Portraits from the Dan Totheroh Papers [graphic], ca. 1925-ca. 1975

Douglas, Helen Gahagan, 1900-1980

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Helen Gahagan Douglas (November 25, 1900 – June 28, 1980) was an American actress and politician. Her career included success on Broadway, as a touring opera singer, and the starring role in the 1935 movie She, in which her portrayal of the villain inspired Disney's Evil Queen in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). Born Helen Mary Gahagan in Boonton, New Jersey and raised in the Park Slope area of Brooklyn, New York, she graduated from the prestigious Berkeley School for Girls and at the ...

Marion Ruth

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Minjir, Harold

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Peters, Rollo

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Charles Rollo Peters III (1892-1967) was born in Paris, but moved to California when he was five. He was an actor, scenic designer, director, producer and co-founder of the New York Theatre Guild. He designed the costumes for George Pierce Baker's 1921 The Pilgrim Spirit: a pageant in celebration of the tercentenary of the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, Massachusetts, December 21, 1620. The pageant was performed at the State Reservation near Plymouth Rock, in July and August of 1921. ...

Morris, Mary, 1915-1988

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Severance, Sue

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Norris, Kathleen

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Bondi, Beulah, 1892-1981

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Beulah Bondi (b. May 3, 1889, Chicago, IL–d. Jan. 11, 1981, Los Angeles, CA) was an actress of stage, film, and television. She was one of the first five women to be nominated for an Academy Award in the newly created category of "Best Supporting Actress" for her work in The Gorgeous Hussy. ...

Kane, Whitford, 1882-1956

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Whitford Kane (1882-1956) was an English-American actor. From the description of Whitford Kane papers, 1913-1955. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122626671 From the guide to the Whitford Kane papers, 1913-1955, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

Gomez, Izzy

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Totheroh, Dan

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Biography Dan Totheroh -actor, playwright, director and novelist -was intimately connected with the theater during his entire lifetime. Born in Oakland in 1894, he wrote his first play in high school and went from there directly onto the professional stage, acting with Nance O'Neil in stock at the San Francisco Alcazar Theatre. He also began writing vaudeville sketches, toured the Pantages and Orpheum vaudeville circuits and eventually made h...

Piggott, Tempe

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Wiffen, Blanche

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Fort, William

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Raymond, William

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Horst, Betty

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O'Neil, Nance

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Heymann, Elsa

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St.Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968

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Ruth St. Denis was an American dancer and dance teacher. From the description of Postcard, 1945. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007242 Dancer and faculty member. From the description of Miscellaneous papers, 1926-1960. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155538190 Ruth St. Denis was one of the pioneers of modern dance. She first gained attention dancing with David Belasco's company, an experience which exposed her to European and Asian tradition...

Fadden, Tom

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Stone, Allene Crater

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Seeds, Elise

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Norris, Charles Gilman, 1881-1945

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Charles Gilman Smith Norris was born on Apr. 23, 1881 in Chicago, IL; brother of writer Frank Norris; B.L., UC Berkeley, 1903; married writer Kathleen Thompson in 1909; became novelist, dramatist, and editor; asst. editor of Country life in America; circulation manager of Sunset magazine; art editor of American magazine (1908-13); published works include The amateur (1916), Salt : or, The education of Griffith Adams (1918), Brass : a novel of marriage (1921), Bread (1923), Pig iron (1925), Zelda...

Pichel, Irving, 1891-1954

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