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Born Mary Jeanette Robison. She was the youngest daughter of Henry Robison of Penrith, Cumberland, England and Julia Schelesinger of Liverpool, Lancashire, England. Her father died in 1860 and her mother remarried. In 1866/67 they were living in St Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and moved back to London, England in 1871. She ran away from home to marry Charles Leveson Gore in 1875 and in 1877 the young couple went to Fort Worth, Texas, USA to establish a cattle ranch. They survived for two years before moving to New York where her husband died about 1881.
In 1884 she took up acting to support her three children (only her son Edward Gore survived childhood). She played both leads and supporting roles on the road and on Broadway, and over several decades she became highly respected as a character actress. She appeared in a few silent films, then returned to the screen for good in 1926 and flourished in the subsequent sound era. She was usually cast as crusty, gruff, domineering society matron or grandmother. For her portrayal of Damon Runyon's Apple Annie in Frank Capra's Lady for a Day (1933), one of her rare starring roles, she received a Best Actress Oscar nomination. Ultimately she appeared in more than 60 films, the last of which was released the year of her death.- Best-known for performing the most popular baseball poem, "Casey at the Bat." Filmed as one of the first talkies, 5 years before The Jazz Singer (1927), Casey at the Bat (1922), was included in Ken Burns' Baseball (1994). Hopper, a fervent New York Giant fan, first performed the then-unknown poem to the Giants and Chicago Cubs, on the day his friend, Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Tim Keefe had his record 19 game winning streak stopped, August 14, 1888. The dying General William T. Sherman was also in the audience that evening, along with Keefe and his brother-in-law shortstop/attorney John Montgomery Ward. 2 months later the Giants won New York's first world championship.
Hopper recited Casey for almost 40 years in films, on stage, records, radio etc. Known as the "Husband of His Country" for his 6 marriages. He became totally hairless, with blue-tinged skin, possibly from reaction to a patent medicine. Even so, his powerful voice and great sense of humor mesmerized women all his life. One of his wives was the gossip columnist Hedda Hopper. Their son, the white-maned William Hopper, played private investigator Paul Drake on Perry Mason for many years. - Writer
- Producer
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (October 27, 1858 - January 6, 1919), often referred to as Teddy or his initials T. R., was an American politician, statesman, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909. He previously served as the 25th vice president under William McKinley from March to September 1901, and as the 33rd governor of New York from 1899 to 1900. Having assumed the presidency after McKinley's assassination, Roosevelt emerged as a leader of the Republican Party and became a driving force for anti-trust and Progressive policies.- Actor
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Forceful, authoritative character actor of the 1920s and 1930s. Entered films in 1916. Even by then, close to 60, Kerr was very effectively cast in powerful, dynamic supporting roles, usually most often as a cultured, dignified old man. Probably most memorable as the old Baron Frankenstein in Frankenstein (1931). A brilliant performer of stage and screen, yet terribly obese and a heavy smoker. He died at 74 of lung cancer near his birthplace of London in 1933.- Actor
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Ferdinand Gottschalk was born on 28 February 1858 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Berkeley Square (1933), She Had to Say Yes (1933) and I Am a Thief (1934). He died on 10 November 1944 in London, England, UK.- Music Department
- Composer
- Writer
Italian composer, one of the greatest exponents of operatic realism, who virtually brought the history of Italian opera to an end. His mature operas include "La Bohème" (1896), "Tosca" (1900), "Madama Butterfly" (1904), and "Turandot" left incomplete.- Actor
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Frank was considered a "furniture actor" on stage. While on stage he was so often drunk that he had to lean on or hold onto furniture to keep from falling down. Known through the country for his stage work, he was ranked as one of the foremost stage artists prior to moving to Hollywood. Keenan's first wife of forty-four years, was watching him perform on stage when she suffered a stroke and died a few minutes later.- Lady Tree was born on 5 October 1858 in Bexley, Kent, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Girl from Maxim's (1933), Wedding Rehearsal (1932) and Still Waters Run Deep (1916). She was married to Herbert Beerbohm Tree. She died on 7 August 1937 in London, England, UK.
- Henry Leone was born on 30 March 1858 in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]. He was an actor, known for The Heart of the Hills (1916), Tangled Lives (1917) and Fair Lady (1922). He was married to Elizabeth and Anne Dale. He died on 9 June 1922 in Mount Vernon, New York, USA.
- George Alexander was born on 19 June 1858 in Reading, Berkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Second Mrs. Tanqueray (1916) and Masks and Faces (1917). He was married to Florence Jane (née Théleur). He died on 15 March 1918 in London, England, UK.
