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Mercedes (name)
Mercedes is a Spanish language, Spanish feminine given name, derived from ''MarÃa de las Mercedes'' ("Our Lady of Mercy" or "Mary of Mercies"), which is Titles of Mary, one of the Roman Catholic titles of the Mary (mother of Jesus), Virgin Mary. The word "Mercedes" is of Latin origin meaning "mercies" (the plural of mercy) from the Latin word merced-, merces, meaning "wages, reward", which in Vulgar Latin acquired the meaning "favor, pity". Hypocoristic forms of the name are ''Merceditas'', ''Meche'' and ''Merche''. Given name *Mercedes, Princess of Asturias (1880–1904), Spanish royal *Mercedes de Acosta (1893–1968), American poet and socialite *Mercedes Bass, American philanthropist *Mercedes Bresso (born 1944), Italian politician *Mercedes Calderón (born 1965), Cuban volleyball player *Mercedes Grabowski (1994–2017), actress *Mercedes Helnwein (born 1979), Austrian artist, writer and filmmaker *Mercedes Indacochea (1889–1959), Peruvian educator *Mercédès Jellinek (1889â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Language
Spanish ( or , Castilian) is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from colloquial Latin spoken on the Iberian peninsula. Today, it is a world language, global language with more than 500 million native speakers, mainly in the Americas and Spain. Spanish is the official language of List of countries where Spanish is an official language, 20 countries. It is the world's list of languages by number of native speakers, second-most spoken native language after Mandarin Chinese; the world's list of languages by total number of speakers, fourth-most spoken language overall after English language, English, Mandarin Chinese, and Hindustani language, Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu); and the world's most widely spoken Romance languages, Romance language. The largest population of native speakers is in Mexico. Spanish is part of the Iberian Romance languages, Ibero-Romance group of languages, which evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercedes Lambre
Mercedes RodrÃguez "Mechi" Lambre (; born 5 October 1992) is an Argentine actress, singer, dancer and model. She is known to international audiences for playing the debut role of Ludmilla in the Disney Channel original series '' Violetta''. Life and career Mercedes Lambre was born on 5 October 1992 in La Plata, Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ..., where she trained in acting, singing and dancing. She studied theater with Lito Cruz, Gaston Marioni, Augusto Britez, and Alejandro Orduna and is currently studying with Monica Bruni. She also studied voice for four years with Professor Gabriel Giangrante CEFOA Academy in La Plata. Regarding her training in dance, she majored in jazz dance, street dance and Spanish dances. She stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercedes Sosa
Haydée Mercedes Sosa (; 9 July 1935 at BrainyHistory.com – 4 October 2009), sometimes known as ''La Negra'' (, an affectionate nickname for people with a darker complexion in Argentina), was an Argentine singer who was popular throughout Latin America and many countries outside the region. With her roots in Argentine , Sosa became one of the preeminent exponents of ''El nuevo cancionero''. She gave voice to songs written by many Latin American songwriters. Her music made people hail her as the "voice of the voiceless ones". Sosa performed in venues such as the |
Mercedes Santamarina
Mercedes Santamarina Gastañaga (18 June 1896 – 23 May 1972) was an Argentine art collector and patron. Interested in art from an early age, Santamarina amassed a large collection of pieces over the course of her life. In her last few years she donated much of her collection to the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Buenos Aires and the Museo Municipal de Bellas Artes Tandil in Tandil. Biography Mercedes Santamarina was born on 18 June 1896 in Buenos Aires into an aristocratic family of Spanish origins. Her parents were Ramón Santamarina II and MarÃa Gaztañaga and she was the sixth of ten children. Santamarina was a granddaughter of the businessman Ramon Santamarina, who is considered the family's founder. The Santamarina family owned ''La Pola'', a large ''estancia'' (private plot of land) in Tandil in the Buenos Aires Province. Since Santamarina's father's business was also based in Tandil, she spent much of her childhood there. Upon her father's death in 1909, Santama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercedes Sahores
Mercedes Noel "Tety" Sahores Rosauer (born September 24, 1974) is an Argentine ski mountaineer and mountain climber. She is the first Argentine woman to climb the summit of the Mount Everest, on May 19, 2009. Biography Sahores, daughter of Luis MarÃa Sahores Gattari and his wife Marta Irene Rosauer, was born in the Neuquén Province as the youngest of four children. Her oldest brother Luis MarÃa ("Minino") died from Leukemia at the age of 20 years. Sahores attended the ''Colegio San MartÃn'' and afterwards the ''Instituto MarÃa Auxiliadora'' in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, until 1993. Afterwards she studied biology at CAECE University in Buenos Aires until 2000. She is member of the National Agricultural Technology Institute (INTA), lives in San Carlos de Bariloche. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercedes Ruehl
Mercedes J. Ruehl (; born February 28, 1948) is an American screen, stage, and television actress. She is the recipient of several accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Tony Award, a Drama Desk Award, two Obie Awards, and two Outer Critics Circle Awards. Ruehl is known for her leading performance in the play ''Lost in Yonkers'' (1990) and supporting performance in the film ''The Fisher King'' (1991). Her other film credits include ''Big'' (1988), ''Married to the Mob'' (1988), ''Last Action Hero'' (1993), ''Roseanna's Grave'' (1997), and '' Hustlers'' (2019). Early life and education Ruehl was born February 28, 1948 in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York City, to Mercedes J. Ruehl, a schoolteacher, and Vincent Ruehl, an FBI agent. Her father was of German and Irish descent and her mother was of Cuban and Irish descent. The family frequently moved during her childhood owing to Vincent Ruehl's assignments with the FBI, and lived in other states including Sil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercedes Peris
