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List Of Welsh Women
This is an alphabetical list of Welsh women. {{Compact ToC, u=, v=, x=, y= A *Jane Aaron (born 1951), literature scholar, researcher, non-fiction writer *Janet Ackland (born 1938), bowler *Helen Adams (born 1978), television personality *Sian Adey-Jones (born 1957), model, actress * Wendy Albiston (born 1969), actress *Jessica Allen (born 1989), racing cyclist * Jan Anderson (born 1974), actress *Elizabeth Andrews (1882–1960), suffragist, writer * Josie d'Arby (born 1972), actress, writer, television presenter * Jane Arden (1927–1982), film director, actress, screenwriter, playwright, poet *Kim Ashfield (born 1959), model *Laura Ashley (1925–1985), fashion designer *Tiffany Atkinson (born 1972), poet, educator *Trezza Azzopardi (born 1961), widely translated novelist, short story writer, author of '' The Hiding Place'' *Janet Ackland (born 1938), bowler B * Emilia Baeyertz (1842–1926), Christian missionary *Mary Balogh (born 1944), Welsh-Canadian historical novelist * Io ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Aaron (educator)
Jane Rhiannon Aaron (born 1951) is a Welsh educator, literary researcher and writer. She was Professor of English at the University of Glamorgan in south Wales, until her retirement in September 2011. She then became an associate member of the Centre for the Study of Media and Culture in Small Nations at the University of South Wales. Aaron is known for her research and publications on Welsh literature and the writings of Welsh women. Biography and research Aaron was born on 26 September 1951 in Aberystwyth. Her father was the philosopher Richard Ithamar Aaron and his wife Annie Rhiannon Morgan. She graduated in English at the University of Wales, Swansea (1970–1973) and then studied at Somerville College, Oxford, where she gained a PhD in 1980. In 1993, she was appointed Senior Lecturer of English at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth , mottoeng = A world without knowledge is no world at all , established = 1872 (as ''The University College of Wale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iona Banks
Iona Banks (20 December 1920 – 20 May 2008) was a Welsh actress from Trelogan, Sir y Fflint. She played Mrs. Roberts in ''Our Day Out'' (1977), Mrs Roberts in Part 2 of Willy Russell's 1983 TV series ''One Summer'' and barmaid Gwladys Lake in the Welsh television soap opera ''Pobol y Cwm ''Pobol y Cwm'' (''People of the Valley''; ) is a Welsh-language soap opera produced by the BBC since October 1974. The longest-running television soap opera produced by the BBC, ''Pobol y Cwm'' was originally transmitted on BBC One Wales and l ...''."Actores Cwmderi yn marw" – ''BBC Cymru Newyddion (21 Mai 2008)'' (Retrieved on 23 May 2008) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joyce Bland
Joyce Bland (10 May 1906 – 24 August 1963) was a Welsh film actress. Early life Joyce Bland was born in 1906, at Caerleon, Wales. She trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. Career Bland made her stage debut on tour in 1927 in '' The Constant Nymph''. She then returned to London and understudied Tallulah Bankhead. In 1935 she appeared in the historical play '' Mary Tudor''. Her interpretation of the role of Goneril in ''King Lear'' was considered "extraordinary" and "sinister". However, another critic referred to her as "the aptly named Joyce Bland," who "spoke finely" and "looked beautiful" as Desdemona in ''Othello'' at Stratford. Later she went to North America where she appeared in Shakespearean roles. ''Winnipeg Tribune'' (11 No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Bidgood
Ruth Bidgood (née Jones; 20 July 1922 – 4 March 2022) was a Welsh poet and local historian who wrote in English. Life and career Ruth Jones was born at Blaendulais, Seven Sisters, near Neath, Wales, on 20 July 1922. Her mother, the former Hilda Garrett, was a teacher. Bidgood's Welsh-speaking father, Rev William Herbert Jones, became vicar of St Mary's Church, Aberavon, where Ruth was brought up. She was educated at a grammar school in Port Talbot, and went on to read English at St Hugh's College, Oxford. During World War II, she served in the Wrens as a coder, at Alexandria in Egypt. After the war, Bidgood worked in London helping to prepare a new edition of ''Chambers's Encyclopaedia'', but eventually she and her husband, David Bidgood, whom she had married in 1946, moved to Coulsdon in Surrey. She and her husband had two sons and one daughter, Janet (died 2007). Bidgood and her husband bought a holiday bungalow at Abergwesyn, near Llanwrtyd Wells in Powys. During the 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bridget Bevan
