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The
following biographical sources are useful in locating information
on specific actors, directors, or others involved in the film industry.
Biography.com
http://www.biography.com/ |
- A
great source for comprehensive biographies and relevant
web links for over 25,000 individuals. Particularly useful
for locating information on famous actors and directors.
Searching by keyword allows the user to discover the director
for a particular film.
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Biography
and Genealogy Master Index. Gale Group, Detroit, 2000. |
- A
useful starting point for any biographical information,
Biography and Genealogy Master Index indexes multiple
editions of over 700 current and retrospective biographical
reference sources, covering contemporary as well as historical
figures. This source is accessible
online via UNC.
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Current
Biography. New York, H.W. Wilson. 1940-current. |
- A
general biographical source, which has particularly good
coverage of entertainment figures.
- Davis
Reference Row 1 (CT100 .C8)
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Makeman,
John, ed. World Film Directors, 1890-1985. NY: H.W.
Wilson, 1987-88. |
- An
excellent source with substantive entries giving biographical,
professional, and critical information, with a filmography.
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Davis Reference (PN1998.2.W67 1987)
Undergraduate Library Reference (PN1998.2.W67 1987)
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Truitt,
Evelyn. Who Was Who on Screen. 3rd ed. NY: Bowker,
1983. |
- Over
13,000 entries for screen personalities, primarily American,
British, French and German. Very brief biography including
places of birth and death if known, followed by a filmography.
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Davis Reference (N1998.A2 T73 1983)
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