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Elizabeth Davis (other)
Betty, Bette, Bettye, Bettey, Eliza or Elizabeth Davis may refer to: Performers * Bette Davis (1908–1989), American actress * Betty Davis (1944–2022), American funk, rock and soul singer * Elizabeth Davis (bassist) (born 1965), American songwriter and musician *Elizabeth A. Davis (born 1980), American actress and musician Writers * Eliza Davis (1866–1931), English fashion writer and gossip columnist known as "Mrs Aria" * Eliza Davis (letter writer), Jewish English woman notable for her correspondence with the novelist Charles Dickens * Eliza Van Benthuysen Davis (1811–1863), American letter writer and wife of Joseph Emory Davis * Elizabeth Lindsay Davis (1885–1944), African-American teacher and activist * Elizabeth Gould Davis (1910–1974), American librarian and feminist writer *Elizabeth Davis (midwife) Elizabeth Davis is an author, women's health care specialist, educator, consultant, and Certified Professional Midwife (CPM). She is a resident of Sebastopol, Calif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bette Davis
Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (; April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989) was an American actress with a career spanning more than 50 years and 100 acting credits. She was noted for playing unsympathetic, sardonic characters, and was famous for her performances in a range of film genres, from contemporary crime melodramas to historical films, suspense horror, and occasional comedies, although her greater successes were in romantic dramas. A recipient of two Academy Awards, she was the first thespian to accrue ten nominations. Bette Davis appeared on Broadway in New York, then the 22-year-old Davis moved to Hollywood in 1930. After some unsuccessful films, she had her critical breakthrough playing a vulgar waitress in ''Of Human Bondage'' (1934) although, contentiously, she was not among the three nominees for the Academy Award for Best Actress that year. The next year, her performance as a down-and-out actress in ''Dangerous'' (1935) did land Davis her first Best Actress nomination, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Davis (midwife)
Elizabeth Davis is an author, women's health care specialist, educator, consultant, and Certified Professional Midwife (CPM). She is a resident of Sebastopol, California Sebastopol ( ) is a city in Sonoma County, in California with a recorded population of 7,521, per the 2020 U.S. Census. Sebastopol was once primarily a plum and apple-growing region. Today, wine grapes are the predominant agriculture crop, a ... and a mother of three children. Since 1977, Davis has pioneered a professional path for midwives in the United States while educating women around the world. Davis is globally active as an expert on midwifery and reproductive health issues. She has been involved with midwifery education, legalization, and the battle for professional autonomy. She lectures on reproductive rights, sexuality, and healing birth trauma. Davis has discussed information on controversial birth routines and how birth occurs on different levels of emotion and care, particularly in her 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Van Wie Davis
Elizabeth Van Wie Davis (born 1958) is an American academic specializing in international affairs. Education Davis received her BA in Liberal Arts from Shimer College. She obtained her PhD in Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia in 1985. Her dissertation was a study of East Asian maritime law, titled ''Oceans Policy: A New Search for Cooperation''. Career Davis has worked at Mary Baldwin College, Illinois State University, Johns Hopkins University's SAIS Center for Chinese and American Studies in Nanjing, China, and the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, a U.S. Department of Defense academic institute. After serving as the Director of Liberal Arts and International Studies Department at the Colorado School of Mines, in 2014 she accepted the position of Vice Dean for Research at Nazarbayev University Nazarbayev University (NU) is an autonomous research university in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan. Founded as a result of the initiative of the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bette Davis Eyes
"Bette Davis Eyes" is a song written and composed by Donna Weiss and Jackie DeShannon in 1974. It was originally recorded by DeShannon in that year for her album '' New Arrangement'' but it was made popular by American singer Kim Carnes in 1981 when it spent nine non-consecutive weeks on top of the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The song was #1 for five weeks, interrupted for just one week by "Stars on 45" before it returned to the top spot for another four weeks and became ''Billboard'''s biggest hit of the year. The single also reached No. 5 on ''Billboard''s Top Tracks charts and No. 26 on the Dance charts. It was also a No. 1 hit in 21 countries and peaked at No. 10 in the United Kingdom, to date her only Top 40 hit in that country. It also reached No. 2 in Canada for twelve consecutive weeks, and was the No. 2 hit of 1981 in that country after "Stars on 45". The song won the Grammy Awards for Song of the Year and Record of the Year; it also ranked at No. 12 on ''Billboard''' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bettye Davis
Bettye Jean Davis (née Ivory; May 17, 1938 – December 2, 2018) was an American social worker and politician. She was the first African-American to be elected as an Alaska State Senator in 2000. Davis was a Democratic Party member of the Alaska House of Representatives, representing the fourteenth and twenty-first districts from 1991 through 1996 and the Alaska Senate, representing the K District from 2000 through 2013. During her time in the Alaska Senate she co-sponsored legislation introduced by Representative Sharon M. Cissna to address the needs of Alaska's aging adult population. Senator Davis was referred to as "the conscience of the Legislature" due to her advocacy for programs which supported vulnerable Alaskans. She was inducted into the Alaska Women's Hall of Fame in 2010. She was defeated in the 2012 general election for State Senate district M by Anna Fairclough. In April 2013 she was elected to the Anchorage School Board, a body on which she'd served non- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betty Davis (film Editor)
Betty Davis was an American film editor active primarily in the 1920s. She also appeared in a few uncredited roles as an actress. As an editor, she worked primarily with Australian director J.P. McGowan. Later on, she cut films for Cliff Wheeler and Bernard McEveety. Selected filmography * ''One Splendid Hour'' (1929) * '' Montmartre Rose'' (1929) * '' Daughters of Desire'' (1929) * '' The Dream Melody'' (1929) * '' The Clean Up'' (1929) * ''Perils of the Rail ''Perils of the Rail'' is a 1925 silent film action film directed by J. P. McGowan and starring Helen Holmes. IMDb trivia has the film being shot in 1924 but not released until 1925. The film survives as it is on DVD and a copy viewed by the AF ...'' (1925) * '' Cold Nerve'' (1925) * '' Blood and Steel'' (1925) * '' Outwitted'' (1925) References External links * American film editors American women film editors Year of birth missing Year of death missing {{US-film-editor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Peke Davis
Elizabeth Peke Davis or sometimes Betty Davis (1803–1860) was a Hawaiian Kingdom high chiefess, being the hapa haole daughter of Isaac Davis, the Welsh advisor of Kamehameha I, who helped him unify the island in 1810. She was the wife of George Prince Kaumualii, also known as Humehume. Early life Betty was born on February 12, 1803Hawaiian Genealogy of Kekoolani and Other Families - pafg15 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File kekoolani.org or December 24, 1803, at Waimea, |
Elizabeth Davis (Mormon)
Joseph Smith (1805–1844), founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, taught and practiced polygamy during his ministry, and married multiple women during his lifetime. Smith and some of the leading quorums of the church he founded publicly denied he taught or practiced it.''Millennial Star'' 4 anuary 1844 144. In 1852, leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) acknowledged that Smith had practiced plural marriage and produced a written revelation of Smith's that authorizes its practice. Smith's lawful widow Emma Smith, his son Joseph Smith III, and most members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS Church) attempted for years to refute the evidence of plural marriages. They pointed to the historical record that Joseph Smith publicly opposed the practice of polygamy; the suggestion of the RLDS Church was that the practice of polygamy began in Utah under the leadership of Brigham Young. The first publication ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Davis (TV Writer)
Elizabeth Beall (née Davis) is an American screenwriter and television producer, best known for her work on the television series ''Castle''. Personal life She married a fellow ex-''Castle'' writer Will Beall in 2012. Television filmography Miscellaneous crew *''Castle'' - story editor (2009–2010) and executive story editor (2010–2011) (credited as Elizabeth Davis) Producer *''Castle'' - co-producer (2011–2012; credited as Elizabeth Davis) and producer (2012–2014; credited as Elizabeth Beall) *'' Scorpion''- co-executive producer (2014–2015; credited as Elizabeth Beall - 2015–2017 as Elizabeth Davis Beall) *'' Lethal Weapon'' (2017–2018) - co-executive producer (credited as Elizabeth Davis Beall) *'' The Rookie'' (2018–present) - co-executive producer (credited as Elizabeth Davis Beall) Writer *'' The Rookie'' (2018–present) - Episodes: "The Roundup", "The Checklist" *'' Lethal Weapon'' (2017–2018) - Episodes: "Birdwatching", "The Odd Couple" *'' Scorpio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Gould Davis
Elizabeth Gould Davis (June 23, 1910 – July 30, 1974) was an American librarian who wrote a feminist book called '' The First Sex''. Early life and education Davis was born in Leavenworth, Kansas to Colonel Robert Davis and Edwina Bailey McCarty, one of four daughters. The family traveled extensively when she was growing up. She received her A. B. degree from Randolph-Macon College and, after a brief marriage in 1934, went on to earn her master's degree in librarianship at the University of Kentucky in 1951. She worked as a librarian at Sarasota, Florida, and while there, wrote ''The First Sex''. The First Sex Davis had originally intended ''The First Sex'' to be "a short essay on wrongs towards women" inspired by the death of her sister in 1968. As she researched, she learned more about historical periods when women were in charge, and about subsequent anti-women prejudices. She argued that congenital killers and criminals have two Y chromosomes, that men say they don't mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betty Davis
Betty Davis (born Betty Gray Mabry; July 26, 1944 – February 9, 2022) was an American singer, songwriter, and model. She was known for her controversial sexually-oriented lyrics and performance style, and was the second wife of trumpeter Miles Davis. Her AllMusic profile describes her as "a wildly flamboyant funk diva with few equals ... hocombined the gritty emotional realism of Tina Turner, the futurist fashion sense of David Bowie, and the trendsetting flair of Miles Davis". Early life Betty Gray Mabry was born in Durham, North Carolina, on July 26, 1944. She developed an interest in music when she was about ten, and was introduced to various blues musicians by her grandmother, Beulah Blackwell, while staying at her farm in Reidsville. At 12, she wrote one of her first songs, "I'm Going to Bake That Cake of Love". The family relocated to Homestead, Pennsylvania, so her father, Henry Mabry, could work at a Pennsylvania steel mill. Davis attended and graduated Homestead H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Lindsay Davis
Elizabeth Lindsay Davis (1855-1944) was an African-American teacher and activist. She was responsible for forming the Phyllis Wheatley Women's Club in Chicago, Illinois in 1900. Over the course of her life, she participated and contributed to the advancement of African-American women. In 1922, she wrote ''The Story of the Illinois Federation of Colored Women's Clubs'', a book highlighting the history of women's organizations and their notable members in the state of Illinois. In 1933, she published her book ''Lifting as They Climb'' about the history of the National Association of Colored Women. During her life, she collaborated with Ida B. Wells and W.E.B. DuBois to contribute to the progress and to support African-American women during the early 20th century. Life Elizabeth L. Davis was born in 1855 to Thomas and Sophia Jane Lindsay in the town of Peoria, Illinois Peoria ( ) is the county seat of Peoria County, Illinois, United States, and the largest city on the Illi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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