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- Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
2: ...re she currently lives. She is married to the novelist [[Graeme Gibson]]; her daughter, Jess Atwood Gi...
4: ...e has also been associated with [[Canadian nationalism]] in the [[1960s]] and [[1970s]].
6: ...[assonance]] that is split up and put in separate lines to produce an echo effect. She ranks as a key ...
8: ...r for her [[Booker Prize]]-winning novel ''[[The Blind Assassin]].''
10: ...rench version of the competition, ''Le combat des livres'', in [[2004]]. - Mary Cassatt (9047 bytes)
4: ...Europe, including [[London]], [[Paris]], and [[Berlin]].
8: ...paid only for her basic needs but not her art supplies. She returned to Europe in [[1871]] when the ar...
14: ...f his art," she wrote to a friend. "It changed my life. I saw art then as I wanted to see it."
29: ...er [[1914]] she stopped painting because of near blindness. Nonetheless, she took up the cause of [[wo...
35: ...d for as much as [[United States dollar|$]]2.8 million. - Toni Morrison (2576 bytes)
4: ...but killed her infant daughter to save her from a life of slavery.
6: ...de Morrison's own work in the canon of [[American Literature]].
8: ...erly love]]. She was awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] in [[1993]], the first African-American...
12: ...l Clinton]] "the first Black president", saying "Clinton displays almost every trope of blackness: sin...
31: ==Libretto== - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
7: ...he Warrens of Virginia'', which was written by William C. DeMille, brother of [[Cecil B. DeMille]], wh...
9: ...ries of disappointing roles and the public's inability to accept Pickford in roles that reflected her ...
11: ...d numerous marital problems, namely Moore's alcoholism, and Pickford became secretly involved in a rom...
15: ...n front of her new husband, Rogers, saying "My darling is gone." She was unable to attend his funeral.
22: ...Gish]]) in Belasco's Broadway production ''A Good Little Devil'' - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
4: image_caption=[[Novelist]] and [[Philosopher]], best known for her [[phi...
11: ... of her literature to showcase such heroes. She believed:
18: ===Early life===
19: ... writer whom she had not read, but whose name she liked and adopted. The book also has a quotation fr...
22: ... in [[1934]] and published two novels, ''[[We The Living]]'' ([[1936]]), and ''[[Anthem (novella)|Anth... - Martha Argerich (3384 bytes)
5: ...e later studied with [[Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli]] and [[Stefan Askenase]]. In [[1957]], she won t...
7: ...tition mainstays as the Prokofiev ''Toccata'' and Liszt's ''Sixth [[Hungarian Rhapsodies|Hungarian Rha...
9: ... by composers such as [[Sergei Rachmaninoff]], [[Olivier Messiaen]] and Sergei Prokofiev, a notable re...
17: ...Ravel]]: Ma Mere L'Oye'' ([[Grammy Awards of 2005|2005]]) - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
9: ...n of the title is Laurel Canyon, [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]]) as well as containing her fi...
11: ...friend [[David Geffen]]). It remains her best selling single to this day.
13: ...al concerts in the Rolling Thunder Revue tour headlined by [[Bob Dylan]].
15: ...iews: some enjoyed its experimentation and originality; many others found it un-engaging.
19: ...aborating with a wealth of talent, including [[Willie Nelson]], [[Tom Petty]] and [[Don Henley]], but ... - Alanis Morissette (25762 bytes)
6: ...nt. Since the extraordinary success of ''[[Jagged Little Pill]]'', Morissette's popularity has waned a...
12: ...to meet you one day and I want to be famous, just like you."''
21: With the help of her childhood mentor [[Leslie Howe]], Morissette released "Fate Stay With Me" ...
28: :''You'd like to know, young lady?"''
29: :''You said, "Yes, I'd like to know what kind of people'' - Patti Smith (6059 bytes)
1: ...attismith-horses.jpg|thumb|300px|Stark in its simplicity, the cover of Patti Smith's first album, ''[[...
2: ...]] and [[poet]]. She was born in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] and raised in [[New Jersey]], the daughter ...
4: ...pard]]), a career path subsidised by rock [[journalism]], especially within the pages of ''[[Creem]]''...
6: ... job in an assembly line in New Jersey, with the flipside a version of the rock standard with the addi...
10: ... able to reassess, re-energise and reorganise her life, a luxury which had been denied her in her earl... - Lucinda Williams (4182 bytes)
1: ...lliams-Sweet Old World.jpg|frame|right|Lucinda Williams on the cover of her album ''Sweet Old World'']...
2: '''Lucinda Williams''' (born [[January 26]], [[1953]]) is an [[Uni...
4: ...different parts of the American South, before settling at the [[University of Arkansas]]. His daughte...
6: ...[Smithsonian]]/[[Folkways Records]]. Titled ''Ramblin' on My Mind'', it was a collection of country an...
8: ...e Records]] released the self-titled ''Lucinda Williams.'' The single "Changed the Locks", about a bro... - Tori Amos (27672 bytes)
3: ...owing. She is probably best known to the wider public for a [[dance]] [[remix]] of "[[Professional Wid...
7: ... friend of a friend told her that she looked more like a Tori than a Myra Ellen.
10: ...ra Bernhard]] and [[Al Stewart]]) as a backup vocalist. She also recorded a song called "Distant Storm...
12: ===''Little Earthquakes''===
13: ...ew" album, which was released under the title ''[[Little Earthquakes]]''. Atlantic's European counterp... - Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
6: ...t nothing or almost nothing of the account of his life in the Christian Gospels. Mary ([[Miriam]] in ...
8: ...he centuries of Marian cult derived from the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christian churches, are bas...
11: ...250px|thumbnail|[[Gabriel (archangel)|Gabriel]] delivering the [[Annunciation]] to Mary. Painting by [...
13: ...diately on entering the house she was saluted by Elisabeth as the mother of her Lord, and then forthwi...
15: ... followed by the presentation in the temple, the flight into [[Egypt]], and their return in the follow... - Mary Magdalene (15420 bytes)
2: ...he western shore of the [[Lake of Tiberias]]. The life of the historical Mary is a subject of ongoing ...
6: ...r: "[[John 20:17|17]] Jesus said to her, 'Do not cling to Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father...
12: ...vior (a designation that dates the original no earlier than the [[Second century | 2nd century]]) and ...
14: ...he prepared us and made us into men." She then delivers - at Peter's request - a vision of the Savior...
18: ...ou think concerning what she said. For I do not believe that the Savior said this. For certainly these... - Judi Dench (3254 bytes)
2: '''Dame Judith Olivia "Judi" Dench''', [[Companion of Honour|CH]], [...
4: ... of the Order of the British Empire]] (DBE); in [[2005]], she was made a [[Order of the Companions of Ho...
11: ...d made her professional debut as [[Ophelia]] in [[Liverpool]] in 1957. She subsequently spent seasons ...
13: ... London stage, including a record six [[Laurence Olivier Awards]]. She has also appeared with success ...
23: * ''[[Tea With Mussolini]]'' ([[1999]]) - Jodie Foster (4460 bytes)
2: '''Alicia Christian "Jodie" Foster''' (born [[November 1...
4: ==Life and career==
5: ... to [[Yale University]], where she earned a BA in literature, graduating ''[[magna cum laude]]'' in 19...
11: ...an]], though she personally has never made any public statement regarding her [[sexual orientation]]. ...
20: *''[[Flightplan]]'' (2005) (post-production) - Greta Garbo (9957 bytes)
10: ...24 in film|1924]]) (English: ''The Story of G? Berling''). He also gave her the [[stage name]] Greta G...
16: ==Life in Hollywood==
17: ...the actress [[Louise Brooks]] and the writer/socialite [[Mercedes de Acosta]]. She also had an on-and-...
19: ...hristie]]'' ([[1930 in film|1930]]), which was publicized with the slogan "Garbo Talks." The movie was...
23: ...lm|1932]]). The censors complained about her revealing outfit shown on the movie poster. She was next ... - Nicole Kidman (11782 bytes)
1: ...is an [[Academy Award]] winning [[Australia|Australian]] [[actress]], [[producer]], and [[singer]].
2: ... 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...
7: ===Early life and career===
8: ...r, as Kidman concentrated on her family responsibilities until her mother's recovery. - Sophia Loren (9622 bytes)
3: ...]) is considered to be the most famous [[Italy|Italian]] actress of all time and, at the age of 70, co...
5: ...icolone and grew up in poverty in wartime [[Pozzuoli]] near [[Naples]].
7: ... early 1950s playing bit parts in mostly minor Italian films, but she had an early brush with [[Hollyw...
13: ...ory [[Academy Award]] (Best Actress) for a non-English language performance.
15: ...Peter Sellers]], with whom she recorded a best-selling album of comedic songs and also reportedly from... - Meryl Streep (12114 bytes)
5: ... appeared in her first films, ''[[Julia (movie)|Julia]]'' and ''[[The Deer Hunter]]'', in [[1977]] and...
7: ...Streep also defied expectations by her happy home life—marriage to [[sculptor]] [[Don Gummer]], ...
11: ...Heart]]'', for which she learned to play the [[violin]].
13: ...]]''; starred alongside [[Nicole Kidman]] and [[Julianne Moore]] in ''[[The Hours]]''; and in [[2004]]...
15: ... in various stages of production for release in [[2005]], [[2006]], and [[2007]], and remains one of the... - Julie Andrews (8700 bytes)
1: [[Image:SoM1.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Julie Andrews as Maria, with the Von Trapp children in...
3: Dame '''Julie Andrews, [[DBE]]''' (born [[October 1]], [[1935]...
5: ...essons to develop her abilities. Her earliest public performances were during [[World War II]], enter...
7: ... adaptation of [[George Bernard Shaw]]'s ''[[Pygmalion]]''). The show became the smash hit of the year...
9: ... (both in [[1966]]), and ''[[Thoroughly Modern Millie]]'' ([[1967]]), with [[Mary Tyler Moore]] and [[...
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