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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 Message-ID: <CMv5Hw.MGp@midge.bath.ac.uk> Followup-To: rec.arts.movies,alt.cult-movies Summary: List of Actors and Actresses information Sender: ccsmh@midge.bath.ac.uk (Mark Harding) Reply-To: ccsmh@ss1.bath.ac.uk Organization: University of Bath, UK Date: Fri, 18 Mar 1994 13:58:43 GMT Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.edu Lines: 702 Xref: bloom-beacon.mit.edu rec.arts.movies:66892 alt.cult-movies:25037 rec.answers:4487 news.answers:16506 alt.answers:2126 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) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 =============== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NM: Barry, Jack DB: 20 March 1918 DD: May 1984 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NM: Bass, Ron AG: Jay Moloney, CAA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NM: Blackton, Jay RN: Schwartzdorf, Jacob DB: 1909 DD: 8 January 1994, Los Angeles CA, heart attack ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NM: Briggs, Joe Bob RN: Bloom, John ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NM: Buck, Frank DB: 17 March 1888 DD: 1950 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NM: Churchill, Winston DB: 1874 DD: 24 January 1965 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NM: Cravat, Nick DB: 1912 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NM: Curtin, Valerie DB: 31 March ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NM: Dandridge, Ruby DB: 3 March 1902 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NM: Daniels, William H. DB: 1895, Cleveland OH DD: 1970 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NM: Davidtz, Embeth PB: South Africa ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NM: Feiffer, Jules DB: 26 January 1929 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NM: Greer, Germaine DB: 29 January 1939 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NM: Henderson, Skitch DB: 27 January 1918 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NM: Horen, Bob DB: 1926, SD DD: 12 January 1994, New York NY, cancer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NM: Kennedy, Tom DB: 26 February 1927 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NM: Kennedy, William DB: 16 January 1928 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NM: Kruschen, Jack DB: 20 March 1922 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NM: Lane, Burton DB: 2 February 1912 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NM: Lester, Richard DB: 19 January 1932 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NM: Linklater, Richard AG: Beth Swofford, WMA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NM: Michener, James DB: 3 February 1907 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NM: Miller, Glenn DB: 1 March 1904 DD: 1944 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NM: Mitchlll, Scoey DB: 12 March 1930 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NM: Newman, Phyllis DB: 19 March 1935 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NM: Pardo, Don DB: 22 February ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NM: Plimpton, George DB: 18 March 1927 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NM: Poe, Edgar Allan DB: 19 January 1809, Boston MA DD: 1849 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NM: Price, Marc DB: 23 February 196? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NM: Prince, Harold DB: 30 January 1928 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NM: Raphael, Sally Jessy DB: 25 February 1943 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NM: Raynor, William DB: 1920 DD: 5 January 1994, Bellingham WA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NM: Rich, Matty AG: Beth Swofford, WMA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NM: Rooney, Andy DB: 14 January 1919 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NM: Ross, Joe E. DB: 15 March 1905 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NM: Rossen, Robert DB: 16 March 1908 DD: 1966 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NM: Rossovich, Tim DB: 14 March ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NM: Russell, Bill DB: 12 February 1934 TR: * Former pro basketball player ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NM: Ryan, Tim (I) DB: 1889 DD: 1956 SP: Irene Ryan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NM: Sand, Paul DB: 5 March 1944 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NM: Scott, Raymond RN: Warnow, Harry DB: 1908, Brooklyn NY DD: 8 February 1994, Van Nuys CA, pneumonia ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NM: Seven, Johnny DB: 23 February 1930 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NM: Sheldon, Sidney DB: 11 February 1917 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NM: Smith, Bubba DB: 28 February 1945 TR: *Formerly professional football player ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NM: Smith, Oliver (II) DB: 1918 DD: 23 January 1994, Brooklyn Heights NY, emphysema ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NM: Soderbergh, Steven AG: Pat Dollard, WMA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NM: Sontag, Susan DB: 28 January 1933 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NM: Soule, Olan DB: 1910 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NM: Sullivan, Jeremiah DB: 1935 DD: 12 December 1993, AIDS-related illness ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NM: Sutherland, Keifer AG: Jay Maloney, CAA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NM: Wade, Adam DB: 17 March ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NM: Wambaugh, Joseph DB: 22 January 1937 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NM: Warfield, Marsha DB: 5 March 1954 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NM: Williams, Van DB: 27 February 1934 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NM: Woolery, Chuck DB: 16 March