Pijush Ganguly (1965 - 2015)

Bengali Actor. Ganguly was a very popular actor in film, television, and theater. He started in banking, but later pursued acting as his career. Ganguly started acting in the theater, but later became popular in both television and film.   He would appear in such films as “Amodini” (1994), “Autograph” (2010), “Laptop” (2012), and “Iti […]

Pilar Seurat (1938 - 2001)

Pilar Seurat was of Filipino descent who had a acting career in films and television in the 1960s. Born Rita Hernandez in Manila.  Among her films were Seven Women From Hell and Battle at Bloody Beach, both released in 1961. Also in 1961, she gave her best performance of her  career, as Louisa Escalante, the […]

Pina Bausch (1940 - 2009)

German Ballerina and Choreographer. She was known for productions involving innovative staging and somewhat erotic male-female interaction. Raised in western Germany, she enrolled at the Folkwang School in Essen in 1955, and received a scholarship to New York’s Juilliard in 1960. After dancing with the New American Ballet and the Metropolitan Opera, she returned to […]

Pina Menichelli (1890 - 1984)

Silent Italian silent film star. Pina was considerd one of the most bizzare and perverse of the Italian divas. She is a striking presence in her handful of her films. With her contorted postures and distainful expressions, she would have been typed as a Hollywood Vamp. (bio by: David)

Pina Pellicer (1934 - 1964)

Pina Pellicer was born in Mexico City to César Pellicer Sánchez, a lawyer, and Pilar López de Llergo. Her uncle Carlos Pellicer was a modernist poet. Of her seven siblings, her younger sister Pilar Pellicer also became an actress best known for her roles in numerous telenovelas; another younger sister, Ana, is a sculptor and […]

Pinto Colvig (1892 - 1967)

Pinto Colvig was born Vance DeBar Colvig in Jacksonville, Oregon, one of seven children of Judge William Mason Colvig (1845–1936) and wife Adelaide Birdseye Colvig (1856–1912). Although William Colvig was a pioneer, an attorney and a distinguished Oregonian, he was never actually a judge. Pinto graduated from Oregon State University in 1911 at age 18. After […]

Pío Baroja (1872 - 1956)

Author. Noted Spanish writer, born in San Sebastián (País Vasco). He was part of the Generation of 1898. He is remembered for his books “La Busca”, “Las Inquietudes de Shanti Andía”, “El Mundo es Ansí”, “El Arbol de la Ciencia” and “Zalacaín, el Aventurero.” (bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)

Pituka de Foronda (1918 - 1999)

Actress.  Born in Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands, she was the daughter of author Mercedes Pinto. After some stage experience in Montevideo, Uruguay, she made her motion picture debut in Cuba’s first “talkie”,  “La Serpiente Roja” (1937). In 1941 Foronda went to Hollywood and made a screen test for the drama “For […]

Plato Gus Andros (1921 - 2008)

Professional Football Player. Selected in the seventh round of the 1947 National Football League draft by the Los Angeles Rams, he appeared in 45 games over four seasons with the Chicago Cardinals. A standout defensive guard at the University of Oklahoma, he earned All-American honors in 1946. He served in the United States Coast Guard […]

Platt Adams (1885 - 1961)

He was born in Belleville, New Jersey on March 23, 1885. He had a brother, Benjamin Willard Adams, also an Olympic athlete. In 1908 he finished fifth in the triple jump competition as well as in the standing high jump event. In the standing long jump competition he finished sixth. He also participated in the […]

Platt Delascus Babbitt (1823 - 1879)

Photographer. Born in Lanesbourough, Massachusetts, he became one of the first daguerreotypists to specialize in tourist photography. In 1853 he opened a permanent studio at Niagara Falls and worked there at Point View and Prospect Point. However his best known image is an early news photo,  entitled “Man stranded on rocks in the Niagara River”, […]

Platt Rogers Spencer (1800 - 1864)

Calligrapher and penmanship teacher, he designed the first copybooks for school use in 1848. (bio by: Ginny M)  Family links:  Spouse:  Persis Warren Duty Spencer (1806 – 1862)*  Children:  Robert Closson Spencer (1829 – 1916)*  Sara L Spencer Sloan (1832 – 1923)*  Henry Caleb Spencer (1837 – 1891)*  Lyman Potter Spencer (1840 – 1915)*  Ellen […]

Pola Alonso (1923 - 2004)

Cinema and T.V. actress, one of the most popular actresses of the Golden Age of Argentine Cinema. She participated in 15 movies and is well remembered for her marriage with the famed soccer player José Manuel Moreno.

Pola Alonso (1923 - 2004)

Actress. One of the most popular actresses of the Golden Age of Argentine Cinema. She participated in 15 movies and is well remembered for her marriage with the famed soccer player José Manuel Moreno.

