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Christoph Friedrich Bretzner was born on 10 December 1748 in Leipzig, Saxony, Holy Roman Empire [now Germany]. He was a writer, known for Great Performances (1971), Die Entführung aus dem Serail (1969) and L'enlèvement au sérail (1962). He died on 31 August 1807 in Leipzig, Saxony [now Germany].- Writer
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Nikolai A. Nekrasov, one of Russian poetry's most eloquent voices who survived through child abuse and poverty in his youth, became a successful publisher and author of some of the most mellifluent verses about women.
He was born Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov on December 10, 1821, in Nemirov, Yaroslav province, Russia. His father was a Russian Army officer, his mother, Alexandra Zakrevska, was from Warsaw and belonged to Polish Gentry. Young Nekrasov grew up on ancestral estate, Greshnevo, near the Volga River, where he witnessed the hard labor of the Volga boatmen. He was abused by his tyrannical father, who's drunken rages against his serfs and his wife, caused traumatic experience and later affected Nekrasov's writing. Thanks to his mother's love and support, young Nekrasov managed to survive through the traumatic experiences of his childhood and youth. He admired his mother and expressed his love and empathy to all women through his poetry. He studied at the St. Petersburg University, when his father abruptly cut his support. At that time Nekrasov had to live in a shelter for homeless.
His first book of poetry was met with harsh criticism from V. G. Belinsky. Nekrasov was devastated and depressed, he removed all the copies of his failed book from booksellers. He joined the staff of "Otechestvennye Zapiski" (Notes of Fatherland), where his former critic V. G. Belinsky was the principal literary expert. They soon became friends and Nekrasov was promoted to an editing position. He edited the first novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky "Poor Folk" (1845). In 1846 Nekrasov acquired the "Sovremennik" (The Contemporary) magazine, which was originally founded by Alexander Pushkin. From 1846-1866 he was the publisher of "Sovremennik" and made it one the most reputable magazines of the 19th century Russia. In it Nekrasov published his own novels and poems, as well as the works of Ivan Turgenev, Lev Tolstoy, and other Russian writers. In 1866 "Sovremennik" was shut down by the Tsar's government in connection with the political prosecution of its editor Nikolai Chernyshevsky. After that Nekrasov became an independent writer and entered the most productive period in his life.
Nikolai A. Nekrasov's best poems, such as "Russian Women" (1871-72), "Who's Happy in Russia" (1873-76), and "Last Songs" (1877), stand out among the 19th century Russian poetry. Nekrasov was praised by Fyodor Dostoevsky, who compared him to Mikhail Lermontov and Alexander Pushkin. In his later years Nekrasov suffered from chronic bronchitis and its complications; he had to travel to Italy and Arfica for convalescence, but never completely recovered. He died of complications after an unsuccessful cancer surgery on January 8, 1878, in St. Petersburg, and was laid to rest in the Novodevichy Convent Cemetery in St. Petersburg. Nekrasov's home in St. Petersburg, Russia, an important literary club of his time, is now a National Literary Museum.- Nikolay Nekrasov was born on 10 December 1821 in Nemyriv, Russian Empire [now Nemyriv, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine].
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César Franck, a French composer best known for his massive Symphony and enchanting three chorales for organ, which he wrote during the last month of his life after being hit by a horse-omnibus.
He was born César-Auguste Franck on December 10, 1822 in Liege, Belgium. He studied at the Royal Conservatoire of Liege before going to the Paris Conservatoire in 1835. There he studied piano with Zimmerman and organ with Benoist. His ability for sight-reading was legendary since his school days; Franck received the "Grand prix d'honneur" for transposing a fugue a third lower on sight.
Franck contributed twelve major works for organ, that made him the most important organ composer in France, and arguably second to Johann Sebastian Bach. He also wrote a massive "Symphony in D minor" (1886-88) and the "Symphonic Variations" for piano and orchestra. He admitted his interest in the music of Franz Liszt and Richard Wagner. In 1858 he became organist at the basilica Sainte-Clotilde and remained at that post until his death. He was a professor of organ and composition at the Paris Conservatoire, having such apprentices as Claude Debussy, Louis Vierne, and Paul Dukas.
