Julie Newmar
hough she earned a Tony for a turn on Broadway in 1961’s “The Marriage-Go-Round,” actress Julie Newmar’s career was largely defined by her recurring role as
Joel Grey
The brilliant Joel Grey, an Oscar® and Tony®–winning actor and song-and-dance man par excellence, is this month’s TCM Guest Programmer. Cleveland-born Grey, the son of entert
Raymond Huntley
Birmingham-born Raymond Huntley was one of those instantly recognisable, mannered types that popped up in classic British films of the 1940’s and 50’s. Tall and austere
Sting
Sting was born Gordon Matthew Sumner on 2 October, 1951 in Wallsend, North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England, the eldest of four children of Audrey (Cowell), a hairdresser, and Erne
Rod McKuen
Guardian obituary in 2015 Rod McKuen, who has died aged 81, was, at his peak, a cultural phenomenon whose massive success as a songwriter and singer saw him become America’s most
Ian Hendry
by Pete Stampede, with David K. Smith, Alan Hayes and Ian Duerden While watching the BBC news on that Christmas Eve night twenty years ago, the long-serving Moira Stuart announced
Edmund Purdom
The independent obituary in 2009. The darkly handsome British actor Edmund Purdom became a Hollywood star in the mid-Fifties, and will be remembered particularly for playing the le
Frankie Vaughan
The independent obituary in 1999. GIVE ME the moonlight, give me the girl, and leave the rest to me” – the song that became Frankie Vaughan’s signature tune and g
Dorothy Lamour
The Independent Obituary in 1996. Hollywood’s “sarong girl” Dorothy Lamour made no claims to be a great actress, but few stars of the screen’s vintage years
Cecile Aubry
Cecile Aubry was born in Paris in 1928. She achieved cinema fame with the film “Manon” in 1949. She starred opposite Tyrone Power in “The Black Rose”. She retired