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Nanette
Nanette is a feminine given name. By 2013, the name was considered to be on the verge of extinction in the United States; it had been among the top 1000 baby names until 1977, and had reached a peak in usage in 1956. Notable people with the name include: *Nanette Bordeaux (1911–1956), Canadian-born American actress *Nanette Burstein (born 1970), American film and television director * Nanette M. DeRenzi, United States Navy admiral *Nanette Fabray (born 1920), American actress, comedian, singer, dancer and activist *Nanette Gartrell, American psychiatrist and writer *Nanette Hansen, American journalist * Nanette Hassall (born 1947), Australian dancer *Nanette Kay Laughrey (born 1946), American judge *Nanette Lepore (born 1964), American fashion designer *Nanette Maxine, American singer *Nanette Milne (born 1942), Scottish politician *Nanette Newman (born 1934), English actress and writer *Nanette Workman (born 1945), American singer-songwriter, actress and writer *Nanette Barragan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanette Fabray
Nanette Fabray (born Ruby Bernadette Nanette Theresa Fabares; October 27, 1920 – February 22, 2018) was an American actress, singer, and dancer. She began her career performing in vaudeville Vaudeville (; ) is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment born in France at the end of the 19th century. A vaudeville was originally a comedy without psychological or moral intentions, based on a comical situation: a dramatic composition ... as a child and became a musical-theatre actress during the 1940s and 1950s, acclaimed for her role in ''High Button Shoes'' (1947) and winning a Tony Award in 1949 for her performance in ''Love Life (musical), Love Life''. In the mid-1950s, she served as Sid Caesar's comedic partner on ''Caesar's Hour'', for which she won three Emmy Awards, as well as appearing with Fred Astaire in the film musical ''The Band Wagon''. From 1979 to 1984, she played Katherine Romano, the mother of lead character Ann Romano, on the TV series ''One Day at a Time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanette (show)
''Hannah Gadsby: Nanette'' is a live comedy performance written and performed by Australian comedian Hannah Gadsby, which debuted in 2017. The work includes social commentary (especially about LGBTQ and women's perspectives, and mental illness), evocative speech punctuated by comedy and emotive narration of Gadsby's life, lessons and what her story offers to the world. In June 2018, Netflix released a video of Gadsby's performance of the work at the Sydney Opera House, directed by Madeleine Parry and John Olb. The special was well-received by critics, winning a Peabody Award as well as Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special at the 2019 Primetime Emmy Awards. Development Gadsby created the stand-up show she named ''Nanette'' partly as a response to the public debate which took place in Australia before the law was changed to allow same-sex marriage, and soon after her diagnosis of ADHD and autism. The show was originally named after a woman Gadsby had met, who she thought c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanette Workman
Nanette Joan Workman (born 20 November 1945, Brooklyn, New York, United States) is a singer-songwriter, actress and author, who has been based in Quebec, Canada, during much of her career. She holds dual citizenship of both the United States and Canada. She was raised by musician parents in Jackson, Mississippi, where she began her first performances. Although raised as an English speaker, she mainly performs in French. She has recorded with well-known musicians in the U.S., Canada, UK and France and has been recognized in Mississippi by being elected to that state's Musicians Hall of Fame and having a Francophone house named after her at the state university."Nanette Workman" ''The Encyclopedia of Music in Canada''. Workman's Biography, Discography, and Bibliography Biography |
Nanette Barragan
Nanette is a feminine given name. By 2013, the name was considered to be on the verge of extinction in the United States; it had been among the top 1000 baby names until 1977, and had reached a peak in usage in 1956. Notable people with the name include: *Nanette Bordeaux (1911–1956), Canadian-born American actress *Nanette Burstein (born 1970), American film and television director * Nanette M. DeRenzi, United States Navy admiral *Nanette Fabray (born 1920), American actress, comedian, singer, dancer and activist *Nanette Gartrell, American psychiatrist and writer * Nanette Hansen, American journalist * Nanette Hassall (born 1947), Australian dancer *Nanette Kay Laughrey (born 1946), American judge *Nanette Lepore (born 1964), American fashion designer * Nanette Maxine, American singer *Nanette Milne (born 1942), Scottish politician *Nanette Newman (born 1934), English actress and writer *Nanette Workman (born 1945), American singer-songwriter, actress and writer * Nanette Barra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanette M
Nanette is a feminine given name. By 2013, the name was considered to be on the verge of extinction in the United States; it had been among the top 1000 baby names until 1977, and had reached a peak in usage in 1956. Notable people with the name include: *Nanette Bordeaux (1911–1956), Canadian-born American actress *Nanette Burstein (born 1970), American film and television director * Nanette M. DeRenzi, United States Navy admiral *Nanette Fabray (born 1920), American actress, comedian, singer, dancer and activist *Nanette Gartrell, American psychiatrist and writer * Nanette Hansen, American journalist * Nanette Hassall (born 1947), Australian dancer *Nanette Kay Laughrey (born 1946), American judge *Nanette Lepore (born 1964), American fashion designer * Nanette Maxine, American singer *Nanette Milne (born 1942), Scottish politician *Nanette Newman (born 1934), English actress and writer *Nanette Workman (born 1945), American singer-songwriter, actress and writer * Nanette Barra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanette Lepore
