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- Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
7: ...Since her father's style took heavily inspiration from [[Caravaggio]] during that period, her style wa...
18: ... marry [[Pierantonio Stiattesi]], a modest artist from [[Florence]]. Shortly afterwards the couple mov...
24: ...nd the protection of influential people, starting from Granduke Cosimo II de' [[Medici]] and expecial...
26: ...was rising. The success and the fashion radiating from her figure fueled many voices about her private...
28: From this period we remember the [[La Conversione de... - Martha Argerich (3384 bytes)
5: ...o Europe in [[1955]], and Argerich studied with [[Friedrich Gulda]] in [[Switzerland]]. She later stud...
7: ...], [[Maurice Ravel]], [[Sergei Prokofiev]], and [[Franz Liszt]]. A few years later she recorded Chopin...
9: ...certo No. 1 (Tchaikovsky)|Piano Concerto No. 1]]. From [[1969]] to [[1973]], Argerich was married to [...
11: ...r pianists, through her annual festival, and does frequently appear as member of the jury of important... - Maria Callas (4931 bytes)
3: ...extremely versatile singer, her repertoire ranged from classical [[opera seria]], such as [[Gaspare Sp...
5: ...three years. In [[1947]], Callas made her Italian debut at the [[Verona Arena]] in ''[[La Gioconda]]'' un...
9: From October [[1971]] to March [[1972]], Callas gave...
13: ...rgely in isolation in [[Paris]], and died in 1977 from a heart attack at age 53. The funeral service w...
15: In late [[2004]], opera and film director [[Franco Zeffirelli]] made a bizarre claim that Callas... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
6: Her singing [[debut]] was at age 16 in [[1934]] at the [[Harlem, Manh...
22: Already blinded because she suffered from [[diabetes]], she lost her [[leg]]s in [[1993]]...
24: ...1980' s hit "Ella , elle l' a" by French singer [[France Gall]].
33: *1955 ''[[Songs from Pete Kelly's Blues]]''
54: *1960 ''[[Sings Songs from Let No Man Write My Epitaph]]'' - Fanny Mendelssohn (2047 bytes)
3: Born in [[Hamburg]], Fanny benefited from the same [[music]]al education and upbringing a...
7: ...pporter of her brother's compositions. Her public debut at the piano came in 1838, when she played Felix'... - Alanis Morissette (25762 bytes)
6: ... is French in origin. Her [[1995]] international debut ''[[Jagged Little Pill]]'' became one of the most...
12: ...er early idols, and said over the intercom at the front gates: ''"Hi, I'm Alanis. I want to meet you o...
23: ...he would later write about in songs such as "UR" (from the album ''[[Supposed Former Infatuation Junki...
36: ...ette signed with [[MCA Records]] and released her debut full-length album, ''Alanis'', in [[1991]]. At th...
38: ...' sold less than half the number of copies of her debut album, and Morissette lost her recording contract... - Sheryl Crow (8611 bytes)
7: ...' tour, where she was forced to wear a 4 1/2 foot fright [[wig]] and change her name to "Shirley". She...
9: ...ecords]] in [[1990]] and was ready to release her debut album in [[1991]]. However, she did not like the ...
11: ...eatured many of the songs written by Crow and her friends, including the first single, "Leaving Las Ve...
13: ...tion]], [[homelessness]] and [[nuclear war]]. The debut single "If It Makes You Happy" became a radio hit...
17: ...uded in her album, "Sheryl Crow and Friends: Live from Central Park." - Tori Amos (27672 bytes)
3: ...os’s voice and mostly piano-based music has frequently been compared to that of [[Kate Bush]], [...
7: ... she adopted the name "Tori," after a friend of a friend told her that she looked more like a Tori tha...
10: ...cords gave Amos a 6 record contract. In 1988, her debut album ''[[Y Kant Tori Read]]'' was released and w...
16: ...onsidered it a step sideways rather than forwards from ''Little Earthquakes''. In February, she began ...
20: ...buse and Incest National Network. RAINN is a toll-free help line in the US which connects callers with... - Julia Child (8199 bytes)
1: [[Image:Julia_child.jpg|frame|right|Julia Child holds up a [[Monkfish]].]]
2: ...rench Cooking'' and the television series ''[[The French Chef]]'', which premiered in 1963.
6: ...ood prepared by the family maid. After graduating from [[Smith College]] with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] d...
10: ...formation Agency | U.S. Information Agency]] in [[France]].
12: == Post-war France == - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
4: ...[John H. Bankhead]] ([[1842]]-[[1920]]) (Democrat from Alabama [[1907]]-[[1920]]).
10: In 1923, she made her debut on the [[London]] stage, where she was to appear ...
