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Nell is a traditional nickname for Eleanor. Nell is the name of: People Given name * Nell (artist) (born 1975), Australian artist * Nell Blaine (1922–1996), American painter * Nell Bryden (born 1977), American singer * Nell Carter (1948–2003), American singer and actress * Nell Dunn (born 1936), English playwright, screenwriter, and author * Nell Fortner (born 1959), American women's college basketball coach * Nell Freudenberger (born 1975), American novelist * Nell Gwyn (1650–1687), mistress of King Charles II of England * Nell McAndrew (born 1973), English glamour model * Nell McCafferty (born 1944), Irish journalist, playwright, civil rights campaigner, and feminist * Nell O'Day (1909–1989), American equestrian and actress * Nell Rankin (1924–2005), American opera singer * Nell Scott, American politician * Nell Sinton (1910–1997), American painter * Nell Shipman (1892–1970), Canadian actress and screenwriter * Nell Sigland, Norwegian heavy metal singer Surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nell Blaine
Nell Blair Walden Blaine (July 10, 1922 in Richmond, Virginia – November 14, 1996 in New York City) was an American landscape painter, expressionist, and watercolorist. From Richmond, Virginia, she had most of her career based in New York City and Gloucester, Massachusetts. Early life and education Nell Blaine was born on July 10, 1922 in Richmond, Virginia to Harry Wellington Blaine and his second wife Eudora Catherine Garrison. She was cross-eyed and sickly as a child. When she was two, her parents realized that she was extremely nearsighted and had her fitted with glasses. She later recalled her excitement over suddenly being able to see the world around her as she rushed around exclaiming "water, tree, and house." After Nell was born, her father continued to mourn his first wife, who had died in childbirth. He expressed his grief as anger toward his daughter, in the form of verbal and often physical abuse. His second wife, Eudora, had taught grade-school for ten years befor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eleanor
Eleanor () is a feminine given name, originally from an Old French adaptation of the Old Provençal name ''Aliénor''. It is the name of a number of women of royalty and nobility in western Europe during the High Middle Ages. The name was introduced to England by Eleanor of Aquitaine, who came to marry King Henry II. It was also borne by Eleanor of Provence, who became Queen consort of England as the wife of King Henry III, and Eleanor of Castile, wife of Edward I. The name was popular in the United States in the 1910s and 1920s, peaking at rank 25 in 1920. It declined below 600 by the 1970s, again rose to rank 32 in the 2010s. Eleanor Roosevelt, the longest-serving first lady of the US was probably the most famous bearer of the name in contemporary history. Common hypocorisms include Elle, Ella, Ellie, Elly, Leonor, Leonora, Leonore, Nella, Nellie, Nelly, and Nora. Origin The name derives from the Provençal name Aliénor, which became Eléonore in ''Langue d'oïl'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cristal Nell
Cristal R. Nell (July 7, 1978 – July 24, 2020) was an American bridge player. She was a national champion. She was known for dressing up to play Bridge. Bridge accomplishments Wins * North American Bridge Championships (1) ** Rockwell Mixed Pairs The Rockwell Mixed Pairs is a national bridge championship held regularly at the Spring American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Rockwell Trophy, donated by Helen Rockwell in 1946, is presented to the w ... (1) 2017 Notes External links 1978 births 2020 deaths American contract bridge players {{bridge-game-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nella
Nella is a feminine given name which may refer to: People * Nella Maria Bonora (1904–1990), Italian actress * Nella Giacomelli (1873–1949), Italian anarchist * Nella Larsen (1891–1964), American modernist novelist born Nelly Walker * Nella Levy (1898–?), a pioneer of Girl Guiding in Australia * Nella Simaová (born 1988), Czech former figure skater * Nella Walker (1886–1971), American film actress and vaudeville performer * Nella Rojas (born 1989), Venezuelan singer Fictional characters * the title character of ''Nella the Princess Knight'', an American animated children's television series * Nella, in the Italian fairy tale " The Three Sisters" * Nella, a main character in the 1902 novel ''The Grand Babylon Hotel'' by Arnold Bennett * Dame Nella Vivante, a character voiced by American actress Susanne Blakeslee in the 2005 video game '' Scooby-Doo! Unmasked'' See also *Nela (name) *Nelly (given name) Nelly and Nellie are female given names, also used as nicknames, whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nell (film)
''Nell'' is a 1994 American drama film directed by Michael Apted from a screenplay written by William Nicholson. The film stars Jodie Foster (who also produced) as Nell Kellty, a young woman who has to face other people for the first time after being raised by her mother in an isolated cabin. Liam Neeson, Natasha Richardson, Richard Libertini, and Nick Searcy are featured in supporting roles. Based on Mark Handley's play ''Idioglossia'', the script for ''Nell'' was developed by co-producer Renée Missel and was inspired by Handley's time living in the Cascade Mountains in the 1970s, and the story of Poto and Cabengo, twins who created their own language. Partway through the movie, the other characters discover that Nell is actually speaking English, just mispronouncing all the words. As an example, when Nell says "Nay Cay Chickabay," she is actually saying "Don't Cry Chickadee." ''Nell'' received limited release on December 16, 1994, before expanding into wide release on December ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jodie Foster
Alicia Christian "Jodie" Foster (born November 19, 1962) is an American actress and filmmaker. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, three British Academy Film Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and the honorary Cecil B. DeMille Award. For her work as a director, she has been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. ''People'' magazine named her the most beautiful woman in the world in 1992, and in 2003, she was voted Number 23 in Channel 4's countdown of the 100 Greatest Movie Stars of All Time. ''Entertainment Weekly'' named her 57th on their list of 100 Greatest Movie Stars of All Time in 1996. In 2016, she was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame with a motion pictures star located at 6927 Hollywood Boulevard. Foster began her professional career as a child model at age three and made her acting debut in 1968 in the television sitcom ''Mayberry R.F.D.'' In the late 1960s and early 1970s, she worked in multiple television series and m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Handley
