Category: Academy Awards History

Born June 19, 1905 in Baltimore, Maryland, Mildred Natwick was the grand-daughter of Ole Natwick, one of the earliest Norwegians settlers in the United States. She was the cousin of Myron “Grim” Natwick, the creator of the Betty Boop cartoon character and principal animator of Walt Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. A member…

Born June 30, 1906 in San Diego, California, Anthony Mann was the son of Jewish-Austrian immigrants. Although he began his career as a stage actor, Mann came to Hollywood as a casting director for David O. Selznick Productions. While working for Selznick, he directed screen tests for such films as Gone With the Wind and…