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- Valentina Tereshkova (2387 bytes)
5: ...four hundred applicants, five were selected: [[Tatiana Kuznetsova]], [[Irina Solov'yova]], [[Zhanna Ye...
7: ...ok 6]], and became the first woman and first civilian to fly into space. Her call sign in this flight ...
9: ...S|air force]] and the cosmonaut corps by presidential order.
11: ...ctor. They divorced in [[1982]], though their marriage collapsed long before. Her second husband, Dr. ... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
4: She was born in [[Newport News, Virginia]], [[United States|USA]] and raised in [[Yonkers,...
20: ... In 1941 she married Benny Kornegay, but the marriage was later annulled. Her second husband was the...
22: ...Inglewood Park Cemetery]] in [[Inglewood, California]].
86: == [[ Columbia_Records|Columbia]] Albums ==
109: *1989 ''[[All That Jazz]]'' - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
2: ...le vocalist ever by such industry publications/media outlets as [[Rolling Stone]] and [[VH1]].
6: ...ye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody."'' Though Columbia really wanted her as a jazz singer, the results n...
8: ...I went to Atlantic, they just sat me down at the piano and the hits started coming."
10: ...'''Amazing Grace'''' were two of her most influential full-length releases, the latter a double LP of ...
16: ...85]]. Most critics dismiss her post-Atlantic material as far inferior to the legendary recordings of t... - Hildegard of Bingen (14070 bytes)
12: ...e opened and a blinding light of exceptional brilliance flowed through my entire brain. And so it kind...
17: ...d was able to finish her first visionary work Scivias ("Know the Ways of the Lord") and her fame began...
22: ...script, many [[conlang]]ers look upon her as a mediaeval precursor.
24: ... performed in her own convent. In addition to Scivias she wrote two other major works of visionary wri...
28: ...nsations which accompanied her visions have been diagnosed by neurologists (including popular author [... - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
2: ...g: see image description page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Mother-teresa-03.jpg for rationale...
4: ...]]) was an internationally renowned and controversial [[Catholic]] [[nun]] and founder of the [[Missio...
6: ... Prize]] in [[1979]] and [[India]]'s highest civilian award, the [[Bharat Ratna]] in [[1980]]. She was...
9: ...Macedonia are [[Macedonian Orthodox Church|Macedonian Orthodox]].
11: ... and decided to train for missionary work in [[India]]. She was a member of the youth group in her loc... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
1: [[Image:joan of arc miniature graded.jpg|right|thumb|Image of Joan of Arc, ...
2: ...nd [[World War II|Second]] World Wars and an official [[Saint]] to [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catho...
7: ...of the French Royal family: the [[Burgundy|Burgundians]] (supporters of the [[Duke of Burgundy]]) and ...
10: ...rgin|Saint Margaret]], and [[Catherine of Alexandria|Saint Catherine]] are behind her. Oil on canvas i...
12: ... on having her examined for three weeks by theologians at [[Poitiers]] before granting final acceptanc... - Julia Child (8199 bytes)
1: [[Image:Julia_child.jpg|frame|right|Julia Child holds up a [[Monkfish]].]]
2: ...sh; [[August 13]], [[2004]]), born '''Julia McWilliams''', was a famous American gourmet [[cook]], [[a...
6: ...rm [[W. & J. Sloane]]. After returning to California in 1937, shortly before her mother died, she spen...
8: ...ervice as head of the Registry of the OSS Secretariat.
10: ... order to please him and entertain their large social circle. In 1948, they moved to Paris after the [... - Lucille Ball (12427 bytes)
1: ...headshot.jpg|thumb|right|210px|Lucille Ball (1911~1989)]]
2: ...nited States|American]] [[actor|actress]], [[comedian]] and star of [[I Love Lucy]]. A 'B-grade' [[mov...
9: ... performed in [[U.S.O.]] shows instead). They initially divorced in [[1945]], but remarried the same y...
11: ...ow eventually became ''I Love Lucy''. CBS was initially not impressed with the pilot episode produced ...
13: ... at her grandfather's insistence (per [[FBI]] [[FOIA]]-released documents). - Bette Davis (6722 bytes)
3: ...' ([[April 5]], [[1908]] – [[October 6]], [[1989]]), better known as '''Bette Davis''', was an [[A...
7: ...al Studios]], but they felt she was not star material, and in [[1932]], they let her sign with [[Warne...
13: Sensing renewed [[box-office]] potential in his former contract player, [[Jack Warner]] s...
17: ...ren with Merrill, Margot, who was confined to special education schools for most of her life due to a ...
21: ...ciences. This was to protect an Oscar from commercial exploitation. - Judi Dench (3254 bytes)
2: '''Dame Judith Olivia "Judi" Dench''', [[Companion of Honour|CH]], [[Or...
4: ...71]], she married British [[actor]] [[Michael Williams]], who died of cancer in [[2001]]. They starre...
