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Frances White (other)
Frances White may refer to: * Frances Emily White (1832–1903), American anatomist and physiologist * Frances White (vaudeville) (1896–1969), American vaudeville performer of song M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I * Frances White (actress) (born 1938), English television and film performer * E. Frances White (born 1949), American historian, author and academic * Frances J. White (born 1958), American biological anthropologist at University of Oregon *Frances White (born 1960), American instrumental, vocal and electronic composer ( Mari Kimura#Compositions) See also * Frances Whyte, Scottish lawn and indoor bowler; gold medalist in 1985 * Deborah Frances-White, Australian-British comedy performer; co-founder in 1996 of The Spontaneity Shop * Francis White (other) {{hndis, White, Frances ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frances Emily White
Frances Emily White (8 June 1832 – 29 December 1903) was an American anatomist and physiologist. White was born in Andover, New Hampshire, and educated at the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania. She went on to become a demonstrator in Anatomy and Instructor in Physiology from 1872 to 1876. White was then a Professor of Physiology from 1876 until her death in 1903. White was one of the first women to lecture before the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia Franklin may refer to: People * Franklin (given name) * Franklin (surname) * Franklin (class), a member of a historical English social class Places Australia * Franklin, Tasmania, a township * Division of Franklin, federal electoral di ..., and was the first woman delegate to the International Medical Congress, in 1890. She was also a lifelong advocate for women's education. She died in Boston of uterine cancer at the age of 71.''Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841–1915'' References 1832 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frances White (vaudeville)
Frances White (born Frances Mae Caples; January 1, 1896 – February 24, 1969) was an American singer and actress on Broadway, on the vaudeville stage, and in silent film. She popularized the spelling song "M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I". She played "Fanny Warden" in '' The New Adventures of J. Rufus Wallingford'' (1915), a series of silent short comedies. She was also in the cast of the eugenics film ''The Black Stork'' (1917). Early life Frances Caples was the daughter of Edward T. Caples and Caroline Leibfried Caples. Her grandfather was a wealthy Texas banker. She may have been from Texas, San Francisco, Los Angeles, or Seattle (sources vary on this point). Career White began her stage career in Los Angeles in 1910. She joined William Rock; the duo Rock & White found success on the vaudeville circuit with a musical comedy and dance act before they split in 1919. She was a "child impersonator", wearing gingham rompers and an oversized hair bow; in this guise, she was known for p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I
M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I is a song written by Bert Hanlon and Ben Ryan, with music by Harry Tierney. The conductor of the song was Josef Pasternack. It was written by Ben Ryan for Frances White, who introduced it in the Florenz Ziegfeld Florenz Edward Ziegfeld Jr. (; March 21, 1867 – July 22, 1932) was an American Broadway impresario, notable for his series of theatrical revues, the ''Ziegfeld Follies'' (1907–1931), inspired by the ''Folies Bergère'' of Paris. He also p ... revue ''Midnight Frolics'' in 1916. It was used again two years later in a revue, '' Hitchy-Koo''. References 1916 songs Music of Mississippi Songs written by Ben Ryan (composer) Songs with music by Harry Tierney {{1910s-song-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frances White (actress)
Frances White (born 1 November 1938, Leeds) is an English actress, perhaps best known for her roles as Kate Hamilton in ''Crossroads'' and as Vera Flood in the BBC sitcom ''May to December''. A graduate of the Central School of Speech and Drama her TV appearances have included ''Juliet Bravo''; '' Trevor's World of Sport''; '' Dangerfield''; ''Holby City''; ''A Very Peculiar Practice''; as Cassandra, prophetess of Troy, in the ''Doctor Who'' story ''The Myth Makers''; as Julia, daughter of Augustus, Emperor of Rome, in ''I, Claudius''; and as Queen Charlotte, wife of George III, in ''Prince Regent''. Her film credits include roles in ''The Pumpkin Eater'' (1964), ''Press for Time'' (1966) and ''Mary, Queen of Scots'' (1971). She plays Granny Pig in the children's animated series ''Peppa Pig ''Peppa Pig'' is a British preschool animated television series by Astley Baker Davies. The show follows Peppa, an anthropomorphic female piglet, and her family, as well as her peers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frances J
Frances is a French and English given name of Latin origin. In Latin the meaning of the name Frances is 'from France' or 'free one.' The male version of the name in English is Francis. The original Franciscus, meaning "Frenchman", comes from the Franks who were named for the francisca, the axe they used in battle. https://nameberry.com/babyname/frances Notable people and characters with the name include: People * Frances, Countess of Périgord (died 1481) * Frances (musician) (born 1993), British singer and songwriter * Frances Estill Beauchamp (1860-1923), American temperance activist, social reformer, lecturer * Frances Burke, Countess of Clanricarde (1567–1633), English noblewoman and Irish countess * Frances E. Burns (1866-1937), American social leader and business executive * Frances Carr, Countess of Somerset (1590–1632), central figure in a famous scandal and murder * Frances Lewis Brackett Damon (1857–1939), American poet, writer * Frances Davidson, Viscountess Dav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mari Kimura
(; born 1962) is a Japanese violinist and composer best known for her use of subharmonics, which, achieved through special bowing techniques, allow pitches below the instrument's normal range. She is credited with "introducing" the use of violin subharmonics, which allow a violinist to play a full octave below the low G on the violin without adjusting the tuning of the instrument. She studied violin with Joseph Fuchs, Roman Totenberg, Toshiya Eto, and Armand Weisbord. She also studied composition with Mario Davidovsky at Columbia University, and computer music at Stanford University. Kimura holds a doctorate in performance from The Juilliard School. Since September 1998, she has been teaching a graduate class in Interactive Computer Music Performance at The Juilliard School. Mari Kimura is the daughter of a renowned Japanese environmental architect, Ken-ichi Kimura. She grew up in a solar house designed by her father in Japan. Compositions Kimura has been composing for violin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frances Whyte
Frances Whyte is a former Scottish international lawn and indoor bowler. Bowls career Whyte won a gold medal in the fours at the 1985 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Melbourne. Seven years later she won two more golds in both the triples and the fours at the 1992 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing. She also competed at the Commonwealth Games in 1986 and in 1994 alongside Sarah Gourlay. In 1993 she won the fours gold medal at the inaugural Atlantic Bowls Championships The Atlantic Bowls Championships was a lawn bowling competition held between national bowls organisations in the Atlantic region. The event was a qualifying event for the World Outdoor Bowls Championships until the 2021 announcement that it wou .... Two years later she repeated the success winning the fours gold again in Durban. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Whyte, Frances Scottish female bowls players Living people Date of birth missing (living people) Bowls World Champions Year of birth mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deborah Frances-White
Deborah Frances-White is a London-based comedian, author and screenwriter. She has both British and Australian citizenship. She hosts the podcasts ''Global Pillage'' and '' The Guilty Feminist''. She wrote the 2019 comedy film Say My Name. Early life Frances-White was born in Australia and adopted at ten days old. She grew up in Brisbane, Queensland. Her family converted to Jehovah’s Witnesses when she was a teenager; Frances-White has since left the community and describes herself as an atheist. During her gap year, she moved to London and later studied English at Harris Manchester College, Oxford University. Career Frances-White is one of three directors at the improv theatre company The Spontaneity Shop, which she co-founded with Tom Salinsky in 1996. After developing a number of improvisation formats at The Spontaneity Shop (including the improvised romantic comedy ''DreamDate'' which had a pilot made for ITV), Frances-White turned to stand-up comedy. Her first signific ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
