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Starr (given Name)
Starr is a given name which may refer to: People * Starr Andreeff, Canadian actress * Starr Andrews (born 2001), American figure skater * Starr Faithfull (1906-1931), American socialite * Starr Roxanne Hiltz, American retired computer scientist * Starr Kempf (1917–1995), American sculptor * Starr Long (born 1970), American game developer * Starr Parodi (), American composer * Starr Walton (born 1942), American alpine skier Fictional characters * Starr the Slayer, a Marvel Comics hero * Starr Carter, protagonist of ''The Hate U Give'' * Starr Manning, on the soap opera ''One Life to Live'' See also *Star (name) Star is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the (name) include: Surname * Darren Star (born 1961), American producer, director and writer * Jeffree Star (born 1985), American CEO of Jeffree Star Cosmetics * Ryan Star (born 1978), Amer ..., given name and surname {{given name North American given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Starr Andreeff
Starr Andreeff is a Canadian producer and former actress from Hamilton, Ontario. She was Miss Teen Hamilton and a semi-finalist in the 1980 Miss Teen Canada pageant. She is best known for her roles in B-movies such as ''Dance of the Damned'', '' Nightfall'', ''The Terror Within'', ''Out of the Dark'', and ''Amityville Dollhouse. ''Andreeff appeared as lawyer Jessica Holmes on ''General Hospital'' and as Sabrina Cross on ''Falcon Crest''. She also appeared as a guest star on ''The Golden Girls'' (S3E2), '' The Facts of Life'', ''Mike Hammer, Private Eye'', and ''TekWar ''TekWar'' is a series of science fiction novels created by Canadian actor William Shatner and ghost-written by American writer Ron Goulart, published by Putnam beginning in October 1989. The novels gave rise to a comic book series, video game, an ...''. She created, produced, and starred in the 2014 four-part series ''Child Star'', which aired on Slice Network in Canada. References External links * Actre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Starr Andrews
Starr Andrews (born June 23, 2001) is an American figure skater. She is the 2022 Skate Canada International silver medalist, 2019 International Challenge Cup silver medalist, 2019 Egna Trophy silver medalist, and finished fourth at the 2023 U.S. Nationals. She has finished in the top ten at three ISU Championships and is the first African American woman to win a Grand Prix medal in the singles discipline. Earlier in her career, Andrews is the 2017 U.S. national junior silver medalist. Personal life Starr Andrews was born on June 23, 2001, in Los Angeles, California. She is home-schooled. She has a brother and two sisters — Skylar, a gymnast, and Ashton, a baseball player. Their mother, Toshawa Andrews, has cardiac microvascular disease, which has led to a dozen heart attacks. Career Early years Andrews became interested in figure skating after her mother brought her to the ice rink when she was three. She recalled in 2018: "I wanted to get on the ice really, really b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death Of Starr Faithfull
Starr Faithfull (born Marian Starr Wyman, January 27, 1906–c. June 6, 1931) was an American socialite and a model for the Walter Thornton Modeling Agency whose mysterious drowning death in 1931 at the age of 25 became a much-covered tabloid story. Newspapers published allegations that she had been sexually abused as a child by Andrew James Peters, a wealthy, prominent politician and former mayor of Boston (1918–1922). Peters was reportedly suspected of murdering her. Investigators were unable to determine whether her death was a homicide or a suicide, and her death remains unsolved. Faithfull was found dead on the beach at Long Beach, New York, on the south shore of Long Island, on the morning of June 8, 1931. An autopsy found that Faithfull died by drowning, but she also had many bruises, apparently caused by beating or rough handling, and a large dose of a sedative in her system. Investigators initially thought her death was a homicide and that she had either been pushe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Starr Roxanne Hiltz
Starr Roxanne Hiltz is a retired Distinguished Professor of Information Science/Information Systems at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). She, along with Murray Turoff (her husband), are the authors of ''The Network Nation'', a book that is described as "the seminal book that helped define the electronic frontier". Awards and honors * Electronic Frontier Foundation Pioneer Award (1994) * ''Sloan-C Award'' for "Most Outstanding Achievement in Online Teaching and Learning by an Individual” (2004) * Named as Fulbright-University of Salzburg The University of Salzburg (german: Universität Salzburg), also known as the Paris Lodron University of Salzburg (''Paris-Lodron-Universität Salzburg'', PLUS), is an Austrian public university A public university or public college is a univ ... ''Distinguished Chair'' in ''Communications and Media'' (2008) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Starr Kempf
Starr Gideon Kempf (August 13, 1917 in Bluffton, Ohio – April 7, 1995 in Colorado Springs, Colorado) was an American sculptor, architect, and artist best known for his graceful steel wind kinetic sculptures. Life Starr Kempf was raised on a small farm in Ohio, near the Swiss Mennonite community of Bluffton. His family, including his father and seven uncles, were blacksmiths and carpenters, from whom he learned craftsmanship and engineering at an early age. He attended the Cleveland Institute of Art on a scholarship, where he received high marks for his paintings and drawings. After graduating, he served in the United States Air Force during World War II. He married recent German immigrant Hedwig Roelen in 1942, who was a nurse at Glockner Penrose Hospital in Colorado Springs. In 1948, they purchased the property of their future home in Cheyenne Canyon, where Starr designed and built a house and art studio. They had three children: Madelin, Michael, and Charlotte. Starr beg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Starr Long
