Esther Howard (1892 - 1965)

Esther Howard was born in Helena, Montana in 1892 and made her Broadway debut in 1917 in a play called Eve’s Daughter, which was not a success. She continued to appear regularly on Broadway for the next twelve years, performing in comedies and musicals, including the hit shows Wildflower (1923) and The New Moon (1929), […]

Esther Phillips (1935 - 1984)

Esther Phillips was born Esther Mae Jones in Galveston, Texas. Her parents divorced when she was an adolescent, and she divided her time between her father, in Houston, and her mother, in the Watts section of Los Angeles. She was brought up singing in church and was reluctant to enter a talent contest at a […]

Esther Ralston (1902 - 1994)

Ralston was born Esther Worth in Bar Harbor, Maine. She was the older sister of Howard Ralston who also appeared in silent pictures but never achieved the stardom of his sister. She began her career as a child actress in a family vaudeville act which was billed as “The Ralston Family with Baby Esther, America’s […]

Esther Rolle (1920 - 1998)

Esther Rolle She is best known for her role as Florida Evans, a no-nonsense wife and mother on the CBS television sitcom Maude for two seasons (1972-1974) and its spin-off series Good Times for five seasons Rolle is best known for her television role as Florida Evans, the character she played on two 1970s sitcoms. […]

Esther Sandoval (1928 - 2006)

Actress. She was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico. She worked on stage, screen, radio and television. On films, she appeared among others in “Creature from the Haunted Sea” (1961), “Thunder Island” (1973), “Los Traidores de San Ángel” (1967), “Las Pasiones Infernales” (1969) and “Dios los Cría” (1979). In television, she is fondly remembered in “La […]

Esther Williams (1921 - 2013)

Esther Williams Born in Inglewood, California, on August 8, 1921, Williams was the fifth and youngest child of Louis Stanton Williams (January 19, 1886 – June 10, 1968) and Bula Myrtle (née Gilpin; October 8, 1885 – December 29, 1971). Louis Williams was a sign painter and Bula Myrtle Williams was a psychologist. The two […]

Estrid Ericson (1894 - 1981)

Founder of world famous interior design company Svenskt Tenn. The company was founded in 1924 and reached international recognition for new, modern design. Initially the company produced art objects in pewter, but came to pioneer the interior design business. In the early 1930s she established a cooperation with famed Austrian architect and designer, Josef Frank, […]

Ethan Nathan Allen (1904 - 1993)

Ethan Nathan Allen (January 1, 1904 – September 15, 1993) was an American center fielder in Major League Baseball from 1926 to 1938. He played for the Cincinnati Reds (1926–30), New York Giants (1930–32), St. Louis Cardinals (1932–33), Philadelphia Phillies (1934–36), Chicago Cubs (1936), and St. Louis Browns (1936–38).  Born in Cincinnati, Ohio and an […]

Ethel Barrymore (1879 - 1959)

Actress. In the first half of the 20th Century, Ethel Barrymore and her brothers Lionel and John were probably the most famous family of actors in the English-speaking world. She was a legend on the New York and London stage for over 40 years. Her aristocratic poise and distinguished career earned her the sobriquet, “The […]

Ethel Beard (1918 - 2003)

Actress. Beard appeared on radio in the 1940s with the likes of Hume Cronyn, Jonathan Winters, and Sid Caesar, as part of the Experimental Radio Theater, also known as, Experimental Playhouse of the Air. From 1960 to 1962, Beard was a hostess on Merv Griffin’s television game show, “Play Your Hunch.”  Family links:  Spouse:  William […]

Ethel Beard (1918 - 2003)

Actress. Beard appeared on radio in the 1940s with the likes of Hume Cronyn, Jonathan Winters, and Sid Caesar, as part of the Experimental Radio Theater, also known as, Experimental Playhouse of the Air. From 1960 to 1962, Beard was a hostess on Merv Griffin’s television game show, “Play Your Hunch.”  Family links:  Spouse:  William […]

Ethel Clayton (1882 - 1966)

Actress. She appeared in 147 films from 1909 to 1947 including: “Journey’s End” (silent), “Sunny Side Up” (silent), “Make Way for Tomorrow,” “Artists & Models,” “Bulldog Drummond’s Peril,” “Cafe Society,” “Lucky Jordan,” “True to Life,” and “The Perils of Pauline.” (bio by: TLS)  Family links:  Spouse:  Ian Keith (1899 – 1960)* *Calculated relationship

Ethel Grey Terry (1882 - 1931)

Actress. A twenty-year veteran of the stage, starting in 1919 under the director of Belasco and the Shuberts, Ethel was the daughter of actress Lillian Lawrence and wife of actor Carl Gerard. She began her career on the stage at two years of age, later being educated at Notre Dame Academy in Boston, then going […]

Ethel Merman (1908 - 1984)

Entertainer. As an actress and singer, she is best remembered for her powerful, belting mezzo-soprano voice, precise enunciation and pitch in musicals, and has been called “the undisputed First Lady of the musical comedy stage.” Because stage singers performed without microphones when she began singing professionally, she had a great advantage, despite the fact that […]

Ethel Newman (1902 - 1995)

