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Conley (from ''O′Conghaile'', Ó Conghalaigh) is a surname of Irish origin. It is a variant spelling of Connelly and Connolly. It is listed in the census of 1659 as coming from the city of Dublin. O'Connolly was a principal name of Monaghan. People with the surname Arts and letters * Darby Conley (born 1970), American cartoonist * Philip Mallory Conley (1887–1979), American historian * Robert Conley (reporter) (1928–2013), American reporter * Robert J. Conley (1940–2014), Cherokee author * Tom Conley (philologist) (born 1943), American philologist * Willy Conley (born 1958), American photographer Business * Chip Conley (born 1960), American hotelier * Kerry Conley (1866–1924), American businessman and politician * Lyda Conley (1874–1946), American lawyer * Rosemary Conley (born 1946), English businesswoman, author and broadcaster * William Henry Conley (1840–1897), American industrialist and philanthropist Entertainment * Arthur Conley (1946–2003), Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connelly (surname)
Connelly is an anglicised form of the Gaels, Gaelic-Irish people, Irish surname Ó Conghalaigh. Following is a list of notable people with the surname Connelly: *A. Scott Connelly, owner of Met-Rx, Inc. *Al Connelly, guitarist with band ''Glass Tiger'' *Ana Paula Connelly, Brazilian beach volleyball player *Bert Connelly, Canadian ice hockey player *Bill Connelly (baseball), American baseball player *Bill Connelly (soccer), American soccer player *Bob Connelly, Scottish footballer *Brent Connelly, Australian Rules footballer *Charlie Connelly, British author *Chris Connelly (journalist), American sports and entertainment writer *Chris Connelly (musician), Scottish singer/songwriter *Christopher Connelly (actor), American actor *Chuck Connelly, American painter *Cornelia Connelly, founder of the first Holy Child School *Dale Connelly, American radio host *Edward Connelly, American silent film actor *Fred Connelly, English footballer *George Connelly, Scottish footballer *Henry Connel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Henry Conley
William Henry Conley (11 June 1840 – 25 July 1897), was a Pittsburgh philanthropist and industrialist.''The Christian and Missionary Alliance'', Volume 19, Number 6, August 4, 1897, page 132 He was married to Sarah Shaffer (1841–1908). Together, they provided organizational and financial support to religious institutions in the United States. William Conley was trained by his uncle in the printing business for ten years.National Cyclopedia of American Biography volume 14, part 1, James Terry White, 1910 Conley was co-owner of the Riter Conley Company, which provided steel and manufactured goods during the Second Industrial Revolution. Support for religious groups Bethel Home Mission The Conleys frequently held prayer meetings and events in their home ministry. The Conley home was sometimes kept open for weeks at a time in support of religious and charity efforts.''The World's Hope'', August 1, 1897, pages 234-235 According to ''Zion's Watch Tower'', annual celebrations o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Conley
Joe Conley (March 3, 1928 – July 7, 2013) was an American actor who played many small roles on television and is most remembered for his role as the storekeeper Ike Godsey in ''The Waltons''. Personal life and career Joe Conley was born in Buffalo, New York. He started acting after returning from military service in Korea, and was running three real-estate agencies in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles by the early 1970s after beginning this second career in 1961. While acting, he continued to work in real estate and, as a result, became wealthy.Anthony Haywar"Joe Conley: Actor best known as Ike Godsey in ''The Waltons''" ''The Independent'' (London), 25 July 2013 By the early 1970s, his career as an actor was in limbo. After twenty years of small parts in mainly television shows, he performed with Pat Harrington in an AT&T educational film called ''How to Lose Your Best Customer Without Even Trying'' before he was cast as storekeeper Ike Godsey in ''The Waltons''. C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Conley (actor)
Jack Conley is an American actor particularly in the crime, mystery and thriller genres. He is married to Francesca Casale, an actress. Filmography Film Television Videogames References External links * 1958 births American male film actors American male television actors American male voice actors Living people People from La Jolla, San Diego 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors American male stage actors American male video game actors {{US-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugene Conley
Eugene Conley (March 12, 1908 – December 18, 1981) was a celebrated American operatic tenor. Born in Lynn, Massachusetts, Conley studied under Ettore Verna, and made his official debut as the Duke of Mantua in ''Rigoletto'', at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in 1940. In 1945, he first appeared with the New York City Opera, as Rodolfo in ''La bohème'', and went on to appear with that company until 1950. He also sang with the Opéra-Comique in Paris, the Teatro alla Scala in Milan (''I puritani'', 1950; and ''Les vêpres siciliennes'' opposite Maria Callas, 1951), and Covent Garden in London. The tenor made his Metropolitan Opera debut in 1950, in the title role of ''Faust'', and appeared with the Met many times until 1956. On television, he appeared on "The Voice of Firestone" (1950–53) and "Cavalcade of Stars" (1951-52). Conley was artist-in-residence at the University of North Texas College of Music from 1960 until his retirement in 1978. From 1960 to 1967, he directed it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earl Thomas Conley
Earl Thomas Conley (October 17, 1941 – April 10, 2019)Wood, Gerry. (1998). "Earl Thomas Conley". In ''The Encyclopedia of Country Music''. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 108. was an American country music singer-songwriter. Between 1980 and 2003, he recorded ten studio albums, including seven for RCA Records. In the 1980s and into the 1990s, Conley also charted more than thirty singles on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs chart, of which eighteen reached Number One. His eighteen ''Billboard'' Number One country singles during the 1980s were the third most by any artist in any genre during that decade, after Alabama and Ronnie Milsap. Biography Early life Conley was born October 17, 1941, in Portsmouth, Ohio, to Glenna Ruth (née Davis; 1918–2002) and Arthur Conley (1910–1989). When he was fourteen, his father lost his job with the railroad, forcing the young boy to move in with his older sister in Jamestown, Ohio. He was offered a scholarship to an art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Conley (musician)
David "Pic" Conley (born December 27, 1953) is an American jazz flute player, songwriter, and producer. Early life Conley was born in Newark, New Jersey. Shortly after graduating high school, Conley purchased his first instrument, a flute, for $10 with the idea of selling it for double price. Conley instead taught himself to play the instrument. Career Conley began his professional career when he moved to Los Angeles with the group Port Authority of Music, which included members David Townsend and Art McAllister in 1976. The group recorded an album produced by Ed Townsend, David Townsend's father. The group was signed to 20 Century Records, but the album was never released. Conley left the group to join Mandrill in 1977. In 1978, he made his television debut with Mandrill on the show ''Soul Train''. Conley released only one album with Mandrill, ''New Worlds'', in 1979. Conley left the group and after a short hiatus and became a founding member of Surface. Surface released their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darlene Conley
Darlene Conley (July 18, 1934 – January 14, 2007) was an American actress. Conley's career spanned fifty years, but she was best known for her performances in daytime television, and in particular, for her portrayal of larger-than-life fashion industrialist Sally Spectra on ''The Bold and the Beautiful''. Conley played the role from 1989 until her death eighteen years later. Darlene's character Sally is the only soap opera character to be displayed at Madame Tussaud's wax figures galleries in Amsterdam and Las Vegas. Life and career Conley, an Irish American, was born in Dublin, Ireland, the daughter of Melba (née Manthey) and Raymond Conley. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Conley was employed with the traveling theater group the Chicago Uptown Circuit Players and Playwrights Company. She landed a bit part in the movie '' The Birds'', which was followed by similar small roles in movies like '' Valley of the Dolls'' and '' Lady Sings the Blues''. Darlene also appeared in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corinne Conley
Corinne Alexandra Conley (born May 23, 1929) is an American actress who spent the majority of her career in Canada, notable for having won the Canadian Council of Authors and Artists' Best Actress Award. Conley is known for her voiceover work in various films and television productions and is better recognized for voicing Rudolph's mother and presumably Dolly for Sue in ''Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer'' (1964). Conley's acting career has spanned seventy years, receiving several nominations for her work. She has also made prominent and notable appearances in ''Tales of the Wizard of Oz'' as Dorothy Gale (1961), '' Days of Our Lives'' as Phyllis Anderson (1973-1982), the ''Goosebumps'' episode "Monster Blood" as Aunt Katherine (1996), ''Quads!'' as Sister Butch (2001-2002), '' A Christmas Horror Story'' as Aunt Edda (2015), and voicing multiple characters in the '' Watch Dogs: Legion'' video game (2020). Acting career For two years, she played the ingenue lead in ''The Common ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clint Conley
Clinton J. Conley is an American post-punk musician and journalist from Boston, Massachusetts, best known as a co-founder, bassist, and vocalist of Mission of Burma. Early life and education Conley was born in Boston, Massachusetts and graduated from the University of Rochester in 1977. Career Mission of Burma was active from 1979 to 1983. They found only limited success when signed to Ace of Hearts Records, but they have been re-assessed as one of the more influential American post-punk groups of their era. The band was cited as an influence for Pixies, Nirvana, and Pearl Jam. When the group broke up in 1983, Conley dropped out of music almost entirely for over a decade, earning a master's degree in broadcast journalism and going to work as a producer for WCVB-TV's news magazine program, ''Chronicle''. He did, however, produce Yo La Tengo's 1986 debut album, '' Ride the Tiger''. With Mission of Burma, Conley played bass guitar and occasional guitar, and wrote and sang some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Conley
Christopher Lane Conley (born February 29, 1980) is an American musician who is the lead-singer/rhythm guitarist of the rock band Saves the Day. He was the only remaining original member as well as major artistic contributor throughout their career. In May 2021, Conley was faced with abuse and grooming allegations. In a statement posted on Equal Vision Records' social media accounts, Conley took responsibility for some of his actions named in the allegations. Background Conley formed a band with a group of classmates at Princeton Day School. The band was originally titled Indifference, but later renamed Sefler. Conley has cited some of his early influences as the Smiths, Led Zeppelin, Billy Joel, Superchunk, the Smashing Pumpkins, Sunny Day Real Estate, Archers of Loaf, Screeching Weasel, Jawbreaker, Gorilla Biscuits and Lifetime. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Brian Conley Show
''The Brian Conley Show'' was a comedy variety show, and later a comedy chat show, fronted by comedian Brian Conley. It was broadcast in the United Kingdom on ITV between 1992 and 1995, and then 2000 and 2002. Synopsis The show was commissioned following Conley's last successful comedy series, '' Brian Conley: This Way Up''. The show lasted for four series, although a live special was shown a year after the series ended, and a Christmas special aired a year after that. Shows were broadcast Saturdays on ITV between 22 February 1992 and 22 July 1995. Repeats began to show a few years later on the now defunct Granada Plus, though episodes stopped showing on the channel a few years before it closed, and has since never been broadcast again. Extracts from various episodes were uploaded to a dedicated YouTube channel, but was subsequently closed due to copyright claims. The show was a mix of comedy, music, sketches, and variety acts. The first two series were recorded in the Churc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
