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Little Office of Our Lady
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Lady Ottoline Morrell
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Lady Caroline Lamb
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quaker-ladies
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Beatrice Lillie
Beatrice Lillie (Lady Peel), 1898-1989, British comedienne, b. Toronto, Ont. as Constance Munston. Lillie first performed in London in 1914 and in New York in 1924. She won an international reputation for her sophisticated wit, use of parody, and vivacity. She appeared in revues, on radio, and in... Read more |
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Lady Penelope Rich
Penelope Rich, Lady 1562-1607, the "Stella" of Sir Philip Sidney's Astrophel and Stella (1591). Daughter of Walter Devereux, first earl of Essex, she married (1581) Lord Rich (later earl of Warwick); after a divorce she married (1605) the earl of Devonshire.... Read more |
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Lady of the Lake
Lady of the Lake in Arthurian legend , a misty, supernatural figure endowed with magic powers, who gave the sword Excalibur to King Arthur. She inhabited a castle in an underwater kingdom. According to one legend she kidnapped the infant Launcelot and brought him to her castle where he lived... Read more |
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Our Lady Peace
Our Lady Peace Alternative band Debut Bearer of Good News Clumsy’s Sales Hardly Ungainly Change of Venue Required Adaptation Selected discography Sources Toronto based quartet Our Lady Peace has established itself as one of Canada Read more |
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Grace Hopper
Grace Hopper With the longest active military career, Rear Admiral Grace Hopper (1906-1992) was also known as "Amazing Grace" and "Grand Old Lady of Software." She played an instrumental role in the development of the COBOL computer programming language. Grace Hopper, who rose through Navy... Read more |
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Lady Bird Johnson
Lady Bird Johnson 1912-, b. Karnack, Tex., as Claudia Alta Taylor. She married (1934) Lyndon B. Johnson and played an active role in his political career. As first lady (1963-69) she sponsored environmental causes and national beautification projects and later co-founded (1982) what is now the... Read more |
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Sophisticated Ladies
Sophisticated Ladies (1981), a musical revue by Donald McKayle (concept), Duke Ellington (music). [Lunt‐Fontanne Theatre, 767 perf... |
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Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
...1970s the theatre staged revivals of the musicals My Fair Lady (1976), Hello, Dolly! (1978), and Peter Pan (1979). In 1981 it had another success with Sophisticated Ladies, a compilation of Duke Ellington numbers. It housed revivals... |
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Battle, Hinton
...1975 as the seemingly spineless Scarecrow in The Wiz. He was also featured in the revues Dancin' (1980) and Sophisticated Ladies (1981) and played the Motown singing star James Thunder Early in Dreamgirls (1983), the show biz hoofer Uncle... |
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Revue in America
...unsuccessful. The major successes of this form of revue have been Ain't Misbehavin' (1978), Eubie (1978), and Sophisticated Ladies (1981), which featured the music of Fats Waller, Eubie Blake, and Duke Ellington, respectively, and Black... |
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Walton, Tony (Anthony John)
...Pippin (1972), Chicago (1975), The Act (1977), A Day in Hollywood—A Night in the Ukraine (1980), Sophisticated Ladies (1981), Woman of the Year (1981), The Real Thing (1984), I'm Not Rappaport (1985), The House of Blue... |
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Jelly's Last Jam
...1954 as a child dancer in The Girl in Pink Tights, then returned decades later in the revues Eubie (1978) and Sophisticated Ladies (1981). He also played the Harlem version of Scrooge in the short‐lived Comin' Uptown (1979). Hines... |
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Kim, Willa
...eventually was in demand for big Broadway musicals. Among her many notable productions are Dancin' (1979), Sophisticated Ladies (1981), Song and Dance (1985), The Will Rogers Follies (1991), Grease (1994), and Victor/Victoria... |
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Ain't Misbehavin'
...inspired other retrospective revues, such as the Eubie Blake tribute Eubie (1978), and the Duke Ellington revue Sophisticated Ladies (1981). Ain't Misbehavin' was successfully revived on Broadway with the original cast in 1988. |
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Tipton, Jennifer
...memorable theatre productions are Our Town (1969), The Cherry Orchard (1977), The Pirates of Penzance (1981), Sophisticated Ladies (1981), Alice in Wonderland (1982), Hurlyburly (1984), Singin' in the Rain (1985), Jerome Robbins... |
