M. C. Escher (1898 - 1972)

One of the world’s greatest Artists,  Maurits Cornelis Escher was born in 1898 in Leeuwarden, Holland.  In his youth he enrolled in the School for Architecture and Decorative Arts in Haarlem.  He developed a knack for graphic art, as he had shown his drawings and linoleum cuts to his graphic teacher Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita, […]

Ma Baker (1873 - 1935)

Born Arizona Clark, in Ash Grove, Missouri, she was known as “Arrie”. In 1892 she married George Barker, in Lawrence Co., MO. The couple had four boys, named Herman (1893-1927), Lloyd (1897-1949), Arthur (1899-1939) and Fred (1901-1935). It appears from the 1910 to 1930 censuses and the Tulsa City Directories from 1916 to 1928 that […]

Ma Rainey (1886 - 1939)

Pridgett claimed to have been born on April 26, 1886 (beginning with the 1910 census, taken April 25, 1910), in Columbus, Georgia. However, the 1900 census indicates she was born in September 1882 in Alabama, and researchers Bob Eagle and Eric LeBlanc suggest that her birthplace was in Russell County, Alabama. She was the second […]

Mabel Adrienne Morrison Bennett (1883 - 1940)

Actress. Mother of Constance, Barbara and Joan Bennett. Stage actress and daughter of Rose Wood and stage actor Lewis Morrison. In films from 1914 to 1917. Married to Richard Bennett from 1903 to 1925. Married Eric Pinker in 1927.  Family links:  Spouse:  Richard Bennett (1870 – 1944)*  Children:  Constance Bennett (1904 – 1965)*  Barbara Jane […]

Mabel Adrienne Morrison Bennett (1883 - 1940)

Actress. Mother of Constance, Barbara and Joan Bennett. Stage actress and daughter of Rose Wood and stage actor Lewis Morrison. In films from 1914 to 1917. Married to Richard Bennett from 1903 to 1925. Married Eric Pinker in 1927.  Family links:  Spouse:  Richard Bennett (1870 – 1944)*  Children:  Constance Bennett (1904 – 1965)*  Barbara Jane […]

Mabel Ballin (1887 - 1958)

Actress. She started acting during World War I. Ballin played several roles and she was very popular at the time. Best remembered as ‘Jane Withersteenin’ in “Riders of the Purple Sage” (1925) with Tom Mix. (bio by: MC)

Mabel Hackney (1970 - 1914)

Actress. The wife of stage actor Laurence Irving, she appeared on stage in the plays, “The Incubus” (1909), “The Affinity” (1910), and “The Three Daughters Of Monsieur Dupont” (1910). She died in the sinking of the “RMS Empress of Ireland” on May 29, 1914. (bio by: K)

Mabel Ida Albertson (1901 - 1982)

Actress.  Most remembered for her role as ‘Phyllis Stephens’ on the television situation comedy “Bewitched”, she had a career in entertainment that spanned from the 1920s to the 1970s. Some of her more notable motion picture roles were in the films “The Long, Hot Summer” (1958), “All The Fine Young Cannibals” (1961) “Barefoot in the […]

Mabel Julienne Scott (1892 - 1976)

Actress. Appeared in motion pictures the silent era (1910s and 1920s). Sister of actor William Scott. (bio by: A.J. Marik)

Mabel Karr (1934 - 2001)

Actress. Born in Buenos Aires,  Argentina,  she spent most of her career in Spain. Karr appeared in films such as “Las Chicas de la Cruz Roja” (1958), “El Día de los Enamorados” (1959), “Il Colosso di Rodi” (1961), “La Hora Incógnita” (1963), “Los Palomos” (1964), “Abuelo Made in Spain” (1969), “La Duda” (1972) and “La […]

Mabel King (1932 - 1999)

Mabel King      She started acting in the early seventies, her first movie appearance being Don’t Play Us Cheap in 1973 as a house guest. Estelle Rolle also appeared in the movie. She also played Evillene, the evil witch of the west, in both the movie and broadway versions of Diana Ross’ The Wiz. She […]

Mabel L. Criss (1881 - 1978)

Founder (with her husband) of Mutual of Omaha Insurance Companies. They are buried together in their family mausoleum.  Family links:  Spouse:  Clair C. Criss (1879 – 1952)* *Calculated relationship

Mabel Lillian Rea (1932 - 1968)

Actress. Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, she began her career as a Rockette dancer and made her film debut in “Bundle of Joy” (1956) followed by “The Unholy Wife” (1957). Her other credits included “Pal Joey” (1957), “The Joker Is Wild” (1957), “Sad Sack” (1957), “The Devil’s Hairpin” (1957), “Submarine Seahawk” (1958) and “The Girl […]

Mabel Normand (1892 - 1930)

Mabel Normand Actress. Born in Boston, Massachusetts as the youngest of three children. She received her formal education at St. Mary’s Convent in Westport in the southernmost part of the state. When Mabel entered her teen years, she along with her family moved to New York where she caught the acting bug. She already had […]

Mabel Paige (1880 - 1954)

Actress. Born in New York City, she began performing on stage at age 4 and was headlining in Broadway musicals by age 11. She made screen debut in “A Realistic Rehearsal” (1912), followed by “Back to the Farm” (1914). From 1914 to 1953, she appeared in over 50 films to include “Avenging Bill” (1915), “Eight […]