20: In 1944, [[Alfred Hitchcock]] cast her as journalist and cynic Co...
24: ...falling star in the Sixties. Bankhead never faded from the public eye, but was increasingly a caricatu...
26: ...ad died in New York City of [[pneumonia]] arising from [[influenza]], complicated further by [[emphyse... - Judi Dench (3254 bytes)
11: ...d Drama]] in [[London]] and made her professional debut as [[Ophelia]] in [[Liverpool]] in 1957. She subs... - Catherine Deneuve (2766 bytes)
2: ...a [[France|French]] actress, born in [[Paris]], [[France]].
4: ...lle de Jour]]'' ([[Luis Buñuel]], 1967), and the Franco-English production ''[[Repulsion]]'' ([[Roman...
8: ...arcello Mastroianni]]. She has been married once, from 1965 to 1972, to the British photographer [[Dav...
28: * ''[[Le dernier métro]]'' ([[François Truffaut]]), (1980)
31: * ''[[La sirène du Mississippi]]'' ([[François Truffaut]]), (1969) - Mia Farrow (4707 bytes)
5: ... came as a surprise to Mia, who did not even know Frank was thinking of leaving her. They divorced in ...
11: ... her marriage with Andr預revin (3 adopted) and 3 from her time with Woody Allen (2 adopted).
16: * Farrow made her film debut in a [[1947]] short subject with her famous mothe...
18: * Farrow became friends with [[Roman Polanski]] and his wife [[Sharo...
20: ...o had an affair with his sister. Seamus graduated from [[Bard College]] in [[2004]]. - May Irwin (2858 bytes)
4: ... perform. Creating a singing act, the young girls debuted in nearby [[Buffalo, New York]] in December of ...
6: ...gust of 1884. In 1886 her husband of eight years, Frederick W. Keller, passed away unexpectedly.
8: ...time as "Coon Shouting" in which she performed [[African American]] influenced songs. In the 1895 [[B... - Nicole Kidman (11782 bytes)
13: Her American debut was in ''[[Days of Thunder]]'' (1990), a stock-ca...
21: ...arred in ''[[To Die For]]'', earning high praise from critics. Although media speculation thought tha...
23: ...wing year Kidman came back to win the same praise from critics for her portrayal of Virginia Woolf in ...
43: ...ccolades, Kidman has received Best Actress awards from the folowing critics' groups or award giving or...
50: ...' swing covers album "Swing When You're Winning" (debuting and peaking at #8 in the Australian ARIAnet Si... - Julie Andrews (8700 bytes)
5: ...dway]] the same year, giving Andrews her American debut). During her run in the musical, she starred in [...
7: In [[1956]], composers [[Frederick Loewe]] and [[Alan Jay Lerner]] cast Andre...
9: ...]]'', co-starring with [[Max von Sydow]], and [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s ''[[Torn Curtain]]'' with [[Paul ...
11: ....jpg|left|frame|With [[Dick van Dyke]] in a scene from the film ''Mary Poppins'']]''[[Star!]]'', a [[1...
15: ...end'', the Broadway musical in which she made her debut in America. - Laila Ali (3660 bytes)
5: ...n history, a fight which was also nicknamed ''Ali/Frazier IV'' in allusion to their fathers' famous fi... - Suzanne Lenglen (11495 bytes)
3: ...tars, named ''La Divine'' (the divine one) by the French press.
8: ...d her at a later age. Because his daughter was so frail and sickly, Charles Lenglen, the owner of a ca...
10: ... the [[French Open]], was only open to members of French clubs until 1925.) She lost to reigning champ...
14: The French championships were not held again until [[192...
16: ...d Brits also were in shock at the boldness of the French woman who also casually sipped [[brandy]] bet... - Sousaphone (2220 bytes)
4: ...arching instrument; the bellfront version did not debut until the mid-[[1920s]]. (The professional band ...
6: ...the head, the [[valve]]s are situated directly in front of the musician a few inches above the waist, ...
12: ... sousaphone's large, flared bell can be also made from fiberglass or brass. In large marching bands, t... - New Jersey (35646 bytes)
41: ...]] (the land that would become New Jersey) to two friends who had been loyal through the [[English Civ...
43: ...lish Crown and gave sanctuary to the King. It was from the Royal Square in St. Helier that [[Charles I...
45: ...was in the Hudson River region and came primarily from New England. The first permanent English settl...
63: ... However, by the close of the Civil War, several African-Americans in New Jersey were still in bondage...
70: ... two [[United States Senate|U.S. Senators]] are [[Frank R. Lautenberg]] (Democrat) and [[Jon Corzine]]...
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