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- Helen Sawyer Hogg (1921 bytes)
3: ...05]] – [[January 28]], [[1993]]) was a prolific [[astronomy|astronomer]] noted for her research ...
9: ...apers, and established herself as a leader in the field of astronomy. In [[1985]], she married [[F. E...
11: ...n [[1949]] and the [[Klumpke-Roberts Award]] in [[1983]].
13: In [[1968]] she was made an Officer of the [[Order of Canada]] and was promoted to... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
1: [[Image:Ellafitzgerald.jpeg|thumb|Ella Fitzgerald photographed by [[Carl Van Vechten]], 194...
2: '''Ella Fitzgerald''' ([[April 25]], [[1917]] – [[June...
8: ... band continued touring under the new name, "Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra."
18: ...[Pete Kelly's Blues]]''. She also appeared in the films ''[[Ride 'Em Cowboy]]'', ''[[St. Louis Blues]]...
24: Ella Fitzgerald is referred to on the 1980' s hit "Ella ,... - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
2: ...gan]]. On [[January 3]], [[1987]] she became the first woman to be inducted into the [[Rock and Roll ...
6: ...roit, Michigan|Detroit]]-area church and made her first recordings at the age 14. She signed with [[C...
10: ... [[Sam Cooke]] and [[The Drifters]]. ''''Live at Fillmore West'''' and ''''Amazing Grace'''' were two...
16: ... working with artists of the stature of Curtis Mayfield, popularity and critical success waned during ...
26: ==Vocal Profile== - Phoolan Devi (2526 bytes)
5: ...fered vicious abuse from many assailants, she was finally driven to take up the life of a ''[[dacoity|...
7: ...trodden, after the fashion of [[Robin Hood]]. She first came to national and international attention i...
9: ...th penalty]]. As a part of this arrangement, in [[1983]] she surrendered on a stage before a crowd of 10...
15: ...bout her life up through her 1983 surrender. She fiercely disputed its accuracy and fought to get it ... - Mary Magdalene (15420 bytes)
6: ... the tomb. The risen Lord appeared to her, but at first she knew him not. His utterance of her name "M...
12: ...t discovered and published between [[1938]] and [[1983]], but as early as the [[Third century | 3rd cent...
27: Tradition as early as the 3rd century identified as Mary Magdalene the woman who was a sinner in...
33: ...he same person, and [[Martin Scorsese]]'s earlier film adaptation of [[Nikos Kazantzakis]]'s novel ''[...
36: ...there from the mid thirteenth century, one of the finest [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] churches in th... - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
6: ...] (one of only six). She was [[Beatification|beatified]] by [[Pope John Paul II]] in [[October 2003]],...
9: ...lbanian]]. Her parents, Nikolla ( Kol렩 and Dranafile Bojaxhiu, were [[Albanian]] Catholics that emig...
13: ... Avila]] and [[Th鲨se de Lisieux]]. She took her final vows in May [[1937]], acquiring the religious ...
17: ...was joined by voluntary helpers, and she received financial support from church organizations and the ...
24: With the help of Indian officials she converted an abandoned [[Hinduism|Hindu]... - Penny Marshall (1609 bytes)
5: ... from ([[1976 in television|1976]]-[[1983 in film|1983]]).
9: She has directed several successful feature [[film|motion pictures]] since the mid-[[1980s]], incl...
11: ==Filmography==
24: *''[[Special Delivery (1999 film)|Special Delivery]]'' (1999) - Catherine Deneuve (2766 bytes)
4: ...crash). Her breakthroughs came with the [[musical film]] ''[[Les Parapluies de Cherbourg]]'' (''The Um...
6: ...or her starring role in the [[1992 in film|1992]] film, ''[[Indochine (movie)|Indochine]]'' and was no...
20: ===Filmography (selected)===
27: * ''[[The Hunger]]'' (1983) - Mia Farrow (4707 bytes)
1: ...Farrow on the cover of ''[[Glamour]]'', [[1968 in film|1968]]]]
2: ...een known as '''Mia'''. She is the daughter of [[film director|director]] [[John Farrow]] and his wif...
5: ...a]] on [[July 19]] [[1966]]. While working on the film ''[[Rosemary's Baby]]'' with director [[Roman P...
9: ... tainted for a time afterward, having somewhat confirmed Farrow's accusations by his open relationship...
16: * Farrow made her film debut in a [[1947]] short subject with her famo... - Helen Hunt (3298 bytes)
7: Hunt has also had a successful film career and has been in [[Hollywood]] movies suc...
9: In 1998, Hunt became the first actress to win both an [[Emmy]] and an [[Acade...
15: == Filmography ==
52: *''[[Choices of the Heart]]'' (Made for TV) (1983)
53: *''[[Quarterback Princess]]'' (Made for TV) (1983) - Nicole Kidman (11782 bytes)
10: ..., and four film roles, including ''[[BMX Bandits (film)|BMX Bandits]]'' and ''[[Bush Christmas]]''. D...
