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Elizabeth Davis (writer)
Betty, Bette, Bettye, 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 * Elizabeth Lindsay Davis (1885–1944), African-American teacher and activist *Elizabeth Gould Davis (1910–1974), American librarian and feminist writer * Elizabeth Davis (midwife), American author and women's health care specialist since 1977 * Elizabeth Davis (TV writer), American producer during 2010s, a/k/a Elizabeth Davis Beall Others * Elizabeth Davis (Mormon) (1791–1876), American Latter-Day Saint and wife of Joseph Smith * Elizabeth Peke Davis ... [...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] |
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 Davis (bassist)
Elizabeth Davis-Simpson (born December 18, 1965 in the United States), is best known for being an American songwriter, as well as the bassist of the punk rock band 7 Year Bitch. She later worked on projects such as These Streets with Valerie Agnew, and has participated in a band named Clone. Discography Albums *'' Sick 'Em'' (C/Z Records, 1992). *''¡Viva Zapata!'' (C/Z Records, 1994). *''Gato Negro'' ( Atlantic Records, 1996). Singles/EPs *"Lorna" b/w "No Fucking War," "You Smell Lonely" (Rathouse/Face The Music Records), (1991; reissued by C/Z Records in 1992). *"Antidisestablishmentarianism EP" (Rugger Bugger Records, 1992) *"7 Year Bitch" / " Thatcher on Acid" "Can We Laugh Now?" / "No Fucking War" (Clawfist Records, 1992) *"7 Year Bitch EP" (C/Z Records, 1992) *"Rock-A-Bye Baby" b/w "Wide Open Trap" (C/Z Records, 1994) *"The History of My Future" b/w "24,900 Miles Per Hour" (promo only) ( Atlantic Records, 1996) *"24,900 Miles Per Hour" (promo only) ( Atlantic Records, 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth A
Elizabeth or Elisabeth may refer to: People * Elizabeth (given name), a female given name (including people with that name) * Elizabeth (biblical figure), mother of John the Baptist Ships * HMS ''Elizabeth'', several ships * ''Elisabeth'' (schooner), several ships * ''Elizabeth'' (freighter), an American freighter that was wrecked off New York harbor in 1850; see Places Australia * City of Elizabeth ** Elizabeth, South Australia * Elizabeth Reef, a coral reef in the Tasman Sea United States * Elizabeth, Arkansas * Elizabeth, Colorado * Elizabeth, Georgia * Elizabeth, Illinois * Elizabeth, Indiana * Hopkinsville, Kentucky, originally known as Elizabeth * Elizabeth, Louisiana * Elizabeth Islands, Massachusetts * Elizabeth, Minnesota * Elizabeth, New Jersey, largest city with the name in the U.S. * Elizabeth City, North Carolina * Elizabeth (Charlotte neighborhood), North Carolina * Elizabeth, Pennsylvania * Elizabeth Township, Pennsylvania (other) * Eliza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eliza Davis
Eliza Davis Aria (1866–1931) was an English fashion writer and gossip columnist known as "Mrs Aria". She was the editor of a fashion magazine titled ''The World of Dress'', author of books on costume and motoring, and a society hostess. She was also the long-time lover of Henry Irving,Stetz, Margaret D"‘To defend the undefendable’: Oscar Wilde and the Davis Family". ''Oscar Wilde, Jews & the Fin-de-Siècle'', ''The OScholars'', Summer 2010, accessed 26 July 2011 from the 1890s until his death in 1905. Early life Eliza Davis was born in London on 11 August 1866 to portrait photographer Hyman Davis and his wife Isabella (Bella). She spent her early years in the house attached to her father's Bruton Street, Mayfair studio. She attended Miss Belisario's school and was afterward tutored by Madame Paul Lafargue, the daughter of Karl Marx. Eliza's seven siblings included several writers: novelist and art historian Julia Frankau (pseudonym Frank Danby) and their eldest brother ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eliza Davis (letter Writer)
Eliza Davis (1817–1903) was a Jewish English woman who is remembered for her correspondence with the novelist Charles Dickens about his depiction of Jewish characters in his novels. Davis was born in Jamaica. In 1835 she married her cousin James Phineas Davis (1812–1886), a banker, who, in 1860, bought Tavistock House in London from Dickens. Dickens' novel '' Oliver Twist'' refers to one of its characters, Fagin, 274 times in the first 38 chapters as "the Jew", while the ethnicity or religion of the other characters is rarely mentioned. In 1854, ''The Jewish Chronicle'' asked why "Jews alone should be excluded from the 'sympathizing heart' of this great author and powerful friend of the oppressed." Dickens (who had extensive knowledge of London street life and child exploitation) explained that he had made Fagin Jewish because "it unfortunately was true, of the time to which the story refers, that that class of criminal almost invariably was a Jew." Dickens commented that by ... [...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. She later attended and graduated from high school in Princeton, Illinois Princeton is a city in and the cou ... [...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] |
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 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 2019 revision of "Heart and Hands: A Midwife's Guide to Pregnancy and Birth, 5th edition." Davis has written other books including: "Energetic Pregnancy," "Women's Intuition," "The Rhythms of Women's Desire: How Female Sexuality Unfolds at Every Stage of Lif ... [...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" *''Scorpion' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 of a li ... [...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, |