César Franck suffered from pleurisy after he was hit by a horse-omnibus in 1890. After that accident he composed what is considered his masterpiece, the "Three Chorales" for organ. He died on November 8, 1890 in Paris, and was laid to rest in the Cimetriere du Montparnasse.- George MacDonald was born on 10 December 1824 in Scotland, UK. He was a writer, known for The Princess and the Goblin, Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958) and The Lost Princess (2012). He was married to Lousia Powell. He died on 18 September 1905 in Scotland, UK.
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Emily Dickinson, a shy, unassuming, educated woman, was a poet of extraordinary talent. During her lifetime, only seven of her poems were published, although upon her death, she had written an amazing 2,000 poems. Many of these were not finished. Her grandfather, Samuel Fowler Dickinson, was one of the founders of Amherst College, and her father served as the lawyer and treasurer for the institution. Her father was a politician, and served in powerful positions on the General Court of Massachusetts, the Massachusetts State Senate, and the United States House of Representatives. She suffered from persistent eye problems for most of her life. After the late 1860s, Dickinson never left the boundaries of her family's property in Massachusetts, and prior to that, had traveled seldom. Living a life of seclusion, she daydreamed and read, and thankfully, wrote some of the most inspiring, creative poems of her generation. For inspiration and reference, she often drew from the Bible, classical mythology, and Shakespeare. The year preceding her death she was bedridden. Dickinson died at age 55 in her family's home where she had lived her entire life.- Writer
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Philippe Gille was born on 10 December 1831 in Paris, France. He was a writer, known for True Romance (1993), Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life (2003) and Before the Storm (2000). He died on 19 March 1901.- F.M. Paget was born on 10 December 1849 in Budock, Cornwall, England, UK. He was married to Martha Chapman. He died on 7 May 1911 in Maida Vale, London, England, UK.
- Gustav Hinrichs was born on 10 December 1850 in Grabow, Germany. He was a composer, known for The Phantom of the Opera (1925). He died on 26 March 1942 in Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, USA.
- Billy Madden was born on 10 December 1852 in London, England, UK. He died on 22 February 1918 in White Plains, New York, USA.
- Max Pohl was born on 10 December 1855 in Nikolsburg, Moravia, Austria-Hungary. He was an actor, known for Der Mörder Dimitri Karamasoff (1931), Die Furcht vor dem Weibe (1921) and Die Radio Heirat (1924). He died on 7 April 1935 in Berlin, Germany.
- Alice MacGowan was born on 10 December 1858 in Perrsyburg, Ohio, USA. She was a writer, known for Twenty-One (1923), Judith of the Cumberlands (1916) and The Best Man's Bride (1916). She died on 10 March 1947 in Los Gatos, California, USA.
- Frederick Upham Adams was born on 10 December 1859 in Sharon, Massachusetts, USA. He was a writer, known for The Bottom of the Well (1917). He died on 28 August 1921 in Larchmont, New York, USA.
- Vladimir Mikhaylov was born on 10 December 1861 in Moscow, Russian Empire. He was an actor, known for The Girl with the Hat Box (1927), Don Diego i Pelageya (1928) and Three Thieves (1926). He died on 31 March 1935 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
- Freifrau Elisabeth von Heyking was born on 10 December 1861 in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Freifrau Elisabeth was a writer, known for Briefe, die ihn nicht erreichten (1925). Freifrau Elisabeth died on 4 January 1925 in Berlin, Germany.
- Kate Jordan was born on 10 December 1862 in Dublin, Ireland, UK [now Republic of Ireland]. She was a writer, known for Castles in the Air (1919), In Search of a Thrill (1923) and The Next Corner (1924). She was married to Frederick M. Vermilye. She died on 20 June 1926 in Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, USA.
- Maurice Hennequin was born on 10 December 1863 in Liege, Belgium. He was a writer, known for The Gay Deceiver (1926), Passionnément (1932) and A Kiss in a Taxi (1927). He was married to Mademoiselle Braem. He died on 3 September 1926 in Montreux, Switzerland.
