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- Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
14: ...lznick]] called her the "first choice among established stars" to play [[Scarlett O'Hara]].
16: Polled, moviegoers thought otherwise. Her screen test for [[Gone with the Wind]] put ...
20: ...in [[Lifeboat (movie)|Lifeboat]]. The performance is widely acknowledged as her best on film, and won ...
22: ...avorite as is her role as the Black Widow on television's Batman.
24: ... by a two-bottle-a-day consumption of [[bourbon whiskey|Old Grand Dad]] -- continued unabated. And beh... - Ingrid Bergman (5216 bytes)
1: ...]]) was an [[Academy Award]]-winning [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[Actor|actress]].
3: ...ery young, she lost both of her parents and was raised by some relatives; she studied at the [[Royal D...
7: ...and Bergman's children is the model and actress [[Isabella Rossellini]].
9: ...made her final performance on the big screen. It is considered to be among her best performances.
11: ...[French language|French]], [[English language|English]] and [[Italian language|Italian]] fluently, whi... - Bette Davis (6722 bytes)
1: ...he actress; there is also singer named [[Betty Davis]].''
2: [[Image:bettedavis.jpg|thumb|right|208x240|]]
3: ...tober 6]], [[1989]]), better known as '''Bette Davis''', was an [[Academy Award]] winning [[United Sta...
5: ...who aspired to be an actress. Davis was denied admission to [[Eva LeGallienne]]'s Manhattan Civic Repe...
7: ...trage that she received many write-in votes from disgruntled Academy members. - Judi Dench (3254 bytes)
2: ...d [[United Kingdom|British]] stage, film and television actress.
4: ...ish Empire|Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (DBE); in [[2005]], she was made a [[Or...
6: Her many television appearances include the series ''[[As Time Go...
9: ...loped her reputation as arguably the greatest British actress of the post-[[1945]] period primarily th...
11: ... repertory in [[Oxford]] and [[Nottingham]]. In [[1961]] she joined the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] an... - Vivien Leigh (4286 bytes)
3: ...ndash; [[July 7]], [[1967]]) was an [[England|English]] [[Actor|actress]] who was born '''Vivian Mary ...
7: ...k Gable]] including [[Norma Shearer]], [[Bette Davis]], [[Jean Arthur]], [[Katharine Hepburn]], and [[...
11: ...or her portrayal the previous year of Blanche DuBois in ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire]]''.
13: ...citating. She had also been plagued by [[Bipolar Disorder|manic-depression]] for some time, which was ...
15: The actress died of chronic tuberculosis in her [[London]] home. She was cremated and her ... - Sophia Loren (9622 bytes)
3: ...Sophia Loren''' (born [[September 20]], [[1934]]) is considered to be the most famous [[Italy|Italian]...
7: ...ty contests, were she won several prizes and was discovered by her future husband, film producer [[Car...
11: ... with [[Paramount Studios]]. Among her films at this time: ''[[Desire Under the Elms]]'' with [[Anthon...
13: ...ry [[Academy Award]] (Best Actress) for a non-English language performance.
15: ...in her career. Some of her best-known films of this period are [[Peter Ustinov]]'s ''[[Lady L]]'' wit... - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
4: ...ntually become the most celebrated actor in film history, Marilyn's beginnings were humble to say the ...
6: ...'. Biographers used to differ on whether the man listed on her birth certificate, [[Norway|Norwegian]]...
10: ...rwalk]], where Della had died; Gladys's father, Otis, died in a mental hospital near [[San Bernardino,...
12: ... of herself, yet also developed a gritty, opportunistic side and a super-human drive. She was very int...
15: [[Image:Pb1253.jpg|frame|right|Cover of the first issue of ''[[Playboy]]'']] - Julie Andrews (8700 bytes)
3: ...[October 1]], [[1935]]) is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[actress]], [[singer]], and [[author]], best ...
5: ..., she starred in [[Rodgers & Hammerstein]]'s television adaptation of ''[[Cinderella]]''.
7: ...the year and Andrews an overnight sensation. In [[1961]], the composers again cast her in a period music...
9: ... she said "I would like to thank Jack Warner for his faith in me". At the [[Grammy Awards of 1965]] sh...
13: ...or-television movies based on the character of Eloise, the moppet who lives at the [[Plaza Hotel]] in ... - Nadia Comaneci (5337 bytes)
3: ...ct score of 10 in an Olympic gymnastic event. She is considered by some to be one of the greatest athl...
7: ...m. She was soon coached by [[Bela Karolyi]] and his wife Marta, who would later defect to the [[Unite...
9: ... her success led her to be named a "Hero of Socialist Labor," the youngest Romanian to receive that re...
11: ... fall from uneven bars resulted in a 4th place finish, but she won the beam title.
13: ...etition for blood poisoning due to a cut in her wrist from her metal grip buckle. Against doctors' or... - Dawn Fraser (2591 bytes)
1: '''Dawn Fraser''' (born [[September 4]] [[1937]]) is an [[Australia]]n champion [[swimming|swimmer]].
