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Lynn (surname)
Lynn is a surname of Irish origin, English and or Scottish. It has a number of separate derivations: *A locational surname from any of a number of places in England, the place name in turn may have derived from Brittonic ''lenna'' (pool or lake). *A locational surname in Scotland of Irish origin, the place name derived from Scottish Gaelicbr>linne in turn from Old Irishbr>linn meaning water feature or pool. *A surname derived from a personal name in the north of Ireland, originally O'Fhloinn, later O' Loinn, O'Lynn and Lynn. The earliest recorded instance of the surname is ''Aedricus de Lenna'' of King's Lynn (1177).Discovering Surnames, Freeman JW, Shire Publications, 3rd ed. 2001, (reprinted 2007), pp 37 ''(Lynn, Linn, Lenn)'' People with the surname include: Arts and entertainment * Allison Lynn (born 1971), American author *Amber Lynn (born 1964), pornographic actress *Ann Lynn (1933–2020), British actress *Barbara Lynn (born 1943), American musician *Barry C. Lynn, American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Locational Surname
A toponymic surname or topographic surname is a surname derived from a place name."Toponymic Surnames as Evidence of the Origin: Some Medieval Views" , by Benjamin Z. Kedar. This can include specific locations, such as the individual's place of origin, residence, or of lands that they held, or can be more generic, derived from topographic features.Iris Shagir, "The Medieval Evolution of By-naming: Notions from the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem", ''In Laudem Hierosolymitani'' (Shagir, Ellenblum & Riley-Smith, eds.), Ashgate Publishing, 2007, pp. 49-59. Toponymic surnames originated as non-hereditary personal s, and only subsequently came to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmett Lynn
Emmett Earl Lynn (February 14, 1897 – October 20, 1958) was an American actor of the stage and screen. Early life Lynn was born in Muscatine, Iowa. When he was nine years old, Lynn became a song plugger in Denver, Colorado. From that beginning he moved to performing in a children's revue. Gus Edwards spotted Lynn and put him in a production of Edwards' ''School Days''. Lynn served in the Army during World War I. Career An eccentric character comedian in vaudeville, he later produced travelling road companies known variously as the Novelty Players, the Emmett Lynn Musical Comedy Company and the Emmett Lynn Players, of which he was its star comedian and usually billed as "Emmett 'Pap' Lynn; his troupes flourished in the 1920s and early 1930s. By 1935, he was just one of the comedians in a travellng musical revue called ''The Passing Show''. Lynn began working in films for Biograph Studios in 1913. On screen, Lynn appeared in over 140 films between 1940 and 1956. He m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Lynn (director)
Robert Lynn (9 July 1918 – 15 January 1982) was a British film and TV director. His TV work includes ''Interpol Calling'', ''Armchair Theatre'' and '' Captain Scarlet''. He also produced the classic children's film ''The Railway Children'' (1970). He was the son of actor Ralph Lynn. Selected filmography * ''Information Received'' (1961) * ''Two Letter Alibi'' (1962) * '' Postman's Knock'' (1962) * ''Victim Five'' (1964) * ''Coast of Skeletons'' (1964) * ''Mozambique'' (1965) * ''Change Partners'' (1965) * ''Sandy the Seal'' (1965, released 1969) * ''Eve Eve (; ; ar, حَوَّاء, Ḥawwāʾ; el, Εὕα, Heúa; la, Eva, Heva; Syriac: romanized: ) is a figure in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible. According to the origin story, "Creation myths are symbolic stories describing how the ...'' (1968) References External links * * 1918 births 1982 deaths British film directors People from Fulham {{UK-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Lynn
Ralph Clifford Lynn (8 March 1882 – 8 August 1962) was an English actor who had a 60-year career, and is best remembered for playing comedy parts in the Aldwych farces first on stage and then in film. Lynn became an actor at the age of 18 and very soon began to be cast in knut or "silly ass" roles. He played such parts as a supporting actor for more than two decades until 1922, when he was cast in the lead of a new West End farce, '' Tons of Money'', in which he achieved immediate stardom. After the success of this play, its co-producer, the actor-manager Tom Walls, leased the Aldwych Theatre in London, where for the next ten years he and Lynn co-starred in a series of successful farces, most of which were written for them by Ben Travers. Many of the Aldwych farces were made into films starring Lynn and Walls, and the two were ranked among the most popular British film actors of the 1930s. He continued his stage career during and after the Second World War, scoring anothe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porsche Lynn
Porsche Lynn (born February 14, 1962) is an American exotic dancer and pornographic actress. Career Lynn chose her stage name from the Porsche car company after seeing one of their cars during a drive to one of her earliest film shoots; she added "Lynn" to it as it fitted well. Between 1985 and 2002, Lynn appeared in about 170 adult films. Lynn is a member of the AVN Hall of Fame and the XRCO Hall of Fame. Awards * 1988 XRCO Award - Starlet of the Year * 1989 XRCO Award Best Female/Female Sex Scene for movie ''The Kink'' with Lynn LeMay * 1994 AVN Award The AVN Awards are List of movie awards, film awards sponsored and presented by the American adult video industry trade magazine ''AVN (magazine), AVN'' (''Adult Video News'') to recognize achievement in various aspects of the creation and m ... - Best Supporting Actress—Video (''Servin' it Up'') References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lynn, Porsche American pornographic film actresses Living ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meredith Scott Lynn
Meredith Scott Lynn (born March 8, 1970) is an American actress, producer, and director, best known as Anne in ‘’Days of Our Lives’’ (2012-2017). Early life Lynn's mother is a former teacher. Lynn attended the High School of Performing Arts in New York City. Career In the 1980s, Lynn's entertainment career began with appearances in the final two episodes of The Facts of Life. Lynn has over 60 film and television credits. Lynn became the founder and CEO of WRiTE BRAiN BOOKS. Filmography Television Producer * Designing Blind (2006) TV series (executive producer) (unknown episodes) * Standing on Fishes (1999) (producer) * Demo Reel: A Tragedy in 10 Minutes (1999) (producer) * Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss (1998) (co-producer) * I Love You, Don't Touch Me! (1997) (co-producer) Director * Standing on Fishes (1999) Personal life Lynn is Jewish Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret E
Margaret is a female first name, derived via French () and Latin () from grc, μαργαρίτης () meaning "pearl". The Greek is borrowed from Indo-Iranian languages, Persian. Margaret has been an English name since the 11th century, and remained popular throughout the Middle Ages. It became less popular between the 16th century and 18th century, but became more common again after this period, becoming the second-most popular female name in the United States in 1903. Since this time, it has become less common, but was still the ninth-most common name for women of all ages in the United States as of the List of most popular given names, 1990 census. Margaret has many diminutive forms in many different languages, including Maggie, Madge (given name), Madge, Daisy (given name), Daisy, Margarete, Marge, Margo (given name), Margo, Margie, Marjorie, Meg, Megan, Rita (given name), Rita, Greta (given name), Greta, Gretchen, and Peggy (given name), Peggy. Name variants Full name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loretta Lynn
Loretta Lynn (; April 14, 1932 – October 4, 2022) was an American country music singer and songwriter. In a career spanning six decades, Lynn released multiple gold albums. She had numerous hits such as " You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)", " Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)", "One's on the Way", "Fist City", and " Coal Miner's Daughter". In 1980, the film '' Coal Miner's Daughter'' was made based on her life. Lynn received many awards and other accolades for her groundbreaking role in country music, including awards from both the Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music as a duet partner and an individual artist. She was nominated 18 times for a Grammy Award, and won three times. , Lynn was the most awarded female country recording artist, and the only female ACM Artist of the Decade (1970s). Lynn scored 24 No. 1 hit singles and 11 number one albums. She ended 57 years of touring on the road after she suffered a stroke in 2017 and br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Common (rapper)
Lonnie Rashid Lynn (born March 13, 1972), known by his stage name Common (formerly known as Common Sense), is an American rapper and actor. He debuted in 1992 with the album ''Can I Borrow a Dollar?,'' and gained critical acclaim with his 1994 album ''Resurrection.'' He maintained an underground following into the late 1990s. He achieved mainstream success through his work with the Soulquarians. His first major-label album, '' Like Water for Chocolate'' (2000), received commercial success. In 2003, he won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Song for the Erykah Badu single " Love of My Life". His 2005 album '' Be'' was also successful and was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 2006 Grammy Awards. He received his second Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for "Southside" (featuring Kanye West), from his 2007 album ''Finding Forever''. His best-of album, '' Thisisme Then: The Best of Common'', was released in late 2007. In 2011, he launched Think Common Entertainmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Lynn
Jonathan Lynn (born 3 April 1943) is an English stage and film director, producer, writer, and actor. He is known for directing the comedy films such as ''Clue'', ''Nuns on the Run'', ''My Cousin Vinny'', and ''The Whole Nine Yards''. He also co-created and co-wrote the television series ''Yes Minister''. Early life Lynn was born in Bath, Somerset, the son of physician Robin Lynn and sculptor Ruth Helen (née Eban), whose first cousin on her mother's side was the neurologist Oliver Sacks. Another cousin, Caroline Sacks, married Nicholas Samuel, 5th Viscount Bearsted. Lynn was educated at Kingswood School, Bath, between 1954 and 1961, after which he studied law at Pembroke College, Cambridge. (His maternal uncle, Israeli statesman Abba Eban, had also studied at Cambridge in the 1930s.) There he participated in the Cambridge University Footlights Club revue '' Cambridge Circus'' (appearing with the revue in 1964 on Broadway and on ''The Ed Sullivan Show''). Career Acting Lynn's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenny Lynn (photographer)
Jenny Lynn (born 1953, Tampa, Florida), is an American photographer. She works and lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Formative years Born in Tampa, Florida in 1953, Lynn was raised near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Lynn studied painting and photography at the Tyler School of Art and Architecture at Temple University in Philadelphia from 1972 to 1976, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, cum laude. She then enrolled in the filmmaking program at the New York University Graduate School of Film and Television, and received further training there from 1977 to 1978. Career Following her studies at New York University, Lynn worked as a freelance designer and photographer in New York City prior to relocating to Santa Barbara, California, where she continued her artistic endeavors before feeling the need to return to the East Coast. "There wasn't enough grit in Santa Barbara.... It's idyllic for a vacation, but all my roots are here, and my clients, too." She subsequently opte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeffrey Lynn
Jeffrey Lynn (born Ragnar Godfrey Lind; – November 24, 1995) was an American stage-screen actor and film producer who worked primarily through the Golden Age of Hollywood establishing himself as one of the premier talents of his time. Throughout his acting career, both on stage and in film, he was typecast as "the attractive, reliable love interest of the heroine," or "the tall, stalwart hero." Born and raised in Massachusetts, he attended Bates College, before working as a teacher. He was tapped to act in his first film in 1938, which convinced him to move to Hollywood, California. His second film–'' Four Daughters'' (1938)–propelled him into national fame sparking two sequels: ''Four Wives'' (1939) and ''Four Mothers'' (1941), with Lynn reprising his role in each of them, along with '' Daughters Courageous'' (1939), which included the same cast but had a different storyline. He was at the center of the ''Gone with the Wind'' (1939) casting controversy: he was the top ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
