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Spoleto

(Encyclopedia) SpoletoSpoletospōlĕˈtō [key], city (1991 pop. 37,763), Umbria, central Italy. It is a light industrial and tourist center. An Umbrian and later an Etruscan town, the city flourished…

Linklater, Richard Stuart

(Encyclopedia) Linklater, Richard Stuart, 1960–, American screenwriter, director, and actor, b. Houston. He dropped out of college and worked on an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, then moved to Austin…

Leachman, Cloris

(Encyclopedia) Leachman, Cloris, 1926-2021, American actress, b. Des Moines, Ia. Leachman began acting in children’s theater when she was seven, and…

Lean, Sir David

(Encyclopedia) Lean, Sir David, 1908–91, English film director, producer, and scriptwriter, b. Croyden, England. He entered the film industry in the 1920s, and had become one of Britain's most…

Shaw, Run Run

(Encyclopedia) Shaw, Run Run, 1907–2014, Chinese film mogul, best known of the six Shaw brothers who founded an Asian movie empire. In Shanghai, he and his elder brother Runme Shaw made their first…

Tati, Jacques

(Encyclopedia) Tati, JacquesTati, Jacqueszhäk tätēˈ [key], 1907–82, French film writer, director, and actor, b. Jacques Tatischeff. As a semiprofessional rugby player, he entertained his teammates…

Clair, René

(Encyclopedia) Clair, RenéClair, Renérənāˈ klâr [key], 1898–1981, French film director, writer, and producer. Beginning as a film critic, Clair first received international attention in the 1930s…

Van Allsburg, Chris

(Encyclopedia) Van Allsburg, Chris, 1949–, American writer and illustrator of children's books, b. East Grand Rapids, Mich., B.F.A. Univ. of Michigan, 1972, M.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design, 1975…

Katonah

(Encyclopedia) Katonah, suburban residential village (1990 pop. 2,400), in Westchester co., SE N.Y., N of New York City. Katohah lies on a reservoir that is part of the Croton River system; the…

Defiance

(Encyclopedia) Defiance, city (2020 pop. 17,066), seat of Defiance co., NW Ohio, at the confluence of the Auglaize and Maumee rivers, in a farm area;…