Pola Illery (1909 - 1993)

Actress. The exotic vamp of roughly 15 French movies, she was possibly the last performer to have starred in silent films as an adult. Born Paula Illiescu in the small town of Corabia, she took to show business early and made her silver screen bow in the 1928 “Le Desir”. After first attracting major notice […]

Pola Negri (1899 - 1987)

Actress. She was born into a comfortable lifestyle until her father was arrested by the Russians and sent to a Siberian prison camp. She moved to Warsaw, Poland in 1902 and spent her formative years in poverty. As a teenager, she auditioned for the St. Petersburg Imperial Ballet and was accepted. She showed great promise […]

Polly Ann Young (1908 - 1997)

Actress. She was the sister of Loretta Young.  Family links:  Parents:  Gladys Belzer (1888 – 1984)  Spouse:  James Carter Hermann (1905 – 1981)*  Children:  James Carter Hermann (1936 – 2012)*  Siblings:  Polly Ann Young (1908 – 1997)  Sally Blane (1910 – 1997)*  Loretta Young (1913 – 2000)*  Georgiana Young (1923 – 2007)* *Calculated relationship

Polly Bergen (1930 - 2014)

Bergen was born in Knoxville, Tennessee to Lucy (née Lawhorn) and William Hugh Burgin, a construction engineer. “Bill Bergen”, as he was later known, had singing talent and appeared with his daughter in several episodes of her 18-episode NBC comedy/variety show, The Polly Bergen Show, which aired during the 1957-1958 television season.  Bergen appeared in […]

Polly Klaas (1981 - 1993)

On October 1, 1993, Polly Klaas and two friends were having a slumber party. Late in the evening, Richard Allen Davis entered their bedroom, carrying a knife. He tied both friends up, pulled pillowcases over their heads and told them to count to 1,000. He then kidnapped the weeping Polly Klaas. Over the next two months, […]

Polly Moran (1883 - 1952)

Polly Moran (June 28, 1883 – January 25, 1952) was an American actress and comedian. Born in Chicago, Illinois, Moran started out in vaudeville, and widely toured North America, as well as various other locations that included Europe and South Africa. An attractive Irish beauty, she left vaudeville in 1914 after signing for Mack Sennett at […]

Polly Wagner (1910 - 2014)

Polly Wagner Actress. Wagner, who came to California as a young girl and graduated from Santa Monica High School, was discovered by an MGM talent scout while playing volleyball outside the Santa Monica beachfront home of Marion Davies and William Randolph Hearst. Although she had roles in ‘Lady Killer’ (1933) with James Cagney, ‘Little Miss […]

Polly Walters (1913 - 1994)

Actress. She trained as a dancer and made her way to Broadway, appearing in several productions during the late 1920s. Then came a stage stint as Eddie Cantor’s straight woman before Warner Bros. signed her to a contract in 1931. At Warner’s, she appeared in three James Cagney films — “Taxi,” “Smart Money” and “Blonde […]

Pomeroy Burton (1970 - 1970)

Sir Pomeroy Burton was one of Britains leading newspaper magnates. He was General Manager of Associated Newspapers. He was one of the leaders who took over the famous “The Times” newspaper in 1908. (bio by: Kieran Smith)

Pompeo Coppini (1870 - 1957)

Artist. Nationally known sculptor who sculptured the Alamo Cenotaph, busts of many famous Texans, Confederates, and other Americans. In all, he is represented in the United States by thirty-six public monuments, sixteen portrait statues, and about seventy-five portrait busts.  Family links:  Spouse:  Elizabeth di  Barbieri Coppini (1875 – 1957)* *Calculated relationship

Pompey Factor (1970 - 1928)

Indian Wars Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served in the Indian Wars as a Private in the Indian Scouts, which were Native Americans in the United States Army service. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery at the Pecos River, Texas on April 25, 1875. His citation reads “With 3 other men, he participated […]

Pop Smoke (1999 - 2020)

Pop Smoke Pop Smoke was born with the name Bashar Barakah Jackson on 20 July 1999 in New York City, U.S,. and died on 19 February 2020 in Los Angeles, California, the U.S. He was 20 years old before his death and had the birth sign of Cancer. He was American by nationality and belonged […]

Pope John Paul II (1920 - 2005)

Pope John Paul II (Latin: Ioannes Paulus II), born Karol Józef Wojtyła (8 May 1920 ‒ 2 April 2005) was pope of the Catholic Church from 16 October 1978 until his death on 2 April 2005. In Catholicism, since his canonisation, he is referred to as Pope Saint John Paul II or Saint John Paul […]

Porfirio Rubirosa (1909 - 1965)

In 1931, Porfirio Rubirosa met Rafael Trujillo at a country club. The “Benefactor” asked to see him the next morning, and made him a lieutenant of his Presidential Guard. Their relationship lasted throughout their lives, went up and down, mostly close, but not without episodes of danger for Porfirio Rubirosa, and defined his professional career […]

Porter Hall (1888 - 1953)

One of Hollywood’s top character actors of the 1930s, 40s, and 50s. Played memorable roles in many top films. He is buried next to his wife, actress Geraldine Hall. (bio by: A.J. Marik)  Family links:  Parents:  William Alexander Hall (1856 – 1931)  Frances Winifred Owings Hall (1861 – 1937)  Spouse:  Geraldine Hall (1905 – 1970)Cause […]

Porter Wagoner (1927 - 2007)

Porter Wagoner Porter Wagoner, a country singer who mixed rhinestone suits, a towering cotton-candy pompadour and cornball jokes with direct, simple songs over a career best known for his partnership with Dolly Parton, died Sunday in Nashville. He was 80 and lived in Nashville. He had been hospitalized with lung cancer, the Grand Ole Opry […]