Jules White

Jules White born Jules Weiss was a movie director and producer. He is best known for his short-subject comedies starring the Three Stooges.

White began working in motion pictures in the 1910s, as a child actor, for Pathé Studios. By the 1920s his brother Jack White had become a successful comedy producer at Educational Pictures, and Jules worked for him as a film editor. Jules became a director in 1926, specializing in comedies.

In 1930 White and his boyhood friend Zion Myers moved to the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio. They conceived and co-directed M-G-M’s gimmicky “Dogville” comedies, which featured trained dogs in satires of recent Hollywood films. White and Myers co-directed the Buster Keaton feature Sidewalks of New York, and launched a series of “Goofy Movies,” one-reel parodies of silent-era melodramas.

In 1933 White was appointed head of Columbia Pictures’ short-subject division, which became the most prolific comedy factory in Hollywood. In a time when theaters were playing more double-feature programs, fewer short comedies were being made; by the mid-1930s three major comedy producers, Hal Roach, Educational Pictures, and Universal Pictures, scaled back their operations. In contrast, by 1938 Columbia’s two-reel-comedy department was so busy that White split it into two units. White produced for the first unit; Hugh McCollum for the second. The Columbia comedy stars alternated between the White and McCollum units.

Julia Faye

Julia Faye was a motion picture actress from Richmond, Virginia.

Faye had resided in St. Louis, Missouri prior to coming to Hollywood in 1916, to visit friends. She visited one of the film studios and was introduced to Christy Cabanne. The two reminisced about St. Louis and discovered that they had lived next door to one another there. Cabanne persuaded Faye’s reluctant mother to allow her to be in motion pictures.

She appeared in more Cecil B. DeMille movies than any other actress. She appeared in many of his silents and in every one of his movies from 1939’s Union Pacific on. She was DeMille’s mistress off-screen for quite some time and DeMille kept her employed in bit parts long after her career was over, including his most famous film, The Ten Commandments. In 1919 Faye played the stenographer in Stepping Out. Cast with Enid Bennett, Niles Welch, and Gertrude Clair, Faye was complimented by a critic for playing her

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Emmy Award winner Julia Louis-Dreyfus, star of "Seinfeld" and "The New Adventures of Old Christine," was honored with the 2,407th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. President and CEO of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, Leron Gubler, presided over the ceremony. Guests included Alan Horn, Larry David, and the cast of "The New Adventures of Old Christine."

6250 Hollywood Boulevard on May 4, 2010.

BIOGRAPHY

Louis-Dreyfus earned worldwide acclaim and recognition for her portrayal of Elaine Benes in the hit NBC series "Seinfeld." She received an Emmy® Award, a Golden Globe Award, five Screen Actors Guild Awards and four American Comedy Awards during the show's nine-year run.

Louis-Dreyfus currently stars on CBS' hit comedy "The New Adventures of Old Christine." In 2006, she won an Emmy® for her portrayal of Christine Campbell and was again nominated in the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series category in 2007, 2008 and 2009. She was also nominated for a Golden Globe and SAG Award in 2007 and received an additional SAG Award nomination in 2009. Created and executive produced by Kari Lizer ("Will and Grace"), "The New Adventures of Old Christine" reunites Louis-Dreyfus with "Seinfeld" director/producer Andy Ackerman, who executive produces "Old Christine" and also directs the series, from Kari's Logo Here in association with Warner Bros. Television.

Her other television credits include multiple appearances on "Seinfeld" co-creator Larry David's HBO show "Curb Your Enthusiasm," a recurring role on Matt Groening's "The Simpsons" on FOX, a recurring role in 2003 on FOX's critically acclaimed "Arrested Development," NBC's 2002 real-time sitcom "Watching Ellie," and the TNT animated film "Animal Farm," to which she lent her voice alongside Ian Holm, Kelsey Grammer and Patrick Stewart. Louis-Dreyfus first made her mark on television during a three-year stint (1982-1985) on "Saturday Night Live" opposite the likes of Billy Crystal, Christopher Guest and Eddie Murphy. She subsequently hosted the show twice, becoming the first female former cast member to return as host.