Actress. She appeared in “Rodney Stone,” “The Old Country,” and “Money,” all filmed in the 1920s. She also had a role in the film “The Streets of London” in 1934. Ethel was married to Actor/body builder Joe Bonomo. (bio by: Graving Queen of the OC)  Family links:  Spouse:  Joe Bonomo (1901 – 1978)* *Calculated relationship

Ethel Rojo (1937 - 2012)

Actress. A versatile performer, she shall be remembered as a longtime star of the Argentine stage and screen. Born Agnes Ethel Ines Rojo Castro, she took to show business early, won several beauty contests while still a young girl, and after a screen test was hired by a Buenos Aires television station in 1954. Ethel […]

Ethel Shannon (1898 - 1951)

Actress. Born in Colorado, she began her career as a set extra before signing a contract with a movie studio and made her film debut in “It’s Easy to Make Money” (1919). She appeared in over 30 features to include “Roarin’ Dan” (1920), “The Hero” (1923), “Riders Up” (1924), “The Texas Trail” (1925), “The High […]

Ethel Waters (1896 - 1977)

Ethel Waters was born in Chester, Pennsylvania, on October 31, 1896, as a result of the rape of her teenaged mother, Louise Anderson (believed to have been 13 years old at the time, although some sources indicate she may have been slightly older), by John Waters, a pianist and family acquaintance from a mixed-race middle-class […]

Ethlyne Clair (1904 - 1996)

Actress. The star of a number of silent films, she is probably best remembered for several Hollywood westerns of the late 1920s. Born Ethlyne Williamson, she was raised in Alabama and was apparently an unwilling participant in show business, pushed by her mother who entered her into beauty pageants and her brother who signed her […]

Ethlyne Clair (1904 - 1996)

Actress. The star of a number of silent films, she is probably best remembered for several Hollywood westerns of the late 1920s. Born Ethlyne Williamson, she was raised in Alabama and was apparently an unwilling participant in show business, pushed by her mother who entered her into beauty pageants and her brother who signed her […]

Etienne Girardot (1856 - 1939)

Actor. Girardot, a well established stage actor before the turn of the century, went to America in 1893, making his stage debut in “Charly’s Aunt.” In 1912 he started his film career with Vitagraph in Brooklyn, often times going back to work on the stage. In 1933, Girardot returned to the screen permanently. Girardot died […]

Etienne Guittard (1970 - 1899)

Businessman. He first came to San Francisco from France to take his chances with the California Gold Rush. In 1868, he founded Guittard Chocolate which he ran until his death. The company is still run and owned by the Guittard family today. (bio by: G.Photographer)  Family links:  Children:  Horace C. Guittard (1878 – 1950)* *Calculated […]

Etta Elmer Jones-Mills (1919 - 1997)

Dancer, singer, actress. Former Dandridge Sister. She worked with Jimmie Lunceford and Count Basie at the Cotton Club and  after she retired from show business to raise a family, she taught dance for the L.A. Department of Parks and Recreation. Cause of death: Heart failure

Etta Hawkins (1865 - 1945)

Actress. She was best known as a prominent Broadway stage comedian during the early 1900s. She also was wife of stage actor and producer William Morris and mother of actors Chester Morris and Adrian Morris. (bio by: John “J-Cat” Griffith)  Family links:  Spouse:  William Morris (1861 – 1936)  Children:  Gordon Morris (1898 – 1940)*  Chester […]

Etta James (1938 - 2012)

Etta James Jamesetta Hawkins was born on January 25, 1938, in Los Angeles, California, to Dorothy Hawkins, who was only 14 at the time. Her father has never been identified. James speculated that he was the pool player Rudolf “Minnesota Fats” Wanderone, and met him briefly in 1987. Due to her mother’s frequent absences from […]

Etta McDaniel (1890 - 1946)

Actress. The sister of Oscar-winning actress Hattie McDaniel, she played uncredited bits, usually as maids and mammies, in 58 films. Perhaps her most memorable moment is in “King Kong” (1933),  as the native woman with the coconut bra who snatches her baby away from the rampaging ape.  Her other credits include “The Green Pastures” (1936), […]

Ettore Bugatti (1881 - 1947)

Automotive Pioneer. Ettore Bugatti was born in Milan to a family of talented artists. He worked for several car makers during his youth, and later started his own company in Molsheim in 1910. His work was characterized for the combination of advanced engineering and an artistic execution of technical details. His creations are considerated art […]

Ettore Sottsass (1917 - 2007)

Ettore Sottsass was born on 14 September 1917 in Innsbruck, Austria, and grew up in Milan, where his father was an architect. He was educated at the Politecnico di Torino in Turin and graduated in 1939 with a degree in architecture. He served in the Italian military and spent much of World War II in a […]

Eudora Welty (1909 - 2001)

Eudora Welty was born in Jackson, Mississippi on April 13, 1909, the daughter of Christian Webb Welty (1879–1931) and Mary Chestina (Andrews) Welty (1883–1966). She grew up with younger brothers Edward Jefferson and Walter Andrews. Eudora’s mother was a school teacher. Eudora soon developed a love of reading, reinforced by her mother who believed that […]

Eugene Asa Niel Carr (1830 - 1910)

Eugene Carr was born in Hamburg, New York. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, in 1850, 19th in a class of 44 cadets. He was appointed a brevet second lieutenant in the Regiment of Mounted Riflemen, and served in the Indian Wars until 1861, seeing his first bit […]