Adams, Mary b. 1910 d. November 30, 1973 Actress. She appeared in the original theater productions of "Hazard" (1948), " Night Has a Thousand Eyes"(1948), " Rebel in Town" (1956), "Blood of Dracula"(1957) and Diary of a Madman" (1963). On television she made appearances on "The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show", "Hallmark Hall of Fame", "Captain Midnight", "Dennis the Menace" and "Twilight Zone", as well as many others. (Bio by: Ginny M) Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, Westchester County, New York, USA Plot: Actors' Fund
Adams (Kiskadden), Maude b. November 11, 1872 d. July 17, 1953 Actress. Born Maude Kiskadden in Salt Lake City, Utah to Mormon parents with a theatrical mother, she began her career at the age of nine months, when she was carried on stage by her mother during a Salt Lake City stock company production. She took speaking roles as soon as she could talk while adopting her actress mother's maiden name (Adams) for the stage. At five she was a success in San Francisco, California in the play "Fritz" and at 16, she joined [Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield (inactive)) Cenacle Convent Grounds, Lake Ronkonkoma, Suffolk County, New York, USA
Adams, Parmenio b. September 9, 1776 d. February 19, 1832 US Congressman. Born in Hartford, Connecticut, he moved to what is now Attica, New York in 1806. From that year until 1816 he served as an officer in the New York State Militia, and during the War of 1812 he was active on the Niagra frontier as Major and commandant of the New York Volunteers. He was twice appointed Sheriff of Genesee County between 1815 and 1821. An Adams-Clay Republican, he contested Isaac Wilson's...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards) Forest Hills Cemetery, Attica, Wyoming County, New York, USA
Addabbo, Joseph Patrick b. March 17, 1925 d. April 10, 1986 US Congressman. He was elected as a Democrat to represent three different New York Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1961 to 1986. He first represented the 5th District from 1961 to 1963, then the 7th District from 1963 to 1983, then finally the 6th District from 1983 to 1986. Saint John Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens County, New York, USA
Addams, Charles Samuel b. January 7, 1912 d. September 28, 1988 Cartoonist. Born an only child in Westfield, New Jersey, he attended Westfield High School, where he was the art editor for the ‘Weather Vane'. He attended Colgate University, the University of Pennsylvania, and the Grand Central School of Art in New York City briefly but refused to graduate from any of them. Making his first appearance in ‘The New Yorker' magazine in February, 1932, by 1940 he was offered a full-time position at the magazine at an initial thirty-five dollars per cartoon. In...[Read More] Charles Addams Estate Grounds, Sagaponack, Suffolk County, New York, USA Plot: Ashes buried in family pet cemetery
Adler, Felix b. August 13, 1851 d. April 24, 1933 Religious Reformer. Born in Alzey, Germany, he immigrated to the United States with his family when he was 5 or 6 years old. He graduated from Columbia College in 1870 and returned to Germany to study Continental Philosophy at the University of Heidelberg. During his studies, he was much influenced by Immanuel Kant, whose precepts were the foundation of Adler's "eliciting the best" philosophy. Upon returning to the United States in 1873, he became professor of Hebrew and Oriental Literature...[Read More] (Bio by: Hallie Garrison) Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Hawthorne, Westchester County, New York, USA
Adler, Jay b. September 26, 1896 d. September 23, 1978 Actor. He appeared in 21 television series/shows and 45 motion pictures, including "Scandal Sheet," "The Bad and The Beautiful," "Love Me or Leave Me," "The Brothers Karamazov," "The Story on Page One," and "The Family Jewels". He was the son of actor Jacob Adler and actress Sarah Adler, and the brother of actor [Read More] (Bio by: Tony Scott) New Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens County, New York, USA Plot: Section F
Adler, Luther b. May 4, 1903 d. December 8, 1984 Actor. He appeared in 28 television series/shows and 33 motion pictures, including "The Loves of Carmen," "D.O.A.," "The Last Angry Man," "Cast a Giant Shadow," "Voyage of the Damned" and "Absence of Malice", He was the son of actor Jacob Adler and actress Sarah Adler, and the brother of actor [Read More] (Bio by: Tony Scott) New Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens County, New York, USA Plot: Section F
