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Gloria Blondell (1910 - 1986)

Actress. The lesser-known sister of Joan Blondell, she performed in around two dozen Hollywood features. First appearing on Broadway in the 1935 “Three Men on a Horse”, she made her silver screen debut with 1938’s “Daredevil Drivers”. Gloria co-starred with Ronald Reagan in “Accidents Will Happen” (1938), then saw most of her work in the […]

David J. Bloom (1963 - 2003)

David Bloom was born in Edina, Minnesota, and was an avid ice hockey player and state champion in high school debating in the National Forensic League. Bloom attended Pitzer College in Claremont, California, from 1981 to 1985 where he was a national debate champion. He majored in political science.  Bloom was survived by his wife, […]

Amelia Jenks Bloomer (1818 - 1894)

Amelia Bloomer was born in 1818 in Homer, New York. Bloomer came from a family of modest means and received only a few years of formal education in the local district school. After a brief stint as a school teacher at the age of 17, she decided to relocate, and moved in with her newly […]

Clara Blore (1890 - 1973)

American actress appearing in films of the 1930s, and 40s. Married to character actor Eric Blore.

Lisa Blount (1957 - 2010)

Actress, Producer. She is best known for her role of Lynette Pomeroy in the hit 1982 picture “An Officer and a Gentleman”, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination. Raised in Jacksonville, Arkansas, she attended the University of Arkansas, and landed her first movie part in the film “September 30, 1955” (1977), followed by […]

Betty Blue (1931 - 2000)

Actress/Model. She was the Playboy Playmate for the month of November 1956. She appeared in the films “not Tonight Henry” (1961), as ‘Betty,’ and “Andy Warhol’s Women In Revolt” (1972), as ‘Pocahontas.’

Dr. Baruch Blumberg (1925 - 2011)

Blumberg was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Ida (Simonoff) and Meyer Blumberg, a lawyer. He first attended the Orthodox Yeshivah of Flatbush for elementary school, where he learned to read and write in Hebrew and to study the Bible and Jewish texts in their original language. (That school also had among its […]

Betty Blythe (1893 - 1972)

Actress. One of Hollywood’s earliest sex symbols. Born Elizabeth Blythe Slaughter in Los Angeles, she studied at USC and appeared on Broadway and the London stage before making her film debut in 1918. Two years later she signed with Fox Films as a replacement for screen vamp Theda Bara and became a very popular matinee […]

Enid Blyton (1897 - 1968)

Enid Mary Blyton (11 August 1897 – 28 November 1968) was an English children’s writer whose books have been among the world’s best-sellers since the 1930s, selling more than 600 million copies. Blyton’s books are still enormously popular, and have been translated into almost 90 languages; her first book, Child Whispers, a 24-page collection of […]

Virginia Boardman (1889 - 1971)

Actress. Born Virginia True Eames in Fort Davis, Texas, she was a popular performer of the silent film era and the wife of actor True Boardman. She started her acting career in 1906, as a stage extra and went on to appear in over 50 films. Her credits included “The Village Black Smith” (1922), “A […]

Eleanor Boardman (1898 - 1991)

Actress. While still a teenager, she began her career as a model for Eastman Kodak and became known as the Kodak Girl. The ads she appeared in were shown all over the United States, and she gained quite a bit of popularity. Even though her parents were very religious and believed that the movies were […]

Lloyd Bochner (1924 - 2005)

At the age of 11, Bochner began his acting career on Ontario radio programs. He went on to garner two Liberty Awards, the highest acting honour in Canada, for his work in Canadian film and theatre. In 1951 he moved to New York City and appeared in early television series such as One Man’s Family […]

Albert Ebossé Bodjongo (1989 - 2014)

Bodjongo played with his hometown club Douala Athletic Club, a club in MTN Elite Two, Cameroon’s National Second Division. He also played for Coton Sport FC and Unisport Bafang in Cameroon.  He was signed by Malaysian club Perak FA on 15 April 2012 as a replacement for outgoing striker Lazar Popović. He made his league […]

William Edward Boeing (1881 - 1956)

Boeing was born in Detroit, Michigan, to a wealthy German mining engineer named Wilhelm Böing from Hagen-Hohenlimburg who had made a fortune and who had a sideline as a timber merchant. Anglicizing his name to “William Boeing” after returning from being educated in Switzerland in 1900 to attend Yale University, William Boeing left Yale in […]

Alejandra Boero (1918 - 2006)

Stage director and actress. Also an actor´s teacher. Born Liria Ofelia Alejandra Digiamo Viera, she was one of the pioneers of the Argentine independent stage. She founded in 1950 the Nuevo Teatro group. During her last years, she managed the Theater “Andamio 90.”

