Queen Mary I of England (1516 - 1558)

Mary was born on 18 February 1516 at the Palace of Placentia in Greenwich, London. She was the only child of King Henry VIII and his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, to survive infancy. Her mother had many miscarriages; before Mary’s birth, four previous pregnancies had resulted in a stillborn daughter and three short-lived or […]

Queen Victoria (1819 - 1901)

Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death. From 1 May 1876, she used the additional title of Empress of India. Victoria was the daughter of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, the fourth […]

Queenie Leonard (1905 - 2002)

British Character Actress and Singer. She was born in London and died in West Los Angeles. She began her career on stage, and debuted on film in 1931. Among her films are “Ladies in Retirement” (1941), “The Uninvited” (1944), “And Then There Were None” (1945), “Cluny Brown” (1946), “Life With Father” (1947), “Thunder on the […]

Queenie Smith (1898 - 1978)

Queenie Smith (September 8, 1898 – August 5, 1978) was an American stage, television, and film actress. Smith was born in New York City, New York. She got an early start, being trained in ballet and dance and spent her teen years performing as a dancer with the Metropolitan Opera Company in operas such as Aida, […]

Queenie Vassar (1870 - 1960)

Scottish-born stage and motion picture actress of the 1930s and 40s. Appeared with Ginger Rogers in the 1940 drama “The Primrose Path.” Married to actor Joseph Cawthorn. (bio by: A.J. Marik) Cause of death: Following surgery Inscription:CAWTHORNJOSEPH B.1869 — 1949QUEENIE V.1870 — 1960

Quentin Crisp (1908 - 1999)

Author, actor, social wit, gay icon. The British author was born Denis Charles Pratt on Christmas Day in Sutton, Surrey, England, the son of Charles and Frances Phillips Pratt. Quentin Crisp was an intelligent, scholarly boy who at the age of fourteen won a scholarship to Denstone College and went on to study journalism at […]

Quentin De la Tour (1704 - 1788)

Artist.  A French Rococo portrait painter who worked primarily with pastels, he is remembered for his portraits of prominent French citizens of his era, including Voltaire (Francois-Marie Arouet), Jean-Jacques Rosseau, King Louis XV, and Madame de Pompadour (Jeanne Antoinette Poisson).  Born in Saint-Quentin, Aisne, Picardy, France, his father was a musician who objected to his […]

Quentin Reynolds (1902 - 1965)

Quentin Reynolds (April 11, 1902 – March 17, 1965) was a journalist and World War II war correspondent. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta International Fraternity. As associate editor at Collier’s Weekly from 1933 to 1945, Reynolds averaged twenty articles a year. He also published twenty-five books, including The Wounded Don’t Cry, London […]

Queta Claver (1929 - 2003)

Noted Spanish Screen, Stage and Musical Revue actress in the 1950s. On stage she is rememberd for her works in: “La Noche de los Cien Pájaros” and “El Sueño de la Razón.” Among her films: “La Corea” (1976), “El Virgo de Visanteta” (1978), “La Colmena” (1982), “Amanece que no es Poco” and “Siempre hay un […]

Quinn Martin (1922 - 1987)

Quinn Martin was born on May 22, 1922 in New York City as Irwin Martin Cohn, the second of two children. His father Martin Goodman Cohn was a film editor and producer at MGM; his mother was Anna Messing Cohn. From age four he was raised in Los Angeles. He graduated from Fairfax High School. […]

Quintin Dailey (1961 - 2010)

Quintin “Q” Dailey (January 22, 1961 – November 8, 2010) was an American professional basketball player. A 6’3″ guard who played collegiately at the University of San Francisco, he later went on to a career in the NBA, playing for the Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Clippers, and Seattle SuperSonics over the course of his 10-year […]