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- Tiradentes was born on 12 November 1746 in Minas Gerais, Brazil. He died on 21 April 1792 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Marie Bashkirtseff was born on 12 November 1858 in Poltava, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. She was a writer, known for Affairs of Maupassant (1935) and Affairs of Maupassant (1935). She died on 31 October 1884 in Paris, France.
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Aleksandr Borodin was born on November 12, 1833 in St. Petersburg, Russia. He was in fact the illegitimate son of the Georgian Prince, Lukas Gedevanishvili, who registered his son under the name of his serf and payed for Borodin's private education in music, languages and sciences.
Young Borodin grew up becoming fluent in German, French and English, besides his native Russian. He later learned Italian and was able to write a technical essay in that language. Borodin studied at the St. Petersburg Medical-Surgical Academy from 1850-1856 and graduated with honours as a Medical Doctor. He also earned a doctorate in organic chemistry with his dissertation "On the analogy of arsenic acid with phosphoric acid in chemical and toxicological behaviour." Borodin carried advanced research on aldehydes. In 1872, Borodin discovered the "Aldol-reaction/condensation". He also worked on the chemistry of mineral waters and researched their medicinal properties.
In 1859-63 Borodin lived in Western Europe, where he studied medicine and chemistry and also attended the concerts of Franz Liszt, who became Borodin's friend and admirer of his music. Back in Russia, Borodin continued his music studies as a weekend hobby. He often played piano and flute with his friends, the composers of "The Mighty Handful", which included Mily Balakirev, Cesar Cui, Modest Mussorgsky and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Borodin was a frequent traveller because of his scientific research and invitations from various research centres and Universities. His tone poem for symphony orchestra "In the Steppes of Central Asia" was composed on his impressions from travels.
Borodin started the work on his first symphony in 1862, under the tutelage of Mily Balakirev and completed the work by 1869, when it was premiered under the baton of Mily Balakirev. In 1869, Borodin started on his Symphony No.2 which was premiered in 1877, but Borodin made upgrades to its orchestration for the triumphal performance in 1879 under the direction of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. His lengthy work on each one of his symphonies was caused by Borodin's preoccupation with his second opera "Prince Igor", which became his most important work. Borodin was working on this masterpiece from 1869 to his death in 1877. It contains the famous choral "Polovetsian Dances" which was borrowed for the popular song "Stranger in Paradise" and was also used in many films.
In 1877, Borodin went to Weimar where Franz Liszt worked as a Muskmaster. Though Borodin's European trips were made for the business of his scientific research, Franz Liszt, being a personal friend of Borodin, made arrangements for his Symphony No. 1 to be performed for the first time outside Russia. In Italy, Borodin became engaged and lived with Ekaterina Protopopova, whom he married upon their return to St. Petersburg, Russia. Borodin composed many romantic songs for voice and piano accompaniment, dedicated to his beloved wife, Ekaterina. Some of those romances were composed to the poems by Nikolai A. Nekrasov. Borodin's romances became a staple in the repertoire of many classical vocalists.
Borodin's strong and lyrical String Quartet No.2 in D Major stands out in that genre. It is an intellectual conversation between the four musical instruments, each having a special character, and each shows its development through their delicious harmonic interplay. The popular "Nocturne" movement from this quartet is arguably one of the most lyrical melodies in all music.
Borodin's contribution to science and culture could be even more significant. He left a number of unfinished works, the Symphony No. 3 and a five-part opera on stories from Russian fairy tales. He died on February 27, 1887 during a party in St. Petersburg and was laid to rest at the St. Alexander Nevsky Monastery in St. Petersburg, Russia.- Music Department
Carlo Pedrotti was born on 12 November 1817 in Verona, Italy. Carlo is known for Pedrotti: Tutti in maschera (2009). Carlo died on 16 October 1893 in Verona, Italy.- Elizabeth Cady Stanton was born on 12 November 1815 in Johnstown, New York. She died on 26 October 1902 in New York City, New York, USA.
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Auguste Rodin was a prominent French sculptor best known for "The Thinker."
He was born Francois-Auguste-Rene Rodin, on November 12, 1840, in Paris, France. His father, Jean-Baptiste Rodin, was a detective in the Paris police department. His mother, Marie Cheffer, was a former seamstress. Rodin was somewhat shy and nearsighted from an early age.
