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Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies,alt.cult-movies,rec.answers,news.answers,alt.answers
Path: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!uknet!gdt!ccsmh
From: ccsmh@ss1.bath.ac.uk (Mark Harding)
Subject: LIST: Movie BIOGRAPHIES list
Message-ID: <CIDM8q.x5@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)
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Organization: University of Bath, UK
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1993 08:29:13 GMT
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Archive-name: movies/biographies
Last-modified: 1993/11/16
Version: 1.2
BIOGRAPHIES LIST ver. 1.2
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Document Revision 1.1 - 20/12/93
Release date: 20th December 1993
Contacts
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The BIOGRAPHY database is maintained by Mark Harding (ccsmh@ss1.bath.ac.uk)
All submissions must have "BIOGRAPHY" in the subject line.
League Table
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This section contains the top ten submitters to the BIOGRAPHY list.
Number | Name
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1 | Steinar Bang <steinarb@falch.no>
1 | Colin Needham <cn@hplb.hpl.hp.com>
New BIOs this month
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The following BIOS have been added to the BIOGRAPHY list this month :
None :-(
New Entries this month
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The following people are now included in the BIOGRAPHY list
Ardolino, Emile Chaffee, Suzy
Collins, Albert Cronkite, Walter
Dauphin, Claude Gibbins, Duncan
Hall, Adelaide Kanin, Garson
Lanteau, William Mangione, Chuck
McKeon, Phillip Myers, Stanley
Newman, Randy Nichols, Mike
Nigh, Jane O'Neill, Eugene
Perry, Luke Sherwood, Madeleine
Sten, Anna Stewart, Don
Thomas, Gerald
Updated Entries this month
--------------------------
The following people have updated entries in the BIOGRAPHY list
Aidman, Charles Barkin, Ellen
Berry, Halle Bixby, Bill
Byrne, Gabriel Cruise, Tom
De Niro, Robert DeVito, Danny
Douglas, Michael Duvall, Robert
Eastwood, Clint Feld, Fritz
Fellini, Federico Gere, Richard
Gibson, Mel Grant, Cary
Hershey, Barbara Kinmont, Kathleen
Lamas, Lorenzo Moore, Demi
Pfeiffer, Michelle Phoenix, Leaf
Phoenix, River Price, Vincent
Roberts, Julia Schwarzenegger, Arnold
Sinbad Spader, James
Stallone, Sylvester Stone, Sharon
Walters, Barbara Ann Willis, Bruce
Wood, Natalie
Facts & Figures
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* 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 7279 entries with 2 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
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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
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First an example:
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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 | Last Post | Maintained by | Next Post
----------------|-----------|--------------------------------------|----------
Composers | 08/03/93 | Michel Hafner <hafner@ifi.unizh.ch> | December
Plot Summaries | 09/03/93 | Colin Tinto <colint@spider.co.uk> | November
Cinematographers| 10/25/93 | Michel Hafner <hafner@ifi.unizh.ch> | December
Actors | 10/28/93 | Col Needham <cn@hplb.hpl.hp.com> | December
Writers | 11/02/93 | Jon Reeves <reeves@zk3.dec.com> | January
Trivia | 11/10/93 | Murray Chapman <muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au> | December
Editors | 11/15/93 | Col Needham <cn@hplb.hpl.hp.com> | FTP only
Prod. Designers | 11/15/93 | Michel Hafner <hafner@ifi.unizh.ch> | FTP only
Cost. Designers | 11/15/93 | Michel Hafner <hafner@ifi.unizh.ch> | FTP only
Directors | 11/16/93 | Col Needham <cn@hplb.hpl.hp.com> | January
Crazy Credits | 12/16/93 | Mark Harding <ccsmh@ss1.bath.ac.uk> | January
Biographies | 12/20/93 | Mark Harding <ccsmh@ss1.bath.ac.uk> | January
Character Names | 11/22/93 | Steve Hammond <shammond@indirect.com>| FTP only
Actresses | 11/23/93 | Col Needham <cn@hplb.hpl.hp.com> | January
Movies | 12/08/93 | Michel Hafner <hafner@ifi.unizh.ch> | FTP only
Alt. Titles | 12/08/93 | Michel Hafner <hafner@ifi.unizh.ch> | FTP only
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
BIOGRAPHY LIST
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NM: Ardolino, Emile
DB: 1943
DD: 20 November 1993, Bel Air CA, complications from AIDS
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NM: Chaffee, Suzy
DB: 29 November 1946
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NM: Collins, Albert
DB: 1 October 1932, Leona TX
DD: 24 November 1993, Las Vegas NV, lung cancer
SP: 'Gwendolin Collins' (qv) (1970-1993)
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NM: Cronkite, Walter
DB: 4 November 1916
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NM: Dauphin, Claude
DB: 19 August 1903
DD: 16 November 1978
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NM: Gibbins, Duncan
DB: 1952
DD: 3 November 1993, Malibu CA, burns
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NM: Hall, Adelaide
DB: 1901
DD: 7 November 1993, London, pneumonia
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NM: Kanin, Garson
DB: 24 November 1912
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NM: Lanteau, William
DB: 1923
DD: 3 November 1993, complications from heart surgery
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NM: Mangione, Chuck
DB: 29 November 1940
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NM: McKeon, Phillip
DB: 11 November 1964
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NM: Myers, Stanley
DB: 1930
DD: 9 November 1993, cancer
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NM: Newman, Randy
DB: 28 November 1943
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NM: Nichols, Mike
DB: 6 November 1931
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NM: Nigh, Jane
DB: 1925
DD: 5 October 1993, stroke
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NM: O'Neill, Eugene
DD: 27 November 1953, Boston MA
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NM: Perry, Luke
SP: 'Minnie Sharp' (1993-)
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NM: Sherwood, Madeleine
DB: 13 November 1922
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NM: Sten, Anna
DB: ca. 1905
DD: 12 November 1993, Manhattan NY, heart attack
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NM: Stewart, Don
DB: 14 November 1935
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NM: Thomas, Gerald
DB: 1921
DD: 9 November 1993, Beaconsfield England
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