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- Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
2: <!-- FAIR USE of Mother-teresa-03.jpg: see image description page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima...
4: ...r]] of Calcutta (later renamed [[Kolkata]]) was widely reported.
6: ...ward, the [[Bharat Ratna]] in [[1980]]. She was made an [[Honorary Citizen of the United States]] in [...
11: ...tion to help the poor from the age of 12, and decided to train for missionary work in [[India]]. She w...
13: ...sa in honour of [[Teresa of Avila]] and [[Th鲨se de Lisieux]]. She took her final vows in May [[1937]... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
1: ... between [[1450]] and [[1500]] (Centre Historique des Archives Nationales, [[Paris]], AE II 2490).]]
2: ...[[20th century]]; currently being a focus of considerable interest in the [[Republic of Ireland]], [[C...
7: ...e River|Meuse]] to [[Jacques D'Arc]] and Isabelle de Vouthon, a [[peasant]] family later granted [[nob...
11: ...mb|''Jeanne d' Arc'' by Eugene Thirion ([[1876]]) depicts Joan's awe upon receiving a vision from the ...
12: ...lies to the city of [[Orl顮s]], which had been under siege by the English since the previous October.... - Mata Hari (3970 bytes)
1: ...xotic dancer]] and convicted [[espionage|spy]], made her name synonymous with ''[[femme fatale]]'' dur...
3: ...a Geertruida Zelle''' (spelled '''Margarete Gertrude Zelle''' in English), a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[e...
5: ...hile her mother was of [[Java (island)|Java]]nese descent. Around the turn of the [[20th century]], a...
7: ...ntire nations resting on Mata Hari should be regarded as myths.
9: ...t to succumb to her charms. However, one would wonder how they managed to shoot her accurately if that... - Hannah Szenes (4490 bytes)
9: ... ''Maccabea'', a Hungarian [[Zionism|Zionist]] student organization.
11: Szenes graduated 1939 and decided to move to study in the Girls' Agricultural Scho...
13: ... Hannah and her comrades crossed the Hungarian border in small groups. She was captured before she cou...
55: :''Happy is the blaze that burnt inside the hearts.''
59: The following lines were found in Hanna's death cell after her execution, (translated from the... - Violette Szabo (2541 bytes)
3: ..., [[Order of the British Empire|M.B.E.]], [[Croix de Guerre|CdG]] ([[June 26]], [[1921]] – [[Fe...
5: ...t of as the definitive World War II [[Poem code|code-poem]] ''[[Yours (poem)|Yours]]''.
9: ...nce with her [[Sten]] gun. She was interrogated under [[torture]], then sent to [[Ravensbr?ncentration...
11: ...embers of the SOE were executed by the Germans: [[Denise Bloch]], [[Cecily Lefort]], and [[Lilian Rolf...
13: ...l]] in the town of [[Valen硹]], in the [[Indre]] depart魥nt. - Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
1: [[Image:MayaDeren.png|200px|thumb|right|Maya Deren]]
2: ..., '''Maya Deren''' was an [[American]] [[avant-garde]] [[filmmaker]] and [[film]] theorist of the [[19...
4: Deren was born in [[Kiev]], [[Ukraine]]. In [[1922]...
6: ...m. It was in 1943 that she adopted the name Maya Deren.
8: ...eography for Camera" (1945). In 1946 she was awarded a [[Guggenheim]] Foundation Fellowship for "Crea... - Leni Riefenstahl (8095 bytes)
5: ...nold Fanck]], the director of that film, and demanded a role in his next film. He consented and Riefe...
7: ...t]]: the film was released in [[1935]] as ''[[Tag der Freiheit]]'' (''[[Day of Freedom]]'') and is now...
9: ... in the [[1936 Summer Olympics|Olympics]] but decided to film the event instead. This material became ...
13: ...II, she spent four years in a [[France|French]] [[detention camp]]. There were accusations of her usin...
15: ...e few films she made were short and personally funded. <!--This needs a source. Her biopic and imdb li... - Penny Marshall (1609 bytes)
5: ...ole of the wise-cracking brewery worker [[Laverne DeFazio]] in the popular [[television|TV]] [[situati...
16: ...[[The Christian Licorice Store]]'' (1971) (scenes deleted)
17: *''[[How Come Nobody's on Our Side?]]'' (1975)
24: *''[[Special Delivery (1999 film)|Special Delivery]]'' (1999)
25: *''[[Stateside]]'' (2004) - Lucille Ball (12427 bytes)
2: ...[[comedian]] and star of [[I Love Lucy]]. A 'B-grade' [[movie star]] of the [[1940s]], she became one ...
4: ...a romance with a local bad boy (Johnny), Ball decided to enroll in the
5: ...on sentence. 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: ...ivorced in [[1945]], but remarried the same year, deciding to patch things up. - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
2: ...rockman Bankhead''' ([[January 31]], [[1902]] - [[December 12]], [[1968]]) was a [[United States]] [[a...
4: ...Senator [[John H. Bankhead]] ([[1842]]-[[1920]]) (Democrat from Alabama [[1907]]-[[1920]]).
10: ...affairs with men and women. By the end of the decade, she was one of the [[West End (of London)|West E...
12: ...Marlene Dietrich]]", but [[Hollywood]] success eluded her in her first four films of the 30s. Critics ...