Young Rodin started serious drawing lessons at the age of 10. From the age of 14 he studied art at the École Impériale de Dessin, a government school for craft and design (also called "la Petite École", or "Small School") in Paris. There he discovered sculpture and acquired a thorough grounding in the tradition of French 18th-century art. Rodin also studied anatomy under the tutelage of sculptor Antoine-Louis Barye. In 1858 he left "la Petite Ecole" and sought admission to study at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts; he applied three times but was rejected each time. So, instead of a formal education, Rodin served a long and difficult apprenticeship under Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse, a highly successful sculptor, for whom Rodin started as a modeler, then became an assistant. During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871 he followed his teacher to Belgium. There he became a partner of Antoine Van Raspbourgh and worked on monumental allegorical sculptures for the Brussels Bourse.
Rodin considered "Man with the Broken Nose" to be his earliest major work. Much to his disappointment, the Salon rejected the work twice, in 1864 and 1865. While in Brussels Rodin made a number of decorative female figures in terra cotta, to which he began to sign his name. In 1875 he made a trip to Italy. where he studied the works of Michelangelo. In 1876 Rodin created "The Bronze Age" and exhibited it in Brussels and at the Salon des artistes Francais in Paris. He was falsely accused by critics of having cast the entire statue from a live model. The French government bought "The Bronze Age" and a bronze model of St. John the Baptist. From 1879-1882 Rodin worked at the Manufacture de Sevres. In 1884 the city council of Calais commissioned a monument that became "The Burghers of Calais". In 1888 the French government commissioned "The Kiss" in marble for the Universal exhibition of 1889. Rodin became the founding member of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. At that time he exhibited with Claude Monet. In the 1890s he created monuments to Claude Le Lorrain, Victor Hugo and Honoré de Balzac, and also worked on other commissions. In 1892 Rodin was promoted to Officer of the Légion d'Honneur. In 1899 the large-scale "Eve" was shown at the Salon. In 1903 Rodin was appointed Commander of the Légion d'Honnoeur.
In 1864 Rodin met a seamstress, Rose Beuret. They had a son, named Auguste-Eugene Beret, who was born in 1866. Rose became the model for many of his works. She and Rodin remained lifetime companions and formally married in 1917, the year they both died. Rodin had another relationship with a student named Camille Claudel, who was 25 years younger than him. She became his mistress at the age of 18, and inspired Rodin as a model for his several sculptures of passionate love couples. Camille was also a talented pupil; she worked for Rodin and assisted him during his four-year work on the bronze group "Les Bourgeois de Calais" ("The Burghers of Calais", 1884-1888). Unfortunately, her mental problems brought tragic complexity in Rodin's life (she was eventually committed to a mental asylum). He remained attached to Rose, who patiently endured his other affairs. In 1903 he met an English painter, Gwendolen Mary John, and she became his mistress and was his model for "The Whistler Muse". In 1904 Rodin met the American-born Duchess Claire de Choiseul, who dominated his life until 1912. His complex relationships found reflection in his works: "Eternal Spring", "The Poet and Love", "The Genius and Pity", "The Sculptor and his Muse".
Rodin preferred to sketch the natural spontaneity of amateur models, street acrobats, athletes and dancers. He worked with the freely moving models instead of copying traditional academic postures. From freely walking models Rodin would make quick sketches in clay, which he later reworked and fine-tuned, then cast in plaster and forged into bronze. A large staff of pupils, craftsmen and stonecutters were working for him, including Bourdelle. Rodin's method of evolutionary development of his initial idea into a masterpiece was demonstrated by creation of "The Kiss" and "The Thinker", which were derived from smaller reliefs within "The Gates of Hell", a work he was commissioned to create in 1880 for a museum in Paris. For that project he made a palm-size sketch of "The Kiss" and a first small plaster version of "The Thinker" as a figure of the poet Dante Alighieri. "The Kiss" was completed in marble in 1889. By that time he had exhibited a mid-size version of "The Thinker", which was cast in bronze in the 1890s. Meanwhile, Rodin made countless variations of "The Thinker" by subtle alterations to its pose and expression until he achieved the desired result with one of the bigger versions.
