Pauline Curley (1903 - 2000)

American motion picture actress of the silent screen (1910s and 20s). Appeared with Barbara Stanwyck in the 1929 mystery “The Locked Door.” Married for many years to cinematographer Kenneth Peach. Mother of cinematographer Kenneth Peach, Jr. (bio by: A.J. Marik)  Family links:  Spouse:  Kenneth Peach (1903 – 1988)

Pauline Delaney (1925 - 2007)

Actress. Born in Dublin, Ireland, she had numerous credits in British television and films since the 1950s. After making her big screen debut in the 1958 movie “Rooney”, her other memorable performances include the films “Innocent Sinners”, (1958), “A Question of Suspense”, (1961), “Ambush in Leopard Street”, (1962), “Nothing But the Best”, (1964), “Percy”, (1971), […]

Pauline Flood (1915 - 1917)

Actress. Known as “Baby Sunshine”, her career ended at age two, when she crawled in front of a moving truck. She appeared in nine silent films and several commercials. (bio by: MC)  Inscription:Section 7, Lot 1, Grave 2N-2W

Pauline Garon (1900 - 1965)

Born in Montreal, Quebec as Marie Pauline Garon, the daughter of Pierre and Victoria Garon, she was of French and Irish descent. Her father first worked for the Canadian postal department, then worked at an insurance agency, where he managed to gain enough money to send his youngest child (out of eleven children) to the […]

Pauline Hill (1860 - 1919)

Actress. She appeared in the film “The Governor’s Boss” (1915), in the role of ‘Mrs. Morton.’

Pauline Maier (1938 - 2013)

Born in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1938 as Pauline Rubbelke, she attended parochial schools. Her father was a firefighter and her mother was a homemaker with five children. On entering Radcliffe College as an undergraduate, her original ambition was to be in the newspaper business.  She was a writer on The Harvard Crimson and worked […]

Pauline Starke (1901 - 1977)

Motion picture actress. By her 12th birthday, she had made her screen debut with a bit part in “The Claws of Green,” and over the next few years she became well-known for her memorable roles in films such as “The Arizona Express,” “The Little Girl Next Door,” and “A Royal Romance.” (bio by: MC)

Pauline Yates (1929 - 2015)

Actress. She was an English performer, best known for her a role as Elizabeth Perrin on the BBC television series, “The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin” (1976-79). After leaving school, she went straight into acting in stage shows at age 17. In 1957, she was cast in the role of Estelle Waterman for the […]

Pavel I. Belyayev (1925 - 1970)

Pavel Belyayev was one of 6 children and was known as Pasha to his family and friends. He was born on 26 June 1925, in Chelishchevo, in what is now Babushkinsky District, Vologda Oblast. In 1932 his family moved to the nearby village of Minkovo. His father was a physician’s assistant and his mother worked […]

Pavel Lednyov (1943 - 2010)

Pavel Serafimovich Lednyov (Russian: Павел Серафимович Леднëв; 25 March 1943 Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny, Russia – 23 November 2010 Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet modern pentathlete and Olympic Champion. He won a total of seven Olympic medals in modern pentathlon, more than any other player to date. He won four individual World Championships, and two gold […]

Pavel Popovich (1930 - 2009)

Pavel Popovich was born in Uzyn, Kiev Oblast of Soviet Union (now Ukraine) to Roman Porfirievich Popovich (a fireman in a sugar factory) and Theodosia Kasyanovna Semyonov. He had two sisters (one older, one younger) and two brothers (both younger). During World War II, the Germans occupied Uzyn, and burned documents including Popovich’s birth certificate. After […]

Peace Pilgrim (1908 - 1981)

Peace Pilgrim (July 18, 1908 – July 7, 1981) born Mildred Lisette Norman, was an American non-denominational spiritual teacher, mystic, pacifist, vegetarian activist and peace activist. In 1952, she became the first woman to walk the entire length of the Appalachian Trail in one season. She also walked across the United States to speak with […]

Peaches Geldof (1989 - 2014)

Geldof was born in London on 13 March 1989, the second daughter of famed singer and Live Aid founder Bob Geldof and Paula Yates and a granddaughter of Hughie Green. She had two sisters, Pixie Geldof, Fifi Trixibelle Geldof and one half-sister, Tiger Lily Hutchence.  She grew up in Chelsea, London, and Faversham, Kent, and […]

Pearl Bailey (1918 - 1990)

Bailey was born in Southampton County in southeastern Virginia, to Joseph and Ella Mae Ricks Bailey. She was reared in the Bloodfields neighborhood of Newport News, Virginia.  She made her stage-singing debut when she was 15 years old. Her brother Bill Bailey was beginning his own career as a tap dancer, and suggested she enter […]

Pearl Butler (1927 - 1988)

Pearl Butler Born Pearl Dee Jones in Nashville, Tennessee, she is best known for “Carl and Pearl Butler” a duet act with her husband country artist Carl Butler. In 1962, they joined the Grand Ole Opry and became regular members of the Porter Wagoner TV show. Through the 1960s, they had many country chart hits […]

