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June Anderson
June Anderson An American opera singer, June Anderson (born 1953) specialized in roles from operas by Donizetti, Rossini, and Bellini that require bel canto singing, although she sang operas by many other composers. June Anderson was born in 1953 in Boston and raised in Connecticut. When she... Read more |
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Marian Anderson
Marian Anderson 1897-1993, American contralto, b. Philadelphia. She was the first African American to be named a permanent member of the Metropolitan Opera Company, as well as the first to perform at the White House. Anderson first sang in Philadelphia church choirs, then studied with Giuseppe... Read more |
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Mary Anderson
Anderson, Mary [Antoinette] (1859–1940), actress. Born in Sacramento, California, but raised in Louisville, she made her hometown debut at the age of sixteen as Juliet. After seasons in Louisville, St. Louis, and San Francisco, she first appeared in New York as Pauline in The Lady of Lyons in... Read more |
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Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson 1836-1917, English physician. A sister of Millicent Garrett Fawcett, Elizabeth also worked for woman suffrage. With difficulty she obtained a private medical education under accredited physicians and in London hospitals; in 1865 she was licensed to practice by the... Read more |
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John Murray Anderson
Anderson, John Murray (1886–1954), director and producer. Coming to New York from his native Newfoundland, he started his career as a ballroom dancer, but before long he was serving as compère in cabaret revues and shortly thereafter began staging his own productions at Paul Slavin's... Read more |
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Cumulus clouds
Charles Edward Anderson 1919–1994 Meteorologist Began Meteorology Career in Army Focused on Cloud Research Established Career in Academia Gained National Recognition for Storm Forecasting Selected writings Sources Charles Anderson was the first African American to earn a Ph.D.... Read more |
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Sherwood Anderson
Sherwood Anderson 1876-1941, American novelist and short-story writer, b. Camden, Ohio. After serving briefly in the Spanish-American War, he became a successful advertising man and later a manager of a paint factory in Elyria, Ohio. Dissatisfied with his life, however, Anderson abandoned both his... Read more |
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Laurie Anderson
Laurie Anderson 1947-, American performance artist, b. Chicago. Originally a sculptor, she was influenced by Philip Glass and other avant-garde composers in the early 1970s and soon turned to the creation of multimedia performance art . Anderson is best known for quirky, witty, and elaborate... Read more |
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Deathtrap
Deathtrap (1978), a thriller by Ira Levin. [Music Box Theatre, 1,809 perf.] Sidney Bruhl ( John Wood), a mystery writer suffering a dry spell, tells his wife, Myra ( Marian Seldes), that he intends to steal the play a young writer, Clifford Anderson ( Victor Garber), has sent him and then kill the... Read more |
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What Price Glory
What Price Glory? (1924), a play by Maxwell Anderson and Laurence Stallings. [Plymouth Theatre, 435 perf.] Captain Flagg ( Louis Wolheim) and First Sergeant Quirt ( William Boyd) are career soldiers and longtime friendly enemies. Quirt is put in charge of Flagg's company while the Captain is... Read more |
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This week in Black history.(Pennsylvania Supreme Court Judge Robert N.C. Nix...
...becoming the first Black elected to...U.S. Nix was first elected to the...January 10, 1955- Marian Anderson, internationally acclaimed opera singer, became the first Black to perform...performance. First ... |
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Singer of courage.(Marian Anderson )(Biography)
...there, First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt...people came to hear Marian's glorious voice...60 years old, Marian's long-forgotten...past the age most singers make their debuts...she became the first black performer...and ... |
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Marian Anderson's Voice of Conscience;WETA Special Honors the Singer Who...
...time she sang, Anderson reminisced about...1965, says the First Lady's press secretary...farewell,' " Anderson said. Later in the day Anderson said Bush "was...named Eleanor and Marian for the singer and ... |
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"My Lord What a Morning: The Marian Anderson Story"
...arts in honor of the life of singer Marian Anderson which will begin a three-week...Theatre Lab.It was 1939, when Marian Anderson performed on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial at the behest of First Lady ... |
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A Smaller-Than-Life Portrait of Marian Anderson
...African American singer Marian Anderson and the obstacles...Anderson. The first problem is...fairly naive Marian and a mature...figures in Mature Marian's reveries...action blocking ... |
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Marian Anderson, singer and inspiration, dies at 96
Marian Anderson, the American...month.Miss Anderson was the first black artist...House, the first to sing at...denied Miss Anderson the use of...appearance as a singer was in New...documentary "The ... |
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Marian Anderson, Singer, Dies at 96
...PORTLAND, Ore. Marian Anderson, 96, the...Anderson was the first black artist...York. Opera singer Roberta Peters...perfection of Miss Anderson's voice was...Roosevelt thought Anderson was a victim...group. ... |
 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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PBS TOURS THE WORLD OF SINGER MARIAN ANDERSON
...great and unique singer in the beautifully...documentary "Marian Anderson" (9 p.m...film clips of Anderson's concert appearances...as a cleaning lady, and yet, somehow...pay for little Marian's singing lessons...how, after ... |
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New Stamp Honors Singer Marian Anderson; City of Gardena to Celebrate
...spirit of Marian Anderson returned...stamp with first-day-of...where the singer was once...DePreist, Anderson's nephew...DePreist likened Anderson's success...Robinson, the first Black major...the ... |
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New stamp honors singer Marian Anderson
...WASHINGTONThe late singer Marian Anderson, famed for her...ceremony Thursday.First-day of issue ceremonies...in New York and Anderson's nephew."I...Jackie Robinson, the first black major league...1939 caused ... |
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