Robert Morris, computer security expert.
Back many thousands of years ago, I remember going to the university library and digging out old issues of the Bell System Technical Journal just so I could read Morris’ paper, “File Security and the UNIX Crypt Command“. Kids today have it easy.
Edith Fellows. I’d never heard of Ms. Fellows before, but this is a pretty interesting story.
Her grandmother brought her to Hollywood to pursue an acting career at the age of 4. By the time she was 13, she’d appeared in 30 movies, and was the subject of a bitter custody dispute between her grandmother and mother.
Her earnings were put into a trust, estimated to be worth $150,000 in 1939: she ended up with $900.60 when the trust matured.
She went on to pursue a stage career, but suffered a breakdown in 1958 and didn’t act again until 1970.
(Interesting fact: Kathy Fields Lander is married to David “Squiggy” Lander.)