Best and Worst Movies of 2012

BEST:

The Hunger Games

Safety Not Guaranteed

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

Ted

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Seven Psychopaths

Django Unleashed

Silver Linings Playbook

Beasts of the Southern Wild

Flight

The Avengers

Girl Most Likely

Moonrise Kingdom

The Guilt Trip

Get the Gringo


WORST:

Chernobyl Diaries

Lincoln

The Watch

Brave

The Master

John Dies at the End

Cabin in the Woods

Famous People Born on Christmas

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Born on Christmas (day/eve):


Kit Carson 12/24/1809
Clara Barton 12/25/1821
Eugenie Besserer 12/25/1868
Helena Rubinstein 12/25/1872

William Conklin 12/25/1872
Charles Waldron 12/24/1874

Joseph Schenck 12/25/1876
Evelyn Nesbit 12/25/1884

John David 12/25/1886 
Michael Curtiz 12/24/1886
Conrad Hilton Sr. 12/25/1887

Jack Rube Clifford 12/25/1888

Ruth Chatterton 12/24/1892
Harry Warren 12/24/1893

Azarene Rogers 12/25/1896
Dorothy Peterson 12/25/1897
Humphrey Bogart 12/25/1899
Barton MacLane 12/25/1902
J. Edward Bromberg 12/25/1903
Howard Hughes 12/24/1905
Frank Ferguson 12/25/1906
Cab Calloway 12/25/1907
Mike Mazurki 12/25/1907
Helen Twelvetrees 12/25/1908

Quentin Crisp 12/25/1908 

Jeanne Herviale 12/24/1908
Mitchell Ayres 12/24/1909
Tony Martin 12/25/1913
Candy Candido 12/25/1913
Helen Brown 12/24/1915

Edward Burnham 12/25/1916
Margaret Early 12/25/1919

Peter Turgeon 12/25/1919

John Barron 12/24/1920
Ava Gardner 12/24/1922
Jonas Mekas 12/24/1922
Rod Serling 12/25/1924
Mary Higgins Clark 12/24/1927

Diana Herbert 12/25/1928
Dick Miller 12/25/1928

Norman Rossington 12/24/1928

Robert Ridgely 12/24/1931 

Charles "Lefty" Driesell 12/25/1931 
Mabel King 12/25/1932
John Ashley 12/25/1934
Irene Fenwick 12/24/1936

Ismail Merchant 12/25/1936
John Bowers 12/25/1936
Philippe Nahon 12/24/1938

Christiane Schmidtmer 12/24/1939 

Sharon Farrell 12/24/1940
John Capodice 12/25/1941

Michael Billington 12/24/1941 

David Arkin 12/24/1941

Paul Wilson 12/25/1945 
Jimmy Buffet 12/25/1946
Sissy Spacek 12/25/1949
CCH Pounder 12/25/1952

Timothy Carhart 12/24/1953
Annie Lennox 12/25/1954

Clarence Gilyard Jr. 12/24/1955

Paul Bates 12/24/1958

Lee Daniels 12/24/1959

Perry Lang 12/24/1959 
Kate Spade 12/24/1962

Anna Dewdney 12/25/1965 
Diedrich Bader 12/24/1966
Helena Christensen 12/25/1968

Adam Haslett 12/24/1970
Ricky Martin 12/24/1971
Dido 12/25/1971
Noelle Parker 12/25/1971
Stephanie Meyer 12/24/1973
Ryan Seacrest 12/24/1974

Edward Aschoff 12/24/1985

Louis Tomlinson 12/24/1991


(Sucks) Died on Christmas:

Jacob Marley 12/24/1836
Johns Hopkins 12/24/1873
John Muir 12/24/1914
Fred Thomson 12/25/1928
Agnes Ayres 12/25/1940

Blanche Bates 12/25/1941 

William Irving 12/25/1943

Hanna Schygulla 12/25/1943
Gustav von Seyffertitz 12/25/1943 

Russell Gleason 12/25/1945

D'Arcy Corrigan 12/25/1945
W.C. Fields 12/25/1946
Leon Schlesinger 12/25/1949

Levi Schubart 12/25/1953 
Nana Bryant 12/24/1955
Norma Talmadge 12/24/1957
Edmund Goulding 12/24/1959

Cheerio Meredith 12/25/1964 
Burt Baskin 12/24/1967
Mel Ruick 12/24/1972
Adrian Scott 12/25/1972
Bernard Herrmann 12/24/1975
Frankie Darro 12/25/1976
Charlie Chaplin 12/25/1977

Chuck Hamilton 12/24/1978
Joan Blondell 12/25/1979

Lee Bowman 12/25/1979 

Fred Emney 12/25/1980

Tommy Bupp 12/24/1983 
Peter Lawford 12/24/1984
Betty Garde 12/25/1989

Curt Bois 12/25/1991

Virginia Sorenson 12/24/1991 
Norman Vincent Peale 12/24/1993

Rossano Brazzi 12/24/1994 
Julie Haydon 12/24/1994
Dean Martin 12/25/1995
Toshiro Mifune 12/24/1997
Denver Pyle 12/25/1997

Ivan Beavis 12/24/1997 

Hjordis Genberg 12/24/1997 

Richard Paul 12/25/1998
Bill Bowerman 12/24/1999

Peter Jeffrey 12/25/1999 
Nick Massi 12/24/2000

Davina Whitehouse 12/25/2002

William T. Orr 12/25/2002

Roy Stuart 12/25/2005 
James Brown 12/25/2006

Marc Smith 12/24/2006 
Eartha Kitt 12/25/2008
Ann Savage 12/25/2008
Jack Klugman 12/24/2012
Charles Durning 12/24/2012
Jason Wingreen 12/25/2015
Paul Gregory 12/25/2015
Liz Smith 12/24/2016

Jeffrey Hayden 12/24/2016 
Richard Adams 12/24/2016

George Michael 12/25/2016
Sandra Giles 12/25/2016
Heather Menzies 12/24/2017
Lee Mendelson 12/25/2019

