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Merle (given Name)
Merle is a given name used by both men and women, from the French word ''merle'' meaning blackbird (from the Latin ''merula'').. Related names are ''Merrill'' or '' Muriel''. People Female * Merle Barwis (1900–2014), American-Canadian supercentenarian * Merle van Benthem (born 1992), Dutch cyclist * Merle Chambers (born 1946), American business executive *Merle Collins (born 1950), Grenadian poet and writer * Merle Dandridge (born 1975), American actress and singer * Merle Egan Anderson (c. 1888–1984), American military servicewoman *Merle Feld (1947), American author, playwright, poet and activist * Merle S. Goldberg (1936–1998), American journalist and an abortion rights activist * Merle Goldman (born 1931), American historian * Merle Greene Robertson (1913–2011), American artist, art historian and archaeologist *Merle Hodge (born 1944), Trinidadian novelist * Merle Hoffman (born 1946), American journalist and activist *Merle Jääger (born 1965), Estonian actress and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Common Blackbird
The common blackbird (''Turdus merula'') is a species of true thrush. It is also called the Eurasian blackbird (especially in North America, to distinguish it from the unrelated New World blackbirds), or simply the blackbird where this does not lead to confusion with a local species. It breeds in Europe, Asiatic Russia, and North Africa, and has been introduced to Australia and New Zealand. It has a number of subspecies across its large range; a few of the Asian subspecies are sometimes considered to be full species. Depending on latitude, the common blackbird may be resident, partially migratory, or fully migratory. The adult male of the common blackbird (''Turdus merula merula'', the nominate subspecies), which is found throughout most of Europe, is all black except for a yellow eye-ring and bill and has a rich, melodious song; the adult female and juvenile have mainly dark brown plumage. This species breeds in woods and gardens, building a neat, cup-shaped nest, bound toge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Merle may refer to: People *Merle (given name), a given name used by both men and women *Merle (surname), a surname of French origin Others *Merle (dog coat), a pattern in dogs’ coats *Merle (grape), another name for the wine grape Merlot *Akaflieg München Mü17 Merle, a German glider originally built in 1938 for the 1940 Olympics gliding competition * MS ''Phocine'', a ferry formerly named MS ''Merle'' *Merle's Tune, a hymn tune composed by Hal Hopson in 1983 *A Crusader fort near Tantura on the coast of Israel *The French name for the common blackbird See also *Merl (other) *Merles Merles (; oc, Mèrles) is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in the Occitanie region in southern France. See also *Communes of the Tarn-et-Garonne department The following is a list of the 195 communes of the Tarn-et-Garonne depar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merle Woo
Merle Woo is an American academic, poet and activist who has been described as "a leading member of the Radical Women and the Freedom Socialist Party". Her essay "Letter to Ma" was selected for inclusion in the 1981 feminist anthology ''This Bridge Called My Back.'' Early life Woo was born in San Francisco, California on October 24, 1941 to a Chinese father and a Korean mother, Richard and Helene Woo. Woo attended Catholic schools, as her parents believed them to be better than public schools. Education In 1965, Woo received a B.A. in English from San Francisco State University. In 1969, Woo received a M.A. in English literature from San Francisco State University. While in college Woo met and married her husband, with whom she had two children. It was while she was studying for her M.A. that Woo witnessed the 1968–69 Third World Student Strikes at the University, which had a huge impact on her becoming an activist. Woo also believes that these strikes had a positive im ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merle Viirmaa
Merle Viirmaa (born 15 June 1974) is a retired Estonian biathlete. She competed in the women's relay event at the 1994 Winter Olympics The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games ( no, De 17. olympiske vinterleker; nn, Dei 17. olympiske vinterleikane) and commonly known as Lillehammer '94, was an international winter multi-sport event held fro .... References External links * 1974 births Living people Biathletes at the 1994 Winter Olympics Estonian female biathletes Olympic biathletes for Estonia Sportspeople from Tallinn {{Estonia-biathlon-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merle Tottenham
Merle Tottenham (22 January 1901 – 18 July 1958) was a British stage and film actress. Her stage work included the original West End production of Noël Coward's ''Cavalcade'' in 1931; and she reprised her role as Annie the servant in the subsequent Hollywood film, in 1933. She also appeared as Dora, the maid in ''Night Must Fall'' (1937) with Robert Montgomery and Rosalind Russell, and the film version of Coward's ''This Happy Breed'' (1944), as Edie, the maid. Partial filmography * ''Immediate Possession'' (1931, Short) - Polly Baxter * ''Down Our Street'' (1932) - Rose * ''Here's George'' (1932) - Perkins * ''Cavalcade'' (1933) - Annie * '' Bondage'' (1933) - Ruth * '' Paddy the Next Best Thing'' (1933) - Maid * ''The Invisible Man'' (1933) - Millie * ''The Night Club Queen'' (1934) - Alice Lamont * ''Borrowed Clothes'' (1934) - Minor Role (uncredited) * ''Youthful Folly'' (1934) * '' Sporting Love'' (1936) - Maid * '' Chick'' (1936) - Maid * '' The Man in the Mirror'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merle Temkin
