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- Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
3: ...sephine McDonald''', was an [[African American]] dancer, actress and singer, sometimes known as "The ...
5: .... Louis, Missouri|St. Louis]], [[Missouri]], the daughter of Eddie Carson and Carrie McDonald, she en...
7: ...tarred at the [[Folies Berg貥]], setting the standard for her future acts. Already a star, she perfor...
17: ...ces helped to integrate shows in [[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]]. Nevertheless, her career was on a do...
19: On [[April 8]], [[1975]], her fortunes seemed to be turning to the bette... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
2: '''Ella Fitzgerald''' ([[April 25]], [[1917]] – [[June 15]], [[1996]]), also known as '''[[Jaz...
14: ...ther with the "other voice" of jazz, [[Billie Holiday]] ([[1957]]).
47: *1958 ''[[Ella in Rome: The Birthday Concert]]''
90: *1970 ''[[Ella in Budapest, Hungary]]''
95: *1975 ''[[Ella and Oscar]]'' - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
2: ...ammys]] (including 8 consecutive awards from 1968-1975) and she is normally ranked as the greatest fema...
6: ...Columbia Records]] after being discovered by legendary A&R man [[John Hammond]]. In the early [[1960s...
10: ...p Ten hits in the late 1960s and early [[1970s]], dabbling in [[gospel music]], [[blues music]], [[pop...
16: ...ost-Atlantic material as far inferior to the legendary recordings of the mid to late sixties.
18: ...erviews for several years after that. She lives today in Detroit. - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
11: ...h and resurrection of Christ, her largest work to date.
22: *''Concordanza'' for chamber ensemble (1971)
27: *Concerto for bassoon and low strings (1975)
49: *''Lauda'' for alto, tenor, baritone, narrator, mixed choi...
52: *''Dancer on a Tightrope (Der Seilt䮺er)'' for violin ... - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
3: ... Initially working in [[Toronto]] and western Canada, she was associated with the burgeoning [[folk mu...
5: A painter who had also dabbled in [[piano]], [[guitar]] and [[ukulele]] sin...
11: ...n]]). It remains her best selling single to this day.
13: ... up the foundation of "The Jungle Line"). During 1975 Mitchell also participated in several concerts in...
15: ...had given its predecessor. ''Don Juan's Reckless Daughter'' (1977) was a further move away from pop t... - Patti Smith (6059 bytes)
2: ...], [[Illinois]] and raised in [[New Jersey]], the daughter of an [[Atheism|atheist]] father and a devo...
6: ...rsey, with the flipside a version of the rock standard with the addition of a spoken piece about fugit...
8: [[1975]] saw the release of their first album ''[[Horses...
10: ...5 feet into a concrete orchestra pit and severely damaging a number of neck vertebrae. The injury requ...
12: ..." – co-written with [[Bruce Springsteen]] – which rose to #13 on the [[Billboard Hot 100]]... - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
4: ...r Teresa of Calcutta''' ([[August 27]] [[1910]] – [[September 5]] [[1997]]) was an international...
11: ...r of the youth group in her local parish called Sodality. At 18, the [[Vatican]] granted Teresa permis...
13: ...sed Virgin Mary]] in [[Dublin]] she was sent to [[Darjeeling]] in India as a novice sister. In [[1931]...
19: ==Foundation of the Missionaries of Charity==
24: ... Soon after she opened another hospice, Nirmal Hriday (Pure Heart), a home for [[leprosy|lepers]] call... - Penny Marshall (1609 bytes)
17: *''[[How Come Nobody's on Our Side?]]'' (1975) - Ingrid Bergman (5216 bytes)
1: '''Ingrid Bergman''' ([[August 29]], [[1915]] – [[August 29]], [[1982]]) was an [[Academy Awar...
3: ... a dozen films in Sweden, Bergman was signed by [[David O. Selznick]] to star in the remake of [[Inter...
7: ...rgman was branded as "Hollywood's apostle of degradation." One of Rossellini's and Bergman's children...
9: ...rmance in ''[[Murder on the Orient Express]]'' ([[1975]]). In [[1978]] she played in [[Ingmar Bergman]]...
13: She died of [[cancer]] on her birthday in [[1982]] in [[London]], [[England]]. She was ... - Bette Davis (6722 bytes)
1: ...' the actress; there is also singer named [[Betty Davis]].''
2: [[Image:bettedavis.jpg|thumb|right|208x240|]]
3: ...[October 6]], [[1989]]), better known as '''Bette Davis''', was an [[Academy Award]] winning [[United ...
5: ...ed by their mother, who aspired to be an actress. Davis was denied admission to [[Eva LeGallienne]]'s ...