16: ...he cynical Bankhead could have played "Fiddle-Dee-Dee" Scarlett with anything approaching a straight f... - Ingrid Bergman (5216 bytes)
1: ..., [[1982]]) was an [[Academy Award]]-winning [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[Actor|actress]].
3: ...1939]]). The film was an enormous success and "Sweden's illustrious gift to [[Hollywood]]" had arrived...
5: ...eived her first Academy Award nomination for [[Academy_Award_for_Best Actress|Best Actress]] for the f...
7: ...e of Rossellini's and Bergman's children is the model and actress [[Isabella Rossellini]].
9: ... final performance on the big screen. It is considered to be among her best performances. - Sarah Bernhardt (3531 bytes)
4: ...rvatoire de Musique et D飬amation'' by the [[Duc de Morny]] in [[1859]] for theatrical training.
6: ...ver Europe and in the [[United States]]. She soon developed a reputation as a serious dramatic actress...
8: ...pting herself, as well as modelling for [[Antonio de La Gandara]]. She was also to publish a series of...
10: ... collapsed, largely due to the young actor's dependence on morphine.
12: ...nd two biographical films in all. The latter included ''Sarah Bernhardt ࠂelle-Isle'' ([[1912]]), a f... - Bette Davis (6722 bytes)
3: ...), better known as '''Bette Davis''', was an [[Academy Award]] winning [[United States|American]] [[ac...
5: ...ed insincere. So, she enrolled in [[John Murray Anderson]]'s dramatic school (who sent her classmate [...
7: ... received many write-in votes from disgruntled Academy members.
9: ...amed the "Oscar", but only served from October to December [[1941]], when she resigned. Her career be...
11: ... rival [[Joan Crawford]], earned her another [[Academy Award|Oscar]] nomination. The film, which was t... - Judi Dench (3254 bytes)
1: ...|center|thumb|right|250px|Judi Dench as M in ''GoldenEye'']]
2: ...]], [[Order of the British Empire|DBE]] (born [[9 December]] [[1934]]) is a renowned [[United Kingdom|...
4: ...h Empire]] (DBE); in [[2005]], she was made a [[Order of the Companions of Honour|Companion of Honour]...
6: Her many television appearances include the series ''[[As Time Goes By]]'' and the afore...
9: In her native [[United Kingdom]], Dame Judi has developed her reputation as arguably the greatest Br... - Catherine Deneuve (2766 bytes)
1: [[Image:Catherine deneuve.jpg|thumb|Catherine Deneuve at Cannes in 2000]]
2: '''Catherine Deneuve''' (born [[October 22]] [[1943]]) is a [[Fra...
4: ...4), the late [[Surrealist]] masterpiece ''[[Belle de Jour]]'' ([[Luis Buñuel]], 1967), and the Franco...
6: ...ovie)|Indochine]]'' and was nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] for the same performan...
17: *1982 - ''Hôtel des Amériques'' - Mia Farrow (4707 bytes)
2: ...n]] [[actress]]. Farrow was born '''Maria de Lourdes Villiers Farrow''' but has always been known as ...
16: ...nically about famous mothers and their children modeling the latest fashions for families.
21: ...ct of the [[The Beatles|Beatles]] song "[[Dear Prudence]]".
39: *''[[Death on the Nile]]'' ([[1978]])
52: *''[[Crimes and Misdemeanors]]'' ([[1989]]) - Jodie Foster (4460 bytes)
5: ...d a BA in literature, graduating ''[[magna cum laude]]'' in 1985.
7: ...e age of 14, she earned a nomination for the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]] for her rol...
9: ...n Globe]] and [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Academy Awards]] as Best Actress for her role as a gang...
11: ...exual orientation]]. Her brother's [[biography]] identifies her as such, but since the book is unautho...
13: ...esident of the United States of America|U.S. President]] [[Ronald Reagan]] to impress Foster. - Greta Garbo (9957 bytes)
3: ...1905]] – [[April 15]], [[1990]]) was a [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[actor|actress]].
5: ... Anna Lovisa Johnasson ([[1872]]-[[1944]]). Her older sister and brother were Alva and Sven.
8: ...when she appeared in an advertising short for the department store where she worked. That led to anoth...
10: ...]] Greta Garbo. She starred in two movies in [[Sweden]] and one in [[Germany]].
12: ...me grew. He was fired by MGM and returned to [[Sweden]] in [[1928]], where he died soon after. - Ava Gardner (4142 bytes)
2: '''Ava Gardner''' ([[December 24]], [[1922]] – [[January 25]], [[19...
6: ...[Frank Sinatra]] from 1951 to 1957. She was regarded as one of the most beautiful actresses in [[Holl...
12: ...989, which left her partially paralyzed and bedridden, [[Frank Sinatra]] paid all her medical expenses...
32: * [[Young Ideas]] (1943)
39: * [[Blonde Fever]] (1944) - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
2: ...ur. She was nominated for twelve Best Actress Academy Awards, the record for nominations until 2003, ...
5: ...d with giving her a sense of adventure and independence.
7: ...l for figure skating from the [[Madison Square Garden]] skating club, shooting golf in the low eightie...
8: ...and information about her brother's apparent suicide and its great impact on Hepburn -->
10: ...ay her degree was in drama -->, the same year she debuted on [[Broadway]] after landing a bit part in ...
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