Edward Aschoff 12/24/2019

Barry Lopez 12/25/2020 

Wayne Thiebaud 12/25/2021 

Richard Franklin 12/25/2023 

Kamar de los Reyes 12/24/2023 

Married on Christmas:

Thomas Edison and Mary Stilwell 12/25/1871 

Agatha and Archibald Christie 12/24/1914 (divorced) 

Henry Fonda and Margaret Sullavan 12/25/1931 (divorced) 

Claudette Colbert and Dr. James John Pressman 12/24/1935

Louis and Mary Leakey 12/24/1936 

Carl Reiner and Estelle Lebost 12/24/1943 

Robert H. Harris and Viola Harris 12/24/1943 

Mary Astor and Thomas Gordon Wheelock 12/24/1945 (divorced)

Leif Erickson and Annie Ruth Diamond 12/24/1945 

Noam Chomsky and Carol Schatz 12/24/1949 

Cary Grant and Betsy Drake 12/25/1949 (divorced)

Waylon Jennings and Maxine Lawrence 12/24/1955 (divorced) 

Joe Louis and Rose Morgan 12/25/1955 (divorced) 

Stockard Channing and Peter Schmidt 12/24/1969 (divorced) 

George Foreman and Adrienne Calhoun 12/24/1971 (divorced) 

Erica Jong and Jonathan Fast 12/24/1977 (divorced) 

Johnny Depp and Lori Anne Allison 12/24/1983 (divorced) 

Anne Lockhart and Adam C. Taylor 12/24/1986 

Louis Gossett Jr. and Cindy Reese 12/25/1987 (divorced) 

Nancy Cartwright and Warren Murphy 12/24/1988 (divorced) 

Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman 12/24/1990  (divorced) 

Sofia Vergara and Joseph Gonzalez 12/25/1991 (divorced) 

Judd Hirsch and Bonni Chalkin 12/24/1992 (divorced) 

Rue McClanahan and Morrow Wilson 12/25/1997 

Jerry Seinfeld and Jessica Sklar 12/25/1999 

Gregory Paul Martin and Cherie Grassi 12/25/2012 

Pamela Anderson and Dan Hayhurst 12/24/2020 (divorced) 

         
Best Christmas Movies to Watch:

Bad Santa

The Berenstain Bears' Christmas Tree

It's a Bundyful Life

A Castle For Christmas 

A Charlie Brown Christmas

A Christmas Carol (2009, 1951)

Christmas Eve (1986)

Christmas Eve (2015)

A Christmas Memory (1966)

A Christmas Story

A Christmas Story Christmas 

The Christmas Tree (1996)

A Claymation Christmas

Deck the Halls

Ernest Saves Christmas

Four Christmases

Fred Claus

Frosty the Snowman

Garfield's Christmas

Get Santa

Here Comes Santa Claus

Home Alone

A Homecoming

It's A Wonderful Life

Little Women (1994)

Love, Actually

The Man in the Santa Claus Suit

March of the Wooden Soldiers

Mickey's Christmas Carol

A Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
A Muppet Christmas Carol

Noel (2004)

Noelle

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Prancer

Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer

The Santa Claus
Scrooged

SNL Christmas Special

Stubby Pringle's Christmas

'Twas the Night Before Christmas (animated)
Yogi's First Christmas

Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too!

Great Books To Read Around X-Mas:

A Christmas Carol- By Charles Dickens

The Christmas Joy Ride- Melody Carlson 

A Christmas Memory- Truman Capote

The Gift of the Magi- O. Henry

How The Grinch Stole Christmas- Dr. Seuss

Last Night at the Lobster- Stewart O'Nan

'Twas the Night Before Christmas- Clement Clarke Moore

The Paper Bag Christmas- Kevin Alan Milne 

Seven Stories of Christmas Love- Leo Buscaglia

The Shepherd, the Angel and Walter the Christmas Miracle Dog- Dave Barry
Skipping Christmas- John Grisham
Snow Angels- Stewart O'Nan

Spending the Holidays With People I Want to Punch in the Throat - Jen Mann

2 A.M. at the Cat's Pajamas- Marie-Helene Bertino
Wishin' and Hopin'- Wally Lamb
Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus- Francis P. Church

All the Christmas themed mysteries by Mary Higgins Clark 


My Favorite Christmas Songs:

Oh Holy Night
What Child is This?
Caroling, Caroling
Oh Come All Ye Faithful
I Wonder As I Wander
The Christmas Song
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
Blue Christmas
Carol of the Bells
Santa Baby
All I Want for Christmas is You
Last Christmas
Christmas Wrapping
Happy Xmas
Marshmallow World
Wonderful Christmastime
Ava Maria
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
Celebrate Me Home


Rating the MANY different versions of "A Christmas Carol"  (by year of release) 

 A Christmas Carol 1910 * :  silent, black and white version. 10 minutes long. Primitive, as you can imagine. nice costumes. Marc McDermott as Scrooge. Rated PG

Scrooge 1935 * :  not every entertaining due to filming limits in that era, pretty forgettable. Seymour Hicks as Scrooge. Black and white. Rated PG

A Christmas Carol 1938 ** : mediocre version but very, very dated. Reginald Owen as Scrooge. Black and white. Rated PG

A Christmas Carol 1949 * : pretty painful to watch. It was a low budget TV short so it was only 25 minutes.  The lines and scenes were rushed, dialogue was directly from the book. Seemed slapped together. Taylor Holmes as Scrooge. Vincent Price narrates so of course that's creepy. Black and white. Rated PG

A Christmas Carol 1951 ** Alastair Sim makes an excellent Scrooge. well done for the time era. Black and white. Rated PG

Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol 1962 **** : one of my favorite versions.  animated. great, fun version. Wonderfully written songs. A family classic.  Only version that has The Ghostt of Present as the first ghost.  Rumor has it was due to the TV commercial breaks.  Jim Backus voices Scrooge. Amazingly talented cast and crew.  Rated G

