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Maria (Twelfth Night)
Maria is a fictional character in the play ''Twelfth Night'' by William Shakespeare. She is a servant in Olivia's household. Maria is shown to have a friendly relationship with Sir Toby Belch, and exhibits a witty attitude. Maria also forges a love letter to Malvolio which results in Malvolio being confined to a dark room (a treatment for madness). Connections with other characters * Maria is Olivia's personal house-maid * Sir Toby Belch is Olivia's uncle * Malvolio Malvolio is a fictional character in William Shakespeare's comedy ''Twelfth Night, or What You Will''. His name means "ill will" in Italian, referencing his disagreeable nature. He is the vain, pompous, authoritarian steward of Olivia's househo ... is the steward in Olivia's household and therefore Maria's superior Performers ReferencesGuide to Twelfth Night [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twelfth Night
''Twelfth Night'', or ''What You Will'' is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–1602 as a Twelfth Night's entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play centres on the twins Viola and Sebastian, who are separated in a shipwreck. Viola (who is disguised as Cesario) falls in love with the Duke Orsino, who in turn is in love with Countess Olivia. Upon meeting Viola, Countess Olivia falls in love with her thinking she is a man. The play expanded on the musical interludes and riotous disorder expected of the occasion, with plot elements drawn from the short story "Of Apollonius and Silla" by Barnabe Rich, based on a story by Matteo Bandello. The first recorded public performance was on 2 February 1602, at Candlemas, the formal end of Christmastide in the year's calendar. The play was not published until its inclusion in the 1623 First Folio. Characters * Viola – a shipwrecked young woman who disguises herself a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Stallybrass
Jacqueline Anne Stallybrass (4 December 1938 – 3 July 2021) was an English actress who trained at the Royal Academy of Music in London. The television roles for which she is best known are Jane Seymour in ''The Six Wives of Henry VIII'' (1970) and Anne Onedin in ''The Onedin Line'' (1971–1972). In the 1990s, Stallybrass played Dr Kate Rowan's Aunt Eileen in ''Heartbeat'' (Season 3 episode 5 and Seasons 5-7). Biography Stallybrass was born in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, on 4 December 1938, to Edward Lindsay Stallybrass (1905–1990) and Annie Isobel (née Peacock) Stallybrass (1911–1981), who married in 1933 in Hackney, London. She was educated at St Bernard's Convent, Westcliff and spent three years training at the Royal Academy of Music, where she won the Drama Gold Medal. She began her professional acting career by spending several years in repertory, gaining experience in Folkestone Kent, with the Arthur Brough Players, before moving to Nottingham and then to Sheffiel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katie Alto
Katie is an English feminine name. It is a form Katherine, Kate, Caitlin, Kathleen, Katey and their related forms. It is frequently used on its own. People Sports *Katie Boulter (born 1996), British tennis player *Katie Clark (born 1994), British synchronized swimmer * Katie Hill (born 1984), Australian wheelchair basketball player *Katie Hnida (born 1981), American NCAA football player *Katie Hoff (born 1989), American Olympic swimmer * Katie Ledecky (born 1997), American swimmer *Katie Levick (born 1991), English cricketer *Katie Sowers (born 1986), American football coach *Katie Swan (born 1999), British tennis player *Katie Taylor, Irish boxer and footballer, five-time world boxing and 2012 Olympic champion *Katie Thorlakson (born 1985), Canadian soccer player Television and film * Katie Brown (TV personality) (born 1963), American television show host * Katie Couric (born 1957), American journalist * Katie Cassidy (born 1986), American singer and actress * Katie Feathersto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie White
Julie K. White (born June 4, 1961) is an American actress. She won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her performance in ''The Little Dog Laughed'' in 2007. She has also received three other Tony Award nominations for her performances in ''Airline Highway'' in 2013, '' Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus'' in 2019 and '' POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive'' in 2022. She played Sam Witwicky's mother in ''Transformers'' film series (2007-2011) She is also known for her television roles, including Nadine Swoboda in Chuck Lorre created ABC sitcom ''Grace Under Fire'' (1993-1998) as well as guest appearances on '' Six Feet Under'', ''Desperate Housewives'', ''Nurse Jackie'' and ''The Good Wife''. She has also appeared in such films as ''Michael Clayton'' (2007), ''Lincoln'' (2012) and ''A Very Murray Christmas'' (2015). Personal life White was born in the Balboa Naval Hospital in San Diego, California, the daughter of Sue Jane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maureen Beattie
Maureen Jane Beattie (born 14 August 1953) is an Irish-born, Scottish actress of both stage and screen. Early life Beattie was born in Bundoran, County Donegal on 14 August 1953, as the daughter of Scottish actor and comedian Johnny Beattie, who appeared as Malcolm Hamilton in Glasgow drama ''River City'', and his wife Kitty Lamont. She is the eldest of four children, and is the sister of Louise Beattie who appeared in ''Emmerdale'' in 2000 as Chris Tate's lawyer Laura Johnstone. Beattie was born in the seaside resort of Bundoran, Co Donegal, whilst her father was appearing at the town's St Patrick's Hall. She returned home to Glasgow, when she was two weeks old. After attending High School in Glasgow, she went on to do a three-year course at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Dramatic Art where she won the James Bridie Gold Medal for Acting during her final year. She graduated in 1974 with a Diploma in Dramatic Arts. Career After graduating, Beattie went on to play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imelda Staunton
