Carla Laemmle in the late 1920s. The niece of Universal founder Carl Laemmle, she appeared in The Phantom of the Opera and later spoke the opening lines of 1931’s Dracula

Carla Laemmle in the late 1920s. The niece of Universal founder Carl Laemmle, she appeared in The Phantom of the Opera and later spoke the opening lines of 1931’s Dracula

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Iggy Pop and Joey Ramone backstage at a Blondie show at the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, New Jersey on August 14, 1982. By Ebet Roberts

u/CelebManips — 7 days ago

Musidora, 1915

Jeanne Roques (23 February 1889 – 11 December 1957), known professionally as Musidora, was a French actress, film director, screenwriter, playwright and novelist. A major figure of French silent cinema, she became internationally known for portraying Irma Vep in Louis Feuillade's serial Les Vampires (1915–1916), and Diana Monti in Judex (1917).

Musidora was one of the earliest "vamps" in cinema, and was later embraced by surrealist writers and filmmakers as a cultural icon. She was one of the first women to direct films, also screenwriting and producing several features in the 1910s and 1920s.

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Robert Capa, PFC. Olin L. Tompkins and Ernest Hemingway in Pont Brocard, France, 30 July 1944

Capa was a war correspondent and photographer, Hemingway a famous journalist and novelist, and Tompkins (from the 2nd Armored Div) was their driver.

Capa (Endre Friedmann) was killed when he stepped on a land-mine in Indochina in 1954, aged 40. Ernest Hemingway took his own life in 1961, aged 61. Tompkins (of Jamestown, Tennessee) died in 2007, aged 89 .

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OTD 60 years ago British Railways abandoned its 'colour bar' preventing black workers from occupying customer-facing roles at London railway stations, thanks to the campaigning of Asquith Xavier, pictured here in 1966

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Sister Mary Kenneth Keller, the first woman to earn a doctorate in computer science in the United States, 1965

Mary Kenneth Keller, B.V.M. (1913 – 1985) was an American Catholic religious sister, educator and pioneer in computer science. She was one of the first people, and the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in computer science in the United States. Keller and Irving C. Tang were the first two recipients of computer science doctorates (Keller's Ph.D. and Tang's D.Sc. were awarded on the same day).

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Prince Charles, Julian Clary, Liz Dawn, Jennifer Aniston, Stephen Fry & Geri Halliwell, 1997

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Sabrina D in the latest React vid

Great to see her back again, she keeps very low profile these days!

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George Michael and Brooke Shields on a date, 1985

The romance blossomed after Shields mentioned on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson that she had a crush on the singer. They went on a few dates, but the relationship remained strictly platonic on George's side. Shields later detailed the experience in her memoir, There Was a Little Girl. Because she was famously a virgin at the time, she originally assumed George was just being extraordinarily respectful of her. She later understood that the dynamic was because George was gay, a reality he had not yet come out with publicly. Despite the short-lived, one-sided romance, the two remained close friends for years. 

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Model Rosemary Clark walking along the King's Road, Chelsea, 1975. Photographed by Sydney O'Meara

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British actor Oliver Reed (middle) and friends enjoy a few quiet drinks at the Covent Garden Stringfellow's, 18th April 1985.

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George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney, and a white peacock, 1995

At the time they were working together on the Anthology sessions at Paul's studio in rural Sussex. The story goes that they had just been listening to some of John's old demos when they stepped outside for a photoshoot. As they lined up together, a white peacock wandered out and joined them. According to Julian Lennon, his father had told him that after he died, he'd send a white feather.

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