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Kizzy Rivas
Kizzy may refer to: *Kizzy (entertainer) (born Kizzy Yuanda Constance Getrouw), a Dutch actress, singer-songwriter and television host *Kizzy Crawford Kizzy Meriel Crawford (born 1996), known as Kizzy, is a Welsh singer songwriter from Merthyr Tydfil with Bajan heritage who sings in both English and Welsh, using traditional and modern sources. She began writing songs at the age of thirteen. Ba ... or "Kizzy", a Barbadian-Welsh singer *''Kizzy Waller'' (later ''Kizzy Lea''), a character in the TV miniseries ''Roots'' *''Kizzy "Kiz" Shoemaker'', a character from ''Afterworld'' (web series) *''Kizzy'', a character from ''Snobs'' (TV series) *''Kizzy'', a character from the play '' Turn Left at Gilgamesh'' * ''Kizzy'' (TV series), a 1976 BBC adaptation of Rumer Godden's novel ''The Diddakoi'' *'' Kizzy: Mum at 14'', a BBC Three documentary about an underage mother, Kizzy Kay Neal {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kizzy (entertainer)
Kizzy Yuanda Constance Getrouw (born 14 March 1979) is a Dutch actress, singer-songwriter, poet and television host who performs mononymously as Kizzy. She became a household name in the Netherlands Antilles with hit songs and TV shows. In the United States she presented TV shows on both ''The Gossip Swapp'' on XY TV and CN8. Her best known poems are ''Supervrouwen'' and ''Cel Voor Cel''. Kizzy currently presents kids tv shows. Early years Kizzy was born in Rotterdam in the Netherlands, to a Surinamese father and an Antillean mother ( Sint Eustatius). At the age of four, her family moved to the Caribbean island of Curaçao. Starting at the age of nine, she had lead roles in various televised musicals and plays, and won numerous talent competitions including ''De Soundmix Show''and ''The European Caribbean Talent Contest'' in 1995. In the following year won the National Song Festival thus she became the representative of the Netherlands Antilles at the Caribbean Song Festiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kizzy Crawford
Kizzy Meriel Crawford (born 1996), known as Kizzy, is a Welsh singer songwriter from Merthyr Tydfil with Bajan heritage who sings in both English and Welsh, using traditional and modern sources. She began writing songs at the age of thirteen. Background Kizzy was born in Oxford but when her parents divorced in 1999, moved with her mother, sister and grandparents to Aberaeron and later Llandeilo before settling in Merthyr Tydfil, Her mother is from the south east of England but she spent her childhood holidays with her grandparents in Disserth, Powys and always wanted to raise her children in Wales. Her father's family hails from Barbados. She was educated in Welsh from the age of four and is the eldest of five children. She has a sister, Eädyth, who is also a singer. In a 2013 press interview she explained: At the age of 26 she was diagnosed with autism. Career Crawford won the Arts Connect Original Singer-Songwriter prize in 2012 resulting in work with Amy Wadge including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roots (1977 Miniseries)
''Roots'' is an American television miniseries based on Alex Haley's 1976 novel '' Roots: The Saga of an American Family''. The series first aired on ABC in January 1977. ''Roots'' received 37 Primetime Emmy Award nominations and won nine. It also won a Golden Globe and a Peabody Award. It received unprecedented Nielsen ratings for the finale, which holds the record as the third-highest-rated episode for any type of television series, and the second-most-watched overall series finale in U.S. television history. It was produced on a budget of $6.6 million. A sequel, '' Roots: The Next Generations'', first aired in 1979, and a second sequel, '' Roots: The Gift'', a Christmas television film, starring Burton and Louis Gossett Jr., first aired in 1988. A related film, ''Alex Haley's Queen'', is based on the life of Queen Jackson Haley, who was Alex Haley's paternal grandmother. In 2016, a remake of the original miniseries, with the same name, was commissioned by the History ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afterworld (web Series)
''Afterworld'' is a computer-animated American science fiction series created by writer Brent V. Friedman and artist/filmmaker Michael DeCourcey. Its naturalistic future setting, modeled after traditional movie motifs, presents an atypical science fiction backdrop for the narrative. Friedman served as executive producer, along with Stan Rogow. ''Afterworld'' premiered in the |
Snobs (TV Series)
''Snobs'' is an Australian children's television series that aired from 29 September to 11 November 2003 on the Nine Network. The series is set in Eden Beach, a fictional suburb of Sydney in its northern beaches district; and follows the story of a community of travellers known as "The Ferals" who decide to set up camp in the suburb, despite protest and anger from residents. Cast * Indiana Evans as Abby Oakley * Ross Perrelli as Marian Freeman * Ella Roberts as Pia Freeman * Mathew Waters as Spike Freeman * Brooke Callaghan as Brooke Bellingham * Melissa Jaffer as Gwen Walston Recurring * Kerry Walker as Kizzy Freeman * Craig Elliott as Tobar Freeman * Vanessa Steele as Rose Freeman * Nathy Gaffney as Rachel Oakley * Alex Hughes as Ryan Grainger * Miles Szanto as Sam Keogh * Samuel Rosek as Charlie Oakley * Katherine Merry as Carla Correlli * Danny Nash as Jim Correlli * Tim Campbell as Constable Stubbs * Ann Burbrook as Mrs. Church * John Derum as Mr. Alexand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kizzy (TV Series)
''Kizzy'' is the name given to the 1976 BBC adaptation of Rumer Godden's 1972 novel ''The Diddakoi'' (a.k.a. ''The Gypsy Girl''). It starred Vanessa Furst as the title character and was produced by Dorothea Brooking Dorothea Brooking (née Smith Wright; 7 December 1916 – 23 March 1999) was an English children's television producer and director. She also contributed to works for television, mainly early in her career, and in other capacities. Life and .... It is the story of an orphan traveller or Romani girl called Kizzy, who faces persecution, grief and loss in a hostile, close-knit village community. This is a moving tale of human fallibility and sorrow, but also of strength, courage and redemption. Cast Adaptations The story has also been adapted as a BBC radio drama ''The Diddakoi''. This adaptation features Nisa Cole. References External links * * BBC children's television shows 1970s British children's television series Films based on works by Rumer Go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |