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William Page
William Page 1811-85, American historical and portrait painter, b. Albany, N.Y., studied with S. F. B. Morse and at the National Academy of Design. Among his best-known works are Farragut's Triumphal Entry into Mobile Bay (presented to Grand Duke Alexis of Russia, 1871) and Ruth and Naomi (N.Y.... Read more
Thomas Nelson Page
Thomas Nelson Page 1853-1922, American author and diplomat, b. Hanover co., Va. His novels and stories are sentimental idealizations of the Old South. Among his novels are On Newfound River (1891) and Red Rock (1898); his volumes of stories include In Ole Virginia (1887) and The Burial of th... Read more
Elmhurst
Elmhurst city (1990 pop. 42,029), Du Page co., NE Ill., a suburb of Chicago; settled 1843, inc. 1910. A residential city, it also has three industrial parks. Elmhurst College is there, as is a museum of lapidary art that displays numerous minerals and gemstones. ... Read more
West Chicago
West Chicago city (1990 pop. 14,796), Du Page co., NE Ill.; inc. 1906. Mostly residential, the city has food-processing plants and produces horticultural products, specialty tapes, and plastics. ... Read more
colophon
colophon [Gr.,=finishing stroke]. Before the use of printing in Western Europe a manuscript often ended with a statement about the author, the scribe, or the illuminator. The first printed book to have a comparable concluding statement was the Mainz Psalter, crediting the printer and giving the dat... Read more
Walter Hines Page
Walter Hines Page 1855-1918, American journalist and diplomat, b. Cary, N.C. He became (1880) a reporter for the St. Joseph (Mo.) Gazette and wrote a series of articles on the problems of the South. In 1883 he secured control of the Raleigh (N.C.) State Chronicle and crusaded for reforms in Sou... Read more
Mazarin Bible
Mazarin Bible , considered to be the first important work printed by Gutenberg and the earliest book printed from movable types. The Bible, printed at Mainz, probably required several years of work; it was completed not later than 1455 and printed in an edition of about 180 copies. The text of the... Read more
François Tristan L'Hermite
François Tristan L'Hermite , pseud. of François L'Hermite, 1601-55, French playwright and poet. Poor and plagued by ill health, he was a page in the court of Henry IV but fled to England, Norway, and Spain after a series of duels. Returning to France in 1620 he recounted his advent... Read more
World Wide Web
World Wide Web (WWW or W3), collection of globally distributed text and multimedia documents and files and other network services linked in such a way as to create an immense electronic library from which information can be retrieved quickly by intuitive searches. The Web represents the applicati... Read more
Thomas Churchyard
Thomas Churchyard 1520?-1604, English author. In his youth he was page to Henry Howard, earl of Surrey. He spent most of his life as a professional soldier, serving in Scotland, Flanders, and France. His best-known work, the poem Shore's Wife, was contributed to the 1563 edition of the Mirror fo... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Geraldine Page"

Page, Geraldine (Sue)
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre Page, Geraldine [Sue] (1924–87), actress. Born in Kirksville, Missouri...1982); and the slovenly wife Lorraine in A Lie of the Mind (1985). Page was playing Madame Arcati in a 1986 revival of Blithe Spirit at the time...
Page, Geraldine
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre Page, Geraldine (1924–87), American Method actress, who made her début in Chicago in 1940 and in New York in 1945. She...
Sweet Bird of Youth
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre ...the name of Princess Kosmonopolis, the boozy, drug‐addicted, fading screen star Alexandre Del Lago ( Geraldine Page ) comes to a small Gulf Coast town with her handsome gigolo, Chance Wayne ( Paul Newman). Wayne had grown up in...
Lie of the Mind, A
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre ...bring about a reconciliation or at least an understanding while Jake returns to his home and his flighty mother ( Geraldine Page ). In the end Jake and Beth are left to work out for themselves their probably bleak futures. Although the play...
Actors Studio, Inc.
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre ...effectiveness. The style of acting developed into a major force in contemporary theatre. Among its proponents were Geraldine Page and Kim Stanley , while such Hollywood stars as Marilyn Monroe, Paul Newman, and Joanne Woodward sometimes came...
Visual Arts and Aging
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Aging ...actor for his portrayal of the crusty old prospector Howard in the 1948 film The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, and Geraldine Page won the academy award for best actress in the 1985 film The Trip to Bountiful, for her portrayal of the elderly widow...
Circle in the Square
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre ...Moon (1951), but it was the mounting of Summer and Smoke (1952) that brought them recognition and established Geraldine Page as an important actress. Their 1956 revival of The Iceman Cometh caused critics to reevaluate both the drama and...
Rainmaker, The
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre ...threatened by a severe, prolonged drought, and they have been unable to marry off plain, outspoken Lizzie Curry ( Geraldine Page ). Into their midst swag‐gers a handsome con man, Bill Starbuck ( Darren McGavin), who promises to...
Torn, Rip
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre ...the Howard Hughes–like recluse Henry Hackamore in Seduced (1979), and the failing businessman Will Kidder in The Young Man from Atlanta (1995). He sometimes performed with his actress‐wife, Geraldine Page .
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...and poetry from classical Greece to the Victorian day in 88 pages. Elizabeth's youthful happiness was not to last. In 1821...secured her fame. Such poems as "The Dead Pan" and "Lady Geraldine's Courtship" seem strident and sentimental to modern readers...

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Page, Geraldine
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers PAGE, Geraldine Nationality: American. Born: Kirksville...New York, 1953. Eyles, Allen, "Geraldine Page," in Focus on Film (London...exponent of the Method style of acting, Geraldine Page was best known as a stage performer...
Chaplin, Geraldine
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers CHAPLIN, Geraldine Nationality: American. Born: Santa Monica, California, 31 July 1944...Marilyn); In Memoriam (Brasó) (as Paulina Arevalo); Une page d'amour (Rabinowicz) 1978 Los ajos vandados (Saura); A Wedding...
Jackson, Glenda
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...The Tempter ; The Devil Is a Woman ) (Damiani) (as Sister Geraldine) 1974 The Maids (Miles) (as Solange) 1975 The Romantic...x2014;doc) (as narrator); The Patricia Neal Story (Page and Harvey—for TV) (title role) 1982 The Return...

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GERALDINE PAGE, BROADWAY ACTRESS AND AWARD-WINNING FILM STAR; AT 62
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 6/15/1987; ; 700+ words ; NEW YORK - Actress Geraldine Page, best known for her portrayal of...of a heart attack at age 62. Miss Page died Saturday in her New York townhouse...before Sunday's performance. "Geraldine would probably be saying something...
Stage, Film Actress Geraldine Page Dies at Age 62
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 6/15/1987; ; 700+ words ; Geraldine Page, 62, a highly respected actress who...New York City medical examiner said Miss Page died after a heart attack. At the time...played the part, she said: "I am not Geraldine Page." "I remember Gerry," Miss Bacall...
Actress Geraldine Page dies // Veteran of stage, screen had won Oscar, 2 Emmys
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 6/15/1987; 700+ words ; NEW YORK Geraldine Page, 62, a respected actress who won an...the New York medical examiner said Miss Page, a veteran of the off-Broadway movement...emerging a winner at least once. Miss Page's other Oscar nominations, for best...
GERALDINE PAGE, ACTRESS WHO WON 2 EMMYS AND AN OSCAR; AT 62
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 6/14/1987; ; 509 words ; NEW YORK - Geraldine Page, a leading Broadway actress for more...Noel Coward Broadway play in which Miss Page had been performing since March and for...performance yesterday. Police said Miss Page was found by her son, Anthony, in her...
A winner from losing // Nomination alone is enough for Geraldine Page
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 1/24/1986; ; 606 words ; BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Geraldine Page has a losing streak that most of her colleagues...a speech which nobody would like anyway," said Page, who has been nominated seven times. Page is tied for the dubious seven-loss record with...
GERALDINE PAGE MESMERIZED WITH HER FLAMBOYANT STYLE
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 6/16/1987; ; 700+ words ; Geraldine Page, who died Saturday, was one of those actresses who was first admired...farther, you'd say to yourself, watching her, and then she would. Page, rather than any actor who immediately springs to mind, seemed the American...
Call of the Port.(PAGE 3)(Geraldine Knatz )(Brief article)
Magazine article from: Los Angeles Business Journal; 3/16/2009; ; 622 words ; Geraldine Knatz never really thought of herself as a role model. But as the executive...Howard Fine, Joel Russell and Richard Clough contributed to this column. Page 3 is compiled by Editor Charles Crumpley. He can be reached at ccrumpley...
Interview: Ken Wells and Geraldine Brooks discuss "Floating Off the Page"
Transcript from: NPR Weekend Edition - Sunday; 6/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...Interview: Ken Wells and Geraldine Brooks discuss Floating Off the Page Host: JACKI LYDEN Time...in Washington is novelist Geraldine Brooks, a longtime and former...Welcome to both of you. Ms. GERALDINE BROOKS (Novelist): Hi...
GERALDINE PALK TRIAL: GUILTY; THE VERDICT: SPECIAL REPORTS ON PAGES 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,12,13,14,15,16,17,18&19.(News)
Newspaper article from: South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales); 11/4/2002; 210 words ; This is the face of Mark Hampson, the man today convicted of the murder of Geraldine Palk. ``SEE INSTORE FOR MORE!''
I won't be a Dame says the new Miss Marple; PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: It's a mystery straight from the pages of Agatha Christie's fabled detective who actress Geraldine McEwan is about to play on TV. . . why has she refused to accept a damehood?
Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England); 6/6/2004; 700+ words ; ...picture of the new Miss Marple. It shows Geraldine McEwan, the actress who will soon be...Berkshire and is shrouded in secrecy. Geraldine is said to have been almost paralysed...protective and extremely fond.' But behind Geraldine's portrayal of Miss Marple lies a mystery...