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18 hours ago · Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (/ ˈ b ɛ t i /; April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989) was an American actress of film, television, and theater.Regarded as one of the greatest actresses in Hollywood history, she was noted for her willingness to play unsympathetic, sardonic characters and was known for her performances in a range of film genres, from contemporary crime melodramas to historical and ...
18 hours ago · The Wrong Man (1956), Hitchcock's final film for Warner Bros., is a low-key black-and-white production based on a real-life case of mistaken identity reported in Life magazine in 1953. This was the only film of Hitchcock to star Henry Fonda , playing a Stork Club musician mistaken for a liquor store thief, who is arrested and tried for robbery while his wife ( Vera Miles ) emotionally ...
18 hours ago · Sidney Poitier (1927–2022), pictured in 1963, was the first Black movie star and the first Black male winner of the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1964. Bill "Bojangles" Robinson (1878–1949), pictured in 1946, was an American tap dancer, actor, singer, perhaps best known today for his Shirley Temple films.
18 hours ago · award-winning poet Beverly Jenkins: B.A. award-winning novelist of mainly African-American historical romance, noted as one of the "100 most popular African American authors" Geoff Johns: B.A. 1995 award-winning comic book author (Sinestro Corps War, Blackest Night), New York Times bestselling author Josh Kilmer-Purcell: B.A. 1991
