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Born	April 20, 1890 • Birmingham • England
Died	March 4, 1945 (aged 54) • London • England

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Earl Carroll

American showman

Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin

British actor, producer, writer, and director

Detail of portrait of Charles Dibdin, oil on canvas, by Thomas Phillips, 1799; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.

Charles Dibdin

British composer, author, actor and manager

Frank Benson, 1882

Sir Frank Benson

British actor

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Sir Charles Blake Cochran

British theatrical producer

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Sir Huw Pyrs Wheldon

British executive

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Lee Shubert

American theatrical manager

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Sam S. Shubert

American theatrical manager

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Jacob J. Shubert

American theatrical manager

David Garrick as Richard III

David Garrick

English actor, poet, and producer

Arthur Penn looks through a Panavision film camera while directing The Missouri Breaks, wearing a hat and sunglasses on his head.

Arthur Penn

American director

David Ellison at Apple's “Fountain of Youth” premiere in New York, May 19, 2025.

David Ellison

American film producer and media executive

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Jeffrey Katzenberg

American entrepreneur

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Hubert Ogunde

Nigerian playwright, actor, and musician

Josephine Baker poses in a feathered costume with an elaborate feathered headdress, smiling and raising one arm, circa 1926.

Josephine Baker

French entertainer

Irving Thalberg; Norma Shearer

Irving Thalberg

American film executive

Laura Keene, lithograph.

Laura Keene

British actress

Louis B. Mayer.

Louis B. Mayer

American producer

Ames, Winthrop

Winthrop Ames

American theatrical producer and director

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Samuel Goldwyn

American filmmaker and producer