Merle Temkin is a New York City-based painter, sculptor and installation artist, known for vibrant, abstracted paintings based on her own enlarged fingerprint, and earlier site-specific, mirrored installations of the 1980s. Her work has often involved knitting-like processes of assemblage and re-assemblage, visual fragmentation and dislocation, and explorations of identity, the hand and body, and gender.Martin, Lois. "Extreme Scrutiny," ''Surface Design'', Winter, 2003, p.22-5. In addition, critics have remarked on the play in her work between systematic experimentation and intuitive exploration.Nahas, Dominique. "Merle Temkin: Close Encounters,''Merle Temkin: Portfolio Collection'' Brighton, England: Telos Publishing, 2005. Her painted and sewn "Fingerprints" body of work has been noted for its "handmade" quality and "sheer formal beauty" in the ''Chicago Sun-Times''Nance, Kevin, "Art exhibit redefines 'handmade': Merle Temkin's 'Fingerprints' at Cultural Center," ''Chicago Sun-T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merle Talvik
Merle Talvik (born 6 June 1954) is an Estonian stage, film and television actress whose career began in the mid-1970s. Early life and education Merle Talvik was born in Tallinn to Herbert and Asta Talvik (''née'' Tomson). She attended primary and secondary schools in Tallinn and in 1973, at age nineteen, began performing as part of an ensemble cast with the Viru Varietee; a variety show established at Tallinn's Viru Hotel. She then enrolled at the Tallinn State Conservatory (now, the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre), graduating in 1978. Career Stage Following her graduation from the Tallinn State Conservatory, Talvik began a year-long engagement as a stage actress at the Vanemuine theatre in Tartu. Talvik then spent over twenty years with the Vanalinnastuudio in Tallinn, performing in over fifty stage roles. Film Talvik's first significant film role was as Tonya in the 1977 Russian language film ''The Sun, the Sun Again'', directed by Svetlana Druzhinina for Mosfilm. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merle Soppela
Merle Soppela (born 1991) is a retired Finnish alpine ski racer. She competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek, USA, in the giant slalom Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline. It involves skiing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in slalom but less than in Super-G. Giant slalom and slalom make up t .... References 1991 births Living people Skiers from Rovaniemi Finnish female alpine skiers {{Finland-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merle Richardson
Merle Erica Richardson (born 1930 in New South Wales) is a former international lawn bowls competitor for Australia. Bowls career World Championships Richardson won the fours and team event gold medals at the 1977 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing, England, the fours gold was with Dot Jenkinson, Connie Hicks and Lorna Lucas. Eight years later she won three golds at the 1985 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Melbourne, Australia. The golds were in the singles, the pairs with Fay Craig and the team event (Taylor Trophy). Asia Pacific Championships She won two medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships including a gold medal in the 1985 singles at Tweed Heads, New South Wales. Awards Richardson was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia The Order of Australia is an honour that recognises Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement and service. It was established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merle Park
Dame Merle Park (born 8 October 1937) is a British ballet dancer and teacher, now retired. As a prima ballerina with the Royal Ballet during the 1960s and 1970s, she was known for "brilliance of execution and virtuoso technique" as well as for her ebullience and charm. Also admired for her dramatic abilities, she was praised as an actress who "textured her vivacity with emotional details."Anonymous"Dame Merle Park" online biography, Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing. Retrieved 14 September 2015. Early life and training Born in Salisbury, the capital and most populous city of the self-governing British Crown colony of Southern Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe), Merle Park was educated in local schools. As a child she began her dance training with Betty Lamb, a local ballet teacher, and soon showed unusual facility. In 1951, when she was 14, her parents moved the family to England and enrolled her in the Elmhurst School for Dance. Located in Camberley, Surrey, not far from cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merle Palmiste
Merle Palmiste (born 1 November 1970) is an Estonian stage, film and television actress. Early life and education Merle Palmiste was born in Tallinn and raised in the Tallinn subdistrict of Õismäe.Postimees ''Merle Palmiste pooltoonid'' 26 January 2008. Retrieved 20 July 2017. Her father was an engineer and her mother was an accountant.Eesti Entsüklopeedia Retrieved 29 July 2017. She attended primary and secondary schools in Tallinn, graduating from Tallinn's 9th Secondary School in 1988. Following graduation, she enrolled in the Tallinn Conservatory (now, the |
Merle Oberon
Merle Oberon (born Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson; 19 February 191123 November 1979) was a British actress who began her film career in British films as Anne Boleyn in ''The Private Life of Henry VIII'' (1933). After her success in ''The Scarlet Pimpernel'' (1934), she travelled to the United States to make films for Samuel Goldwyn. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in '' The Dark Angel'' (1935). A traffic collision in 1937 caused facial injuries that could have ended her career, but she recovered and remained active in film and television until 1973. Early life Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson was born in Bombay, British India, on 19 February 1911. Merle was given "Queenie" as a nickname, in honour of Queen Mary, who visited India along with King George V in 1911.Higham and Moseley 1983, p. 25. Parentage For most of her life, Merle protected herself by concealing the truth about her parentage, claiming that she had been born in Tasmani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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