In the course of 20 years Rodin was taking lengthy breaks in order to refresh his view of the work. At the same time he also became more experienced as an artist and a man. He gradually developed the initial palm-size sketch into the final life-size sculpture by 1901. The first large-scale bronze cast was completed in 1902, by A. A. Hebrard, but was rejected by Rodin. Rodin also made another enlarged version of "The Thinker" in 1904. Bronze casts were not made by Rodin himself but by a professional reducteur, Henri Lebosse, under Rodin's supervision. Finally Rodin turned to foundry owner Alexis Rudier, who made the 1904 bronze cast; it was unveiled to the public at the Paris Salon in 1904. Rodin was somewhat satisfied with Rudier's foundry and approved several subsequent casts.
Rodin's works are distinguished by their lifelike energy and realism. His art embraced all aspects of humanity, ranging from distress and moral weakness to the heights of passion and beauty. Rodin's most famous bronze sculpture, "The Thinker", was originally named "The Poet" as a depiction of Dante Alighieri in front of the Gates of Hell. "The Thinker" was an achievement of a special harmony in showing premiere human qualities: heroic, poetic and intellectual. It was recast in over 20 copies for major museums, and was also reproduced in millions of smaller versions and became one of the most recognizable icons of art. Rodin's masterpieces--"The Age of Bronze", "The Burghers of Calais", "Eve", "The Kiss" and "The Thinker"--are among the most celebrated works of art in the world.
From 1908-1917 Rodin lived at the Hotel Biron in Paris. There his neighbors included artist Henri Matisse, writer Jean Cocteau and dancer Isadora Duncan. In 1912 the French government scheduled the Hotel Breton for demolition and ordered the tenants to vacate. Rodin persuaded the government to allow him to stay. As an exchange, in 1916 Rodin gave his entire collection of art to France on the condition that the state maintain the Musée Rodin. The collection contains Rodin's most significant works, including "The Thinker", "The Kiss", "The Gates of Hell" and "The Burghers of Calais" in the front garden. Rodin's living rooms are decorated with paintings by Vincent van Gogh, Claude Monet, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir that he had acquired. Rodin's own works and other art objects are still placed as Rodin set them.
Auguste Rodin enjoyed friendships with some of the most important writers and artists of the day, such as Claude Monet, Paul Cezanne, Émile Zola, Robert Louis Stevenson and George Bernard Shaw. Rodin died on November 17, 1917, in Mendon, France, and was laid to rest beside Rose Beuret in the Cemetery of Mendon, Ile-de-France. A bronze cast of "The Thinker" was placed at the base of his tomb.- Cinematographer
Harry Wilson Lyon was born on 12 November 1879 in Illinois, USA. He was a cinematographer, known for The Weavers of Life (1917), Loaded Dice (1918) and The Land of the Rising Sun (1917). He died on 13 March 1919 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
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Harry Lyons was born on 12 November 1879 in Illinois, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Broke But Ambitious (1916), Nobody Guilty (1916) and With Father's Help (1915). He died on 13 March 1919 in Hollywood, California, USA.- Oskar Panizza was born on 12 November 1853 in Kissingen, Germany. Oskar was a writer, known for Liebeskonzil (1982) and Cineficción Radio (2019). Oskar died on 28 September 1921 in Bayreuth, Germany.
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One of the first black superstars of popular entertainment, Egbert Austin Williams, although born in the Bahamas, was raised largely in California. Nursing show business aspirations early on, he teamed with boyhood friend George Walker to form a highly successful vaudeville act, which continued until the ravages of syphilis brought about Walker's retirement and premature death in 1909. Two years later, Williams joined the Ziegfeld Follies and experienced perhaps his greatest fame as one of its' star comedians until his death. Although he played the (then) typical stereotype of the slow-witted, dialect-spouting black, and had to wear burnt cork to disguise his true ethnicity, he still managed to project an elan and style that was all his own, gently mocking the various stereotypes even as he was playing them. His recordings on American Columbia records were best-sellers in their time. An intelligent, articulate man privately, he was bitterly disappointed in a society that could applaud him onstage, yet still treat him like a second-class citizen off stage. Although he lived at one of the city's top hotels during his years in New York, he always had to ride the service elevator to his suite rather than come in by the main entrance. Ill health in his last years, primarily hypertension and lung trouble, brought about his early death at the age of only 47, while he was still a headliner. Long and happily married, he and his wife had no children but raised a niece and nephew.- Herbert Trench was born on 12 November 1865 in Avoncore, Cork, Ireland, UK. Herbert was a writer, known for The Poet and the Soldier (1913). Herbert was married to Lillian Isabel Fox. Herbert died on 11 June 1923 in Boulogne, France.
