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Lesley Laird Official Parliamentary Photo
Lesley is a placename, given name and surname, a variant of Leslie that can be male or female name and is ultimately an anglicization of a Scottish (Gaelic) placename. Places * Fort Lesley J. McNair, American army facility * Lesley University, American academic institution People Given name * Lesley Baker (b. 1944), Australian actress * Lesley Bamberger (born 1965/1966), Dutch billionaire, owner of Kroonenberg Groep * Lesley Blanch (1904–2007), British writer and editor * Lesley M. M. Blume, American author * Lesley Turner Bowrey (b. 1942), Australian tennis player * Lesley-Ann Brandt (b. 1981), South African-born actress * Lesley Choyce (b. 1951), American-born writer based in Canada * Lesley Douglas (b. 1963), British radio executive * Lesley-Anne Down (b. 1954), British actress * Lesley Ann Downey (1954–1964), British murder victim * Lesley Duncan (1943–2010), British singer-songwriter * Lesley Dunlop (b. 1956), British actress * Lesley Elliott (other), multipl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leslie (name)
Leslie is a surname and given name, derived from the name of Clan Leslie. The name derives from a placename in Aberdeenshire, perhaps an anglicisation of an originally Gaelic "holly-garden". In the United Kingdom, the name is spelled ''Leslie'' when given to boys, while for girls it is usually rendered as ''Lesley''. First name The following people bear the first name Leslie: Female * Leslie (singer) (born 1985), French pop-R&B singer * Leslie Cohen Berlowitz (1944–2020), American academic * Leslie Bibb (born 1974), American actress * Leslie Caron (born 1931), French actress * Leslie Carrara-Rudolph, American puppeteer, also known as Abby Cadabby on ''Sesame Street''. * Leslie Carter (1986–2012), 2000s pop and later, pop/rock singer * Mrs. Leslie Carter (1857–1937), American stage actress * Leslie Cheng, American mathematician * Leslie Erganian, American artist * Leslie Feist (born 1976), Canadian singer * Leslie Fish, American musician and songwriter * Lesley Gore (194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesley Gill
Lesley Gill is an author and a professor of anthropology at Vanderbilt University. Her research focusses on political violence, gender, free market reforms and human rights in Latin America, especially Bolivia. She also writes about the military training that takes place at the School of the Americas and has campaigned for its closure. She has campaigned with Witness for Peace. Education and work Gill has a B.A. from Macalester College (1977), and an M.A. (1978), M.Phil. (1980) and Ph.D. (1984) from Columbia University. She was a visiting fellow at the University of East Anglia from 1984 to 1985. Formerly at the American University in Washington, she moved in 2008 to Vanderbilt to chair the Department of Anthropology. Gill is one of a handful of Editors responsible for the ''Dialectical Anthropology'' academic journal. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesley Molseed
Lesley is a placename, given name and surname, a variant of Leslie that can be male or female name and is ultimately an anglicization of a Scottish (Gaelic) placename. Places * Fort Lesley J. McNair, American army facility * Lesley University, American academic institution People Given name * Lesley Baker (b. 1944), Australian actress * Lesley Bamberger (born 1965/1966), Dutch billionaire, owner of Kroonenberg Groep * Lesley Blanch (1904–2007), British writer and editor * Lesley M. M. Blume, American author * Lesley Turner Bowrey (b. 1942), Australian tennis player * Lesley-Ann Brandt (b. 1981), South African-born actress * Lesley Choyce (b. 1951), American-born writer based in Canada * Lesley Douglas (b. 1963), British radio executive * Lesley-Anne Down (b. 1954), British actress * Lesley Ann Downey (1954–1964), British murder victim * Lesley Duncan (1943–2010), British singer-songwriter * Lesley Dunlop (b. 1956), British actress * Lesley Elliott (other), multipl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesley Mahmood