Carol For Another Christmas  1964 * : dreary TV version brought to you from "The Twilight Zone" creator Rod Serling.  It drags and tends to be too preachy about the repercussions of war.  It really doesn't have much to do Christmas.  Sterling Hayden as Scrooge, although  the character's called Daniel Grudge.  Has some other great stars from the past such as Peter Sellers and Robert Shaw. Black and white. Rated PG

A Christmas Carol 1969 ** : animated version.  Made for television.  kinda forgettable.  Dialogue is pretty exact to the book.  Animation is pretty rudimentary.  The drawing of Marley may be scary to small children.  Ron Haddrick voices Scrooge. Rated G

Scrooge 1970 **** : one of my top rated versions. this Musical version is very entertaining, full of catchy songs, such as "December the 25th" and "Thank You Very Much". A little annoying that some of the characters names are altered.  Albert Finney is a very good Scrooge.  Plus he dresses as Santa in the end which is different. Rated PG

A Christmas Carol 1971 ** : another animated short made for TV. Very dark and gloomy. Not drawn with many colors and no music so it is very joyless. Alastair Sim returns to do the voice of Scrooge. Rated G

A Christmas Carol 1977 * : extremely bland acting. I felt like the book was being read to me line for line.  Low budget. Skip. Michael Hordern as Scrooge. Rated PG

The Stingiest Man in Town 1978 ** : traditional drawings you'd expect from a Rankin/Bass Production.  A Musical version but the songs seem out of tune and clunky.  They do not flow nicely, very forced.  Not memorable, I suppose that's why no one has ever heard of this version.  Shame cause it has some great voices from Tom Bosley and Walter Matthau. Rated G

Rich Little's Christmas Carol 1978 **** : by far the funniest version of this story.  It's a one man show starring the impersonator Rich Little playing all the roles.  He acts as C.W. Field's as Scrooge, Johnny Carson as Fred, Peter Sellers as the Ghost of Christmas Present, Richard Nixon as Marley, Groucho Marx as Fezziwig and many more.  Very witty. Classic. Rated PG

An American Christmas Carol 1979 *** : great American, modern take on the classic. Very good acting and original script.  Henry Winkler as Scrooge, although Scrooge's name is changed to Benedict Slade in this movie.  He is a bitter furniture salesman. Takes place in New England. Watch! Rated PG

Mickey's Christmas Carol 1983 **** : one of my favorite versions. Fabulous, heart-felt version. animated. nicely explains the tale for children. Short, running time is 26 minutes. Alan Young as the voice of Scrooge. Rated G

A Christmas Carol 1984 *** : good version. little drab and dark. George C. Scott obviously, makes for a terrifying Scrooge. Directed by Clive Donner Rated PG

Scrooged 1988 **** : one of my favorite versions. such a funny and original modern version of the story. Bill Murray makes a hilarious, sarcastic, arrogant Scrooge. Scrooge's name is Frank Cross in this version.  He is a ruthless CEO of a television station. Takes place in NYC. Directed by Richard Donner  Rated PG-13 

A Muppet Christmas Carol 1992 **** : one of my favorite versions. wonderful sets and costumes. Very well composed songs for this Musical version. Mixes real people with puppets. Michael Caine is very memorable as Scrooge. Directed by Jim's son Brian Henson. Rated G

A Flintstones Christmas Carol 1994 ** : not very original. Maybe two jokes.  trying to be like Mr. Magoo's version.  The dialogue is literally right from the pages of the book.  Henry Corden who voices Fred Flintstone as Scrooge. Rated G

Ebbie 1995 *** : very good modernization version with a female as the main role.  Starring Susan Lucci as Scrooge and Jeffrey DeMunn.

A Christmas Carol 1997 ***  : animated.  Very well done version.  With a great cast, including Ed Asner, Whoopi Goldberg and Tim Curry as Scrooge. Rated G

Ms. Scrooge 1997 * : just miserable.  Hallmark movie.  Cicely Tyson as Scrooge.  I am perplexed about so much...like why did they have her mumble through the film seems like poor acting from a pro.  It was very difficult to hear what she was saying.  So odd.  good premise and cast but it missed the mark.  Also stars Katherine Helmond and Michael Beach. Rated G

A Christmas Carol 1999 ** : dull version, Patrick Stewart is forgettable as Scrooge. Rated PG

A Christmas Carol 2001 * : the worst version I've ever watched. Writing is dreadful. Animated. Waste of some great voice-overs by known actors such as Kate Winslet and Nicholas Cage. Simon Callow as Scrooge. Rated G

A Christmas Carol: the Musical 2004 ** : terrible musical TV movie version. No enjoyable songs. Some of the acting is rough. Very odd casting choices such as Jennifer Love Hewitt as Belle and Jason Alexander as Marley. What a joke. Kelsey Grammar is good as Scrooge. Rated PG

A Christmas Carol 2009 ***  : animated version of the story. Can be very dark for little kids. Very good cast such as Jim Carrey as Scrooge, Robin Wright as Belle, Gary Oldman as Cratchit, Colin Firth as Fred and Bob Hoskins as Fezziwig. Directed by Robert Zemeckis.  Rated PG

A Christmas Carol 2012 * : I don't want to be too harsh because this was an extremely independent Irish version and I'm sure they had no budget.  The special effects are as good as they can be without any money.  It does feel like the actors are just reading the book to you.  However, the acting is not bad, in fact it is better than some of the stars from the big budget versions.  Actor Vincent Fegan as Scrooge. (Brendan O'Carroll makes a cameo as Old Joe.  Uncredited)   Rated G. 

