Oct-2006 Yankees pitcher flew his plane into a high rise
Duane Martin
Actor
1-Jan-1970   All of Us
Yvette Mimieux
Actor
8-Jan-1942   Where the Boys Are
Elizabeth Montgomery
Actor
15-Apr-1933 18-May-1995 Samantha on Bewitched
Don Murray
Actor
31-Jul-1929   Sid Fairgate on Knots Landing
Vince Neil
Musician
8-Feb-1961   Mötley Crüe vocalist
Nia Peeples
Actor
10-Dec-1961   Walker, Texas Ranger
Stefanie Powers
Actor
2-Nov-1942   Hart to Hart
Holly Randall
Photographer
5-Sep-1978   Porn photographer/director
Kyle Richards
Actor
11-Jan-1969   Little House on the Prairie
Ann Robinson
Actor
1-May-1935   The War of the Worlds
Katharine Ross
Actor
29-Jan-1940   Elaine Robinson in The Graduate
Katey Sagal
Actor
19-Jan-1954   Peg Bundy on Married With Children
Pauly Shore
Comic
1-Feb-1968   Encino Man
Erika Slezak
Actor
5-Aug-1946   Victoria Davidson on One Life to Live
Guy Stockwell
Actor
16-Nov-1934 6-Feb-2002 Beau Geste
Buck Taylor
Actor
13-May-1938   Newly O'Brien on Gunsmoke
Katharine Towne
Actor
17-Jul-1978   Evolution
Noah Wyle
Actor
4-Jun-1971   Dr. John Carter on ER
Dweezil Zappa
Musician
5-Sep-1969   Son of Frank Zappa

DEATHS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Eddie Acuff
Actor
3-Jun-1903 17-Dec-1956 Mr. Beasley in Blondie
Adrian
Fashion Designer
3-Mar-1903 13-Sep-1959 Head of wardrobe for Cecil B. DeMille
Iris Adrian
Actor
29-May-1912 17-Sep-1994 Disney films
Roscoe Ates
Actor
20-Jan-1895 1-Mar-1962 The Champ
Max Baer
Boxing
11-Feb-1909 21-Nov-1959 Beat Max Schmeling in 1933
L. Frank Baum
Novelist
15-May-1856 6-May-1919 The Wizard of Oz
Vicki Baum
Novelist
24-Jan-1888 29-Aug-1960 Grand Hotel
Louise Beavers
Actor
8-Mar-1902 26-Oct-1962 She Done Him Wrong
Ed Begley, Sr.
Actor
25-Mar-1901 28-Apr-1970 Juror #10 in 12 Angry Men
John Belushi
Actor
24-Jan-1949 5-Mar-1982 Animal House
Willie Best
Actor
27-May-1913 27-Feb-1962 Sleep 'n' Eat
G. W. Bitzer
Cinematographer
21-Apr-1872 29-Apr-1944 The Birth of a Nation
Harry Blackstone
Magician
27-Sep-1885 16-Nov-1965 Vaudeville illusionist
Clara Blandick
Actor
4-Jun-1880 15-Apr-1962 Auntie Em in The Wizard of Oz
Eric Blore
Actor
23-Dec-1887 2-Mar-1959 Sullivan's Travels
Ben Blue
Actor
12-Sep-1901 7-Mar-1975 The Big Broadcast of 1938
Richard Boleslawsky
Film Director
4-Feb-1889 17-Jan-1937 Les misérables
Beulah Bondi
Actor
3-May-1888 1-Jan-1981 Make Way for Tomorrow
Veda Ann Borg
Actor
11-Jan-1915 16-Aug-1973 The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Frank Borzage
Film Director
23-Apr-1894 19-Jun-1962 A Farewell to Arms
El Brendel
Actor
25-Mar-1890 9-Apr-1964 Former vaudevillian, Wings
Tod Browning
Film Director
12-Jul-1882 6-Oct-1962 Freaks
Lenny Bruce
Comic
13-Oct-1925 3-Aug-1966 Multiply obscene comic
Paul Butterfield
Musician
17-Dec-1942 4-May-1987 Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Spring Byington
Actor
17-Oct-1886 7-Sep-1971 You Can't Take it With You
Donald Cammell
Film Director
17-Jan-1934 24-Apr-1996 Performance
Judy Canova
Actor
