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Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies,alt.cult-movies,rec.answers,news.answers,alt.answers
Path: bloom-beacon.mit.edu!hookup!swrinde!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!uknet!gdt!ccsmh
From: ccsmh@ss1.bath.ac.uk (Mark Harding)
Subject: LIST: Movie BIOGRAPHIES list
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Summary: List of Actors and Actresses information
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Archive-name: movies/biographies
Last-modified: 1994/03/17
Version: 1.5
BIOGRAPHIES LIST ver. 1.5
-------------------------
Document Revision 1.1 - 20/12/93
Release date: 17th March 1994
This post contains all those people with new entries this month. If you have
any details/corrections, please mail them to me at the address below.
Cheers,
Mark.
Contacts
--------
The BIOGRAPHY database is maintained by Mark Harding (ccsmh@ss1.bath.ac.uk)
All submissions must have "BIOGRAPHY" in the subject line.
League Table
------------
This section contains the top ten submitters to the BIOGRAPHY list.
Number | Name
-------|------------------------------------
12 | Ray Hamel <hamel@primate.wisc.edu>
1 | Steinar Bang <steinarb@falch.no>
1 | Colin Needham <cn@hplb.hpl.hp.com>
1 | Alex Fung <funga@ecf.toronto.edu>
New Entries this month
----------------------
The following people are now included in the BIOGRAPHY list
Barry, Jack Pardo, Don
Bass, Ron Plimpton, George
Blackton, Jay Poe, Edgar Allan
Briggs, Joe Bob Price, Marc
Buck, Frank Prince, Harold
Churchill, Winston Raphael, Sally Jessy
Cravat, Nick Raynor, William
Curtin, Valerie Rich, Matty
Dandridge, Ruby Rooney, Andy
Daniels, William H. Ross, Joe E.
Davidtz, Embeth Rossen, Robert
Dreifuss, Arthur Rossovich, Tim
Everson, Cory Russell, Bill
Farrell, Eileen Ryan, Tim (I)
Feiffer, Jules Sand, Paul
Greer, Germaine Scott, Raymond
Henderson, Skitch Seven, Johnny
Horen, Bob Sheldon, Sidney
Kennedy, Tom Smith, Bubba
Kennedy, William Smith, Oliver (II)
Kruschen, Jack Soderbergh, Steven
Lane, Burton Sontag, Susan
Lester, Richard Soule, Olan
Linklater, Richard Sullivan, Jeremiah
Macedo, Rita Sutherland, Keifer
Marshall, William (III) Wade, Adam
Michener, James Wambaugh, Joseph
Miller, Glenn Warfield, Marsha
Mitchlll, Scoey Williams, Van
Newman, Phyllis Woolery, Chuck
Updated Entries this month
--------------------------
The following people have updated entries in the BIOGRAPHY list
Akins, Claude Blandick, Clara
Aldridge, Michael Bonet, Lisa
Alley, Kirstie Brando, Marlon
Altman, Robert Brent, George
Assante, Armand Buttram, Pat
Autry, Gene Candy, John
Baio, Jimmy Charisse, Cyd
Baldwin, Alec Chen, Joan
Banderas, Antonio Chlumsky, Anna
Basinger, Kim Cotten, Joseph
Bennett, Enid Cravat, Nick
Davis, George Hague, Albert
Detmers, Maruschka Harrelson, Woody
Dewhurst, Colleen Hepburn, Katharine
Fabio Hogan, Hulk
Feldon, Barbara Howard, Susan
Fleming, Rhonda Ingram, Rex
Flynn, Errol Innocent, Harold
Gabor, Zsa Zsa Justice, James Robertson
Gidley, Pamela Kingsley, Ben
Gish, Annabeth Kosleck, Martin
Hackett, Joan Lockwood, Margaret
Lofting, Hugh Murray, Bill
Loring, Lisa Neill, Sam
Lyne, Adrian Newman, Paul
Mabley, Jackie 'Moms' Pelikan, Lisa
MacNee, Patrick Petersen, William L.
