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Joss (name)
Joss is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name or nickname * Joss Ackland (born 1928), British actor * Joss Ambler (1900–1959), Australian-born British film and television actor * Joss Christensen (born 1991), American freestyle skier and 2014 Olympic gold medalist * Joss Fritz (c. 1470-c. 1525), insurgent in Germany * Joss Labadie (born 1990), English footballer * Joss McKinley (born 1981) English photographic artist * Joss Naylor (born 1936), English fell runner * Joss Whedon (born 1964), American screenwriter, film and television director and producer, television series creator, comic book author and composer * George (Duala king) or Joss, a late 18th-century king of the Duala people of Cameroon Stage name or pen name * Joss Stirling, a pen name of British novelist Julia Golding (born 1969) * Joss Stone (born 1987), stage name of British female soul singer, songwriter and actress Joscelyn Eve Stoker * Lewis Joss, one half of the magic do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joss Ackland
Sidney Edmond Jocelyn Ackland CBE (born 29 February 1928) is an English retired actor who has appeared in more than 130 film and television roles. He was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for portraying Jock Delves Broughton in '' White Mischief'' (1987). Early life Ackland was born in North Kensington, London on 29 February 1928, the son of Major Sydney Norman Ackland (died 1981), an Irish journalist who had been sent to England to live with an aunt by his parents for seducing their maid, but subsequently seduced his aunt's maid, Ruth Izod (died 1957), whom he married. He was trained by Elsie Fogerty at the Central School of Speech and Drama, then based at the Royal Albert Hall, London. Ackland and Rosemary Kirkcaldy were married on 18 August 1951, when Ackland was 23 and she 22. She was an actress and Ackland wooed her when they appeared on stage together in Pitlochry, Scotland. The couple struggled initially as Ackland's acting career was in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Joss
Chris Joss is a French multi-instrumentalist and record producer. Early life and education Chris Joss was born in France. According to his website "his parents enrolled him in electronic organ lessons aged 12 which taught him the basics of music", although he always wanted to play drums. When he was 14, he received an acoustic guitar and learnt playing autodidactically. In 1981, he founded his own band at high school. In 1984, after dropping out of school, "he began investing in recording and electronic equipment". Career In 1987, Joss released his first record with his 3 member band on EMI. In 1991, he released his third record on CBS with 7 member band. He moved to London, where he lived throughout the 1990s, until it became too expensive. In 1994 he played with a group called Monk and recorded and produced his first album. Personal life Joss has been suffering from misophonia since his childhood. He developed tinnitus and hyperacusis, and no longer performs live. Work H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trumpet (novel)
''Trumpet'' is the debut novel from Scottish writer and poet Jackie Kay, published in 1998. It chronicles the life and death of fictional jazz artist Joss Moody through the recollections of his family, friends and those who came in contact with him at his death. Kay stated in an interview that her novel was inspired by the life of Billy Tipton, an American jazz musician who lived with the secret of being transgender. Plot The novel begins just after the main character, Joss Moody, a famous jazz trumpeter, passes away. After his death, it is revealed that his biological sex was female, causing a news rush and attracting paparazzi, leading his widow, Millie, to flee to a vacation home. The truth was unknown to anyone except Millie; the Moodys lived their life as a normal married couple with a normal house and a normal family, and not even Colman, their adopted son, knew the truth. When Joss dies and the truth is revealed, Colman's shock spills into bitterness and he seeks revenge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daphne Du Maurier
Dame Daphne du Maurier, Lady Browning, (; 13 May 1907 – 19 April 1989) was an English novelist, biographer and playwright. Her parents were actor-manager Sir Gerald du Maurier and his wife, actress Muriel Beaumont. Her grandfather was George du Maurier, a writer and cartoonist. Although du Maurier is classed as a romantic novelist, her stories have been described as "moody and resonant" with overtones of the paranormal. Her bestselling works were not at first taken seriously by critics, but they have since earned an enduring reputation for narrative craft. Many have been successfully adapted into films, including the novels '' Rebecca'', '' Frenchman's Creek'', ''My Cousin Rachel'' and ''Jamaica Inn'', and the short stories " The Birds" and "Don't Look Now". Du Maurier spent much of her life in Cornwall, where most of her works are set. As her fame increased, she became more reclusive. Biography Early life Daphne du Maurier was born at 24 Cumberland Terrace, Regent's Park ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamaica Inn (novel)
''Jamaica Inn'' is a novel by the English writer Daphne du Maurier, first published in 1936. It was later made into a film, also called ''Jamaica Inn'', directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It is a period piece set in Cornwall around 1815. It was inspired by du Maurier's 1930 stay at the real Jamaica Inn, which still exists as a pub in the middle of Bodmin Moor. The plot follows Mary Yellan, a woman who moves to stay at Jamaica Inn with her Aunt Patience and Uncle Joss after the death of her mother. She quickly finds out that the inn is an unsavoury place, mistrusted by the locals, and that her uncle is closely linked with a group of suspicious men who appear to be smugglers. Characters The characters presented throughout the novel include (in order of introduction): * Mary Yellan, main character * Joshua "Joss" Merlyn, inn-keeper * Patience Merlyn, Mary's aunt and wife of Joss * Henry "Harry", a pedlar and associate of Joss * Jeremiah "Jem" Merlyn, Joss's younger brother * Squire Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Person Of Interest (TV Series)