All American Christmas Carol 2013 ** : interesting modern white-trash version of the story. Rare version that has a woman as Scrooge. Her name is Cindy in this movie, she is a hair dresser,  Played by Taryn Manning. Rated PG-13

The Man Who Invented Christmas 2017 *** : not exactly a version of "A Christmas Carol" but is a movie based on true events and the life that Charles Dickens was living at the time that he wrote the novel. Very well done and entertaining. Heart-warming tale. Dan Stevens as Charles Dickens and Christopher Plummer as Scrooge. Rated PG

A Christmas Carol *** 2019 : very dark version.  Definitely not for kids.  I liked the new take on the story, some literally liberties.  Some new twists and turns.  Very well acted and great scenery.  As usual London is extremely dreary looking.  Guy Pearce plays a great dismal and gaunt Scrooge, A bit younger looking than most versions.  Rated R

A Christmas Carol * 2020: one of the worst versions.  very strange British version.  very amateur technology.  It's a lot of interpretive dance and old illustrations.  It is narrated by an Sian Phillips who plays a grandmother.  Simon Russell Beale as Scrooge.  Many talented British actors lent their voices such as Martin Freeman as Cratchit, Andy Serkis as Marley and Carey Mulligan as Belle.  Oh boy, I feel like they did this as a favor for this director.  This version is almost unwatchable. 

Scrooge: A Christmas Carol ** 2022 :  Animated children's version of the 1970 British Musical by the same name.  Should have left the Classic alone. Not impressed with animation.  The updated versions of the classic songs are lousy and not as catchy.  The characters names are altered like the 1970 film, which has no purpose.   Good acting from a cast with Luke Evans as Scrooge and other talents such as Olivia Coleman, Jessica Buckley, and Jonathan Pryce. Rated G

Celebrities That Lived to Be 100 or Older

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Jeanne Calment 1875-1997. Oldest living person ever

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Kane Tanaka 1903-2022. 2nd oldest person ever 

Sarah Knauss 1880-1999. 3rd oldest person ever 

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Sister Andre (Lucile Randon) 1904-2023 French Nun

114

Leila Denmark 1898-2012.  American Pediatrician who invented the vaccine for pertussis (whooping cough).  She didn't retire from her practice until she was 103.  

112

Alphaeus Philemon Cole 1876-1988. American artist 

Sasha Krasny 1882-1995. Russian poet 


111

Theresa Bernstein 1890-2002. Artist 

Frederica Sagor 1900-1912. Screenwriter.

Ruthie Tompson: 1910-2021. Disney animator 

109

Colm de Bhailis 1796-1906. Irish Writer 

Sarah Louise Delany 1889-1999. Writer.

Helen Reichert 1901-2011. Fashion advisor and teacher at NYU (subject of genetic testing, google her)

Martine Yewell Tompkins 1889 - 1998. Mother of actor Tom Ewell 


108

Johannes Heesters 1903-2011. Actor and Singer

Trude Hollander 1910-2018. German-American gynecologist 

Roberta McCain 1912-2020. oil heiress and politician John McCain's mother  

Gladys O'Connor 1903-2012. actress from "Billy Madison" 


107

George Abbott. 1887-1995. American playwright, Director, and producer.

Red Hoff 1891-1998. Baseball pitcher 

Roy Neuberger 1903-2010. American financier and art collector. 

106

S. Prestley Blake 1914-2021. Co-founder of Friendly's ice cream Co. 

Julie Gibson 1913-2019. Actress from "The Contender"

Norman Lloyd 1914-2021. Actor from "The Dead Poet's Society" 

Lincoln Maazel 1903-2009. American stage actor 

Lupita Tovar 1910-2016. actress in the 1930's and 1940's 

Doris Eaton Travis 1904-2010.  An actress from "Man on the Moon".

Sir Nicholas Winton 1909-2015. British man who saved 669 children during the holocaust

Tyrus Wong 1910-2016. movie set designer from "Rebel Without a Cause"

105

Brooke Astor 1902-2007. American writer and philanthropist

Mary Ellis 1897-2003. American Actress from "All the King's Horses" 

Ruth Gruber 1911-2016. American writer 

Clare Hollingworth 1911-2017. British journalist and war correspondent

Huey Long 1904-2009.  American Musician, Member of the "Ink Spots". 

Don Lusk 1913-2018. American animator for Disney

Soong Mei-ling (Madame Chiang Kai-shek) 1898-2003. First Lady of the Republic of China 

Connie Sawyer born 1912-2018 Actress from "When Harry Met Sally"


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Margaret Booth 1898-2002. Fim editor e.g. "Mutiny on the Bounty" and "Annie".

Amelia Boynton 1911-2015: Leader of Civil Rights 

Sybil Brand 1899-2004: American activist for Women's prisons reform 

Mary Carlisle 1912-2018.  Actress from "Dance, Girl, Dance".

Huguette Clark 1906-2011. American heiress and philanthropist

Beverly Cleary 1916-2021:  American children's author

Olivia de Havilland 1916-2020 actress from "Gone With the Wind"

Annie Elizabeth Delany 1891-1995. Writer.

Jean Erdman 1916-2020. American choreography

Arthur Gardner 1910-2014. movie producer 

Yvonne Howell 1905-2010 actress from the silent film era 

Marsha Hunt 1917-1922. actress from "Johnny Got His Gun"

Rose Kennedy 1890-1995.  Philanthropist and mother of nine children including John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, and Ted Kennedy.

Carla Laemmle 1909-2014. actress from "A Broadway Melody" 

Audrey Munson 1891-1996. American's first "super model" 

Luise Rainer 1910-2014. actress from "The Great Ziegfeld" and "The Good Earth".

Louise Tobin born 1918-2022. jazz singer 

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Gisele Casadesus 1914-2017. actress from "Sarah's Key" 

Wally Cassell 1912-2015. actor from "The Postman Always Rings Twice" 

Mino Doro 1903-2006. Actor from "8 1/2" 

Kirk Douglas 1916-2020. actor from "Spartacus" 

Louise "Teddy" Getty 1913-2017. fifth and final wife of J. Paul Getty 

Jane Perry Gunther 1916-2020. editor and second wife of writer John Gunther 

Kathleen Harrison 1892-1995. Actress from 1951's "A Christmas Carol" 

Kilian Hennessy 1907-2010.  Heir to the Hennessy Cognac Company.

Barbara Kent 1907-2011. Actress from the 20s and 30s.

