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Geraldine (name)
Geraldine is the feminine form of the first name Gerald (given name), Gerald. Notable people with the name include: * Geraldine Aves (1898–1986), British civil servant * Geraldine Brannigan (born 1956), Irish singer * Geraldine Chaplin (born 1944), American actress * Geraldine Connor (1952–2011), British ethnomusicologist, theatre director, composer and performer * Geraldine L. Daniels (1933–2012), New York politician * Geraldine Farrar (1882–1967), American opera soprano * Geraldine Ferraro (1935–2011), United States congresswoman and 1984 Vice Presidential candidate * Geraldine Fitzgerald (1913–2005), Irish actress * Geri Halliwell (born 1972), former Spice Girl * Geraldine James (born 1950), English actress * Géraldine Martineau (born 1988), French actress * Geraldine McCaughrean (born 1951), British author * Geraldine McEwan (1932–2015), English actress * Geraldine Page (1924–1987), American actress * Geraldine Roman (born 1967), Filipino journalist and polit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Female
Female (Venus symbol, symbol: ♀) is the sex of an organism that produces the large non-motile ovum, ova (egg cells), the type of gamete (sex cell) that fuses with the Sperm, male gamete during sexual reproduction. A female has larger gametes than a male. Females and males are results of the anisogamous reproduction system, wherein gametes are of different sizes, unlike isogamy where they are the same size. The exact mechanism of female gamete evolution remains unknown. In species that have males and females, Sex-determination system, sex-determination may be based on either sex chromosomes, or environmental conditions. Most female mammals, including female humans, have two X chromosomes. Female characteristics vary between different species with some species having pronounced Secondary sex characteristic, secondary female sex characteristics, such as the presence of pronounced mammary glands in mammals. In humans, the word ''female'' can also be used to refer to gender i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geraldine Farrar
Alice Geraldine Farrar (February 28, 1882 – March 11, 1967) was an American lyric soprano who could also sing dramatic roles. She was noted for her beauty, acting ability, and "the intimate timbre of her voice." She had a large following among young women, who were nicknamed "Gerry-flappers". Biography Farrar was born in Melrose, Massachusetts, the daughter of baseball player Sidney Farrar, and his wife Henrietta Barnes. At age five, she began studying music in Boston and by 14 was giving recitals. Later she studied voice with the American soprano Emma Thursby in New York City, in Paris, and finally with the Italian baritone Francesco Graziani in Berlin. Farrar created a sensation at the Berlin Hofoper with her debut as Marguerite in Charles Gounod's ''Faust'' in 1901 and remained with the company for three years, during which time she continued her studies with famed German soprano Lilli Lehmann. (She had been recommended to Lehmann by another famous soprano of the previ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geraldine Viswanathan
Geraldine Viswanathan ( ; born 20 June 1995) is an Australian actress. She gained attention in the role of Kayla in the 2018 film '' Blockers'', for which Refinery29 referred to her as "the film's breakout star". Viswanathan starred in the 2019 coming-of-age film '' Hala'', as well as '' Bad Education''. She also played a recurring role in the Australian series '' Janet King'', and appears in the TBS comedy anthology ''Miracle Workers''. Early life Geraldine's father, Suresh Viswanathan, is a doctor who works in nuclear medicine and is of Indian Tamil descent. Her mother, Anja Raith, is from Switzerland and was raised by a father who was a filmmaker and ballet dancer. Raith was once an aspiring actress who attended musical theatre school in London before getting married and settling down in Newcastle; she runs an acting school called Anja's Place. Viswanathan grew up with a younger sister and a deep love of horses and animals. She attended the Hunter School of the Performing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geraldine Somerville