Pearl Hackney (1916 - 2009)

Actress. Though she had a long career on stage, as well as in movies and on radio, she will be best remembered for her numerous British television appearances. Raised in Liverpool, to which her family had moved after their business in Staffordshire failed, Hackney never attended school, but was drawn to classical music and dance […]

Pearl M. Early (1878 - 1960)

Actress on Stage and in Motion Pictures. She started in Vaudeville along with her husband, entertainer John Early. (bio by: A.J. Marik)

Pearl S. Buck (1892 - 1973)

Author, humanitarian, philanthropist. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1938. She was born Pearl Sydenstricker in Hillsboro, West Virginia. Her parents were missionaries and she spent her youth in China. She learned to speak Chinese before she could speak English. After being educated by her mother and by a Chinese, Buck was sent […]

Pearl White (1889 - 1938)

Actress. Born Pearl Fay White, the youngest of five to farmers Ed and Inez White, Mrs White died when Pearl was still a toddler. At the age of 6 she appeared in a production of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” in order to help with the family finances. She appeared in various juvenile theatrical roles during her […]

Pedro Zamora (1972 - 1994)

Pedro Zamora was born in Diezmero, San Miguel del Padrón, on the outskirts of Havana, Cuba, to Hector Zamora, a food-warehouse worker, and Zoraida Diaz, a housewife. Zamora was the eighth and youngest child in his family. After the birth of their seventh child, Zoraida had been told that she would not be able to […]

Pedro Alcazar (1975 - 2002)

Professional Boxer. He was a super flyweight boxer whose professional fighting record was 25 Wins and 1 loss, with 14 of those wins coming by way of knockout. In a June 22, 2002 boxing match with Mexican fighter Fernando Montiel in Las Vegas, Nevada, he fought into the 6th round, when he was declared the […]

Pedro Armendariz (1912 - 1963)

Actor. Born in Churubusco, a suburb of Mexico City, and raised in Texas, he studied at California Polytechnic State University where he graduated with an engineering degree. He began his acting career at the stage in Mexico City, entering films there in 1935. During the next years he made 42 Spanish-language films, among them “Maria […]

Pedro Bas Codina (1899 - 1972)

Artist. He was born in Xàbia, Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana. He was disciple of the painter Leopoldo García Ramón. In 1925, he moved to Paris, where worked as fan’s painter. There, he knew the illustrator Bagarías and the musicians Amparo and José Iturbi and Joaquín Rodrigo. He was powerfully influenced by paintings of Maurice Denis. In […]

Pedro Bloch (1914 - 2004)

Author, Playwright. Author of 100 books. He was the first Brazilian of his generation with a play on Broadway, with the production of “Conscience.” He also wrote 20 other plays, one of them was “The Hands of Eurydice.” (bio by: Laurie)

Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600 - 1681)

Author. One of the most important dramatists in the Golden Age of the Spanish Stage. He is best remembered for his works “La vida es sueño”, “El Alcalde de Zalamea”, “El médico de su honra”, “La dama duende”, “El gran teatro del mundo”, “El mayor monstruo, los celos” and “Los cabellos de Absalón”. (bio by: […]

Pedro Casariego Córdoba (1956 - 1993)

Author, Artist. He was born in Madrid, Spain. Between 1975 and 1986, he developed a career as poet, that include works such as “La canción de Van Horne,” “El hidroavión de K.,” “La risa de Dios” and “Letanía de Pómulos y Pánicos.” After his marriage with Ana Ruiz de la Prada, he began his career […]

Pedro González-González (1925 - 2006)

Actor. He was born in Aguileras (Texas) to a Spanish dancer from Mexico and a Mexican American trumpet player from Texas and died in his home in Culver City (California).  He signed a seven-year contract with John Waynes’s production company. From then on, he appeared in numerous Wayne films, including “The High and the Mighty,” […]

Peetie Wheatstraw (1902 - 1941)

William Bunch (December 21, 1902 – December 21, 1941), known as Peetie Wheatstraw, was an American musician, an influential figure among 1930s blues singers. The only known photograph of him shows him holding a National brand tricone resonator guitar, but he played the piano on most of his recordings. William Bunch was the son of James […]

Peg Entwistle (1908 - 1932)

Actress. She committed suicide by jumping off the “H” in the “Hollywoodland” sign that overlooked Hollywood, California. In 1945, the “land” portion of the sign was removed, leaving only the now famous “Hollywood.” Born Lillian Millicent Entwistle in Port Talbot, Wales, United Kingdom, her birth date is given as either July 1, 1908 or as […]

Peg Sellers (1970 - 1967)

Agnes Marks, the mother of Peter Sellers, was born in Hackney in North London, the daughter of Solomon Marks and his wife, Welcome Mendoza. She was a first cousin, three times removed,  of famous boxer Daniel Mendoza (1764-1836), not, as is commonly believed, his great-granddaughter.  When Solomon died, Welcome used his legacy to form a […]