All Entries Tagged With: "arrested"
Bettie Page
Date of Birth: 22 April 1923 Birth Name: Betty Mae Page Nickname: Girl with the Perfect Figure Height: 5′ 5½” (1.66 m) Mini Biography: Bettie Page’s life was filled with cult myth, mystery, and sadness. Her image captured the imagination of a generation with her free spirit and unabashed sensuality, during an era of 1950s [...]
Nancy Wake
Date of Birth: 1912 Birth Name: Nancy Grace Augusta Wake Nickname: The White Mouse Mini Biography: Nancy Wake was born in New Zealand but her family moved to Australia when she was 2. She spent her childhood in Sydney and after her studies she travelled to Europe where she worked as a journalist. In 1939 [...]
Lyubov Orlova
Date of Birth: 29 January 1902 Birth Name: Lyubov Petrovna Orlova Height: 5′ 2¼” (1.58 m) Mini Biography: Lyubov Orlova was a Russian film star who enjoyed the sympathy of Joseph Stalin.She was born Lyubov Petrovna Orlova on January 29, 1902 in Zvenigorod, a suburb of Moscow, Russia. Her father, Petr Orlov, was an officer [...]
Yuri Olesha
Date of Birth: 3 March 1899 Birth Name: Yuri Karlovich Olesha Mini Biography: Yuri Karlovich Olesha was born on March 3, 1899, in Elizavetgrad, Russian Empire (now Kirovograd, Ukraine). His father, named Karl Olesha, belonged to Polish Shlachta and was a government officer. His mother was a devoted Catholic. In 1902 the family moved to [...]
Bulat Okudzhava
Date of Birth: 9 May 1924 Birth Name: Bulat Shalvovich Okudzhava Mini Biography: Bulat Shalvovich Okudzhava (Okudjava) was born on May 9, 1924, in Moscow, Soviet Union. His father, named Shalva Okudjava, was a ranking member of the Communist Party in Tbilisi, Georgia; he came to Moscow for a career, but was arrested and executed [...]
Vladimir Nabokov
Date of Birth: 23 April 1899 Birth Name: Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov Height: 6′ 2″ (1.88 m) Mini Biography: Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov was born on April 22, 1899, the eldest of five children in a wealthy aristocratic family in St. Petersburg, Russia. His grandfather was a Justice Minister to the Czar Alexander II. His father, named [...]
Roberto Monticello
Mini Biography: Roberto Monticello was born in Cuba. He began his career writing and directing for the stage, receiving numerous awards and grants, before becoming a film director and settling in New York City. He is one of few Cuban-born directors living in the U.S. with permission to shoot in Cuba.In addition to writing and [...]
Artie Mitchell
Date of Birth: 17 December 1945 Mini Biography: Artie Mitchell and his brother Jim Mitchell were pioneers in the production of pornographic films and “adult entertainment” in the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. They also founded the O’Farrell Theater on San Francisco’s O’Farrell Street. Hunter S. Thompson, a regular customer [...]