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- American actress who made an impression in her only film. The daughter of an English father and a Cherokee mother, Threatt grew up in South Carolina. At 19, she went to New York and began a successful modeling career. In 1952, director Howard Hawks saw her photograph and cast her as the Blackfoot princess Teal Eye in his acclaimed frontier film The Big Sky (1952). Although she was a notable part of this successful film, Threatt left the picture business and never acted again.
- Joan Swift was born on 11 May 1933 in Sacramento, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Star Trek (1966), Brainstorm (1965) and I Spy (1965). She was married to Clancy. She died on 26 June 2016 in Concord, California, USA.
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Douglas Scott was born on 31 May 1925 in Seattle, Washington, USA. He was an actor, known for Wuthering Heights (1939), Cavalcade (1933) and Lloyd's of London (1936). He died on 23 June 1988 in Concord, California, USA.- Lonie Blackman was born on 25 February 1932 in San Francisco, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Science Fiction Theatre (1955), Highway Patrol (1955) and The Sergeant Was a Lady (1961). She was married to Edward Douglas Ward, Robert Lee Johnston and H. William Hunt. She died on 5 November 2023 in Concord, California, USA.
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Richard N. Goodwin was born on 7 December 1931 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Quiz Show (1994), The Hinge of the World and 1968: A Crack in Time (1978). He was married to Doris Kearns Goodwin and Sandra Gail Leverant. He died on 20 May 2018 in Concord, Massachusetts, USA.- Robert D. Raiford was born on 27 December 1927 in Concord, North Carolina, USA. He was an actor, known for Super Mario Bros. (1993), The Program (1993) and The Handmaid's Tale (1990). He died on 17 November 2017 in Concord, North Carolina, USA.
- Alan Austin was born on 5 September 1920 in California, USA. He was an actor, known for This Is Not a Test (1962), The Investigators (1961) and Highway Patrol (1955). He died on 16 September 1992 in Concord, California, USA.
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After moving from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Hollywood she signed a movie contract with Universal. In the 1930s, she appeared in a few films while at that studio and launched her stage career by 1938. Her Broadway debut was as Calpurnia in an Orson Welles' production of "Julius Caesar." She maintained a busy career onstage in the USA as well as in England. Some performances include acting in "Time Out For Ginger," "Richard III," "No Strings" and as the imperious Vera Charles in "Auntie Mame" in New York City. Her TV roles included parts in "The Defenders" and "Alfred Hitchcock Presents."- Additional Crew
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Joseph Lee Galloway was born on 13 November 1941 in Refugio, Texas, USA. He was a writer, known for We Were Soldiers (2002), Shock and Awe (2017) and Home from the War: The Voices of Vietnam (2009). He was married to Dr. Gracie Liem Lim Suan Tzu, Karen Metsker and Theresa Magdalene Null. He died on 18 August 2021 in Concord, North Carolina, USA.- Clarence Ross was born on 26 October 1923 in Oakland, California, USA. He was an actor, known for So You Want to Be a Muscle Man (1949). He died on 30 April 2008 in Concord, California, USA.
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David Henry Thoreau was born on July 12, 1817, in Concord, Massachusetts. He was the youngest of three children to John and Synthia Thoreau. He studied at Harvard from 1822-1837, majoring in English. Thoreau was a companion of Ralph Aldo Emerson, who patronized him and introduced him to some of the most important writers and thinkers of his time. Thoreau's early publications were made possible initially only after pressure from Emerson, who suggested that his apprentice should write his observations in his journal. Thoreau's principles of non-violence and his opposition to the Mexican-American War was also inspired by Emerson. His essay "A Walk to Wachussett" was published in the January 1843 issue of The Boston Miscellany. Thoreau spent a few months later in 1843 in New York, tutoring Emerson's sons, and trying to be published.
On the 4-th of July, 1845, Thoreau embarked on his two-year experiment in simple living. He lived in a tiny self-built house on the shore of Walden Pond, on the land owned by Emerson on the outskirts of Concord. There Thoreau had an ideal environment for thinking and writing. However, he once spent a night in jail for refusing to pay six years of delinquent poll taxes. During that time he published an elegy to his late brother, putting himself into debt for years, because he paid all expenses out of pocket. He left Walden Pond on September 6, 1847, and worked off his debt in a few years. His essay "On the Duty of Civil Disobedience" (1849) was recognized by Lev Tolstoy, Mohandas K. Gandhi, Marcel Proust, Ernest Hemingway, Martin Luther King, and many others, as an important influence on their respective careers.
