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Richard Barthelmess was born into a theatrical family in which his mother was an actress. While attending Trinity College in Connecticut, he began appearing in stage productions. While on vacation in 1916, a friend of his mother, actress Alla Nazimova, offered him a part in War Brides (1916), and Richard never returned to college. He appeared in a number of films before signing a contract with D.W. Griffith in 1919. Griffith put Richard into Broken Blossoms (1919) with Lillian Gish which made him a star. He had an uncanny ability to become the characters he played. The next year, he was again teamed with Lillian in Way Down East (1920). This film would become the standard for many movies in the future. Best remembered is the river scene in which Richard jumps over the ice floes in search of Lillian as she heads towards the falls. He formed Inspiration Pictures to make Tol'able David (1921) and gave one of his best performances as a lad who saves the U.S. mail from the outlaws. He remained popular throughout the twenties and became one of the biggest stars at First National Pictures. He received Academy Award nominations for The Patent Leather Kid (1927) and The Noose (1928). Sound was not a medium that would embrace Richard. He did make a number of talkies in the first few years of sound, but his acting technique was not well suited for sound and the parts began to get smaller. With his career over by the mid-30s, but he came back with a fine performance in Howard Hawks's Only Angels Have Wings (1939). Richard joined the Navy Reserve in 1942, and when the war ended he retired to Long Island and lived off his real estate investments.

John Allen also was part of Ozzy Osbourne's Diary of a Madman and Speak of the Devil tour in the USA and UK. He was featured in the gate-fold of Speak/Talk of the Devil with Ozzy. Onstage, he was nicknamed Ronnie (inside joke) and provided comic relief (and towels) and was hanged during the song "Goodbye to Romance".

Born in Birmingham on the 27th of September, 1946, but raised in Cardiff, Wales, Robin began exhibiting his natural ability to act both on screen and on stage from a young age. Some of his early years saw him take the stage of Cardiff High School, following onto the County College, in amateur productions such as 'Romeo and Juliet' and other plays within both dramatic societies. After completing his education at college, Robin moved onto Central School of Speech and Drama, London, completing a degree in acting, after which being hand picked for television by Granada's production team in a screening at the university. His natural ability to achieve comedy through the simplest of means made him a star in the 'Doctors' series featured on Granada during the 1970s. After completing several series of the 'Doctors', he continued onto several other pursuits in stage acting, which he loved dearly, as well as movies (most of which were produced and aired for television). He was tipped to star in two major roles for the BBC, but died before flying abroad to film for the parts.

Robert Parrish was an Academy Award-winning film editor who also directed and acted in movies. As a child he appeared in films during the early 1930s, such as City Lights (1931) by Charles Chaplin and Lewis Milestone's All Quiet on the Western Front (1930). As an editor he won an Academy Award for Body and Soul (1947), the 1947 Robert Rossen film that starred John Garfield as a money-grubbing, two-timing boxer on the make. Parrish also worked on All the King's Men (1949), an account of the rise and fall of a Louisiana politician that won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Parrish then moved on to direct films during the 1950s and 1960s. Among his best received works was the brooding western Saddle the Wind (1958).

James Jones was born on 6 November 1921 in Robinson, Illinois, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for The Thin Red Line (1998), From Here to Eternity (1953) and The Longest Day (1962). He was married to Gloria Jones. He died on 9 May 1977 in Southampton, New York, USA.

Edith Bouvier Beale was born on 5 October 1895 in Nutley, New Jersey, USA. She was married to Phelan Beale. She died on 5 February 1977 in Southampton, New York, USA.

Rik Colitti was born on 1 February 1934 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Crocodile Dundee (1986), Barfly (1987) and Fort Apache the Bronx (1981). He died on 30 January 2010 in Southampton, New York, USA.

Anthony Harvey was born on 3 June 1930 in London, England, UK. He was an editor and director, known for The Lion in Winter (1968), Dutchman (1966) and Lolita (1962). He died on 23 November 2017 in Southampton, New York, USA.

H.C. Potter was born on 13 November 1904 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and writer, known for Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948), Hellzapoppin' (1941) and The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939). He was married to Lucilla Annie Wylie. He died on 31 August 1977 in Southampton, New York, USA.

