Englewood Makes History

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  • Otto Oscar Binder was an author who wrote science fiction, non-fiction, comic books, and television scripts. He began his career with his brother Earl writing "The First Martian" in 1930 under the name Eando Binder. In January 1936 Earl dissolved the partnership. By 1939 Binder…
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  • Larry Mizell was a musician and record producer who worked with his brother Alphonso "Fonce" Mizell. The brothers grew up in Englewood and attended Dwight Morrow. Larry graduated from Howard University with a degree in engineering. The brothers started a company in California…
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  • BergenPac is a performing arts center and school. The original theater was a movie theater that opened in 1926. That theater closed in 1973 but was reopened through the efforts of John Harms. The John Harms Center opened on October 10, 1976. The center closed on April 14, 2003.…
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  • John Travolta rose to international fame in the 1970s through his starring roles in Saturday Night Fever, Grease, Urban Cowboy, and Blow Out. His career would later include an Academy Award-nominated performance in Pulp Fiction and a successful recording career, highlighted by…
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  • Wilson Pickett was a singer and songwriter and longtime resident of Englewood. He began his career in 1955 when he joined a gospel group named the Violinaries. He joined the Falcons in 1959 co-writing "I Found a Love." His first major solo record was "It's Too Late." By 1965 he…
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  • Sarah Lois Vaughan was a singer and musician. She began her career in the 1940s touring with Earl Hines. She began a solo career in 1945. She eventually joined the Columbia record label. She joined the Mercury record label from 1954 to 1959. After that, she joined the Roulette…
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  • Born in Englewood, New Jersey, in 1913, Helen Burke Travolta was one of the most influential figures in the development of community theater and amateur filmmaking in Bergen County during the 1930s and 1940s. A graduate of St. Cecilia School, she devoted her life to the…
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  • For nearly a century, the Actors Fund Home has been one of Englewood's most distinctive institutions, serving as a refuge and community for generations of performers and entertainment professionals. Operated by the Entertainment Community Fund (formerly The Actors Fund), the…
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  • Yale Lenny Hansen is an event planner and talent acquisition specialist. He graduated from Norfolk State University with an Associate's in business administration. In 2006 he became the president of LTB Entertainment Inc.
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