- John Cossar was born on 2 January 1858 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for My Lady of Whims (1925), Fools for Luck (1917) and Two-Bit Seats (1917). He was married to Fanny Cossar. He died on 28 April 1935 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- Cesare Gravina was born on 23 January 1858 in Naples, Italy. He was an actor, known for The Man Who Laughs (1928), Merry-Go-Round (1923) and Madame Butterfly (1915). He died on 16 September 1954 in New York, USA.
- Charles Hawtrey was born on 21 September 1858 in Eton, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for A Message from Mars (1913), The Private Secretary (1935) and Honeymoon for Three (1915). He was married to Katherine Elsie Emma Petre and Madeline 'Mae' Harriet. He died on 30 July 1923 in Marylebone, London, England, UK.
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Lagerlöf made her debut in 1891 with The Gösta Berling saga, a story about her own region, Värmland and her home, the country manor Mårbacka. With her novel she starts the wave of romantic nationalist literature in Sweden of the 1890s. Her novel Jerusalem (1901-02) is about religious emigrants from Sweden to Palestine. She is the author of Sweden's most read novel, The Adventures of Nils Holgerssons (1906), a story about a boy traveling across Sweden on the back of a goose. Her stories often evolve around folklore and supernatural events. One of the peaks in her career was her novel The Emperor of Portugal (1914). In 1907 she got a honorary degree at the University of Uppsala, in 1909 she got the Nobel Prize and 1914 she became a member of the Swedish Academy. Her home Mårbacka is now a museum visited by thousands of tourists every year.- F.A. Turner was born on 12 October 1858 in New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Restitution (1918), Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917) and A Man and His Mate (1915). He died on 13 February 1923.
- Otis Skinner was born on 28 June 1858 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Kismet (1930), Kismet (1920) and Tom's Little Star (1919). He was married to Maud Durbin. He died on 4 January 1942 in New York City, New York, USA.
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Eleonora Duse was born on 3 October 1858 in Vigevano, Lombardy, Italy. She was an actress and writer, known for Cenere (1917). She was married to Tebaldo Marchetti. She died on 21 April 1924 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.- Director
- Writer
André Antoine was born on 31 January 1858 in Limoges, Haute-Vienne, France. He was a director and writer, known for La terre (1921), Mademoiselle de La Seiglière (1921) and The Swallow and the Titmouse (1924). He died on 19 October 1943 in Le Pouliguen, Loire-Atlantique, France.- Gustav Wied was born on 6 March 1858 in Nakskov, Denmark. He was a writer, known for Das Feuer (1914), Thummelumsen (1941) and Slægten (1978). He was married to Alice Tutein. He died on 24 October 1914 in Roskilde, Denmark.
- Emmeline Pankhurst was born on 15 July 1858 in Moss Side, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK. She was married to Richard Pankhurst. She died on 14 June 1928 in Hampstead, London, England, UK.
- Richard Cummings was born on 20 August 1858 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He was an actor, known for The Little Orphans (1915), The Bride's Play (1922) and A Ten-Cent Adventure (1915). He was married to Catherine ?. He died on 25 December 1938 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- E. Nesbit was born on 15 August 1858 in London, England, UK. E. was a writer, known for Masterpiece (1971), The Railway Children Return (2022) and The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet (1995). E. was married to Thomas Tucker and Hubert Bland. E. died on 4 May 1924 in New Romney, Kent, England, UK.
- Robert Dunbar was born on 1 July 1858 in Beaver, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for The Third Degree (1913), Alias Jimmy Valentine (1920) and The Best of Luck (1920). He died on 16 January 1943 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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- Actor
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Lorimer Johnston was born on 2 November 1858 in Maysville, Kentucky, USA. He was a director and actor, known for Son of Frankenstein (1939), The Envoy Extraordinary (1914) and Tarzan the Mighty (1928). He was married to Caroline Frances Cooke. He died on 20 February 1941 in Hollywood, California, USA.- Tore Svennberg was born on 28 February 1858 in Stockholm, Sweden. He was an actor, known for The Phantom Carriage (1921), A Woman's Face (1938) and Klostret i Sendomir (1920). He died on 8 May 1941 in Stockholm, Sweden.
