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Franny Armstrong At Chatham House 2013
Franny is a given name. It is generally a masculine name used as a nickname for Francis (given name), Francis. The feminine form is Frannie. Notable people with the name include: * Franny Armstrong (born 1972), British documentary film director * Franny Beecher (1921–2014), American guitarist * Franny Billingsley (born 1954), American children's fantasy novelist * Franny Firth (born 1956), English footballer * Franny Griffiths (born 1966), English keyboardist, producer and remixer * Franny Moyle (born 1964), British television producer and author * Franny Murray (1915–1998), American football halfback and punter * Franny Powell (born 1977), English footballer See also * The Benefactor (2015 film), ''The Benefactor'' (2015 film), 2015 American drama film with the working title ''Franny'' * ''Franny'', a short story from ''Franny and Zooey'' {{given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis (given Name)
Francis is an English given name of Latin origin. Francis is a name that has many derivatives in most European languages. The other version of the name in English is Frances, and (less commonly) Francine. (For most speakers, Francis and Frances are homophones or near homophones; a popular mnemonic for the spelling is "i for him and e for her".) The name Frank is a common diminutive for Francis, as is Frannie for Frances. Less common are the diminutives Fritz for Francis, and Franny and Fran for either Francis or Frances. Derivation Francesco ("Frank", "Frenchman", "Free man" in medieval Italian) was the name given to Saint Francis of Assisi (born ''Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone'') by his francophile father, whose wife the mother of Francesco was French, celebrating his trade with French merchants. Due to the renown of the saint, this Italian name became widespread in Western Europe during the Middle Ages in different versions (Francisco, François, etc.). However, it was not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frannie
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Frannie is a given name. It is generally a feminine name used as a nickname for Frances. The masculine form is Franny. Notable people with the name include: * Frannie Hughes, fictional character on the soap opera ''As the World Turns'' * Frannie Lindsay, American poet * Frannie Peabody (1903–2001), HIV/AIDS activist See also * Francie Francie is a given name, often a shortened form of Francis (male) or Frances (female). The name may refer to: People: *Francie Barrett (born 1977), Irish boxer * Francie Bellew (born 1976), Irish Gaelic footballer *Francie Brolly (born 1947), Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franny Armstrong
Franny Armstrong (born 3 February 1972) is a British documentary film director working for her own company, Spanner Films, and a former drummer with indie pop group The Band of Holy Joy. She is best known for three films: ''The Age of Stupid'', a reflection from 2055 about climate change, '' McLibel'', about the McDonald's court case and '' Drowned Out'', following the fight against the Narmada Dam Project. Armstrong pioneered the use of crowdfunding for independent films and developed an innovative form of film distribution known as Indie Screenings. Her most recent project is the carbon reduction campaign 10:10 which she founded in the UK in September 2009, and which is now active in more than 50 countries. On International Women's Day, 8 March 2011, she was named as one of ''The Guardian'' newspaper's "Top 100 Women", in a list which included Aung San Suu Kyi, Gareth Peirce, Doris Lessing, Arundhati Roy and Oprah Winfrey. Her father is the television producer Peter Armstr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franny Beecher
Francis Eugene Beecher (September 29, 1921 – February 24, 2014) was the lead guitarist for Bill Haley & His Comets from 1954 to 1962, and is best remembered for his innovative guitar solos combining elements of country music and jazz. He composed the classics "Blue Comet Blues", "Goofin' Around", "Week End", "The Catwalk", and "Shaky" when he was the lead guitarist for Bill Haley and the Comets. He continued to perform with surviving members of the Comets into 2006. In 2012, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted Beecher as a member of the Comets by a special committee, aimed at correcting the previous mistake of not inducting the Comets with Bill Haley. Career By the time Beecher became associated with Bill Haley, he had already had a lengthy career as a guitarist, having performed and recorded with the Benny Goodman Orchestra, which he joined in 1948, at a time Goodman was experimenting with music in the bebop idiom. He also worked with other big bands, with singer and f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franny Billingsley
Franny Billingsley (born July 3, 1954) is the author of three children's fantasy novels, ''Well Wished'', ''The Folk Keeper'', and '' Chime,'' and the picture book ''Big Bad Bunny.'' Biography Billingsley graduated from Tufts University in 1976, and from Boston University Law School in 1979. After moving back to Chicago, she wrote for many years while working at 57th Street Books in Hyde Park. She is now a full-time author. She has two children. Billingsley received the PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship in 2003, which is awarded to an author of children's or young-adult fiction of literary merit to complete a manuscript. Works *''Well Wished'' (1997) *''The Folk Keeper'' (1999) *''Big Bad Bunny'' (2008) *'' Chime'' (2011) *''The Robber Girl'' (2021) Awards *1998 Anne Spencer Lindbergh Prize Honor Book for best fantasy written in the English language (''Well Wished'') *2000 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, Fiction (''The Folk Keeper'') *2000 Mythopoeic Fantasy Aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franny Firth