Lesley Elizabeth Mahmood is a British politician. She was active in Militant and Liverpool politics along with her brother Roy Farrar in the 1970s and 1980s. Mahmood was prominent in the Liverpool District Labour Party's campaign for more money for the city from the government of Margaret Thatcher, and was elected to the city council as part of the Liverpool 29 who replaced the Liverpool 47 when they were surcharged in 1986. She was also prominent in the campaign against the Poll Tax and was put forward to be the Labour candidate in the Liverpool Walton by-election caused by the death of Eric Heffer in 1991. Although she won a majority of 92 out of 140 Walton Labour Party members, once the union votes were counted, Peter Kilfoyle became the Labour Party candidate. In the ensuing by-election, Kilfoyle won with 21,317 (53.1%) votes while Mahmood, standing as Walton Real Labour, came third with 2,613 and 6.5% of the vote. The Walton by-election was a factor in the decision ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesley J
Lesley is a placename, given name and surname, a variant of Leslie that can be male or female name and is ultimately an anglicization of a Scottish (Gaelic) placename. Places * Fort Lesley J. McNair, American army facility * Lesley University, American academic institution People Given name * Lesley Baker (b. 1944), Australian actress * Lesley Bamberger (born 1965/1966), Dutch billionaire, owner of Kroonenberg Groep * Lesley Blanch (1904–2007), British writer and editor * Lesley M. M. Blume, American author * Lesley Turner Bowrey (b. 1942), Australian tennis player * Lesley-Ann Brandt (b. 1981), South African-born actress * Lesley Choyce (b. 1951), American-born writer based in Canada * Lesley Douglas (b. 1963), British radio executive * Lesley-Anne Down (b. 1954), British actress * Lesley Ann Downey (1954–1964), British murder victim * Lesley Duncan (1943–2010), British singer-songwriter * Lesley Dunlop (b. 1956), British actress * Lesley Elliott (other), multipl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesley Manville
Lesley Ann Manville (born 12 March 1956) is an English actress known for her frequent collaborations with Mike Leigh, appearing in the films ''Grown-Ups'' (1980), '' High Hopes'' (1988), '' Secrets & Lies'' (1996), ''Topsy-Turvy'' (1999), '' All or Nothing'' (2002), ''Vera Drake'' (2004), '' Another Year'' (2010), and ''Mr. Turner'' (2014). She has been nominated for two British Academy Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her roles in ''Another Year'' (2010) and ''Phantom Thread'' (2017); with the latter earning her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Manville has also appeared in the films '' Dance with a Stranger'' (1985), '' A Christmas Carol'' (2009), ''Maleficent'' (2014), '' Maleficent: Mistress of Evil'' (2019), ''Let Him Go'' (2020), and '' Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris'' (2022), as well as the television series ''Emmerdale'' (1974–1976), '' Cranford'' (2007), '' Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond'' (2014), ''River'' (2015), and '' Mum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesley Magnus
Lesley Magnus (born October 6, 1977 in Tisdale, Saskatchewan) is a field hockey player from Oliver, British Columbia, Canada, who was first selected with the Canada women's national field hockey team, Women's National Team for the 2000 Test Series against the United States. , accessed 2010-05-17 The resident of Vancouver earned her first cap on July 10. Magnus was also selected for the 2000 European Tour (Germany and the Netherlands), and the 2002 European Tour (Scotland and Wales). International Senior Tournaments * 2003 – Pan American Games, Santo Domingo (5th) * 2004 – Pan Am Cup, Bridgetown, Barbados (3rd)References 1977 births Living people Sportspeople from British Columb ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesley Langley
Lesley Doreen Langley (born 26 March 1944 in Weymouth, Dorset, with the name Lesley Hill, which she changed to Leslie Langley to make it more artistic) is a British model, beauty queen and actress who was Miss United Kingdom and Miss World in 1965. She became the third woman from her country to win the title, and the second Miss United Kingdom in a row, thus making the United Kingdom the second country to have back-to-back winners. Sweden was the first, winning the inaugural pageant in 1951 and the second pageant in 1952. Career Langley attended the Royal Merchant Navy School—now known as Reddam House, Berkshire—in the 1950s. In the mid-1960s she played a small part as a member of an all-female team of pilots in the James Bond film '' Goldfinger'' as well as a Thal in the ''Doctor Who'' serial ''The Daleks''. She also became the front cover in 1967 on Weymouth's Official Holiday Guide, with photos inside. Personal life During her tenure Langley met and married jazz orga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesley Judd