- Lucia Moore was born on 10 December 1867 in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA. She was an actress, known for Little Miss Happiness (1916), The Lure (1914) and Her Double Life (1916). She died in April 1932 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Sabatino Lopez was born on 10 December 1867 in Leghorn, Tuscany, Italy. Sabatino was a writer, known for La buona figliola (1920), Bufere (1953) and Schiccheri è grande (1954). Sabatino died on 27 October 1951 in Milan, Italy.
- André Honnorat was born on 10 December 1868 in Paris, France. He died on 24 July 1950 in Paris, France.
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Henry Warwick was born on 10 December 1869 in London, England. He was an actor and writer, known for The Caillaux Case (1918), Why America Will Win (1918) and Three Knaves and a Heathen Chinee (1914). He was married to Elsa D. Duncin. He died in 1942 in Canada.- Louÿs' refined evocations, not to say re-inventions, of the society of Hellenistic Greece proved extremely popular in both France and the English speaking world, especially due to the somewhat risque nature of such works as Aphrodite (1896) and Les Chansons de Bilitis (1894). He lived his entire life in Paris, travelling occasionally around the Mediterranean coast where so many of his works of art were set. He had close friends among the writers of his day but otherwise kept among himself rather apart from literary cliques except for that of Mallarme.
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Vernon Cowper was born on 10 December 1871 in Streatham, London, England, UK. He was an actor. He died in 1922 in Southwark, London, England, UK.- Actress
Mabel Shoulters was born on 10 December 1871 in Indiana, USA. She was an actress. She died on 11 July 1942 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Alma Lagoni was born on 10 December 1873 in Kristiania [now Oslo], Norway. She was an actress, known for Den kvindelige Spion fra Balkan (1912), Kun en tigger (1912) and Storstadens Hyæne (1912). She was married to Otto Lagoni. She died on 31 July 1959.
- Helena Pawlowska was born on 10 December 1873 in Piotrków, Poland, Russian Empire [now Piotrków Trybunalski, Lódzkie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for Antek kombinator (1913). She died on 3 November 1944 in Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Alphonse Ethier was born on 10 December 1874 in Virginia City, Nevada, USA. He was an actor, known for Baby Face (1933), Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1932) and The Alaskan (1924). He died on 4 January 1943 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Guido Milanesi was born on 10 December 1875 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a writer, known for Prigionieri del male (1955), La sperduta di Allah (1929) and Sancta Maria (1942). He died on 16 December 1956 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
- C.R. Rajagopalachari was born on 10 December 1878 in Salem, Madras Presidency, British India. He died on 25 December 1972 in Madras, Tamil Nadu, India.
- Margarete Lindau-Schulz was born on 10 December 1878 in Germany. She was a writer and director, known for Warum bin ich der Verlobte meiner Tochter (1921), Die Glocken der Katharinenkirche (1918) and Ruths Ehe (1919). She died on 6 August 1965 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Ernest Shepard was born on 10 December 1879 in London, England, UK. He was a writer and production designer, known for Christopher Robin (2018), Winnie the Pooh (2011) and The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977). He was married to Norah Carrol and Florence Chaplin. He died on 24 March 1976 in Midhurst, West Sussex, England, UK.- Irene Seidner was born on 10 December 1880 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. She was an actress, known for All Through the Night (1942), Miracle in the Rain (1956) and We Who Are Young (1940). She died on 17 November 1959 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- George Turner was born on 10 December 1882 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Henry Steps Out (1940), Two Smart Men (1940) and The Croxley Master (1921). He died in 1942 in Battersea, London, England, UK.
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Ann Fielder was born on 10 December 1882 in England. She is known for Three Came to Kill (1960), The Second Face (1950) and The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1955). She died on 19 January 1969 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Shigenori Tôgô was born on 10 December 1882 in Kyushu, Japan. He died on 23 July 1950 in Japan.
- Betty Kirkeby was born on 10 December 1882 in Nessund, Denmark. She was an actress, known for The President (1919) and Sporet i sneen (1915). She was married to Anker Kirkeby. She died on 28 November 1935 in Frederiksberg, Denmark.