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M'Liss
...spunky enough to fight off ruffians who would attack the young man she loves, and also to win him away from a more sophisticated lady—“the pink and white thing”—in whom he seems all too interested. The play, based on a Bret Harte... |
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Ellington, Duke
...Carney (bar. sax.). Wrote about 6,000 comps., among best known being Mood Indigo, Solitude, Caravan, Sophisticated Lady, Black and Tan Fantasy, Creole Love Call, and Black, Brown, and Beige. |
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Gershwin, George
...his mixture of the primitive and the sophisticated gives his mus. individuality and an appeal which...Little Devil (1924); Primrose (1924); Lady, Be Good! (1924); Song of the Flame...Fascinating Rhythm; 'S Wonderful; Lady Be Good; and Love Walked In. The popular... |
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refined
...sugar synonyms: purified, processed, treated.antonym: crude. 2. a refined lady synonyms: cultivated, cultured, polished, stylish, elegant, sophisticated, urbane; polite, gracious, well-mannered, well-bred, gentlemanly, ladylike... |
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cultivated
cultivated • adjective believe it or not, Mrs. Cleasby, there are some cultivated young ladies in the Ozarkssynonyms: cultured, educated, well-read, civilized, enlightened, discerning, discriminating, refined, polished; sophisticated, urbane, cosmopolitan. |
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Americans and Soviets to co-produce Duke Ellington's "Sophisticated Ladies"...
...PRODUCE DUKE ELLINGTON'S "SOPHISTICATED LADIES" FOR WORLDWIDE TOUR Co-Production...Ellington's award-winning "Sophisticated Ladies" -- will open on Oct...Agency (U.S.I.A.) "Sophisticated Ladies" will open Oct. 1... |
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Missing the Real Swing; `Sophisticated Ladies,' a Stiff Salute to Ellington
...provide for the evening, then "Sophisticated Ladies" would be a pretty bore...its emotional remoteness, "Sophisticated Ladies" looks and feels like...killing tap-dancing. As "Sophisticated Ladies" thumbs its way through... |
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'Sophisticated Ladies'
...Oakland Post 08-02-2000 `Sophisticated Ladies'Oakland -- The...beseven performances of "Sophisticated Ladies," a sensational medley...fabric of20th century life "Sophisticated Lady," "Satin Doll," "Mood... |
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Springer Showcase Duke Ellington's "Sophisticated Ladies"
...Indigo" and "Satin Doll" "Sophisticated Ladies" resounds with these legendary...Anymore," and, of course "Sophisticated Lady."Ms. Mercedes Ellington...original Broadway cast of "Sophisticated Ladies" serving as a featured ... |
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'Sophisticated Ladies' revival lavish
...title is "Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies," but the show is ultimately...followed by an open audition for "Sophisticated Ladies." The Manzaris both...you go Duke Ellington's "Sophisticated Ladies" Where: Lincoln ... |
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MARY WILSON TAKES THE STAGE FORMER SUPREME HEADLINES "SOPHISTICATED LADIES"...
...production of ``Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies.'' Wilson, who studied...Ellington? I've wanted to do `Sophisticated Ladies' for three years...since the late '80s that ``Sophisticated Ladies'' has toured nationally... |
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Putting the Duke in his rightful dominion; Ellington's work sparkles at the...
...the Duke Ellington tribute "Sophisticated Ladies"? And since Arena has a working...original Broadway run of "Sophisticated Ladies" -- well, what could...Pressley is a freelance writer. Sophisticated Ladies Concept by Donald ... |
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Audrey Hepburn among Sophisticated Ladies appearing in Film series
...they were doing a series on Sophisticated Ladies, it was interesting. Among...month of May. There are many sophisticated women movie stars, however...female stars. The series "Sophisticated Ladies" is featured as a tribute... |
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SOPHISTICATED LADY A FRENCH SOJOURN HELPED DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER THRIVE
...1983 with a long Paris run in "Sophisticated Ladies." Before returning to France in...1986 as the star of the musical "Lady Day," Bridgewater was featured...Another Planet." By the time "Lady Day" closed, her two daughters... |
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A SOPHISTICATED LADY RETURNS, IN FINE STYLE
...Record (Bergen County, NJ) 10-24-1991 A SOPHISTICATED LADY RETURNS, IN FINE STYLEBy BARBARA JAEGER Date...years since Hyman, who starred on Broadway in "Sophisticated Ladies," released a new album. But the time away from... |
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