Joe Krush 1918- 2022. Illustrator for the "Borrowers" children's books

Yvette Lebron 1910-2014. French actress

Vera Lynn 1917-2020. British singer

Rachel Lambert Mellon 1910-2014. American horticulturist 

Patricia Morison 1915-2018: actress from "Dressed to Kill" 

Ethel Owen 1893-1997. actress from the tv series "The Honeymooners"

Miriam Seegar 1907-2011. Actress in the 20s and 30s.

Douglas Slocombe 1913-2016. Cinematographer, known for "Indiana Jones" films 

Arnold Spielberg 1917-2020.  electrical engineer and inventor  (Steven Spielberg's dad)

Senor Wences 1896-1999. Ventriloquist best known for his work on "The Jack Benny Show" and "The Ed Sullivan Show".

Herman Wouk 1915-2019.  American writer

Dorothy Young 1907-2011. Harry Houdini's stage assistant.

Adolf Zukor 1873-1976. President of Paramount Pictures

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Princess Alice 1901-2004, Duchess of Gloucester (UK) 

Curtis Blake 1917-2019, Co-founder of Friendly's ice cream Co. 

John Calvert 1911-2013.  American magician.

Earl Cameron 1917-2020. actor from "Doctor Who"

William Coors 1916-2018, co-owner of Coors Brewing Company 

Irwin Corey 1914-2017. American comedian 

Eve Curie 1904-2007. journalist/writer (Marie Curie's daughter) 

Dorothy Dickson 1893-1995. a Ziegfeld folly 

Anne Douglas 1919-2021. film producer and wife of Kirk Douglas 

Carl Esmond 1902-2004. actor from "The Man From U.N.C.L.E" series 

Peggy Gilbert 1905-2007. American Jazz musician 

Albert Hoffman 1906-2008.  Invented L.S.D.

Dolores Hope 1909-2011 Bob Hope's wife. 

A.E. Hotcher 1917-2020 co-founder (with Paul Newman) of the food company "Newman's Own" 

Shep Houghton: 1914-2016: actor from "Gone With the Wind" and "Wizard of Oz"

Iris Apfel: 1921-2024: interior designer for the White House

Al Jaffee 1921-2023. American cartoonist  

Mae Laborde 1909-2012. actress from "Pineapple Express" 

Charles Lane 1905-2007. Best known for his roles in "It's a Wonderful Life" and "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington". 

Nehemiah Persoff 1919-2022. actor from "Some Like It Hot" 

I.M. Pei born 1917-2019. architect

Zohra Segal  1912-2014.  Actress from "Bend it Like Beckham".

Emory Williams 1911-2014. Former CEO of Sears and Roebuck.

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Roger Angell 1920-2022. writer

Diana Athill 1917-2019. Novelist. 

Charles D. Barney 1844-1945. Founder of "Smith and Barney" stockbrokers 

Bion Barnett: 1857-1958: Founder of "Barnett Bank" 

Dorothy Barrett: 1917-2018: actress from "Gone With the Wind" and "Wizard of Oz"

Carl Bennett: 1920-2021: founder of the discount store "Caldor" 

Irving Berlin 1888-1989.  Songwriter for the Silver Screen. Won an Oscar for "Holiday Inn".

Harry Bernstein 1910 - 2011: writer known for his biography "The Inviable Wall" 

Ivy Bethune 1918-2019. actress from "Back to the Future" 

Helen Burns 1916-2018. actress from "The Changeling" 

Diana Serra Cary 1918-2020. silent film actress known as "Baby Peggy"

Marge Champion 1919-2020. dancer and actress from "Showboat"  

Librado Chavez 1881-1982: father of Cesar Chavez 

Angela Clarke: 1909-2010: actress from "St. Elsewhere" 

Muriel Cleese 1899-2000. actor John Cleese's mother 

Norman Corwin 1910-2011. American writer/ screenwriter. 

Ellen Albertini Dow 1913-2015. Screen actress. Best Known from "The Wedding Singer" and "The Wedding Crashers". 

Lawrence Ferlinghetti 1919-2021. Poet and publisher 

Francoise Gilot 1921-2023. French painter 

Joseph "Jack" Holder 1921-2023. Last surviving solider from the Pearl Harbor attack

Katherine Johnson: 1918-2020. Mathematician and NASA scientist 

Norman Lear: 1922-2023. Created "All in the Family" and many other sitcoms. 

Walter Mirisch 1921-2023. American film producer  

Peter Mondavi 1914-2016. American winemaker 

Grandma Moses 1860-1861. Famous Artist.

Meg Mundy 1915-2016. actress from "Ordinary People" 

Fern Persons 1910-2012. actress from "Field of Dreams" 

Mary Pratt 1918-2020. member of the "All-American Girls Professional Baseball League"

Willis Pyle 1914-2016. American animator for Disney

Harry Redmond 1909-2011. special effects artist 

Leni Riefenstahl 1902-2003. Screen actress.

David Rockefeller 1915-2017. Banker

Alfie Scopp born 1919-2021. voice actor from "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" 

Carl J. Shapiro born 1913-2021. founder of Vanity Fair undergarment Co. 

Shep Shepherd 1917-2018. jazz musician 

Jane Sherman 1908-2010. a Rockette

Nancy Sinatra Sr. 1917-2018. first wife of Frank Sinatra and mother of singer Nancy Jr. 

Dorothy Stickney 1896-1998.  Best known for her roles in "The Uninvited" and "The Homecoming".

Wayne Thiebaud born 1920, artist 

Charles E. Toberman 1880-1981. Hollywood real estate developer. 

Mabel Trunnelle 1879-1981. silent film actress 

Queen Elizabeth: Queen Mother 1900-2002. Mother of Queen Elizabeth II and wife of King George VI who predeceased her by 50 years.

Estelle Winwood 1883-1984. Screen Actress.  Best Known from "The Producers" and "Darby O'Gill and the Little People".

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Carl Apfel 1914-2015. textile designer and husband of fashion icon Iris Apfel

Bruce Bennett 1906-2007. Actor known from "Tarzan"

Robert F. Boyle 1909-2010. Hollywood film art director.  Oscar winner.