- Andrei Vyshinsky was born on 10 December 1883 in Odessa, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. He died on 22 November 1954 in New York City, New York, USA.
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Irene Dehn was born on 10 December 1884 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress. She died on 10 December 1964 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Art Department
E. Goncz was born on 10 December 1884 in Hungary. E. died on 16 September 1960 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
Eugene Goncz was born on 10 December 1884 in Alsopahok, Hungary. He was an actor. He died on 16 September 1960 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Cinematographer
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Edward A. Kull was born on 10 December 1885 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Terror Trail (1921), The Man Trackers (1921) and The New Adventures of Tarzan (1935). He died on 22 December 1946 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
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Rambunctious British leading man (contrary to popular belief, he was of Scottish ancestry, not Irish) and later character actor primarily in American films, Victor McLaglen was a vital presence in a number of great motion pictures, especially those of director John Ford. McLaglen (pronounced Muh-clog-len, not Mack-loff-len) was the son of the Right Reverend Andrew McLaglen, a Protestant clergyman who was at one time Bishop of Claremont in South Africa. The young McLaglen, eldest of eight brothers, attempted to serve in the Boer War by joining the Life Guards, though his father secured his release. The adventuresome young man traveled to Canada where he did farm labor and then directed his pugnacious nature into professional prizefighting. He toured in circuses, vaudeville shows, and Wild West shows, often as a fighter challenging all comers. His tours took him to the US, Australia (where he joined in the gold rush) and South Africa. In 1909 he was the first fighter to box newly-crowned heavyweight champion Jack Johnson, whom he fought in a six-round exhibition match in Vancouver (as an exhibition fight, it had no decision). When the First World War broke out, McLaglen joined the Irish Fusiliers and soldiered in the Middle East, eventually serving as Provost Marshal (head of Military Police) for the city of Baghdad. After the war he attempted to resume a boxing career, but was given a substantial acting role in The Call of the Road (1920) and was well received. He became a popular leading man in British silent films, and within a few years was offered the lead in an American film, The Beloved Brute (1924). He quickly became a most popular star of dramas as well as action films, playing tough or suave with equal ease. With the coming of sound, his ability to be persuasively debonair diminished by reason of his native speech patterns, but his popularity increased, particularly when cast by Ford as the tragic Gypo Nolan in The Informer (1935), for which McLaglen won the Best Actor Oscar. He continued to play heroes, villains and simple-minded thugs into the 1940s, when Ford gave his career a new impetus with a number of lovably roguish Irish parts in such films as She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) and The Quiet Man (1952). The latter film won McLaglen another Oscar nomination, the first time a Best Actor winner had been nominated subsequently in the Supporting category. McLaglen formed a semi-militaristic riding and polo club, the Light Horse Brigade, and a similarly arrayed precision motorcycle team, the Victor McLaglen Motorcycle Corps, both of which led to conclusions that he had fascist sympathies and was forming his own private army. McLaglen denied espousing the far right-wing sentiments that were often attributed to him. He continued to act in films into his 70s and died, from congestive heart failure, not long after appearing in a film directed by his son, Andrew V. McLaglen.- Frederick William Wallace was born on 10 December 1886 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He was a writer, known for Captain Salvation (1927) and Blue Water (1924). He died in 1958.
- Annie Bos was born on December 10, 1886 to painter Gerard Jan Bos and his wife Aletta Gertruda Maria Halberstadt. She studied drama in Antwerp and debuted in Dutch theaters in 1909. She only played small roles and bit parts, until she was discovered by director Maurits Binger in 1912, who immediately cast her in De Levende Ladder (1913).
Bos signed with film studio Hollandia and soon became the leading lady of its studio. The films she appeared in were usually released in France and Germany as well and some even made it to American cinemas. The public praised her for using real emotions in front of the camera, rather than melodrama. By 1914, she was called the Dutch Asta Nielsen.
