|
Search over 100 encyclopedias and dictionaries: |
Research categories | Follow us on Twitter |
Research categories
View all topics in the newsView all reference sources at Encyclopedia.com |
|||
|
The Glass Menagerie
Glass Menagerie, The, play by Tennessee Williams, produced in 1944 and published in 1945.Laura Wingfield, who wears a leg brace because of a crippling childhood illness and is hypersensitive about it, lives with her mother Amanda and brother Tom in a St. Louis tenement. Her father has long since... Read more |
|
Gertrude Lawrence
Gertrude Lawrence 1902?-1952, English actress and singer. Her original name was Gertrud Alexandra Dagmar Lawrence-Klasen. Performing on the musical stage from childhood, Lawrence made her New York debut (1924) in Charlot's Revue, together with Beatrice Lillie. A childhood friend of Noel Coward,... Read more |
|
Mandy Moore
Moore, Mandy 1984– (Mandah, Amanda Moore) PERSONAL Full name, Amanda Leigh Moore; born April 10, 1984, in Nashua, NH; daughter of Don (an airline pilot) and Stacy (a news reporter) Moore. Education: Attended Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts Camp. Religion: Read more |
|
Dame Agatha Christie
Dame Agatha Christie 1890-1976, English detective story writer, b. Torquay, Devon, as Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller. Christie's second husband was the archaeologist Sir Max Mallowan , and she gained much material for her later novels during his excavations in the Middle East. An extraordinarily... Read more |
|
Barbara Hershey
HERSHEY, Barbara Nationality:American. Born:Barbara Herzstein in Hollywood, California, 5 February 1948. Family:Lived with the actor David Carradine, 1969–75, one son (Free, who changed his name to Tom at age nine); married Stephen Douglas, 1992... Read more |
|
Jim Lauderdale
Jim LauderdaleSinger, songwriter Jim Lauderdale has made a name for himself as one of Nashville's leading singer-songwriters. In addition to cutting his own critically acclaimed albums, he has written songs for such established stars as George Strait, Vince Gill, Kathy Mattea, and Kelly Willis,... Read more |
|
Amanda
Amanda ♀ A 17th-century literary coinage from the Latin gerundive (feminine) amanda ‘lovable, fit to be loved’, from amare ‘to love’. This is evidently modelled on Miranda; the masculine form Amandus, borne by various saints from the 4th to the 7th century, seems... Read more |
|
Diane Schuur
Diane Schuur Jazz singer Two-time Grammy winner Diane Schuur is considered one of contemporary jazz's leading vocalists. She has been compared to jazz greats Dinah Washington, Ella Fitzgerald, and Sarah Vaughan, and is noted for her expressive and powerful vocal deliveries. Blind from birth, the... Read more |
|
Lisa Loeb
Lisa Loeb Singer, songwriter For the Record … Selected discography Sources Alternative pop singer and guitarist Lisa Loeb is noted for her thoughtfully crafted melodies and original songs that contain compelling narratives. Her songs are akin to setting short stories to music, and she... Read more |
|
Kylie Minogue
KYLIE MINOGUE Born: Melbourne, Australia, 28 May 1968 Genre: Rock, Pop Best-selling album since 1990: Light Years (2001) Hit songs since 1990: "Better the Devil You Know," "Spinning Around," "Can't Get You Out of My Head" Kylie Minogue has managed to retain her status as an international pop... Read more |
No reference documents or articles match the search term And here's to you, Miss Donohoe Amanda Donohoe made her name wearing few, if
Suggestions: