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Georges Méliès was a French illusionist and film director famous for leading many technical and narrative developments in the earliest days of cinema.
Méliès was an especially prolific innovator in the use of special effects, popularizing such techniques as substitution splices, multiple exposures, time-lapse photography, dissolves, and hand-painted color.
His films include A Trip to the Moon (1902) and An Impossible Voyage (1904), both involving strange, surreal journeys somewhat in the style of Jules Verne, and are considered among the most important early science fiction films.
Méliès died of cancer on 21 January 1938 at the age of 76.
In 2016, a Méliès film long thought lost, A Wager Between Two Magicians, or, Jealous of Myself (1904), was discovered in a Czechoslovak film archive.- Florence Roberts was born on 16 March 1861 in Frederick, Maryland, USA. She was an actress, known for March of the Wooden Soldiers (1934), Les Misérables (1935) and Off to the Races (1937). She was married to Walter Gale (actor). She died on 6 June 1940 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- Henrietta Crosman was born on 2 September 1861 in Wheeling, West Virginia, USA. She was an actress, known for Charlie Chan's Secret (1935), The Right to Live (1935) and The Royal Family of Broadway (1930). She was married to Maurice Campbell and Sedley Brown. She died on 31 October 1944 in Pelham Manor, New York, USA.
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Jose Rizal was born on 19 June 1861 in Calamba, Laguna, Philippines. He was a writer, known for El filibusterismo (1962), Sisa (1951) and Noli me tangere (1930). He died on 30 December 1896 in Bagumbayan [now Luneta], Manila, Philippines.- Martha Bernays was born on 26 July 1861 in Hamburg, Germany. She was married to Sigmund Freud. She died on 2 November 1951 in London, England, UK.
- Chung Ling Soo was born on 2 April 1861 in New York, USA. He died on 24 March 1918 in Wood Green, London, England, UK.
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Rabindranath Tagore was born on 6 May 1861 in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India [now India]. He was a writer and composer, known for Song of the Body, Streer Patra (1972) and Natir Puja (1932). He was married to Mrinalini Devi. He died on 7 August 1941 in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India [now India].- The son of a sea captain, Theodore Roberts was a veteran stage actor, making his first appearance in 1880. Often referred to as the "Grand Duke of Hollywood," Roberts was a regular on the Cecil B. DeMille team and appeared in 23 of DeMille's films. He is best remembered for his role as Moses in DeMille's The Ten Commandments (1923). A well-known and well-loved actor, his funeral in Westlake Park (he died from uremic poisoning) was attended by nearly 2,000 people. However, Roberts felt so much bitterness in his heart for his immediate relatives that he bequeathed his estate to a nephew (a commercial illustrator) in New York. The estate was valued at nearly $20,000, including a yacht valued at $10,000. Several of Roberts' personal items were left to his friends William C. de Mille and his brother Cecil. Roberts claimed that during the worst times of his life, no one in his family offered a word of sympathy or any help at all. His only request was that he be laid to rest next to his beloved wife Florence Smythe, who passed away in 1925.
- Sam Allen was born on 25 December 1861 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He was an actor, known for Death Valley (1927), The Midnight Limited (1926) and The Power God (1925). He died on 13 September 1934 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- William Morris was born on 1 January 1861 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Monsieur Lecoq (1915), Romeo and Juliet (1916) and Behind Office Doors (1931). He was married to [Henrietta Luna] Etta Hawkins (actress). He died on 11 January 1936 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Eille Norwood was born on 11 October 1861 in York, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Man with the Twisted Lip (1921), The Hound of the Baskervilles (1921) and The Sign of Four (1923). He was married to Ruth Mackay. He died on 24 December 1948 in London, England, UK.