Mona Bruns 1899-2000. actress from "Little House on the Prairie"

George Burns 1896-1996. Known for the show he did with his beloved wife Gracie Allen, who predeceased him by 32 years. Also known for the films "Oh, God" and "The Sunshine Boys" which he won an Oscar for.

Geoffrey Chater 1921-2021 actor from "Gandhi" and "Barry Lyndon". 

Jacinto Convit 1913-2014 Venezuelan scientist 

Louise Currie 1913-2013. Was the last cast member from "Citizen Kane" to pass. 

Danielle Darrieux 1917-2017. French actress

Jacqueline de Rothschild 1911-2012. French philanthropist 

Claire Du Brey 1892-1993. actress from over 200 films from the early era. 

Lucy Esposito 2/12/1913 - 1/17/2014. My friend 

Jolie Gabor 1896-1997. socialite and mother of the three Gabor sisters. 

Homer Gere 1922-2023. Richard Gere's father 

Annie Glenn 1920-2020, American activist for People with Speech Disabilities and widow of astronaut, John Glenn

Marian Heiskell 1918-2019. philanthropist and creator with her husband Andrew of "People" magazine 

Louise Henry 1911-2011. Best known for her roles in the "Charlie Chan" movies.

Bob Hope 1903-2003. Best known from the self titled show "The Bob Hope Show", radio, preformed endless times for the GI's overseas, and hosted the Oscars a record breaking18 times.  Received an honorary Oscar.

Clementine Hunter 1887-1988, American painter

Helen Hughes 1918-2018, actress from "Billy Madison" 

Herb Jeffries 1913-2014, Jazz musician 

Glynis Johns 1923-2024, actress from "Mary Poppins"

Bernard Kalb: 1922-2023: American journalist 

Henry Kissinger 1923-2023. American Politician.  Former Secretary of State 

Steve Kordek 1911-2012. Inventor of the "Pinball Machine" 

Francis Lederer 1899-2000. actor from "The Bridge of San Luis Rey".

Elizabeth Holloway Marston 1893-1993.  Co-Creater of comic "Wonder Woman".

Margery Mason 1913-2014. Actress from "The Princess Bride".

Louis Maurer 1832-1932. artist 

Fay McKenzie 1918-2019. actress from "The Party" 

Doris Merrick 1919-2019. actress from "The Big Noise" 

Grim Natwick 1890-1990. American animator of "Betty Boop" 

Vesey O'Davoren 1888-1989. Irish actor from "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" 

Marc Platt 1913-2014. American dancer. "Oklahoma" 

Hal Roach 1892-1992. He was a writer, producer, actor and director. Best known for his work on "The Little Rascals".

Jean Rouverol: 1916-2017: actress from "Stage Door" 

Olga Rudge: 1895-1996: mother of Ezra Pound's daughter, Mary. 

Helen Shaw 1897-1997, actress know from "Parenthood"

Gloria Stuart 1910-2010. Best known as her role as "Elderly Rose" from 1997's Blockbuster hit "Titanic".

Frank M. Thomas 1889-1989. actor from "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" 

Strom Thurmond 1902-2003, Republican Senator 

Charles Rudolph Walgreen Jr. 1906-2007. Former CEO of Walgreens Drug Stores.

Murray Westgate 1918-2018. Canadian actor from "Blue City Slammers" 

Chuck Williams 1915-2015. founder of Williams-Sonoma 

Don Williams: 1922-2023: member of the "Williams Brothers" band 

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Ray Anthony 1922. Last surviving member of the Glenn Miller Band 

Caren Marsh 1919. actress from "Gone With the Wind" 

Walter Orthmann 1922. Guinness book record for longest time holding a job at same company 

Janis Paige 1922. Actress from "Silk Stockings" 

Micheline Presle 1922.  Actress from "The Prize" 

Jack Rader 1921. actor from "Dallas"  

Pretty Damn Close.....90 and Up... 

     

