Wladimir Selinsky papers 1941-1981
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Hayes, Helen, 1900-1993
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Helen Hayes Brown was born in Washington, D.C. on October 10, 1900. Her parents were Frank and Catherine “Essie” Brown. With her mother’s encouragement, Hayes made her stage debut at the age of five and began performing both in amateur productions as well as the stock company, The Columbia Players. While performing in a recital for Miss Minnie Hawke’s School of Dance, Hayes was spotted by Lew Fields. Fields, half of the Weber and Fields comedy team, as well as a producer, recognized Hayes’s tale...
Selinsky, Wladimir, 1910-
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Wladimir Selinsky (b. Kiev, Russia, Feb. 15, 1910; d. New York City, Sept. 6, 1984) was born into a musical family. He was raised in Berlin and was a child prodigy violinist, performing and conducting at an early age. His family immigrated to the United States in 1925. Almost immediately Selinsky won a scholarship to study at the Institute for Musical Art (Julliard). He originally planned to be a concert violinist, but after his father fell ill Selinksy was forced to find work on Br...
