Zita Johann (1904 - 1993)

Actress. She is best known for her role as ‘Princess Ankhesenamón’ in “The Mummy” (1932). She also appeared in “The Struggle” (1931) and “The Sin of Nora Moran” (1933). After another film, she retired, and worked with acting students and young people with learning disorders. She retuned in 1986 in the film “Raiders of the […]

Zoe Ducós (1928 - 2002)

Cinema, stage, radio and TV actress. Born in Argentina, she participated in 14 movies. She is especially remembered for her participation in the movie “Dios se lo Pague” (1948). In the 1950s she moved to Venezuela where she developed a successful career in cinema, TV, radio and stage. In the 1980s and 1990s she was […]

Zohra Sehgal (1912 - 2014)

Actress. A dancer, choreographer, and prolific character performer, she is remembered for her roles in dozens of British and Bollywood productions. Born Sahibazdi Zohra Begrum Mumtaz-ullah Khan in what was then British India, she was raised in Chakatra, educated at the rather strict Queen Mary College of Lahore, and following her graduation traveled by car […]

Zoltan Fabri (1917 - 1994)

Zoltán Fábri (15 October 1917 – 23 August 1994) was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. His films The Boys of Paul Street (1969) and Hungarians (1978) were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. His 1965 film Twenty Hours shared the Grand Prix with War and Peace at the 4th Moscow […]

Zoltan Korda (1895 - 1961)

As a young man, Zoltan Korda went to work with his brother Alexander in their native Hungary and in the United Kingdom for his London Films production company. He functioned as a camera operator; for a time he worked in film editing and as a screenwriter. In 1918 and 1920 in Hungary, he directed two […]

Zoot Sims (1925 - 1985)

John Haley “Zoot” Sims (October 29, 1925 – March 23, 1985) was an American jazz saxophonist, playing mainly tenor but also alto and later soprano. He first gained attention in the “Four Brothers” sax section of Woody Herman’s big band, after which he went on to a long solo career, often in partnership with fellow […]

Zora Arkus-Duntov (1909 - 1996)

Zora Arkus-Duntov (December 25, 1909 – April 21, 1996) was a Belgian-born American engineer whose work on the Chevrolet Corvette earned him the nickname “Father of the Corvette.” He is sometimes erroneously referred to as the inventor of the Corvette, although that title belongs to Harley Earl. Zora joined General Motors in 1953 after seeing the […]

Zsa Zsa Gabor (1917 - 2016)

Zsa Zsa Gabor Zsa Zsa Gabor, whose 60-year career of playing herself helped paved the way for today’s celebrity-obsessed culture, has died. She was 99. Publicist Ed Lozzi confirmed to Variety that Gabor died Sunday in her Bel Air mansion. She had been on life support for the last five years, and according to TMZ, […]

Zully Moreno (1920 - 1999)

Zully Moreno was born on 17 October 1920 in the town of Villa Ballester, part of the General San Martín Partido in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. She dreamed of becoming an actress, but went to work as a seamstress at a young age due to financial hardship, after her father’s death when she was ten years […]