Meryl Streep’s contributions to American art and culture as an actress of the stage and screen are unrivaled. With more Academy Award nominations than any other actor in history, she is widely considered one of the most talented and respected actors of our time.
Cyd Charisse is one of Hollywood’s greatest dancers best known for two acclaimed dance sequences, the “Broadway Melody Ballet” from the movie Singin’ in the Rain with Gene Kelly and the “Girl Hunt Ballet” from The Band Wagon.
By the time Pickford’s last film Secrets was released, 25 years after her first film debut, she had starred in over 200 films, many of which are unfortunately lost.
Though ice skating has been around for centuries, it only came into its current form and fashion in the mid-19th century and was still taking shape as a professional and competitive sport when Charlotte Oelschlägel took up the activity.
20th century Irish actress
German singer and actress
Celebrated Mexican actress
Anne Douglas (later Doucet) was one of the original dancers in the Denishawn modern dance company in the 1920s, leaving home at 17 to tour with them for 10 years before establishing a dance training studio in southern California with her sister.
20th century Irish actor
Irish actress