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Hortense Duroc
Hortense is a French language, French feminine given name that comes from Latin meaning ''gardener''. It may refer to: Persons * Hortense Allart (1801–1879), Italian-French feminist writer and essayist * Hortense de Beauharnais (1783–1837), stepdaughter of Napoleon and Queen consort of Holland * Hortense Béwouda (born 1978), sprinter from Cameroon * Hortense Clews (1926–2006), member of the Belgian Resistance in World War II * Hortense Dufour (born 1946), French writer * Hortense Ellis (1941–2000), Jamaican reggae singer * Hortense Calisher (1911–2009), American fiction writer, author of ''In the Absence of Angels'' * Hortense Globensky-Prévost (1804–1873), Canadian heroine * Hortense Gordon (1886–1961), Canadian abstract painter * Hortense Haudebourt-Lescot (1784–1845), French painter of genre scenes * Hortense or Nicole-Reine Lepaute (1723–1788), French astronomer and mathematician * Hortense Mancini (1646–1699), Duchess of Mazarin and a mistress of Charle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Language
French ( or ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family. It descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire, as did all Romance languages. French evolved from Gallo-Romance, the Latin spoken in Gaul, and more specifically in Northern Gaul. Its closest relatives are the other langues d'oïl—languages historically spoken in northern France and in southern Belgium, which French ( Francien) largely supplanted. French was also influenced by native Celtic languages of Northern Roman Gaul like Gallia Belgica and by the ( Germanic) Frankish language of the post-Roman Frankish invaders. Today, owing to France's past overseas expansion, there are numerous French-based creole languages, most notably Haitian Creole. A French-speaking person or nation may be referred to as Francophone in both English and French. French is an official language in 29 countries across multiple continents, most of which are members of the ''Organisation internationale de la Francophonie'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hortense Rhéa
Hortense Rhéa (born Hortense Barbe-Loret; 4 September 1844 – 5 May 1899) was a Belgian-born French actress whose popularity extended to the Russian Empire and later the United States of America. Early life Hortense Barbe-Loret was born in Brussels, the daughter of a prosperous French organ builder. At an early age she lost first her father and then her mother and was sent to France to be raised and educated at the Ursuline Convent in Paris. After graduating, Rhéa came to the attention of Charles Fechter, who in turn introduced her to Madame Samson, remembered as an acting instructor who worked with Rachel Felix. With Samson's backing she was accepted to study at the Conservatoire de Paris under the tutelage of Léon Beauvallet. Belgium, France, and Russia Rhéa made her debut at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, Brussels, in ''Les doigts de fée'', a comedy in five acts by Ernest Legouvé and Eugène Scribe. The following season Rhéa began a two-year engagement playing pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Small Island (novel)
''Small Island'' is a 2004 prize-winning novel by British author Andrea Levy, her fourth novel. Characters The novel is based on four main characters—Hortense, Queenie, Gilbert and Bernard—and the story is told from each of their points of view. Mainly set in 1948, the plot focuses on the diaspora of Jamaican immigrants, who, escaping economic hardship on their own "small island", move to England, the Mother Country, for which the men have fought during World War II. While the novel focuses on the narratives of Gilbert and Hortense as they adjust to life in England, after a reception that is not quite the warm embrace that they had hoped for, the interracial relationship between Queenie and Michael is central to the plot and the connections that are established between all of the characters. As the story is narrated from various viewpoints, it is achronological, skipping around to discuss each character's life before the outbreak of WWII. Character summaries *''Queenie Bli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clan McDuck
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The Best Years Of Our Lives
''The Best Years of Our Lives'' (also known as ''Glory for Me'' and ''Home Again'') is a 1946 American epic drama film directed by William Wyler, and starring Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, Virginia Mayo and Harold Russell. The film is about three United States servicemen re-adjusting to societal changes and civilian life after coming home from World War II. The three men come from different services with different ranks that do not correspond with their civilian social class backgrounds. The film was a critical and commercial success. It won seven Academy Awards: Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Picture, Academy Award for Best Director, Best Director (William Wyler), Academy Award for Best Actor, Best Actor (Fredric March), Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actor (Harold Russell), Academy Award for Best Film Editing, Best Film Editing (Daniel Mandell), Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Adapted Screenplay (Robert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gladys George
Gladys George (born Gladys Clare Evans; September 13, 1904 – December 8, 1954) was an American actress of stage and screen. Though nominated for an Academy Award for her leading role in ''Valiant Is the Word for Carrie'' (1936), she spent most of her career in supporting roles in films such as ''Marie Antoinette'' (1938), ''The Roaring Twenties'' (1939), '' The Maltese Falcon'' (1941), ''The Best Years of Our Lives'' (1946), and '' Flamingo Road'' (1949). Early life George was born on September 13, 1904 lists Gladys Clare Evans born September 13, 1904, Maine - died December 8, 1954, Los Angeles, California. in Patten, Maine to British parents, Sir Arthur Evans Clare, a "noted Shakespearean actor", and his wife, Lady Alice. Another source indicated "Gladys was born in a little town in Missouri, where the troupe her parents belonged to happened to be stranded at the time." Career George went on the stage at the age of 3 and toured the United States, appearing with her parents, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dana Andrews
Carver Dana Andrews (January 1, 1909 – December 17, 1992) was an American film actor who became a major star in what is now known as film noir. A leading man during the 1940s, he continued acting in less prestigious roles and character parts into the 1980s. He is best known for his portrayal of obsessed police detective Mark McPherson in the noir '' Laura'' (1944) and his critically acclaimed performance as World War II veteran Fred Derry in ''The Best Years of Our Lives'' (1946). Early life Andrews was born on a farmstead near Collins in southern Mississippi, the third of 13 children of Charles Forrest Andrews, a Baptist minister, and his wife Annis (''née'' Speed). The family subsequently relocated to Huntsville, Texas, the birthplace of his younger siblings, including fellow Hollywood actor Steve Forrest (born William Forrest Andrews). Andrews attended college at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville and studied business administration in Houston. During 1931, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bad Seed (play)
''The Bad Seed'' is a 1954 play by American playwright Maxwell Anderson, adapted from the 1954 novel of the same name by American writer William March. Characters * Rhoda Penmark is the seemingly perfect daughter of Christine and Kenneth Penmark. She is an excellent student, talented, and polite to all adults in her life. However, it is later revealed that she is truly very sinister and will do whatever she needs to achieve greatness. In the end of the play, Christine attempts to kill both herself and Rhoda to make sure the secret of Rhoda's actions don't get publicized. However, Monica Breedlove, their landlady, hears the gunshot and saves Rhoda. * Christine Penmark is Rhoda's mother and Kenneth's wife. She is in close spirits with her adoptive father, Richard Bravo, and learns in the second act that her biological mother was an infamous serial killer named "Bessie Denker." She is also close friends with Monica Breedlove, her brother Emory Breedlove, and Reginald Tasker. In t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eileen Heckart
Anna Eileen Heckart ( Herbert; March 29, 1919 – December 31, 2001) was an American stage and screen actress whose career spanned nearly 60 years. Early life Heckart was born Anna Eileen Herbert in Columbus, Ohio. The daughter of Esther (), who wed Leo Herbert (not the child's father) at her own mother's insistence so her child would not be born with the stigma of illegitimacy. Eileen was soon after legally adopted by her maternal grandmother's wealthy second husband, J.W. Heckart, the surname by which she would be known her entire life. She had two stepsisters, Anne and Marilyn. She graduated from Ohio State University with a B.A. in drama. She additionally studied drama at HB Studio in New York City. Career Stage Heckart began her Broadway career as the assistant stage manager and an understudy for '' The Voice of the Turtle'' in 1943. Her many credits include ''Picnic'', ''The Bad Seed'', ''A View from the Bridge'', ''A Memory of Two Mondays'', '' The Dark at the Top of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secrets & Lies (film)
''Secrets & Lies'' is a 1996 drama film written and directed by Mike Leigh. Led by an ensemble cast consisting of many Leigh regulars, it stars Marianne Jean-Baptiste as Hortense, a well-educated black middle-class London optometrist, who was adopted as a baby and has chosen to trace her family history – and discovers that her birth mother, Cynthia, played by Brenda Blethyn, is a working-class white woman with a dysfunctional family. Claire Rushbrook co-stars as Cynthia's other daughter Roxanne, while Timothy Spall and Phyllis Logan portray Cynthia's brother and sister-in-law, who have secrets of their own affecting their everyday family life. Critically acclaimed, the film won the 1996 Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or, as well as the Best Actress award for Blethyn. She also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama for her portrayal. At the 50th British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA), the film received seven nominations, winning both Best Briti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An American Tragedy
''An American Tragedy'' is a 1925 novel by American writer Theodore Dreiser. He began the manuscript in the summer of 1920, but a year later abandoned most of that text. It was based on the notorious murder of Grace Brown in 1906 and the trial of her lover. In 1923 Dreiser returned to the project, and with the help of his wife Helen and two editor-secretaries, Louise Campbell and Sally Kusell, he completed the massive novel in 1925. The book entered the public domain in the United States on January 1, 2021. Plot Clyde Griffiths is raised by poor and devoutly religious parents to help in their street missionary work. As a young man, Clyde must, to help support his family, take menial jobs as a soda jerk, then a bellhop at a prestigious Kansas City hotel. There, his more sophisticated colleagues introduce him to bouts of social drinking and sex with prostitutes. Enjoying his new lifestyle, Clyde becomes infatuated with manipulative Hortense Briggs, who manipulates him into buying h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Another Period
''Another Period'' is an American period sitcom television series created by and starring Natasha Leggero and Riki Lindhome. It followed the lives of the Bellacourts, the first family of Newport, Rhode Island, at the turn of the 20th century. Lillian (Leggero) and Beatrice (Lindhome) played sisters "who care only about how they look, what parties they attend and becoming famous, which is a lot harder in 1902". It was intended to be a spoof on reality shows like ''Keeping Up with the Kardashians'', while in terms of era, roughly contemporaneous with ''Downton Abbey'' and satirizing many of the same themes of class and social standing. The series was picked up for 10 episodes and debuted on Comedy Central on June 23, 2015. It was directed by Jeremy Konner, co-creator and writer of ''Drunk History''. Ben Stiller's production company Red Hour produced. Leggero, Lindhome, and Konner also served as executive producers. The second season premiered on June 15, 2016. On May 23, 2016, it w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