Bridget Bevan (née Vaughan; baptised 30 October 1698 – 11 December 1779), also known as Madam Bevan, was a Wales, Welsh educationalist and public benefactor. She was the chief supporter of Griffith Jones (priest), Griffith Jones and his system of circulating schools. Life Bridget Bevan was born at Derllys Court, Llannewydd, in Carmarthenshire, Wales, in 1698. She was the youngest daughter of the philanthropist John Vaughan (Carmarthenshire), John Vaughan (1663–1722), a patron of the Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge (SPCK) schools in the county, and his wife, Elizabeth Thomas (d. 1721). On 30 December 1721 at Merthyr church, she married a local lawyer and Member of Parliament for Carmarthen (UK Parliament constituency), Carmarthen, Arthur Bevan (1689–1743). She was the heiress of her uncle, John Vaughan of Derllys. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tara Bethan
Tara Bethan Williams (born 8 December 1983) is a Welsh actress, singer and presenter. Biography Daughter of professional footballer and wrestler Orig Williams, Bethan was brought up in Llansannan and Rhyl. From a young age, Bethan sang and danced and performed in the ''Eisteddfod''. She was educated at Aled Primary School in Llansannan and Ysgol Glan Clwyd. She later graduated with honours from Ivor Novello - Redroofs Theatre School, where she won "Most Promising Performer of the Year". She won the National Eisteddfod's Gwobr Goffa Wilbert Lloyd Roberts when it was held in Llanbedrgoch in 1999. She became the youngest member ever of the Gorsedd of Bards at Newport Eisteddfod at the age of 20. Bethan began appearing on stage in north Wales from a young age, appearing in plays such as ''Cinderella'', ''Jack And The Beanstalk'' and ''Peter Karrie Unmasked'' at the Pavilion Theatre in Rhyl, ''Goldilocks and the Three Bears'' at the Empire Theatre in Sunderland, ''My Fair Lady'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Brereton
Jane Brereton (1685–1740) was a Welsh poet who wrote in English. She was notable as a correspondent for ''The Gentleman's Magazine''.Alexander Chalmers (Ed.), ''The General Biographical Dictionary'' - A New Edition volume VI' (1812) Biography Jane was born in 1685, the daughter of Thomas Hughes of Bryn Gruffydd, near Mold, Flintshire, and his wife Anne Jones. Unusually for a girl at the time, Jane was educated at least up to the age of 16, when her father died. She showed an early interest in poetry. In January 1711, she married Thomas Brereton, at the time a commoner of Brasenose College, Oxford. Her husband soon spent his fortune and went over to Paris. Some time after that, a separation took place and she retired in 1721 to Flintshire, where she led a solitary life, seeing little company other than some intimate friends. About that time Thomas Brereton obtained from Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland a post belonging to the customs at Parkgate, Cheshire, but in Februar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Maria Bennett
Anna Maria Bennett (ca. 1750 – 12 February 1808) was a Welsh novelist who wrote in English. Some sources give her name as Agnes Maria Bennett. Her best-known work is the epistolary novel '' Agnes de-Courci'' (1789).Available from Chawton House as PDF She worked as the housekeeper of Thomas Pye, and was also her employer's mistress. They had two illegitimate children, one of whom was the actress Harriet Pye Esten. Family Anna was probably born in Merthyr Tydfil Glamorgan, Wales, the daughter of a David Evans, who was described variously as a customs officer and a grocer. She married a Thomas Bennett, who was either a customs officer or a tanner, and moved to London with him. She soon left him and eventually found work in a chandler's shop. There she met Vice-Admiral Thomas Pye, who took her to his property in Tooting, Surrey, where she became his housekeeper and mistress. :She minc'd his meat, & made his bed :And warm'd it too, sometimes, 'tis said.' The couple had at l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eirlys Bellin