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Wallace McCutcheon was born on 3 November 1861 in New York City, USA. He was a director and cinematographer, known for 20, 000 Leagues Under the Sea (1905), The Nihilist (1905) and How They Rob Men in Chicago (1900). He was married to Mira West. He died on 3 October 1918 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA.- Actor
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Dark Cloud was born on 20 September 1861 in St. Francis Indian Village, Quebec, Canada. He was an actor and writer, known for What Am I Bid? (1919), The Dishonored Medal (1914) and The Woman Untamed (1920). He was married to Margaret Camp. He died on 17 October 1918 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Robert Disney was born on 7 August 1861 in Canada. He died on 28 July 1953 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.
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André Calmettes was born on 18 August 1861 in Paris, France. He was a director and actor, known for La dame aux camélias (1912), Tosca (1908) and La Tosca (1909). He died on 14 March 1942 in Paris, France.- Getting her show business start in vaudeville, Phyllis Allen's large physique and excellent timing made her a natural for film comedies, and she appeared in many of Mack Sennett's slapstick films. She also appeared in several of Charles Chaplin's movies, and was often paired with equally hefty comedian Mack Swain.
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Michel Verne was born on 3 August 1861 in Paris, France. He was a writer and director, known for La Destinée de Jean Morénas (1916), Les Indes noires (1917) and In Search of the Castaways (1914). He was married to Jeanne Raboul and Clémence-Thérese Taton. He died on 5 March 1925 in Toulon, Var, France.- Adolph Lestina was born on 26 February 1861 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Girl Who Stayed at Home (1919), The Burglar's Dilemma (1912) and A Wreath of Orange Blossoms (1911). He was married to Mary Elizabeth (Bessie) Rice (aka Bessie Lea Lestina, actress). He died on 23 August 1923 in New Rochelle, New York, USA.
- Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt was born on 6 August 1861 in Norwich, Connecticut, USA. She was married to Theodore Roosevelt. She died on 30 September 1948 in Oyster Bay, New York, USA.
- Grace Duffie Boylan was on 9 February, 1861, at Kalamazoo, Michigan, one of eleven children born to Phelix K. and Juliette Duffie. Her father, who had emigrated from Ireland, owned the Dollar House Hotel in Kalamazoo. During the American Civil War he served for eighteen months as a Captain in the 19th Michigan Infantry, Company K. Boylan attended the "Harvard Annex," (now part of Radcliffe College) and the Northeastern Conservatory of Music in Boston. After graduation she worked as a journalist in Chicago. Duffie had worked as a art critic for the Chicago Daily Inter-Ocean and wrote a column called "One-Minute Romances from Real Life" for The Chicago Journal.
Boylan published her "Kids of Many Colors" series of children's books in 1901. Theses stories were about children of diverse races and cultures and came with titles like: "Our Little Cuban Kiddies", "Our Little Eskimo Kiddies", "Our Little Hawaiian Kiddies" "Our little Indian Kiddies", "Our Little Canadian Kiddies" and "Our Little Philippine Kiddies". Boylan also authored several works of juvenile fiction, "Yama Yama Land" and "Young Folks' Uncle Tom's Cabin" (not to be confused with the Harriet Beecher Stowe book), to name a couple.
She was well known as a writer of dialect poetry and patriotic verse with works like, "If Tam O'Shanter 'd Had a Wheel, and Other Poems and Sketches", "When Mary Looks at Me.", "Who Goes There?", "The Star of Christmas Morn" and "At Christmas Time", "When the Band Played and other readings and recitations", "Hosanna and Huzzah" and "In the Transvaal".
Books by Boylan include: "The Little White Cross", "Kiss of Glory", "The Supplanter", "The Pipes of Clovis; a Fairy Romance of the Twelfth Century", "The Old House", "Steps to Nowhere", "John of Joy", "Love Finds a Way", "Conquerors" and "When Geronimo Rode" (with Forrestine C. Hooker).