Markey, Enid Pitt, Ingrid
Marshall, Brenda Ralston, Esther
McKay, Gardner Reeves, George
McMahon, Ed Roberts, Julia
Mezzogiorno, Vittorio Salmi, Albert
Morris, Anita Schygulla, Hanna
Scott, Daniel Simon Trebek, Alex
Scott, Zachary Tripplehorn, Jeanne
Shapiro, Stanley Van Pallandt, Nina
Shore, Dinah Vereen, Ben
Silverstone, Alicia Walker Jr., Robert
Smith, Kent Wolfit, Donald
Smith, Mandy Woodward, Joanne
Soule, Olan Zeffirelli, Franco
Soutendijk, Renee
Sten, Anna
Thorburn, June
Facts & Figures
---------------
* A HUGE note of gratitude goes to Kevin Arvin who supplied over 7000 entries
and gave this list a kick start. THANKS.
* The BIOGRAPHY database is a new addition to the plethora of movie
related lists that already exist. It is meant to give the reader access
to information about individuals in the movies.
* Col Needham's Movie Database Scripts (from 2.7) support it fully.
* The list currently contains 7462 entries with 16 mini biographies.
* This is only a subset of the full list, which can be obtained by FTP, or
by using the scripts that come with the Movie Database. See later notes.
* A selection of biographies will be posted to rec.arts.movies, with a
request for people to fill in the blanks. The lists will then be
updated with the new information. However your are free to submit
biographies for anyone at anytime.
* This list was inspired by Rob Hartill.
Rules
-----
1. All copyrighted material is excluded from the BIOGRAPHY database.
This includes Movie Guides, Newspapers, Biographies etc.
2. You must stick to the pre-arranged format given below. The biographies
will be read in by a program, and will automatically be added to the
list. Any non-conformant entries will be discarded.
3. Try and keep biographies reasonably concise.
4. The list compiler has the right to choose which biography to use.
Information from a number of sources may be combined to provide a single
biography.
5. Any submissions must have "BIOGRAPHY" in the subject line of the mail.
Multiple entries may be sent in one mail message.
6. If possible, run your mini-bio through a spell checker.
7. Any libelious or slanderous entries will be discarded.
8. When submitting Trivia, if appropriate, try and include a date so that
some form of chronology can be formed.
Format
------
First an example:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NM: Hamilton, Linda
DB: 26th September 1956
BG: Born in Salisbury, Maryland, USA, following high school Linda
BG: studied for two years at Washington College in Chestertown,
BG: Maryland, before moving on to acting studies in New York.
BG: In New York she attended acting workshops given by Lee Strasberg.
BG: Her first parts where small parts in TV series, with her biggest
BG: break coming with her role in _The Terminator_ (qv).
BG: Most known to public at large from her part in the TV series
BG: _Beauty and the Beast_ (qv) (before _Terminator 2_ (qv), at
BG: least).
BY: Steinar Bang <steinarb@falch.no>
SP: 'Bruce Abbott' (qv), 19th December 1982 - 1989
TR: * Won the "Best Female Performance" and "Most Attractive Female"
TR: awards for her appearance in _Terminator 2_ (qv) at the 1992 MTV
TR: movie awards
TR:
TR: * Mother of Dalton Abbott, born 4th October 1989.
TR:
TR: * Recently, she's been living with director 'James Cameron' (qv), who is
TR: the father of her second child.
TR:
TR: * Linda is an LA Dodgers fan.
TR:
TR: * Has an identical twin sister Leslie.
AG: Linda Hamilton
AG: c/o ICM
AG: 8899 Beverly Blvd.
AG: Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
AG: (agent: Mr. R. Shapiro)
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The format is:
NM: <Person's Industry Name>
RN: <Person's Real Name>
DB: <Date of Birth> - <Place of Birth>
DD: <Date of Death> - <Cause of death>
BG: <Mini-Biography>
BY: <Real Name> followed by mail name, or enter anonymous if you wish
BO: <Available Biographies>
OW: <Other Works>
TR: <General Trivia>
QU: <Personal Quotes>
AG: <Agent's Address>
SP: <Spouse Entry>
where:
"NM:" This is the personalities industry name, i.e. the name we all know
for the person.
"RN:" This is the name given to the person at birth.
"DB:" Date of birth. Please use full date e.g. 10th September 1945. This can
be followed by the place of birth if known.
"DD:" Date of death, if known. Again, please state full date. The cause of
death, if known should follow the date.
"BG:" A mini biography. Each line may contain up to 76 characters. There
can be any number of BG: lines.
"BY:" author(s) of description. Enter your name (or pseudonym) here.
You may enter anonymous if you wish.
"BO:" Biographies of / books about this person. This line contains the book
title, author and possibly ISBN numbers.
"OW:" Other works. This section describes works, other than movies
attributed to the person, e.g. Books, plays, albums etc.