2: ... [[politically incorrect]] behaviour or [[larrikinism|larrikin]] character as much as her athletic abi...
4: ...he marched in the opening ceremony against their wishes, wore an old swimsuit (which angered sponsors)...
6: ...g coach and in [[1988]] became a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the [[New South Wales]] ...
15: *[[1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games|1958 Cardiff Commo... - Egypt (18830 bytes)
2: ...g><br>{{Audio|ar-Gumhuriyat_Misr_al-Arabiyah.ogg|listen}}
22: | [[English language|English]], [[French language|French]]
30: | '''[[Prime Minister of Egypt|Prime Minister]]'''
34: | [[List of countries by area|Ranked 29th]] <br /> [[1 E1...
37: | [[List of countries by population|Ranked 15th]] <br /> ... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
3: ...s Constitution|U.S. Constitution]], the President is also the [[head of government|chief executive]] o...
5: ... as "the leader of the free world," a phrase that is still invoked today, mostly by Americans.
7: ...of government in a [[republic]]. Today the office is widely emulated all over the world in nations wit...
9: The current President of the United States is [[George W. Bush]].
12: ...ution|Article II]] of the U.S. Constitution establishes the requirements one must meet in order to bec... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
15: | party=[[United States Federalist Party|Federalist]]
18: ...sh;[[1801]]) [[President of the United States]]. His son, [[John Quincy Adams]], was the sixth Preside...
22: ...gland]], to [[Massachusetts]] in about [[1636]]; his mother was Susanna Boylston Adams.
24: ...t, at length, his recollections of this scene; it is instructive to compare the two accounts.
26: ...[1818]]), the daughter of a [[Congregational]] minister at [[Weymouth]], Massachusetts. Their son, Joh... - Plate tectonics (27764 bytes)
1: ...cs the outermost part of the [[Earth]]'s interior is made up of two layers, the outer [[lithosphere]] ...
3: ...ere essentially "floats" on the asthenosphere and is broken-up into ten major plates: [[African Plate|...
5: ...of the [[periodic table]] for [[chemistry]], the discovery of the [[genetic code]] for [[genetics]], o...
8: ...s is that the lithosphere exists as separate and distinct ''[[tectonic plate]]s'', which "float" on th...
10: ...ing most active and famous. These boundaries are discussed in further detail below. - Antarctica (14761 bytes)
4: ... is not to be confused with the [[Arctic]], which is located near the Earth's [[North Pole]] on the op...
6: ... resemblance to the Antarctic coast. (See also [[History of Antarctica]].)
8: ...indeed, it has no permanent population at all. It is also the continent with the highest average [[alt...
15: ...of Antarctica is covered by an [[ice sheet]] that is, on average, 2.5 kilometers thick.
17: See-also: [[sea level rise]]. - Turkey (41694 bytes)
5: ([[Turkish language|Turkish]]: Yurtta Sulh, Cihanda Sulh) |
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12: official_languages = [[Turkish language|Turkish]]|
14: ...]<br>[[List of Prime Ministers of Turkey|Prime Minister]] |
17: established_events = - Formation of Parliament<br>&n... - Thailand (14276 bytes)
1: ...#3618;) means "free" in the [[Thai language]]. It is also the name of the [[Thai ethnic groups|Thai pe...
19: leader_titles = [[King]] <br> [[Prime Minister]] |
38: established_events = - Declared<br> - Recognised |
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55: ==History== - Belize (11927 bytes)
1: ...elize River]]. In [[Spanish language|Spanish]] it is usually called ''Belice''.
3: ...colony]] for more than a century, known as '''British Honduras''', until [[1973]]. It became an indepe...
5: Belize is a member of [[CARICOM]] and its citizens tend to ...
19: ...mbra Floreo<br>([[Latin]]: Under the Shade I Flourish)''</font>
23: ...[Official language]]''' || [[English language|English]] - Germany (46412 bytes)
1: ...countries, located in the heart of [[Europe]]. It is bordered to the north by the [[North Sea]], [[Den...
15: | align=center colspan=2 | [[List of national anthems|National anthem]]: [[Das Lie...
30: |[[List of countries by area|Ranked 61st]]<br>[[1 E11 m2...
33: ...ion|Ranked 14th]]<br>82,468,000 [http://www.destatis.de/indicators/e/vgr910ae.htm]<br>242/km²
39: || [[List of countries by GDP|Ranked 3rd]]<br>$2.271 trill... - Barbados (21887 bytes)
1: ...low, with some hills in the island's interior. It is located 13? north of the [[Equator]] and 59? west...
3: ...es and [[mangrove]] [[swamp]]s. Some parts of the island's interior are also dotted with large sugarca...
5: ... country in the world. The island is a major tourist destination.
7: ==History==
8: {{main|History of Barbados}}
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