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Billie Estate
Billie may refer to: People * Billie Allen (1925-2015), American actress * Billie Bird (1908-2002), American actress and comedian * Billie Burke (1884-1970), American actress * Billie Joe Armstrong (born 1972), American singer and guitarist for the band Green Day * Billie Dove (1903–1997), American actress * Billie Eilish (born 2001), American singer-songwriter * Billie Fleming (1914–2014), British long-distance cycling record-holder * Billie Frechette (1907–1969), American Métis singer, waitress, convict, and lecturer known for her relationship with the bank robber John Dillinger * Billie Holiday (1915–1959), American jazz singer * Billie Jean King (born 1943), American professional tennis player and gender equality advocate * Billie Lourd (born 1992), American actress * Billie Moore (1943–2022), American basketball coach * Billie Mae Richards (1921-2010), Canadian actress * Billie Piper (born 1982), British singer and actress, who first recorded under the name Billie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billie Allen
Billie Allen (January 13, 1925 – December 29, 2015) was an American actress, theater director, dancer and entertainer. Allen was one of the first black actors and performers to appear on television and stage in the United States, at a time when those venues were largely closed to African Americans. During the 1950s, Allen became one of the first black entertainers to have a recurring role on network television when she was cast as a WAC on staff on the CBS army base comedy ''The Phil Silvers Show'', from 1955 to 1959. She was one of the first African Americans to appear on television commercials in the U.S. She was also one of the earliest African American actors on daytime soap operas as she appeared in the mid-1950s as the character Ada Chandler on the popular daytime soap opera ''The Edge of Night''. Allen was also known for her work on Broadway and off Broadway. Life and career Allen was born Wilhelmina Louise Allen on January 13, 1925, in Richmond, Virginia. Her father, W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billie Pitcheneder
Norma Catherine (Billie), Pitcheneder, née Harris BEM also Nichols (16 May 1916 - May 2002) was a prolific fundraiser and community worker of Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia. She was best known as "Auntie Billie". Early life Pitcheneder was born in Fremantle in Western Australia, the second child of James Harris and Lillian May. Her parents ran a contracting business supplying ships at the port of Fremantle with food and other requirements. She first came to the Northern Territory when she spent a holiday in Darwin from October to December 1941 but was advised to leave as the Pacific war was about to break out. During the war, she joined Australian Women's Army Service as a transport driver, training and serving in Melbourne. She then applied for a managers job for a miners' mess at Marble Bar, where she met and married her first husband. She also ran the Pier Hotel, Port Hedland. Life in the Northern Territory Pitcheneder returned to Darwin on 18 February ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