"TR:" Trivia. Each line should be bulleted (see example) and contain no
more than 76 chars per line. There may be more than one TR: line.
"QU:" Quotes made by that person. Each quote should be enclosed by quotation
marks and contain no more than 76 characters per line. There may be more
than one QU: line.
"AG:" Agent's address. A contact address for information on the person.
"SP:" Spouses name, followed by start and end of marriage.
*NB* The NM: field is required, all other fields are optional. The
*smallest* detail will get added to the database.
Also, these fields are extendible, so if you think of any new fields
you'd like to see, drop me a line.
Other Lists
-----------
The following table gives details of the lists available:
List | Maintained by | Last Update
---------------------|---------------------------------------|------------
Actors | Col Needham <cn@ibmpcug.co.uk> | 03/09/94
Actresses | Col Needham <cn@ibmpcug.co.uk> | 03/09/94
Alternative Titles | Michel Hafner <hafner@ifi.unizh.ch> | 03/09/94
Biographies | Mark Harding <ccsmh@ss1.bath.ac.uk> | 03/17/94
Character Names | Steve Hammond <shammond@indirect.com> | 01/24/94
Cinematographers | Michel Hafner <hafner@ifi.unizh.ch> | 03/09/94
Composers | Michel Hafner <hafner@ifi.unizh.ch> | 03/09/94
Costume Designers | Michel Hafner <hafner@ifi.unizh.ch> | 03/09/94
Crazy Credits | Mark Harding <ccsmh@ss1.bath.ac.uk> | 03/17/94
Directors | Col Needham <cn@ibmpcug.co.uk> | 03/09/94
Editors | Col Needham <cn@ibmpcug.co.uk> | 03/09/94
Movies | Michel Hafner <hafner@ifi.unizh.ch> | 03/09/94
Plot Summaries | Colin Tinto <colint@spider.co.uk> | 03/09/94
Production Designers | Michel Hafner <hafner@ifi.unizh.ch> | 03/09/94
Quotes | Lars J Aas <larsa@colargol.edb.tih.no>| 03/09/94
Ratings | Col Needham <cn@ibmpcug.co.uk> | 03/09/94
Trivia | Murray Chapman <muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au> | 02/01/94
Writers | Jon Reeves <reeves@zk3.dec.com> | 03/01/94
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
The lists are also available via anonymous ftp from cathouse.org
in the directory
pub/cathouse/movies/database
or from ftp.funet.fi in the directory:
pub/culture/tv+films/lists
Searching the lists
-------------------
The lists can now be searched via a mail-server interface. For details
send a message with a subject HELP to <movie@ibmpcug.co.uk>.
Alternatively, the movie database package uses the information contained on
the lists to create and search a massive movie database. The package is
available via anonymous FTP as follows:
cathouse.org in /pub/cathouse/movies/database/tools/moviedb-2.8.tar.Z
ftp.funet.fi in /pub/culture/tv+film/lists/tools/moviedb-2.8.tar.gz
see the README file in the same directories for information on how to
get started.
Finally, the database is available via the World Wide Web. To access it,
you'll need a browser. A browser is a 'client' program which connects to
'servers' such as www.cm.cf.ac.uk where the movie database can be found.
WWW browsers exist for most machines. Here's a list of some browsers;
Name System/requirements Available from (among others)
==== =================== ==============
Mosaic X windows, MS-Windows, Mac ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu /Web
lynx vt100 ftp.wustl.edu /packages/www/lynx
From your browser, OPEN or GO to the following document;
http://www.cm.cf.ac.uk/Movies/moviequery.html
TELNET access (not half as good as running your own browser)
====== ======
There a several telnet'able WWW servers. Here's some examples;
telnet info.cern.ch
then type go http://www.cm.cf.ac.uk/Movies/moviequery.html
telnet www.njit.edu (login: www)
then type g http://www.cm.cf.ac.uk/Movies/moviequery.html
telnet ukanaix.cc.ukans.edu (login: www) needs vt100
then look under "by Subject" then "Movies"
Help on the WWW can be found in comp.infosystems.www
BIOGRAPIES LIST
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NM: Barry, Jack
DB: 20 March 1918
DD: May 1984
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NM: Bass, Ron
AG: Jay Moloney, CAA
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NM: Blackton, Jay
RN: Schwartzdorf, Jacob
DB: 1909
DD: 8 January 1994, Los Angeles CA, heart attack
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NM: Briggs, Joe Bob
RN: Bloom, John
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NM: Buck, Frank
DB: 17 March 1888
DD: 1950
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NM: Churchill, Winston
DB: 1874
DD: 24 January 1965
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NM: Cravat, Nick
DB: 1912
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NM: Curtin, Valerie
DB: 31 March
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NM: Dandridge, Ruby
DB: 3 March 1902
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NM: Daniels, William H.