In 1918 Grace Duffie Boylan wrote, "Thy Son Liveth: Messages from a soldier to his mother", and had it initially published anonymously. The book told the story of an American soldier who after he was killed on a battlefield in France was able to send his grieving mother comforting messages through Morse code and automatic writing, assuring her that whilst his body had been destroyed, his soul was alive and vigorous. Boylan would later insist that her story was true and that she was the dead soldier's mother. Years later, 'Peter O'Fallon' would base his film A Rumor of Angels (2000) on Boylan's touching story.
Boylan was married several times. In the early 1890s she published works under the name Grace Duffie Roe, a surname that her daughter Clover also used. She had at least one child with husband Robert J. Boylan (1862-1934), a well known newspaper reporter and horse racing expert. Her third husband, St. George Kempson, whom she married on 20 December, 1905, was the editor of the New York Insurance Journal. Kempson died on 12 August, 1907, after an emergency appendectomy. She married next Louis Napoleon Geldert in March of 1909. Geldert was the owner of the respected publication, The Insurance Herald of Louisville, Kentucky. He would go to be an executive officer in the Interstate Cotton Seed Crushers Association and found the industry magazine, Cotton Oil Press. In 1906 he published "The Eagle Fire Company of New York: A History of Its First Century (1806-1906)" and in 1916 compiled and edited for the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, "Facts about Georgia: a state rich in resources and opulent in opportunities".
Grace Duffie Boylan died of heart disease on 24 March, 1935, at Memphis, Tennessee. She was survived by her husband, a daughter, Clover Roscoe and son, Malcolm Stuart Boylan. She had been a member of the Arts Club of Washington (DC), Authors League of America, Poetry Society of America and past president of the National League of Pen Women. - Fridtjof Nansen was born on 10 October 1861 in Store-Frøen, Norway. He was married to Sigrun Munthe and Eva Sars. He died on 13 May 1930 in Lysaker, Norway.
- Ernst Arndt was born on 3 February 1861 in Magdeburg, Kingdom of Prussia [now Germany]. He was an actor, known for Herbstzauber (1918), Die Tragödie eines verschollenen Fürstensohnes (1922) and Der Umweg zur Ehe (1919). He died in 1942 in Treblinka Concentration Camp, General Governement.
- American short story writer and novelist, was born the son of Andrew Robertson, a ship captain on the Great Lakes, and Amelia (Glassford) Robertson. Morgan went to sea as a cabin boy and was in the merchant service from 1866 to 1877, rising to first mate. Tiring of life at sea, he studied jewelry making at Cooper Union in New York City and worked for 10 years as a diamond setter. When that work began to impair his vision, he turned to writing sea stories, placing his work in such popular magazines as McClure's and the Saturday Evening Post. Robertson never made much money from his writing, a circumstance that greatly embittered him. Nevertheless, from the early 1890s until his death in 1915 he supported himself as a writer and enjoyed the company of artists and writers in a small circle of New York's bohemia. Robertson was found dead of heart disease in an Atlantic City hotel room.
- Maxime Desjardins was born on 17 September 1861 in Auxerre, Yonne, France. He was an actor, known for Les mystères de Paris (1922), The Mystery of the Yellow Room (1930) and Le bossu (1925). He died on 2 October 1936 in Vence, Alpes-Maritimes, France.
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Percy Winter was born on 16 November 1861 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor and director, known for The Other Girl (1915), The Inevitable Penalty (1915) and The Son (1915). He was married to Mary N. Saunders (actress) and Blanche Armand. He died on 4 May 1928 in Boonton, New Jersey, USA.- Zoltán Ambrus was born on 22 February 1861 in Debrecen, Hungary. Zoltán was a writer, known for Midas király (1919) and A gyanú (1917). Zoltán died on 28 February 1932 in Budapest, Hungary.
