Alda (name)

	Alda (name) Alda is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname Alan Alda (born 1936), American actor, best known for his portrayal of Hawkeye Pierce in TV show ''MASH'' Antony Alda (1956–2009), American actor, son of Robert Alda, half brother of Alan Alda Arlene Alda, photographer, musician, author; wife of Alan Alda Beatrice Alda (born 1961), American actress, daughter of Alan and Arlene Dada Gallotti (born 1935), Italian actress born Alda Gallotti Elizabeth Alda (born 1960), American actress, daughter of Alan and Arlene Frances Alda (1879–1952), New Zealand-born, Australian-raised operatic soprano Julio Ruiz de Alda (1897–1936), Spanish aviator and politician Robert Alda (1914–1986), American actor, singer and dancer, father of Alan and Antony Alda Rutanya Alda (born 1942), Latvian-American actress Given name Alda of Alania, 11th-century Alan princess * Aldobrandesca (or Saint Alda) (c. 1249–c. 1309), Italian Christian saint and nu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Alan Alda Alan Alda (; born Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo; January 28, 1936) is an American actor, screenwriter, and director. A six-time Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award winner, he is best known for playing Captain Benjamin "Hawkeye" Pierce in the war comedy-drama television series ''MASH'' (1972–1983). He also wrote and directed numerous episodes of the series. Alda is also known for recurring roles on television series, such as ''The West Wing'' and ''Ray Donovan'', and received critical acclaim for his appearances in films such as '' Same Time, Next Year'' (1978) alongside Ellen Burstyn and for his directorial debut film '' The Four Seasons'' (1981). Other film appearances include ''Crimes and Misdemeanors'' (1989), '' Flirting with Disaster'' (1996), the Cold War drama '' Bridge of Spies'' (2015), and ''Marriage Story'' (2019). In 2004, Alda was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in '' The Aviator''. Alda has also received three Tony Award no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Alda Bandeira Alda Bandeira Tavares Vaz da Conceição (born September 22, 1949) is a politician in São Tomé and Príncipe. Bandeira was born in Santana, São Tomé in 1949. Her father was a nurse. She studied modern languages at Eduardo Mondlane University in Maputo, Mozambique, received an MA in modern languages and literature from Lisbon University, and studied international relations at the Lisbon Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas. Bandeira taught in secondary schools in Maputo and São Tomé between 1975 and 1982. Bandeira began her political career as the director of multilateral cooperation in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a position she held from 1987 to 1990. She also served as national coordinator for US African Development Foundation programs in São Tomé from 1988–1990. Bandeira was one of the founding members of the Democratic Convergence Party-Reflection Group (PCD-GR), the first public opposition group in the country. After an overwhelming victory fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Alda (singer) Alda Björk Ólafsdóttir, better known as simply Alda, is an Icelandic pop singer and songwriter. After success in her home country and stints with the groups Urban K Loud, Munchie and Exodus, Alda moved to London and received a solo record contract with Wildstar Records, scoring two top 20 hit singles on the UK Singles Chart in 1998; "Real Good Time" and "Girls Night Out". Her debut album, ''Out of Alda'', was also released in 1998. Discography Albums ''Out of Alda'' (1998), CNR Music CNR is a Dutch audio and video label. It was founded in 1937 as CNR Records by Cornelis Nicolaas Rood, who made his fortune as a producer of lampshades and other lighting materials. Rood regarded his record label merely as a hobby, but things ch ... Singles with Urban K: Loud "Let Your Body Move (Charlie)" (1994), Three Big Cowboys Solo "Real Good Time" (1998), Wildstar Records – UK No. 7 "Girls Night Out" (1998), Wildstar Records – UK No. 20 References External links * 1966 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Alda Noni Alda Noni (30 April 1916 – 19 May 2011) was an Italian soprano leggiero, one of the leading soubrettes of the immediate postwar period. Born in Trieste, she first studied voice and piano in her native city, and completed her studies in Vienna. She made her professional debut in Ljubljana in 