Imelda Mary Philomena Bernadette Staunton (born 9 January 1956) is an English actress and singer. After training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Staunton began her career in repertory theatre in 1976 and appeared in various theatre productions in the United Kingdom. Staunton has performed in a variety of plays and musicals in London throughout her career, winning four Laurence Olivier Awards; three for Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical for her roles in the musicals ''Into the Woods'', ''Sweeney Todd'', and ''Gypsy'', and one for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Play for her work in both '' A Chorus of Disapproval'' and ''The Corn is Green''. Her other stage appearances include ''The Beggar's Opera'', '' The Wizard of Oz'', ''Uncle Vanya'', ''Guys and Dolls'', ''Entertaining Mr Sloane'', and '' Good People''. She has been nominated for 13 Olivier Awards. On film, Staunton starred in ''Antonia and Jane;'' in several supporting roles in Kenneth Brana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abigail McKern
Abigail McKern (born 1955) is an English actress. She appeared, alongside her father Leo McKern, in the last three series of ''Rumpole of the Bailey'' as Rumpole's young pupil Liz Probert. She has also played many other stage and television roles.- In 1983, she won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her portrayal of Celia in ''As You Like It''. McKern is the daughter of Leo McKern and fellow Australian actor Jane Holland (''A Son is Born ''A Son Is Born'' is a 1946 Australian melodrama directed by Eric Porter and starring Ron Randell, Peter Finch, and Muriel Steinbeck. Synopsis In 1920, Laurette marries an irresponsible drifter, Paul Graham. They have a son, David, but later di ...'', 1946), and also has a sister, Harriet. References External links * 1955 births Living people English television actresses English stage actresses Actresses from London Laurence Olivier Award winners English people of Australian descent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracy Harvey
Tracy Harvey is a comedian, TV presenter, actor and writer from Melbourne, Australia. Biography Harvey appeared in 'Movement' a web series, ''The Comedy Company'', ''The Gillies Report'', ''The Big Gig'', '' Hey Hey It's Saturday'' ''Smallest Room in the House'', ''Bert Newton Midday Show'', ''The Pack of Women'', ''COPP This!'', ''Waterfront'' (a miniseries), ''Dead Gorgeous'' and TVC's for Sussan, Myer and Pfizer. Harvey was a weekly co-host on the Derek Guille program on 774 ABC Melbourne. Harvey was a member of the alternative comedy breakfast panel radio show Punter to Punter with Trevor Marmalade and Dr Turf. The show was aired on 3XY and 3RRR on Saturday mornings after the Coodabeen Champions The Coodabeen Champions'' (often referred to as "The Coodabeens") are an Australian comedy team with radio programs broadcast on the ACE Radio Network in Melbourne on 1377AM 3MP and sell as across regional Victoria and Southern New South Wales. ... during the 1980s. Harve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annette Crosbie
Annette Crosbie (born 12 February 1934) is a Scottish actor.Annette Crosbie filmography at the Bfi database accessed 7 January 2016. She is best known for her role as Margaret Meldrew in the sitcom '''' (1990–2000). She twice won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress, for '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Darling
Jennifer Darling (born Joan Darling; June 19, 1946, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American voice, film and television actress. Her best-known role on screen was as Peggy Callahan in ''The Six Million Dollar Man'' and its spin-off ''The Bionic Woman''. In anime, she is the voice of Ayeka Masaki Jurai, Ayeka in the English dub of ''Tenchi Muyo'' for most of the English adaptions. Born on June 19, 1946, and a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Darling began taking dancing classes when she was 3 years old. She sang and danced on ''The Original Amateur Hour'' when she was 14. While she attended Carnegie Tech, she met Paul Itkin, and they married before they graduated. They have a daughter. She was born Joan Darling, but she had to change her name for professional purposes because another actress had already registered that name with Actors' Equity Association. Filmography Anime * ''Astro Boy (2003 TV series), Astro Boy'' – Nora * ''Blood+'' – Ms. Lee * ''Hello Kitty'' – M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augustus Egg
Augustus Leopold Egg RA (2 May 1816, in London – 26 March 1863, in Algiers) was a British Victorian artist, and member of The Clique best known for his modern triptych '' Past and Present'' (1858), which depicts the breakup of a middle-class Victorian family. Biography Egg was born to Joseph and Ann Egg, and baptised in St James's Church, Piccadilly, on 30 May 1816. He had an elder brother, George Hine Egg. His father Joseph Egg was a wealthy gunsmith from the distinguished gun making family, who immigrated to London from Huningue, Alsace.Hilarie Faberman, 'Egg, Augustus Leopold (1816–1863)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004 Egg was educated in the schools of the Royal Academy, beginning in 1836. Egg was a member of The Clique, a group of artists founded by Richard Dadd and others in the late 1830s (c. 1837). Egg sought to combine popularity with moral and social activism, in line with the literary work of his friend Charles Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peggy Pope
Florence Margaret "Peggy" Pope (May 15, 1929 – May 27, 2020) was an American actress of stage, television and film. Early life Pope was born in Montclair, New Jersey. Her father was a notable doctor in the area. She graduated from Smith College. Television Pope made many acting appearances, including in such series as ''The Trials of O'Brien'', '' Bewitched'', and ''Barney Miller''. Her national professional debut came in a touring troupe of ''Mister Roberts''. Film Pope is likely best-remembered, if not by name, as "the office lush", and later, recovering alcoholic, Margaret Foster, in the 1980 movie '' 9 to 5''. She also had a small role as Elvira in the 1984 science fiction movie ''The Last Starfighter''. A year later, she appeared in '' Once Bitten'' as Mark Kendall's mother. In 2008, she appeared as Sister Angela in Clark Gregg's '' Choke''. Stage Pope's Broadway credits include ''Doctor Jazz'' (1975), ''The School for Wives'' (1971), ''Harvey'' (1970), ''The Rose Tat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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