MarÃa Mercedes "Merche" Peris Minguet (born 5 January 1985 in Paiporta, Valencia, Spain) is an Olympic and national record holding backstroke swimmer from Spain. She competed for Spain at the 2008 Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nati .... Notes References External links * * * * 1985 births Living people Spanish female backstroke swimmers Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Valencia Olympic swimmers for Spain Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Spain Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Spain Swimmers at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming {{Spain-swimming-bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercedes Pérez
Mercedes Isabel Pérez Tigreros (born August 7, 1987 in Santa Marta, Magdalena) is a female Colombian weightlifter competing in the 63 kg category until 2018 and 64 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories. Career Olympics She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing competing in the 63 kg division. Originally she finished ninth but the original silver medalist Irina Nekrassova failed a doping control and her results were disqualified, as a result, Mercedes got moved up to eight place. In 2016 she competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 63 kg division finishing fourth overall. In 2021 she competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ... In the 64 kg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercedes Of Orléans
MarÃa de las Mercedes of Orléans (24 June 1860 – 26 June 1878) was Queen of Spain as the first wife of King Alfonso XII. She was born in Madrid, the daughter of Antoine of Orléans, Duke of Montpensier, and Infanta Luisa Fernanda of Spain. Early life Born at the ''Palacio Real'' in Madrid on 24 June 1860, Mercedes was the sixth of her parents' nine children. Her father, Antoine, was the Duke of Montpensier while her mother, Luisa Fernanda, was an Infanta of Spain. Her mother's elder sister, Queen Isabella II, and brother-in-law, King Francis, served as Mercedes' godparents at her christening, when she was given the names: ''MarÃa de las Mercedes Isabel Francisca de AsÃs Antonia Luisa Fernanda Felipa Amalia Cristina Francisca de Paula Ramona Rita Cayetana Manuela Juana Josefa Joaquina Ana Rafaela Filomena Teresa SantÃsima Trinidad Gaspara Melchora Baltasara et omni sancti''. Although Mercedes was patrilineally a French princess, she was also a Spanish infanta and spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercedes McNab
Mercedes Alicia McNab (born March 14, 1980) is a Canadian former actress. She is known for her role as Harmony Kendall on ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' (1997–2001) and its spinoff ''Angel'' (2001–2004). She additionally is known for her role as pretentious Amanda Buckman in ''Addams Family Values'' (1993) and Misty in the horror films ''Hatchet'' (2007) and ''Hatchet 2'' (2010). Early life McNab was born on March 14, 1980 in Vancouver, British Columbia. McNab's father is English former soccer player Bob McNab. Career McNab received her first notable acting role in 1991 when she appeared as a Girl Scout selling cookies in ''The Addams Family.'' She played a more prominent role in the 1993 sequel ''Addams Family Values'', as snobby camper Amanda Buckman. In 1997, McNab was cast in a recurring role on The WB TV show ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer''. McNab had initially auditioned for the lead role of Buffy Summers, which went to Sarah Michelle Gellar, and instead she played Harmony ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercedes Mason
Mercedes Mason (formerly Masöhn; born 1982/1983) is a Swedish-born American actress and former model. She is known for playing the role of Zondra in the television series ''Chuck'', and as Isabel Zambada in the procedural drama '' The Finder''.Cast Biography, FOX Broadcasting Company Official WebsiteThe Finder, Retrieved 18 December 2011. She also starred in the 2011 American horror film '' Quarantine 2: Terminal'', portrayed Louise Leonard in the supernatural drama series ''666 Park Avenue'' (2012–2013), Talia Del Campo in '' NCIS: Los Angeles'', and was a regular on AMC's television series '' Fear the Walking Dead'' from 2015 to 2017. Early life Mason was born in Linköping, Sweden, and grew up in the neighborhood of Ryd, Linköping. Her family had emigrated from Iran. She has one sister. She moved to the United States with her family at the age of 12 and was raised around the Chicago area. Career Mason started her career as Mercedes Masöhn on television with a minor one-ep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercedes McCambridge
Carlotta Mercedes Agnes McCambridge (March 16, 1916 – March 2, 2004) was an American actress of radio, stage, film, and television. Orson Welles called her "the world's greatest living radio actress." She won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her screen debut in ''All the King's Men'' (1949) and was nominated in the same category for ''Giant'' (1956). She also provided the voice of the demon Pazuzu in ''The Exorcist'' (1973). Early life McCambridge was born in Joliet, Illinois, the daughter of Irish-American Catholic parents Marie (née Mahaffry) and John Patrick McCambridge, a farmer. She graduated from Mundelein College in Chicago. Career Radio McCambridge began her career as a radio actor during the 1930s while also performing on Broadway. In 1941, she played Judy's friend in ''A Date with Judy''. She had the title role in ''Defense Attorney'', a crime drama broadcast on ABC in 1951–52. Her other work on radio included: * episodes of '' Lights Out'' (in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
