Spencer Tracy's on-screen style - seamless naturalism and subtle inflections - proved the ticket to stardom. A Tracy performance was always more than just action; there was always an undercurrent of mental activity beneath the surface. Tracy's seemingly effortless approach earned him the respect ...
The Home Secretary of the day (a politician named Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill) sent out troops, sharp shooters, and artillery. The cannon set the house on fire, and the men found inside were found to be dead. The best account of the event is Donald Rumbelow's THE SIEGE OF SIDNEY...
Selden Palmer Spencer (September 16, 1862 – May 16, 1925) was an American lawyer and politician. A Republican, he was a United States Senator from Missouri. Age: Dec. at 62 (1862-1925) Birthplace: Erie, Pennsylvania, USA George Howard Williams George Howard Williams (December 1, 1871 ...
Anne Spencer Angelou often praised former teacher and family friend Mrs. Bertha Flowers for helping to coax her out of her muteness by showing her the beauty of spoken word. Some of that spoken word included Anne Spencer, the first African-American to have her poetry included in the Norton A...
President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War Robert Stone (athlete) (born 1965), Australian former sprinter Robert Stone (basketball) (born 1987), Australian basketball player Robert Stone (British Army officer) (1890–1974) Robert Spencer Stone (1895–1966), Canadian American pioneer in...
Married to writer-director Garson Kanin in 1942, she collaborated with him on several George Cukor films, including the Spencer Tracy-Katharine Hepburn classics "Adam's Rib" (1949) and "Pat and Mike" (1952). Birthplace: Quincy, Massachusetts, USA Dig Deeper Oldest SNL Hosts Ever Also ranks ...
Age: Dec. at 81 (1923-2005) Birthplace: Jefferson City, Missouri Allison Pottinger Curler, Athlete Allison Pottinger (born July 5, 1973) is an American curler from Eden Prairie, Minnesota. She currently plays third for Erika Brown, but is best known as having played for Debbie McCormick in...
(July 10, 1923 – March 24, 2016) was an American television writer and producer (sometimes credited as Earl Hamner), best known for his work in the 1970s and 1980s on the long-running series The Waltons and Falcon Crest. As a novelist, he was best known for Spencer's Mountain, ...
Danielle Spencer Veterinarian, Actor Danielle Spencer (born June 24, 1965) is an American actress and former child star best known for her role as Dee Thomas on the ABC sitcom What's Happening!!, which ran from 1976 to 1979. She would later reprise the role on the series' sequel, What...