Clemens Krauss (1893 - 1954)

Clemens Krauss made the rounds of regional centers, conducting in Riga (1913-1914), Nuremberg (1915) and Stettin (1916-1921) (formerly part of Pomerania in Germany; now part of Poland). The latter appointment gave him ample opportunity to travel to Berlin to hear Arthur Nikisch conduct the Berlin Philharmonic, a major influence. He then returned to Austria as […]

Clemens von La Roche Brentano (1778 - 1842)

Author and one of the major poets of late romanticism. Many of his poemswere made into folk songs and he collaborated with his brother-in-law Achim von Arnim in a compilation of folk songs which was called “Des Knaben Wunderhorn” (The boy’s miracle horn) and has remained well known until today

Clementine Hunter (1970 - 1988)

African-American folk artist whose works depicted scenes of daily life on Melrose Plantation, where she lived for approximately 85 years.  Although there is some doubt about her actual date of birth, it is generally believed that she was at least 100 years old when she died in 1988.  She is buried next to her close […]

Clementine Hunter (1970 - 1988)

African-American folk artist whose works depicted scenes of daily life on Melrose Plantation, where she lived for approximately 85 years.  Although there is some doubt about her actual date of birth, it is generally believed that she was at least 100 years old when she died in 1988.  She is buried next to her close […]

Cleo Madison (1883 - 1964)

Cleo Madison began her acting career on stage with the Santa Barbara Stock Company. She made her first professional appearances on the stages of the Burbank Theatre and the Belasco in 1911. She played the role of the mother in Captain Swift. In March 1912 she debuted as the leading female player in Ernest Shipman’s […]

Cleo Moore (1924 - 1973)

Cleo Moore made her film debut in 1948, playing a small role in Embraceable You. She also played the leading lady in the film serial Congo Bill and worked for Warner Brothers briefly in 1950. She worked for RKO Radio Pictures from 1950–52, making such films as Hunt the Man Down and Gambling House. She signed […]

Cleo Noel (1918 - 1973)

Born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Cleo Noel spent his formative years in Moberly, Missouri. He attended Moberly Junior College and then University of Missouri, receiving a B.A. in History in 1939 and a M.A. in the same subject in 1940. Noel worked briefly as an educator, teaching American History at the University of Missouri before joining […]

Cleo Ridgely (1894 - 1962)

Cleo Ridgely was born Freda Cleo Helwig in New York City. She was the daughter of August Helwig and Catherine Emily Sommerkamp. She had two sisters, Christina and Martha. Cleo Ridgely starred with Ruth Roland in a girl detective series in the 1920s and co-starred in a number of films with Wallace Reid and Lew Cody. […]

Cleveland Abbe (1838 - 1916)

Cleveland Abbe was born in New York City and grew up in the prosperous merchant family of George Waldo and Charlotte Colgate Abbe. One of his younger brothers, Robert, became a prominent surgeon and radiologist. In school, Cleveland excelled in mathematics and chemistry, graduating in 1857 from the Free Academy. He then taught engineering for […]

Cleveland Amory (1917 - 1998)

Author, Social Reformer. He wrote “The Best Cat Ever,” “The Cat Who Came For Christmas,” and “The Cat and the Curmudgeon.” Devoted his life to animal rights, founding The Fund For Animals in 1967 and serving as its president until his death. He is buried next to his cat, Polar Bear, on his ranch in […]

Cleyde Yaconis (1923 - 2013)

Actress. A pretty blonde with a deep voice, she is remembered for a career of more than 60 years that saw her earn her reputation by portraying ladies older than herself. Born Cleyde Becker Yaconis in the Sao Paulo suburb of Pirassununga to an Italian father and a Brazilian mother, she was raised in Santos […]

Cliff “Charlie Weaver” Arquette (1905 - 1974)

Actor, Comedian. Born in Toledo, Ohio, the son of Charles Augustus and Winifred Clark Arquette. Cliff began his career as a night club pianist, later joining the Henry Halstead orchestra in 1923.  From here he evolved into a successful, working radio actor and comedian, which led by the 1950s to television. He created the character […]

Cliff “Ukulele Ike” Edwards (1895 - 1971)

Entertainer.  Edwards got the nickname “Ukulele Ike” during his youth in St. Louis,  where he sang and played the ukulele in saloons.  After scoring a national hit with the song “Ja Da,”  he became a Vaudeville headliner and then a Broadway star in the Ziegfeld “Follies” and George White “Scandals” revues of the 1920s.  Edwards’ […]

Cliff Clark (1889 - 1953)

Actor. Sometimes billed as Cliff Clarke. Born in New York City, he was a longtime performer in touring theatrical companies and first ventured into movies in 1931. He was nearly 50 when he settled on a Hollywood career but was kept extremely busy, appearing in some 210 films in 16 years. Squarely-built and balding, with […]

Cliff Gorman (1936 - 2002)

Cliff Gorman (October 13, 1936 – September 5, 2002) was an American stage and screen actor. He won an Obie award in 1968 for the stage presentation of The Boys in the Band, and went on to reprise his role in the 1970 film version. Gorman was born in New York City, New York, the son […]

Clifford Allison (1964 - 1992)

