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Maureen Connell
Maureen Connell (born 2 August 1931) is a British actress. Personal life On 20 July 1956, Connell married British film director, writer and producer John Guillermin. They resided in the Los Angeles area beginning 1968. They had two children, Michelle and Michael-John, the latter of whom died in 1984 in a car accident in Truckee, California. Selected filmography * '' Golden Ivory'' (1954) * ''Port Afrique'' (1956) * '' The Rising of the Moon'' (1957) * ''Lucky Jim'' (1957) * ''Town on Trial'' (1957) * ''Kill Her Gently'' (1957) * '' The Abominable Snowman'' (1957) * '' Stormy Crossing'' (1958) * '' The Man Upstairs'' (1958) * '' Next to No Time'' (1958) * ''The Crowning Touch'' (1959) * ''Never Let Go'' (1960) * '' Danger by My Side'' (1962) * '' Skyjacked'' (1972) Television * ITV Television Playhouse (1955) * The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1956) (Episode 4: 'A Tale of Two Pigtails') * ''Espionage (TV series)'' ('Snow on Mount Kama', episode) (1964) (as Eva Marston) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nairobi
Nairobi ( ) is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The name is derived from the Maasai phrase ''Enkare Nairobi'', which translates to "place of cool waters", a reference to the Nairobi River which flows through the city. The city proper had a population of 4,397,073 in the 2019 census, while the metropolitan area has a projected population in 2022 of 10.8 million. The city is commonly referred to as the Green City in the Sun. Nairobi was founded in 1899 by colonial authorities in British East Africa, as a rail depot on the Uganda - Kenya Railway.Roger S. Greenway, Timothy M. Monsma, ''Cities: missions' new frontier'', (Baker Book House: 1989), p.163. The town quickly grew to replace Mombasa as the capital of Kenya in 1907. After independence in 1963, Nairobi became the capital of the Republic of Kenya. During Kenya's colonial period, the city became a centre for the colony's coffee, tea and sisal industry. The city lies in the south central part of Kenya, at an elevation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
