Biographical Information

Overlooked No More: Patricia Douglas, Who Challenged Hollywood’s Culture of Abuse

The New York Times – Film:

Eight decades before the #MeToo groundswell, she took MGM to court after alleging she was attacked at a studio party in 1937.

The New York Times – Music:

She made the landmark underground film “Christmas on Earth,” and helped bring together artists like Andy Warhol, Allen Ginsberg and Bob Dylan.

The New York Times – Music:

He lived with chronic pain and deep loneliness, which he poured into boundary-pushing music that incorporated multicultural sounds.

The New York Times – Fashion & Style:

She invented the game nearly 80 years ago to distract children who were suffering in the hospital during a polio outbreak.

The New York Times – Fashion & Style:

His store, Bobby From Boston, transformed the way vintage men’s wear is sold, serving as a model for a generation of retailers.

The New York Times – Music:

He was one of the most talked-about jazz musicians in the 1950s. After he died in a car accident at 25, his influence grew.

The New York Times – Music:

His most enduring hits were recorded by Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin, the Rolling Stones and the Grateful Dead. But his own career faded from view.

The New York Times – Music:

A self-taught composer and interpreter, she led an unconventional and itinerant life devoted to spreading Chilean folkloric music.

The New York Times – Film:

She was a novice cartographer who landed a dream assignment: to create an atlas of the setting of “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings.”