Biography Category
(h f´m n, hôf´–) (KEY) , 1937–, American actor, b. Los Angeles. Not glamorous in the manner of earlier stars, Hoffman began on Broadway, but ga...
( r z´m s) (KEY) or Desiderius Erasmus (d s d r´ s) (KEY) [Gr. Erasmus, his given name, and Lat., Desiderius=beloved; both are regarded as the eq...
1885–1957, American movie producer, b. Russia. Mayer began (1907) as the operator of a theater in Haverhill, Mass., gradually gaining control of all...
( t´m nt h s´ rl) (KEY) , 1859–1938, German philosopher, founder of the phenomenological movement (see phenomenology). He was professor at Göttin...
(lô´d r) (KEY) , 1870–1950, Scottish baritone. His original name was MacLennan. Lauder was popular for his singing of ballads and comic songs, man...
(r ´n r v r´n r fäs´b n´´d r) (KEY) , 1946–82, German filmmaker, b. Bad Wörishofen, Bavaria. One of the most highly regarded and prolific dir...