Biography Category
(p äf´) (KEY) , 1915–63, French cabaret singer, born as Edith Giovanna Gassion. She began to sing at 15 in cafés and in the streets of Paris and ...
( l-g zä´l ) (KEY) , 1058–1111, Islamic theologian, philosopher, and mystic. He was born at Tus in Khorasan, of Persian origin. He is considered t...
(Jean Baptiste Reinhardt), 1910–53, Belgian-born Gypsy jazz guitarist. Reinhardt began playing the guitar professionally at 12. He was severely burn...
1939–, Norwegian stage and film actress, b. Japan. She is best known for her roles in nine films directed by Ingmar Bergman, e.g., Persona (1966), S...
1944–, American film director, producer, and writer, b. Modesto, Calif. Although Lucas’s first film, THX-1138 (1970), was not successful, his next...
( n´´ ks m´ n z) (KEY) , Greek philosopher, 6th cent. B.C., last of the Milesian school founded by Thales. With Thales he held that a single elemen...