Starr McAuley Long (born March 12, 1970) is an American game developer, a long time collaborator with Richard Garriott at the companies Origin Systems (1992–2000), Destination Games (2000–2008), and Portalarium (2013–present). In 1997, Long was the original director of the early graphical multiplayer game ''Ultima Online'', and from 2008–2013 he was executive producer at The Walt Disney Company, where he created and managed several educational games and apps for Club Penguin and the Disney Connected Learning platform. In early 2008, he was listed as one of the Top 20 Most Influential People in the MMO industry. In 2013, he again partnered with Garriott at Portalarium, where they began working on a new game ''Shroud of the Avatar''. Career Long grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the only child of Zelda Klein Long (1948–2013) and Max "Cary" Long (1943–2003), who ran an antique store, Goudeau Antiques. He graduated in 1988 from Baton Rouge Magnet High School, and then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Starr Parodi
Starr Parodi (born in Los Angeles, California) is an American composer, pianist, conductor, arranger, music director and former president of The Alliance For Women Film Composers. Parodi has won multiple BMI most performed music awards, Key Art and Telly Awards. In May 2017 Parodi's most recent album "The Heart Of Frida" a cinematic collection of solo piano works inspired by the late legendary artist Frida Kahlo, was awarded ZMR's "Piano Album Of The Year - Solo" by International Radio Broadcasters and "Solo Piano Album Of The Year - Improvised" by SoloPiano.com. Parodi's solo piano recording "Common Places" was awarded Solo Piano Recording of the Year by solopianoradio.com in 2007 and in 2005 she received an RIAA Gold Record for her recording and updated arrangement of the "James Bond Theme". Composer, producer, arranger and conductor Parodi, along with her husband/partner Jeff Eden Fair, has composed/produced both themes and underscore for a wide variety of films, film trailer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Starr Walton
Starr Walton (born May 13, 1942) is an American alpine skier. She competed in the women's downhill at the 1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (german: IX. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 ( bar, Innschbruck 1964, label=Austro-Bavarian), was a winter multi-sport event which was celebr .... References External links * 1942 births Living people American female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for the United States Alpine skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics People from Yuba City, California 21st-century American women {{US-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Starr The Slayer
Starr the Slayer is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He first appeared in ''Chamber of Darkness'' #4, (April 1970), and was created by Roy Thomas and Barry Windsor-Smith. In 2007, writer Warren Ellis introduced a new version of Starr in the Marvel series newuniversal. Publication history Chamber of Darkness The initial version of Starr, appearing on ''Chamber of Darkness'' #4, was a barbarian king defending his kingdom. A 20th century writer, Len Carson, dreamed of Starr's adventures. When he was about to turn in a manuscript that would kill off Starr, Starr mysteriously appeared, killing Carson. It is unclear whether or not Starr was intended to be part of the Marvel Universe. Starr the Slayer was a trial run for Conan (Marvel Comics), Conan by Roy Thomas and Barry Smith, the original creative team of the Marvel Conan comics. Starr looks and acts like Conan but was created before Marvel Comics acquired the rights to publish stor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Starr Carter
''The Hate U Give'' is a 2017 young adult novel by Angie Thomas. It is Thomas's debut novel, expanded from a short story she wrote in college in reaction to the police shooting of Oscar Grant. The book is narrated by Starr Carter, a 16-year-old African-American girl from a poor neighborhood who attends an elite private school in a predominantly white, affluent part of the city. Starr becomes entangled in a national news story after she witnesses a white police officer shoot and kill her childhood friend, Khalil. She speaks up about the shooting in increasingly public ways, and social tensions culminate in a riot after a grand jury decides not to indict the police officer for the shooting. ''The Hate U Give'' was published on February 28, 2017, by HarperCollins imprint Balzer + Bray, which had won a bidding war for the rights to the novel. The book was a commercial success, debuting at number one on ''The New York Times'' young adult best-seller list, where it remained ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Starr Manning
Starr Manning is a fictional character from the daytime drama '' One Life to Live''. Born onscreen on January 8, 1996, the role was initially portrayed by infant children. In 1998, Starr was rapidly aged when young actress Kristen Alderson debuted in the childhood role, which retconned the character's birth year to 1992. Following the cancellation of ''One Life to Live'' and its conclusion in 2012, Alderson carried the role over to ABC's last remaining soap opera, '' General Hospital'', winning a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series for the portrayal in 2013. Alderson is the second ''One Life to Live'' actor after Gerald Anthony (Marco Dane) to win an Emmy for a crossover role to ''General Hospital''. Starr is the oldest child of Todd Manning and Blair Cramer. Starr and younger brother, Jack and distant cousin, Zane Buchanan, are the only three characters biologically related to both longtime ''One Life to Live'' rivals Victoria Lord and Dr. Dorian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star (name)
Star is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the (name) include: Surname * Darren Star (born 1961), American producer, director and writer * Jeffree Star (born 1985), American CEO of Jeffree Star Cosmetics * Ryan Star (born 1978), American singer-songwriter * Susan Leigh Star (1954–2010), American sociologist * Tamaiti Willie Star (1926–2007), Nauruan diplomat and politician Given name * Star Jones (born 1962), American co-host of the television show ''The View'', lawyer, journalist and writer * Star Lotulelei (born 1989), National Football League player * Star Parker (born 1956), American columnist, Republican politician, author, and conservative political activist * Star Simpson, American engineer and inventor * Star Stowe (1956–1997), American model and ''Playboy'' Playmate of the Month Fictional Characters * Star, a half-vampire from the film ''The Lost Boys'' See also *Starr (given name) *Starr (surname) Starr is a family name, originating from the pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