- Actor
Max Tyron was born on 9 March 1858 in Germany. He was an actor. He died on 19 June 1949 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Forrest Robinson was born on 2 August 1858 in Rochester, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Souls for Sale (1923), The Dawn of a Tomorrow (1915) and The Meanest Man in the World (1923). He was married to Mabel Bert. He died on 6 January 1924 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Armenian novelist Alexander Shirvanzade was born Aleksandr Movsesyan in Shirvan, Azerbaijan, in 1858. His father was a tailor. At age 17 Shirvanzade found work in the Caspian Sea city of Baku, Azerbaijan, which was seeing a boom because of its vast oil reserves. He worked in various capacities--clerk, accountant--for a number of different oil companies, but still found time to immerse himself in the works of Russian and Armenian writers, as well as such Western European writers as Honoré de Balzac, Emile Zola and William Shakespeare. Seeing the effects--both good and bad, but mostly bad--that the oil boom was having on the average citizens in the Baku area, he wrote a flurry of novels, plays, articles, etc., protesting against what he saw as the exploitation of both the land and its people by the oil interests, and became active in social protest movements outside Baku. In 1894 he led protests against the Turkish massacres of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, resulting in his imprisonment in TIflis, Georgia; that experience produced what many believe to be his finest work, "Chaos" (1896).
Upon his release from prison he began to agitate for a cause that not many men of the era considered important--women's rights. His plays "Evgine" and "Did She Have the Right?" were about giving women the right to vote. "For the Sake of Honor" (1904) railed against the injustices and excesses of capitalism. In 1916 Russian writer Maxim Gorky praised Shirvanzade's works, saying they "were known and read not only in the Caucasus but also in England, in the Scandinavian Peninsula, and Italy."
In his later years he lived abroad but returned to Armenia in 1926 and settled in Yerevan. He died in Kislovodsk, Armenia, in 1935. - J. Meade Falkner was born on 8 May 1858 in Manningford, Wiltshire, England, UK. J. Meade was a writer, known for Moonfleet (1955), Mystery and Imagination (1966) and Suspense (1949). J. Meade died on 22 July 1932 in Durham, England, UK.
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- Art Department
Zille moved to Berlin with his family in 1867. He attended school there until 1872. After finishing school, he completed an apprenticeship as a lithographer. At the same time, he took evening courses with Theodor Hosemann at the Royal Art School. In 1874 he finished his art studies. Heinrich Zille worked at the Photographische Gesellschaft in Berlin from 1877. Three years later he did his military service in Frankfurt on the Oder and in Sonneburg until 1872. In 1883 he married the daughter of a teacher, Hulda Frieske. This union resulted in a total of three children. Zille makes photographs and drawings. From that year he started taking photography. He also roamed the streets of Berlin, visited folk festivals or worked as a studio photographer. He mainly used the recording as a template for his chalk and charcoal drawings.
In 1901, Heinrich Zille took part in the exhibition of the Berlin artists' association "Secession". His drawings appeared in various magazines such as "Simplicissimus", "The Funny Leaves" and "Die Jugend". In 1903 he joined the "Berlin Secession" and became a member. In 1907 Zille was dismissed from the Photographic Society. Zille decided to live as a freelance artist. In 1908 his illustrated book entitled "Children of the Street" and other works were published. In it he mainly sketches the life of the lower middle class society in the big city. Zille himself came from a poor family. The drawings consist of scenes from the street, the backyards and living conditions in contemporary Berlin, the German capital. Zille expresses a satirical perspective in his works, which he embodies with a lot of humor.
His works were often understood as socio-political social criticism, which was not originally the intention of the keen observer and big city illustrator. Zille commented on the drawings with short, succinct captions in Berlin slang. The artist became widely known for his drawings. The value of his photographic work was only recognized after his death. After some artists split off from the Berlin Secession and founded the Free Secession, Zille became a member of the board of the new group in 1913. In the same year, his illustrated book "Mein Milljöh" and the works "Hurentalke" and "Berliner Luft" were published. In 1919 his wife died. In 1924, following the intervention of Max Liebermann, Zille became a member of the Prussian Academy of Arts.
In the same year Zille was awarded the title of professor. In 1925 his cycle entitled "Come, Karlineken, come" was published. In 1928, on the occasion of his 70th birthday, the retrospective entitled "Zille's Career" took place in the Märkisches Museum.
Heinrich Zille died on August 9, 1929 in Berlin-Charlottenburg.- Leonard Grover was born on 28 April 1858 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Rainy, the Lion Killer (1914), Romeo and Juliet (1916) and The Coming Power (1914). He was married to Ida May Oliver (aka Kitty O'Neil, actress). He died on 24 March 1947 in Brooklyn, New York, USA.
