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- Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
5: ...in many melodramas and became a popular child actress in Canada.
7: ...tardom, and she landed a leading role in a 1907 [[Broadway]] play, ''The Warrens of Virginia'', which was wr...
9: ... reflected her own age, rather than teenage heroines.
11: ... star. The phrase "by the clock" became a secret message of their love; as the couple was driving and ...
13: ...plagued with marital problems. Her stressful business schedule and Fairbanks' extramarital affair with... - Sophie Germain (4906 bytes)
5: ...naged to get some lecture notes from several courses at [[ɣole Polytechnique]], a school which did no...
7: ...former student of Lagrange's. Lagrange was so impressed by the paper that he asked to meet Le Blanc, a...
9: ...ote to him admitting she was female, to which he responded:
12: ...d nothing could prove to me in so flattering and less equivocal manner that the attractions of this sc...
15: ...ty of Gottingen|University of G?ngen]]. His interest shifted to [[applied mathematics]], and he stopp... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
4: ... born in [[Newport News, Virginia]], [[United States|USA]] and raised in [[Yonkers, New York]]. She w...
6: ...to hire her. She started singing with Webb's Orchestra in [[1935]], in Harlem's [[Savoy Ballroom]]. S...
8: ...the new name, "Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra."
10: ...ctly [[Marilyn Monroe]]'s voice and typical gestures, as well as [[Louis Armstrong]]'s.
12: ...George Gershwin]] (with [[Nelson Riddle]]'s [[orchestra]]), [[Irving Berlin]], [[Cole Porter]], [[Jero... - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
2: ...968-1975) and she is normally ranked as the greatest female vocalist ever by such industry publicatio...
6: ...r gave full rein to Franklin's talents. Her greatest and most innovative work was yet to come.
8: ...with producers [[Jerry Wexler]] and Arif Mardin, resulting in some of the most influential R&B recordi...
10: ...it to number one in the UK pop charts - the best result being a number four with her version of [[Burt...
12: ...cal Performance; she later added three more Grammies in this category in the [[1980s]]. - Alanis Morissette (25762 bytes)
2: ... [[singer-songwriter]] and occasional [[actor|actress]].
6: ... anger or resentment. Since the extraordinary success of ''[[Jagged Little Pill]]'', Morissette's popu...
12: ...idols, and said over the intercom at the front gates: ''"Hi, I'm Alanis. I want to meet you one day an...
21: With the help of her childhood mentor [[Leslie Howe]], Morissette released "Fate Stay With Me...
23: ... to [[New York City]] to meet with record executives, an experience that she would later write about i... - Bessie Smith (7284 bytes)
1: [[Image:BessieSmith.jpg|thumb|250px|Bessie Smith photographed by Carl Van Vechten]]
2: ... [[USA]] was the most popular and successful [[blues]] singer of [[1920s]] and [[30s]], and a huge inf...
5: ...to sing but probably helped her develop a stage presence. Smith began developing her own act around [...
7: ...s around, most notably [[Louis Armstrong]], [[James P. Johnson]], [[Joe Smith]], [[Charlie Green]], a...
9: ...panied by members of [[Fletcher Henderson]]'s orchestra, the Hall Johnson Choir, and a string section-... - Lucille Ball (12427 bytes)
2: ...e star]] of the [[1940s]], she became one of the best and most popular stars in American history.
5: ...ence. Right then, Ball decided that she needed to escape the traumas of her life.
7: ...royalty" honor with [[Macdonald Carey]], who was designated as her "king".
9: ...ff immediately and eloped the same year to much press attention. However, Arnaz's philandering and dri...
11: ...uple's [[Desilu]] production company, so the Arnazes toured the road in a [[vaudeville]] act with Luci... - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
2: ...]], [[1968]]) was a [[United States]] [[actor|actress]], talk-show host, and bon vivant, born in [[Hun...
4: ...House]] [[1936]]-[[1940]]), niece of [[United States Senate|Senator]] [[John H. Bankhead II]] ([[1872]...
6: ...Tallulah Bankhead won a movie-magazine beauty contest & convinced her family to let her move to New Yo...
8: During these early New York years, she became a peripheral me...
10: ...d]]'s -- and [[England]]'s -- best-known celebrities. - Bette Davis (6722 bytes)
1: ...''This article is about '''Bette Davis''' the actress; there is also singer named [[Betty Davis]].''
3: ...]] winning [[United States|American]] [[actor|actress]].
5: ... raised by their mother, who aspired to be an actress. Davis was denied admission to [[Eva LeGallienne...
7: ...as the outrage that she received many write-in votes from disgruntled Academy members.
9: ...rved from October to December [[1941]], when she resigned. Her career began to stagnate through the [... - Judi Dench (3254 bytes)
2: ... Kingdom|British]] stage, film and television actress.
6: ...ion appearances include the series ''[[As Time Goes By]]'' and the aforementioned ''A Fine Romance''.
9: ...r reputation as arguably the greatest British actress of the post-[[1945]] period primarily through he...