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Glen MacDonough (1870 - 1924) was an American author and composer, best known as the librettist of Victor Herbert's operetta, Babes in Toyland, and a lyricist for L. Frank Baum's The Wizard of Oz . He was also one of the nine founders of ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers). MacDonough was born into show business, he was the son of theater manager Thomas B. MacDonough and actress/author Laura Don. Glen MacDonough wrote continuously until the year before his death in Stamford, Connecticut, in 1924. His last work was in 1923, Within Four Walls, a play.- Yat-sen Sun was born on November 12, 1866 in Hsiang-shan, Kwangtung Province, China. He was married to Ching-Ling Soong and Lu Mu-chen. He died on March 12, 1925 in Peking, China.
Sun was survived by his first and second wives, a daughter, and a son, Sun Fo. His first marriage, at the age of 18, to Lu Mu-chen (1867-1952) had been traditionally arranged. She was the mother of his three children. The elder of their two daughters, Chin-yen, died in 1913. Sun's second marriage, to Soong Ch'ing-ling, in Tokyo on 25 October 1914 was controversial because he and his first wife had not been divorced. Sun never divorced his first wife, nonetheless, Soong Ch'ing-ling remained Sun's constant companion until the end of his life. - Ola Hansson was born on 12 November 1860 in Hönsinge, Malmöhus län, Sweden. He was a writer, known for Från de döda (1990). He died on 26 September 1925 in Büyükdere, Turkey.
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Konrad Tallroth was born on 12 November 1872 in Nurmo, Finland. He was an actor and director, known for Nuori luotsi (1913), Kun onni pettää (1913) and Eräs elämän murhenäytelmä (1916). He died on 27 January 1926 in Helsinki, Finland.- Director
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Francisco Gomez Rul was born on 12 November 1869 in Malaga, Spain. He was a director and cinematographer, known for El tabaco (1906). He died on 16 April 1926 in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico.- Earl Mohan was born on 12 November 1889 in Pueblo, Colorado, USA. He was an actor, known for Two Wagons: Both Covered (1924), The Buccaneers (1924) and Sittin' Pretty (1924). He died on 15 October 1928 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Jenõ Rákosi was born on 12 November 1842 in Acsád, Hungary. Jenõ is known for Tévedések vígjátéka, avagy Tévedések víg játéka (1988). Jenõ died on 8 February 1929 in Budapest, Hungary.
- Stanislaw Jasienski was born on 12 November 1850 in Sokolów, Poland, Russian Empire [now Sokolów, Lódzkie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Dla ciebie, Polsko (1920). He died on 26 November 1929 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
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I.K. Inha was born on 12 November 1865 in Jäähdyspohja, Virrat, Finland. He was a writer, known for Järviemme helmet (2012) and Frost (1977). He died on 3 April 1930 in Helsinki, Finland.- Director
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Henri Desfontaines was born on 12 November 1876 in Paris, France. He was a director and actor, known for The Blues (1918), Son altesse (1922) and L'espionne (1923). He died on 7 January 1931 in Paris, France.- Actor
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Harry F. Millarde was born on 12 November 1885 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. He was an actor and director, known for The Town That Forgot God (1922), My Friend the Devil (1922) and The Money Gulf (1915). He was married to June Caprice. He died on 2 November 1931 in New York City, New York, USA.- Akerman May was born on 12 November 1869 in Pancras, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Called Back (1914). He was married to Ella Bertha Saunders and Elizabeth Alice Groves (aka Elsie Egerton, actress). He died on 21 March 1933 in Hove, East Sussex, England, UK.
