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  1. Alanis Morissette (25762 bytes)
    1: [[Image:alanis.jpg|thumb|Alanis Morissette]]
    2: '''Alanis Nadine Morissette''' (born [[June 1]], [[1974]]) is a successful ...
    6: ...nary success of ''[[Jagged Little Pill]]'', Morissette's popularity has waned as singers such as [[Bri...
    10: ...anada]], to schoolteachers Alan and Georgia Morissette. She has an older brother, Chad, and a [[twin]]...
    12: ...t the front gates: ''"Hi, I'm Alanis. I want to meet you one day and I want to be famous, just like yo...
  2. Lucinda Williams (4182 bytes)
    1: ...t|Lucinda Williams on the cover of her album ''Sweet Old World'']]
    4: ...as different parts of the American South, before settling at the [[University of Arkansas]]. His daug...
    8: ...ained fans among music insiders, including [[Tom Petty]], who would later cover the song.
    10: Its follow-up, ''Sweet Old World'' (Chameleon, 1992), was a melancholy a...
    12: ...east says it is. But, for some reason, she's completely out of the loop. And I feel strongly that that...
  3. Sheryl Crow (8611 bytes)
    3: ...ebruary 11]], [[1962]] in [[Kennett, Missouri|Kennett]], [[Missouri]], [[United States|USA]]) is an Am...
    9: ..."The Tuesday Night Music Club." They would get together and improvise songs until they had finished wo...
    13: ... "If It Makes You Happy" became a radio hit, and netted her two Grammy awards for Best Female Pop Voca...
    17: ... Crow's cover of the [[Guns N' Roses]] song "[[Sweet Child O' Mine]]", which was included on the [[sou...
    21: ... 40 were still sexy. Whether a statement or a marketing tool, ''C'mon, C'mon'' spawned hits in "Soak U...
  4. Tori Amos (27672 bytes)
    7: ...ng)|Baltimore]]'' with her brother Mike for a competition involving the [[Baltimore Orioles]]. This so...
    10: ...t Peabody and her difficulty with playing from sheet music – with Caton, [[Matt Sorum]] (later o...
    16: ...od", "Cornflake Girl" (a #4 single in the UK), "Pretty Good Year" and "Past the Mission", which featur...
    20: ...ir local rape crisis center. In [[1995]], Amos, duetting with [[Robert Plant]], contributed the song ...
    27: ...st signing, which she co-produced, was the band "Pet" headed by lead singer Lisa Papineau. Their self-...
  5. Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
    2: ... and the [[betrothal|betrothed]] of [[Joseph the Betrothed|Joseph]]. The area of [[Christian]] [[theol...
    6: ...ugh not all, historians accept that Jesus of Nazareth was a historical figure, even if they accept not...
    8: ...raditions of the Church Fathers, and their interpretations of the Scriptures[[#Footnotes|¹]].
    13: ...:6, 7). But as the inn was crowded, Mary had to retire to a place among the cattle.
    15: ...ew 2|Matt. 2]]). Mary apparently remained in Nazareth for thirty uneventful years. During these years ...
  6. Mary Magdalene (15420 bytes)
    6: ...ave not yet ascended to My Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, "I am ascending to My Father...
    8: ...New Testament regarding Mary of Magdala, who now returned to Jerusalem.
    12: ... manuscripts were first discovered and published between [[1938]] and [[1983]], but as early as the [[...
    14: ...s and made us into men." She then delivers - at Peter's request - a vision of the Savior she has had,...
    16: Her vision does not meet with universal approval:
  7. Hildegard of Bingen (14070 bytes)
    8: ...Vision (religion)|vision]]s. She received a prophetic call from God five years after her election as ...
    11: ... named Volmar, who was to become her lifelong secretary. However, in 1141, Hildegard had a vision that...
    13: Yet Hildegard was also overwhelmed by feelings of ina...
    17: ...ho exhorted Hildegard to finish her writings. To determine if her visions were divinely inspired he cr...
    22: ...nvented an [[constructed script|alternative alphabet]]. Due to her inventions of words for her lyrics ...
  8. Leni Riefenstahl (8095 bytes)
    2: ...ny|German]] [[filmmaker]] renowned for her [[aesthetics]] and advances in film technique. Her most fam...
    5: ...in film|bergfilme]], presenting herself as an athletic, adventuresome young woman with sex appeal sugg...
    7: ...irected a [[short film]] about a [[Nazi]] party meeting. Hitler then asked her to film the Nazi Party ...
    9: ...]'', a film celebrated for its technical and aesthetic achievements. She was the first to put railways...
    13: ...using [[concentration camp]] inmates on her film sets, but those claims could not be proved in court. ...
  9. Penny Marshall (1609 bytes)
    14: *''[[How Sweet It Is!]]'' (1968)
    16: ...he Christian Licorice Store]]'' (1971) (scenes deleted)
    22: *''[[Get Shorty]]'' (1995) (Cameo)
    23: *''[[One Vision]]'' (1998) (documentary)
  10. Judi Dench (3254 bytes)
    4: ... who died of cancer in [[2001]]. They starred together in a [[British sitcom]], ''[[A Fine Romance]]'...
