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- Nikolai M. Karamzin was born on 12 December 1766 in Mikhailovka, Kazan Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia]. Nikolai M. was a writer, known for Poor Liza (2000), Boris Godunov (2013) and Bednaya Liza (1967). Nikolai M. died on 3 June 1826 in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia].
- Frederick H. Hedge was born on 12 December 1805 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. He was married to Lucy L. Pierce. He died on 20 August 1890 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
- József Gaál was born on 12 December 1811 in Nagykároly, Hungary. He was a writer, known for A peleskei nótárius (1916) and A peleskei nótárius (1975). He died on 28 February 1866 in Pest, Hungary.
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Gustave Flaubert was born on December 12, 1821, in Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. His father was a Medical Doctor and practiced surgery in Rouen, in Hôtel-Dieu (where Flaubert was born). His mother was from an aristocratic Norman family. Young Flaubert received a good private education with emphasis on literature. In 1840 he went to Law School in Paris. There he met Victor Hugo and made his plan of becoming a writer. In 1846 he abandoned Paris and the study of law, after a probably nervous disease. From 1846-1854 he had an affair with the poet Louise Colet, which was his only relationship, and he never married. Flaubert traveled about several countries in Europe and in Africa. His travel experiences, especially those in Greece, Egypt, and Tunisia, gave him material for his writings.
Flaubert's first masterpiece, 'The Temptation of St. Anthony' (1849), was at first rejected by his friends Louis Bouilhet and Maxime du Camp and its publication was postponed. From 1850-1856 he was writing 'Madame Bovary', which was published in 1856. Flaubert and his publisher were charged of immorality in a law suit brought by the French government in 1957, but both were acquitted. In 1862 he published 'Salammbo', which became material for the eponymous opera by 'Modest Mussorgsky'. In 1870, during the Franco-Prussian War, Flaubert's home was occupied by Prussian soldiers, and he suffered from a nervous breakdown. In 1872 his mother died, which caused him a depression. At that time he was supported by his close friend Ivan Turgenev, a Russian writer of decent means, who lived in Europe. Flaubert also enjoyed a friendship by correspondence with George Sand. After the traumatic events of war and the death of is mother, Flaubert lived a life of an ascetic monk for the rest of his life. He rarely visited Paris, and his health deteriorated rapidly. He died on May 8, 1880, in his mother's home in Croisset, and was laid to rest in the Flaubert family vault in the cemetery of Rouen, France.
Flaubert's comprehensive biography by Jean-Paul Sartre is considered definitive. Flaubert's correspondence with George Sand and Ivan Turgenev has been studied ever since as an immensely valuable historic and literary material. His books has been translated in many languages and sold millions of copies around the world. Flaubert's classic novel 'Madame Bovary' was adapted for film and television more that ten times. The 1991 adaptation, starring Isabelle Huppert, was nominated for Oscar.- Writer
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Wladyslaw Ludwik Anczyc was born on 12 December 1823 in Vilna, Russian Empire [now Vilnius, Lithuania]. He was a writer, known for The Pianist (2002) and Kosciuszko pod Raclawicami (1913). He died on 28 July 1883 in Krakow, Austrian Empire.- Gerald Griffin was born on 12 December 1855 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for A Pair of Cupids (1918), Feathertop (1916) and The Sunbeam (1916). He died on 16 March 1919 in Venice, California, USA.
- Australian-born Lydia Yeamans came into the world aboard a ship going from Sydney to Melbourne. Both her parents were performers. Her mother, Annie Griffiths, appeared on the stage in Australia when she was ten years old. Annie joined the circus, and married a circus clown from New York named Edward Yeamans. The pair had three daughters: Lydia, Jennie, and Emily, all of whom became performers.
In her prime, Lydia performed in England. During a show for King Edward VII, she sang "Sally in Our Alley." The King was so impressed he presented her with a gold bar pin in which the first notes of the tune were shown in diamonds.
One of Lydia's famous acts was dressing as a baby, with a cap, bows of blue ribbons on her shoulders, and bare arms. She was one of the first vaudeville artists to have her own piano accompanist - he happened to be Fred Titus, her husband.
