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Born Mary Jeanette Robison. She was the youngest daughter of Henry Robison of Penrith, Cumberland, England and Julia Schelesinger of Liverpool, Lancashire, England. Her father died in 1860 and her mother remarried. In 1866/67 they were living in St Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and moved back to London, England in 1871. She ran away from home to marry Charles Leveson Gore in 1875 and in 1877 the young couple went to Fort Worth, Texas, USA to establish a cattle ranch. They survived for two years before moving to New York where her husband died about 1881.
In 1884 she took up acting to support her three children (only her son Edward Gore survived childhood). She played both leads and supporting roles on the road and on Broadway, and over several decades she became highly respected as a character actress. She appeared in a few silent films, then returned to the screen for good in 1926 and flourished in the subsequent sound era. She was usually cast as crusty, gruff, domineering society matron or grandmother. For her portrayal of Damon Runyon's Apple Annie in Frank Capra's Lady for a Day (1933), one of her rare starring roles, she received a Best Actress Oscar nomination. Ultimately she appeared in more than 60 films, the last of which was released the year of her death.- Best-known for performing the most popular baseball poem, "Casey at the Bat." Filmed as one of the first talkies, 5 years before The Jazz Singer (1927), Casey at the Bat (1922), was included in Ken Burns' Baseball (1994). Hopper, a fervent New York Giant fan, first performed the then-unknown poem to the Giants and Chicago Cubs, on the day his friend, Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Tim Keefe had his record 19 game winning streak stopped, August 14, 1888. The dying General William T. Sherman was also in the audience that evening, along with Keefe and his brother-in-law shortstop/attorney John Montgomery Ward. 2 months later the Giants won New York's first world championship.
Hopper recited Casey for almost 40 years in films, on stage, records, radio etc. Known as the "Husband of His Country" for his 6 marriages. He became totally hairless, with blue-tinged skin, possibly from reaction to a patent medicine. Even so, his powerful voice and great sense of humor mesmerized women all his life. One of his wives was the gossip columnist Hedda Hopper. Their son, the white-maned William Hopper, played private investigator Paul Drake on Perry Mason for many years. - Writer
- Producer
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (October 27, 1858 - January 6, 1919), often referred to as Teddy or his initials T. R., was an American politician, statesman, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909. He previously served as the 25th vice president under William McKinley from March to September 1901, and as the 33rd governor of New York from 1899 to 1900. Having assumed the presidency after McKinley's assassination, Roosevelt emerged as a leader of the Republican Party and became a driving force for anti-trust and Progressive policies.- Actor
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Forceful, authoritative character actor of the 1920s and 1930s. Entered films in 1916. Even by then, close to 60, Kerr was very effectively cast in powerful, dynamic supporting roles, usually most often as a cultured, dignified old man. Probably most memorable as the old Baron Frankenstein in Frankenstein (1931). A brilliant performer of stage and screen, yet terribly obese and a heavy smoker. He died at 74 of lung cancer near his birthplace of London in 1933.- Actor
- Director
- Producer
Frank was considered a "furniture actor" on stage. While on stage he was so often drunk that he had to lean on or hold onto furniture to keep from falling down. Known through the country for his stage work, he was ranked as one of the foremost stage artists prior to moving to Hollywood. Keenan's first wife of forty-four years, was watching him perform on stage when she suffered a stroke and died a few minutes later.- Music Department
- Composer
- Writer
Italian composer, one of the greatest exponents of operatic realism, who virtually brought the history of Italian opera to an end. His mature operas include "La Bohème" (1896), "Tosca" (1900), "Madama Butterfly" (1904), and "Turandot" left incomplete.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Ferdinand Gottschalk was born on 28 February 1858 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Berkeley Square (1933), She Had to Say Yes (1933) and I Am a Thief (1934). He died on 10 November 1944 in London, England, UK.- Cesare Gravina was born on 23 January 1858 in Naples, Italy. He was an actor, known for The Man Who Laughs (1928), Merry-Go-Round (1923) and Madame Butterfly (1915). He died on 16 September 1954 in New York, USA.
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- Additional Crew
Lagerlöf made her debut in 1891 with The Gösta Berling saga, a story about her own region, Värmland and her home, the country manor Mårbacka. With her novel she starts the wave of romantic nationalist literature in Sweden of the 1890s. Her novel Jerusalem (1901-02) is about religious emigrants from Sweden to Palestine. She is the author of Sweden's most read novel, The Adventures of Nils Holgerssons (1906), a story about a boy traveling across Sweden on the back of a goose. Her stories often evolve around folklore and supernatural events. One of the peaks in her career was her novel The Emperor of Portugal (1914). In 1907 she got a honorary degree at the University of Uppsala, in 1909 she got the Nobel Prize and 1914 she became a member of the Swedish Academy. Her home Mårbacka is now a museum visited by thousands of tourists every year.- George Alexander was born on 19 June 1858 in Reading, Berkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Second Mrs. Tanqueray (1916) and Masks and Faces (1917). He was married to Florence Jane (née Théleur). He died on 15 March 1918 in London, England, UK.
- E. Nesbit was born on 15 August 1858 in London, England, UK. E. was a writer, known for Masterpiece (1971), The Railway Children Return (2022) and The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet (1995). E. was married to Thomas Tucker and Hubert Bland. E. died on 4 May 1924 in New Romney, Kent, England, UK.
- Charles Hawtrey was born on 21 September 1858 in Eton, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for A Message from Mars (1913), The Private Secretary (1935) and Honeymoon for Three (1915). He was married to Katherine Elsie Emma Petre and Madeline 'Mae' Harriet. He died on 30 July 1923 in Marylebone, London, England, UK.
- Henry Leone was born on 30 March 1858 in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]. He was an actor, known for The Heart of the Hills (1916), Tangled Lives (1917) and Fair Lady (1922). He was married to Elizabeth and Anne Dale. He died on 9 June 1922 in Mount Vernon, New York, USA.
- Lady Tree was born on 5 October 1858 in Bexley, Kent, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Girl from Maxim's (1933), Wedding Rehearsal (1932) and Still Waters Run Deep (1916). She was married to Herbert Beerbohm Tree. She died on 7 August 1937 in London, England, UK.
- Actress
- Writer
Eleonora Duse was born on 3 October 1858 in Vigevano, Lombardy, Italy. She was an actress and writer, known for Cenere (1917). She was married to Tebaldo Marchetti. She died on 21 April 1924 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.- Director
- Writer
André Antoine was born on 31 January 1858 in Limoges, Haute-Vienne, France. He was a director and writer, known for La terre (1921), Mademoiselle de La Seiglière (1921) and The Swallow and the Titmouse (1924). He died on 19 October 1943 in Le Pouliguen, Loire-Atlantique, France.- F.A. Turner was born on 12 October 1858 in New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Restitution (1918), Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917) and A Man and His Mate (1915). He died on 13 February 1923.
- Born in 1858 to Duke Friedrich of Schleswig-Holstein and his wife, Princess Adelheid zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Augusta-Victoria's family was uprooted from their hereditary fief due to war, and as a consequence she lived throughout Europe as a girl. She met then-Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany in 1879 and married him two years later; she was a dutiful wife and mother, and posed no challenge to her husband's dominating personality. When his father died in 1888, Wilhelm became Kaiser of Germany. After World War I, she followed her husband into exile in the Netherlands, where she died in 1921.
- John L. Sullivan was born on 15 October 1858 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA. He was married to Katherine Harkins and Annie Bates. He died on 2 February 1918 in Abingdon, Massachusetts, USA.
- Leonard Grover was born on 28 April 1858 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Rainy, the Lion Killer (1914), Romeo and Juliet (1916) and The Coming Power (1914). He was married to Ida May Oliver (aka Kitty O'Neil, actress). He died on 24 March 1947 in Brooklyn, New York, USA.
- Writer
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Viktor Léon was born on 4 January 1858 in Szenic, Nyitra, Kingdom of Hungary, Austrian Empire [now Senica, Slovak Republic]. He was a writer and actor, known for The Merry Widow (1934), The Merry Widow (1925) and The Merry Widow (1952). He was married to Ottilie Popper. He died on 23 February 1940 in Vienna, Austria.- Emmeline Pankhurst was born on 15 July 1858 in Moss Side, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK. She was married to Richard Pankhurst. She died on 14 June 1928 in Hampstead, London, England, UK.
- Forrest Robinson was born on 2 August 1858 in Rochester, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Souls for Sale (1923), The Dawn of a Tomorrow (1915) and The Meanest Man in the World (1923). He was married to Mabel Bert. He died on 6 January 1924 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Actor
- Director
- Production Designer
Frank R. Benson was born on 4 November 1858 in Alresford, Hampshire, England, UK. He was an actor and director, known for The Taming of the Shrew (1911), Julius Caesar (1911) and Richard III (1911). He was married to Constance Benson. He died on 31 December 1939 in London, England, UK.- Frances Trego Montgomery was a prolific writer of children's stories during the early twentieth century. She is best known for her popular "Billy Whiskers" series, which were about the misadventures of a mischievous but somewhat short-tempered goat. Many children, including the future President of the United States, John F. Kennedy, loved the books--twenty-five in all--and couldn't get enough of them. Other books by Mrs. Montgomery included an early science fiction book for children called "The Wonderful Electric Elephant." She died on board the Cunard liner S.S. Franconia while on an around-the-world tour; she had planned to write a book about her travels.
- Tore Svennberg was born on 28 February 1858 in Stockholm, Sweden. He was an actor, known for The Phantom Carriage (1921), A Woman's Face (1938) and Klostret i Sendomir (1920). He died on 8 May 1941 in Stockholm, Sweden.
- Director
- Actor
- Writer
Lorimer Johnston was born on 2 November 1858 in Maysville, Kentucky, USA. He was a director and actor, known for Son of Frankenstein (1939), The Envoy Extraordinary (1914) and Tarzan the Mighty (1928). He was married to Caroline Frances Cooke. He died on 20 February 1941 in Hollywood, California, USA.- Johan Kievit was born on 8 March 1858 in Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. Johan was a writer, known for Dik Trom en zijn dorpsgenoten (1947), Dik Trom en zijn dorpsgenoten (1973) and Uit het leven van Dik Trom (1941). Johan was married to Gezina Louiza Veldhuijzen van Zanten. Johan died on 12 August 1931 in Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
- Mary Rorke was born on 14 February 1858 in London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Second Mrs. Tanqueray (1916), Caste (1915) and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor (1918). She was married to Frank William St. Aubyn (architect). She died on 12 October 1938 in London, England, UK.
- John Cossar was born on 2 January 1858 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for My Lady of Whims (1925), Fools for Luck (1917) and Two-Bit Seats (1917). He was married to Fanny Cossar. He died on 28 April 1935 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- Calvert Carter was born on 23 October 1858 in Virginia, USA. He was an actor, known for Less Than Kin (1918), Broadway Fever (1929) and The Fighting Shepherdess (1920). He died on 29 August 1932 in Long Beach, California, USA.
- Frank Carrington was born on 9 March 1858. He was an actor, known for The $5, 000, 000 Counterfeiting Plot (1914). He died on 5 March 1936 in Cornwall, New York, USA.
- Prince Henry of Battenberg was born on 5 October 1858 in Milan, Lombardy-Venetia, Austrian Empire [now Lombardy, Italy]. He was married to Princess Henry of Battenberg. He died on 20 January 1896 in near British Sierra Leone.
- Florence Gerald was born on 23 September 1858 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. She was a writer, known for The Woman Pays (1915). She died on 6 September 1942 in New York, USA.
- Charles W. Chesnutt was born on 20 June 1858 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He was a writer, known for Veiled Aristocrats (1932), The Conjure Woman (1926) and The House Behind the Cedars (1927). He died on 15 November 1932 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
- Wilhelm Fliess was born on 24 October 1858 in Arnswalde, Province of Brandenburg, Kingdom of Prussia (today in Poland). He died on 13 October 1928 in Berlin, Germany.
- Writer
- Soundtrack
Adelheid Wette was born on 4 September 1858 in Siegburg, Germany. She is known for Hänsel und Gretel (1897), Hänsel und Gretel (2015) and Hansel and Gretel (1954). She was previously married to Hermann Wette.- Georges Courteline was born on 25 June 1858 in Tours, France. He was a writer, known for Fun in the Barracks (1932), Boubouroche (1933) and Messieurs les ronds de cuir (1936). He was married to Marie-Jeanne Brécou and Suzanne Berty. He died on 25 June 1929 in Paris, France.
- Actor
Max Tyron was born on 9 March 1858 in Germany. He was an actor. He died on 19 June 1949 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Richard Cummings was born on 20 August 1858 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He was an actor, known for The Little Orphans (1915), The Bride's Play (1922) and A Ten-Cent Adventure (1915). He was married to Catherine ?. He died on 25 December 1938 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Writer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Jakob Knudsen was born on 14 September 1858 in Denmark. He was a writer, known for Den gamle præst (1939) and Sygeplejeskolen (2018). He died on 21 January 1917 in Denmark.- Charles Schwanenflügel was born on 15 November 1858. He was an actor, known for Under Møllevingen (1913), Guld der hævner (1914) and Livets Ubønhørlighed (1914). He died on 20 August 1943.
- Sarah Adler was born on 26 May 1858 in Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for Sins of the Parents (1914). She was married to Jacob P. Adler and Maurice Heine. She died on 28 April 1953 in New York City, New York, USA.
- James Tanner was born on 17 October 1858 in London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for The Broken Melody (1896) and A Gaiety Duet (1909). He was married to Ethel Maud May Tyler. He died on 18 June 1915 in London, England, UK.
- Charles Le Bargy was born on 28 August 1858 in La Chapelle, Paris, France. He was an actor and director, known for The Assassination of the Duke de Guise (1908), The Return of Ulysses (1909) and Carmen (1908). He died on 5 February 1936 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France.
- Mathilde Nielsen was born on 26 October 1858 in Denmark. She was an actress, known for Master of the House (1925), The Parson's Widow (1920) and Nyhavn 17 (1933). She was married to Olaf Frederik. She died on 11 September 1945 in Denmark.
- Director
- Actor
- Writer
C.J. Williams was born on 23 July 1858 in New York, USA. He was a director and actor, known for The Funny Side of Jealousy (1915), Wild Oats (1919) and Crooky (1915). He was married to Ida Williams. He died on 26 January 1945 in New York, USA.- Otis Skinner was born on 28 June 1858 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Kismet (1930), Kismet (1920) and Tom's Little Star (1919). He was married to Maud Durbin. He died on 4 January 1942 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Armenian novelist Alexander Shirvanzade was born Aleksandr Movsesyan in Shirvan, Azerbaijan, in 1858. His father was a tailor. At age 17 Shirvanzade found work in the Caspian Sea city of Baku, Azerbaijan, which was seeing a boom because of its vast oil reserves. He worked in various capacities--clerk, accountant--for a number of different oil companies, but still found time to immerse himself in the works of Russian and Armenian writers, as well as such Western European writers as Honoré de Balzac, Emile Zola and William Shakespeare. Seeing the effects--both good and bad, but mostly bad--that the oil boom was having on the average citizens in the Baku area, he wrote a flurry of novels, plays, articles, etc., protesting against what he saw as the exploitation of both the land and its people by the oil interests, and became active in social protest movements outside Baku. In 1894 he led protests against the Turkish massacres of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, resulting in his imprisonment in TIflis, Georgia; that experience produced what many believe to be his finest work, "Chaos" (1896).
Upon his release from prison he began to agitate for a cause that not many men of the era considered important--women's rights. His plays "Evgine" and "Did She Have the Right?" were about giving women the right to vote. "For the Sake of Honor" (1904) railed against the injustices and excesses of capitalism. In 1916 Russian writer Maxim Gorky praised Shirvanzade's works, saying they "were known and read not only in the Caucasus but also in England, in the Scandinavian Peninsula, and Italy."
In his later years he lived abroad but returned to Armenia in 1926 and settled in Yerevan. He died in Kislovodsk, Armenia, in 1935. - J. Meade Falkner was born on 8 May 1858 in Manningford, Wiltshire, England, UK. J. Meade was a writer, known for Moonfleet (1955), Mystery and Imagination (1966) and Suspense (1949). J. Meade died on 22 July 1932 in Durham, England, UK.