11: ...er the next two decades, winning several best actress awards.
13: ...Awards]]. She has also appeared with success on [[Broadway]]. - Mia Farrow (4707 bytes)
2: ...ctor|director]] [[John Farrow]] and his wife, actress [[Maureen O'Sullivan]].
9: ... having witnessed Allen abusing one of their youngest adopted children. Allen became infamously tainte...
11: ...courage adoptions and is a [[UNICEF]] Special Representative. By [[1994]], Farrow had 14 children, 9 ...
16: ...r children modeling the latest fashions for families.
17: * Screen-tested for the role of Liesel Von Trapp in ''[[The Sound of Music]]''. - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
2: ... Film Institute]] ranked Hepburn the greatest actress of all time.
5: ...heir parents' encouragement, were unafraid of expressing their frank views on various topics, includin...
7: ...zed for her athletic physicality — she fearlessly performed her own pratfalls in films such as '...
10: ...adway]] after landing a bit part in ''[[Night Hostess]]''.
12: ...nds. They divorced in [[1934]] after Hepburn was established as a film star. - May Irwin (2858 bytes)
1: ... [[New York City]], [[United States]], was an actress, singer and major star of [[vaudeville]].
4: ... 1874. By the fall of 1877, their career had progressed to where they were booked to appear at New Yor...
6: ...earance on the theatrical stage. An immediate success she went on to make her [[London]] stage debut a...
8: .... In the 1895 [[Broadway]] show ''[[The Widow Jones]]'', she introduced "The Bully Song" which became...
14: A highly paid performer, Irwin was a shrewd investor and became a very wealthy women. She spent a ... - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
2: ...]] of the [[20th century]]. Her sizzling screen presence, stunning good looks and mysterious [[death]]...
6: ... seemed to be [[Charles Stanley Gifford]], a [[salesman]] for the studio where Marilyn's mother, Glady...
8: ...nia|Hawthorne]], southwest of [[Downtown Los Angeles]], where she lived until she was seven. The Bolen...
12: ...ligent and more unhappy than her screen image suggested.
16: ... mysterious death - she still generates huge interest in her life and brilliant career. - Julie Andrews (8700 bytes)
3: ...], and [[author]], best known for her starring roles in the [[musical film]]s ''[[Mary Poppins]]'' ([[...
5: ...oy Friend]]'' in [[1953]] (which transferred to [[Broadway]] the same year, giving Andrews her American debu...
9: ...e most sought-after stars in [[Hollywood]]. As a result, she appeared in the three-hour epic ''[[Hawai...
11: ...Company|ABC]] in [[1972]]-[[1973]], but the greatest critical acclaim accorded her TV work was for he...
13: ...ice to the role as Queen Lilian to the highly successful animated hit ''[[Shrek 2]]'', the sequel to t... - United States (58223 bytes)
1: ...USA''', '''the U.S.''', '''America''', '''the States''', and
2: ... possessions around the world. Each of the 50 states has a high level of local autonomy under the [[fe...
5: native_name = United States of America |
6: common_name = the United States |
9: ...ne")<br>''[[In God We Trust]]'' ([[1956]]–present) | - Roaring Twenties (28131 bytes)
1: ...gnificant changes in the [[lifestyle]]; and a series of events, [[national]] as well as the [[internat...
3: ... were also called the "Crazy Years" (''ann饳 folles'').
5: ...First World War, which were still present in peoples minds.
8: ...920]]s were setting the stage for the [[Great Depression]] that would dominate the [[1930]]s.
11: ...rning soldiers entered the labor force and factories were retooled to produce consumer goods. - January 2 (10888 bytes)
9: *[[1757]] - The [[United Kingdom]] captures [[Kolkata|Calcutta]], [[India]].
10: ...tate to ratify the [[United States]] [[United States Constitution|Constitution]].
12: *[[1815]] - [[Lord Byron]] marries Anna Isabella Milbanke, [[Seaham]], [[County Durh...
14: *[[1859]] - [[Erastus Beadle]] publishes ''[[The Dime Book of Practical Etiquette]]''.
15: ...nnounced at a meeting of the [[Acad魩e des Sciences]] in [[Paris]]. - Cable car (railway) (12669 bytes)
4: ...ing this cable as required. Cable cars are sometimes confused with [[funicular]]s, where the cars are ...
7: ...le house or power house. The speed at which it moves is relatively constant, although somewhat influen...
9: ...systems. Gripping must be an even and gradual process in order to avoid bringing the car to cable spee...
11: ...havoc along its route until the cable house realizes what is going on and halts the movement of the ca...
13: ...h [[regenerative braking]] offer the same advantages, and in any case they must be offset against the ... - Warren G. Harding (30163 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Warren Gamaliel Harding
4: | order=29th President
16: | vicepresident=[[Calvin Coolidge]]
18: ... sixth president to die in office. A [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] from the [[U.S. sta...
20: ...d by [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Calvin Coolidge]].
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