One of her biggest film roles, was Majoor Frans (1916). She became a national celebrity and was recognized as the first movie star of its country. Bos soon had more acting opportunities and chose her roles carefully. She proved her acting talents in films, such as Het Geheim van Delft (1917) and Een Carmen van het Noorden (1919). She performed all her own stunts. For 'Het Geheim van Delft' (1917), she was required to be tied to a windmill at a height of 40 meters.
Hollandia fell apart in 1919 and to avoid bankruptcy, they worked with an English movie studio. They ordered to get Bos fired, because they thought she was too old. Bos was asked by an American movie studio to make films there. They were planning on remaking 'Een Carmen van het Noorden', which was released in the United States and became a huge success.
Bos arrived in New York in 1921, but discovered the movie studio was broken down. She stayed for a year, trying to get acting jobs in movies. She had no luck, however. After appearing next to Pearl White in Without Fear (1922), she traveled to Germany, in hope to have more luck there. It turned out to be a disappointment as well.
By 1924, Bos moved back to the Netherlands. Alex Benno, an old friend, casted her in Mooi Juultje van Volendam (1924), which became a huge failure in box office. She decides to retire from movies and pursued a career in stage. She was casted in 'Madame Dubarry', which premiered in 1924 and became a great success.
Bos retired from acting completely in 1925 to become a housewife. She married Cornelis Loeff and refused to ever talk about her acting career again. She was forgotten entirely by the public. Her death in 1975 went by unnoticed by the press. - Actor
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Hans Nerking was born on 10 December 1888 in Darmstadt, Germany. He was an actor and production manager, known for Rosen aus dem Süden (1934), Der Tag nach der Scheidung (1938) and Every Day Isn't Sunday (1935). He died on 24 April 1964 in West Berlin, West Germany.- Costume and Wardrobe Department
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J.K. Pitcarin was born on 10 December 1888 in England.- Actor
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Ray Bidwell Collins was an American actor in film, stage, radio and television. One of his best remembered roles was that of Lt. Arthur Tragg in the long-running series Perry Mason (1957). Collins was born in Sacramento, California, to Lillie Bidwell and William C. Collins, a newspaper drama editor. He started acting on stage at the age of 14. In the mid 1930s, now an established stage and radio actor, Collins began working with Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre (Welles himself called Collins "the finest actor I've ever worked with"), leading to some of his most memorable roles. Having already appeared on radio with Welles in "The Shadow" (a regular as Commissioner Weston) and in Welles' serial adaptation of "Les Miserables" from 1937, Collins became a regular on "The Mercury Theatre on the Air" program; through the run of the series, he played many roles in literary adaptations, from Squire Livesey from "Treasure Island" and Dr. Watson in "Sherlock Holmes" to Mr. Pickwick in an adaptation of "The Pickwick Papers". Collins' best known (albeit uncredited) work on this series, however, was in the infamous "The War of the Worlds" broadcast, playing three roles, including Mr. Wilmuth (on whose farm the Martian craft lands) and the newscaster who describes the destruction of New York. Along with other Mercury Theatre players, Collins made his first notable screen appearance in Citizen Kane (1941), as ruthless Boss Jim Gettys. He would also play key roles in Welles' The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) and Touch of Evil (1958). Collins appeared in over 90 films in all, including Leave Her to Heaven (1945), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) and Crack-Up (1946), A Double Life (1947), two entries in the "Ma and Pa Kettle" series (as in-law Benjamin Parker), and The Desert Song (1953), in which he played the non-singing role of Kathryn Grayson's father. He displayed comic ability in The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947) and The Man from Colorado (1948). He may be best remembered for his work on television. He was also a regular as John Merriweather on the television version of The Halls of Ivy (1954) starring Ronald Colman.- Actor
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Harry McCoy was born on 10 December 1889 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Girl from Everywhere (1927), Call It Luck (1934) and Present Arms (1927). He died on 1 September 1937 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Paul L. Feltus was born on 10 December 1889. Paul L. was a writer, known for Their Worldly Goods (1914), His Secret (1913) and The Abandoned Well (1913). Paul L. died on 2 February 1971 in Bloomington, Indiana, USA.
- Jimmy Johnston was born on 10 December 1889 in Cleveland, Tennessee, USA. He died on 14 February 1967 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA.