Douglas Sirk

Douglas Sirk

male, deceased (1987)
German, Hitler's Madman, Written on the Wind, Universum Film AG, National Film Registry, Universal Studios…imitationoflife
Douglas Sirk (April 26, 1900 - January 14, 1987) was a film director best known for his work in Hollywood melodramas in the 1950s. Sirk was born...
Michael Stipe

Michael Stipe

male, 49 years old
R.E.M. member, from Athens, Georgia, Nightswimming, You Are The Everything, King Of Birds, Disturbance At The Heron House…imitationoflife, University of Georgia
John Michael Stipe (born January 4, 1960 in Decatur, Georgia) is the lead singer of the American rock band R.E.M. Stipe has become well-known (and...
Juanita Moore

Juanita Moore

female, 87 years old
African American, passes, the kid, Judging Amy actor, passing, actress…imitationoflife
Juanita Moore (born October 19 1922 in Los Angeles, California) is an African-American actress. Moore had a number of bit parts and supporting...
Susan Kohner

Susan Kohner

female, 73 years old
Golden Globe, African American, freud, color, American, actress…imitationoflife, Imitation of Life actress
Susan Kohner (born November 11 1936 in Los Angeles, California) is an Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe-winning American actress. She is the...
Louise Beavers

Louise Beavers

female, deceased (1962)
servant, holiday inn, passing, pass, freaks, The Facts of Life…imitationoflife
Louise Beavers (March 8 1902 - October 26 1962) was a prolific African-American film actress. Beavers appeared in dozens of films from the 1920s to...
Fannie Hurst

Fannie Hurst

female, deceased (1968)
from Ohio, From st. louis, missouri, American women writer, writer, Jewish American, back street…imitationoflife
Fannie Hurst (October 19, 1889 - February 23, 1968) was an American novelist. Although her books are not well remembered today, during her lifetime...
John M. Stahl

John M. Stahl

male, deceased (1950)
myocardial infarction, from New York City, short film, film producer, forest lawn memorial park, film director…imitationoflife, Hollywood Walk of Fame, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, The Keys of the Kingdom
John Malcolm Stahl was an American film director and producer. Born in New York City, New York, he began working in the city's growing motion...
Warren William

Warren William

male, deceased (1948)
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt, A. J. Raffles, Columbia Pictures, philo vance, raffles, cleopatra…imitationoflife, American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Hollywood Walk of Fame
Warren William (December 2 1894 - September 24 1948) was a Broadway and Hollywood actor, born Warren William Krech in Aitkin, Minnesota. He...
Ross Hunter

Ross Hunter

male, deceased (1996)
film producer, paramount pictures, imitationoflife, American, lost horizon, b-movie
Ross Hunter, born Martin Fuss (May 6, 1920 - March 10, 1996), was a noted Hollywood film producer. After serving in Army intelligence during World...
Fredi Washington

Fredi Washington

female, deceased (1994)
carmen jones, film actor, Civil Rights, From Savannah, Georgia, passes, The Emperor Jones…imitationoflife
Fredi Washington (Fredericka Carolyn Washington) (December 23 1903 - June 28 1994) was an African-American film actress of the 1930s. She is most...