Geraldine Margaret Agnew-Somerville (born 19 May 1967) is an Irish actress. She is known for her roles in the film ''Gosford Park'' (2001) and the ''Harry Potter'' film series (2001–2011). Her other roles have included ''My Week with Marilyn'' (2011) and '' Grace of Monaco'' (2014). In 1995, Somerville was nominated for a BAFTA Award for playing Jane Penhaligon in the television series '' Cracker'' from 1993 to 1995. Early life Somerville was born in County Meath, Ireland, the daughter of Sir Quentin Charles Agnew-Somerville, 2nd Baronet, and Hon. Margaret April Irene Drummond, an antiques dealer, but was brought up on the Isle of Man. Her mother is a daughter of John Drummond, 15th Baron Strange, and sister of the late Cherry Drummond, 16th Baroness Strange. She has an elder sister, Amelia Rachel (who owns and works in a restaurant with her husband in the Australian rainforest), and a younger brother, James Lockett Charles Agnew-Somerville, who worked in Hong Kong and wr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geraldine Roman
Geraldine Batista Roman (born April 23, 1967) is a Filipina journalist and politician serving as the Representative of Bataan's 1st district since 2016. She is the first transgender person elected to the Congress of the Philippines. She was named as one of the 100 Leading Global Thinkers of 2016 by US-based ''Foreign Policy'' magazine; one of "13 Inspiring Women of 2016" list by ''Time'' magazine. Biography Geraldine Roman is the second of four children born into the family of politicians Herminia Roman and Antonino Roman, Jr. She was teased by her classmates but her father taught her to be confident. Roman attended the basic education unit of Ateneo de Manila University for her elementary and high school studies. For her collegiate studies, she attended the University of the Philippines Diliman. She managed to secure a scholarship to pursue journalism at the University of the Basque Country in Spain and attained two master's degrees. She worked in Spain as a senior editor f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geraldine Page
Geraldine Sue Page (November 22, 1924June 13, 1987) was an American actress. With a career which spanned four decades across film, stage, and television, Page was the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and four nominations for the Tony Award. A native of Kirksville, Missouri, Page studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and with Uta Hagen and Lee Strasberg in New York City before being cast in her first credited part in the Western film ''Hondo'' (1953), which earned her her first Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. During the McCarthyism era, she was blacklisted in Hollywood based on her association with Hagen and did not work in film for eight years. Page continued to appear on television and on stage and earned her first Tony Award nomination for her performance in ''Sweet Bird of Youth'' (1959–60), a role she reprised in the 1962 film adaptatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geraldine McEwan
Geraldine McEwan (born Geraldine McKeown; 9 May 1932 – 30 January 2015) was an English actress, who had a long career in film, theatre and television. Michael Coveney described her, in a tribute article, as "a great comic stylist, with a syrupy, seductive voice and a forthright, sparkling manner".Michael Covene"Geraldine McEwan was a great comic stylist" whatsonstage.com, 2 February 2015 McEwan was a five-time Olivier Award nominee, and twice won the Evening Standard Theatre Award, Evening Standard Award for Best Actress; for ''The Rivals'' (1983) and ''The Way of the World'' (1995). She was also nominated for the 1998 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for ''The Chairs''. She won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress, BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for the 1990 television serial ''Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (TV serial), Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit'', and from 2004 to 2009, she starred as the Agatha Christie sleuth Miss Marple, in the ITV series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geraldine McCaughrean
Geraldine McCaughrean ( ; born 6 June 1951) is a British children's novelist. She has written more than 170 books, including ''Peter Pan in Scarlet'' (2004), the official sequel to ''Peter Pan'' commissioned by Great Ormond Street Hospital, the holder of Peter Pan's copyright. Her work has been translated into 44 languages worldwide. She has received the Carnegie Medal twice and the Michael L. Printz Award among others. Career McCaughrean was born in London and grew up in North London. She was the youngest of three children. She studied teaching but found her true vocation in writing. She claims that what makes her love writing is the desire to escape from an unsatisfactory world. Her motto is: do not write about what you know, write about what you want to know. Her work includes many retellings of classic stories for children: ''The Odyssey'', '' El Cid'', '' The Canterbury Tales'', ''The Pilgrim's Progress'', ''Moby Dick'', ''One Thousand and One Arabian Nights'' and ''G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Géraldine Martineau
Géraldine Martineau is a French actress, originally from Nantes, France. She started acting when she was 8 years old. At the age of 17, she was accepted into the Cours Florent and started a course in the Classe Libre (a free 2-year acting course), before she entered the Conservatoire National Supérieur d’Art Dramatique two years later. She has acted on stage, on television and in movies. Filmography * 2007 – ''Hellphone'' directed by James Huth : Charlotte * 2008 – ''Musée haut, musée bas'' : directed by Jean-Michel Ribes : Girl in green checkered dress * 2009 – '' La Fonte des neiges'' (short directed by Jean-Julien Chervier): Antoinette * 2010 – Blanche, short directed by Pierre Mazingarbe : Blanche * 2010 – Aglaée (short) by Rudi Rosenberg : Aglaée * 2010 – La Commanderie, (TV series, episodes " Jeu de dupes " and " L'Arrivée du duc d'Anjou ") directed by Didier Le Pêcheur : Flora * 2011 – Léa, directed by Bruno Rolland : Alice * 2011 – Les poissons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geraldine James
Geraldine James, OBE (born 6 July 1950) is an English film and television actress. Biography Early life and family James was born in Maidenhead, Berkshire, to a cardiologist father and an alcoholic mother, who had been a nurse. She failed her 11 plus exam, so was educated at Downe House, a girls' independent school in Newbury, Berkshire, where she was known as Gerry Thomas. Embarrassed by her simple surname, James used the grander-sounding double-barrelled name of Vaughan-Thomas while at school. Her parents divorced when James was 14, after which she and her two siblings were made wards of court by their stepmother. After graduating from the Drama Centre London in 1973, she began her career in repertory theatre. On 17 January 1977, she met her husband, Joseph Blatchley, at a party. Acting James has been nominated four times for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress; for ''Dummy'' (1977), '' The Jewel in the Crown'' (1984), '' Band of Gold'' (1995) and ''The Sins'' (2000). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geri Halliwell
Geraldine Estelle Horner (née Halliwell; born 6 August 1972) is an English singer, songwriter, author, and actress. She rose to prominence in the 1990s as Ginger Spice, a member of the girl group the Spice Girls. With over 100 million records sold worldwide, the Spice Girls are the best-selling female group of all time. Their slogan "girl power" was most closely associated with Halliwell, and her Union Jack dress from the 1997 Brit Awards also became an enduring symbol. Halliwell left the Spice Girls in 1998, citing exhaustion and creative differences, but rejoined when they reunited in 2007. In 1999, Halliwell released her debut solo album, '' Schizophonic'', which produced the UK number-one singles "Mi Chico Latino", " Lift Me Up" and "Bag It Up"; the lead single, " Look at Me", reached number two. In 2001, she released her second album, ''Scream If You Wanna Go Faster''; the lead single, "It's Raining Men", reached number one in the UK, the biggest hit of her career. "Scre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Geraldine Mary Fitzgerald (November 24, 1913 – July 17, 2005) was an Irish actress and a member of the American Theater Hall of Fame. In 2020, she was listed at number 30 on ''The Irish Times'' list of Ireland's greatest film actors. Early life Fitzgerald was born in Greystones, County Wicklow, south of Dublin, the daughter of Edith Catherine ( née Richards) and Edward Martin FitzGerald, who was a lawyer. Her father was Roman Catholic and her mother was Protestant, but converted to Catholicism. She studied painting at the Dublin School of Art. Inspired by her aunt, actress Shelah Richards, Fitzgerald began her acting career in 1932 at Dublin's Gate Theatre. After two seasons in Dublin, she moved to London, where she found success in British films including ''The Mill on the Floss'', ''Turn of the Tide'', and ''Cafe Mascot''. Career Fitzgerald's success led her to New York and the Broadway stage in 1938. She made her American debut opposite Orson Welles in the Mercury The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