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Béla Bátori was born on 12 November 1876 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]. He was an actor and assistant director, known for A 111-es (1920), Mária növér (1929) and Se ki, se be (1919). He died on 1 August 1934 in Budapest, Hungary.- Frederick Roland was born on 12 November 1885 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor, known for Hearts of Oak (1914), The Rainmakers (1935) and The Price of Ambition (1915). He died on 2 June 1936 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Richard A. Whiting was born in Peoria Illinois to a very musical family. After attending Harvard Military Academy Whiting went on to have a long song writing career. In the teens and early 20's Whiting wrote such hits as "Ain't We Got Fun?," "Till We Meet Again," "The Japanese Sandman," "Sleepy Time Gal," and "She's Funny That Way." Whiting's daughter Margaret Whiting the singer was born in 1924 and was the inspiration for his classic song "On the Good Ship Lollipop." Starting in 1929 Whiting went to Hollywood to write songs and scores for films he and his then songwriting partner Leo Robin began with such films as "The Dance of Life" and "Innocence of Paris" from these there were two hits the first being "True Blue Lou" the second being the long time standard and classic "Louise." Throughout the early 1930's Whiting wrote for films and made numerous hits such as "Guilty," "On the Good Ship Lollipop," "My Ideal," "My Future Just Passed," "Eadie Was A Lady," and "You're An Old Smoothie." In 1931 Whiting's second daughter Barbara Whiting the actress was born she was not able to really know her father all that well due to the fact that he died when she only 6. In the late 1930's beginning in 1936 Whiting and Johnny Mercer began a song writing partnership and friendship. They wrote for the films "Ready, Willing, and Able" from which the hit "Too Marvelous for Words" was written, "Varsity Show" from which the classics "Have You Got Any Castles, Baby?" and "You've Got Something There" originated. Whiting and Mercer's most successful film was "Hollywood Hotel" which brought us the uncredited theme song of Hollywood, "Hooray for Hollywood." Other hit songs from that film include: "I'm Like A Fish Out of Water," "I've Hitched My Wagon To a Star," and "Silhouetted in the Moonlight" The songwriters last film together was "The Cowboy From Brooklyn" which brought us only one his song, "Ride, Tenderfoot Ride." Whiting died on February 10th 1938 due to heart disease.- Director
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Murray Roth was born on 12 November 1893 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and writer, known for Flying Hostess (1936), Don't Bet on Love (1933) and Million Dollar Ransom (1934). He died on 17 February 1938 in Hollywood, California, USA.- Sus Van Aerschot was born on 12 November 1865 in Herentals, Flanders, Belgium. He was an actor, known for La gloire du régiment (1937). He died on 18 June 1939 in Antwerpen, Belgium.
- English novelist and poet John Oxenham was born William Arthur Dunkerley in Manchester, England, in 1852. His entry into the literary world was not as a writer but as a publisher; with several partners he started the publication "The Idler", and later on the weekly "To-Day". He traveled extensively in Europe, Canada and the US as part of his publishing duties, but eventually decided he wanted to be a writer more than he did a publisher, and in 1913 he finished "Bees in Amber". However, his publisher would not spend a penny promoting it, and even asked that he limit the book to no more than 200 copies, as they knew they could not sell that many. He eventually printed the book at his own expense; it wound up selling almost 300,000 copies. During World War I he self-published several volumes of poetry, and together they sold over a million copies. He also wrote a song called "Hymn for the Men at the Front" that eventually sold more than 8,000,000 copies. Altogether he has published more than 40 novels, poetry books and essays.
He died on January 23, 1941, in Worthing, England. - Born as Frederick William Patey at Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on 12 November 1870, Fred was the son of Boyle Robertson and Emma Elizabeth (nee Weippert) Patey. He attended renowned Melbourne private school Scotch College from 27 March 1883 until 1884. By 1892 he was being reported as an actor in stage productions, and from 1898 Fred regularly acted on stage in a wide variety of productions including Richard III (1917). He toured Australia with J.C. Williamson Ltd, the Lilliputian Players and Allan Wilkie's Shakespearian Company, eventually forming his own company which toured Victoria and South Australia until the 1930s. He then turned to radio broadcasting. By 1914 Fred was known as Frederick Ernest Patey. He died at Melbourne on 21 September 1942.