1937, as Rosina, later appearing in Zagreb and Belgrade. She sang at the Vienna State Opera from 1942 to 1946, in Mozart, Rossini and lighter Donizetti roles, such as: Susanna, Zerlina, Despina, Adina, Norina. She was chosen by Richard Strauss himself, to sing Zerbinetta in 1944, to celebrate his 80th birthday. She sang widely in Italy, both on stage and on radio broadcast, where she was admired in opera by Cimarosa, Paisiello, and Fioravanti, often partnering Cesare Valletti and Sesto Bruscantini. She also appeared in London, 1946, Glyndebourne, 1949, and made her Paris Opéra debut in 1951, as Oscar, later singing Nanetta. She retired from the stage in 1955. She can be heard i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Alda Neves Da Graça Do Espírito Santo Alda Neves da Graça do Espírito Santo (30 April 1926 – 9 March 2010), known as Alda do Espírito Santo or Alda Graça, was a poet from São Tomé e Príncipe working in the Portuguese language. She also served in the Santomean government after the country's independence. Life and career She was born in São Tomé e Príncipe, the former Portuguese territory off the coast of West Africa, to João Graça do Espírito Santo and Maria de Jesus Agostinho das Neves. The family was prominent in São Tomé city. After primary school, she attended secondary school in Portugal. In 1948 Alda da Graça began studying in Lisbon to become a primary school teacher. While in Lisbon, Alda da Graça met students from other Portuguese colonies and joined a student association called the Casa dos Estudantes do Império. In 1951, she founded Centro de Estudos Africanos with other students interested in nationalism, including Mário Pinto de Andrade and Agostinho Neto of Angola, Noémia de Sousa an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Alda Merini Alda Merini (21 March 1931, in Milan – 1 November 2009, in Milan) was an Italian writer and poet. Her work earned the attention and the admiration of other Italian writers, such as Giorgio Manganelli, Salvatore Quasimodo, and Pier Paolo Pasolini. Merini's writing style has been described as intense, passionate and mystic, and it is influenced by Rainer Maria Rilke. Some of her most dramatic poems concern her time in a mental health institution (from 1964 to 1970). Her 1986 poem ''The Other Truth. Diary of a Misfit'' (L'altra verità. Diario di una diversa) is considered one of her masterpieces. In 1996 she was nominated by the Académie Française as a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature. In 2002 she was made Dame of the Republic. In 2007 she won the Elsa Morante Ragazzi Award with ''Alda e Io – Favole'' (Alda and Me: Fairytales), a poem written in cooperation with the fable author Sabatino Scia. In the same year she received an honorary degree in Theory of Communic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Alda Lazo Alda Mirta Lazo Ríos de Hornung (born 17 June 1949) is a Peruvian politician and a former Congresswoman, elected in the 2006 elections, representing Lima for the 2006–2011 term. Lazo belongs to the National Restoration Party. Lazo lost her seat in the 2011 elections when she ran for re-election under the National Solidarity Alliance The National Solidarity Alliance ( es, Alianza Solidaridad Nacional, ASN) was an electoral alliance in Peru formed for the 2011 general election, dominated by the eponymous National Solidarity Party and led by presidential candidate Luis Castañ .... External links Official Congressional Site Living people 1949 births National Restoration (Peru) politicians National Solidarity Party (Peru) politicians Members of the Congress of the Republic of Peru Women members of the Congress of the Republic of Peru {{Peru-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Alda Lara Alda Ferreira Pires Barreto de Lara Albuquerque, known as Alda Lara (9 June 1930, Benguela, Angola – 30 January 1962, Cambambe, Angola) was a Portuguese-language Angolan poet.Margaret Busby (ed.), '' Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Words and Writings by Women of African Descent from the Ancient Egyptian to the Present'', London: Jonathan Cape, 1992; Vintage, 1993. Biography Alda Lara was born on 9 June 1930 in Benguela, Angola. She came from a wealthy family and received a Christian education, which gave her a spirit of liberalism according to one commentator. Her brother was the noted poet Ernesto Lara Filho. Lara attended a women's school in Sá da Bandeira (now Lubango) before moving to Portugal