Gilbert Jeremy Gottfried (February 28, 1955 – April 12, 2022)
The actor and stand-up comedian died from a rare genetic muscle
disease that can trigger a dangerously abnormal heartbeat.
Gottfried began performing at only 15-years-old, has also appeared
on television shows and in movies.
On April 10, 1953, the horror film The House of Wax, starring
Vincent Price, opened at New York’s Paramount Theater
(below)..
Released by Warner Brothers, it was the first movie from a
major motion-picture studio to be shot using the three-
dimensional, or stereoscopic, film process and one of the
first horror films to be shot in color.
Directed by Andre De Toth, The House of Wax was a remake
of 1933’s Mystery in the Wax Museum.
Vincent Leonard Price Jr. (May 27, 1911 – October 25, 1993)
On April 9, 1962, Puerto Rican actress Rita Moreno become the first Hispanic woman to win an Oscar, for her role of Anita in West Side
Story (1961).
Moreno, who was born in Puerto Rico in 1931 and grew up in Long Island, New York, began acting at a young age, landing her first Broadway role at the age of 13. She will turn 91 in December.
Barbra Streisand plants a kiss Duke’s cheek after presenting
him with his career’s only Academy Award.
On April 7, 1970, the legendary actor John Wayne wins his first—
and only—acting Academy Award, for his star turn in the director
Henry Hathaway’s Western True Grit.
Wayne appeared in some 150 movies over the course of his long
and storied career.
John Wayne (Marion Robert Morrison)
(May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979)
Marlon Brando Jr. (April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004)
Considered one of the most influential actors of the
20th century, Marlon Brando received numerous
accolades throughout his career which spanned
six decades, including two Academy Awards, two
Golden Globe Awards, and three British Academy
Film Awards. Brando was also an activist for many
causes, notably the civil rights movement and
various Native American movements.