20-Nov-1913 5-Aug-1983 Comic actress, vaudevillian
Roger C. Carmel
Actor
27-Sep-1932 11-Nov-1986 Harcourt Fenton Mudd
John Carroll
Actor
17-Jul-1906 24-Apr-1979 Flying Tigers
Leo G. Carroll
Actor
25-Oct-1892 16-Oct-1972 Waverly on The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Peggie Castle
Actor
22-Dec-1927 11-Aug-1973 Lily Merrill on Lawman
Lon Chaney
Actor
1-Apr-1883 26-Aug-1930 The Phantom of the Opera
Edward F. Cline
Film Director
4-Nov-1891 22-May-1961 The Bank Dick
Darby Crash
Singer
26-Sep-1958 7-Dec-1980 The Germs
Michael Curtiz
Film Director
24-Dec-1886 10-Apr-1962 Casablanca
John Dall
Actor
26-May-1918 15-Jan-1971 Rope
Marion Davies
Actor
3-Jan-1897 22-Sep-1961 When Knighthood Was in Flower
Albert Dekker
Actor
20-Dec-1905 5-May-1968 The Wild Bunch
Cecil B. DeMille
Film Director
12-Aug-1881 21-Jan-1959 Pioneering film director
Gloria Dickson
Actor
13-Aug-1916 10-Apr-1945 They Won't Forget
Paul Douglas
Actor
11-Apr-1907 11-Sep-1959 Angels in the Outfield
Theodore Dreiser
Novelist
27-Aug-1871 28-Dec-1945 An American Tragedy
Peter Duel
Actor
24-Feb-1940 31-Dec-1971 Alias Smith and Jones
Margaret Dumont
Actor
20-Oct-1882 6-Mar-1965 Foil to the Marx Brothers
E. A. Dupont
Film Director
25-Dec-1891 12-Dec-1956 Piccadilly
Dan Duryea
Actor
23-Jan-1907 7-Jun-1968 The Little Foxes
Hope Emerson
Actor
29-Oct-1897 25-Apr-1960 Caged
Ray Enright
Film Director
25-Mar-1896 3-Apr-1965 The Spoilers
Peg Entwistle
Actor
1-Jul-1908 18-Sep-1932 Starlet, suicided off Hollywood sign
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Author
24-Sep-1896 21-Dec-1940 The Great Gatsby
Lee De Forest
Inventor
26-Aug-1873 30-Jun-1961 Inventor of the Audion vacuum tube
Redd Foxx
Comic
9-Dec-1922 11-Oct-1991 Foul-mouthed comedian, Sanford and Son
William Frawley
Actor
26-Feb-1887 3-Mar-1966 Fred on I Love Lucy
Dwight Frye
Actor
22-Feb-1899 7-Nov-1943 Renfield in 1931 Dracula
Samuel Fuller
Film Director
12-Aug-1912 30-Oct-1997 Pickup on South Street
Hamlin Garland
Author
14-Sep-1860 4-Mar-1940 A Son of the Middle Border
George Gershwin
Songwriter
26-Sep-1898 11-Jul-1937 Rhapsody In Blue
Billy Gilbert
Actor
12-Sep-1894 23-Sep-1971 Comic actor and vaudevillian
Alfred E. Green
Film Director
11-Jul-1889 4-Sep-1960 Dangerous
Sydney Greenstreet
Actor
27-Dec-1879 18-Jan-1954 Kaspar Gutman in The Maltese Falcon
D. W. Griffith
Film Director
22-Jan-1875 21-Jul-1948 The Birth of a Nation
Paul Guilfoyle
Actor
14-Jul-1902 27-Jun-1961 Winterset
Alan Hale, Sr.
Actor
10-Feb-1892 22-Jan-1950 The Adventures of Robin Hood
Kevin Peter Hall
Actor
9-May-1955 10-Apr-1991 Predator
Tim Hardin
Singer/Songwriter
23-Dec-1941 29-Dec-1980 If I Were a Carpenter
Curtis Harrington
Film Director
17-Dec-1922 6-May-2007 Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet
Henry Hathaway
Film Director
13-Mar-1898 11-Feb-1985 The Sons of Katie Elder
Gayelord Hauser
Author
1895 26-Dec-1984 Look Younger, Live Longer
Susan Hayward
Actor
30-Jun-1918 14-Mar-1975 I Want to Live!
Van Heflin
Actor
13-Dec-1910 23-Jul-1971 Till the Clouds Roll By
Jean Hersholt
Actor
12-Jul-1886 2-Jun-1956 Founder, Motion Picture Relief Fund
John Hodiak
Actor
14-Apr-1914 19-Oct-1955 Lifeboat
Darla Hood
Actor
8-Nov-1931 13-Jun-1979 The Little Rascals
Hedda Hopper
Actor
2-May-1885 1-Feb-1966 Queen of the Quickies
Shemp Howard
Actor
4-Mar-1895 22-Nov-1955 Stooge
Walter Huston
Actor
6-Apr-1884 7-Apr-1950 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Frank Jenks
Actor
4-Nov-1902 13-May-1962 Vaudvillian, character actor
Nunnally Johnson
Screenwriter
5-Dec-1897 25-Mar-1977 The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
Janis Joplin
Singer
19-Jan-1943 4-Oct-1970 Ball and Chain (Piece of My Heart)
Alice Joyce
Actor
1-Oct-1890 9-Oct-1955 The Green Goddess
Cecil Kellaway
Actor
22-Aug-1893 28-Feb-1973 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Charles King
Actor
21-Feb-1895 7-May-1957 30s and 40s cinema henchman
Fuzzy Knight
Actor
9-May-1901 23-Feb-1976 American character actor
Fred Kohler
Actor
20-Apr-1888 28-Oct-1938 The Iron Horse
Zoltán Korda
Film Director
3-Jun-1895 13-Oct-1961 Sahara
Charles Laughton
Actor
1-Jul-1899 15-Dec-1962 Island of Lost Souls
D. Ross Lederman
Film Director
12-Dec-1894 24-Aug-1972 Tarzan's Revenge
Lucien Littlefield
Actor
16-Aug-1895 4-Jun-1960 American character actor
Robert Lowery
Actor
17-Oct-1913 26-Dec-1971 The Mummy's Ghost
Ernst Lubitsch
Film Director
28-Jan-1892 30-Nov-1947 To Be or Not To Be
Paul Lynde
Comic
13-Jun-1926 10-Jan-1982 Hollywood Square
Rudolph Maté
Cinematographer
21-Jan-1898 27-Oct-1964 When Worlds Collide
John Matuszak
Football
25-Oct-1950 17-Jun-1989 Oakland Raider turned actor
Joe May
Film Director
7-Nov-1880 29-Apr-1954 The Invisible Man Returns
Ruth McDevitt
Actor
13-Sep-1895 27-May-1976 Pistols 'n' Petticoats
Norman Z. McLeod
Film Director
20-Sep-1898 27-Jan-1964 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Matt Moore
Actor
8-Jan-1888 20-Jan-1960 Irish-American character actor
Mantan Moreland
Actor
3-Sep-1902 28-Sep-1973 Birmingham Brown
Howard Morris
Actor
4-Sep-1919 21-May-2005 Ernest T. Bass on The Andy Griffith Show
Alan Mowbray
Actor
18-Aug-1896 25-Mar-1969 Founding member, Screen Actors Guild
Ozzie Nelson
Actor
20-Mar-1906 3-Jun-1975 The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Barbara Nichols
Actor
30-Dec-1929 5-Oct-1976 Sweet Smell of Success
Henry O'Neill
Actor
10-Aug-1891 18-May-1961 Anchors Aweigh
Clifford Odets
Playwright
18-Jul-1906 14-Aug-1963 Sweet Smell of Success
Alice Pearce
Actor
16-Oct-1917 3-Mar-1966 Gladys Kravitz in Bewitched
Anthony Perkins
Actor
4-Apr-1932 12-Sep-1992 Psycho
Irving Pichel
Film Director
24-Jun-1891 13-Jul-1954 Destination Moon
Zazu Pitts
Actor
3-Jan-1894 7-Jun-1963 The Wedding March
Dick Purcell
Actor
6-Aug-1908 10-Apr-1944 The Bank Dick
Edna Purviance
Actor
21-Oct-1895 11-Jan-1958 Leading lady in Chaplin films
Dee Dee Ramone
Bassist
18-Sep-1952 5-Jun-2002 Former bassist, The Ramones
John Randolph
Actor
1-Jun-1915 24-Feb-2004 Prizzi's Honor
Dorothy Revier
Actor
18-Apr-1904 19-Nov-1993 The Dance of Life
Edward G. Robinson
Actor
12-Dec-1893 26-Jan-1973 Key Largo
Robert Rossen
Screenwriter
16-Mar-1908 18-Feb-1966 The Hustler
Charles Ruggles
Actor
8-Feb-1886 23-Dec-1970 Bringing Up Baby
Mark Sandrich
Film Director
26-Aug-1900 4-Mar-1945 Top Hat
Victor Schertzinger
Film Director
8-Apr-1890 26-Oct-1941 Road to Singapore
Lewis Seiler
Film Director
30-Sep-1890 8-Jan-1964 Guadalcanal Diary
David O. Selznick
Film/TV Producer
10-May-1902 22-Jun-1965 Producer of A Star Is Born
Elizabeth Short
Victim
29-Jul-1924 15-Jan-1947 The Black Dahlia
Josef von Sternberg
Film Director
29-May-1894 22-Dec-1969 The Last Command
Inger Stevens
Actor
18-Oct-1934 30-Apr-1970 The Farmer's Daughter
Henry Travers
Actor
5-Mar-1874 18-Oct-1965 It's a Wonderful Life
Frank Tuttle
Film Director
6-Aug-1892 6-Jan-1963 This Gun for Hire
Edgar Wallace
Novelist
1-Apr-1875 10-Feb-1932 Highly prolific English novelist
Orson Welles
Actor
6-May-1915 10-Oct-1985 Citizen Kane
Mae West
Actor
17-Aug-1893 22-Nov-1980 Go up and see her sometime
James Whale
Film Director
22-Jul-1889 29-May-1957 Frankenstein
Warren William
Actor
2-Dec-1894 24-Sep-1948 Imitation of Life
Marie Wilson
Actor
19-Aug-1916 23-Nov-1972 My Friend Irma
Ed Wood
Film Director
10-Oct-1924 10-Dec-1978 Plan 9 From Outer Space
Sam Wood
Film Director
10-Jul-1883 22-Sep-1949 Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Florenz Ziegfeld
Actor
21-Mar-1869 22-Jul-1932 The Ziegfeld Follies
George Zucco
Actor
11-Jan-1886 28-May-1960 Fog Island



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