Feature film credits include Pixar's animated hit "A Bug's Life"; Woody Allen's Academy Award®-winning "Hannah and Her Sisters," with Mia Farrow and Michael Caine; Allen's "Deconstructing Harry," with Judy Davis; Rob Reiner's "North"; Ivan Reitman's "Fathers' Day," with Robin Williams and Billy Crystal; and "Jack the Bear," with Danny DeVito and Gary Sinise.

Louis-Dreyfus studied theater at Northwestern University where she was also a recipient of a Doctor of Arts in 2007. During college, she was a member of The Practical Theater Company, and Chicago's famed Second-City comedy troupe.

She is a committed and steadfast defender of the environment and serves as a member on the leadership council for the Natural Resource Defense Council (NRDC) as well as on the Board of Directors of Heal the Bay and on the Honorary Board of Heal the Ocean.

Julia Sanderson

Julia Sanderson was an actress and singer. Her father, Albert Sanderson, was also an acclaimed Broadway star.

Julia Sanderson appeared in the Forepaugh Circus as a young child and in her early teen years along with her father. She then moved on to Broadway where she appeared in Jerome Kern musicals. She was a hit in England, but returned to the US.

She was married three times, but had no children. Her second marriage was to Tod Sloan the jockey. Her third marriage was to the ukelele singer Frank Crumit. She and Crumit had a hit radio show called the War of the Sexes. The show ended with Crumit’s death from a sudden heart attack.

After his death, Julia Sanderson retired from the stage, and returned to live in Springfield, Massachusetts at her estate, Dunrovin.

Julie Andrews

Dame Julia Elizabeth Andrews, DBE is an English film and stage actress, singer, and author. She is the recipient of Golden Globe, Emmy, Grammy, BAFTA, People's Choice Award, Theatre World Award, Screen Actors Guild and Academy Award honours. Andrews was a former British child actress and singer who made her Broadway debut in 1954 with The Boy Friend, and rose to prominence starring in other musicals such as My Fair Lady and Camelot, and in musical films such as Mary Poppins, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress, and The Sound of Music : the roles for which she is still best-known. Her voice spanned four octaves until it was damaged by a throat operation in 1997.

Andrews had a major revival of her film career in 2000s in family films such as The Princess Diaries, its sequel The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, and the Shrek animated films. In 2003 Andrews revisited her first Broadway success, this time as a stage director, with a revival of The Boy Friend at the Bay Street Theatre, Sag Harbor, New York. Andrews is also an author of children's books, and in 2008 published an autobiography, '.

Julie Andrews was born Julia Elizabeth Wells''' on 1 October 1935 in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England. Her mother, Barbara Wells, was married to Edward C. "Ted" Wells, a teacher of metal and woodworking, but Andrews was conceived as a result of an affair her mother had with a family friend.

 

Julie London

Julie London was an American singer, game show panelist and prolific character actress of stage, film and television. Best known for her smoky, sensual voice, she was at her singing career’s peak in the 1950s. Her acting career lasted more than 35 years, concluding with the female lead role of nurse Dixie McCall on the television series Emergency!, co-starring her best friend Robert Fuller and her real-life husband Bobby Troup.

Born Gayle Peck in Santa Rosa, California, she was the daughter of Jack and Josephine Peck, who were a vaudeville song-and-dance team. When she was 14, the family moved to Los Angeles. Shortly after that, she began appearing in movies. She graduated from the Hollywood Professional School in 1945.

In July 1947 she married actor Jack Webb. Her widely regarded beauty and poise contrasted strongly with his pedestrian appearance and streetwise acting technique. This unlikely pairing arose from their mutual love for jazz. They had two daughters: Stacy and Lisa Webb. London and Webb divorced in November 1954. Daughter Stacy Webb was killed in a traffic accident in 1996.

