Morley Safer (1931 - 2016)

Morley Safer Morley Safer, the globe-trotting CBScorrespondent who had filed more than 900 reports for the network’s TV news magazine 60 Minutes, died Thursday at his home in Manhattan,CBS Corp. confirmed. He was 84. The network didn’t immediately release a cause of death, but said “Safer was in declining health.” The Toronto native was the longest-serving correspondent of the venerable news […]

Morrie Arnovich (1910 - 1959)

Major League Baseball Player. Born in Superior, Wisconsin, he was an outfielder known as Snooker when he made his debut with the Philadelphia Phillies on September 14, 1936. For seven seasons, he played with the Philadelphia Phillies 1936 to 1940, Cincinnati Reds in 1940 and the New York Giants 1941 to 1946. He was selected […]

Morrie Schwartz (1916 - 1995)

Educator.  A Sociology Professor at Brandeis University, he was interviewed three times by Ted Koppel on  “Nightline” and he is the subject of the best-seller “Tuesdays with Morrie” by Mitch Albom.  Schwartz himself wrote a book called “Letting Go.” (bio by: 380W)

Morris Ankrum (1896 - 1964)

Born Morris Nussbaum in Danville in Vermilion County in eastern Illinois, Morris Ankrum originally began a career in academics. After graduating from The University of Southern California with a law degree, he went on to an associate professorship in economics at the University of California, Berkeley. While at Berkeley he became involved in the drama […]

Morris B. Sachs (1896 - 1957)

Entrepreneur. Born in Lithuania and immigrated to Chicago in 1910 at the age of 13 after his parents had died. His first job was as a peddler going door to door; soon he had earned enough to buy a horse and wagon, and established a ‘mobile store’. He opened his first store in 1919. He […]

Morris Barry (1918 - 2000)

Morris Barry (9 February 1918 – 20 November 2000) was born in Northampton, England. He was a notable figure on the production side of the BBC in the 1960s and 1970s. He made his name as a producer and director on productions such as Angels, Compact and Z-Cars; but his most impressive credit was perhaps as […]

Morris Bernard Zale (1901 - 1995)

Businessman. He co-founded the “Zale’s Jewelers” jewelry chain with his uncle, Samuel Kruger.  Family links:  Spouse:  Edna Lipshy Zale (1907 – 1996)*  Children:  Herschel Zale (1927 – 1930)* *Calculated relationship

Morris Carnovsky (1897 - 1992)

Actor. He was born in St.Louis, Missouri. In 1931, he helped found the Group Theatre which specialized in dramas. He made his New York City stage debut in The God of Vengeance. Two years later, Carnovsky joined the Theatre Guild’s acting company and appeared in such plays as “Uncle Vanya”, “Saint Joan,” “The Brothers Karamazov” […]

Morris Dalitz (1899 - 1989)

Organized Crime Figure. Known to his contemporaries as “Moe”. Born Boston, he was raised in Michigan. During Prohibition he was a bootlegger in Detroit, Akron and Cleveland, where he was associated with the Mayfield Road Gang. Expanding beyond bootlegging into gambling both in the Clevland area and in Newport, Kentucky, he operated several illegal casinos […]

Morris David Erby (1926 - 1979)

Actor of film and television. Erby appeared in the films “The Final Comedown” (1972), “THX 1138” (1971), “The Lost Man” (1969), and “A Man Called Adam” (1966). Appeared in the television show’s, “Adam-12” (1968-1975), “Dragnet” (1967-1970), “Ironside” (1967-1975), and “Perry Mason” (1957-1966). He is best known for his role as Lee Davis on the television […]

Morris Helzberg (1867 - 1922)

Business Magnate. He founded the Kansas City-based Helzberg Diamonds in 1915.  Today there are approximately 265 Helzberg franchises in 37 states. (bio by: Tom Denardo)  Family links:  Spouse:  Lena C Cohen Helzberg (1873 – 1950)*  Children:  Henry Morton Helzberg (1892 – 1952)*  Elsa Helzberg Goldblatt (1895 – 1952)*  Barnett C. Helzberg (1902 – 1976)* *Calculated […]

Morris Kessler (1912 - 1935)

Organized Crime Figure. He was the chauffeur and bodyguard of Jewish mobster Joseph Amberg. On September 30, 1935, he and Amberg were lined up against the wall of a Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York City, New York auto repair shop and machine-gunned to death by a rival gang.

