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Janey
Janey is a diminutive form of the feminine given name Jane. People with this name *Janey Buchan (1926–2012), Scottish Labour Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Glasgow *Janey Sevilla Callander (1846–1923), British theatre producer *Janey Canuck, pen name used by Emily Murphy (1868–1933), Canadian women's rights activist, jurist, and author *Janey Godley (born 1961), British stand-up comedian and writer * Janey Gohl (born 1956), beauty queen from St. Cloud, Minnesota, competed in the Miss USA pageant *Janey Lee Grace, (born 1960), British based singer, author, television presenter and radio disc jockey *Janey Ironside (1919–1979), former professor of fashion at the Royal College of Arts, London *Janey Jacké (born 1992), Dutch drag queen and performer * Janey Scott Lewin, pen name of Roberta Leigh (1926–2014), British author and artist Fictional character *Brainy Janey, nickname of Mary Jane Watson in Marvel comic books *Janey Powell, friend of Lisa Simpson a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janey Godley
Janey Godley (born Jane Godley Currie, January 1961) is a Scottish stand-up comedian, actress and writer from Glasgow. Early life Jane Godley is the youngest of four children born to Annie and Jim Currie. She was raised on Kenmore Street in Shettleston, a district in the East End of Glasgow and attended Eastbank Academy. Living in poverty, which was rife in the East End during that time, Godley left school at 16 with no qualifications. Her parents were alcoholic and her mother was also addicted to tranquilisers. Godley and her sister, Ann Crawford, were sexually abused by their maternal uncle, David Percy. Percy, who was 12 years older than Godley, molested her and her sister for a number of years during their childhoods. Percy was charged for the crimes in 1993 after the sisters decided to come forward, and was later found guilty and sentenced to two years in prison in 1996. Godley married Sean Storrie in 1980 at the age of 19. Storrie, who has Asperger syndrome, was born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Harper (My Family)
This is a list of characters for the British sitcom ''My Family'' that aired on BBC One from 17 September 2000 until 2011. ''My Family'' centres on the fictional Harper family, who live in Chiswick, west London. The family is led by parents Ben and Susan, played by Robert Lindsay and Zoë Wanamaker. They have three children, Nick (Kris Marshall), Janey (Daniela Denby-Ashe) and Michael ( Gabriel Thomson). Nick is a regular character until the 2003 Christmas special, and makes one appearance in 2004's fifth series before making his final ''My Family'' appearance in the 2005 Comic Relief short as Marshall wanted to do other projects and avoid being type-cast. Janey is a regular until the 2002 Christmas special and does not appear in Series Four (2003), while the character is at University. Janey returns as a main character in Series Five. Abi Harper, played by Siobhan Hayes, first appears in Series Three as the daughter of Ben's cousin Richard (Anthony Head). Series Three a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janey Harper
This is a list of characters for the British sitcom ''My Family'' that aired on BBC One from 17 September 2000 until 2011. ''My Family'' centres on the fictional Harper family, who live in Chiswick, west London. The family is led by parents Ben and Susan, played by Robert Lindsay and Zoë Wanamaker. They have three children, Nick (Kris Marshall), Janey (Daniela Denby-Ashe) and Michael (Gabriel Thomson). Nick is a regular character until the 2003 Christmas special, and makes one appearance in 2004's fifth series before making his final ''My Family'' appearance in the 2005 Comic Relief short as Marshall wanted to do other projects and avoid being type-cast. Janey is a regular until the 2002 Christmas special and does not appear in Series Four (2003), while the character is at University. Janey returns as a main character in Series Five. Abi Harper, played by Siobhan Hayes, first appears in Series Three as the daughter of Ben's cousin Richard (Anthony Head). Series Three als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Family
