Constance Cummings (1910 - 2005)

Actress. She was born in Seattle (Washington). She made her film debut in Howard Hawks’ classic “The Criminal Code.” She enjoyed successful stage and film careers on both sides of the Atlantic. She married noted British playwright Benn Wolf Levy (Hitchcock’s Blackmail) in 1933 and moved to the UK. There, her career continued to flourish […]

Constance Dowling (1920 - 1969)

Born in New York City, Constance Dowling was a model and chorus girl before moving to California in 1943. She was the elder sister of actress Doris Dowling. Prior to her move to Hollywood, Dowling appeared in several Broadway productions, including Panama Hattie (with sister Doris), Hold On To Your Hats, and The Strings, My […]

Constance Ford (1923 - 1993)

Constance Ford (July 1, 1923 – February 26, 1993) was an American actress and model. She is best known for her long-running role as Ada Hobson on the daytime soap opera Another World. Born in The Bronx, Ford initially worked as a model, and her face became famous in the Elizabeth Arden 1941 advertising campaign for […]

Constance G. Lupino (1892 - 1959)

Actress. Known on the London stage as Connie Emerald. Wife of  comedian/actor Stanley Lupino. Mother of actress Ida Lupino.  Family links:  Children:  Ida Lupino (1918 – 1995)* *Calculated relationship

Constance Moore (1920 - 2005)

Constance Moore was born in Sioux City, Iowa, but her family moved away when she was aged six months and she spent most of her formative years in Dallas, Texas. All she wanted was to sing, and in the 1930s she got a job with CBS radio. While working on one of their musical series […]

Constance Motley (1921 - 2005)

Constance Motley was born on September 14, 1921, in New Haven, Connecticut, the ninth of twelve children. Her parents, Rachel Huggins and McCullough Alva Baker, were immigrants from Nevis, in the Caribbean. Her mother was a domestic worker, and her father worked as a chef for different Yale University student societies, including the secret society […]

Constance Purdy (1884 - 1960)

American film actress of the 1930s, 40s, and 50s. Appeared in ‘Spellbound’ (1945) and ‘A Tree Grows In Brooklyn’ (1945). (bio by: A.J. Marik)  Family links:  Spouse:  Wilbur Mack (1874 – 1964)* *Calculated relationship

Constance Talmadge (1899 - 1973)

Actress. Born Constance Alice Talmadge in Brooklyn, New York. The younger sister of Norma Talmadge, and older sister of Natalie Talmadge. The sisters were abandoned by their alcoholic father when they were young children. Their mother, Peg, scraped by doing laundry, giving art classes, and selling cosmetics. Peg saw her opportunity one day when Norma […]

Constantin Bakaleinikoff (1896 - 1966)

Conductor,  Composer.  Born in Moscow,  he was a student at the Conservatory there when the Bolshevik Revolution erupted in 1917.  He fled the country with his older brother,   Mischa Bakaleinikoff,  arriving in the United States in 1926.  The following year he was hired as conductor of the new Chinese Theatre in Hollywood,  which opened […]

Constantin Brancusi (1876 - 1957)

Sculptor. Son of a poor peasant and a self-taught man, Brancusi began his career as an apprentice to a cabinet maker. He later worked as an art student and was influenced by Rodin. His style moved beyond naturalist representation to stylized elegant forms.

Constantin Cavafis (1863 - 1933)

Noted Poet born and died in Alexandria (Egypt) of Greeks origins. He is best remembered for his books “El Dios Abandona a Antonio,” “Ítaca,” and “Regresa y Tómame.” (bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)

Constantino Brumidi (1805 - 1880)

Artist. Many biographers refer to him as the “Michelangelo of the Capitol.” He grew up in Rome and studied at the Italian Academy of Arts. During the French occupation of Italy he was 47 years of age and decided it was time to immigrate to the United States. He settled in New York City and […]

Conway Twitty (1933 - 1993)

Conway Twitty The career of singer, songwriter, producer, entertainer and recording artist Conway Twitty stands among the greatest in the history of popular music. His 55 No. 1 singles are an astounding and singular accomplishment in the annals of the recording industry. Those hits drove sales of more than 50 million records, powering literally thousands […]

Cookie Mueller (1949 - 1989)

Cookie Mueller grew up with her parents Frank Lennert Mueller (d. 1984) and Anne (Sawyer) Mueller (d. 1995, aged 82) in the Baltimore suburbs in a house near the woods, a mental hospital and railroad tracks. Mueller had many pets as a child, including many turtles (one named Fidel), a dog named Jip, snakes, and tadpoles. […]

Cootie Williams (1911 - 1985)

Born in Mobile, Alabama, United States, Cootie Williams began his professional career with the Young Family band, which included saxophonist Lester Young, when he was 14 years old. According to Williams he acquired his nickname as a boy when his father took him to a band concert. When it was over his father asked him […]

Cora Witherspoon (1890 - 1957)