11: ...ondon]] and made her professional debut as [[Ophelia]] in [[Liverpool]] in 1957. She subsequently spen...
20: * ''[[Henry V (1989 movie)|Henry V]]'' ([[1989]]) - Catherine Deneuve (2766 bytes)
8: ... her four-year relationship with [[Marcello Mastroianni]]. She has been married once, from 1965 to 197...
15: *1989 - ''Drôle d'endroit pour une rencontre''
40: * [[Marianne]] - Mia Farrow (4707 bytes)
1: [[Image:Mia_Farrow_cover.jpg|thumb|Farrow on the cover of ''[...
2: ...lliers Farrow''' but has always been known as '''Mia'''. She is the daughter of [[film director|direc...
5: ... and crew. The [[divorce]] came as a surprise to Mia, who did not even know Frank was thinking of leav...
11: ...ad 14 children, 9 of them adopted: 6 from her marriage with Andr預revin (3 adopted) and 3 from her ti...
15: ==Trivia== - Jodie Foster (4460 bytes)
2: '''Alicia Christian "Jodie" Foster''' (born [[November 19]], [[1962]...
5: ...[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], [[California]] where she attended an exclusive prep school, th...
7: ...her career at the age of two in television commercials, including an appearance as the [[Coppertone Gi...
11: ...on for several years, many suspect she is a [[lesbian]], though she personally has never made any publ...
55: *''[[One Little Indian]]'' (1973) - Ava Gardner (4142 bytes)
4: Ava Lavinia Gardner was born in the small farming community o...
6: ...is Miguel Dominguin]] and [[Mario Cabr靝, industrialist [[Howard Hughes]], and actor [[George C. Scot...
12: ...id all her medical expenses. She died of [[pneumonia]] in [[London]], [[England]].
14: Ava Gardner is interred in the Sunset Memorial Park, [[Smithfield, North Carolina]]; the town o...
16: ... is portrayed by [[Kate Beckinsale]] in ''[[The Aviator]]'' (2004), a film by [[Martin Scorsese]] abou... - Helen Hunt (3298 bytes)
3: ...ctress]]. She was born in [[Los Angeles, California]], the daughter of an acting coach.
11: Hunt was married to [[actor]] [[Hank Azaria]] on [[July 18]], [[1999]]. The couple divorced o...
39: *''[[Next of Kin]]'' (1989)
40: *''[[Incident at Dark River]]'' (Made for TV) (1989) - Nicole Kidman (11782 bytes)
1: ...s an [[Academy Award]] winning [[Australia|Australian]] [[actress]], [[producer]], and [[singer]].
2: ...At the time, her father was a cancer research specialist in [[Washington, D.C]].
3: The family returned to Australia when Nicole was four years old, when Tony Kidman ...
8: ...gh School]], but dropped out when her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer, as Kidman concentrated ...
10: ... and ''[[Flirting (movie)|Flirting]]'' (1991). In 1989 she appeared in ''[[Dead Calm]]'' which gained he... - Isabella Rossellini (2696 bytes)
26: ... a recurring role on the television series, ''[[Alias]]''.
30: * ''Cousins'' (1989) - Meryl Streep (12114 bytes)
5: ...appeared in her first films, ''[[Julia (movie)|Julia]]'' and ''[[The Deer Hunter]]'', in [[1977]] and ...
7: ...ied expectations by her happy home life—marriage to [[sculptor]] [[Don Gummer]], with four child...
9: ...rt, characters that weren't humanized to the immediate audience. In the [[1990s]], therefore, Streep t...
13: ...same year, Manhattan Borough President [[C. Virginia Fields]] proclaimed [[May 27]] "Meryl Streep Day"...
28: *[[1989]] - [[Cannes Film Festival]] for best actress, in... - Julie Andrews (8700 bytes)
1: ...ge:SoM1.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Julie Andrews as Maria, with the Von Trapp children in ''The Sound of Mu...
5: ...y]], [[England]], the daughter of an actor and a pianist. Early on, her father recongized her rare, f...
9: ...d again, the following year, for her role as [[Maria von Trapp]] in ''[[The Sound of Music]]'' ([[1965...
11: ...rded her TV work was for her [[variety show]] specials with [[Carol Burnett]]. In [[1983]], she was ch...
13: ...004]], she lent her voice to the role as Queen Lilian to the highly successful animated hit ''[[Shrek ... - Nadia Comaneci (5337 bytes)
1: [[Image:Nadia Comaneci.jpg|framed|Comaneci at the 1976 Montreal...
3: ...''') (born [[November 12]], [[1961]]) is a [[Romania]]n-born [[gymnastics|gymnast]], winner of five [[...
5: ...d after "Nadezhda" ("Hope"), the heroine of a Russian film.
7: ...n the All-Around title. That same year the [[Associated Press]] named her their "Athlete of the Year."
9: ...oungest Romanian to receive that recognition. Nadia had scored 19 perfect scores before Montreal.
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