Morris Rich (1847 - 1928)

Businessman. Along with his brother Emanuel, founded Rich’s Department Stores, which is one of the largest retail chains in the South.  (bio by: Evening Blues)  Family links:  Parents:  Joseph Rich (1809 – 1885)  Rose Teitelbaum Rich (1817 – 1875)  Spouse:  Maud Goldberg Rich (1857 – 1947)*  Children:  Rosalind Rich Rosenheim (1880 – 1961)*  Siblings:  Daniel […]

Morton Gould (1913 - 1996)

Morton Gould was born in Richmond Hill, New York. He was recognized early as a child prodigy with abilities in improvisation and composition. His first composition was published at age six. Gould studied at the Institute of Musical Art in New York, his most important teachers were Abby Whiteside and Vincent Jones. During the Depression, Gould, […]

Moses Annenberg (1878 - 1942)

Newspaper Publisher. Executive for different Hearst newspapers from 1904 to 1926. He became the owner of the Philadelphia “Inquirer” in 1936.  Family links:  Children:  Walter Hubert Annenberg (1908 – 2002)* *Calculated relationship

Moses Eugene Malone (1970 - 1970)

Professional Basketball Player. Moses Malone was Hall of Fame basketball player who starred in both the American Basketball Association and the National Basketball Association. A three-time NBA MVP and one of the NBA’s 50 greatest players, Malone was the most successful prep-to-pro player of his era, going straight from Petersburg High to a 21-year career […]

Moses Fleetwood Walker (1856 - 1924)

Moses Fleetwood “Fleet” Walker (October 7, 1856 – May 11, 1924) was an American professional baseball catcher who is credited with being one of the first black men to play in Major League Baseball (MLB). A native of Mount Pleasant, Ohio, and a star athlete at Oberlin College as well as the University of Michigan, […]

Moses Gunn (1929 - 1993)

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Mary and George Gunn, he was the oldest of seven children. After his mother died, his family separated. Moses left home and rode the railroad at just 12 years old. He returned to St. Louis and attended school while living at the home of Jewel Richie, his […]

Moses Jacob Ezekiel (1844 - 1917)

Artist. He was born in Richmond, Virginia into a home with a strong Jewish-Spanish heritage. He attended the Virginia Military Institute, as a “student- soldier” fought at the Battle of New Market, and after graduation studied in Europe before eventually moving to Rome, Italy where he became a world famous sculptor. Among his many great […]

Moses Malone (1955 - 2015)

Moses Malone American professional basketball player, who was the dominating centre and premier offensive rebounder in the National Basketball Association (NBA) during the 1980s. He led the Philadelphia 76ers to a championship in 1983. Malone, who led Petersburg High School to 50 consecutive victories and two state championships, was one of the most sought-after college […]

Moshe Landau (1912 - 2011)

Israeli Jurist. He was best known as the chief judge in the 1961 trial of Nazi arch-criminal Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem, who was convicted of war crimes and hanged. He was a member of the Israeli Supreme Court when he was picked to head the three-judge panel for the Eichmann trial. Born in Danzig (part […]

Moss Hart (1904 - 1961)

Moss Hart was born in New York City and grew up in relative poverty with his English-born Jewish immigrant parents in the Bronx and in Sea Gate, Brooklyn. Early on he had a strong relationship with his Aunt Kate, with whom he later lost contact due to a falling out between her and his parents, and […]

Mother Teresa (1910 - 1910)

Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, M.C., commonly known as Mother Teresa (26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), was a Roman Catholic religious sister and missionary who lived most of her life in India. She was born in today’s Macedonia, with her family being of Albanian descent originating in Kosovo. Mother Teresa founded the Missionaries of […]

Motoko Hani (1970 - 1970)

Literary critic, educator. (bio by: Warrick L. Barrett)

Moustapha Akkad (1930 - 2005)

Al Akkad was born July 1, 1930 in Aleppo, Syria. He received his high school degree from the Aleppo American College. His father, then a customs officer, gave him $200 and a copy of the Quran before he left for the United States to study film direction and production at the University of California, Los […]

Movita Castaneda (1916 - 2015)

Movita Castaneda, a Mexican American, was born in Nogales, Arizona, on a train travelling between Mexico and Arizona. Movita began her acting career singing the Carioca to Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire’s first dance number in the first film in which the famous duo appeared together, Flying Down to Rio (1933). She continued playing exotic […]

Movita Castaneda (1916 - 2015)

Actress. Born Maria Castaneda, to parents of Mexican-American descent, she had the distinction of being born on a train which was traveling from Mexico to Arizona. Her exotic beauty caught the attention of Paramount Studio which led to her film debut at the age of thirteen in a Spanish-speaking film in 1930. She was cast […]

Moyna MacGill (1895 - 1975)

Actress. She was London Theatre performer when she made her film debut in “Garryowen” (1920). Relocating to America, she appeared films to include “Miriam Rozella” (1924), “”The Changing World” (1943), “The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry” (1945), “The Clock” (1945), “Black Beauty” (1946), “Kind Lady” (1951), “The Unsinkable Molly Brown” (1964 and “My Fair Lady” […]

Moyra Fraser (1923 - 2009)

Actress. Though best known in her later years as Penny of the BBC hit “As Time Goes By”, her forte was the stage, where she made herself a comedic staple of the West End over a long career. After arriving in England at age one, she took her bow as a singer and dancer with […]

Moyra Fraser (1923 - 2009)

Moyra Fraser was born in Sydney, Australia, on 3 December 1923 and with her family emigrated to the United Kingdom in June 1924. Her father was a director of Mappin & Webb. She left school at 14 to take up a scholarship with Sadler’s Wells Ballet, where she was befriended by Robert Helpmann. Moyra Fraser joined […]