Francis Martin "Franny" Firth (27 May 1956 – 21 May 2018) was an English professional footballer who played as a winger for Huddersfield Town, Halifax Town and Bury in the Football League and for Witton Albion in non-league football Non-League football describes football leagues played outside the top leagues of a country. Usually, it describes leagues which are not fully professional. The term is primarily used for football in England, where it is specifically used to de .... References 1956 births 2018 deaths Association football wingers Bury F.C. players English Football League players English footballers Footballers from Dewsbury Halifax Town A.F.C. players Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players Witton Albion F.C. players {{England-footy-midfielder-1950s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franny Griffiths
Francis Griffiths (1 July 1966, Liverpool, England) is a keyboardist, producer and remixer, who is best known for being a member of the band, Space (UK band), Space. He also plays guitar, melodica and piano. His main influences are Kraftwerk, Hip hop music, hip-hop, Can (band), Can, various electro (music), electro bands and Crass. Despite being a self-confessed dance music fan (person), fan, he also admits to liking Hard rock, heavy rock bands such as Marilyn Manson (band), Marilyn Manson. The strange noises produced by Griffiths' keyboard instrument, piano(contrary to rumours, he does not use a Theremin) are one of the trademarks of Space's sound. Unlike his other bandmates, Griffiths has never performed lead vocals on a Space song, track, with one exception – "I Am Unlike A Lifeform You've Ever Met", a A-side and B-side, B-side on the "Avenging Angels" single. However, on the first two Space albums, ''Spiders (album), Spiders'' and ''Tin Planet'', as well as the B-sides of v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franny Moyle
Franny Moyle (born 1964) is a British television producer and author. Her first book ''Desperate Romantics: The Private Lives of the Pre-Raphaelites'' (2009) was adapted into the BBC drama serial ''Desperate Romantics'' by screenwriter Peter Bowker. Her second book, ''Constance: The Tragic and Scandalous Life of Mrs. Oscar Wilde'' was published in 2011 to critical acclaim. In 2016 she released ''Turner: The Extraordinary Life and Momentous Times of J.M.W. Turner'', published by Viking. In 2021, her book, ''The King's Painter: The Life and Times of Hans Holbein'', was published by Abrams Press in New York. Career Moyle is a graduate in English and the History of Art from St John's College, Cambridge. She joined BBC television in 1992 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franny Murray
Francis Thomas Murray (July 21, 1915 – June 28, 1998) was an American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ... player and college athletics administrator. He played professionally as a halfback and punter in the National Football League (NFL) for the Philadelphia Eagles from 1939 to 1940. Murray played college football at the University of Pennsylvania and was drafted in the second round of the 1937 NFL Draft. He served as the athletic director at his alma mater, Penn, from 1950 to 1953. Murray died on June 28, 1998, at his home in Boca Raton, Florida, from complications of a stroke he had suffered four years prior. References External links * 1915 births 1998 deaths All-American college men's basketball players American football halfbacks America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franny Powell
Francis Michael Powell (born 17 June 1977) is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger in the Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engla .... References External links * 1977 births Living people English footballers Footballers from Burnley Association football midfielders Burnley F.C. players Rochdale A.F.C. players Southport F.C. players English Football League players {{England-footy-midfielder-1970s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Benefactor (2015 Film)
''The Benefactor'' (originally titled ''Franny'') is a 2015 American drama film written and directed by Andrew Renzi. Starring Richard Gere, Dakota Fanning, Theo James, and Clarke Peters, the film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 17, 2015. It was released in the United States on January 15, 2016, in a limited release and through video on demand by Samuel Goldwyn Films. Synopsis A wealthy man (Richard Gere) feels responsible for the deaths of two married friends, leading him to ingratiate himself into the lives of their daughter (Dakota Fanning) and her husband (Theo James). But their friendship takes a dark turn when he grows obsessed with the couple. Cast * Richard Gere as Francis "Franny" Watts * Dakota Fanning as Olivia * Theo James as Luke * Clarke Peters as Dr. Romano * Brian Anthony Wilson as Jesse * Dylan Baker as Bobby * Cheryl Hines as Mia * Dennisha Pratt as Sharon * Lyssa Roberts as Molly * Roy James Wilson as Charlie * Tibor Feldman as Dr. Sam * Mat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
