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Eileen Wesson
Eileen ( or ) is an Irish feminine given name anglicised from Eibhlín and may refer to: People Artists * Eileen Agar (1899–1991), British Surrealist painter and photographer *Eileen Fisher (born 1950), clothing retailer and designer *Eileen Folson (1956–2007), Broadway composer * Eileen Ford (1922–2014), American model agency executive *Eileen Gray (1878–1976), Irish furniture designer and architect * Eileen Ramsay (1915-2017), British maritime photographer * Eileen Shields (born 1970), American footwear designer and entrepreneur Entertainers *Eileen (singer) (born 1941), American-born singer in France * Eileen Atkins (born 1934), English actress *Eileen Barton (1924–2006), American singer *Eileen Bellomo, member of rock group The Stilettos *Eileen April Boylan (born 1987), Filipina/Irish-American actress * Eileen Brennan (1932–2013), American actress *Eileen Catterson, Scottish fashion model and former Miss Scotland *Eileen Daly (born 1963), English actress, singe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Given Name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a family or clan) who have a common surname. The term ''given name'' refers to a name usually bestowed at or close to the time of birth, usually by the parents of the newborn. A ''Christian name'' is the first name which is given at baptism, in Christian custom. In informal situations, given names are often used in a familiar and friendly manner. In more formal situations, a person's surname is more commonly used. The idioms 'on a first-name basis' and 'being on first-name terms' refer to the familiarity inherent in addressing someone by their given name. By contrast, a surname (also known as a family name, last name, or ''gentile name, gentile'' name) is normally inherited and shared with other members of one's immediate family. Regnal names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eileen Derbyshire
Eileen Derbyshire, MBE (born 6 October 1931) is an English retired actress, best known for her role as Emily Bishop in the long-running ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street''. She played the character for 55 years from January 1961 to January 2016 (with a brief cameo in October 2019), making her the longest-serving female cast member in a British TV soap opera. She is the mother of sports journalist Oliver Holt. She was appointed an MBE in the 2010 Queens Birthday Honours list for her long acting career. Early life Derbyshire was born in Urmston, Lancashire, and from age 17 was appearing in plays broadcast on radio. After several small parts on television, she joined the cast of ''Coronation Street'', first appearing as Miss Nugent in episode 15 in January 1961 (the character appeared as an extra in episode 4 in December 1960 played by an uncredited walk-on actress). The character was then given the forename Emily in 1962. Derbyshire has a degree in teaching, trained at the Nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eileen Rodgers
Eileen Rodgers (July 10, 1930 – July 13, 2003) was an American singer and Broadway performer. Career Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1930, she began her career as a nightclub performer, later singing as lead vocalist with Charlie Spivak's orchestra. She later recorded more than 30 singles and two LPs for Columbia Records, her most successful single being " Miracle of Love" in 1956, which reached number 18 and 24 respectively, on the ''Billboard'' and ''Cash Box'' pop charts. Her Broadway debut was in 1959's ''Fiorello!'', where she sang the show-stopping "Gentleman Jimmy". In 1960, she appeared in '' Tenderloin''. Two years later, in 1962, she headed the off-Broadway revival cast of Cole Porter's ''Anything Goes'' in the role of Reno Sweeney, a recording of which is currently available on CD. The show won the New York Outer Circle Critics' Award as Best Revival of 1962. In 1965, Rodgers appeared in the infamous musical flop ''Kelly'' which closed on Broadway after one p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eileen Pollock
Eileen Pollock (18 May 1947 – 19 December 2020) was a Northern Irish actress whose work included political theatre, pantomime, and the role of Lilo Lil in television series '' Bread''. Early life Pollock was born in Belfast, and studied languages at Queen's University Belfast. Before her acting career she was a technical translator, working in London. Her first theatrical work was as ASM at the Bush Theatre, London. Career She is probably best known for playing the part of 'Lilo' Lill in Carla Lane's television comedy '' Bread'' in 1986-1991, and in 2004 she said: "I like it when someone says in a supermarket 'you know who you remind me of, don't take offence, that tart from Bread'." She was involved in the political theatre company Belt and Braces, but felt it provided too few roles for women so founded Bloomers and later Camouflage, writing several plays for the latter. She also worked with Irish companies Field Day, Charabanc and DubbelJoint, among many other tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eileen O'Brien (actress)
Eileen O'Brien is an English actress who has played a wide variety of roles in British television over many years. She appeared in the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale'' as Beattie Dixon in 2013, having previously appeared in the show as teacher Bridget Burgess from 2006 to 2007. Career From 1987 to 1988, O'Brien had a recurring role in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders''; she played Edie Smith, the mother of Mary Smith (Linda Davidson). O'Brien has also appeared in ''The Crezz'', ''Casualty'', ''Doctors'', ''The Royal'', '' Where the Heart Is'', ''Brookside'', '' Heartbeat'' and ''Coronation Street''. She later appeared in several films, including '' Between Two Women'' in 2000. In May 2009, she played Anne in the BBC miniseries '' Moving On''. In 2013, she played Rita in the BBC comedy-drama ''Being Eileen''. In January 2020, she appeared in an episode of the BBC soap opera ''Doctors Doctor or The Doctor may refer to: Personal titles * Doctor (title), the holder of an accred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eileen McCallum
Eileen McCallum, MBE (born 2 December 1936) is a Scottish actress who is best known for playing the part of shopkeeper Isabel Blair through the complete run of soap opera ''Take the High Road'' from 1980 to 2003, and as Liz Hamilton from 2005 to 2018 in the BBC Scotland soap ''River City''. Career McCallum appeared in Glasgow drama ''Just Another Saturday'' in 1975. She then gained her first major soap role in ''Garnock Way'' playing Jean Ross from 1976 to 1979. ''Garnock Way'' was axed to be replaced by ''Take the High Road'', which was first aired on 19 February 1980 with McCallum taking one of the lead roles as village storekeeper Isabel Blair through the programme's full run from 1980 to 2003. Series creator Don Houghton praised McCallum and her co-star Marjorie Thomson for their clarity as speakers of the Scots dialect, an essential attribute of their respective roles in the programme. McCallum was awarded the MBE for her services to drama in the 1992 New Year Honours. O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eileen Joyce
Eileen Alannah Joyce CMG (died 25 March 1991) was an Australian pianist whose career spanned more than 30 years. She lived in England in her adult years. Her recordings made her popular in the 1930s and 1940s, particularly during World War II. At her zenith she was compared in popular esteem with Gracie Fields and Vera Lynn.Fred Blanks, review of Richard Davis ''Eileen Joyce: A Portrait'', ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', 13–15 April 2001 When she played in Berlin in 1947 with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, an eminent German critic classed her with Clara Schumann, Sophie Menter and Teresa Carreño. When she performed in the United States in 1950, Irving Kolodin called her "the world's greatest unknown pianist".Jeremy Siepmann,''The Piano'' Accessed 1 December 2022. She became even better known during the 1950s, when she played 50 recitals a year in London alone, which were always sold out. She also performed a series of "Marathon Concerts", playing as many as four concert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eileen Ivers
Eileen Ivers (born July 13, 1965) is an American fiddler. Ivers was born in New York City of Irish-born parents, grew up in the Bronx and attended St. Barnabas High School. She spent summers in Ireland and took up the fiddle at the age of nine. Her teacher was the Irish fiddler Martin Mulvihill. She toured with Mick Moloney's band The Green Fields of America, founded in 1977. She graduated ''magna cum laude'' from Iona College in New York and has done post-graduate work in mathematics. History Ivers was a founding member of Cherish the Ladies. She recorded and toured with them for several years. In 1995, she replaced the original fiddler in the ''Riverdance'' Irish dance troupe and toured with them. Her original blue Barcus-Berry electric fiddle was eye-catching and inspired the name of her album ''Wild Blue''. She later replaced it with a blue ZETA Strados acoustic-electric fiddle, which is a one-of-a-kind instrument with unique sound and ambience. It was custom-made f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eileen Herlie
Eileen Herlie (March 8, 1918 – October 8, 2008) was a Scottish-American actress. Personal life Eileen Herlie was born Eileen Isobel Herlihy to an Irish Catholic father, Patrick Herlihy, and a Scottish Protestant mother, Isobel Cowden, in Glasgow, Scotland, and was one of five children. She attended Shawlands Academy, on the city's southside. Herlie was trained as a theatre actress. Among her West End London theatre successes were '' The Eagle Has Two Heads'' by Jean Cocteau. She was married twice, to Philip Barrett (m 1942) and Witold Kuncewicz (m 1951), both marriages ending in divorce. She had no children. In 1955 she moved permanently to the United States, where she lived and worked for the last fifty-three years of her life. Career Against the wishes of her parents, she chose to become an actress when she joined the non-professional touring company Scottish National Players in 1938. She subsequently toured with the semi-professional Rutherglen Repertory Company. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eileen Helsby
Eileen Helsby (born 30 June 1937) is a British actress with several television credits. She appeared in the ''Doctor Who'' serial '' The Ark'', ''Z-Cars'', ''Doomwatch'', '' Looking for Clancy'', '' Survivors'', ''Angels'', ''Juliet Bravo ''Juliet Bravo'' is a British television police procedural drama series, first broadcast on 30 August 1980, that ran for six series and a total of 88 episodes on BBC1. The theme of the series concerned a female police inspector who took over con ...'' and '' Bergerac''. External links * Eileen Helsbyat Theatricalia 1937 births British television actresses Living people People from Blackpool Actresses from Lancashire {{UK-tv-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eileen Heckart
Anna Eileen Heckart ( Herbert; March 29, 1919 – December 31, 2001) was an American stage and screen actress whose career spanned nearly 60 years. Early life Heckart was born Anna Eileen Herbert in Columbus, Ohio. The daughter of Esther (), who wed Leo Herbert (not the child's father) at her own mother's insistence so her child would not be born with the stigma of illegitimacy. Eileen was soon after legally adopted by her maternal grandmother's wealthy second husband, J.W. Heckart, the surname by which she would be known her entire life. She had two stepsisters, Anne and Marilyn. She graduated from Ohio State University with a B.A. in drama. She additionally studied drama at HB Studio in New York City. Career Stage Heckart began her Broadway career as the assistant stage manager and an understudy for '' The Voice of the Turtle'' in 1943. Her many credits include ''Picnic'', ''The Bad Seed'', ''A View from the Bridge'', ''A Memory of Two Mondays'', '' The Dark at the Top of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eileen Fulton
Eileen Fulton (born Margaret Elizabeth McLarty; September 13, 1933) is an American actress. She is known for her television role as Lisa Grimaldi, Lisa on the CBS soap opera ''As the World Turns'', a role that she played almost continuously for 50 years (with two notable interruptions) from May 18, 1960 until the show's ending on September 17, 2010. Career ''As the World Turns'' The character of Lisa had a storied history, having been married eight times, divorced three times and widowed four times (with her most recent marriage annulled) making her full name ''Lisa Miller Hughes Eldridge Shea Colman McColl Mitchell Grimaldi Chedwyn''. The character and actress were, in Fulton's first decades on ''As the World Turns'', very popular (to the point where, in the late 1960s, Fulton had to hire a publicist, the first soap actress to do so). The character became hated after a simple sequence where Lisa hires a maid to clean the house and went gallivanting about town. When mother-in-la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