In 1954, having become somewhat reclusive after her divorce from Webb, she met jazz composer and musician Bobby Troup at a club on La Brea Avenue in Los Angeles. They married on December 31, 1959, and remained married until his death in February 1999. They had one daughter, Kelly Troup, who died in March 2002, and twin sons, Jody and Reese Troup.

Julio Iglesias

Julio José Iglesias de la Cueva better known as Julio Iglesias is a Spanish singer who has sold over 260 million records worldwide in 14 languages and released 77 albums. According to Sony Music Entertainment, he is one of the top 10 best selling music artists in history. While Iglesias rose to international prominence in the 1970s and 1980s as a performer of romantic ballads, his success has continued on as he entered new musical endeavors.

Iglesias was born in Madrid, the eldest son of Dr. Julio Iglesias Puga and Maria del Rosario de la Cueva y Perignat. Iglesias’ father’s family was from Galicia and Iglesias’ mother traced her ancestry to Andalusia, Puerto Rico and Cuba. He has a younger brother, Carlos. When Iglesias was 61 years old, his 89 year old father produced more children: half brother Jaime born in May 18, 2004, half-sister Ruth born in July 26, 2006. Julio’s siblings were born to Dr. Iglesias Puga’s second marriage to Ronna Keitt.

In the 1960s, he studied law in Madrid and was a goalkeeper for one of Real Madrid’s football team, however, a car crash in September 22, 1963, ended his football career: I had a car accident; very, very strange car accident. . I lost control of the car and rolled it, resulting in what they call ‘paraparexia’, which is not a paraplegi. It’s a compression in the cord, in the sense of the neck. . my spinal cord; and I was very, very ill for three years. His doctors thought he would never walk again, but slowly, he began recovering his health. To develop and increase the dexterity of his hands, he began playing guitar. When he recovered from his accident, he resumed academic studies and traveled to the United Kingdom to study the English language, first in Ramsgate, then at Bell Educational Trust’s Language School in Cambridge.

In 1971, he married Filipina journalist Isabel Preysler and had three children, Chabeli Iglesias, Julio Iglesias, Jr. and Enrique Iglesias. Their marriage was annulled in 1979.

Julius La Rosa

Julius La Rosa is an American traditional popular music singer who has worked in both radio and television since the 1950s.

La Rosa was born in Brooklyn, New York. He joined the United States Navy in 1947 after finishing high school becoming a radioman who sang informally. The young sailor's Navy buddies managed to promote him to Arthur Godfrey – at the time one of America's leading radio and television personalities, and himself a Naval Reserve officer, whom the Navy often accommodated as a nod to the good publicity he gave the service. Godfrey, a personality in the early years of network television, heard LaRosa in Pensacola, Florida, where LaRosa was stationed, and offered him a job. Godfrey, for his part, was impressed by La Rosa's singing and had him flown to New York to appear on his television show, with Godfrey ending the spot by saying, "When Julie gets out of the Navy he'll come back to see us."

Discharged from the Navy on a Friday, La Rosa went to Godfrey on the following Monday, and a week later he appeared on Godfrey's variety show. He was a regular on both the morning Arthur Godfrey Time and the Wednesday night variety show Arthur Godfrey and His Friends. LaRosa was joining a show that was extremely profitable for the new CBS television network. But Arthur Godfrey was caught between the enmity of CBS owner Bill Paley and the admiration of CBS management for running a successful show. Godfrey was subject to aesthetic criticism by Paley, as noted by Time magazine in 1950. "earing that William Paley thought the Godfrey TV show 'lacked movement,' Arthur brought on a line of hula dancers and leered into the TV camera: 'Is that enough movement for you, Bill?'" The same Time magazine article also found Godfrey to be vulgar and "scatological". However CBS management realized the show was extremely successful and cost little to produce, in turn earning their admiration.

