Here are 10 things you should know about Jerome Cowan, born 125 years ago today. He worked steadily for more than 50 years in vaudeville, on Broadway, in pictures and in television.
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10 Things You Should Know About Richard Barthelmess
Here are 10 things you should know about Richard Barthelmess, born 127 years ago today. A big star in the 1920s, his popularity dropped off (inexplicably, in our view) once talking pictures took over.
10 Things You Should Know About Katharine Hepburn
Here are 10 things you should know about Katharine Hepburn, born 114 years ago today. Fiercely independent and inimitable, she quickly shook things up when she arrived in Hollywood and there’s been no one else like her since.
10 Things You Should Know About Douglass Montgomery
Here are 10 things you should know about Douglass Montgomery, born 111 years ago today. His was a quietly accomplished career, on stage, in film and on television.
Happy Birthday, Rosalind Russell
Rosalind Russell was born 113 years ago today in Waterbury, Connecticut. A terrific actress, she also strikes us as having been a decent, down-to-earth person—the kind of gal it’d be fun to meet for a couple of drinks at a favorite watering hole.