After her stage career, Lydia entered films and amassed quite a few credits. Late in life, she donated $5000 to the Motion Picture Actors' Relief Association. Ironically, her generosity would come in handy. In November of 1929, while strolling along Hollywood Boulevard, she suffered a stroke which left her paralyzed. She was cared for at a hospital run by the Association. She died on December 29, 1929. In accordance with her wishes, her ashes were scattered in the Pacific Ocean. - Lillian Nordica was born on 12 December 1857 in Farmington, Maine, USA. She was married to George Washington Young (banker), Zoltan F. Doeme (Hungarian tenor) and Frederick Allen Gower (journalist and inventor). She died on 10 May 1914 in Cirebon, West Java, Indonesia.
- Max Devrient was born on 12 December 1857 in Hannover, Germany. He was an actor, known for Meriota, die Tänzerin (1922), Die Totenhand (1921) and Die Spur im Dunkeln (1921). He was married to Babette Devrient. He died on 14 June 1929 in Chur, Graubünden, Switzerland.
- Oscar Adye was born on 12 December 1858 in Staverton, Wiltshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Royal England, a Story of an Empire's Throne (1911). He was married to Florence. He died on 18 March 1914 in St. John's Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
- Félix Galipaux was a French actor, playwright, and humorist, born in Bordeaux, and educated in Bordeaux and Paris. He wrote some forty plays produced in Parisian theatres. He was also a newspaper columnist using the pseudonym Félix Mayran, and collaborated with the writer Henri Pagat under the joint pseudonym Pagalipaux. Galipaux and the actor Coquelin Cadet popularized the genre of music hall monologue acts in the 1880s. Galipaux was also one of the founding members of the Cercle Funambulesque and was linked to the Incoherents movement. In 1896, the pioneering filmmaker Émile Reynaud filmed Galipaux performing his popular routine Le premier cigare (1896). He later acted in films by Ferdinand Zecca and by Georges Méliès, such as An Adventurous Automobile Trip (1905). He also featured in some of the first French sound films for Pathé Frères, such as La lettre (1904) and Au téléphone (1904), and also made several spoken-word recordings for gramophone records. For his work, he was awarded the title of Officier de l'Instruction Publique in the Ordre des Palmes Académiques.
- Actor
Donald Robertson was born on 12 December 1860 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. He was an actor. He was married to Anna Titus (actress). He died on 20 May 1926 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.- J. Bruce Ismay was born on 12 December 1862 in Crosby, England, UK. He died on 17 October 1937 in Mayfair, London, England, UK.
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Edvard Munch was born on 12 December 1863 in Løten, Hedmark, Norway. He is known for Aale Tynni tarinain lähteellä (1987), Rediscovering the Image (1965) and Pioneers of Modern Painting (1971). He died on 23 January 1944 in Ekely in Oslo, Norway.- Julius Horst was born on 12 December 1864 in Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austrian Empire [now Austria]. He was a writer, known for Der letzte Wiener Fiaker (1937), Springtime in Vienna (1936) and A World Without Men (1914). He died on 12 May 1943 in Vienna, Austria.
- Arthur Brisbane was born on 12 December 1864 in Buffalo, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Go and Get It (1920) and The Great White Way (1924). He was married to Phoebe Cary. He died on 25 December 1936 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Florence Shee was born on 12 December 1865 in Marylebone, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Likeness of the Night (1921). She died on 18 June 1940 in Worthing, West Sussex, England, UK.
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Elemér Hetényi was born on 12 December 1866 in Ádánd, Hungary. He was an actor and director, known for Palika (1918), Az apacsnö szerelme (1913) and Ártatlan vagyok! (1916). He died on 14 June 1941 in Kolozsvár, Hungary.- William De Vaull was born on 12 December 1870 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Tea: With a Kick! (1923), In the Days of Buffalo Bill (1922) and The Ace of Spades (1925). He was married to Lottie De Vaull. He died on 4 June 1945 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- Gabriel Trarieux was born on 12 December 1870 in Bordeaux, France. Gabriel was a writer, known for L'alibi (1914), Le coup de vent (1910) and La brebis perdue (1915). Gabriel died in March 1940 in Monte Carlo, Monaco.
- Ada Guildford was born on 12 December 1870 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. She was an actress, known for The Mutiny of the Bounty (1916) and Angel of His Dreams (1912). She was married to George Cross, William Julius Francis Mount and Robert Caldwell Bishop. She died on 19 December 1944 in San Francisco, California, USA.
