Biography Category
(d m ´n k f ntä´nä) (KEY) , 1543–1607, Italian architect. He went to Rome, where he built (c.1580) the Sistine Chapel in the Church of Santa Ma...
1939–, American actor. The son of Henry Fonda and brother of Jane Fonda, he made his screen debut in a forgettable 1963 feature. Several movies late...
(y ´hän gôt´l p f kh´t ) (KEY) , 1762–1814, German philosopher. After studying theology at Jena and working as a tutor in Zürich and Leipzig, ...
1883–1939, American movie actor, b. Denver. From 1901 to 1914, Fairbanks appeared on stage in light comedies. In 1915 he began making movies, becomi...
(f d r ´k f l-l ´n ) (KEY) , 1920–93, Italian film director. After World War II he wrote screenplays for such neorealistic films as Rossellini’...
1917–96, American jazz singer, b. Newport News, Va. Probably the most celebrated jazz vocalist of her generation, Fitzgerald was reared in Yonkers, ...