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Carlotta (other)
Carlotta may refer to: People and fictional characters *Carlotta (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name *Carlotta (performer) (born 1943), Australian cabaret performer and TV personality *Mary Myers (1849–1932), American professional balloonist better known as "Carlotta, the Lady Aeronaut" Places *Carlotta, California, United States, an unincorporated community *Villa Carlotta, a house on Lake Como, Italy *Villa Carlotta (Los Angeles County), two houses in California Ships * French brig Carlotta (1807), French brig ''Carlotta'' (1807), captured by the British in 1810 and redesignated HMS ''Carlotta'' * , the French brig '' Pylades'', captured by the British and renamed ''Carlotta'' after the wreck of the earlier ''Carlotta'' *SS ''Carlotta'', later name of *TSS Carlotta (1893), TSS ''Carlotta'' (1893), British passenger vessel *, a United States Navy patrol boat in service from 1917 to 1918 Other uses *Tropical Storm Carlotta, several tropical cy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlotta (name)
Carlotta is a Danish language, Danish, Finnish language, Finnish, German language, German, Italian language, Italian, Norwegian language, Norwegian, Spanish language, Spanish, and Swedish language, Swedish feminine given name and a feminine form of Carlos (given name), Carlos and Carlo (name), Carlo. Notable people known by this name include the following: Given name *Carlotta (performer) (born 1943), Australian theatre and television personality *Carlotta, the Lady Aeronaut, professional name of Mary Myers (1849–1932), American professional balloonist *Carlotta Addison (1849–1914), English actress *Carlotta Adele Anderson (1876–1956), American educator *Carlotta Barilli (1935–2020), Italian actress *Carlotta Berry, American academic in the field of engineering *Carlotta Brianza (1867–1930), Italian prima ballerina *Carlotta Brunelli (born 1993), Italian female weightlifter *Carlotta Cambi (born 1996), Italian volleyball *Carlotta Case Hall (1880–1949), American botanist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlotta (performer)
Carlotta (born 2 September 1943) is the stage name of Carol Byron , a transgender Australian cabaret performer and television personality. She began her career as an original cast member of the long-running Sydney-based male revue ''Les Girls'' (pronounced ''lay-girls'') cabaret show, which had an international following, starting in 1962 in Sydney's Kings Cross, New South Wales, Kings Cross. Carlotta performed spot-numbers as a singer and comedian, and eventually became the show's Master of Ceremonies, compere and lead attraction. Although best known as a cabaret performer, she appeared in the television series ''Number 96 (TV series), Number 96'' in 1974 as Miss Robyn Ross, in a comedic storyline as the girlfriend of Arnold Feather (Jeff Kevin) who unbeknown to him, she reveals that she is transgender, her appearance in the show is the first time a transgender actress played a transgender TV character anywhere in the world, in the series she was credited as ''Carole Lee'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Myers
Mary Myers (born Mary Breed Hawley; 1849–1932) was an American professional balloonist and aeronautical inventor, better known as "Carlotta, the Lady Aeronaut." She was the first American woman to fly her own lighter-than-air passenger balloon solo and set several records for balloon flights. Myers ran a business of manufacturing and selling passenger airship balloons and high altitude weather balloons with her husband, Carl Myers. The couple obtained several patents on aerial navigation devices and promoted these through exhibition demonstrations at county fairs and town shows. They built their balloons and related equipment at their " balloon farm" in Frankfort, New York. By the time Myers retired from flying passengers in 1891, she had made hundreds of ascents and carried more than 100,000 passengers up in her balloons. She continued conducting test flights after her retirement. Early life Myers was born Mary Breed Hawley in August 1849 in Breed's Hill in Boston. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlotta, California
Carlotta is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California. It is located southeast of Fortuna, at an elevation of , about east of US Route 101 on California State Route 36. History Carlotta is named after Carlotta Vance, daughter of John M. Vance, who laid out the town as a summer resort. The first post office at Carlotta opened in 1903. At that time, it had several cottages, a hotel, store, blacksmith and saloon. Around 1915, a large farm at Carlotta was converted into a branch of Cottage Garden Nurseries, a company headquartered in New York; an orchard and thousands of ornamental plants were installed. Prohibition did in the saloon for a decade, and the depression of the 1930s reduced resort business, but the logging boom following World War II resulted in the construction of two large mills and housing for workers surrounding the town. The hotel was essentially unchanged in 1975 which the National Register application form was filed. It was with a kitchen a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villa Carlotta
Villa Carlotta is a villa and botanical garden in Tremezzo on Lake Como in Northern Italy. Today the villa is a museum, whose collection includes works by sculptors such as Antonio Canova, Bertel Thorvaldsen, and Giovanni Migliara; painters such as Francesco Hayez; and furniture pieces of previous owners. The villa, whose architect is unknown, was completed in 1745. History Clerici family The Clerici family rose from rural origins in the northern region of Lake Como to become successful silk merchants due to the efforts of Giorgio (1575-1660) and his sons Pietro Antonio (1599-1675), who was made a Marquis, and Carlo (1615-1677) who became owner of numerous palaces in Milan and Brianza. Carlo's son, the Milanese marquis Giorgio Clerici, became a senator in 1684 was nominated in 1717 to be President of the Senate. In 1690, he decided to establish a country estate on ancestral lakeside land at Tremezzo. The estate was complete in its initial form by 1695, and the garden was first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
