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Bella Belchaud Und Ihre Papageien
Bella is a feminine given name. It is a diminutive form of names ending in -bella. ''Bella'' is related to the Italian, Spanish, Greek, Portuguese and Latin words for beautiful, to the name Belle, meaning ''beautiful'' in French. It increased in usage following the publication of the '' Twilight'' books by Stephenie Meyer. It is also known for being a nickname to Isabella, Annabella or Arabella. Given name People * Bella A. Burnasheva (born 1944), Soviet/Russian astronomer * Bella Abzug (1920–1998), American politician and prominent figure in the women’s movement * Bella Agossou (born 1981), Beninese actress * Bella Akhmadulina (1937–2010), Soviet/Russian poet, writer, and translator * Bella Alarie (born 1998), American basketball player * Bella Alten (1877–1962), Polish operatic soprano * Bella Alubo (born 1993), Nigerian musician, singer, and songwriter * Bella Andre, American author * Bella Angara (born 1939), Filipina politician and former governor of Aurora pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belle (given Name)
Belle is a feminine given name meaning "beautiful". It is often used to refer to a beautiful or very attractive young woman. People * Isabella Belle Kendrick Abbott (1842–1893), American author * Belle Baker (1893–1957), American singer and actress * Belle Baranceanu (1902–1988), American artist * Belle Barth (1911–1971), Jewish-American entertainer * Belle Benchley (1882–1972), American director of the San Diego Zoo from 1927 to 1953 * Belle Bennett (1891–1932), American stage and screen actress * Isabella Belle Boyd (1843–1900), Confederate spy during the American Civil War * Belle Brezing (1860–1940), American brothel owner, believed to be the model for Belle Watling in ''Gone with the Wind'' * Belle Chrystall (1910–2003), British actress * Belle Chuo (born 1986), Taiwanese actress * Belle Cole (1845–1905), American singer * Belle Cooledge (1884–1955), American politician, first female mayor of Sacramento, California * Belle Delphine (1999–), South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bella Blue
Bella Blue (born January 25, 1982) is an American burlesque dancer and producer. She is the founder and headmistress of the New Orleans School of Burlesque. Early life Bella Blue was born on January 25, 1982 in New Orleans, Louisiana to Barbara Leopold and Pedro Bendaña. Her father, a Nicaraguan, immigrated to the United States with his mother, Yolanda, when he was five years old. Blue's parents met in high school and later married. They divorced when she was two years old and her mother remarried. Her father worked as a barber. Her mother died on February 20, 2010 from an aortic aneurism. Blue began studying dance when she was three years old. She grew up in Belle Chasse and went to Catholic school until high school, when she switched to the public Belle Chasse High School, graduating in 2000. She continued her dance training at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts. Career Blue trained in classical ballet and modern dance techniques and worked as a teacher of ballet a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bella Feldman
Bella Tabak Feldman (née Bella R. Tabak; born 1930) is an American sculptor. Her work addresses the themes of sexuality, war, and the persistent anxiety of the industrial age. Feldman is known for pioneering the use of glass with steel. Her work has affinities with Surrealism, Post-Minimalism, and the Feminist art movement, although she has no formal affiliation with these. She is a Professor Emeritus at the California College of the Arts. Feldman lives and works in Oakland, California and in London, England. Early life and career Bella R. Tabak was born in 1930 in New York City, to a family of working-class Jewish immigrants from Poland. She grew up in the Bronx tenements. She attended The High School of Music & Art in Manhattan during World War II. Students were required to visit museums and galleries as part of the curriculum. When Feldman was thirteen, she visited her first art museum, the Museum of Modern Art. There, she saw Meret Oppenheim's ''Object'' (1936), the fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bella Emberg
Bella Emberg (born Sybil Dyke; 16 September 1937 – 12 January 2018) was an English comedy actress whose television career spanned 60 years. Early life and career Emberg was born in Brighton and grew up wanting to be an entertainer. Her professional debut was in weekly repertory in Ryde, Isle of Wight in the summer season of 1962, aged 25. She appeared in TV series such as ''The Benny Hill Show'', Robin's Nest, '' Softly, Softly'', ''Z Cars'', ''Bear Behaving Badly'' and ''Grange Hill''. Her best-known role was in ''The Russ Abbot Show'', where she played superheroine Blunderwoman alongside Abbot's Cooperman character. The show ran from 1980 to 1996, and at its peak attracted 18 million viewers. Emberg also starred in Mel Brooks' film ''History of the World, Part I'' (1981). She made a guest appearance in the first episode of the revived version of ''The Basil Brush Show'' in 2002, and also featured in ''Doctor Who'' four times. From 2008 to 2010 she appeared as Barney Harwoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bella Duffy
Bella Duffy (1849–1926), was an Irish translator and writer who spent most of her life in Italy. Biography Arabella Jane Duffy was born in Ireland in 1849. Duffy was known as Bella. She spent most of her life living in Florence, Italy. She met Vernon Lee in 1878 and they became life long friends. Lee dedicated one of her books to her as did Eugene Lee-Hamilton Eugene Lee-Hamilton (6 January 1845 – 9 September 1907) was a late Victorian English poet. His work includes some notable sonnets in the style of Petrarch. He endowed a literary prize administered by Oriel College in Oxford University, whe .... Although she wrote a fiction novel, Duffy was best known for her non fiction and translation work. She fought for the protection of Ancient buildings during her time in Italy. She died in London in 1926. Bibliography * ''Winifred Power'', (1883) * ''Madame de Staël'', (1887) * ''The Tuscan Republics'', (1892) * ''Mnemic psychology'', (1923) Translation References and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bella Dorita
María Yáñez García (stage name, Bella Dorita; Cuevas de Almanzora, Province of Almería, February 23, 1901 - Barcelona, June 27, 2001), was a Spanish cabaret singer, dancer, and vedette. In 1913, she emigrated to Barcelona with her family (mother, grandfather, uncle and six siblings) due to the economic hardship caused by the closure of the lead and silver mines in her locale. In Barcelona, she worked in a toy factory and embroidery shop. At the age of sixteen, she eloped with her first husband. After a working as a hostess, she appeared in 1917 at a beauty pageant which started her on a career in show business, debuting in 1923. As a cupletista, she appeared in halls and theaters, such as Pompeya, Rigat, Novelty, Bataclán, Cómico, Español, Arnau, Victoria, Nuevo, and Apolo where she began to establish his career. In those years, she took singing lessons and voice as well as learning how to perform on the Catalan stage. At the El Molino, she took on her stage name of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bella Dodd
Bella Dodd (née Visono; 1904 – 29 April 1969 ) was a teacher, lawyer, and labor union activist, member of the Communist Party of America (CPUSA) and New York City Teachers Union (TU) in the 1930s and 1940s ("one of Communism's most strident voices"), and vocal anti-communist after her expulsion from the Party in 1949. Background Bella Dodd was born Maria Assunta Isabella Visono in 1904 in Picerno, Basilicata region, Province of Potenza, Kingdom of Italy, the youngest of ten children. When her family came to the United States, they were very poor, and stopped going to Church. She attended public schools in the New York City area including Evander Childs High School. In 1921, after winning a state scholarship, she attended Hunter College, a public university. She worked summers and received an A.B. in 1925, developing an interest in social issues and drifting into agnosticism. In her senior year, she became president of the student council. She received an MA from Columbia Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bella Disu
Belinda "Bella" Ajoke Olubunmi Disu (née Adenuga, born 29 May 1986) is a Nigerian businesswoman. She is Chairman, Board of Directors Abumet Nigeria Limited, Executive Vice Chairman of Globacom, CEO of Cobblestone Properties and Estates Limited, and a non-executive director of Julius Berger Nigeria Plc Early life and education Bella was born on 29 May 1986 to Emelia Adefolake Marquis, a Nigerian entrepreneur and Mike Adenuga, the chairman of Globacom. She was educated in Lagos, first at Corona School, Victoria Island and then at Queen's College for her secondary education. In 1998, she left Queen's College for the Vivian Fowler Memorial College for Girls, where she graduated in 2000. She obtained a bachelor's degree in Political Science and International Relations from the University of Massachusetts, Boston, US and an M.Sc in Leadership from Northeastern University, Boston. Career In 2004, Bella joined Globacom Ltd, a multinational telecommunications company operating in Ghana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bella Dayne
Bella Dayne (born 8 January 1988) is a German actress. Her credits include the television series ''Plebs'', ''Humans'' and the BBC/Netflix miniseries '' Troy: Fall of a City'', in which she portrayed Helen of Troy. In 2020 she was cast in the role of Red Spear in the Netflix original show '' Cursed''. Early life and career Dayne was born as Isabelle Knispel in Berlin, where she also grew up. In 2004, at the age of 16, she took part in the Miss East Germany contest.''Miss Ostdeutschland 2004: Die schönste Frau Ostdeutschlands kommt aus Berlin'' Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, 25 January 2004 In 2006, while still in school, she won the |
Bella Davidovich
Bella Mikhaylovna Davidovich (Бэлла Миха́йловна Давидо́вич; born July 16, 1928) is a Soviet-born American pianist. Biography Davidovich was born in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, into a Jewish family of musicians and began studying piano when she was six. Three years later, she was the soloist for a performance of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1. In 1939, she moved to Moscow to continue her musical education. At the age of 18 she entered the Moscow Conservatory where she studied with Konstantin Igumnov and Yakov Flier. In 1949, she shared the first prize with Halina Czerny-Stefańska at the IV International Chopin Piano Competition. This launched her on a career in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, in which she appeared with every major Russian conductor and performed as a soloistJean-Pierre Thiollet, ''88 notes pour piano solo'', "Solo nec plus ultra", Neva Editions, 2015, p.52. . with the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra for 28 consecutive seasons. She al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bella Darvi
Bella Darvi (born Bajla Węgier; 23 October 1928 – 11 September 1971) was a Polish film actress and stage performer who was active in France and the United States. Biography Early life Darvi was born Bajla Węgier to Jewish parents Chajm Węgier, a baker, and his wife, Chaja (née Zygelbaum). She had three brothers, Robert, Jacques, and Jean-Isidore, and a sister, Sura. When the Germans invaded France during World War Two, Darvi's mother fled to southern France with her sister and two brothers. Darvi decided to stay in Paris for her education along with her brother Robert. Both were eventually jailed by the Vichy government due to their Polish background. She was fifteen years old. Robert died in a concentration camp. "I had the usual experiences of hunger and humiliation, and I try not to think of them and discuss them but I can never forget them," she later said. Darvi's mother secured her release after three years, in 1943. She went to stay with her mother near Toulo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bella Cortez
Bella Cortez (born Alicia Paneque, also known as Bella Cortese) is a Cuban actress and dancer known for her work in Italian peplum (film genre), sword-and-sandal films of the 1960s. Career Alicia Paneque was spotted by an Italian film producer visiting Cuba. She accepted the proposal and moved to Italy. Her first release was Primo Zeglio's ''The Seven Revenges'' (1961). Cortez played niece to Orson Welles character and formed "an attractive pair of young lovers" with Luciano Marin in the international film ''The Tartars'' (1961). The same year, she was paired opposite Gordon Mitchell in the Seven Arts production ''The Giant of Metropolis'' (1961), directed by Umberto Scarpelli. They appeared together in two more films; ''Vulcan, Son of Giove, Vulcan Son of Jupiter'' (1962) and ''Ali Baba and the Seven Saracens'' (1964). Cortez's characters were that of and Greco-Roman mythological Aetna (nymph), Aetna an Arabian princess, respectively in these films. She continued her starring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