7: ...''. The Motion Picture Academy failed to nominate Davis for this ''tour de force'', and such was the o... - Ava Gardner (4142 bytes)
2: '''Ava Gardner''' ([[December 24]], [[1922]] – [[January 25]], [[1990]]) was an [[United Stat...
8: ... She lost to [[Audrey Hepburn]] in ''[[Roman Holiday]]''. Many thought Gardner's greatest performanc...
22: * [[Sunday Punch]] (1942)
66: * [[55 Days at Peking]] (1963)
68: * [[Seven Days in May]] (1964) - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
2: ...aptation]]''. Hepburn won an [[Emmy Award]] in [[1975]] for her lead role in ''[[Love Among the Ruins (...
5: ...father was a staunch proponent of publicizing the dangers of [[venereal disease]] in a time when such ...
7: ...ater be recognized for her athletic physicality — she fearlessly performed her own pratfalls in ...
12: ...n and Smith's marriage was rocky from the start — she insisted he change his name to S. Ogden Lu...
21: ...zon]] princess in [[The Warrior's Husband]] (an update of ''[[Lysistrata]]''), which debuted to excell... - Helen Hunt (3298 bytes)
3: ... She was born in [[Los Angeles, California]], the daughter of an acting coach.
13: She has a daughter, Makena'lei Gordon Carnahan (b. [[2004]]), ...
29: *''[[In the Company of Darkness]]'' (Made for TV) (1993)
33: *''[[Mr. Saturday Night]]'' (1992)
35: *''[[The Waterdance]]'' (1992) - Sophia Loren (9622 bytes)
5: ...ughter of aspiring actress and piano teacher Romilda Villani and married engineer Riccardo Scicolone a...
17: ...ard Burton]] and [[Ettore Scola]]'s ''[[A Special Day]]'' with Mastroianni.
19: ...ly on [[tax evasion]] charges, a fact that didn't damage her career or popularity.
51: *''[[Milano Miliardaria]]'' (1951)
60: *''[[Girls Marked Danger]]'' (1953) - Meryl Streep (12114 bytes)
2: ...sion]] and who, from the [[1980s]] to the present day, has been regarded as one of the best in her fie...
5: ...r Best Actress and 3 for Best Supporting Actress—making her the most-nominated actor of all time...
7: ...e days when even I think I'm overrated, but not today."
9: ...''— her first and only action film to date—and her noted comic turn in ''[[She-Devil]]''.
11: ...d not maintain her reputation as an acting great—appearing in ''[[Marvin's Room]]'', and complet... - Nadia Comaneci (5337 bytes)
3: ...ast]], winner of five [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] medals, and the first to be awarded a perfect score of...
5: ... Stefania-Alexandrina; she was named after "Nadezhda" ("Hope"), the heroine of a Russian film.
7: .... At the Pre-Olympics competition in Montr顬 in 1975 Nadia won the All-Around title. That same year t...
9: ...around, balance beam and uneven bars), a silver medal (team all-around) and a bronze (floor exercise)....
13: ...e helped give the Romanians its first team gold medal. - Jackie Joyner-Kersee (2098 bytes)
2: ...silver and one bronze [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] medals. She was named after [[Jackie Kennedy]]. She li...
4: ...compete in multi-discipline events after seeing a 1975 television movie about [[Babe Zaharias|"Babe" Did...
6: ...brother, [[Al Joyner]], is also an Olympic gold medalist, having won the Olympic [[triple jump]] in [[... - Martina Navratilova (16246 bytes)
3: ...vakia, she defected to the [[United States]] in [[1975]] and became a US citizen in [[1981]]. During her...
9: ...rst professional singles title in [[Orlando, Florida]] in [[1974]].
13:
33: ...t title came on August 21, [[2005]], at the [[Canada Masters|Rogers Cup]] in [[Toronto]], where she wo...
63: 1983 Australian Open Kathy Jordan 6-2, 7-6 - Hillary Rodham Clinton (17176 bytes)
12: ...culty of the University of Arkansas Law School in 1975, and the Rose Law Firm in 1976. Her partners at ...
15: ...otal of 12 years. In [[1980]] the Clintons' only daughter, [[Chelsea Clinton|Chelsea]], was born.
20: ...st Lady, she chaired the Arkansas Educational Standards Committee, co-founded the Arkansas Advocates f...
29: ==Whitewater scandal==
31: ...ome a critical factor during the [[Whitewater scandal]], while her husband was President. While in Ar... - Definitions of music (17609 bytes)
1: ... consists of is something that is still debated today.
8: ... major kinds: [[musica universalis]], [[musica mundana]], [[musica instrumentalis]]. Of those, only th...
12: ...h are very much in vogue in [[Western society]] today.
14: ...relatively new invention then, and it is understandable that the mathematical or physical relationship...
21: ...ical instrumental metric composition, and popular dance music are. However, from a European influenced...
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