19: ...hut]]'' ([[1999]]), [[Stanley Kubrick]]'s final [[film]], when she co-starred with her husband as a ma...
23: ...s (2001 film)|The Others]]''. While in Australia filming ''Moulin Rouge!'', Kidman injured her knee, ...
24: ...e same year she took a hand at production for the film ''[[In the Cut]]''.
26: ...prestigious [[Golden Lion Award]] at the [[Venice Film Festival]]. - Isabella Rossellini (2696 bytes)
3: '''Isabella Fiorella Elettra Giovanna Rossellini''', born in [[R...
6: ... ''[[Cousins]]'' a Hollywood remake of the French film <i>Cousin, Cousine</i>, and Nimue in the 1998 m...
8: ...risingly never been cast as Ingrid Bergman in any film, although she did perform a parody of Bergman's...
10: She was married during [[1979]]-[[1983]] to director [[Martin Scorsese]], and later marr...
28: ==Selected filmography== - Meryl Streep (12114 bytes)
1: ..._Silkwood.jpg|thumb|right|Streep in ''Silkwood'' (1983)]]
2: ... day, has been regarded as one of the best in her field.
5: ... [[1978]], the latter of which would earn her her first [[Academy Award]] nomination, for Best Support...
7: ... so many greatest movie star lists, Streep also defied expectations by her happy home life—marri...
9: ...e River Wild]]''— her first and only action film to date—and her noted comic turn in ''[[S... - Julie Andrews (8700 bytes)
3: ...est known for her starring roles in the [[musical film]]s ''[[Mary Poppins]]'' ([[1964]]) and ''[[The ...
9: When she lost the starring role in the film of ''My Fair Lady'' to [[Audrey Hepburn]], she ...
11: ...iety show]] specials with [[Carol Burnett]]. In [[1983]], she was chosen as the [[Hasty Pudding Woman of...
13: ...ts sequel, both of which proved to be major box office hits. She has also starred in two made-for-tel...
17: ...how my boobies" in a scene in the film-within-the-film. For this last performance, late night king [[J... - Steffi Graf (16410 bytes)
1: [[Image:Steffi Graf.jpg|right|thumb|Steffi Graf honored at the [[WTA]].]]
2: ...lam]] singles titles. In [[1988]], she became the first player to achieve the "Golden Slam" – ca...
6: ...e of four and played in her first tournament aged five. She soon began winning junior tournaments with...
8: ...er [[1982]] at Filderstadt, Germany, and lost her first professional match 6-4, 6-0 to [[Tracy Austin]...
10: ...nvitations on the tour were often declined as Steffi's focus was kept very much on on-court play. Work... - Shirley Muldowney (1811 bytes)
2: ...k]]), the "First Lady of [[Drag Racing]]" was the first woman to receive a licence to drive a [[top fu...
10: ...rtrayed by actress [[Bonnie Bedelia]] in the 1983 film, ''[[Heart Like a Wheel]]''. - Martina Navratilova (16246 bytes)
5: ...r Jana married Miroslav Navrátil, who became her first tennis coach. Martina then took the name of he...
9: ...]], aged 16, she turned professional. She won her first professional singles title in [[Orlando, Flori...
11: ...into shape that eventually made extreme levels of fitness and conditioning a hallmark of her game.
13: ...Open]], the 18-year-old Navratilova went to the offices of the [[Immigration and Naturalization Servic...
14: ...ratilova Wachsfugur Prag.jpg|thumb|left|160px|Wax figure of '''Martina Navratilova''' at [[Prague]] wa... - Oil painting (1776 bytes)
1: ... Oil on wood panel painting by [[Angel Botello]] (1983) ]]'''Oil painting''' is done on surfaces with [[...
7: ...t technically true oils (the medium is an unidentified "non-drying synthetic oily liquid, imbedde... - Definitions of music (17609 bytes)
1: '''Defining [[music]]''' is as difficult as defining [[art]] or anything. It is a problem that has...
12: ... effects. Rather than being ridiculed as unscientific, Medieval thought should be seen as a system tha...
14: [[Musica instrumentalis]], finally, was the lowliest of the three disciplines a...
17: ...there is no term for music in Tiv, Yoruba, Igbo, Efik, Birom, Hausa, Idoma, Eggon or Jarawa. Many othe...
21: ... being the sound and performance of music (Sakata 1983)), though some things European influenced listene... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
14: ... Skelton Jefferson|Martha]] died before he took office
27: ... at the University of Virginia, has written the definitive book on the original buildings, or [http://...
32: ...extensive vineyards planted at Monticello, a significant portion were of the European wine grape ''[[V...
35: ...potential of the United States and is often classified a forefather of [[American exceptionalism]] (se...
37: Jefferson was the first [[Secretary of State]] of the United States, s...
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