''My Family'' is a British sitcom created and initially co-written by Fred Barron, which was produced by DLT Entertainment and Rude Boy Productions, and broadcast by BBC One for eleven series between 2000 and 2011, with Christmas specials broadcast from 2002 onwards. ''My Family'' was voted 24th in the BBC's "Britain's Best Sitcom" in 2004 and was the most watched sitcom in the United Kingdom in 2008. As of 2011, it is one of only twelve British sitcoms to pass the 100-episode mark. In April 2020, BBC One began airing the series from the first episode in an 8 pm slot on Friday nights; along with this all 11 series were made available on BBC iPlayer. The show chronicles the lives of the Harpers, a fictional middle-class British family. Set in Chiswick in west London, it stars Robert Lindsay as Ben Harper, Zoë Wanamaker as his wife Susan, and Kris Marshall, Daniela Denby-Ashe and Gabriel Thomson as their children Nick, Janey and Michael. Background In 1999, Fred Barron w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janey Buchan
Janey O'Neil Buchan ( Kent; 30 April 1926 – 14 January 2012) was a Scottish Labour Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Glasgow constituency from 1979 to 1994. Early life Jane Kent was born in Glasgow, a city where her father Joseph was a tram driver, and her mother Chrissie Sinclair was a domestic servant. She left school at the age of 14, and worked as a typist. Both parents were members of the Communist Party, and she was a member of the Young Communist League in her early life; she left the Communist Party after 1956. She attended commercial college and was a councillor on Strathclyde Regional Council from 1974 to 1979, when she was elected to the European Parliament in the in 1979 for the first time. As an MEP she sat on the European Parliament's Culture Committee as well as being involved in the Scottish Arts Council and Scottish Gas Consumers Council. She was Life President of the Scottish Minorities Group (later Scottish Homosexual Rights Group and su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janey Jacké
Justin Mooijer (born 9 April 1992), known by the stage name Janey Jacké, is a Dutch drag queen, actor and presenter, most known for competing in the first season of ''Drag Race Holland'' (2020) and a spin-off season known as '' RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs the World'' (2022). Career At age 16, Mooijer dressed up as a woman for the first time during a classmate's birthday party. In 2012, Mooijer completed his education at the Da Costa hotel school, for which he did internships at various hotels. After five years of working at Michelin restaurants and five-star hotels, he started a professional career as Janey Jacké. On 9 September 2020, Janey Jacké was announced as one of ten cast members of the debut season of ''Drag Race Holland''. Jacké made it to the finals and became runner-up. On 17 January 2022, she was announced as one of the nine contestants on '' RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs the World, ultimately placing 5th.''. Personal life Mooijer was born in Purmerend and grew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janey Ironside
Janey Ironside (1919 – 6 April 1979)"Professor Janey Ironside", ''The Times'', 19 November 1979, p. IV. was professor of fashion at London's Royal College of Art, a position she held from 1956 to 1968. She was a key figure in enabling fashion to be accepted as a valid academic subject in Britain. Described by her daughter Virginia as a "style icon", she died aged 60 after several suicide attempts and having suffered medical complications caused by alcoholism. Early life and career Janey Ironside was born Janey Acheson. Her father was an important figure in the Indian Civil Service. She was sent to school in Winchester, England. This was followed by courses in dress making at the Central School of Arts & Crafts in London in the 1930s. During World War Two, Ironside lived in Leamington Spa and would visit evacuees recovering in a nearby convalescent home. She produced over forty pencil and watercolour studies of the children in the home and a number of these works were presented ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Truth And Janey
Truth and Janey was an American rock band from Iowa. It took its name from Jeff Beck's Truth album and member Billy Janey's last name. The group was influenced by such power trios as Cream and The Jimi Hendrix Experience. The band toured with Leslie West and performed a music festival with Blue Öyster Cult. They were inducted into the Iowa Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame in 2005. History Formation The group formed in 1969 originally with drummer John Fillingsworth. In roughly one year he was replaced by Denis Bunce. In 1972 they released their debut, a 7-inch 45 rpm, "Midnight Horseman" along with a cover of The Rolling Stones song, "Under My Thumb "Under My Thumb" is a song recorded by the English rock band the Rolling Stones. Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, "Under My Thumb" features a marimba played by Brian Jones. Although it was never released as a single in English-spea ...." The following year they released "Straight Eight Pontiac" and "Around and Around" on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janey Lee Grace
