Biography Category
If Benjamin Bannaker’s grandmother, a lowly milkmaid, had not been educated to read, during a time when women were not educated, she would not have ...
Bedford, Brian, 1935–, English actor, b. Morley, Yorkshire; studied Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London. During his long career, Bedford has perfo...
[b]Betterton, Thomas[/b] (bet'urtun) [key], 1635?–1710, English actor and manager. He joined Sir William D'Avenant's company at Lincoln's Inn Fields...
[b]Bill Bixby[/b] was a handsome, halfway-to-hip TV leading man of the 1960s and 1970s. His best-known role was probably that of Dr. David Banner in t...
[b]Bogarde, Sir Dirk[/b] (dûrk bō'gärd) [key], 1921–99, English film actor, b. Hampstead as Derek Niven Van den Bogaerde. In his early ca...
[b]Booth, Edwin[/b], 1833–93, one of the first great American actors, b. “Tudor Hall,” near Bel Air, Md. After years of touring with his father,...