Master of comedy novelist Pelham (Plum) Grenville Wodehouse was born on October 15, 1881, in Guilford, Surrey, England. He died in hospital in Southampton, New York, on Valentine's day (February 14) 1975, from a heart attack after a long illness at age 93. In that time he managed to write close to 200 novels, short stories, plays, song lyrics and so on.

At the time of his birth, Plum's mother was visiting her sister in England, but after only a few weeks she and young Plum returned to Hong Kong, where his father was a magistrate. At an early age he was sent to school in Britain--Dulwich College in London.

At age 14, he moved with his parents in to what they would call "the old house." After completing school, he spent two years as a banker at the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, but he soon switched jobs to the old Globe newspaper as a sports reporter and columnist on "By the way..." About that time he started to write his own little stories. At first he wrote school novels about life in the famous universities in England (for example, "The White Feather") and mainly for a boys magazine called "The Captain", but soon he developed a talent for comic dialogue and started to put his talents to that instead.

Success was just around the corner, and by 1910 he had established himself in such a way that he could spend time between residences in the US and France. It was also at about this time he acquired his obsession with golf, a sport around which many of his short stories circle--even though his handicap never came down below 18. In a few years he was reaching millions of readers in dozens of countries.

Plum met Ethel, an American widow who became the woman of his life, in 1913 and they married in 1914. World War II caught Plum in his newly-purchased home in Le Touquet in France, having tea with his wife and some friends. He was captured by German forces and put in a prison camp. He was treated well and got the means to keep writing his books. Joseph Goebbels, it was revealed later, understood what a big fish they had caught and lured Plum into giving some brief, humorous appearances on German radio. Being the political fool he was, Plum fell into the trap. The broadcasts, which were supposed to be heard in the US only, were redirected to Britain, in a cunning scheme to annoy British authorities. As word of the broadcasts spread, back in Britain Plum's readers and publisher went berserk. They wanted him charged with treason. However, it was obvious he had been tricked and as the war ended, he returned to America, where he became a citizen in 1955.

Hollywood claimed Wodehouse, but it soon became apparent that all they wanted was his name on the posters and ads. Still, his popularity increased to such a degree that in 1975, a few weeks before his death, he was forgiven his wartime mistakes by the British establishment and was knighted by Her Majesty the Queen. At the time of his knighthood he was in poor health and couldn't attend the ceremony. Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, a devout Wodehouse fan, offered to go to the US to personally present the knighthood.

In his final years, Plum was in and out of the hospital with pneumonia, heart problems and lung failures. Seeking comfort, as always, in his typewriter, Sir Plum kept writing until the end. His last work is the unfinished "Sunset at Blandings", of which nine chapters were written before he died in 1975.

Lady Ethel lived until 1984. They had no mutual children, only from Ethel's daughter from her previous marriage, Leonora, who Plum adopted and who died during surgery in 1942, devastating Plum to his core.

Shamim Ara is a renowned film actress, film producer and film director of Pakistan. She was born in British India at Aligarh in 1938. Her father's name was Syed Ali Ahmad and her maternal grandmother's name was Iqbal Begum who played a very active role in developing Shamim Ara's film career in Pakistan after Shamim Ara's mother's death at an early age. The family encouraged her to become a professional dancer in her childhood. Then her family visited Karachi, Pakistan in 1956 and Shamim Ara ran into a famous Pakistani film director Najam Naqvi there who was looking for new talent for his upcoming new movie Kunwari Bewa (1956) in Karachi. She was cast for the movie and her film acting career was launched. She acted in over 80 Pakistani films including super-hits like Saheli (1960),Qaidi (1962), Naila (1965) and Anarkali (1958). In 1976,she decided to become a film director herself and turned out many super-hit films like Playboy (1978), Miss Istanbul (1996) and Munda Bigra Jaye (1995) among many others. After Shamim Ara's husband Sardar Rind died in a fatal car accident on Karachi-Hyderabad Highway, she married film director Fareed Ahmed but this marriage only lasted for a very short time and the couple separated for unknown reasons and got divorced.Then Shamim Ara married A.Majeed from Agfa Color Film Company and had a son with him named Salman Iqbal. As of 2016, she is still married to Dabeer-ul-Hasan who is a film story writer and an associate film producer. Shamim Ara had a brain hemorrhage in Lahore, Pakistan in October 2010. She was then taken to London for treatment by her family. In London, after a brain surgery, she went into a coma and stayed in that coma until her death on 5 August 2016. Her son Salman Iqbal looked after her while she was being treated in the hospital. Looking at her entire film career, she did more than 80 films. There is no denying that she was an extremely active, talented and a successful film personality of Pakistan.

Richard Adler was born on 3 August 1921 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for Goodfellas (1990), The Family (2013) and Snatch (2000). He was married to Susan A. Ivory, Ritchey Banker, Sally Ann Howes, Marion Hart Rogier and Mary St. George. He died on 21 June 2012 in Southampton, New York, USA.

Vitas Gerulaitis was born on 26 July 1954 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Nobody's Perfect (1989), The Break (1995) and The Daryl Somers Show (1982). He died on 18 September 1994 in Southampton, New York, USA.

Millvina Dean was born on 12 February 1912 in London, England, UK. She died on 31 May 2009 in Ashurst, Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK.

David Lindup was born on 10 May 1928 in East Preston, Sussex, England, UK. He was a composer, known for Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982), The Full Monty (1997) and Lord of the Flies (1990). He was married to Nadia Cattouse. He died on 7 January 1992 in Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK.

Desmond Bagley was born on 29 October 1923 in Kendal, Westmorland, England, UK. He was a writer, known for The Vivero Letter (1999), The MacKintosh Man (1973) and The Enemy (2001). He was married to Joan Margaret Brown. He died on 12 April 1983 in Southampton, England, UK.

Elmer Rice was born on 28 September 1892 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and director, known for Holiday Inn (1942), Journey to Jerusalem (1941) and On Trial (1928). He was married to Barbara Talbot (Ambrose) Marshall, Betty Field and Hazel Levy. He died on 8 May 1967 in Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK.

N.J. Crisp was born on 11 December 1923 in Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK. He was a writer, known for R3 (1964), With Love in Mind (1970) and The Brothers (1972). He was married to Marguerite Lowe. He died on 14 June 2005 in Southampton, England, UK.

Mary McFadden was born on 1 October 1938 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. She was a costume designer, known for Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983), Night of the Fox (1990) and Family Blessings (1998). She was married to Kohle Yohannan, Frank McEwen, Philip Harari, Armin Schmidt and Vasilios Calitsis. She died on 13 September 2024 in Southampton, Long Island, New York, USA.

Thomas Phipps was born on 20 November 1913 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Lights Out (1946), The Clock (1949) and Chesterfield Presents (1952). He was married to Mary Chesebro, Donrue Leighton and Betty Brooks. He died on 20 February 2003 in Southampton, New York, USA.

Gail Sheehy was born on 27 November 1936 in Mamaroneck, New York, USA. She was a writer, known for Hustling (1975), Traveling Hopefully (1982) and Myth & Mogul: John DeLorean (2021). She was married to Clay Felker and Albert Francis Sheehy. She died on 24 August 2020 in Southampton, New York, USA.

Bruno Elrington was born on 13 December 1929 in Barnsley, Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The New Avengers (1976), The Touchables (1968) and Boxer (1965). He was married to Gwen. He died on 19 July 1993 in Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK.

Heinz Burt was born on 24 July 1942 in Germany. He was an actor, known for Inherent Vice (2014), Kings of the Road (1976) and Non-Fiction (2018). He died on 7 April 2000 in Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK.

John Stonehouse was born on 28 July 1925 in Southampton, England, UK. He was a writer, known for The Spy Who Died Twice (2022) and Sin on Saturday (1982). He was married to Sheila Buckley Stonehouse and Barbara Smith Stonehouse. He died on 14 April 1988 in Southampton, England, UK.

Larry Rivers was born on 17 August 1923 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Something's Gotta Give (2003), Rich Kids (1979) and Lovesick (1983). He was married to Clarice Rivers, Clarice Price and Augusta Berger. He died on 14 August 2002 in Southampton, New York, USA.