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Ava Gardner
Ava Gardner Actress Ava Lavinia Gardner (1922–1990), who many still consider the most beautiful woman to have appeared on film, starred in such popular films as The Killers (1946) and Night of the Iguana (1964). Known for her dark, incandescent beauty, earthy nature, and... Read more |
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Mickey Rooney
Rooney, Mickey 1920–(Mickey McGuire, Joe, Jr. Yule, Mickey Yule) PERSONALOriginal name, Joseph "Joe" Yule, Jr.; name legally changed, 1932; born September 23, 1920, in Brooklyn, New York, NY; son of Joe (a vaudeville performer) and Nell (a vaudeville performer; maiden name, Carter) Yule; married... Read more |
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Martin Gardner
Gardner, Martin American Author 1914– One of the most well-known creators of mathematical puzzles is Martin Gardner. From 1957 to 1982, he wrote a column for Scientific Americancalled "Mathematical Recreations." He presented intriguing problems,... Read more |
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Erle Stanley Gardner
Erle Stanley Gardner 1889-1970, American detective-story writer, b. Malden, Mass. He served as a trial lawyer for many years. About 1921 he began writing detective stories for magazines; after that time he produced an extraordinary number of novels and stories noted for their fast action and clever... Read more |
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Ava
Ava , in the Bible, an unidentified city of Mesopotamia, perhaps the same as Ivah. Its inhabitants are called Avites.... Read more |
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Isabella Stewart Gardner
Isabella Stewart Gardner 1840-1924, American art collector, b. New York City. She lived in Boston following her marriage to the financier Jack Gardner. After the Civil War her home became known for brilliant social affairs and as a center for gatherings of painters, literary people, musicians, and... Read more |
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Wells-Gardner Electronics Corp
Wells-Gardner Electronics Corporation 9500 West 55th StreetMcCook, Illinois 60525U.S.A.Telephone: (708) 290-2100Toll Free: (800) 336-6630Fax: (708) 290-2200Web site:http://www.wellsgardner.com Public CompanyIncorporated: 1925 as Wells Radio Manufacturing CompanyEmployees: 205Sales: $50.6... Read more |
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John William Gardner
John William Gardner 1912-2002, American public official, U.S. secretary of health, education, and welfare (1965-68), b. Los Angeles. After teaching psychology at Connecticut and Mt. Holyoke colleges and serving as an intelligence officer with the U.S. Marine Corps in World War II, he joined the... Read more |
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John Gardner
John Gardner (John Champlin Gardner, Jr.), 1933-82, American writer, b. Batavia, N.Y. He was a teacher, lecturer, and prolific writer of fiction, children's books, poetry, radio plays, and scholarly medieval studies. He studied at Washington Univ., St. Louis (grad. 1955) and Iowa State Univ. (M.A.,... Read more |
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Percy Gardner
Percy Gardner 1846-1937, English classical archaeologist. He served as field assistant to W. M. Flinders Petrie , helping him excavate Naucritus, a Greek settlement in Egypt. From 1887 to 1925 he was professor of archaeology at Oxford, where he was instrumental in building up the archaeology... Read more |
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Ava Gardner expert to talk after classic film showing.(Daily Break)
...executive director of the Ava Gardner Museum in Smithfield, N...tonight as part of the Papa and Ava Film Festival at the Naro...Ernest Hemingway and actress Ava Gardner. Lawson will appear...The Naro is at 1507 Colley Ave. ... |
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Stanwyck and Gardner leave strong film legacy
...are doubly saddened. Both Ava Gardner and Barbara Stanwyck, who...high quality. Here are the Ava Gardner tapes on the market...Readers who know of any other Ava Gardner or Barbara Stanwyck...Video-Pals, 630 N. Tustin ... |
 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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MIGHTY MICKEY LONGTIME PERFORMER MICKEY ROONEY APPEARS SATURDAY NIGHT IN...
...illustrated in his dueling autobiographies: * Proposal No. 1: Ava Gardner from ``I.E.'': ``From that first night, almost every time I dated Ave, closed the proceedings with a proposal. I don't know... |
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OSCAR'S TIES TO VIRGINIA STATE'S RESIDENTS HAVE A HISTORY OF WINNING ACADEMY...
...Irvington on the Northern Neck. Ava Gardner, a student at Newport News...beauties in screen history, Gardner always maintained that she...N.C., where ``The Ava Gardner Museum'' is located...home is at 3954 Fauquier Ave. in ... |
 "San Bernardino County Sun (San Bernardino, CA)")
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Doctor danced with a star
...proud of the time he danced with actress Ava Gardner, who was raised in the same small farming...Jr., a farmer and insurance man. And Ava Gardner wasn't the only big-name person he...Bobbitt Memorial Chapel, 1299 E. Highland Ave. |
 "The Sanford Herald (Sanford, NC)")
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Sanford zombie movie makes Smithfield debut tonight.
...actors and writers, will play at the Ava Gardner Film Festival in Smithfield at 8...Dead," was honored at last year's Ava Gardner Film Festival. The first two movies...Permissions Group Inc., 1247 Milwaukee Ave., Suite 303, Glenview, IL ... |
 "Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)")
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A couple of pearls Cleage one-acts sparkle with local acting talent.(Time Out!)
...Greenhouse Theater, 2257 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago Times: 8 p.m. Thursday...the company. Frances Wilkerson - as Ava Gardner Johnson, a prostitute leaving her...pejorative word for black people, Ava Gardner Johnson makes raunchy references ... |
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2nd Annual Girls' Night Out to benefit Chicago Children's Advocacy Center
...Theater, 2257 N. Lincoln Ave. The 15th anniversary program...rather curious meeting between Ava Gardner Johnson, a prostitute, and...While passing the time, Ava tries to connect with ABW about...Theater on the Lake, FuUerton Ave. at Lake ... |
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These treats are seldom seen on the big screen.(Daily Break)
...filming love scenes with Ava Gardner. I was there for Laurence...plenty of stories about the Gardner-Sinatra marriage and the fact that Gardner did much to get her husband...at the Naro, 1507 Colley Ave., in the Ghent section... |
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This Week Community Events
...African Art, 950 Independence Ave. SW. Free. 202-357...Church, 900 Massachusetts Ave. NW. $6. 202-347...Center, 5601 Connecticut Ave. NW. $10. 202-584...Melbourne, Australia, starring Ava Gardner, Gregory Peck and Fred Astaire... |
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