All Entries in the "J" Category
Juvenal
Birth Name: Decimus Junius Juvenalis Mini Biography: Latin satirical poet, was born some time between A.D. 50 and 70 and died after 127. He may have come from Aquinum (Aquino) in central Italy. He was the son or ward of a rich freedman (a class he attacks in his writings) and practiced declamation until middle [...]
Jeremy Juuso
Mini Biography: Born in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, Jeremy Juuso grew up in Maryland as the eldest son of Finnish immigrants. His father was a star on Finnish television from the age of eleven to nineteen on “Me Tammelat” and went on to a world-renown career in psychopharmacology. His mother is also a scientist; she works [...]
Claude Jutra
Date of Birth: 11 March 1930 Birth Name: Claude Jutras Mini Biography: He finished his medical studies at the age of 22 to please his parents, but he was already developing an attraction to the visual arts and to cinema. As a teenager, he had made two shorts with Michel Brault. In 1953, he wrote [...]
Kahlil Joseph
Date of Birth: 27 March 1978 Birth Name: Kahlil Iohann Joseph Height: 5′ 10″ (1.78 m) Mini Biography: Kahlil Joseph is originally from New Delhi, India, though he has traveled and lived in many countries from an early age – Australia, England, the United States, Canada, and more. He was introduced to the stage at [...]
Jack Justis
Date of Birth: 1943 Birth Name: Jack Crupi Mini Biography: Composer, guitarist and songwriter Jack Justis was born as Jack Cupri in 1943 in Rochester, New York. A 60′s generation rock’n’roll musician, Justis was perhaps best known for his work as a guitarist on the Broadway cast album of the hit musical “Jesus Christ, Superstar.” [...]
John Justin
Date of Birth: 24 November 1917 Birth Name: John Justinian de Ledesma Mini Biography: British stage actor who has occasionally appeared in UK and US films since 1940. Spouse: Alison McMurdo (1970 – 29 November 2002) (his death) Barbara Murray (1952 – 1964) (divorced) 3 children Pola Nirenska (1935 – 1949) (divorced) Trivia: His Argentinian [...]
Amin Joseph
Birth Name: Amin Joseph Nickname: Act Height: 6′ 0½” (1.84 m) Mini Biography: The American stage, television, and film actor Amin Joseph was born in Far Rockaway, Queens and raised in Harlem, New York City. Amin’s father is from Antigua, West Indies and his mother is from York, South Carolina. Amin (pronounced A-MEN’) is actually [...]
James Robertson Justice
Date of Birth: 15 June 1907 Birth Name: James Norval Harald Justice Nickname: Jimmy Height: 6′ 2″ (1.88 m) Mini Biography: James Robertson Justice was always a noticeable presence in a film with his large stature, bushy beard and booming voice. A Ph.D., a journalist, a naturalist, an expert falconer, a racing car driver, JRJ [...]