to finisher her secondary schooling. She attended Lisbon University and resided at the Casa dos Estudantes do Imperio (House of the Students of the Empire). She had an active student life and began her writing career by publishing poetry in the literary journal ''Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Alda Garrido Alda Palm Garrido (São Paulo, August 18, 1896 – Rio de Janeiro, December 8, 1970) was a Brazilian vaudeville actress. A comedian, she played the title role in Pedro Bloch's production ''Dona Xepa'' and then repeated the performance in the film, adapted in 1959. Life and career At the age of 19 Alda Garrido formed with her husband, actor Américo Garrido, the duo Dupla de Garridos, doing duets in São Paulo until 1920. They moved to the Rio de Janeiro and organized a theater company for Teatro América, debuting with ''Luar de Paquetá'' by Freire Jr. in 1924, remaining successfully in theaters for six months. In 1923, the duo received an invitation to work with the entrepreneur Pascoal Segreto and his company, performing ''Ilha dos Amores,'' ''Quem Paga É o Coronel,'' both by Freire Jr., and ''Francesinha do Bataclan,'' by Gastão Tojeiro, among others. The season projected Alda Garrido in such a way that she was hired by vaudeville businessman Manoel Pinto, father of Walte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Alda Facio Alda Facio Montejo (born 26 January 1948) is a Costa Rican feminist jurist, writer, teacher and international expert in gender and human rights in Latin America. She is one of the founding members of the Women's Caucus for Gender Justice at the International Criminal Court. Since 1991, she has been the Director of Women, Justice and Gender, a program within the United Nations Latin American Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders (ILANUD) and vice president of the Justice and Gender Foundation. She was also one of the founding members of Ventana in the 1970s, one of the first feminist organizations in her native Costa Rica. Since 2014, she has been one of five United Nations special rapporteurs for the Working Group against Discrimination against Women and Girls. Biography Alda Facio was born in New York City in the United States of America on 26 January 1948 to lawyer, politician and diplomat Gonzalo Facio Segreda (1918-2018) and his first wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Aldobrandesca Aldobrandesca (also known as Aldo, Alda, Aude, Blanca, and Bruna) (1249, Siena, Italy – 1309) was an Italian saint, mystic, and nurse. When Aldobrandesca was a young woman, her parents arranged a marriage for her, which she reluctantly agreed to, but she grew to love her husband, anyway. He died young, leaving her with no children, but she chose to remain celibate, dedicate herself to prayer, and give away all her belongings. She joined the Humiliati, an Italian religious order of women that worked with the poor and the ill. She also felt called to reform prostitutes and "the fallen". It was reported that she wore a hair shirt to make penance for her erotic memories of her husband, which seemed to work, although she made "ever more extreme bodily penances" to deal with the temptation. She was "greatly honoured" in Siena and called "a popular curiosity in the town" due to her many reported miracles, ecstasies, and trances. According to Loyola Press, she was a saint because ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Antony Alda Antony Alda (born Antonio Joseph D'Abruzzo; December 9, 1956 – July 3, 2009), sometimes called Tony, was an American actor who grew up in a popular acting family. The son of Robert Alda, he was born in France. His early studies were in Rome and he finished at The Juilliard School in New York City. A prolific actor, he appeared on stage, in film, and on television. His career culminated in writing, directing, and performing in ''Role of a Lifetime''. Early life Alda was born Antonio Joseph D'Abruzzo in St. Julien, France, into what would later be called an acting dynasty. His father was well-known in the United States both in film and on Broadway, where he earned a Tony. Alda's mother, Flora Marino, was an Italian actress. His half-brother was Alan Alda. About growing up within the dynasty, Alda once explained, "The theater has always been a comfortable place for me. I spent all my summers on Broadway. Dad would be in one play and Alan would be in another. I used to hang out wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]