Actress in 48 films including: “Libeled Lady” with Jean Harlow, “Marie Antoinette” with Norma Shearer and Tyrone Power, “Dark Victory” with Bette Davis and “The Bank Dick” with W.C. Fields. (bio by: TLS)  Family links:  Parents:  Henry Edgeworth Witherspoon (1844 – 1898)  Cora S. Bell Witherspoon (1845 – 1900)

Coral Browne (1913 - 1991)

Actress. Born in Melbourne, Australia, she began acting on the Australian stage as a teen. When she was 21 she left Australia for London, England and quickly established herself on West End stages, usually playing sophisticates. Her roles included “The Taming of the Shrew,” “King Lear” and “Macbeth” and she toured the Soviet Union with […]

Cordell Hull (1871 - 1955)

Cordell Hull (October 2, 1871 – July 23, 1955) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Tennessee. He is known as the longest-serving Secretary of State, holding the position for 11 years (1933–1944) in the administration of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt during much of World War II. Hull received the Nobel Peace Prize […]

Corey Allen (1934 - 2010)

Actor, Director.  He is best remembered for his role as Buzz Gunderson in the classic 1955 film “Rebel Without a Cause”, in which he challenged James Dean to a deadly drag race. Born Alan Cohen, he studied Drama at UCLA and began his acting career in college stage productions, before making his screen debut in […]

Corey Haim (1971 - 2010)

Actor.  A Hollywood teen idol during the 1980s who was plagued by drug addiction throughout his later career, he is probably best remembered for his role, alongside actor Corey Feldman in “The Lost Boys,” which made him a household name.  Known as ‘The Two Coreys’, the duo became 1980s icons and appeared together in seven […]

Corin Redgrave (1939 - 2010)

Redgrave was born on 16 July 1939 in Marylebone, London, the only son and middle child of actors Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson. He was educated at Westminster School and King’s College, Cambridge. Redgrave played a wide range of character roles on film, television and stage. On stage, he was noted for performances by Shakespeare (such as […]

Corinne Day (1962 - 2010)

Photographer. Known for her fashion work, she founded a genre called variously “grunge”, “heroin chic”, or “dirty realism”, and was instrumental in launching the career of Kate Moss. Raised in Ickenham, she quit school at 16 and worked in a bank before becoming a model. While enjoying some success in Australia, Japan, and America, she […]

Corinne Griffith (1894 - 1979)

Corinne Griffith was born in Texarkana, Texas to John Lewis Griffin and Ambolina (Ambolyn) Ghio. She attended Sacred Heart Convent school in New Orleans and worked as a dancer before she began her acting career. Griffith began her screen career at the Vitagraph Studios in 1916. She later moved to First National, where she became one […]

Cornelia Otis Skinner (1899 - 1979)

Cornelia Otis Skinner (May 30, 1899 – July 9, 1979) was an American author and actress. Skinner was the daughter of the actor Otis Skinner and his wife, Maud Durbin. After attending the all-girls’ Baldwin School and Bryn Mawr College (1918–1919) and studying theatre at the Sorbonne in Paris, she began her career on the stage […]

Cornelius Haley Hankins (1863 - 1946)

American Artist. Hankins was home tutored due to a case of smallpox which left him deaf till the age of eight. He studied art in Nashville under Edwin M. Gardner, in St. Louis with Robert Henri a leader of the Ashcan School and later with William Merritt Chase in New York. Hankins spent time in […]

Cornelius Krieghoff (1815 - 1872)

Artist. A well-known painter of oil landscapes, Krieghoff was born in Dusseldorf, Germany. He began to travel as a young man and took part in the Seminole Wars in Florida as a member of the United States Army. Krieghoff was later commissioned by the War Department to make paintings from many sketches done in those […]

Cornelius Ryan (1920 - 1974)

On a trip to Normandy in 1949 Cornelius Ryan became interested in telling a more complete story of Operation Overlord than had been produced to date. He began compiling information and conducting over 1000 interviews as he gathered stories from both the Allies and the Germans, as well as the French civilians. In 1956 he began […]

Cornell Woolrich (1903 - 1968)

Cornell Woolrich was born in New York City; his parents separated when he was young. He lived for a time in Mexico with his father before returning to New York to live with his mother, Claire Attalie Woolrich. He attended Columbia University but left in 1926 without graduating when his first novel, Cover Charge, was published. […]

Corrie Sanders (1966 - 2012)

Corrie Sanders He made a name for himself in the sport of boxing, when he scored a 2nd-round technical knockout victory over highly-regarded Ukrainian fighter Wladimir Klitschko to capture the WBO Heavyweight Title on March 8th, 2003. After putting together an impressive amateur career, he turned professional in 1989. Sanders established himself in his native […]

Corrie ten Boom (1892 - 1983)

Born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Corrie ten Boom grew up in the nearby city of Haarlem as the youngest of four children born to Cornelia Johanna Arnolda (died 1921 of a cerebral haemorrhage) and Casper (1859–1944). She had two sisters, Betsie ten Boom (died 1944 in the Ravensbrück concentration camp) and Nollie (died in 1953); […]