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Robert K. Bonine was born on 14 September 1861 in Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA. Robert K. was a cinematographer and director, known for Eva Tanguay (1902), Panoramic View, King St. Honolulu, H.I. (1906) and A Tough Dance (1902). Robert K. died on 11 September 1923 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.- Gilbert Dalleu was born on 5 March 1861 in Pons, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. He was an actor, known for Les mystères de Paris (1922), L'agonie des aigles (1922) and Le comte de Monte Cristo - Épisode 15: Le triomphe de Dantès (1918). He died on 1 March 1931 in Paris, France.
- Marie Wright was born on 18 December 1861 in Woolwich, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Silver Top (1938), A Cup of Kindness (1934) and Quinneys (1919). She was married to Nelson Barry. She died on 1 May 1949 in Hendon, Middlesex, England, UK.
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- Writer
William J. Burns was born on 19 October 1861 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Squaw Man (1914), The Argyle Case (1917) and The Argyle Case (1929). He was married to Annie M. Ressler. He died on 14 April 1932 in Sarasota, Florida, USA.- Wilhelm Diegelmann was born on 28 September 1861 in Ellers, Electorate of Hesse [now Neuhof, Hesse, Germany]. He was an actor, known for The Wildcat (1921), Deception (1920) and Der Schimmelreiter (1934). He died on 1 March 1934 in Berlin, Germany.
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Charles Swickard was born on 21 March 1861 in Germany. He was a director and actor, known for An Arabian Knight (1920), Mixed Blood (1916) and The Last Straw (1920). He was married to Dale. He died on 12 May 1929 in Fresno, California, USA.- Charles Foley was born on 9 January 1861 in Paris, France. Charles was a writer, known for Le drame des eaux mortes (1921), The Lonely Villa (1909) and La chambre au judas (1912). Charles died on 27 February 1956.
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Lucius Henderson was born on 8 June 1861 in Aledo, Illinois, USA. He was a director and actor, known for Under Southern Skies (1915), Sapho (1913) and The Huntress of Men (1916). He was married to Helene Studebaker and Gretchen Violet Lyons. He died on 18 February 1947 in New York City, New York, USA.- Producer
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Maud Gage Baum was born on 27 March 1861 in Fayetteville, New York, USA. Maud Gage was a producer, known for The Wizard of Oz (1938). Maud Gage was married to L. Frank Baum. Maud Gage died on 6 March 1953 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Joseph Hart was born on 8 June 1861 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Foxy Grandpa Shows Boys He Is a Magician (1902), Foxy Grandpa Shows the Boys a Trick or Two with the Tramp (1902) and Boys Take Grandpa's Cigars with Distressing Results (1902). He was married to Carrie DeMar. He died on 3 October 1921 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Bald-headed with thick rimmed round glasses Jeff Barlow born in Lancashire in 1871. Began in the theatre appearing in drama and comedy from the 1890's. He won the leading role in his first film, as the famous murderer and thief Charles Peace under the direction of Ernest G. Batley in 'Charles Peace, King of Criminals' at the British & Colonial Film Company in 1914, afterwards he seemed to be cast in character or occasionally supporting roles in many comedy and drama films, mostly for London (Jury) and for Minerva in the 1910s. His most memorable roles as Lt Waters in 'Tom Jones' starring Langhorne Burton at the Ideal Film Co in 1917 and also as Mr. Reece in 'The Further Exploits of Sexton Blake: The Mystery of the S.S. Olympic' starring Douglas Payne as Blake at Atlantic Films in 1920. A regular character star in adventures and crime thrillers through the 1920's, including the first full length British colour movie 'The Glorious Adventure' in 1922, his last screen appearance as Dorcas in Leslie S. Hiscott's comedy 'Ringing the Changes' starring Henry Edwards.
- Cyrus Brady, an Episcopal minister, was a successful author, with over 100 books to his credit, and went to work for Vitagraph in 1914 as a screenwriter. He wrote everything from romances to action pictures, and even took on the serial genre. His brother, Jasper Ewing Brady, was also a screenwriter, first for Vitagraph and then for Metro. Cyrus died in Yonkers, NY, in 1920.
