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Sophy (singer)
Sophy is an alternate spelling of the female given name Sophie, from the name Sophia, meaning "wise". People with the name * Sophy A. Christensen (1867–1955), Danish master carpenter and furniture designer * Sophy Gray (1814–1871), English diocesan administrator, artist, architect, and horsewoman * Sophy Mae Mitchell, one of the first women to play in the University of Florida Fightin' Gator Marching Band * Sophy Parfin (1918–1966), American entomologist * Sophy Regensburg (1885–1974), American painter * Sophy Rickett (born 1970), British visual artist * Sophy Ridge (born 1984), English broadcast journalist and host of ''Sophy Ridge on Sunday'' * Sophy Romvari (born 1990), Canadian film director, writer, and actress * Sophy Sanger (1881–1950), British internationalist and labour law reformer * Sophy Wong (born 1992), Hong Kong singer-songwriter also known as SOPHY Fictional characters * Great-Aunt Sophy, a character in the children's fantasy novel ''The Borrowe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophia (name)
Sophia, also spelled Sofia, is a feminine given name, from Greek Σοφία, '' Sophía'', "Wisdom". Other forms include Sophie, Sophy, and Sofie. The given name is first recorded in the beginning of the 4th century. It is a common female name in the Eastern Orthodox countries. It became very popular in the West beginning in the later 1990s and became one of the most popularly given girls' names in the Western world in the first decades of the 21st century. Popularity Sophia was known as the personification of wisdom by early Christians and Saint Sophia is also an early Christian martyr. Both associations contributed to the usage of the name. The name was comparatively common in continental Europe in the medieval and early modern period. It was popularized in Britain by the German House of Hanover in the 18th century. It was repeatedly popularised among the wider population, by the name of a character in the novel '' Tom Jones'' (1794) by Henry Fielding, in ''The Vicar of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophy Wong
Sophy Wong (; born 16 February 1992), also known as SOPHY, is a Hong Kong singer-songwriter. Career Wong came 7th in ''The Voice (Hong Kong)'' in 2009. She released her debut EP, Sophrology EP and formed her record label, Bunny Eats Ltd with Tsang-Hei Chiu in 2017. She followed up with her second EP, QUARTER EP Discography Extended plays Awards and nominations Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation Metro Radio Music Awards RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Awards () is one of the main C-pop music award in Hong Kong. The award is sponsored by RTHK. Beginning in 1978, it is the oldest major award in Hong Kong, even earlier than the Jade Solid Gold Top 10 Awards. The cer ... Ultimate Song Chart Awards Presentation Yahoo！Asia Buzz Awards References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wong, Sophy 1992 births Living people 21st-century Hong Kong women singers Hong Kong women singer-songwriters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steele MacKaye
James Morrison Steele MacKaye ( ; June 6, 1842 – February 25, 1894) was an American playwright, actor, theater manager and inventor. Having acted, written, directed and produced numerous and popular plays and theatrical spectaculars of the day, he became one of the most famous actors and theater producers of his generation. Biography Steele MacKaye was born in Buffalo, New York. His father, Colonel James M. MacKaye, was a successful attorney and an ardent abolitionist; Steele's mother died when he was young. His aunt was Sarah MacKaye Alling (1809–1904) and he had two sisters, Emily MacKaye von Hesse (1838–1919), Sarah MacKaye Warner (1840–1876) and two half-brothers, William Henry MacKaye (1834–1888) and Henry Goodwin MacKaye (1856–1913). While young, Steele attended Roe's Military Academy in Cornwall-on-Hudson and the William Leverett Boarding School in Newport. Under the influence from his father, who was also an art connoisseur, MacKaye initially planned to be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diana Karenne