- Jennie B. Hillman was born on 12 December 1872 in Gallipolis, Ohio, USA. She was an actress, known for A Daughter of the Congo (1930). She was married to Eugene Hillman. She died on 7 February 1963 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Daniel Halévy was born on 12 December 1872 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France. He was a writer, known for Degas et moi (2019) and Portrait souvenir (1960). He was married to Marianne Vaudoyer. He died on 4 February 1962 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.
- Stefan Vacano was born on 12 December 1874 in Oberdöbling, Austria. He was an actor, known for Das Auge des Götzen (1919), Die Ratte (1918) and Der Muff (1919). He died on 1 January 1963 in Mallorca, Spain.
- Volter Kilpi was born on 12 December 1874 in Kustavi, Finland. Volter was a writer, known for Kaaskerin Lundström (2010). Volter died on 13 June 1939 in Turku, Finland.
- Gerd von Rundstedt was born on 12 December 1875 in Aschersleben, Germany. He was married to Luise (Bila) von Goetz. He died on 24 February 1953 in Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany.
- Philip Hewland was born on 12 December 1876 in Gravesend, Kent, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Sherlock Holmes' Fatal Hour (1931), The Christian (1915) and Sherlock Holmes and the Missing Rembrandt (1932). He died in 1953 in Ealing, London, England, UK.
- Emil Burian was born on 12 December 1876 in Rakovník, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Prodaná nevesta (1913). He died on 9 October 1926 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
- Rachel Crothers (December 12, 1878 - July 5, 1958) was an American playwright and theater director known for her well-crafted plays that often dealt with feminist themes. Among theater historians, she is generally recognized as "the most successful and prolific woman dramatist writing in the first part of the twentieth century."
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Victor Bergdahl was born on 12 December 1878 in Österåker, Stockholms län, Sweden. He was a director and actor, known for Den fatala konserten i Cirkus Fjollinski (1916), Kapten Grogg och Kalle på negerbal (1917) and Kapten Grogg gifter sig (1918). He died on 20 January 1939 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden.- Actress
- Editorial Department
- Additional Crew
Laura Hope Crews was born on 12 December 1879 in San Francisco, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Gone with the Wind (1939), The Silver Cord (1933) and Camille (1936). She died on 13 November 1942 in New York City, New York, USA.- Soundtrack
Percy Fletcher was born on 12 December 1879 in Derby, England, UK. Percy died on 10 December 1932 in the UK.- Director
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Peter Stojchev was born on 12 December 1879 in Shumen, Principality of Bulgaria [now Bulgaria]. He is known for Zemya (1930) and Pesenta na Balkana (1934).- Valdemar Willumsen was born on 12 December 1879 in Roskilde, Denmark. He was an actor, known for Lille Klaus og store Klaus (1913). He was married to Ayoë Willumsen. He died on 1 July 1965.
- Harry M. Warner was born on 12 December 1881 in Krasnoshiltz, Russian Empire. He was a producer, known for The Lost City (1920), My Four Years in Germany (1918) and Cleaning Up (1920). He was married to Rea Ellen Levinson. He died on 25 July 1958 in Hollywood, California, USA.
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Charles Murphy was born on 12 December 1881 in Independence, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for The Jungle Stockade (1915), The Great Circus Mystery (1925) and Spell of the Circus (1930). He was married to Lillian L. Myrick. He died on 11 June 1942 in Bakersfield, California, USA.- Arthur Garfield Hays was born on 12 December 1881 in Rochester, New York, USA. He was married to Aline Davis Fleisher and Blanche Marks. He died on 14 December 1954 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- Gunnar Stenblom was born on 12 December 1881. He was an actor, known for Koskenlaskijan morsian (1923). He died on 16 June 1936.
- Doris Keane was born on 12 December 1881 in St. Joseph, Michigan, USA. She was an actress, known for Romance (1920). She was married to Basil Sydney. She died on 25 November 1945 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Lurline Lyons was born on 12 December 1881 in California, USA. She was an actress, known for The Gray Wolf's Ghost (1919), Ramona (1916) and The Eyes of the World (1917). She was married to Frank Ormston, Percy Montgomery and Peirson. She died on 19 June 1969 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Edmund Breon was born on 12 December 1882 in Hamilton, Scotland, UK. He was an actor, known for Gaslight (1944), Dressed to Kill (1946) and The Woman in the Window (1944). He died on 24 June 1953 in Cork, Ireland.