Lesley Judd (born 20 December 1946) is an English former television presenter and dancer, best known as a long-serving host of the BBC children's programme '' Blue Peter'' (1972–1979). Background Born in London, the daughter of Leslie T. Judd and Hilda Madeline Haddock, Judd was educated at the independent Arts Educational School, Tring Park (Hertfordshire). In 1959, she appeared in the BBC Television adaptation of ''Heidi'', playing the part of Clara. Another early appearance as a child actress was as a schoolgirl in the ''Z-Cars'' episode "Person Unknown" on 14 November 1962. An early dancing appearance came on BBC TV's ''The Language of Love'' in 1964. In 1967, Judd was one of the "children" dancers on Gillian Lynne's BBC2 show ''Hey Riddle Diddle'' starring Roy Castle and Nelson Riddle. She was a hostess on the Associated-Rediffusion game show '' Exit! It's the Way-Out Show'' hosted by Ed Stewart. Beginning in 1967 with ''The Rolf Harris Show'', Judd appeared as part of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesley Joseph
Lesley Diana Joseph (born 14 October 1945) is an English actress and broadcaster, best known for playing Dorien Green in the television sitcom '' Birds of a Feather'' from 1989 to 1998 and again from 2014 to 2020. Other television credits include ''Absurd Person Singular'' (1985) and '' Night and Day'' (2001–2003). Her stage roles include UK touring productions of ''Thoroughly Modern Millie'' (2005), ''Calendar Girls'' (2011) and ''Annie'' (2015). In 2018, she was nominated for the Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical, for the original West End production of ''Young Frankenstein''. Early life Joseph was born, on 14 October 1945, in Finsbury Park, Haringey, London, England. She grew up in Kingsthorpe, Northampton and attended Northampton School for Girls. Career Stage In May 1973, Joseph appeared in ''Godspell'' at the Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth. Joseph appeared in ''Cinderella'' at Theatre Royal, Plymouth in 2008 and the Orchard Theatre in Dartford ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twiggy
Dame Lesley Lawson (''née'' Hornby; born 19 September 1949) is an English model, actress, and singer, widely known by the nickname Twiggy. She was a British cultural icon and a prominent teenaged model during the swinging '60s in London. Twiggy was initially known for her thin build and the androgynous appearance considered to result from her big eyes, long eyelashes, and short hair.Best Models of All Time: #7 Twiggy ''Harper's Bazaar''. She was named "The Face of 1966" by the '' Daily Express'' and voted British Woman of the Year. By 1967, she had modelled in France, Japan, and the US, and had landed on the covers of '' |
Lesley Hinds
Lesley Hinds is a Scottish Labour Party politician who served as Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Scotland from 2003 to 2007. Early life and education Hinds was born on 3 August 1956 in Dundee, Scotland to Kenneth and Ena Nicol. She attended Kirkton High School in Dundee and studied at Dundee College of Education. She was a teacher at Deans Primary Schools in West Lothian from 1977 to 1980. Political career She was first elected to Edinburgh District Council as a member of the Scottish Labour Party to represent the Telford ward in 1984, later becoming leader of the district council. In 1996 she was elected to represent the Muirhouse and Drylaw ward in the new City of Edinburgh unitary authority. Following the local elections in May 2007 she was one of four councillors representing the new Inverleith ward. She was elected the Lord Provost of Edinburgh on 8 May 2003, succeeding Eric Milligan, however following elections on 3 May 2007, the Labour Party lost overall control of the C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