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William Collier Sr. was born on 12 November 1864 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Cain and Mabel (1936), A Successful Failure (1934) and Nothing But the Truth (1929). He was married to Paula Marr (actress) and Louise Allen. He died on 13 January 1944 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
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Joffre was born on 12 November 1872 in Rivesaltes, Pyrénées-Orientales, France. He was an actor and production manager, known for The Count of Monte Cristo (1943), Le petit Jacques (1934) and Amants et voleurs (1935). He died on 21 February 1944 in Paris, France.- Actor
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Karl Forest was born on 12 November 1874 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was an actor and director, known for Vater Radetzky (1929), The Ringer (1932) and Hoffmanns Erzählungen (1923). He was married to Traute Carlsen. He died on 3 June 1944 in Vienna, Austria.- Ulrich von Hassell was born on 12 November 1881 in Anklam, Pomerania, Germany. He died on 8 September 1944 in Berlin-Plötzensee, Germany.
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Juliusz Gardan was born on 12 November 1901 in Czestochowa, Poland, Russian Empire [now Czestochowa, Slaskie, Poland]. He was a director and writer, known for Halka (1937), Serce na ulicy (1931) and Tredowata (1936). He died on 29 December 1944 in Ashkhabad, Turkmen SSR, USSR [now Ashgabat, Turkmenistan].- Edward L. Durst was born on 12 November 1916 in Leona, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Days of Glory (1944). He died on 10 March 1945 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- Abe Mundon was born on 12 November 1887 in New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Purple Mask (1916), Jewel (1915) and Scandal (1915). He died on 13 November 1946 in Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
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W.G. Fay was born on 12 November 1872 in Dublin, Ireland, UK [now Republic of Ireland]. He was an actor and writer, known for Odd Man Out (1947), Oliver Twist (1948) and Champ for a Day (1953). He died on 27 October 1947 in London, England, UK.- Actress
Alice Lyndon was born on 12 November 1873 in Kansas, USA. She was an actress. She died on 9 July 1949 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Toso Lesic was born on 12 November 1866 in Zagreb, Croatia, Austrian Empire [now Croatia]. He was an actor, known for Brisem i sudim (1919), Dama sa crnom krinkom (1919) and Lisinski (1944). He died on 28 July 1949 in Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia [now Croatia].
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Lee S. Roberts was born on 12 November 1884 in Oakland, California, USA. Lee S. died on 10 September 1949 in San Francisco, California, USA.- Naunton Davies was born on 12 November 1885 in Pontypridd, Wales, UK. He was a writer, known for The Cobweb (1917) and Strangling Threads (1923). He died on 25 May 1950 in Cardiff, Wales, UK.
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René Le Somptier was born on 12 November 1884 in Caen, Calvados, France. He was a director and actor, known for Les fils du soleil (1924), La croisade (1920) and La sultane de l'amour (1919). He died on 23 September 1950 in Paris, France.- Josephine Norman was born on 12 November 1904 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. She was an actress, known for The King of Kings (1927), Ramshackle House (1924) and The Forbidden Woman (1927). She was married to Herbert Rawlinson. She died on 24 January 1951 in Roslyn, Long Island, New York, USA.
- Tadeusz Borowski was born on 12 November 1922 in Zhitomir, Ukrainian SSR [now Zhytomyr, Ukraine]. He was a writer, known for Landscape After Battle (1970), Pozegnanie z Maria (1993) and Szkice warszawskie (1970). He died on 3 July 1951 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Hilda Pihlajamäki was born on 12 November 1866 in Kangasala, Finland. She was an actress, known for Aila, Pohjolan tytär (1951), Miehen kylkiluu (1937) and Ja alla oli tulinen järvi (1937). She was married to Aapo Pihlajamäki. She died on 23 August 1951.
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Character actor in films, often portraying strident types, he is best remembered cast as "The Thin Man" (actually, "Wynant") of the hit 1934 MGM film. He Ellis was active on Broadway as an actor, producer and playwright from 1905-32 (see "Other Works"). He died in Beverly Hills, CA at age 81 in 1952.- Marcin Bay-Rydzewski was born on 12 November 1877 in Grodzisko Dolne, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Grodzisko Dolne, Podkarpackie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Ostatnia brygada (1938) and Kosciuszko pod Raclawicami (1938). He died on 6 September 1952 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
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Manning O'Connor was born on 12 November 1887 in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer, known for Michael Shayne: Private Detective (1940) and Dressed to Kill (1941). He died on 14 May 1954 in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA.- Director
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Pavel Dolina was born on 12 November 1888. He was a director and actor, known for Chorni dni (1930), V sugrobakh (1929) and Novymi putyami (1929). He died on 15 September 1955 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine].