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Emmy (given Name)
Emmy is a feminine (sometimes also masculine) given name. Orthographic variants include Emme, Emmi and Emmie. The name is in many instances a hypocoristic of either Emma (itself being in origin a hypocoristic of a number of ancient Germanic names beginning in ''Ermen-'') or Emily, or Emmanuel (Emmanuelle). It came to be used as a separate (rare) German name, given officially in Germany from the later 19th century. As an officially given feminine name, Emmy ranked 66th in Sweden and 89th in France as of 2010. statistics cited aftebehindthename.com In France, rank 89 was reached after a steady rise in popularity during the 2000s, starting out at rank 281 in 2001. Emmy is rarely also encountered as a surname. Notable people with the name include: * Emmy Andriesse (1914–1953), Dutch photographer * Emmie Charayron (born 1990), French triathlete * Emmy Krüger (1886-1976), German operatic soprano * Emmy Loose (1914-1987), Austrian operatic soprano * Emmie te Nijenhuis (born 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma (given Name)
Emma is a feminine given name. It is derived from the Germanic word ''ermen'' meaning "whole" or "universal". Emma is also used as a diminutive of Emmeline, Amelia or any other name beginning with "em". It has been among the top names given to baby girls in the United States, England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Ireland, France, Sweden, Belgium, Russia, Canada, Australia, Norway, New Zealand, Hungary, Finland, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, and Spain in the past 10 years. It began gaining popularity in the United Kingdom during the 1960s. By 1974 it was the fourth most popular name for girls in England and Wales. It was still in the top 10 as late as 1995, but had fallen out of the top 20 by 2005 and in 2009 it ranked at 41st. It became popular in the United States later in the 20th century, reaching the top 100 names for girls in the late 1990s. It has been among the top five names given to girls since 2002, and was the most popular name for girls in 2008, 2014 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmy Okello
Emmy Okello, is a Ugandan consultant physician who has specialized as an interventional cardiologist and researcher. He serves as the Head of the Cardiac Catheterization Department at Uganda Heart Institute, the government institution in Kampala that specializes in the treatment of congenital and acquired cardiac disorders. Okello has special interest in rheumatic heart disease (RHD), and is one of the recognized leaders in this area of cardiology in the region. Background and education Okello was admitted to Mbarara University School of Medicine in the 1990s, graduating with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degree. He continued his studies at Wuhan University, in Wuhan, Hubei, China, graduating with a Master of Medicine degree in Internal Medicine. In 2015, he graduated with a Doctor of Philosophy degree from Makerere University, Uganda's oldest and largest public university. He then underwent a one-year fellowship in Interventional Cardiology at Case Western Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Professor Layton
''Professor Layton'' is a puzzle video game, puzzle adventure game, adventure video game series and transmedia franchise developed by Level-5 (company), Level-5. The property consists primarily of seven main video games, a mobile spin-off, an animated theatrical film, and an anime television series, while additionally incorporating an array of secondary titles and media including a crossover game with Capcom's ''Ace Attorney'' series, by which the Layton series was strongly influenced. The first three games follow the adventures of Professor Hershel Layton and his apprentice Luke Triton, while the subsequent three games and film are prequels, focusing on how Luke and Layton met and their original exploits. Later installments follow the escapades of Layton's children and their respective allies in settings old and new. Each title features a series of puzzles and mysteries provided by the citizens of locales that the main characters explore. It is not necessary to solve all the puz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmy Clarke
Mary Elizabeth Clarke (born September 25, 1991), better known as Emmy Clarke, is a former American actress. Early life Clarke was born in Mineola, New York, but at the age of one she moved with her parents to Houston, Texas. At age six, she moved to Woking, UK, where she attended TASIS England before moving to New York City at age 11. The nickname "Emmy" is derived from her first two initials. She has two siblings, Patrick (older) and Bridget (younger). She now lives in Fairfield County, Connecticut. Career Clarke's first acting role was in the 2003 television film ''My House in Umbria'', for which she won the Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries, or Special – Supporting Young Actress in 2004. Beginning with the season three episode " Mr. Monk and the Red Herring", Clarke had a recurring role on the TV series ''Monk'' as Julie Teeger, the daughter of Adrian Monk's second assistant Natalie. She also had a role in ''Fur Fur is a thick growth of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmy Rossum
Emmanuelle Grey Rossum (born September 12, 1986) is an American actress, director, and singer. She is known for her portrayal of List of Shameless (American TV series) characters#Fiona Gallagher, Fiona Gallagher in the television series ''Shameless (U.S. TV series), Shameless'' (2011–2019). Since the mid-2010s, she has also directed and produced television, including the 2022 Peacock (streaming service), Peacock series ''Angelyne (miniseries), Angelyne'' in which she also stars. Born and raised in New York City, she began professionally performing as a child with the Metropolitan Opera. Early on-screen roles included ''Genius (1999 film), Genius'' (1999), ''Songcatcher'' (2000), ''Passionada'' (2002), and ''Nola (film), Nola'' (2003). At sixteen, she was cast in her breakthrough role in ''Mystic River (film), Mystic River'' (2003). Rossum starred in the 2004 sci-fi film ''The Day After Tomorrow'', and also received critical acclaim for her performance in the leading role of Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmy Bezzina
Emanuel "Emmy" Bezzina (born October 29, 1947 to Joseph Bezzina and Joan née Caruana) is the co-founder and chairman of the fringe Maltese political party Alpha Liberal Democratic Party. He is also a broadcaster and has regular weekly TV programmes in which he discusses law and social problems on Smash Television. Emmy Bezzina contested the first European Parliament elections held in Malta in June, 2004, obtaining 717 first-count votes. (0.3%). Emmy Bezzina is also a well known lawyer, best known for being the lawyer of controversial politician Norman Lowell, the leader of the Imperium Europa Imperium Europa is a neo-fascist political party in Malta. It was founded in 2000 by Norman Lowell, who is also its leader. Its primary aim is to unite Europe into one political entity. Party programme Imperium Europa is positioned on the far- ... party. External links Official Website 1947 births Living people Leaders of political parties in Malta 21st-century Maltese politi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmy Destinn
Emmy Destinn ( (); 26 February 1878 – 28 January 1930) was a Czech operatic soprano with a strong and soaring lyric-dramatic voice. She had a career both in Europe and at the New York Metropolitan Opera. Biography Destinn was born Emílie Pavlína Věnceslava Kittlová () in Prague, in what was then the Austria-Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Empire. Her voice teacher since age thirteen had been Marie Maria von Dreger Loewe-Destinn, and the young singer began using her teacher's surname as a tribute. She was let go after the short engagement at the Semperoper, Dresden Opera and declined by Prague National Theatre in 1897. She debuted on 19 July 1898 at the Berlin State Opera, Berlin Court Opera as Santuzza in ''Cavalleria rusticana''. She made such progress that the intendant of the Berlin Court Opera engaged her at once when she was brought to intendant's notice. She was only nineteen at the time, but her voice and her acting soon won the Berlin public. Her engagement in Berl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmy Hennings
Emmy Hennings (born Emma Maria Cordsen, 17 January 1885 – 10 August 1948) was a poet and performing artist, founder of the Dadaist Cabaret Voltaire with her second husband Hugo Ball. Life and work Hennings was born on 17 January 1885 in Flensburg, German Empire, describing herself later as "a seaman's child". After the end of her first marriage in 1906, Hennings was an itinerant performer, travelling over much of the European continent. She was a performer at the Cabaret Simplizissimus in Munich, when she met Ball in 1913. At the time, Hennings was already a published poet, whose works had appeared in left-wing publications called ''Pan'' and ''Die Aktion''. In 1913 she also published a short poetry collection called ''Ether Poems'', or ''Äthergedichte'' in German. Later, Hennings was a collaborator to the magazine ''Revolution'', which was founded by Ball and Hans Leybold. Hennings and Ball moved to Zurich in 1915, where they took part in the founding of the Cabare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmy Göring
Emma Johanna Henny "Emmy" Göring (; 24 March 1893 – 8 June 1973) was a German actress and the second wife of ''Luftwaffe'' Commander-in-Chief Hermann Göring. She served as Adolf Hitler's hostess at many state functions and thereby staked a claim to the title of " First Lady of the Third Reich". Early life She was born Emma Sonnemann in Hamburg, Germany on 24 March 1893 to a wealthy salesman. After schooling, she became an actress at the National Theatre in Weimar. On 13 January 1916, Sonnemann married actor Karl Köstlin in Trieste, Austria-Hungary. Thereafter, she was known as Emmy Köstlin. In her autobiography, Göring said that she and Köstlin soon realized that they were more suited as friends and soon separated. They eventually divorced in 1926. Marriage to Hermann Göring On 10 April 1935, she married the prominent Nazi and ''Luftwaffe'' chief Hermann Göring, becoming Emmy Göring. It was also Göring's second marriage; his first wife, Carin, had died in October ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmy Bridgwater
Emma Frith Bridgwater (10 November 1906 – 13 March 1999),. known as Emmy Bridgwater, was an English artist and poet associated with the Surrealist movement. Based at times in both Birmingham and London, she was a significant member of the Birmingham Surrealists and of the London-based British Surrealist Group, and was an important link between the surrealists of the two cities. Michel Remy, professor of art history at the University of Nice and author of ''Surrealism in Britain'', describes her influence as "of the same importance to British surrealism as the arrival of Dalí in the ranks of the French surrealists".. Biography Emmy Bridgwater was born in the upmarket Edgbaston district of Birmingham, the third daughter of a chartered accountant and Methodist. Showing an early interest in painting and drawing, she studied under Bernard Fleetwood-Walker at the Birmingham School of Art for three years from 1922 before further study at a local art school in Oxford paid for by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmy Werner
Emmy E. Werner (1929 – October 12, 2017) was an American developmental psychologist known for her research on risk and resilience in children. Early life She received her Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska and was a ''professor emerita'' in the Department of Human and Community Development at the University of California, Davis. Career Werner was best known for her leadership of a 40-year longitudinal study of 698 infants born on the Hawaiian island of Kauai — the island's entire birth cohort for the year 1955. The study found that many children exposed to reproductive and environmental risk factors (for instance, premature birth coupled with an unstable household and a mentally ill mother) go on to experience more problems with delinquency, mental and physical health and family stability than children exposed to fewer such risk factors. Among Werner's most significant findings was that one third of all high-risk children displayed resilience and developed into caring, co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmy Wehlen
Emily "Emmy" Wehlen (1887–1977) was a German-born Edwardian musical comedy and silent film actress who vanished from the public eye while in her early thirties. Biography Wehlen was born in Mannheim, Germany, where, as a teenager, she received her musical training at the Mannheim Conservatory.''The Play Pictorial'', Vol. 15, 1909 She began her career with the Thalia-Theater company performing in musical theatre productions in Stuttgart, Munich and Berlin. She was later brought to London as a possible successor to Lily Elsie.Gänzl, Kurt. ''The Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre'', 2001 In 1909 she played the lead role, Sonia, in ''The Merry Widow'' at Daly's Theatre. and later that year, at the same venue, played Olga, in the hit musical, ''The Dollar Princess'', which had a run of 428 performances. Soon she was in New York playing Rosalie in the musical comedy '' Marriage a la Carte'' that opened January 2, 1911 at the Casino Theatre on Broadway (music by Ivan Caryll). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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