America's Cowboy Biograph: William Penn Adair Rogers was born November 4th, 1879 on a ranch between Claremore and Oologah, Oklahoma. We have rectified his chart to 16 Sagittarius, [SS] Sea gulls watching a ship, a symbol demonstrating the spirit's demand for its full share in the privileges and rewards of all of human society. This gives... Continue Reading →
Roscoe Lee Brown has something to say
Starting out Roscoe Lee Brown was born on May 2nd 1922 in Woodbury, Gloucester County, New Jersey (not far east of Philadelphia) to a Baptist Minister and his wife. He went to Lincoln College, (now Lincoln University) an all black college in Lincoln College, Pennsylvania and then served in the army in WWII. Afterward he... Continue Reading →
#44 British Actor George Arliss
George Arliss, original name Augustus George Andrews, (born April 10, 1868, London, Eng.—died Feb. 5, 1946, London from chronic bronchitis age 77). He portrayed many historic personages in motion pictures. He began his acting career in 1887 but found success when he appeared with Mrs. Patrick Campbell in London during the 1900–01 season. In 1902 he played... Continue Reading →
#138 Funny Girl Fanny Brice
Marc Jones has no time listed for Fanny (born Fania Borach) Brice and gives October 30 1891 for her birth date. Astrotheme differs with Marc Jones entirely and says she was born the day before Herbert M. Goldman's biography, Fanny Brice the Original Funny Girl support the Astrotheme date but Astrotheme's time of 11... Continue Reading →
#668 Mei Lan-fang as jingxi
When Mei Lan-fang died in 1961, China mourned his passing. s the passing of Mei Lan-fang. Even Premier Chou En-lai and other Party and government leaders were among those who visited him during his last illness and a 61-member funeral committee was setup. Memorial meetings were held on August 10 1961 for the great opera... Continue Reading →
#303 The Dolls House of Eleanora Duse
Eleonora Duse was born Oct. 3, 1858, near Vigevano, Lombardy, in then the Austrian Empire -- now Italy. She died April 21, 1924 in Pittsburgh, Pa., U.S. Marc Jones gives her birth time as 2:00 am but we find that a bit fast, and rectified her to 1:30 am with an ascendant of 18 LEO... Continue Reading →
#J758 Eugene Gladstone O’Neill playwright
The Prelude: Eugene O'Neill was a famous American playwright and father in law to Charlie Chaplin via the latter's last wife Oona O'Neill. His father was a famous stage actor, James O'Neill, who met his mother, Mary Ellen (Ella) Quinlan, while travelling on tour through Ohio, though they had resettled there from New London, Connecticut... Continue Reading →
#51 First woman director-producer on Broadway – Margaret Anglin
She was born Mary Warren Anglin on april 3rd, 1876 in Ottawa, Ontario, & was the youngest of nine children of newspaper editor and politician Timothy Warren Anglin (1822–1896) by his second wife, Ellen MacTavish. She remembers being held by Oscar Wilde, a guest of her father, when she was six years old, probably during... Continue Reading →
#125 Dame Lilian Braithwaite
Biograph: She was born Florence Lilian Braithwaite, the daughter of an Anglican minister and dean of Croydon, but was professionally known as Lilian (one L) on March 9, 1872, Ramsgate, England. She was married once to fellow Shakespearian Gerald Lawrence with whom she had her only daughter Joyce Carey, on March 30, 1898. Her marriage... Continue Reading →
Martin Crane & John Mahoney RIP
Charles John Mahoney was born on June 20, 1940, in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, one of eight children of Reg Mahoney, a Manchester baker, and the former Margaret Watson. The family had been evacuated to Lancashire when Manchester was a bombing target in World War II. After the war, John traveled to the United States to... Continue Reading →
Mystery Man # 1 What did he do?
This year we are inaugurating our Mystery Person Chart. You need to tell us what this man did that made him notable, if at least during his lifetime. He was born in 1848. The Chart is given in Koch Format with all the asteroids and the TransNeptunians but no aspects, time or place. Please write on... Continue Reading →