    22: * ''[[Shakespeare in Love]]'' ([[1998]])
    36: ...rmed by the producers of the Bond film series as returning to the role for the 2006 film, ''[[Casino R...
  11. Catherine Deneuve (2766 bytes)
    23: * ''[[Place Vendôme]]'' (1998)
  12. Mia Farrow (4707 bytes)
    7: ...gical children (Matthew, Sascha, and Fletcher) together and [[adopted]] three children, Soon-Yi, Lark ...
    9: ...rrow]]). They also adopted a son and daughter together. After their separation, Farrow accused Allen...
    30: *''[[Secret Ceremony]]'' ([[1968]])
    62: *''[[Junket Whore]]'' ([[1998]]) (documentary)
  13. Jodie Foster (4460 bytes)
    7: ...rtone Girl]], and then went on to appear in a variety of television series. She starred as Addie Pray ...
    11: ...ife. Having given birth to two sons (Charles in [[1998]] and Kit in [[2001]]), she has never revealed th...
    26: *''[[The Uttmost]]'' (1998) (documentary)
    68: *[http://jodie-online.net Jodie-Online.net]
  14. Helen Hunt (3298 bytes)
    3: '''Helen Elizabeth Hunt''' (born [[15 June]] [[1963]]) is an [[Unit...
    5: ...d]]s for her performance in [[1996]], [[1997]], [[1998]], and [[1999]].
    7: ...he won an [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] in [[1998]].
    9: In 1998, Hunt became the first actress to win both an [[E...
    24: *''[[Twelfth Night]]'' (Made for TV) (1998)
  15. Nicole Kidman (11782 bytes)
    3: The family returned to Australia when Nicole was four years old,...
    8: ...oung People in Sydney, and then to the Philip Street Theatre, where she majored in voice production an...
    10: ...e]]'', the mini-series ''[[Vietnam (miniseries)|Vietnam]]'' (1986), ''[[Bangkok Hilton]]'' (1989) and ...
    26: ...eincarnation]] of her dead husband, the film was met with a mixed reception. Despite the mixed recepti...
    43: ...lm Critics Circle]], [[Las Vegas Film Critics Society]], [[London Critics Circle]], [[Prestige Academy...
  16. Isabella Rossellini (2696 bytes)
    3: '''Isabella Fiorella Elettra Giovanna Rossellini''', born in [[Rome]] on [[...
    5: ...Dorothy Vallens in [[David Lynch]]'s ''[[Blue Velvet]]''. She later took a part in ''[[Wild at Heart]]...
    6: ...nch film <i>Cousin, Cousine</i>, and Nimue in the 1998 mini-series, ''Merlin''.
    10: ...[John Wiedemann]] with whom she has a daughter, Elettra. She was also romantically linked to [[David L...
    14: ...cavullo]], [[Annie Leibovitz]], and [[Robert Mapplethorpe]]. Her image has appeared on such magazines...
  17. Meryl Streep (12114 bytes)
    9: ...re, Streep took to playing roles with greater variety, including farce in ''[[Death Becomes Her]]'' al...
    11: ...dash;appearing in ''[[Marvin's Room]]'', and completing another successful decade with ''[[Music of th...
    13: ...ly Browning]] and [[Jude Law]] in ''[[Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events]]''. That same y...
    18: ...numerous sites, including her page at the [[Internet Movie Database]] (link below). Summarized below a...
    63: *[[1998]] - [[Emmy]] Best Actress in a Mini-series, in ''...
  18. Reese Witherspoon (2585 bytes)
    5: ...claration of Independence]] and founder of [[Princeton University]]. Her father is a surgeon and her m...
    7: ...999]]. They have two children together, Ava Elizabeth Phillippe, born [[September 9]], [[1999]] and De...
    9: ...therspoon was the voice behind the character of Greta Wolfecastle in an episode of [[The Simpsons]].
    19: *''[[Twilight (movie)|Twilight]]'' (1998)
    20: *''[[Overnight Delivery]]'' (1998)
  19. Dawn Fraser (2591 bytes)
    2: ... the 100 metres in less than a minute. After she retired it was eight years before her record was brok...
    4: In [[1965]] Fraser retired from swimming, after the Australian Swimming ...
    7: ...an of the Year]] in [[1964]], and on [[June 8]] [[1998]], was appointed an Officer of the [[Order of Aus...
    11: **100 metres [[freestyle swimming|freestyle]] - gold medal
    12: **400 metres freestyle - silver medal
  20. Steffi Graf (16410 bytes)
    6: ...ee he began teaching Steffi to swing a wooden racket in the family's living room. She began practising...
    10: ...]], who was a year younger than Graf, played 21. Peter Graf also kept a tight reign on Steffi's person...
    14: ...and could potentially have been a world-class athlete in that event.
    22: ...h; [[Maureen Connolly]] (in [[1953]]) and [[Margaret Court]] (in [[1970]]). But with tennis becoming a...
    26: ...y rediscovered as Graf beat Navratilova in three-set finals at both Wimbeldon and the US Open.

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