Famous Names From the 1940’s -- Grade 7 -- Internet Resources
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General Sites

BrainyQuote.com
MCPS Online Resources

 

Entertainers/Singers
 

Abbott and Costello
The Official Abbott and Costello Website
Who's on First? script
 		 Gracie Allen
 Gracie Allen
Biography for Gracie Allen
The Andews Sisters
Andrews Sisters Official Web Site
Singers.com: Andrews Sisters
 		 Gene Autry
Gene Autry Official Website
CMT.com:Gene Autry
 
Jack Benny
International Jack Benny Fan Club page
Jack Benny
 		 Bing Crosby
Big Crosby Internet Museum
Who2: Bing Crosby
 
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald Official Web Site
Ella Fitzgerald
 		 Judy Garland
Judy Garland Database
Reel Classics: Judy Garland
 
Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday Official Site
Wordlookup.net: Billie Holiday

Bob Hope

Bob Hope Official Web Page
Bob Hope and American Variety
 
Lena Horne
VH1 biography
About.com -- Women's History		 Groucho Marx
Groucho Marx
Answers.com: Grouch Marx
 
Charlie McCarthy *
MSN Celebs - Charlie McCarthy
Radio Hall of Fame - Edgar Bergen
 		 Glenn Miller
The Official Site of Glenn Miller
BBC Profiles: Glenn Miller
 
Carmen Miranda
 Biography Channel bio
Carmen Miranda Official Site		 Rosie the Riveter*
Pagewise:Rosie the Riveter
Alivia Judge presentation@UCCS
 
Frank Sinatra
hotshotdigital.com: Sinatra
BBC biography: Sinatra
 		 Kate Smith
Kate Smith Biography
MP3.com: Kate Smith
 
The Three Stooges
Three Stooges Official Web Site
Answers.com: Three Stooges
 		 Superman*
Superherostuff.com - Biography
Who2: Superman
 
Dick Tracy*
Dick Tracy		 * Fictitious

Art/Literature

Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway.com
Classicnotes:Hemingway
 		 Pablo Picasso
Picasso Biography
Artquotes.net: Picasso
John Steinbeck
NobelPrize.org
Johnsteinbeck.org		  

Film/Theatre

Ingrid Bergman
The Official Ingrid Bergman Site
Ingrid Bergman Biography
 		 Humphrey Bogart
Yahoo Movies: Humphrey Bogart
Xs4all.com: Humphrey Bogart
 
Marlon Brando
AMCTV.com biography
Netglimpse.com
 		 Bette Davis
Bette Davis Official Website
ReelClassics:Bette Davis
Clark Gable
MSN Celebs: Clark Gable
Encarta: Clark Gable
 		 Betty Grable
 U. San Diego bio
NY Times movie2
Katherine Hepburn
Katherine Hepburn Biography
ReelClassics: Katherine Hepburn		 Gene Kelly
 Biography Channel UK
AA reference
 

Jimmy Stewart
ReelClassics: Jimmy Stewart
ClassicMovieStars:Jimmy Stewart
Spencer Tracy
Classic Movie Stars:Spencer Tracy
Filmsondisc.com: Spencer Tracy

John Wayne
Who2: John Wayne
All Movie Guide		 Orson Welles
Hollywood Renegades:Orson Welles
MSN Celebs: Orson Welles
 

Government/Service

Sir Winston Churchill
Biography-Churchill
AllPerson.com: Churchill
 		 Eleanor Roosevelt
PBSAmerican Experience
Time100:Eleanor Roosevelt
 
Franklin D. Roosevelt
 whitehouse.gov: Franklin Roosevelt
AmericanPresident.org
 		 Harry Truman
Trumanlibrary.org
whitehouse.gov:Truman
 

Athletes

Jo DiMaggio
DiMaggio Biography
BaseballLibrary.com
 		 Joe Louis
Joe Louis Official Website
Gene@Star Biography
 
Jesse Owens
The Official Jesse Owens Site
A&Eauthentichistory
 		 Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson Biography
ESPN.com
 
Ted Williams
Official Ted Williams Site
ESPN Classic
 		  

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