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Dorée Smedley
Doree or Dorée may refer to: People * Ada Dorée (1850–1916), English singer and actor * Doree, character in the 2009 text ''Too Much Happiness'' * Doree Lewak ( 2008), American writer and humorist * Doree Macy, character in the 1931 film ''My Past'' * Dorée Malone, entry in List of Blueberry characters * Doree Shafrir (born 1977), American writer and podcast host * Doris Doree, an acting name of Doris Doscher (1882–1970) * Françoise Thérèse de Voyer de Dorée ( 1681), French aristocrat * Herbert John Doree ( 1918), candidate for Willesden East (UK Parliament constituency) * Suzanne Dorée ( 1989–2019), American mathematician * Victor Dorée ( 1933), financier for Jean Batten Other uses * Dory (other) – some listed entries may be referred to as Doree ** For example, Dory (fish) * Saint Lucia's Dorée River * La Dorée La Dorée () is a commune in the Mayenne department in north-western France. See also *Communes of the Mayenne department The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ada Dorée
Ada Dorée (1850 – 28 April 1916) was an English singer and actor who performed in operetta, Victorian burlesque, and pantomime from the 1870s to the 1890s. In her early life she was Ada Catherine Elizabeth Earée, and in her later years she used the name Ada Dorée-Thorne, adding that of her husband. Life and career Dorée was born in Cockermouth, Cumberland, in 1850, as Ada Earée, the daughter of William Earée, a Church of England clergyman, and trained as a singer at the Guildhall School of Music, on a scholarship. She sang with groups known as the Philothespians and the South Kensington Amateurs before gaining professional roles in operetta, Victorian burlesque, and pantomime between the 1870s and the 1890s.David Stone"Ada Dorée (1884-85)" Who Was Who in the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, at gsarchive.net, 6May 2007, accessed 11 April 2020"Alphamstone Marriage of the Rev. R. B. Earee" in ''The Bury and Norwich Post, and Suffolk Herald'', 15 August 1876, p. 6 In Februa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Too Much Happiness
''Too Much Happiness'' is a short story collection by Canadian writer Alice Munro, published on August 25, 2009 by McClelland and Stewart's Douglas Gibson Books imprint. at McClelland and Stewart. The title story is a fictional retelling of the life of the 19th century Russian mathematician and writer Sofia Kovalevskaya
Sofya Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya (russian: link=no, Софья Васильевна Ковалевская), born Korvin-Krukovskaya ( – 10 February 1891), was a Russian mathematician who made noteworthy contributions to analysis, partial differen ... . The book contains t ...
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Doree Lewak
Doree Lewak is an American writer and humorist. Lewak lives in New York City and has written for The New York Post, The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, Glamour, The Jerusalem Post, The Huffington Post, Time Out New York, Newsday, and New York Daily News. Lewak is best known as the author of the 2008 book ''The Panic Years: A Guide to Surviving Smug Married Friends, Bad Taffeta, and Life on the Wrong Side of 25 without a Ring.'' ''The Panic Years'' offers advice on how to change one's relationship strategy to find a marriage partner. Library Journal ''Library Journal'' is an American trade publication for librarians. It was founded in 1876 by Melvil Dewey. It reports news about the library world, emphasizing public libraries, and offers feature articles about aspects of professional prac ... called the book “sassy and humorous.” Critics found Lewak’s insistence that women should make matrimony a goal, "repulsive".Beyond the B.A.: a grad student perspecti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Past
''My Past'' is a 1931 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Bebe Daniels. It was produced and distributed by Warner Bros. and was also known under the alternative title ''The Ex-Mistress''. Plot summary Broadway star Doree Macy is being simultaneously wooed by two men who happen to be business partners: older John Thornley and younger (and married) Robert Byrne (played by Daniels' real-life husband, Ben Lyon). Which, if either, will wind up with her heart? Cast * Bebe Daniels as Miss Doree Macy * Lewis Stone as Mr. John Thornley * Ben Lyon as Robert "Bob" Byrne * Joan Blondell as Marion Moore * Natalie Moorhead as Consuelo "Connie" Byrne * Albert Gran as Lionel Reich * Virginia Sale as Miss Taft, Thornley's secretary Preservation status A surviving print is preserved in the collection of the Library of Congress.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'' p.123 (1978) It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Blueberry Characters
This is a list of the main characters of the ''Blueberry'' comic/graphic novel series, with their basic characteristics, their role in the series and their contribution in the plot. Only the characters of the main series are presented, not from the spin-off series ''Young Blueberry'' – excepting the first three books from original creators Jean Giraud and Jean-Michel Charlier (part of the main series initially) – , and ''Marshal Blueberry'' as created by artists, other than the original creating duo. The number of appearances of each characters is that from the original Franco-Belgian publications. Spelling and affiliation are from those titles as released in English, where applicable. Otherwise, the spelling and affiliation are adhered to as featured in the original French-language publications. Heroes Michael Steven Donovan, born on 30 October 1843 near Augusta, Georgia, is the main character of the eponymous series. Donovan is the son of a rich Southern farmer and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doree Shafrir
Doree Shafrir (born May 16, 1977) is an American author and podcast host. She was previously an editor at ''Rolling Stone'', Gawker and ''The New York Observer'' and a senior writer at BuzzFeed. She is the author of the novel ''STARTUP'' and co-editor of the collection ''Love, Mom: Poignant, Goofy, Brilliant Messages from Home.'' Career Shafrir departed a history Ph.D. program to begin her career in journalism at the Philadelphia Weekly, then joining the staff of Gawker in its early years. She next worked for ''Rolling Stone'' before joining Buzzfeed in 2012 as an editor and culture writer. Shafrir founded the Postcards From Yo Momma website with Jessica Grose, in 2008,where they posted reader-contributed electronic messages (texts, instant messages, and emails) from their mothers. She and Grose produced a book based on the site, titled ''Love, Mom: Poignant, Goofy, Brilliant Messages from Home'', which was published by Hyperion in March 2009. Shafrir has co-hosted the pod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doris Doscher
Doris Doscher (January 24, 1882 – March 9, 1970) was an American actress and model who appeared in the movie '' The Birth of a Race'' (1915), playing the role of "Eve." She posed as Liberty for the Standing Liberty quarter (1916–1930) by Hermon Atkins MacNeil. She was also the model for the Pulitzer Fountain of Abundance by Karl Bitter (completed by Isidore Konti and Karl Gruppe in 1915) in front of the Plaza Hotel in New York City. Career Doscher was a silent film actress who later acted under the name Doris Doree. Doscher wed Dr. H. William Baum, a physical therapist, who had offices at 130 West 42nd Street (Manhattan). When she was chosen by MacNeil to pose for the quarter, she exemplified the ''highest type of American womanhood.'' After her career as a professional model, she worked as a newspaper columnist and a radio broadcaster. Beginning in the late 1920s, Doscher wrote a daily column on health and beauty for the ''New York World''.Kline, J.H. ''Standing Libe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Françoise Thérèse De Voyer De Dorée
Françoise Thérèse de Voyer de Dorée ( 1681) was a French aristocrat.Saint-Simon, Louis de Rouvroy, Mémoires complets et authentiques du duc de Saint-Simon sur le siècle de Louis XIV et la régence. T. 1,, A. Sautelet, Paris, 1829–1830 She was the unofficial lover of king Louis XIV of France in 1681. The affair caused a scandal at court and it was rumoured that Madame de Montespan had arranged it to disturb the relationship between the king and Madame de Maintenon. References * K. F. Oelke, Louis XIV and the Land of Love and Adventure: 1679 to 1699' {{DEFAULTSORT:Voyer de Dorée Mistresses of Louis XIV ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willesden East (UK Parliament Constituency)
Willesden East () was a constituency in Middlesex adjoining the County of London and forming part of the London conurbation, in London itself from 1965. It returned one member to the House of Commons of the UK Parliament 1918 – 1974. The outcome of the seat was a bellwether of the national outcome from 1931 until its abolition. Before 1945 the seats electorate had not elected any Labour candidate, however had sided overall with the Liberal candidate once, in 1923, in a by-election. Boundaries 1918–1950: The Urban District of Willesden wards of Brondesbury Park, Cricklewood, Kensal Rise, Mid Kilburn, North Kilburn, and South Kilburn. 1950–1974: The Municipal Borough of Willesden wards of Brondesbury Park, Carlton, Cricklewood, Kilburn, Mapesbury, and Neasden. Members of Parliament Elections Elections in the 1910s Elections in the 1920s Elections in the 1930s Elections in the 1940s General ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzanne Dorée
Suzanne Ingrid Dorée is a professor of mathematics at Augsburg University, where she is also chair of the Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science,. She is chair of the Congress of the Mathematical Association of America and, as such, serves on its board of directors and the Section Visitors Program (Invited Speakers). Her doctoral research concerned group theory; she has also published in mathematics education. Education and career Dorée grew up near New York City, and did her undergraduate studies at the University of Delaware. She joined the Augsburg university faculty in 1989, and did her graduate studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She completed her Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1996; her dissertation, supervised by Martin Isaacs, was ''Subgroups with the Character Restriction Property and Normal Complements''. Recognition In 2004, Dorée won a Distinguished Teaching Award from the Mathematical Association of America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Batten
Jane Gardner Batten (15 September 1909 – 22 November 1982), commonly known as Jean Batten, was a New Zealand aviator, making a number of record-breaking solo flights across the world. She is notable for completing the first solo flight from England to New Zealand in 1936. Born in Rotorua, Batten went to England to learn to fly. She made two unsuccessful attempts to fly from England to Australia solo, before finally achieving the feat in May 1934, taking just under 15 days to fly the distance in a Gipsy Moth biplane. The flight set a new record for the women's solo flight between the two countries. After a publicity tour around Australia and New Zealand, she flew the Gipsy Moth back to England, setting the solo women's record for the return flight from Australia to England. In doing so she became the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia and back again. In November 1935, she set the absolute record of 61 hours, 15 minutes, for flying from England to Brazil. In th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dory (other)
A dory is a small, shallow-draft boat. Dory may also refer to: People * Dory Chamoun (born 1931), Lebanese politician * Charles Dory Dean (1852-1935), Major League Baseball pitcher * Dorrel Dory Dixon (born 1935), Jamaican retired professional wrestler * Dorrance Dory Funk (1919-1973), professional wrestler * Dorrance Dory Funk, Jr. Dorrance Earnest Funk (born February 3, 1941), known professionally as Dory Funk Jr., is an American retired professional wrestler and wrestling trainer. The son of Dory Funk (Dorrance Wilhelm Funk) and brother of Terry Funk, he was the promote ... (born 1941), professional wrestler and trainer, son of Dory Funk * Dory Lobel (born 1980), American musician, songwriter, composer and producer * Dory Previn (1925-2012), American lyricist, singer, songwriter and poet * Dorry Segev, Israeli-born Marjory K. and Thomas Pozefsky Professor of Surgery at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Professor of Epidemiology at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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