Diana Karenne (born Leucadia Konstantia; 1888 – 14 October 1940) was a Polish film actress and director. She appeared in more than 40 films between 1916 and 1940. In 1917, she opened her film production company in Milan. Injured in a World War II Allied bombing raid on Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle) in July 1940, after three months in a coma, she died in October of the same year without having regained consciousness. Selected filmography * ''Sofia di Kravonia'' (1916) * '' Redemption'' (1919) * ''Miss Dorothy'' (1920) * ''Sophy of Kravonia; or, The Virgin of Paris'' (1920) * '' Playing with Fire'' (1921) * ''Marie Antoinette, the Love of a King'' (1922) * '' Poor Sinner'' (1923) * '' The Wife of Forty Years'' (1925) * ''The Loves of Casanova'' (1927) * ''The Golden Vein'' (1928) * ''Pawns of Passion'' (1928) * ''A Woman with Style'' (1928) * '' The White Roses of Ravensberg'' (1929) * ''The Queen's Necklace ''The Queen's Necklace'' is a novel by Alexandre Dumas that was pub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Hope
Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 – 8 July 1933), was a British novelist and playwright. He was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels but he is remembered predominantly for only two books: ''The Prisoner of Zenda'' (1894) and its sequel ''Rupert of Hentzau'' (1898). These works, "minor classics" of English literature, are set in the contemporaneous fictional country of Ruritania and spawned the genre known as Ruritanian romance, books set in fictional European locales similar to the novels. ''Zenda'' has inspired many adaptations, most notably the 1937 Hollywood movie of the same name and the 1952 version. Early career and ''Zenda'' Hope was educated at St John's School, Leatherhead, Marlborough College and Balliol College, Oxford. In an academically distinguished career at Oxford he obtained first-class honours in Classical Moderations (Literis Graecis et Latinis) in 1882 and in Literae Humaniores ('Greats') in 1885. Hope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Outcasts Of Poker Flat
"The Outcasts of Poker Flat" (1869) is a short story written by writer of the American West Bret Harte. An example of naturalism and local color of California during the first half of the nineteenth century. The story was first published in January 1869 in the magazine ''Overland Monthly''. It was one of two short stories which brought the author national attention. Plot summary The story takes place in a Californian community known as Poker Flat, near the town of La Porte. Following the loss of several thousand dollars and two horses, and the death of a notable resident, the town has formed a secret committee to rid itself of any "improper" people, hanging two and banishing others. On November 23, 1850, four such individuals are exiled from Poker Flat and warned not to return on pain of death. The first of them is a professional poker player, John Oakhurst, who has won large amounts from those on the secret committee. On his way out of town, he is joined by two women, the Duches ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gloria Hope
Gloria Hope (born Olive Frances, November 9, 1901 – October 29, 1976) was an American silent film actress. Life and career She was born as Olive Frances in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1901. Following her education at a Newark, New Jersey, school, she entered upon her career as a screen player and played successively with Ince, Triangle, Artcraft, Ince Paramount, Paralta, Universal and Goldwyn. ''Naughty, Naughty'', ''The Gay Lord Quex'', ''Burglar by Proxy'', ''The Hushed Hour'', ''The Great Love'', and ''Outcasts of Poker Flat'' were a few of the many screen plays she appeared in. In 1920, ''Who's Who on the Screen'' reported that Hope was high, weighed and had a light complexion, auburn hair and blue eyes. She was signed in 1917 and starred in about 30 films before her retirement in 1926 at age 25 to have children. She starred with William Garwood in films such as ''The Guilty Man'' in 1918, and with Mary Pickford and Lloyd Hughes in '' Tess of the Storm Country'' in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fifth Floor
''The Fifth Floor'' is a 1978 American film about a sane woman who gets sent to an asylum. It stars Dianne Hull, Bo Hopkins and Mel Ferrer. Plot The film focuses on Kelly McIntyre, a disco dancer played by Dianne Hull who through no fault of her own accidentally overdoses on drugs and collapses at a disco. She is misdiagnosed as suicidal and sent to a psychiatric ward which is on the fifth floor of Cedar Springs Hospital. There she finds herself alone with no help, not even from her boyfriend who refuses to get her out of there. She becomes the subject of interest by an unbalanced orderly played by Bo Hopkins. Cathey Paine, who played the part of Leslie Van Houten in '' Helter Skelter'' (1976), Robert Englund and Michael Berryman who are familiar to horror fans also play parts in the film. Singer Pattie Brooks also makes an appearance in the film as a disco singer.French Film SitThe Fifth Floor (1978)/ref> Cast * Bo Hopkins as Carl * Dianne Hull as Kelly McIntyre * Patti D'A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betty Kean