Eirlys Bellin is a Welsh actress, character comedian and voice-over artist from Cowbridge in South Wales. Bellin trained at the University of Edinburgh and the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. She has been a regular on the London circuit starring in character comedy shows like '' Spank!'' And ''Something for the Weekend''. In her hit debut solo show '' Eirlys Bellin: Reality Check'', she performed as Welsh celebrity wannabe Rhian Davies at Holyrood, Edinburgh, Edinburgh in 2007, which spawned many reviews in her favour. Her 2010 Edinburgh Show ''Unaccustomed As I Am'' was directed by Logan Murray. Bellin was also a semi-finalist in Funny Women Awards at the Manchester Comedy Festival. Television roles Other appearances * Stardust (BBC Radio 4) * Hole (BBC Radio 4) * Pips (BBC Radio 4) * A Traveller in Time (BBC Radio 4) * Tower (BBC Radio 4) * Truth or Dare (BBC Radio Wales) * ''Bob The Builder'' (S4C) * ''Sabrina, the Animated Series'' (S4C) In 2008, she featured in A Com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Remy Beasley
Remy Beasley is a Welsh actress best known for playing Beyoncé Evans in the Sky1 TV comedy drama series ''Stella''. She comes from Chepstow Chepstow ( cy, Cas-gwent) is a town and community in Monmouthshire, Wales, adjoining the border with Gloucestershire, England. It is located on the tidal River Wye, about above its confluence with the River Severn, and adjoining the wester ..., where her mother Alison ran a pub. Filmography Television References External links * Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Welsh television actresses People from Chepstow Alumni of the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama {{Wales-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Beale
Anne Beale (1816 – 17 April 1900) was a popular English novelist and poet based in Wales. Her poetry, novels and stories appeared in print for over 50 years in her lifetime: "an unusually long career as an author".Jane Aaron''Nineteenth-Century Women's Writing in Wales: Nation, Gender and Identity''(University of Wales Press 2010), pp. 123–124, She was born and educated in Somerset and started a career as a governess. In 1841, she settled in Carmarthenshire. She started writing to supplement her teaching income, but she later earned enough to write full time. Biography Anne Beale was born at Langport, Somerset. She was educated at Bath, Somerset by "Madame de Bellecour". Her older sister Elizabeth Compton Beale was a singer by training. Beale lived near Llandeilo in Carmarthenshire from 1841, at first working as a governess for the family of an Anglican clergyman. Her income from writing eventually allowed her to make it her full-time profession, instead of a supplement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shirley Bassey
Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey (; born 8 January 1937) is a Welsh singer. Best known for her career longevity, powerful voice and recording the theme songs to three James Bond films, Bassey is widely regarded as one of the most popular vocalists in Britain. Born in Cardiff, Bassey began performing as a teenager in 1953. In 1959, she became the first Welsh person to gain a number-one single on the UK Singles Chart. In the following decades, Bassey amassed 27 Top 40 hits in the UK, including two number-ones. She became well-known for recording the soundtrack theme songs of the James Bond films '' Goldfinger'' (1964), '' Diamonds Are Forever'' (1971), and '' Moonraker'' (1979). In 2020, Bassey became the first female artist to chart an album in the Top 40 of the UK Albums Chart in seven consecutive decades with her album ''I Owe It All To You''. Bassey has also had numerous BBC television specials, and she hosted her own variety series, '' Shirley Bassey''. In 2011, BBC aired the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
