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Greengrass is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Jessie Greengrass (born 1982), British poet and author *Jim Greengrass (1927–2019), American professional baseball player *John Greengrass, New Zealand rugby league footballer * Ken Greengrass (1926–2014), American music and television producer * Paul Greengrass (born 1955), English film director, screenwriter and former journalist Fictional characters *Astoria Greengrass, character from J. K. Rowling's ''Harry Potter'' series * Claude Greengrass character from the British period police drama ''Heartbeat'' See also * Barney Greengrass Barney Greengrass is a restaurant, deli, and appetizing store at 541 Amsterdam Avenue (between West 86th and 87th Streets) on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City, started in 1908. They specialize in smoked fish, more specifically st ...
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Paul Greengrass
Paul Greengrass (born 13 August 1955) is a British film director, film producer, screenwriter and former journalist. He specialises in dramatisations of historic events and is known for his signature use of hand-held cameras. His early film ''Bloody Sunday (film), Bloody Sunday'' (2002), about the 1972 shootings in Derry, Northern Ireland, won the Golden Bear at 52nd Berlin International Film Festival. Other films he has directed include three in the ''Bourne (film series), Bourne'' action/thriller series: ''The Bourne Supremacy (film), The Bourne Supremacy'' (2004), ''The Bourne Ultimatum (film), The Bourne Ultimatum'' (2007), and ''Jason Bourne (film), Jason Bourne'' (2016); ''United 93 (film), United 93'' (2006), for which he won the BAFTA Award for Best Direction, BAFTA Award for Best Director and received an Academy Award for Best Director nomination; ''Green Zone (film), Green Zone'' (2010); and ''Captain Phillips (film), Captain Phillips'' (2013). In 2004, he co-wrote an ...
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Ken Greengrass
Ken Greengrass (born Irwin Greengrass; June 22, 1926 – April 10, 2014) was an American music and television producer, perhaps best known as a manager of such musical performers as Eydie Gormé and Steve Lawrence, Art Garfunkel and Florence Henderson. Early life Born in the Bronx, son of Al and Anne he had one brother, Floyd. He graduated high school from the Manhattan School of Music. Career Greengrass began his career in the entertainment industry as a professional trumpet player, and his knowledge of music led to a career managing artists and producing many of their albums, garnering dozens of gold records. Greengrass started in the music industry by playing trumpet in a band in which Eydie Gorme was the lead singer and Steve. Shortly thereafter, he became her Manager and helped direct her career and scores of others including Steve Lawrence, Diahann Carroll, Vlad De Briansky, Florence Henderson, John Pizzarelli, Townes Van Zandt, The Highwaymen (folk band) and Bo ...
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Jim Greengrass
James Raymond Greengrass (October 24, 1927 – September 9, 2019) was an American professional baseball player. A power-hitting outfielder whose career was hindered by phlebitis, Greengrass appeared in 504 games over five seasons (1952–56) in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinnati Reds / Redlegs and Philadelphia Phillies. He threw and batted right-handed and was listed as tall and . Baseball career Minor leagues Greengrass was born in Addison, New York, and attended Addison High School. In 1944, he signed with the New York Yankees at age 16 during World War II and his early minor league baseball career spanned almost seven full years, including a failed attempt as a pitcher and two years (1946–47) devoted to military duty. Finally, on August 28, 1952, the pennant-bound Yankees packaged Greengrass, who had spent the season in the Double-A Texas League, three other players and cash in a trade to Cincinnati for the Reds' former All-Star pitcher, Ewell Blackwell. Ci ...
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John Greengrass
John Greengrass is a New Zealand former rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand in the 1970 and 1975 World Cups. Playing career A Linwood Keas player, a Canterbury representative Greengrass made his debut for the New Zealand national rugby league team in 1970 at the World Cup. Greengrass also represented Southern Zone in matches against Northern Zone. He played in 35 games for New Zealand, scoring six tries. This included 18 test matches for New Zealand. He was also part of New Zealand's squad at the 1970 and 1975 World Cups and toured Great Britain and France in 1971 and Australia in 1972. He was unavailable for both the 1972 World Cup and the 1975 Australia tour. His international career was ended in a World Cup match against Wales. Greengrass had just scored a try when Jim Mills stomped on his head. Greengrass went to hospital and received 15 stitches. Mills was suspended for six months by the Rugby Football League and banned for life from playing in New Zealand ...
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Jessie Greengrass
Jessie Greengrass (born 1982) is a British author. She won a Somerset Maugham Award and the Edge Hill Short Story Prize for her debut short story collection. Education and career Greengrass studied philosophy in Cambridge and London and now lives in Berwick-upon-Tweed. She published a collection of short stories called ''An Account of the Decline of the Great Auk, According to One Who Saw It'' in 2015. ''The Independent'' described ''The Account of the Decline of the Great Auk as'' "a highly original collection from a distinctive new voice in fiction." It won the Somerset Maugham Award and the Edge Hill Short Story Prize. In 2018, she published her first novel, called ''Sight''. It follows a woman, who stays nameless throughout the novel, while she is pregnant with her second child. Greengrass includes biographical stories of several people including the Lumière brothers, Sigmund Freud, Wilhelm Röntgen and John Hunter, to highlight the book's central themes of reflection and a ...
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Claude Greengrass
''Heartbeat'' is a British period drama series, based upon the "Constable" series of novels written by Nicholas Rhea, and produced by ITV Studios (formerly Yorkshire Television until it was merged by ITV) from 1992 until 2010. The following is a list of actors who served as cast members for the programme, grouped by category of the role they maintained, ordered by first appearance and listing the series they served in. This list also included actors who maintained recurring roles during the programme's history. Main cast Aidensfield and Ashfordly police cast Medical staff cast "Lovable rogue" cast Aidensfield residents cast Recurring characters This section lists other characters who have appeared in more than one episode. *Jack Deam as Alan Maskell (1992). * Eileen O'Brien as Susan Maskell (credited as "Mrs Maskell") (1992). * Barrie Rutter as Walter Maskell (credited as "Mr Maskell") (1992). * Suzanne Hitchmough as Sandra Murray (1992). *Shirley Stelfox as Mrs. ...
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Astoria Greengrass
The following are supporting characters in the ''Harry Potter'' series written by J. K. Rowling. For members of the Order of the Phoenix, Dumbledore's Army, Hogwarts staff, Ministry of Magic, or for Death Eaters, see the respective articles. The Dursleys The Dursley family are Harry Potter's last living relatives. To ensure Harry's safety, Albus Dumbledore placed him in the Dursleys' care when he was a baby. The Dursleys live at Number 4, Privet Drive, Little Whinging in Surrey, England. They are all Muggles, and despise all things related to magic – and anything out of the ordinary in general – and the Wizarding World, especially the Potters. Vernon Dursley Vernon Dursley is Harry's uncle, married to his aunt Petunia. Vernon is described as a big, beefy man, looking somewhat like a walrus, with hardly any neck, and a large moustache. He is very much the head of his family, laying down most of the rules for Harry and doing most of the threatening, as well as spoil ...
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