Mark Handley is a playwright and screenwriter. In 1977, he and his wife moved to the Pacific Northwest where they lived in isolation in a log cabin that they built themselves. He is best known for his play ''Idioglossia An idioglossia (from the Ancient Greek , 'own, personal, distinct' and , 'tongue') is an idiosyncratic language invented and spoken by only one person or only two people. Most often, ''idioglossia'' refers to the "private languages" of young chi ...'', which was later produced as Jodie Foster's film, '' Nell''. Nell was co-written by Mr. Handley and British Dramatist William Nicholson (Shadowlands). Nell was the first production of Jodie Foster's company Egg Pictures and was directed by Michael Apted.Janet Maslin, FILM REVIEW: NELL; A Woman Within a Wild Child, As Revealed by Jodie Foster, The New York Times, December 14/1994 He currently teaches a screenwriting course in Seattle, Washington. References External links * American dramatists and playwr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idioglossia (play)
''Idioglossia'' is a play by American playwright Mark Handley about a woman who grew up – and most notably, learned to speak – isolated from society. It served as inspiration for the 1994 film ''Nell''. The title comes from the medical term "idioglossia", meaning an idiosyncratic language that few speak, and associated with "cryptophasia". Synopsis In the deep back country, a teenage boy discovers that a local hermit has died. A doctor and local police and go to her primitive cabin, where they find a younger, seemingly half-crazed woman whose speech seems to be nothing but unintelligible babbling. She is thought to be a " wild child" at first, and protective services needs to evaluate if she can live independently. A linguist is called in to observe the woman and determine if it's possible to communicate with her. Through intensive interactions, the researchers find out that the woman's name is Nell and learn to speak her language. The language is, as it turns out, largely ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nell Jones
This is an overview of regular and recurring characters on the TV series '' NCIS: Los Angeles''. Overview Main Cast Recurring Cast Main characters G. Callen G. Callen (portrayed by Chris O'Donnell) is a Special Agent in Charge assigned to the NCIS Office of Special Projects. Nate "Doc" Getz Dr. Nate Getz (portrayed by Peter Cambor) is an operational psychologist working with NCIS, stationed in Los Angeles, introduced in the series' backdoor pilot, the '' NCIS'' episode "Legend". Nate holds both a master's degree and Ph.D. in psychology. He observes surveillance tapes and watches/handles interrogations in order to make a psychological profile. He is also responsible for performing periodic psychological evaluations of the NCIS OSP personnel and to provide ongoing monitoring of their mental health. He is afraid of disobeying orders from Hetty Lange and finds her scary. The team often fails to get his humor, for example, in " The Only Easy Day" when he states: " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Diamond Age
''The Diamond Age: Or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer'' is a science fiction novel by American writer Neal Stephenson. It is to some extent a Bildungsroman or coming-of-age story, focused on a young girl named Nell, set in a future world in which nanotechnology affects all aspects of life. The novel deals with themes of education, social class, ethnicity, and the nature of artificial intelligence. ''The Diamond Age'' was first published in 1995 by Bantam Books, as a Bantam Spectra hardcover edition. In 1996, it won both the Hugo and Locus Awards, and was shortlisted for the Nebula and other awards. Setting ''The Diamond Age'' depicts a near-future world revolutionised by advances in nanotechnology, much as Eric Drexler envisioned it in his 1986 nonfiction book '' Engines of Creation''. Molecular nanotechnology is omnipresent in the novel's world, generally in the form of Matter Compilers and the products that come out of them. The book explicitly recognizes the achie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy Of Errors
''The Comedy of Errors'' is one of William Shakespeare's early plays. It is his shortest and one of his most farcical comedies, with a major part of the humour coming from slapstick and mistaken identity, in addition to puns and word play. It has been adapted for opera, stage, screen and musical theatre numerous times worldwide. In the centuries following its premiere, the play's title has entered the popular English lexicon as an idiom for "an event or series of events made ridiculous by the number of errors that were made throughout". Set in the Greek city of Ephesus, ''The Comedy of Errors'' tells the story of two sets of identical twins who were accidentally separated at birth. Antipholus of Syracuse and his servant, Dromio of Syracuse, arrive in Ephesus, which turns out to be the home of their twin brothers, Antipholus of Ephesus and his servant, Dromio of Ephesus. When the Syracusans encounter the friends and families of their twins, a series of wild mishaps based on mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Old Curiosity Shop
''The Old Curiosity Shop'' is one of two novels (the other being ''Barnaby Rudge'') which Charles Dickens published along with short stories in his weekly serial ''Master Humphrey's Clock'', from 1840 to 1841. It was so popular that New York readers stormed the wharf when the ship bearing the final instalment arrived in 1841. ''The Old Curiosity Shop'' was printed in book form in 1841. The plot follows the life of Nell Trent and her grandfather, both residents of The Old Curiosity Shop in London. Queen Victoria read the novel in 1841 and found it "very interesting and cleverly written". Plot Background The events of the book seem to take place around 1825. In Chapter 29, Miss Monflathers refers to the death of George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, Lord Byron, who died on 19 April 1824. When the inquest rules (incorrectly) that Quilp committed suicide, his corpse is ordered to be burial at cross-roads, buried at a crossroads with a stake through the heart, a practice banned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
