HENRY JAYNES FONDA was born on May 16, 1905, in Grand Island, Nebraska, and moved to Omaha the following year. Henry was one of three children – he had two sisters – and was raised in a close-knit, re

GRACE KELLY was born in Philadelphia on November 12, 1929. Her father Jack was a self-made millionaire as well as a three-times Olympic gold medallist in sculling – a form of rowing. Grace’s brother,

I WOKE up after a vivid dream of Eleanor. I’d had quite a few recently. Eleanor was my half-sister. She was older than me – the daughter of Dad’s first wife, Dorrie. My mum only found out he had a fir

Comedy historian Robert Ross pays tribute to some of the finest and funniest, but often overlooked, names in showbiz

A s the 28th anniversary of Princess Diana’s death loomed last year, Prince Harry literally walked in her footsteps. Recreating the brave steps she took through an Angolan minefield, her younger son r

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