Adler, Sarah b. 1858 d. April 28, 1953 Actress. She is best remembered for her numerous acting roles on the stage before the advent of movies and television. She was also the mother of a dynasty of actors and actresses, her seven children with Jacob Adler all entered the theater and became noted in their own right. She was noted as the first actress to act naturally on the Yiddish stage. She would make the audience forget that they were watching an actress...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson) New Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens County, New York, USA
Adler, Stella b. February 10, 1901 d. December 21, 1992 Actress. She appeared in the motion pictures "My Girl Tisa" (1948), "Shadow of The Thin Man" (1941), and "Love On Toast" (1938), and appeared in the television series "Suspense" (1949 to 1954). She was a well-known acting teacher who used the Stanislavsky 'Method' of acting and a member of the famed Adler Yiddish theatre family (her parents were actor Jacob Adler and actress [Read More] (Bio by: K) New Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens County, New York, USA
Agee, James b. November 27, 1909 d. May 16, 1955 Author, Motion Picture Screenwriter. He wrote the books, "A Death In The Family" (1957), which was posthumously awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1958 and adapted for the stage as "All The Way Home" (1960), and "Let Us Now Praise Famous Men." He wrote the film scripts for the motion pictures "Face To Face" (1952), "The African Queen" (1951), "Night Of The Hunter" (1955), and "The Quiet One" (1949). (Bio by: K) Agee Family Farm, Hillsdale, Columbia County, New York, USA
Aiello, Giuseppe 'Joe' b. 1891 d. October 23, 1930 Organized Crime Figure. Born in Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily, he immigrated to Milwaukee, Wisconsin around 1912. He and his family eventually settled on the North Side of Chicago, Illinois, where he became in volved in liquor bootlegging, and where he eventually came into a conflict with crime boss Al Capone. After several years and many deaths, he was elected president of the benevolent society "Unione Siciliane" (which...[Read More] (Bio by: Dennis Rice) Riverside Cemetery, Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA
Akin, Theron b. May 23, 1855 d. March 26, 1933 US Congressman. A dentist by profession, at various times in his political career he ran as a Republican, Democrat, and Independent, which earned him the title "The Man Without a Party". He was elected to represent New York's 25th District in the United States House of Representatives as a Progressive Republican, serving from 1911 to 1913, being defeated in 1912, and 1914. His one term was marked by unconventional actions - when Secretary of Agriculture [Read More] (Bio by: TERRY AKIN) Pine Grove Cemetery, Tribes Hill, Montgomery County, New York, USA
Albano, Lou b. July 29, 1933 d. October 14, 2009 Entertainer. Born Louis Vincent Albano, he briefly attended the University of Tennessee and then served in the Army. In 1953 he became a professional wrestler, making his World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) debut in Montreal. He attained his greatest wrestling success as a tag team performer with Tony Altomare, and as The Sicilians, they became the WWWF's United States Tag Team Champions in 1967. In the 1970s...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern) Rose Hills Memorial Park, Putnam Valley, Putnam County, New York, USA
Alda, Frances b. May 31, 1879 d. September 18, 1952 Opera Singer. Born Franny Jane Davis in New Zealand, she was of Australian parentage. As a teenager, she went to Australia to perform light opera on the stage and showed enough promise to be taken to Paris, France in 1902 to further her career through study under mezzo-soprano Blanche Marchesi, who subsequently renamed her "Frances Alda". Sfter nearly two years of study she debuted in 1904 in the role of ' Manon Lescaut ' in the opera "Manon" at Paris' Opera Comique. She then traveled to...[Read More] (Bio by: John T. Chiarella) All Saints Cemetery, Great Neck, Nassau County, New York, USA
Alden, Alonzo b. July 18, 1834 d. January 16, 1900 Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. A newly-minted lawyer when the Civil War began, he helped recruit a company that eventually was mustered into Federal service as Company I, 30th New York Volunteer Infantry. Initially enlisted as a Private, he was elected to be the unit's 2nd Lieutenant, and was commissioned at that rank on June 1, 1861. After serving at that duty for a year, he was promoted to 1st Lieutenant and Regimental Adjutant on May 28, 1862. However, while stationed with the...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge) Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, USA Plot: Section I, Lot 107 GPS coordinates: 42.7586899, -73.6702271 (hddd.dddd)
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