Eva Marie Saint born 1924 

Priscilla Pointer born 1924  

President Jimmy Carter born 1924  

Ted Hartley born 1924

Maria Riva born 1924 

Dick Van Dyke born 1925 

June Lockhart born 1925

Alan Bergman born 1925 

Selma Archerd born 1925

Lee Grant born 1925 

Bill Hayes born 1925

Phyllis Dalton born 1925

Terry Kilburn born 1926

Gene Shalit born 1926

Mel Brooks born 1926

David Attenborough born 1926 

Jil Jarmyn born 1926  

Shecky Greene born 1926 

Mina Kolb born 1926

Peter Marshall born 1926 

Elaine LaLanne born 1926 

William Smithers born 1927 

Ann Blyth born 1927 

Helene Langevin-Joliot born 1927

William Daniels born 1927    

Estelle Parsons born 1927 

Thomas Noguchi born 1927 

Peter Walker born 1927 

Cora Sue Collins 1927

Rosemary Harris born 1927 

H.M. Wynant born 1927  

Jack McDermott born 1927  

Patrick Hemingway 1928 

James Ivory born 1928 

Ann Blyth born 1928 

James Lovell born 1928  

Cynthia Ozick born 1928 

Johnny Gilbert born 1928

Marion Ross born 1928 

Ethel Kennedy born 1928 

Noam Chomsky born 1928   

Earl Holliman born 1928  

David Sheiner born 1928     

Nancy Olson born 1928 

David Ketchum born 1928   

Allan Miller born 1929 

Alice Hirson born 1929 

Terry Moore born 1929 

Harry Benson born 1929 

Bonnie Bartlett born 1929 

Berry Gordy Jr. born 1929 

June Squibb born 1929 

James Hong born 1929  

Don Murray born 1929

Vera Miles born 1929 

Michael Forest born 1929 

Jean Allison born 1929  

Jerry Hardin born 1929 

Rebecca Schull born 1929 

Lensey Namioka born 1929

Charles Bateman born 1930

Gene Ross born 1930

Tippi Hedren born 1930

Joanne Woodward born 1930 

Al Ruddy born 1930

Robert Wagner born 1930 

Gene Hackman born 1930

Frank Price born 1930 

Clint Eastwood born 1930

Buzz Aldrin born 1930

John Astin born 1930

Lois Smith born 1930

Richard McKenzie born 1930

James McEachin born 1930

Nita Talbot born 1930 

Alan Oppenheimer born 1930  

Leona McDowell born 1930 

Mario Adorf born 1930 

Cindy Adams born 1930 

Edna O'Brien born 1930

Angie Dickinson born 1931

Rita Moreno born 1931

Robert Duvall born 1931 

William Shatner born 1931

James Earl Jones born 1931

Mamie Van Doren born 1931 

Ellen Burstyn born 1932 

Dabney Coleman born 1932

John Williams born 1932

Joel Grey born 1932 

Katherine Paterson 1932 

Michael Caine born 1933

Willie Nelson born 1933 

Tom Skerritt born 1933

Kim Novak born 1933 

Roman Polanski born 1933

Joan Collins born 1933 

Quincy Jones born 1933 

Shani Wallis born 1933

Tsai Chin born 1933

Nicholas Pileggi born 1933

Carol Burnett born 1933

Yoko Ono born 1933

Lenny Schultz born 1933

Celebrities Tangled in Murder or Manslaughter

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Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle: actor: 1887- 1933: Arrested in 1921 for murder of Virginia Rappe: acquitted after three mistrials.

Lloyd Avery II: actor: 1969-2005: Arrested for double homicide.  He received a life sentence. He was killed by his cellmate in 2005.

Jovan Belcher: football player: 1987-2012: Shot his girlfriend then shot himself in front of his football coach on Dec 1, 2012.

Chris Benoit: wrestler: 1967-2007:  Strangled his wife Nancy and 7 year old son Daniel then hanged himself on June 24, 2007

Marty Bergen: baseball player: 1871-1900: killed his wife and two kids with an ax then cut his neck with a razor on January 19, 1900. 

Busby Berkeley: Choreographer: 1895- 1976: On September 29, 1935 he caused a car accident that caused the death of Ada von Briesen and Peggy Daley.  He was acquitted. 

John Bindon: actor: 1943-1993: On November 20, 1978 Bindon got in a knife fight with British gangster John Drake, untimely stabbing him to death: He was acquitted of any charges as he pled self-defense.  

Robert Blake: actor: 1933-2023: Arrested in 2001 for the shooting murder of his wife Bonnie Lee Bakley: acquitted for lack of evidence

Lillo Brancato: actor: born 1976: In December 2005 he was arrested with a friend for the murder of a NYC off-duty police officer, Daniel Enchautequi during a robbery: acquitted of murder, convicted and sentenced to 10 years for attempted robbery.  He served 8 years.

Matthew Broderick: actor: born 1962: On August 5, 1982 while driving in Ireland Brodrick accidentally drove into the opposite lane and hit head on with another car. 30 year old Anna Gallagher and her 63 year old mother Margaret Doherty were killed instantly. Broderick was severely injured.  His girlfriend and passenger in the car was actress Jennifer Grey.  She suffered minor injuries.  Broderick was charged with reckless driving and faced up to five years in jail.  He was convicted of a lesser charge and merely had to pay a fine. Broderick has never met with the family of his victims to apologize nor has he gave them any money for restitution.

Lansing Brown: Photographer : 1900-1962: On September 2, 1934 while showing singer Russ Columdo his gun collection one of the guns accidentally discharged.  The ball bullet ricocheted off the table and hit Columbo under the leg eye.  He was admittedly rush do the hospital where doctors were unsuccessful with removing the bullet from his brain.  He was pronounced dead six hours later.  The death was ruled an accident and Brown was never charged.

Dorothy Burgess: actress: 1907- 1961: On December 23, 1932 Burgess collided with another car on the road killing 17 year old Louise Manfredi.  Burgess was charged with manslaughter.  She settled with Manfredi's parents out of court.

William S. Burroughs: writer: 1914-1997: In 1951 he was arrested for the shooting murder of his wife Joan Vollmer in Mexico while both were intoxicated: convicted of manslaughter: Sentenced 2 years: sentence suspended

Rubin "Hurricane" Carter: boxer: 1937-2014: Arrested in 1967 for a bar shooting that killed three men: Convicted: Sentenced to life: conviction was overturned after serving 20 years in jail.  He was released in November of 1985 due to lack of evidence.

Duane "Dog" Chapman: bounty hunter: Born 1953: Arrested for accomplice to a shooting murder in 1976: convicted, Served 5 years

Harry Crosby: writer: 1898-1929: On December 10, 1929 he shot his lover Josephine Rotch-Bigelow and then himself. 

Snoop Dogg: rapper: Born 1971: Arrested in 1993 for the shooting murder of Philip Woldermarian: acquitted

Ryan Dunn: actor: 1977-2011: Killed himself and passenger Zachary Hartwell while drunk driving on June 20, 2011

Charles S. Dutton: actor: Born 1951: Arrested for stabbing murder during a street fight in 1968: Convicted of manslaughter and served 2 years

Jose Fernandez: baseball player: 1992-2016: killed himself and two passengers aboard his boat while recklessly driving while intoxicated and high on cocaine on September 25, 2016.

Rebecca Gayheart: actress: Born 1971: On June 13, 2001 she was arrested for vehicular manslaughter.  While speeding in her car she hit and killed 9 year old Jorge Cruz jr.  Served three years probation and suspension of license.  She paid for all funeral costs and settled the wrongful death lawsuit out of court.

Aaron Hernandez: NFL player: 1989-2017: Arrested in 2013 for 1st degree of Odin Lloyd. In 2015 he was convicted of the shooting.  In 2017 Hernandez committed suicide in his cell while awaiting appeal.

Archduke Rudolf Josef, Crown Prince of Austria: 1858-1889: He began an affair with 17 year old, Baroness Mary Vetsera.  On January 30, 1889 both were found dead in a cabin in Mayerling, Austria.  Most historians believe they both either shot themselves or consumed poison in a murder/suicide pact.  The facts were covered up by the Royal family so that Rudolf could have a Christian burial.  This tragedy is known as the "Mayerling Incident".  Being the only heir to the throne Rudolf's suicide started a domino affect that led to his cousin Archduke Franz Ferdinand taking the throne.  The Archduke would be assassinated hence starting WWI. 

