Events People (Births) Kinemacolour Kinemacolor was the first successful colour motion picture process, used commercially from 1908 to 1914. It was invented by George Albert Smith in 1906. He was influenced by the work of William Norman Lascelles Davidson and, more directly, Edward Raymond Turner. It was launched by Charles Urban’s Urban Trading Co. of… Read More
People (Births) People (Deaths) Larry Gelbart Larry Simon Gelbart (25 February 1928 to 11 September 2009) was an American television writer, playwright, screenwriter, director and author, most famous as a creator and producer of the television series M*A*S*H, and as co-writer of the Broadway musicals A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum… Read More
People (Births) People (Deaths) Majel Barrett Majel Barrett-Roddenberry (born Majel Leigh Hudec; 23 February 1932 to 18 December 2008) was an American actress and producer. She was best known for her roles as various characters in the Star Trek franchise: Nurse Christine Chapel (in the original Star Trek series, Star Trek: The Animated Series, and… Read More
People (Births) People (Deaths) John Mills Sir John Mills CBE (born Lewis Ernest Watts Mills; 22 February 1908 to 23 April 2005) was an English actor who appeared in more than 120 films in a career spanning seven decades. He excelled on camera as an appealing British everyman who often portrayed guileless, wounded war heroes.… Read More
People (Births) People (Deaths) Celia Lovsky Celia Lovsky (born Cäcilia Josefina Lvovsky, 21 February 1897 to 12 October 1979) was an Austrian-American actress. She was born in Vienna, daughter of Břetislav Lvovsky (1857-1910), a minor Czech opera composer. She studied theatre, dance, and languages at the Austrian Royal Academy of Arts and Music. She is… Read More
People (Births) Sidney Poitier Sidney Poitier KBE (20 February 1927 to 06 January 2022) was a Bahamian and American actor, film director, and diplomat. In 1964, he was the first black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. He received two competitive Golden Globe Awards, a competitive British Academy of… Read More
People (Births) People (Deaths) Lee Marvin Lee Marvin (born Lamont Waltman Marvin Jr.; 19 February 1924 to 29 August 1987) was an American film and television actor. Known for his bass voice and premature white hair, he is best remembered for playing hardboiled “tough guy” characters. Although initially typecast as the “heavy” (i.e. villainous character),… Read More
People (Births) Adolphe Menjou Adolphe Jean Menjou (18 February 1890 to 29 October 1963) was an American actor. His career spanned both silent films and talkies. He appeared in such films as Charlie Chaplin’s A Woman of Paris, where he played the lead role; Stanley Kubrick’s Paths of Glory (1957) with Kirk Douglas; Ernst Lubitsch’s… Read More
People (Births) Raf Vallone Raffaele Vallone (17 February 1916 to 31 October 2002) was an Italian actor and footballer. One of the top male Italian stars of the 1950s and ’60s, he first became known for his association with the neorealist movement, and found success in several international productions. On stage, he was closely associated… Read More
People (Births) People (Deaths) LeVar Burton Levardis Robert Martyn “LeVar” Burton Jr. (born 16 February 1957) is an American actor, director, and television host. He played Geordi La Forge in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-1994), Kunta Kinte in the ABC miniseries Roots (1977), and was host of the PBS Kids educational television series Reading… Read More
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