Writing and reviews – all about what this Leo Loves
Writing and reviews – all about what this Leo Loves
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers Born: 3rd November 1921 Died: 30th August 2003 (aged 81) Charles Dennis Buchinsky was one of fifteen children born to Mary and Walter Buchinsky, both of Lithuanian descent. Walter was a coal miner and after he graduated high school (the first in his family to do so) he also …
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers Born: 20th June 1931 Died: 1st May 2021 Olympia Dukakis born to Greek immigrants in Lowell, Massachusetts, came late to the big screen spending her early years at school excelling in sports (she was the New England Fencing champion three times) and later studying Physical Therapy at Boston, which …
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers Born: 23rd September 1920 Died: 6th April 2014 (age 93) Child star Mickey Rooney (born Joseph Yule Jnr) was born into an acting family, his mother was a former chorus girl and burlesque performer while his father was a vaudevillian. He moved to Hollywood with his mother at the …
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers Born: 13th February 1934 Died: 23rd March 2021 Most of us know George Segal as the fun ‘Pops’ from The Goldbergs but he started his life in New York City born the fourth child of George and Bonnie Segal. Both sets of grandparents were Russian-Jewish migrants but he was …
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers Born: 5th October 1919 Died: 2nd February 1995 (aged 75) Donald Henry Pleasence was born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire in 1919, to a family of rail workers, he also followed in their footsteps before becoming an actor at the age of 20 – he made his stage debut on the …
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers Born: 1st October 1890 Died: 30th January 1982 (age 91) Stanley Augustus Holloway was born in Newbury Park, East London to a lawyer’s clerk and a housekeeper and dressmaker. He was named after the reporter and explorer Henry Stanley (he of “Dr Livingston, I presume?” fame). Stanley left school …
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers Born: 11th February 1926 Died: 28th November 2010 (aged 84) Leslie William Nielsen is probably best known for the comedy franchise Naked Gun but he started his career as a serious actor. At the age of 17 he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force (that’s right he is …
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers Born: 27th May 1911 Died: 25th October 1993 (age 82) The man that could be called the Star of Gothic Horror, Vincent Leonard Price, Jnr. (although as both his father and grandfather were both Vincents he could have officially been Vincent Price III) came from a well to do …
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers Born: 12th November 1929 Died: 14th September 1982 (age 52) We all know the tragic story that befell Grace Kelly (Princess Grace of Monaco as she was at the time) but what about where the story started? Was it a rags to riches tale? Unfortunately (if you’re looking for …
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers Born: 9th October 1900 Died: 19th August 1976 (aged 75) As you will know my main modus operandi for these things is to look at an actors top five worldwide box office films and then talk about my favourite film of theirs. Unfortunately, as I have found out, that’s …