DB: 1895, Cleveland OH
DD: 1970
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NM: Davidtz, Embeth
PB: South Africa
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NM: Dreifuss, Arthur
DB: 1905
DD: 31 December 1993, Studio City CA, influenza
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NM: Everson, Cory
TR: * She won four Big Ten pentathlon titles at the University of
TR: Wisconsin.
TR: * She won the Ms. Olympia title in 1984 on her first try.
TR: She racked up a total of six Ms. Olympia titles between 1984-89.
SP: 'Jeff Everson' (qv) (1982-?)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NM: Farrell, Eileen
DB: 13 February 1920
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NM: Feiffer, Jules
DB: 26 January 1929
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NM: Greer, Germaine
DB: 29 January 1939
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NM: Henderson, Skitch
DB: 27 January 1918
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NM: Horen, Bob
DB: 1926, SD
DD: 12 January 1994, New York NY, cancer
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NM: Kennedy, Tom
DB: 26 February 1927
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NM: Kennedy, William
DB: 16 January 1928
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NM: Kruschen, Jack
DB: 20 March 1922
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NM: Lane, Burton
DB: 2 February 1912
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NM: Lester, Richard
DB: 19 January 1932
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NM: Linklater, Richard
AG: Beth Swofford, WMA
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NM: Macedo, Rita
RN: Guzman, Maria Concepcion Macedo
DB: 1928, Mexico City Mexico
DD: 6 December 1993, Mexico City Mexico, heart attack
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NM: Marshall, William (III)
DB: 2 October 1917, Chicago IL
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NM: Michener, James
DB: 3 February 1907
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NM: Miller, Glenn
DB: 1 March 1904
DD: 1944
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NM: Mitchlll, Scoey
DB: 12 March 1930
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NM: Newman, Phyllis
DB: 19 March 1935
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NM: Pardo, Don
DB: 22 February
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NM: Plimpton, George
DB: 18 March 1927
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NM: Poe, Edgar Allan
DB: 19 January 1809, Boston MA
DD: 1849
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NM: Price, Marc
DB: 23 February 196?
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NM: Prince, Harold
DB: 30 January 1928
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NM: Raphael, Sally Jessy
DB: 25 February 1943
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NM: Raynor, William
DB: 1920
DD: 5 January 1994, Bellingham WA
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NM: Rich, Matty
AG: Beth Swofford, WMA
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NM: Rooney, Andy
DB: 14 January 1919
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NM: Ross, Joe E.
DB: 15 March 1905
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NM: Rossen, Robert
DB: 16 March 1908
DD: 1966
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NM: Rossovich, Tim
DB: 14 March
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NM: Russell, Bill
DB: 12 February 1934
TR: * Former pro basketball player
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NM: Ryan, Tim (I)
DB: 1889
DD: 1956
SP: Irene Ryan
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NM: Sand, Paul
DB: 5 March 1944
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NM: Scott, Raymond
RN: Warnow, Harry
DB: 1908, Brooklyn NY
DD: 8 February 1994, Van Nuys CA, pneumonia
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NM: Seven, Johnny
DB: 23 February 1930
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NM: Sheldon, Sidney
DB: 11 February 1917
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NM: Smith, Bubba
DB: 28 February 1945
TR: *Formerly professional football player
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NM: Smith, Oliver (II)
DB: 1918
DD: 23 January 1994, Brooklyn Heights NY, emphysema
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NM: Soderbergh, Steven
AG: Pat Dollard, WMA
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NM: Sontag, Susan
DB: 28 January 1933
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NM: Soule, Olan
DB: 1910
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NM: Sullivan, Jeremiah
DB: 1935
DD: 12 December 1993, AIDS-related illness
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NM: Sutherland, Keifer
AG: Jay Maloney, CAA
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NM: Wade, Adam
DB: 17 March
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NM: Wambaugh, Joseph
DB: 22 January 1937
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NM: Warfield, Marsha
DB: 5 March 1954
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NM: Williams, Van
DB: 27 February 1934
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NM: Woolery, Chuck
DB: 16 March