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Margaret Gordon (economist)
Margaret Gordon may refer to: *Margaret Gordon, Miss Alabama USA *Lady Margaret Gordon, wife of William Thomas Beckford *Margaret Gordon (actress) in The Flying Scot (film) *Maggie Gordon, character in The Last Starfighter * Margaret Harris Gordon, member of the Texas Legislature from 1939 to 1941 *Margaret Gordon (illustrator) See also *Margaret Gordon Burn, New Zealand teacher * {{hndis, Gordon, Margaret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Alabama USA
Miss Alabama USA, previously known as Miss Alabama Universe, is the beauty pageant that selects the representative for the state of Alabama in the Miss USA pageant, and the name of the title held by its winner. The pageant is directed by RPM Productions. Alabama's most successful placement was in Miss USA 1967, 1967, when Sylvia Hitchcock was crowned Miss USA. She later went on to be crowned Miss Universe 1967 as well. Alabama's most recent placement was in Miss USA 2020, 2020, when Kelly Hutchinson placed as the fourth runner-up. The current Miss Alabama USA is Sophie Burzynski of Auburn, Alabama, who was crowned on January 28, 2022 at Jay & Susie Gogue Performing Arts Center in Auburn, Alabama, Auburn. Burzynski will represent Alabama at Miss USA 2023. Gallery of titleholders File:Sylvia Hitchcock, 1968 Indy 500 (cropped).jpg, Sylvia Hitchcock, Miss Alabama USA 1967, Miss USA 1967, and Miss Universe 1967 File:Tara Darby 2009.jpg, Tara Darby, Miss Alabama USA 2004 File:Hale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Margaret Gordon
The word ''lady'' is a term for a girl or woman, with various connotations. Once used to describe only women of a high social class or status, the equivalent of lord, now it may refer to any adult woman, as gentleman can be used for men. Informal use is sometimes euphemistic ("lady of the night" for prostitute) or, in American slang, condescending in direct address (equivalent to "mister" or "man"). "Lady" is also a formal title in the United Kingdom. "Lady" is used before the family name of a woman with a title of nobility or honorary title ''suo jure'' (in her own right), or the wife of a lord, a baronet, Scottish feudal baron, laird, or a knight, and also before the first name of the daughter of a duke, marquess, or earl. Etymology The word comes from Old English '; the first part of the word is a mutated form of ', "loaf, bread", also seen in the corresponding ', "lord". The second part is usually taken to be from the root ''dig-'', "to knead", seen also in dough; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Thomas Beckford
William Thomas Beckford (29 September 1760 – 2 May 1844) was an English novelist, art collector, patron of decorative art, critic, travel writer, plantation owner and for some time politician. He was reputed at one stage to be England's richest commoner. The son of William Beckford (politician), William Beckford and Maria Hamilton, daughter of the Hon. George Hamilton (died 1775), George Hamilton, he served as a Member of Parliament for Wells (UK Parliament constituency), Wells in 1784–1790 and Hindon (UK Parliament constituency), Hindon in 1790–1795 and 1806–1820. Beckford is remembered for a Gothic novel ''Vathek'' (1786), for building the lost Fonthill Abbey in Wiltshire and Lansdown Tower ("Beckford's Tower") in Bath, and for his art collection. Biography Beckford was born in the family's London home at 22 Soho Square on 29 September 1760. At the age of ten, he inherited a fortune from his father William Beckford (politician), William Beckford, who had been twice a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Gordon (actress)
Margaret Gordon may refer to: *Margaret Gordon, Miss Alabama USA *Lady Margaret Gordon, wife of William Thomas Beckford * Margaret Gordon (actress) in The Flying Scot (film) *Maggie Gordon, character in The Last Starfighter * Margaret Harris Gordon, member of the Texas Legislature from 1939 to 1941 *Margaret Gordon (illustrator) Margaret Anna Gordon (19 May 1939 – 31 December 1989), born Margaret Anna Eastoe, was a children's book illustrator, best known for depicting The Wombles in Elisabeth Beresford's books and her own series about Wilberforce the mischievous bear, ... See also * Margaret Gordon Burn, New Zealand teacher * {{hndis, Gordon, Margaret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Flying Scot (film)