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Marie Hubert Frohman was born on 19 August 1858 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Marie Hubert was a director and writer, known for The Fairy and the Waif (1915). Marie Hubert was married to Gustave Frohman. Marie Hubert died on 4 July 1939 in Bronxville, New York, USA.- Producer
- Director
- Cinematographer
Charles Goodwin Norton worked as a cabinet-maker but his left hand was partially paralysed in an accident, and he opened a stationers shop at St Pancras, London. He later recalled how he purchased a lantern and slides at a book sale, gave several private shows before buying a bi-unial and launching into public performances, while retaining his stationers business. He became well-known for his spectacular lantern entertainments - eventually with a triple lantern and featuring dissolving views - introducing films into his programme during the latter half of 1896. He then acquired a Velograph camera and produced quite a number of films through to the end of the century, some or all of which were processed by G.A. Smith of Hove; titles such as Street Panorama, Promenade and Circus. Other subjects included variations of the familiar Waves and The Gardener and the Hose, featuring Norton himself as the gardener, and his son Charles Douglas Norton as the mischievous boy. Norton also took the lead in The Postman and the Nursemaid; the maid being played by his daughter, Alice. More original were Shop, an advertising film in which a boy sticks a bill on the Norton's shop window announcing 'Animated Photographs C. Goodwin Norton', and Good Night, a scene outside the shop at closing time. As well as producing films he continued as an exhibitor. He adapted an early projector to take a reel containing about twenty short films, and gave shows for the Empress Eugenie, wife of Napoleon III (10 September 1896), the Royal Family at Buckingham Palace (8 January 1897) and at Cowes, Isle of Wight (3 January 1899), and King Edward VII and family on 14 December 1901. He may also have been a projectionist for Harrods department store at this period. Thanks to a donation by his daughter Alice to the National Film Archive, many of the films from Norton's shows, both his own productions and others, have survived, and those featuring the activities of children have a rare charm and distinctive 'home movie' style.- Music Department
- Actress
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Ethel Smyth was born on 23 April 1858 in Sidcup, Kent, England, UK. She was an actress and writer, known for Suffragette (2015), Caught (1987) and A Skirt Through History (1994). She died on 8 May 1944 in Woking, Surrey, England, UK.- Wilhelm Fliess was born on 24 October 1858 in Arnswalde, Province of Brandenburg, Kingdom of Prussia (today in Poland). He died on 13 October 1928 in Berlin, Germany.
- Mathilde Nielsen was born on 26 October 1858 in Denmark. She was an actress, known for Master of the House (1925), The Parson's Widow (1920) and Nyhavn 17 (1933). She was married to Olaf Frederik. She died on 11 September 1945 in Denmark.
- Charles Le Bargy was born on 28 August 1858 in La Chapelle, Paris, France. He was an actor and director, known for The Assassination of the Duke de Guise (1908), The Return of Ulysses (1909) and Carmen (1908). He died on 5 February 1936 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France.
- John Stromberg was born on 9 November 1858 in Milton, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
- Alice Gale was born on 5 December 1858 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for Heart and Soul (1917), Camille (1917) and Sins of Men (1916). She died on 27 March 1941 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko was co-founder with Konstantin Stanislavski of the Moscow Art Theatre (MKhAT) in 1898. He also was co-founder of the Acting School at the Moscow Art Theatre and was a director, an acting pedagogue, and playwright.
He was born Vladimir Ivanovich Nemirovich-Danchenko on December 23, 1858, in Ozurgety, near Tbilisi, Georgia, Russian Empire (now Ozurgety, Georgia). His father, Ivan Dachenko, was a military officer in the Russian Army. Young Nemirovich-Danchenko was fond of literature and theatre. He studied at Tbilisi Gymnasium, and played with amateur school productions of classic plays. From 1876- 1879 he studied at the department of Physics and Mathematics of Moscow State University. In 1881 Nemirovich-Danchenko published his first story, then wrote several plays and had his plays staged by theatre companies in Moscow and in St, Petersburg. He emerged as a notable playwright, novelist and theatre producer, and was awarded the Griboedov Prize for his popular plays. During the 1890s he taught acting class at the Moscow Philharmonia, where his student were such talented actors as Vsevolod Meyerhold and Olga Knipper-Chekhova.
Nemirovich-Danchenko is best known as the co-founder of the Moscow Art Theatre. An independent theatre company was the only way to obtain some freedom of speech amidst the tough censorship in Russia under the rule of the Tsar Nicholas II. In 1897 he joined Konstantin Stanislavski to start what would become the most successful independent private theatre company in Moscow, Russia. In 1898 Moscow Art Theatre began the first season with the staging of "Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich" by Aleksei Tolstoy. At the same time Nemirovich-Danchenko secured the rights to the production of "The Seagull" (1898), and other plays written by Anton Chekhov. In "The Seagull" Nina was played by Olga Knipper-Chekhova and Treplev by Vsevolod Meyerhold. "The Seagull", "Uncle Vanya", "The Three Sisters", and "The Cherry Orchard", all by Anton Chekhov, were the most acclaimed plays, produced by Nemirovich-Danchenko. His other productions at the Moscow Art Theatre included "The Lower Depths" by writer Maxim Gorky, and "Life of a Man" by Leonid Andreyev among other Russian plays.
