Famous Entertainers of Maine

Maine (ME)

bullet Dustin Farnum (1874 - 1929) Popular star of silent films, primarily Westerns.
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Stephen King (1947 - ) Writer whose novels often are made into motion pictures. Some works include The Shining, Salem's Lot, Carrie, Pet Sematary, and Midnight Shift; born in Portland.

bullet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) Considered the most influential poet of his day with famous works such as “The Courtship of Miles Standish” and “Evangeline”; born in Portland.
bullet Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869 - 1935) Poet; raised in Gardiner.

More Famous Entertainers of Maine

bullet Walter Van Tilburg Clark writer, East Oreland
bullet John Ford film director, Cape Elizabeth
bullet Melville Fuller jurist, Augusta
bullet Sarah Orne JeWett author, South Berwick
bullet Linda Lavin actress, Portland
bullet Edna St. Vincent Millay poet, Rockland
bullet Walter Piston composer, Rockland

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