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Raiford Chatman Davis was born in Cogdell, Georgia, the son of Kince Charles Davis, a railway construction engineer, and his wife Laura (née Cooper; July 9, 1898 – June 6, 2004). [ 6 ] [ 7 ] He inadvertently became known as "Ossie" when his birth certificate was being filed and his mother's pronunciation of his name as "R. C. Davis" was ...
Robert Creel Davis (November 6, 1949 – September 8, 1991), known professionally as Brad Davis, was an American actor.For his debut film role as Billy Hayes in the 1978 film Midnight Express, he won the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor and was nominated for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, along with BAFTA Award nominations for Best Actor in a Leading Role and Most ...
Ann Bradford Davis (May 3, 1926 – June 1, 2014) was an American actress. [1] [2] She achieved prominence for her role in the NBC situation comedy The Bob Cummings Show (1955–1959), for which she twice won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, but she was best known for playing the part of Alice Nelson, the housekeeper in ABC's The Brady Bunch (1969 ...
Meryl Streep is the most-nominated actor of all, with twenty-one nominations. [6] Jack Nicholson has received the most Academy Award nominations for any male actor with twelve nominations. [7] Both actors have had three wins which included two for lead roles and one for a supporting role.
Warwick Davis, the British star best known for his appearances in the “Star Wars” and “Harry Potter” franchises, is to be awarded the British Academy’s highest honor, the BAFTA Fellowship.
Davis received a career revival in All About Eve for 20th Century-Fox. She played an aging Broadway star, Margo Channing, who is manipulated by an obsessed fan. The film was one of the biggest hits of 1950, and she was again nominated for an Academy Award, but lost to Judy Holliday .
Warwick Davis is suing a London hospital, alleging medical negligence following the death of his wife, Samantha. The Harry Potter actor is working with the law firm Irwin Mitchell and specialist ...
Davis was born and brought up in Hobart, Tasmania.She is the daughter of local artist George Davis. [1]She was educated at Clarence High School; Rosny College; the University of Tasmania, where she was a member of the Old Nick Company; [1] and the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in Sydney.