Humphrey Bogart (1899 - 1957)

Humphrey Bogart Bogart was born on Christmas Day, 1899 in New York City, the eldest child of Dr. Belmont DeForest Bogart (July 1867, Watkins Glen, New York – September 8, 1934, Tudor City apartments, New York City) and Maud Humphrey (1868–1940). Belmont and Maud married in June 1898. The name “Bogart” comes from the Dutch […]

Milan Bogdan (1941 - 2015)

Milan Bogdan Faaantastic!Life offers few guarantees, and we should be thankful for the ones we get. The sun will always rise in the east, E will likely always equal MC2, and when you ask Milan Bogdan how he’s doing, he will invariably reply, “Faaan-tastic!” like a boisterous drummer tagging a big blues shuffle. With a […]

Lindy Boggs (1916 - 2013)

Boggs was born on the Brunswick Plantation near New Roads in Pointe Coupee Parish in South Louisiana. She attended Newcomb College at Tulane University in New Orleans. She was a second cousin of deLesseps Story “Chep” Morrison, Sr., the former mayor of New Orleans, Ambassador to the Organization of American States, and three-time candidate for […]

Billie Dove (1903 - 1997)

Billie Dove (May 14, 1903 – December 31, 1997) was an American actress. Billie Dove was born Bertha Bohny in 1903 to Charles and Bertha (née Kagl) Bohny, Swiss immigrants. As a teen, she worked as a model to help support her family and was hired as a teenager by Florenz Ziegfeld to appear in his […]

Ruggiero Boiardo (1890 - 1984)

Ruggiero Boiardo Was a caporegime in the Genovese crime family who ran mob operations in the Newark, New Jersey area. Born in Naples, Italy, Boiardo’s family immigrated to the Newark area in 1910. His first criminal activity involved bookmaking while he worked as a milkman. Boiardo eventually controlled criminal activities in the First Ward section […]

Charlotte Boisjoli (1923 - 2001)

Actress. Boisjoli appeared in the films, “Zero Patience” (1993), “La Ligne De Chaleur” (1987), “It Can’t Be Winter, We Haven’t Had Summer Yet” (1980), “Monsieur Zero” (1977), “The Awakening” (1970), “Phedre” (1963), and as the narrator for, “Saint-Denys Garneau” (1960). Boisjoli also played in the television shows, “Sous Un Ciel Variable” in 1995, “Bonjour Docteur” […]

Mother Teresa (1910 - 1910)

Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, M.C., commonly known as Mother Teresa (26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), was a Roman Catholic religious sister and missionary who lived most of her life in India. She was born in today’s Macedonia, with her family being of Albanian descent originating in Kosovo. Mother Teresa founded the Missionaries of […]

Mary Boland (1880 - 1965)

American motion picture and television actress of the 1910s through 1950s.

John Boles (1895 - 1969)

Boles was born in Greenville, Texas to a middle-class family. He graduated with honors from the University of Texas in 1917. He returned to Greenville, where he was selected by an out-of-town producer to act in an opera at the King Opera House. This experience convinced John that he preferred music and the stage to […]

Joseph Bonanno (1905 - 2002)

Crime Figure. He immigrated to the United States in his 20s and began to work as a muscleman for the large New York gangs of era, most under Joseph (Joe the Boss) Masseria, and Salvatore Maranzano. When both were murdered in 1931, Bonanno was appointed as boss of the Brooklyn-based Bonnano Family, which he exerted […]

Sudie Bond (1928 - 1984)

Actress. She is probably best known for her role as Thelma Rice in the film “Silkwood” (1983). Starting out as a dancer and choreographer, she made her Broadway debut in 1952 and made numerous appearances in film and television. Her TV credits include regular roles in the soap opera “Guiding Light” and the sitcom, “Flo”, […]

Raleigh Bond (1935 - 1989)

Actor. He appeared in “The Onion Field” (1979), “Pennies from Heaven” (1981), “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas” (1982), and as ‘Raleigh’ on the television series “Alice”(1979 to 1981).

Lilian Bond (1908 - 1991)

Actress. Appeared in motion pictures, and is best known for her role of ‘Lily Langtry’ in the film “The Westerner” (1940).

Julian Bond (1940 - 2015)

Bond was born at Hubbard Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee, to parents Julia Agnes (Washington) and Horace Mann Bond. His father was an educator who went on to serve as the president of Lincoln University. His mother, Julia, was a former librarian at Clark Atlanta University. At the time, the family resided on campus at Fort […]

Beulah Bondi (1889 - 1981)

Actress. Stage career began at age 7 when she played the male role of Little Lord Fauntleroy and made her Broadway debut in 1925 in a play titled “One Of The Family.” The 2-time Oscar nominee was most famous on film for playing mothers and grandmothers. She played the mother of Jimmy Stewart in four […]