- Evelyn Sherman was born 1882 in Nashua,Iowa to Dana and Carrie Sherman Spear. Her parents were from Vermont & Massachusettes and lived in Iowa. Evelyn was born Eva Mae Spear and according to the 1900 U.S. census was still living at home but by 1910 she had married a Richard Allison and become a silent film actress.She made films in NYC until moving to California about 1922 where she remained for the rest of her career.She was listed in the various almanacs of Motion Picture actresses but nothing after 1937 when her name disappears from all the directories. Her daughter wrote me her mothers life was "rich one year,starving the next",a very hard life".Her granddaughter told me Evelyn was a fiesty woman who turned down work she should have accepted and regretted it later. Evelyn died in Glendale in 1974.Her only daughter Jane(1907-2001) flirted with acting very briefly and her granddaughter is a hypnotherapist in California.
- Aleksandra Pilsudska was born on 12 December 1882 in Suwalki, Poland, Russian Empire [now Suwalki, Podlaskie, Poland]. She died on 31 March 1963 in London, England, UK.
- Jirí Mahen was born on 12 December 1882 in Cáslav, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. Jirí was a writer, known for Jánosik (1936), Jánosík (1921) and Jak se sevcem sili certi (1975). Jirí died on 22 May 1939 in Brno, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia [now Czech Republic].
- Will Machin was born on 12 December 1882 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Yellow Dog (1918), The Garden of Allah (1916) and The Corsican Brothers (1920). He died on 9 September 1928 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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E.K. Nadel was born on 12 December 1883 in Elkhart, Indiana. He was a writer, known for Love in the Suburbs (1931), Red, Green and Yellow (1930) and In Again, Out Again (1930). He was married to Marion McClanahan. He died on 22 March 1958.- Hermynia zur Mühlen was born on 12 December 1883 in Vienna, Austria. Hermynia was a writer, known for Drachensaat (1990). Hermynia died on 20 March 1951 in Radlett, Hertfordshire, England, UK.
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Born in 1884, virile and dashing silent screen idol Owen Moore, equipped with incredibly handsome reddish and ruddy features, came to America with his family from Ireland at the age of 11. After some stage work, he entered films at the Biograph Studio in 1908 and appeared in many of D.W. Griffith's early productions.
Owen was Mary Pickford's stylish leading man in her early career-starters and they secretly married in 1911. Some of their classic pictures together include Cinderella (1914), in which he played her Prince Charming, and Mistress Nell (1915). Mary left Owen for Douglas Fairbanks, however, and the couple eventually divorced in 1920. A couple of years later Owen met and wed silent film actress Kathleen Perry, a marriage that lasted until his sudden death of a heart attack at age 54. This couple also made several pictures together.
A talented singer in his own right, Owen's timing was off for he was much too old to see what kind of impression he could have made in musicals come the advent of sound. A popular romantic leading man during his heyday, his career took a nosedive once talkies arrived. His last film would be Janet Gaynor's A Star Is Born (1937), in which he played a movie director.
Owen's brothers Tom Moore and Matt Moore were also popular leading men at around the same time, but Owen was probably the best known due to his association with Pickford. The three of them appeared together in only one feature film, Side Street (1929). His mother Mary Moore was a character actress for a time, featured in Clara Kimball Young's film Lola (1914). She eventually quit the business, returned to the British Isles and became Lady Wyndham, and died there in 1931. Two other siblings were also briefly actors, Mary Moore and Joe Moore (aka Joseph Moore), but they died young and remain much lesser known. Owen died fairly young himself at age 54 of a heart attack in 1939.- Tronier Funder was born on 12 December 1884 in Spjellerup, Præstø, Denmark. He was an actor, known for Hans Kæreste (1918), The Island of the Lost (1921) and En kunstners gennembrud (1919). He died on 20 October 1964.
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Arthur J. Kooken was born on 12 December 1885 in Kansas, USA. He was an art director, known for Devil Dogs of the Air (1935). He died on 3 June 1974 in Los Angeles, California, USA.