Janey Lee Grace (born 4 March 1960) is an English singer, author, television (VH-1 and ITV) presenter and radio disc jockey, first with Virgin Radio as a travel reporter and then graduating to her own late night show for the station. Career Grace was born in Nottingham. Her father was a chef. She began her career singing backing vocals for George Michael, Kim Wilde and Boy George, toured the world with Wham! for three years, and released a solo single "Heartbeat Radio" in 1988. She also sang vocals on a cover of the Donna Summer song, " Love To Love You Baby" by Euro House dance act Bali in February 1989. Her own chart success came in the summer of 1991 when she teamed up with Saint Etienne and local keyboardist Andrew Midgley to form the dance act Cola Boy, reaching No. 8 in the UK Singles Chart with "7 Ways to Love". It also reached No. 9 on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart in 1991. She also appeared on the follow-up single "He is Cola", released in September of the same y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janey Scott Lewin
Roberta Leigh was an assumed name for Rita Lewin (née Shulman) (22 December 1926 – 19 December 2014) who was a British author, artist, composer and television producer. She wrote romance fiction and children's stories under the pseudonyms Roberta Leigh, Rachel Lindsay, Janey Scott and Rozella Lake. She published her first novel in 1950 and was still actively working on new titles until a year before her death. In addition, she wrote and produced the children's puppet television series ''The Adventures of Twizzle'', ''Sara and Hoppity'', '' Torchy the Battery Boy'', '' Wonder Boy and Tiger'', '' Send for Dithers'' and '' Space Patrol''. Life and career Best known as Roberta Leigh, she was born Rita Shulman in London to sometimes-poor Jewish parents who had emigrated from Russia. In 1948, she married Michael Lewin, with whom she had one son, and was widowed in 1981. She died age 87 on 19 December 2014. Leigh wrote her first romantic fiction at age 14, while still a schoolgirl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Recurring The Simpsons Characters
The American animated television series ''The Simpsons'' contains a wide range of minor and supporting characters like co-workers, teachers, students, family friends, extended relatives, townspeople, local celebrities, and even animals. The writers originally intended many of these characters as one-time jokes or for fulfilling needed functions in the town of Springfield, where the series primarily takes place. A number of these characters have gained expanded roles and have subsequently starred in their own episodes. According to the creator of ''The Simpsons'', Matt Groening, the show adopted the concept of a large supporting cast from the Canadian sketch comedy show '' Second City Television''. A Agnes Skinner Agnes Skinner (voiced by Tress MacNeille) is the mother of Principal Skinner and first appears in the first season episode "The Crepes of Wrath" as an old woman who embarrassingly calls her son "Spanky". However, as episodes progress, the character turns bitter.''The S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janey Sevilla Callander
Janey, Lady Campbell ( Janey Sevilla Callander; 18 March 1846, Craigforth House, Stirlingshire – 15 July 1923, Coombe Hill Farm, Norbiton), was a Scottish theatre producer and society hostess. Life One of three daughters of James Henry Callander of Craigforth and Ardkinglas by his first wife Jane Plumer Erskine, she was left an orphan by aged four by the death of her mother, then her stepmother and finally her father. She thus became a ward of her stepmother's relation George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll, growing up at his Inveraray Castle and marrying his second son Lord Archibald Campbell (1846–1913) on 12 January 1869 (their children included Niall Campbell, 10th Duke of Argyll). She became a friend of James Abbott McNeill Whistler (he produced three three-quarter-length portraits of her, includin''Lady in a Yellow Buskin'' whilst her 1886 book ''Rainbow Music or The Philosophy of Harmony in Colour-Grouping'' was a much-influenced by his art) and produced several the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