Betty Kean (December 15, 1914 - September 29, 1986) was an actress and part of the 1950s era comedy duo the Kean Sisters with her sister Jane Kean. She married four times, including to actors such as her last husband comedian Lew Parker. She died in 1986 of cancer in Hollywood. Biography Kean was born in Hartford, Connecticut in 1914. She began her acting career in 1942, appearing in films like ''Moonlight Masquerade'', ''Gals, Incorporated'', ''Sing a Jingle'' and ''Hi, Good Lookin'!'', among others. During the 1950s she was part, along her sister Jane, of the comedy duo the Kean Sisters, which worked the nightclub circuit throughout the 1940s and 1950s and appeared on Broadway in the 1955 musical, ''Ankles Aweigh''. On television, Kean portrayed Amy Tucker on ''Leave It to Larry''. Other TV shows on which she appeared included '' Naked City'', ''The Andy Griffith Show'', ''My World and Welcome to It'', and ''The Love Boat''. One of her last television appearances was in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darkness Visible (novel)
''Darkness Visible'' is a 1979 novel by British author William Golding. The book won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. The title comes from '' Paradise Lost'', from the line, "No light, but rather darkness visible". The novel narrates a struggle between good and evil, using naïveté, sexuality and spirituality throughout. It marked Golding's re-emergence as a novelist, eight years after the publication of his previous book, the collection '' The Scorpion God.'' A dark and complex novel, it centres on Matty - introduced in chapter one as a naked child emerging horribly disfigured from a bomb explosion during the London Blitz in World War II. He becomes a ward of the state and is put into a boarding school, where he is shunned by both children and adults. When he grows up, however, his selfless kindness and mysterious persona attract a devoted following of people who believe him to be a saint. The second part of the book is centered on twins Toni and Sophy from the point of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Camomile Lawn (TV Serial)
''The Camomile Lawn'' is a television adaptation of the 1984 book of the same name by Mary Wesley, produced by Glenn Wilhide and Sophie Belhetchet at ZED Ltd for Channel 4, directed by Peter Hall. It was adapted from Wesley's novel by Ken Taylor and first broadcast in 1992. Set just before and during the Second World War, with an aftermath that takes place in the mid 1980s, the action begins at the Cornish country house of Helena Cuthbertson. The title is drawn from a camomile lawn between the house and the sea cliffs on which some significant events take place. Outline The production begins in August 1939, when young adults Oliver (Toby Stephens), Calypso (Jennifer Ehle), Polly (Tara Fitzgerald) and her brother Walter are visiting their disorganised Aunt Helena (Felicity Kendal) and her husband Richard Cuthbertson (Paul Eddington) in their house by the sea in Cornwall. Ten-year-old Sophy (Rebecca Hall), the daughter of Richard’s late half sister, lives with them and is d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Camomile Lawn
''The Camomile Lawn'' is a 1984 novel by Mary Wesley beginning with a family holiday in Cornwall in the last summer of peace before the Second World War. When the family is reunited for a funeral nearly fifty years later, it brings home to them how much the war acted as a catalyst for their emotional liberation. The title refers to a fragrant camomile lawn stretching down to the cliffs in the garden of their aunt's house. Background Mary Wesley began writing ''The Camomile Lawn'' after the death of her second husband left her destitute. She finished writing the book in 1983 and was persuaded to publish it by her editor James Hale. Parts of the book were based on Mary Wesley's early life; the house in Cornwall was based on Boskenna, the seat of the Paynter family, where Wesley spent much time as a young woman. After a coast guard fell to his death near Boskenna, Wesley suspected foul play and created a fictional version for her novel. Like Polly, Wesley worked for military intell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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