Julius La Rosa's tenure on Godfrey's shows lasted from November 19, 1951 to October 19, 1953. When Archie Bleyer, Arthur Godfrey's bandleader, formed Cadence Records in 1952, the first performer signed was La Rosa. Cadence's first single, which was also La Rosa's first recording, was "Anywhere I Wander." It reached the top 30 on the charts, and his next recording, "My Lady Loves To Dance", was a moderate success, but La Rosa would hit gold with his third recording, "Eh, Cumpari" in 1953. It hit #1 on the Cash Box chart and #2 on the Billboard chart, and La Rosa got an award as the best new male vocalist of 1953. Like the other "Little Godfreys", as the cast members were known, Godfrey discouraged La Rosa from hiring a manager or booking agent, preferring to have his staff coordinate and negotiate on La Rosa's behalf. He then hired his own agent and manager: Tommy Rockwell.

June Allyson

June Allyson was an American film and television actress, popular in the 1940s and 1950s. She was a major MGM contract star. Allyson won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her performance in Too Young to Kiss. From 1959?1961, she hosted and occasionally starred in her own CBS anthology series, The DuPont Show with June Allyson. A later generation knew her as a spokesperson for Depend undergarments.

Allyson was born Eleanor Geisman, nicknamed “Ella”, in The Bronx, New York City, to Clara and Robert Geisman. She was raised as a Roman Catholic. Her paternal grandparents, Harry Geisman and Anna Hafner, were immigrants from Germany, although Allyson claimed her last name was originally “Van Geisman”, and was of Dutch origin. Studio biographies listed her as “Jan Allyson” born to French-English parents. On her death, her daughter said Allyson was born “Eleanor Geisman to a French mother and Dutch father.”

In April 1918, when Allyson was only six months old, her alcoholic father, who had worked as a janitor, abandoned the family. Allyson was brought up in near poverty, living with her maternal grandparents. To make ends meet, her mother worked as a telephone operator and restaurant cashier, and when she had enough funds, she would occasionally reunite with her daughter, but more often Allyson was “farmed” out to her grandparents or other relatives.

In 1925, when Allyson was eight, a dead tree branch fell on her while she was riding on her tricycle with her pet terrier in tow. The heavy branch killed her dog outright while Allyson had a fractured skull and broken back. Her doctors said she would never walk again and confined her to a heavy steel brace from neck to hips for four years. She ultimately regained her health but when Allyson had become famous, she was terrified that people would discover her background from the “tenement side of New York City” and readily agreed to studio tales of a “rosy life” including a concocted story that she underwent months of swimming exercises in rehabilitation to emerge as a star swimmer. In her later memoirs, Allyson does describe a summer program of swimming that did help her recovery.

June Foray

June Foray is an American voice actress, best known as the voice of many animated characters. Her career has encompassed radio, theatrical shorts, feature films, television, record albums, video games, talking toys and other media. Foray was also one of the founding members of ASIFA-Hollywood, the society devoted to promoting and encouraging animation.

Foray was born as June Lucille Forer, the second of three children of Maurice Forer and Ida E. Robinson in Springfield, Massachusetts, on September 18, 1917. There her voice was first broadcast in a local radio drama when she was 12 years old; by age 15, she was doing regular radio voice work. Two years later, she moved to Los Angeles, California, and soon became a popular voice actress on radio, with regular appearances on coast-to-coast broadcasts starring Jimmy Durante and Danny Thomas.

In the 1940s, she began film work as well, including a few appearances acting in live-action movies, but mostly doing voiceovers for animated cartoons. At 4’11”, Foray’s diminutive stature somewhat limited her stage and on-camera acting career.

For Walt Disney, she played Lucifer the Cat in the feature film Cinderella, Raja the villainous tiger in the cartoon Goliath II, mermaids in Peter Pan and his Witch Hazel character; Foray would later be the voice of Grandmother Fa in Mulan in 1998; she also did a variety of voices in Walter Lantz’s Woody Woodpecker cartoons. For Warner Brothers Cartoons, she was Granny, owner of Tweety and Sylvester, and, memorably, a series of witches, including Witch Hazel, for Chuck Jones; plus, she served as the narrator of Really Scent. She is also the voice of Granny on Baby Looney Tunes. She voices Mall Walker, Man, and Lady in Random! Cartoons.