Maude Adams (1872-1953) famous stage actress most noted for J.M. Barrie’s plays of Peter Pan and The Little Minister.
Polly Adler (1900-1962) prostitution madam/ author; nearly made prostitution chic.
Adrian famous fashion designer; most famous as a motion picture clothing designer
Elizabeth Arden (1878-1966) noted for providing beauty care to the rich and famous; famed for the Red Door leading to her beauty salons
Ethel Barrymore (1879-1959) one of a noted family of actors; The Royal Family is considered a satire of their family (also written by Kaufman)
Admiral Richard E. Byrd (1888-1957) American polar explorer
Hattie Carnegie (1886-1956) fashion designer and merchandiser Pierre Cartier-well-known jewelry designer/owner of world-renowned jewelry stores
Claudette Colbert (1903-1996) famous film actress
Katherine “Kit” Cornell (1898-1974) famous American stage actress
Joan Crawford (1904-1977) famous Hollywood actress
Lord and Lady Cunard owners of the Cunard shipping lines
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Spanish artist; leader of the surrealist school of art
Dorothy di Frasso Hollywood socialite of the '20s and '30s; Bugsy Siegel’s girlfriend, courted by Gary Cooper and Cary Grant
Mahatma Gandhi (1969-1948) Hindu spiritual leader; noted passivist
Sam Goldwyn (1882-1974) founder of MGM studio; known for being a dictator with his stars and all who worked for him
Cary Grant (1904-1986) very famous movie-star; Hollywood’s premiere leading-man
Horace Greeley (1811-1872) American journalist and political leader. One of his famous sayings was, Go West, young man.
Jascha Heifetz (1901-1987) one of the most famous violinists of the century
Aldoous Huxley (1894-1963) Esteemed writer of his day
Khedive of Egypt the title of the Turkish viceroys of Egypt from 1867-1914
John L. Lewis (1880-1969) powerful American labor leader
Beatrice Lillie (1919-1989) famous stage and motion picture actress
The Lunts (Alfred—1893-1977 and Lynn Fontanne-1887-1983) famous actors of the day both individually and as a husband/wife duo
Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) popular novelist, short-story writer, and playwright of his day
Louella Parsons (1881-1972) famous celebrity gossip columnist of her day-mainly about Hollywood
Ginger Rogers (1911-l975) Hollywood actress mainly noted for her dancing with Fred Astaire in several movies
Billy Rose (1899-1966) show business impresario and song writer Me and My Shadow and Paper Moon
Lillian Russell (1861-1922) American soprano. She sang for more - than 35 years in burlesque and comic opera. Her noted beauty and the figure of the Gibson Girl type made her a great popular favorite
Elsa Schiaparelli (1898-1973) high-fashion clothing designer
Haile Selassie (1892-1975) Emperor of Ethiopia
Norma Shearer (1902-1983) famous film actress and very powerful on the Hollywood scene
The Sherry Netherlands Expensive, luxury hotel in New York City
Mrs. (Sarah) Siddons (1755-1833) English tragic actress most noted for her portrayal of Lady Macbeth
Shirley Temple (1929- ) famous child movie star
The Wagner Act (1935) guaranteed the right of workers in the U.S. to form unions
Ethel Waters (1896-1977) noted blues singer and actress
H.G. Wells (1866-1946) English novelist; author of The Time Machine and War of the Worlds
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) Irish-born playwright and novelist most noted for his satirical and very funny plays
Margaret Bourke White (1904-1971) famed photographer and one of the earliest photojournalists
William Allen White (1868-1944) American newspaper editor of the Emporia (Kansas) Gazette, one of the best and most famous small U.S. newspapers; a liberal Republican
Jock Whitney (1904-1982) financier, philanthropist and sportsman; backed more than 40 plays and introduced Technicolor to the motion picture business
Darrell Zanuck (1902-1979) Hollywood producer noted for being gruff and cheap
Dick Tracy Popular fictional detective
Alexander Woollcott (1887-1943) noted American journalist, drama critic, and writer. He was the self-proclaimed leader of the Algonquin Round Table, a group of well-known writers, musicians and artists who gathered at the Algonquin Hotel. Woollcott had a radio program called The Town Crier in which he passed on the gossip of the great and near-great of his day and also contributed regularly to The New Yorker in which he established a reputation for sentimentality, egotism and sharp insults. He was the acknowledge model for Sheridan Whiteside. To his credit, he took no offense at this and even played the role himself in a touring company.
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