''The Flying Scot'' is a 1957 British crime film produced and directed by Compton Bennett and starring Lee Patterson, Kay Callard and Alan Gifford. The film was released in the U.S. as ''Mailbag Robbery''. Plot A gang plans to steal a half-a-million pounds' worth of banknotes from an express train. Cast * Lee Patterson as Ronnie * Kay Callard as Jackie * Alan Gifford as Phil * Margaret Withers as Middle-Aged Lady * Mark Baker as Gibbs * Jeremy Bodkin as Charlie, the boy * Gerald Case as Guard * Margaret Gordon as Drunk's Wife * John Lee (Australian actor), John Lee as Young Man * Kerry Jordan as Drunk * John Dearth as Father Critical reception ''TV Guide'' wrote, "The suspense is well built in this finely constructed feature": while ''Sky Movies'' called it "An unheralded low-budget thriller which contains twice as much suspense as many more lavish productions. Taut, crisp, with a conspicuous absence of big name stars, it is a prime example of the British B movie at its best. Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Starfighter
''The Last Starfighter'' is a 1984 American space opera film directed by Nick Castle. The film tells the story of Alex Rogan (Lance Guest), a teenager recruited by an alien defense force to fight in an interstellar war. It also features Robert Preston, Dan O'Herlihy, Catherine Mary Stewart, Norman Snow, and Kay E. Kuter. ''The Last Starfighter'', along with Disney's ''Tron'', has the distinction of being one of cinema's earliest films to use extensive "real-life" computer-generated imagery (CGI) to depict its many starships, environments and battle scenes. ''The Last Starfighter'' was Robert Preston's final role in a theatrical film. The character of Centauri, a "lovable con-man", was written with him in mind and was a nod to his most famous role as Professor Harold Hill in ''The Music Man''.''Crossing the Frontier: Making "The Last Starfighter"'' (behind-the-scenes retrospective), Universal Studios Home Video, 1999. There was a subsequent novelization of the film by Alan D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Harris Gordon
Margaret Thomas Arnold Foster Greer Harris (Gordon) Amsler (June 15, 1908 – May 14, 2002) was a law professor in Texas. In 1955 she became the third female full law professor at a US law school, after Harriet Spiller Daggett in 1931 and Barbara Nachtrieb Armstrong in 1935. She was inducted into the Texas Women's Hall of Fame in 1987. Early and private life She was born in Waco, Texas, the daughter of Judge Nat Harris. Her father taught law at Baylor University from 1920 to 1944. Her mother also graduated from Baylor, where she had moved to accompany her older brother who was a professor of Latin and Greek. She graduated with an AB from Baylor University in 1929, in English and French, and then an MA in English literature from Wellesley College in 1931. She then taught at a Texas high school. She attended law school from 1935, graduating with an LLB in 1937; she was the only woman in her class, and graduated in first place. She married her first husband, John Kenneth Gord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Gordon (illustrator)
Margaret Anna Gordon (19 May 1939 – 31 December 1989), born Margaret Anna Eastoe, was a children's book illustrator, best known for depicting The Wombles in Elisabeth Beresford's books and her own series about Wilberforce the mischievous bear, which she both wrote and illustrated. Career Born in London on 19 May 1939 to musician parents, Margaret Anna Eastoe (who was known professionally after 1964 by her husband Giles Gordon's surname), studied at St Martin's School of Art, but moved to Camberwell College of Arts because, she said, all the women at Saint Martin's were there to find husbands and she wanted to be an artist, and the Central School of Arts and Crafts. She then became a part-time teacher in Bexhill, but continued to paint, exhibiting her first work in 1965. She illustrated a number of books for Macmillan, including George MacBeth's ''Noah's Journey'', before producing her own picture book ''The Green Children'' (with Macmillan's Kevin Crossley-Holland) in 196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