Thoreau's writings evolved from his fascination with nature and natural way of life. His interest in natural history and travel narratives, like Darwin's and Bartram's, inspired many of his own works. His essays "Autumnal tints", "The Succession of Trees", "Wild Apples", and the recently published "Faith in a Seed" make Thoreau one of the early American environmentalist.
Thoreau suffered from tuberculosis, which he contracted in 1835. He also worked at his family's pencil factory for many years and seriously compromised his health by inhaling dust particles. He died on May 6, 1862, and was laid to rest in the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. His three-million words journal was published in 1906, helping to build his modern reputation.- Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 - April 27, 1882), who went by his middle name Waldo, was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, abolitionist, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was seen as a champion of individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society, and his ideology was disseminated through dozens of published essays and more than 1,500 public lectures across the United States.
- C.K. Bibby was born on 15 October 1930 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He was an actor, known for Bull Durham (1988), Unmasking the Idol (1986) and The Order of the Black Eagle (1987). He was married to Nancy Culbreath Bibby. He died on 8 February 2019 in Concord, North Carolina, USA.
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Fred S. Martin was born on 22 June 1916 in Linden, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Buckaroo from Powder River (1947), Crazy Moon (1987) and Wagon Team (1952). He died on 26 November 2010 in Concord, California, USA.- Indian Larry was born on 28 April 1949 in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York, USA. He was married to Andrea (Bambi) Cambridge. He died on 30 August 2004 in Concord, North Carolina, USA.
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Barbara Rose was born on 11 June 1936 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. She was a writer and producer, known for North Star: Mark di Suvero (1978), The New York School (1972) and American Art in the 1960s (1972). She was married to Richard Du Boff, Frank Stella and Jerry Leiber. She died on 25 December 2020 in Concord, New Hampshire, USA.- David Arey was born on 27 September 1958 in Concord, North Carolina, USA. He was an actor, known for Weekend at Bernie's (1989) and Burning Vengeance (1989). He died on 24 October 2023 in Concord, North Carolina, USA.
- Harriet Rogers was born on 25 December 1910 in St, Regis Falls, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Bed & Breakfast (1991), Deadly Illusion (1987) and American Playhouse (1980). She died on 8 July 1998 in Concord, Massachusetts, USA.
- Michael Dorris graduated from Georgetown University in 1967 and earned a Masters Degree in anthropology from Yale. His Native American ancestry (he was part Modoc Indian) led him to found a Native American Studies Program at Dartmouth College, where he began teaching in 1972. He also adopted three Native American children suffering from fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). He later married novelist Louise Erdrich and had three biological children. He published 14 books, including 'A Yellow Raft in Blue Water' (1987) and 'The Broken Cord' (1989). The latter book was an account of the family's struggles with FAS, and won the National Book Critics Circle Award. Dorris won great respect for having adopted three FAS children; at that time, little was known about the condition, or what to expect when parenting a FAS child, and Dorris' work put FAS on the map. However, Dorris suffered from severe depression, and he and Erdrich separated in 1996. That December, an investigation was initiated against Dorris in Hennepin County, Minnesota, upon suspicion that he had sexually abused one of his daughters. Facing criminal charges, Dorris hung himself in a New Hampshire hotel room.
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Isador Goodman was born on 27 May 1909 in Cape Town, South Africa. He was a composer, known for The Burgomeister (1935), Jedda the Uncivilized (1955) and This Is Alice Springs (1961). He died on 2 December 1982 in Concord, New South Wales, Australia.- Bob Quinn was born on 18 June 1952 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Crossed Signals (1996) and Down Time (2001). He was married to Echo Lynne Strong. He died on 11 September 1998 in Concord, California, USA.
- Ben Stone was born on 12 April 1915 in Watertown, Wisconsin, USA. He was an actor, known for Tom Corbett, Space Cadet (1950), Underdog (1964) and King Leonardo and His Short Subjects (1960). He died on 7 May 2008 in Concord, California, USA.
- Mara Clark was born on 29 March 1930 in Middlefield, Massachusetts, USA. She was an actress, known for Pet Sematary (1989), The Crucible (1996) and Clue VCR Mystery Game (1985). She died on 30 March 2022 in Concord, New Hampshire, USA.
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Armand Nicholi was born on 18 October 1927 in Johnson City, New York, USA. He is known for The Question of God: Sigmund Freud & C.S. Lewis (2004) and Charlie Rose (1991). He was married to Ingrid. He died on 22 June 2017 in Concord, Massachusetts, USA.- Writer
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Tad Mosel was born on 1 May 1922 in Steubenville, Ohio, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Up the Down Staircase (1967), The Adams Chronicles (1976) and Dear Heart (1964). He died on 24 August 2008 in Concord, New Hampshire, USA.