After the Russian revolution of 1917, the Soviet Communists established a bloody dictatorial regime, so many leading actors and directors emigrated from the troubled Soviet Russia. However, Nemirovich-Danchenko continued his work at the Moscow Art Theatre. In 1922-24 the troupe made a series of successful guest performances in Europe and in the United States. During the 1920s-1930s Mikhail A. Bulgakov was the staff playwright at the Moscow Art Theatre. The legendary play "Days of the Turbins" by Mikhail A. Bulgakov was performed over 200 times. At least 15 performances of the play were attended by Joseph Stalin, who later used in his speeches some of the well-written lines from the characters in the play of Mikhail A. Bulgakov.
Nemirovich-Danchenko was the proponent of the Stanislavski's System of acting, also known as "Method" (or Acting Method). His hectic personal relations with the highly emotional Konstantin Stanislavski were described by Mikhail A. Bulgakov in his novel "Teatralny Roman" (The Theatrical Novel). In the 1920s Nemirovich-Danchenko with Konstantin Stanislavski also co-founded the Moscow Musical Theatre for the ballet, opera, and musical productions.
Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko played a historic influential role in the 20th century Russian theatre as well as in world theatre. His personal friendship with Anton Chekhov and Olga Knipper-Chekhova was part of the success. He managed to survive through the rough times in the Russian history under the dictatorship of Joseph Stalin. Stalin was a regular visitor of the Moscow Art Theatre because of his obsession with the plays by Mikhail A. Bulgakov. Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko was under surveillance by the Soviet secret service, predecessor of the KGB, however he survived and preserved the tradition of the Moscow Art Theatre. He died of a heart attack on April 25, 1943, in Moscow, and was laid to rest at the Novodevichy Convent Cemetery in Moscow.- Director
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C.J. Williams was born on 23 July 1858 in New York, USA. He was a director and actor, known for The Funny Side of Jealousy (1915), Wild Oats (1919) and Crooky (1915). He was married to Ida Williams. He died on 26 January 1945 in New York, USA.- Henry Weaver was born on 21 June 1858 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Gloria's Romance (1916), Manon Lescaut (1914) and Clover's Rebellion (1917). He was married to Mary Stella Boniface (actress). He died on 9 May 1922 in Sea Bright, New Jersey, USA.
- Marie Larisch was born on 24 February 1858 in Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany. She was married to William H. Meyers, Otto Brucks and Count Georg Larisch of Moennich, Baron of Ellgoth and Karwin. She died on 4 July 1940 in Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany.
- Calvert Carter was born on 23 October 1858 in Virginia, USA. He was an actor, known for Less Than Kin (1918), Broadway Fever (1929) and The Fighting Shepherdess (1920). He died on 29 August 1932 in Long Beach, California, USA.
- Isidore de Lara was born on 9 August 1858 in London, England, UK. Isidore was a composer, known for Les trois masques (1929). Isidore died on 2 September 1935 in Paris, France.
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King Gustaf V was born on 16 June 1858 in Drottningholm Castle, Stockholms län, Sweden. He was an actor, known for Blyge Anton (1940), 40 år med kungen (1947) and Ruotsin kuningasparin vierailu (1925). He was married to Queen Victoria of Baden. He died on 29 October 1950 in Drottningholm Castle, Stockholms län, Sweden.- Allifair McCoy was born on 10 June 1858 in Kentucky, USA. She died on 1 January 1888 in Pike County, Kentucky, USA.
- Sarah Adler was born on 26 May 1858 in Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for Sins of the Parents (1914). She was married to Jacob P. Adler and Maurice Heine. She died on 28 April 1953 in New York City, New York, USA.
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Jenõ Hubay was born on 15 September 1858 in Pest, Austrian Empire. He was an actor and composer, known for Valse brillante (1949), Halló Budapest! (1935) and Musical TV Theater (1970). He was married to Róza Cebrian. He died on 12 March 1937 in Budapest, Hungary.- David Higgins was born on 21 June 1858 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Conquest of Canaan (1916), At Piney Ridge (1916) and His Last Dollar (1914). He was married to Bliss Milford. He died on 29 June 1936 in Brooklyn, New York, USA.