- Harrison Grey Fiske was born on 30 July 1861 in Harrison, New York, USA. Harrison Grey was a writer, known for The District Attorney (1915). Harrison Grey was married to Minnie Maddern Fiske. Harrison Grey died on 3 September 1942 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Mrs. William Bechtel was born on 12 June 1861 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for The Birth of the Star Spangled Banner (1914), Abe Gets Even with Father (1911) and The Purple Lady (1916). She was married to William Bechtel. She died on 21 October 1938 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- John Luther Long was born on 1 January 1861 in Hanover, Pennsylvania, USA. John Luther was a writer, known for Madame Butterfly (1954), Madame Butterfly (1932) and Zi jun bie hou (1955). John Luther was married to Mary Jane Sprenkle. John Luther died on 31 October 1927 in Clifton Springs, New York, USA.
- Duke Of Västergötland Prince Carl was born on 27 February 1861 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden. He was married to Princess Ingeborg. He died on 24 October 1951 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden.
- Charles Battell Loomis was a humorist, author and lecturer remembered for his satirical take on life in America. He was the son of Charles Battell and Mary Worthington Loomis. Loomis was born in Brooklyn, NY, where his father worked as an insurance agent. As a young man Loomis dropped out of the Polytechnical Institute of Brooklyn (now known as Polytechnic University) to try his hand at business. After twelve years of living off a clerk's salary and now supporting a young wife, the former Mary Fullerton, also of Brooklyn, Loomis would find success submitting short stories to national publications of the day. A list of his more popular books and short stories would include "Just Rhymes" (1899), "The Four-Masted Catboat: and Other Truthful Tales" (1899), "Yankee Enchantments" (1900), "A Partnership in Magic" (1903), "At the Sign of the Cock and Hen" (1908) and "Bath in an English Tub" (1909). Charles Battell Loomis died in Hartford, Connecticut of stomach cancer on 23 September, 1911. He was survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter. Both his sons went on to be writers. Charles Jr. wrote under the name Battell Loomis and his younger son, Alfred, became well known as an expert on boating. He wrote under the nom de plum "Spun Yarn" a monthly article in Yachting magazine titled "Under the Lee". His daughter Edith Worthington Loomis married G. Lamonte Hammann, son of the president and treasurer of the Progressive Manufacturing Company in Torrington, CT.
- Howard Truesdale was born on 3 January 1861 in Conneautville, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Burning Daylight (1928), Go West (1925) and The Whisper Market (1920). He died on 8 December 1941 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Alice Washburn was born on 12 September 1861 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA. She was an actress, known for John Brown's Heir (1911), Snow White (1916) and Freezing Auntie (1912). She died on 18 November 1929 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA.
- Anastasiya Verbitskaya was born on 23 February 1861 in Voronezh, Voronezh Governorate, Russian Empire [now Voronezh oblast, Russia]. Anastasiya was a writer, known for Andrey Toboltsev (1915) and Igo lyubvi (2007). Anastasiya died on 16 January 1928 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
- Willy Clarkson was born on 31 March 1861 in London, England, UK. He died on 13 October 1934 in London, England, UK.
- Josephine Sarah Marcus Earp was born on 19 March 1861 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Josephine Sarah was a writer, known for I Married Wyatt Earp (1983). Josephine Sarah died on 19 December 1944 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Albert Chevalier was born on 21 March 1861 in Notting Hill, London, England, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for My Old Dutch (1915), The Middleman (1915) and My Old Dutch (1926). He died on 10 July 1923 in London, England, UK.- Director
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Rudolf Del Zopp was born on 3 March 1861 in Vienna, Austria. He was a director and writer, known for Die Söhne des Grafen Steinfels (1915), Die Einsame Frau (1916) and Die ledige Frau (1917). He died on 31 January 1927 in Berlin, Germany.