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Berlin: Symphony of a Great City
Berlin: Symphony of a Great City (Berlin. Die Sinfonie der Großstadt) is Walther Ruttmann's 1927 German silent city-symphony documentary, premiered 23 September 1927, scored by Edmund Meisel, portraying one day in Berlin.
Berlinda Tolbert
Berlinda Tolbert (born 1949, Charlotte, NC) is an American actress who played Jenny Willis Jefferson on The Jeffersons (1975-1985, 65 episodes) and appeared in Harlem Nights, GoodFellas, and Patriot Games; married journalist Bob Reid since 1979.
Berliner Ensemble
Berliner Ensemble (BE), also Theater am Schiffbauerdamm: German theatre company founded 1949 in East Berlin by Bertolt Brecht and Helene Weigel for epic theatre; based since 1954 at the Schiffbauerdamm, led since 2017 by Oliver Reese.
Berliner Literaturpreis
The Berliner Literaturpreis is a literary prize awarded annually by the Stiftung Preußische Seehandlung in Berlin since 1989, honoring writers for contributions to contemporary German-language literature.
Berliner Philharmonie
The Berliner Philharmonie, also known as the Philharmonie Berlin, is the concert hall at Berlin's Kulturforum, home of the Berliner Philharmoniker since it opened in 1963.
Berliner Roman
The Berliner Roman, or Berlin novel, is a German novel tradition in which Berlin shapes the plot and acts as a character, central work Alfred Döblin's Berlin Alexanderplatz (1929).
Berliner Weisse
Berliner Weisse is a pale, low-alcohol sour wheat beer from Berlin, fermented with Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Lactobacillus brevis, and Brettanomyces bruxellensis; once brewed by 700 Berlin breweries, now revived by craft brewers and served with raspberry or woodruff syrup.
Berlioz (musician)
Berlioz is the alias of British jazz-house producer Jasper Attlee, formerly Ted Jasper, born in Cape Town and raised in Cornwall. Known for "if Matisse made house music", the EP Jazz Is for Ordinary People (2023) and album Open This Wall (2024).
Bermuda Triangle (music)
Bermuda Triangle (버뮤다 트라이앵글) is a 2016 Korean hip-hop and R&B digital single by Zico featuring Crush and Dean, the first release by the crew Fanxy Child.
Bern Nadette Stanis
Bern Nadette Stanis (born Bernadette Stanislaus, 1953, Brooklyn) is an American actress and author famous as Thelma Evans on CBS's Good Times (1974–1979), later an Alzheimer's advocate and author of The Last Night.
Bernadette Peters
Bernadette Peters, born Bernadette Lazzara in 1948, is an American actress, singer, and author, a Broadway star regarded as a foremost interpreter of Stephen Sondheim's songs, with 3 Tony Awards.
Bernard Bresslaw
Bernard Bresslaw (1934–1993), English comic actor of The Army Game and 14 Carry On films, 6 ft 7 in tall, RADA-trained, also played Varga in Doctor Who and the Cyclops in Krull.
Bernard Butler
Bernard Butler, born 1970 in Stamford Hill, London, is an English guitarist, songwriter, and producer: Suede co-founder until 1994, McAlmont & Butler's "Yes", solo album People Move On, Duffy's Rockferry, and the Mercury-shortlisted 2022 Jessie Buckley album.
Bernard Cornwell
Bernard Cornwell (born 1944), British historical novelist, creator of Sharpe and of Uhtred of Bebbanburg in The Last Kingdom; over 55 novels, 20 million copies sold, TV adaptations starring Sean Bean and Alexander Dreymon.
Bernard Cribbins
Bernard Cribbins (1928–2022), English actor, comedian, singer and voice artist OBE; star of The Railway Children, Jackanory, The Wombles narrator, and Doctor Who's Tom Campbell and Wilfred Mott.
Bernard Dadié
Bernard Dadié (1916–2019) was an Ivorian novelist, playwright, poet, and folklorist regarded as the father of Ivorian literature, whose Climbié (1956) was the first Ivorian novel.
Bernard Edwards
Bernard Edwards (1952-1996) was an American bassist, songwriter, and producer who co-founded Chic with Nile Rodgers; his Good Times bassline launched Rapper's Delight and inspired Another One Bites the Dust.
Bernard Fox (actor)
Bernard Fox (Bernard Mitchell Lawson, 1927–2016), Welsh character actor known as Dr. Bombay on Bewitched and Colonel Crittendon on Hogan's Heroes; appeared in A Night to Remember, Titanic, and The Mummy.
Bernard Herrmann
Bernard Herrmann (Max Herman, 1911–1975), American composer and conductor; scored Citizen Kane, nine Hitchcock films including Psycho and Vertigo, and Taxi Driver; won one Oscar for The Devil and Daniel Webster.
Bernard Hill
Bernard Hill (1944-2024), English actor; Yosser Hughes in Boys from the Blackstuff, Captain Smith in Titanic, King Theoden in Lord of the Rings; only actor in two 11-Oscar films.
Bernard Lavilliers
Bernard Lavilliers, born Bernard Oulion in 1946 in Saint-Étienne, is a French singer-songwriter known since 1975 for fusing poetic chanson with rock, reggae, and salsa.
Bernard Leach
Bernard Howell Leach (1887-1979), British studio potter trained in Japan, founded the Leach Pottery at St Ives with Shoji Hamada in 1920, wrote A Potter's Book (1940), and is regarded as the father of British studio pottery.
Bernard Lee
Bernard Lee (John Bernard Lee, 1908-1981), English character actor born in Brentford, played M, head of MI6, in the first 11 Eon James Bond films from Dr. No (1962) to Moonraker (1979), opposite Connery, Lazenby, and Moore.
Bernard Loiseau
Bernard Loiseau (1951–2003), French chef of La Côte d'Or in Saulieu; won three Michelin stars in 1991 with his light cuisine of essences, first chef listed on the Paris Bourse, died by suicide in 2003 amid Michelin and GaultMillau rating pressure.
Bernard Malamud
Bernard Malamud (1914–1986) was an American novelist and short story writer of Jewish life who wrote The Natural, The Assistant, and the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Fixer.
Bernard Manning
Bernard John Manning (1930–2007) was an English stand-up comedian and owner of Manchester's Embassy Club, famous via 1970s TV's The Comedians, later shunned by broadcasters for racist material; distinct from the 1886 D'Oyly Carte baritone of the same name.
Bernard O'Dowd
Bernard Patrick O'Dowd (1866–1953) was an Australian radical poet and parliamentary draughtsman, best known for the long poem The Bush (1912) and the sonnet 'Australia'.
Bernard Palissy
Bernard Palissy (c. 1510–1590) was a French Huguenot ceramicist, naturalist, and writer, inventor of the lead-glazed "rustiques figulines" and creator of Catherine de' Medici's destroyed Tuileries grotto.
Bernard Plossu
Bernard Plossu is a French photographer, born in 1945 in Dalat, Vietnam, known for travel reportage made with a 50 mm lens in black and white and Fresson-process color.
Bernard Purdie
Bernard "Pretty" Purdie (born June 11, 1939 or 1942, Elkton, Maryland) is an American session drummer who played with Aretha Franklin, James Brown, and Steely Dan, and created the Purdie shuffle half-time groove.