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Born to Maleta Martin and Frederick MacMurray (concert violinist). Fred sang and played in orchestras to earn tuition. He was educated at Carroll College, Wis. Fred played with a Chicago orchestra for more than a year. Then he joined an orchestra in Hollywood where he played, did some recording and played extra roles. He then joined a comedy stage ... ... ( read more! ) Barbara Stanwyck (July 16, 1907 January 20, 1990) was an American actress. A film and television star, she was known during her 60-year career as a consummate and versatile professional with a strong screen presence and was a favorite of directors including Cecil B. DeMille, Fritz Lang and Frank Capra. After a short stint as a stage actress, she m ... ... ( read more! ) Edward G. Robinson (born Emanuel Goldenberg December 12, 1893 January 26, 1973) was a Romanian-born American actor. Although he played a wide range of characters, he is best remembered for his roles as a gangster, most notably in his star-making film Little Caesar.Description above from the Wikipedia article Edward G. Robinson, licensed under CC-B ... ... ( read more! ) Clifford Porter Hall (September 19, 1888 October 6, 1953) was an American character actor known for appearing in a number of films in the 1930s and 1940s. Hall played movie villains or comedic incompetent characters. Hall was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and began his career touring as a stage actor with roles in productions of The Great Gatsby and N ... ... ( read more! ) Jean Heather (February 21, 1921 October 29, 1995) was an American actress who appeared in eight feature films during the 1940s. She acted in two Oscar-nominated movies in 1944: the crime drama Double Indemnity, in which she played Lola Dietrichson, a young woman convinced that her stepmother Phyllis (Barbara Stanwyck) is responsible for the murder ... ... ( read more! ) ... ... Richard Houston Gaines (July 23, 1904 July 20, 1975) was an American actor. He appeared in over 75 film and television productions between 1940 and 1962. ... ... ( read more! ) ... ... ... ... . John Berry (September 6, 1917 November 29, 1999) was an American film director, who went into self-exile in France when his career was interrupted by the Hollywood blacklist. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Berry, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia ... ... ( read more! ) Raymond Thornton Chandler (July 23, 1888 March 26, 1959) was an American-British novelist and screenwriter. Chandler had an immense stylistic influence on American popular literature. He is a founder of the hardboiled school of detective fiction, along with Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain and other Black Mask writers. The protagonist of his novels ... ... ( read more! ) ...