Paul Kelly: actor: 1899-1956: Arrested for the beating death of actor, Ray Raymond on April 16, 1927.  They had gotten into a drunken brawl over Raymond's wife, actress Dorothy Mackaye.  Kelly was sentenced to jail for 10 years for manslaughter.  He served 25 months.  After his release he married Dorothy in 1931.

Don King: agent: Born 1931: Arrested in 1966 for 2nd degree murder of Sam Garrett: Sentenced to life, sentence later reduced. He served 4 years.

Hal LeSueur: actor (Joan Crawford's brother): 1901-1963:  was charged with reckless driving on November 9, 1935 when his car hit another car head on, killing Grace Gose, the passenger in the other car.  He settled outside of court and paid the family $8, 500 in damages.

Johnny Lewis: actor: 1983-2012: killed his 81 year old landlady, Catherine Davis and her cat on September 26, 2012.  He then jumped off of her roof killing himself.

Amy Locane: actress: Born 1971: Arrested in 2010 for the vehicular homicide of Helene Seeman while drunk driving.  Convicted.

Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes: singer: 1971-2002: exactly two weeks before Lopes was killed in a car accident in Honduras she herself was involved in another car accident while being driven by her assistant. The driver accidentally hit and killed a 10 year old Honduran boy named Bayron Lopez.  Lopes paid for medical and funeral costs.  She was never convicted of a crime since the authorities considered it an vehicular accident.

Charles "Kid" McCoy: Boxer/actor: 1872-1940: Shot and killed his lover Teresa Moers on August 12, 1924.  Was tried for murder but was convicted of manslaughter.  He was paroled in 1932.  

Jim Mitchell: porn star: 1943-2007: Arrested in 1991 for shooting and killing his younger brother Artie Mitchell on February 27, 1991. He was not convicted of murder but of the lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter. He was sentenced to seven years in prison but was released after three in 1997.  Jim died in 2007.

Tom Neal: actor: 1914-1972: Arrested on April 3, 1965 after police discovered the body of his wife.  She had been mortally shot in the back of the head. Neal claimed the killing was accidental.  He said he went to the house to have a discussion with his estranged wife Gale Bennet.  He said the gun accidentally fired when Gale pulled out the gun and there was a struggle between them.  The prosecution tried him for second degree murder.  On November 18, 1965 the jury convicted him of the lesser charge of involuntary manslaughter.  He served six years in jail and was released on parole on December 6, 1971. Neal was found dead in 1972.  He was 58 years old.

Vince Neil: musician: Born 1961: Arrested in 1984 after crashing his car while drunk driving.  His passenger Nicholas Dingley was killed.  Convicted of manslaughter, served 30 days in jail.

Anne Perry: writer: Born 1938: Arrested along with her friend Pauline Parker for killing Parker's mother with a rock.  Convicted on August 29, 1954. Both being only 15 years old at the time each served five years and were never allow to contact each other again.

Oscar Pistorius: olympian runner: Born 1986: February 14, 2013 he was arrested for murder in his homeland of South Africa for shooting his girlfriend four times.  He claimed he thought she was an intruder.  They courts are charging him with first-degree murder.  He was sentenced to five years for culpable murder. In 2017 his sentence was appealed by courts and was extended to 13 years.

Jackson Pollock: artist: 1912-1956: Killed himself and a fellow passenger Edith Medzger, in his car while drunk driving on August 11, 1956

Adele Ritchie: actress: 1874-1930: shot herself after shooting  her friend, Doris Miller over a jealous argument at Laguna Beach, California on August 24, 1930.

Albert Salmi: actor: 1928-1990: shot his estranged wife Roberta at their Spokane, Washington home on April 23, 1990.  He then turned the gun on himself.  He was 63 years old. They were survived by their two children.

Alice Sheldon writer: 1915-1987: Took the life of her dying 84 year old husband and then her own on May 19, 1987. They were found dead holding each other in bed.

O.J. Simpson: NFL player: Born 1947: Arrested in 1994 for the stabbing murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ronald Goldman: Acquitted.  Convicted in civil court for the murder of Ron Goldman. He served no time for these crimes.

Phil Spector: producer: 1939-2021: Arrested in 2003 for the shooting murder of actress Lana Clarkson: convicted of 2nd degree murder: Serving 19 years to life

Harold "Slim" Switzer: 1925-1967: On April 14, 1967 Switzer got in a dispute with a man and killed him.  He then drove out to Glendale, California and committed suicide.

Lana Turner: actress:1921-1995: In April of 1958 after a heated argument with her boyfriend he ended up being stabbed to death.  When police arrived Turner's 14 year old daughter claimed she stabbed the man for hitting his mother.  This theory was excepted by police and no charges were made.

Sid Vicious: musician: 1957-1979: Arrested in 1978 for the stabbing murder of Nancy Spungen: overdosed before trial began in 1979

Mark Wahlberg: actor: Born 1971: at age 16 Wahlberg brutally assaulted two Vietnamese men.  He was charged with attempted murder but pled guilty to the lesser charge of assault.  He was sentenced to two years in jail but only served 45 days.

Roland West: actor: 1885-1952: a suspect in the murder of his lover, actress Thelma Todd who was found dead from carbon monoxide poisoning in the garage of West's ex-wife, Jewel Carmen on December 16, 1935.  With lack of evidence of malice West was never charged. Todd was 29 years old.

Dan White: politician: 1946-1985: Arrested for the 1978 shooting murders of San Francisco Mayor, George Moscone and Supervisor, Harvey Milk. Convicted of manslaughter. Served 5 of his 7 year sentence.  Committed suicide shortly after his release

Gig Young: actor: 1913-1978: He shot himself and his new young wife, Kim Schmidt on October 19, 1978.