Mabel Rea (1932 - 1968)

Mabel Rea was a native of Mecklenburg County who left suburban Charlotte right after graduating from Sharon High School and headed for New York City. There, according to what research I was able to dig up on her, she studied drama at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. It was during this period that she […]

Mabel Todd (1907 - 1977)

Mabel Todd was born Mabel Dodds on August 13, 1907 in Los Angeles, California. Sadly her mother died when was very young. Mabel had a lovely singing voice and began her career in vaudeville. She and her sister Marcia often performed as a duo. Mabel started singing on the radio where she nicknamed “The Little […]

Mabel Trunnelle (1879 - 1981)

Actress. She began her career as a model for “Photoplay” magazine and was stage performer before entering films in the silent era. From 1909 to 1923, she was a very prominent star with Edison Films, Majestic Company and Vitagraph Pictures. With her husband actor Herbert Prior, she appeared in nearly 200 films to include “Nursing […]

Mabel Van Buren (1878 - 1947)

Actress. Born in Chicago, Illinois, she began her career as a theatrical performer playing the leading lady in both “The Virginian” and “The Squaw Man” (1909). A veteran of over 80 films, she made her screen debut in “Serious Sixteen” (1910). Among her credits are “The Probationer” (1913), “Elizabeth’s Prayer” (1914), “The Girl of the […]

Mac Davis (1942 - 2020)

Mac Davis At Mac Davis commercial peak in the mid-’70s, Mac Davis was one of America’s most popular entertainers, a countrypolitan-styled singer and actor who found considerable success in both fields. First making his name in the music business as a label manager and a songwriter, he went on to become a star on the […]

Macdonald Carey (1913 - 1994)

Born in Sioux City, Iowa, Carey graduated from the University of Iowa in Iowa City with a bachelor’s degree in 1935, after attending the University of Wisconsin–Madison for a year where he was a member of Alpha Delta Phi. He first made his career starring in various B-movies of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. He […]

Machiko Hasegawa (1920 - 1992)

Cartoonist. Born in Taku, Japan, the daughter of a mining engineer. Her father died when she was 14, and the family moved to Tokyo where her mother enrolled her as a student to artist Suiho Tagawa, who was later called the grandfather of manga. With the coming of the Second World War, the family fled […]

Machiko Soga (1938 - 2006)

Actress. Best known for her role as the villainess ‘Rita Repulsa’ on the “Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers,” and Queen Hedrian in the “Solar Task Force.” She also appeared on the “Electronic Task Force” TV series. Her career began in the 1960s with an appearance in “Samaritan Zatoichi.” She was also a prolific voice actress and […]

Maciste (1878 - 1947)

Actor. Born Bartolomeo Pagano, he starred in a series of swenty six silent films including,”Cabiria” (1914), “Maciste” (1915), “Maciste The Alphinist” (1916), “Maciste The Athlete” (1919), “Maciste And The Chinese Cabinet” (1923), “Maciste Against The Sheik” (1925), and “Maciste In Hell” (1926). He legally changed his name to Maciste in 1915 after the success of […]

Mack Gordon (1904 - 1959)

Mack Gordon (born Morris Gittler, June 21, 1904 – February 28, 1959) was an American composer and lyricist of songs for the stage and film. He was nominated for the best original song Oscar nine times in eleven years, including five consecutive years between 1940 and 1944, and won the award once, for “You’ll Never […]

Mack Gray (1905 - 1981)

American motion picture actor of the 1920s to the 1970s. Appeared in the 1941 Frank Capra classic “Meet John Doe” among many other popular films. (bio by: A.J. Marik)

Mack Ray Edwards (2024 - 1971)

Mack Ray Edwards was born in Arkansas. He moved to Los Angeles County in 1941. As a heavy equipment operator contracted by Caltrans, he worked on freeways. The body of one of his victims was found underneath the Santa Ana Freeway, and he claimed to have disposed another of his victims under the Ventura Freeway. […]

Maclyn Arbuckle (1866 - 1931)

Actor. Arbuckle was a cousin of actor/comedian Roscoe ‘Fatty’ Arbuckle, and brother of actor Andrew Arbuckle. He appeared in the films, “The Gilded Highway” (1926), “Lure Of The Track” (1925), “The Old Gang Of Mine” (1925), “The Thoroughbred” (1925), “Janice Meredith” (1924), “Yolanda” (1924), “Broadway Broke” (1924), “Squire Phin” (1922), “Mr. Bingle” (1922), “The Young […]

Macon Bolling Allen (1816 - 1894)

Judicial Figure. He was the first African-American in United States history to received a law degree and to receive a judgeship. Born in Indiana as a freeman, he was self taught, and ultimately becoming a school teacher in Indiana where he taught for five years. In the late 1830’s he elected to move to Portland, […]

Macon McCalman (1932 - 2005)

Nicknamed “Sonny, McCalman helped form the Front Street Theatre in his hometown of Memphis, Tennessee. During the Korean War, he served in the U.S. Army.[citation needed] Over the course of his acting career McCalman appeared in various film and TV guest roles, usually in supporting parts, both dramatic and comedic often as heavies and authoritarian […]