''Person of Interest'' is an American science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel unive ... crime fiction, crime drama television series that aired on CBS from September 22, 2011, to June 21, 2016, with its List of Person of Interest episodes, five seasons consisting of 103 episodes. The series was created by Jonathan Nolan; executive producers were Nolan, J. J. Abrams, Bryan Burk, Greg Plageman, Denise Thé, and Chris Fisher. The series centers on a mysterious reclusive billionaire computer programmer, Harold Finch (Person of Interest), Harold Finch (Michael Emerson), who has developed a computer program for the federal government known as "the Machine" that is capable of collating all Mass surveillance, sources of information to predict terrorism, terrorist acts and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Joss
Scott Joss (born 1962) is a songwriter, guitarist, mandolin player, singer, and fiddle player primarily in the American Country music traditionJohn 'Scott' Golosio: ''So, what kind of PEOPLE are these musicians?'', http://www.golosio.com/bios.html. Retrieved May 6, 2012. who has performed with Merle Haggard, Dwight Yoakam, Pete Anderson, Tiny Moore, Roy Nichols, Dusty Wakeman, Kris Kristofferson and Jana Jae and is a successful solo artist.Erik Hage: ''Review of ''A New Reason to Care'' by Scott Joss'', http://www.allmusic.com/album/a-new-reason-to-care-r490201. Retrieved May 6, 2012.Little Dog Records: ''Scott Joss'', http://www.littledogrecords.com/home/Artists/Scott-Joss.html. Retrieved May 6, 2012.A News Café: ''The Wright Sound: Country’s Scott Joss Plays Pilgrim Church'', http://anewscafe.com/2011/09/06/the-wright-sound-countrys-scott-joss-plays-pilgrim-church/, September 6, 2011. Career Born in Santa Monica, California in 1962 and raised in Redding, California, Joss le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert L
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morag Joss
Morag Joss (born in 1955 in England) is a British writer. She became a writer in 1996 after an early career in arts and museum management. Life and career Joss was born in England in 1955 and from the age of four, grew up in Ayrshire, Scotland. She is the author of eight novels, including the Sara Selkirk series, and ''Half Broken Things'', which won the Crime Writers Association (CWA) Silver Dagger Award. She began writing in 1996 after a short story of hers was runner-up in a national competition sponsored by ''Good Housekeeping'' magazine. A visit to the Roman Baths with crime writer P.D. James germinated the plot of her first novel, ''Funeral Music'' (1998), the first in the Sara Selkirk series. It was nominated for a Dilys Award for the year's best mystery published in the USA. Her later novels have moved increasingly towards literary fiction. In 2008 she was a Heinrich Böll writer in residence on Achill Island, County Mayo, Ireland. ''Half Broken Things'' was adapted a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Joss
John Hubbard Joss (March 18, 1902 – March 22, 1955) was an American football player, lawyer, and government official. Early years Joss was born in Indianapolis in 1902. He attended the Taft School in Connecticut before enrolling at Yale College. Athletic career He played college football at the tackle position for the Yale Bulldogs football team. He was described as "the backbone of the rush line on defense", "unusually agile for his size", and "one of the outstanding tackles." He was selected in February 1925 as the captain of the 1925 Yale Bulldogs football team. He was also selected by Lawrence Perry as a first-team player on the 1924 All-American college football team, and by ''Liberty'' magazine and the '' New York Sun'' as a first-team player on the 1925 All-American college football team. Later years He moved to Mexico City in the early 1930s and competed for the amateur golf championship of Mexico in 1931. He also served as the coach of the University of Mex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Joss
Jonathan Joss (born December 22, 1965) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying the voice of John Redcorn from season 2 to 13 of the animated series ''King of the Hill'', replacing the original actor Victor Aaron after his death in 1996. He is also known for his recurring role as Chief Ken Hotate in ''Parks and Recreation''. Joss was born in San Antonio, Texas, where he attended McCollum High School, and later enrolled at Texas State University–San Marcos (then Southwest Texas State University) but left before graduating. Joss later attended San Antonio College, before graduating from Our Lady of the Lake University Our Lady of the Lake University (OLLU), known locally as the Lake, is a private Catholic university in San Antonio, Texas. It was founded in 1895 by the Sisters of Divine Providence, a religious institute originating in Lorraine, France, duri ... with a degree in theater and speech. Joss is also a musician, and performs as part of The Red Corn Ban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Addie Joss
Adrian "Addie" Joss (April 12, 1880 – April 14, 1911), nicknamed "the Human Hairpin", was an American professional baseball pitcher. He pitched for the Cleveland Bronchos of Major League Baseball, later known as the Naps, between 1902 and 1910. Joss, who was and weighed , pitched the fourth Perfect game (baseball), perfect game in baseball history (which, additionally, was only the second of the modern era). His 1.89 career earned run average (ERA) is the second-lowest in MLB history, behind Ed Walsh, while his career Walks plus hits per inning pitched, WHIP of 0.968 is the lowest of all-time. Joss was born and raised in Wisconsin, where he attended St. Mary's College (later part of Wyalusing Academy) in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, Prairie du Chien and the University of Wisconsin–Madison, University of Wisconsin. He played baseball at St. Mary's and then played in a semipro league where he caught the attention of Connie Mack. Joss did not sign with Mack's team, but he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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