Clifford Allison Was an American stock car racing driver. Son of NASCAR champion Bobby Allison, he was a member of the “Alabama Gang“. He was killed in a crash during practice for a NASCAR Busch Series race at Michigan International Speedway in 1992. Son of the legendary Bobby Allison, nephew of Donnie and brother to […]

Clifford Bax (1886 - 1962)

Author and playwright.Born in Knightsbridge, London, England.  Educated at Slade and Heatherly Art School.  Edited Orpheus, a theosophical magazine, and the Golden Hind, a literary magazine.  He married twice.  From his first marriage he had a daughter.  From his second he had two stepsons, both killed in WWII.  He published, edited or collaborated on 42 […]

Clifford Curry (1936 - 2016)

Clifford Curry (November 3, 1936 – September 6, 2016) was an American beach music and R&B singer. Curry was born on November 3, 1936 in Chicago, Illinois. Clifford Curry’s career began in high school and he was a member of several groups, including The Echoes, The Five Pennies (for whom he wrote a 1956 release, “Mr. Moon”), […]

Clifford Joseph “Fido” Purpur (1912 - 2001)

Professional Hockey Player. A native of Grand Forks, North Dakota, Purpur played for teams in the CHL, NHL, USHL, AHA, USHL, and the NCAA hockey leagues. At 5’5″, and 157lbs, Purpur played for the Grand Forks Falcons from 1931 to 1932, Minneapolis Millers from 1933 to 1935, St. Louis Eagles from 1934 to 1935, St. […]

Clifford Lawrence Allison (1964 - 1992)

Auto Race Car Driver. He was the son of NASCAR series champion Bobby Allison and nephew of driver Donnie Allison. Following his brother, Davey, Clifford started racing in 1983 in various series from late models to ARCA and it wasn’t long before he made it to the NASCAR Busch Series in 1990. He would race […]

Clifford Odets (1906 - 1963)

Clifford Odets (July 18, 1906 – August 14, 1963) was an American playwright, screenwriter, and director. Odets was widely seen as successor to Nobel Prize-winning playwright Eugene O’Neill as O’Neill began to retire from Broadway’s commercial pressures and increasing critical backlash in the mid-1930s. From early 1935 on, Odets’ socially relevant dramas proved extremely influential, […]

Clifton Curtis Williams, Jr (1932 - 1967)

Astronaut. Born in Mobile, Alabama, he was a US Marine Corps Major, graduated from the Navy Test Pilot School and accumulated 2,500 hours flying time in jet aircraft. In October 1963, he was selected by NASA as an Astronaut serving as backup pilot for the Gemini 10 mission and worked in the areas of launch […]

Clifton Williams (1932 - 1967)

Williams was born on September 26, 1932 in Mobile, Alabama, to parents Clifton Curtis Williams and Gertrude (née Medicus) Williams. He was active in the Boy Scouts of America where he achieved its second highest rank, Life Scout. Williams attended Murphy High School in Mobile, from which he graduated in 1949. He received a Bachelor […]

Clifton Young (1917 - 1951)

Actor. Born Robert Howard Young in New York City, he began performing on stage at age five and made frequent vaudeville and occasional movie appearances through his early 20s, most often billed as Bobby Young. From 1925 to 1931 he had a semi-regular role in the “Our Gang” series, playing “Bonedust”, a kid with a […]

Clint William Murchison, Jr (1923 - 1987)

Businessman, Professional Football Team Owner. He and his brother inherited the fortune their father had built in real estate, construction, railroads and oil in the 1920s and 1030s. He established the Dallas Cowboys football team in 1959 for $600,000, and sold them in 1984 to H.R. “Bum” Bright  for $80 million.  He once had a […]

Clinton H. Anderson (1903 - 1989)

American Folk Figure. Clinton began his career in law enforcement as a Beverly Hills police officer in 1929. He was promoted to chief of police in December, 1942.  From 1942 until he resigned in 1969, Clinton protected the city’s image as a sleepy little town for big screen stars. Back then, protecting the privacy of […]

Clive Brook (1887 - 1974)

Clive Brook (born Clifford Hardman Brook, 1 June 1887 – 17 November 1974) was a British film actor. After making his first screen appearance in 1920, Brook emerged as a leading British actor in the early 1920s. After moving to the United States, Brook became one of the major stars for Paramount Pictures in the late […]

Clive Dunn (1920 - 2012)

English Actor, Comedian, Artist and Author. Best known for his role as Lance-Corporal Jack Jones in the popular BBC sitcom Dad’s Army. Dunn played small film roles from the 1930s onwards, appearing alongside Will Hay in the films Boys Will Be Boys (1935) and Good Morning, Boys (1937). After a break for service in the […]

Clyde Anderson Tolson (1900 - 1975)

Deputy Director Federal Bureau of Investigation.  He carried out the policies and directives of bureau boss J. Edgar Hoover for over forty years. Clyde Anderson Tolson was born in a rural area near Laredo, Missouri to farmer James W. Tolson and his wife.  He moved with the family to Cedar Rapids as his father gave […]

Clyde Barrow (1909 - 1934)

Clyde Barrow Outlaw. Even though he lived on the edge of the law as a youngster, Clyde Chestnut Barrow’s first crime was not until an auto theft in 1926 at the age of 17. Clyde, one of several sons of a poor East Texas sharecropper, had little formal education, but had learned “street smarts” from […]