Nanette is a feminine given name. By 2013, the name was considered to be on the verge of extinction in the United States; it had been among the top 1000 baby names until 1977, and had reached a peak in usage in 1956. Notable people with the name include: *Nanette Bordeaux (1911–1956), Canadian-born American actress *Nanette Burstein (born 1970), American film and television director * Nanette M. DeRenzi, United States Navy admiral *Nanette Fabray (born 1920), American actress, comedian, singer, dancer and activist *Nanette Gartrell, American psychiatrist and writer * Nanette Hansen, American journalist * Nanette Hassall (born 1947), Australian dancer *Nanette Kay Laughrey (born 1946), American judge *Nanette Lepore (born 1964), American fashion designer *Nanette Maxine, American singer *Nanette Milne (born 1942), Scottish politician *Nanette Newman (born 1934), English actress and writer *Nanette Workman (born 1945), American singer-songwriter, actress and writer *Nanette Barraga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanette Blitz Konig
Nanette Konig-Blitz (born 6 April 1929) is a Bergen-Belsen concentration camp survivor and former classmate of Anne Frank. She has lived in São Paulo, Brazil since 1953. In 2015, she published a book about being a Belsen survivor called ''Eu Sobrevivi ao Holocausto''. On Holocaust Memorial Day 26 January 2018, Nanette's book was published in English with the title ''Holocaust Memoirs of a Bergen-Belsen Survivor & Classmate of Anne Frank''. Biography Nanette was born on 6 April 1929 in Amsterdam, to Martijn Willem Blitz, a worker at the Amsterdam Bank, and Helene Victoria Davids, who were of Jewish origin. She had an older brother, Bernard Martijn, born in 1927, and a younger brother, Willem, who was born in 1932 with a " blue baby" heart defect and died in 1936. The Nazis occupied the Netherlands in May 1940, and at the beginning of 1941, Jewish students were assigned to Jewish-designated schools; it was then that Nanette became a classmate of Anne Frank. The Blitz family was arr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanette Gartrell
Nanette Gartrell is an American psychiatrist, researcher, lesbian activist and writer. Gartrell is the author of over 70 research reports on topics ranging from medical student depression to sexual minority parent families to sexual exploitation of patients by healthcare professionals. Her investigation into physician misconduct led to a clean-up of professional ethics codes and the criminalization of boundary violations. For this work, she was featured in a PBS "Frontline" documentary ''My Doctor, My Lover''. Gartrell is also the author of ''My Answer Is NO. . . . If That's Okay with You: How Women Can Say NO with Confidence''.My Answer Is NO. . . . If That's Okay with You Simon & Schuster, official book page The Nanette K. Gartrell papers, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanette Newman
Nanette Newman (born 29 May 1934) is an English actress and author. She appeared in nine films directed by her husband Bryan Forbes, including ''Séance on a Wet Afternoon'' (1964), ''The Whisperers'' (1967), '' Deadfall'' (1968), ''The Stepford Wives'' (1975) and '' International Velvet'' (1978), for which she won the Evening Standard Film Award for Best Actress. She was also nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for another Forbes directed film, ''The Raging Moon'' (1971). Early life Newman was born in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England. Her parents were in show business, with her father being a reputed circus strongman. In the 1940s, she lived in Pullman Court, Streatham Hill. Newman was educated at Sternhold College, the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts stage school and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Career Newman made her first screen appearance at age 11 in the 1945 short ''Here We Come Gathering: A Story of the Kentish O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanette Hassall
Nanette Hassall (born 1947) is an Australian dancer, choreographer and dance teacher. Life and career Nanette Hassall was born in Sydney, Australia, and studied dance at venues including Australian schools. She taught physical education at a girls' high school while pursuing her love of dance. In 1969, she won the Ballet Australia Choreographic Competition, using her prize money to help her continue her studies in the United States. There, she attended the Juilliard School, New York, on scholarship, with teachers including José Limón and Antony Tudor. She danced with companies including the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Ballet Rambert, the Strider Dance Company ( Richard Alston) and Dance Company NSW (Jaap Flier). Hassall taught at schools and colleges including Dartington College of Arts, Opleiding Moderne Dans School in Amsterdam, Deakin University, Rusden State College, the Victorian College of the Arts, and Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (department head, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanette Milne
Nanette Lilian Margaret Milne (born 27 April 1942, in Aberdeen) is a former Scottish Conservative Party politician. She served as a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for North East Scotland from 2003 to 2016. Early life and education Milne was born on 27 April 1942. Her parents were Hannah L. C. Gordon (''née'' Stephen) and Harold G. Gordon. She was brought up in Aberdeen’s Woodside. She attended the Aberdeen High School for Girls, going on to study medicine at the University of Aberdeen graduating with an MBChB in 1965. Career She married Alan Milne in 1965, and together they had two children. In the 1970s she took a break from her profession to raise her children. After her break she worked part-time on cancer research. Politics Milne joined the Conservative Party in 1974. She originally started as a grassroots activist, she then moved on to the committee of her local branch. She then became Chair of her constituency association, and from 1989 to 1993 was Vice- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanette Maxine
Nanette Maxine is an American Gospel music and R&B singer, songwriter, and poet. Biography Nanette Maxine Brown (born in Richmond, Virginia) was the fourth child in her family. She began singing at the age of five in a Southern Baptist church. She was selected by the Songwriters Hall of Fame as the 1991 recipient of The National Academy of Popular Music's Abe Oleman Scholarship for songwriting excellence. In 2001 she won the Billboard R&B Songwriting Award and the Unisong International Song Competition. She has also been recognized by the John Lennon Songwriting Contest, the Mid-Atlantic Songwriters, and the Songwriters Association of Washington. Discography Albums ---- Awards and recognition *1991 recipient of The National Academy of Popular Music's Abe Oleman Scholarship for songwriting excellence presented by the Songwriters Hall of Fame. References External linkswww.nanettemaxine.com- Official Site * {{DEFAULTSORT:Maxine, Nanette American gospel singers Living peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
