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Sokoloff
Sokoloff, a surname, may refer to: *Alexandra Sokoloff, American novelist and screenwriter *Eleanor Sokoloff (1914–2020), American pianist *Kenneth Sokoloff (1952–2007), American economic historian *Marla Sokoloff (born 1980), American actress *Melvin Sokoloff (1929–1990), stage name Mel Lewis, American jazz musician/drummer *Nahum Sokolow or Sokoloff (1859–1936), Zionist leader and journalist * Nikolai Sokoloff (1886–1965), Russian American conductor and violinist *Vladimir Sokoloff (1889–1962), Hollywood character actor born in Russia * Vladimir Sokoloff (pianist), (1913–1997), American pianist See also * Phil Sokolof (1921–2004), American health activist * Sokolov (surname) Sokolov (, masculine) or Sokolova (, feminine) is one of the top ten most common Russian family names and has Cossacks, Cossack roots.Никонов В. А. "Словарь русских фамилий"Соколов Сост. Е. Л. Крушел ... * Sokolow, surname * Sokołów (disambi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Sokoloff (pianist)
Vladimir Sokoloff (February 21, 1913 – October 27, 1997) was an American pianist and accompanist on the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music. In addition to his teaching work with the accompanying, piano and chamber music students, he was an active performer. Life Born in New York in 1913, Sokoloff entered the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia in 1929, studying with Abram Chasins, Harry Kaufman and Louis Bailly. He joined the faculty in 1936. In 1942, he took part in the founding of the New School (in Philadelphia, now the Esther Boyer School of Music at Temple University) with his colleagues, Jascha Brodsky, Max Aronoff and Orlando Cole. From 1938 to 1950, he was pianist for the Philadelphia Orchestra. As a recital accompanist and pianist with a career of over 70 years, his repertoire spanned all instrumental and vocal genres and styles. Sokoloff collaborated with such artists as the violinists Efrem Zimbalist, (with whom he had a 27-year collaboration, accompanying recita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Sokoloff
Kenneth Lee Sokoloff (July 27, 1952 – May 21, 2007) was an American economic historian who was broadly interested in the interaction between initial factor endowments, institutions, and economic growth. In particular, he examined the influence of factor endowments on economic development in the New World and the role of 19th century United States patent law in encouraging innovation. Career and personal life Born in Philadelphia, Sokoloff graduated from the American School of Paris in 1970, earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1974 and his doctorate from Harvard University in 1982 where Robert Fogel served as his advisor.UCLA Center 2007 He joined the faculty at the University of California, Los Angeles in 1980 where he spent the remainder of his career. He died of liver cancer in Los Angeles, California on May 21, 2007.Creswell 2007 Kenneth grew up in Silver Spring Maryland. He had a bone disease that was kept in submission by very expensive me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marla Sokoloff
Marla Lynne Sokoloff (born December 19, 1980) is an American actress. She is known for playing Lucy Hatcher on the legal drama television series ''The Practice'', and Gia Mahan on ''Full House'' and '' Fuller House''. She has also appeared in films ''True Crime'' (1996), ''Dude, Where's My Car?'' (2000), '' Sugar & Spice'' (2001) and '' Love on the Side'' (2004). Early life Sokoloff was born in San Francisco, to Cindi ( née Sussman) and Howard Sokoloff, a former caterer and podiatrist. Her family is Jewish and originates from Russia and Germany. She graduated from the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, where she studied music and theatre. Career In 1993, Sokoloff (then aged 12) began pursuing an acting career when she was cast as Gia Mahan in the ABC sitcom ''Full House''. She was originally to play Topanga Lawrence in ABC's ''Boy Meets World'' and had even filmed a few scenes. However, the part was subsequently given to Danielle Fishel. In 1998, Sokoloff landed the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eleanor Sokoloff
Eleanor Sokoloff (née Blum; June 16, 1914July 12, 2020) was an American pianist and academic who formed a piano duo with her husband, Vladimir Sokoloff. She taught piano on the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music from 1936 until her death in 2020. Early life and education Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Sokoloff was the daughter of a barber. Her mother was an amateur singer and encouraged her daughter's musical interests. She began her studies with Ruth Edwards at the Cleveland Institute of Music at the age of eight. In 1931, she enrolled at the Curtis Institute of Music, where she studied piano with David Saperton and chamber music with Louis Bailly. Career Sokoloff later studied the duo-piano repertoire with Vera Brodsky and Harold Triggs and eventually formed a duo team with her husband, pianist Vladimir Sokoloff. Vladimir was also on the piano faculty at Curtis and from 1938 to 1950 was the pianist for the Philadelphia Orchestra. One of their daughters, Laurie, was the prin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolai Sokoloff
Nikolai Grigoryevich Sokoloff (28 May 1886 – 25 September 1965) was a Russian-American conductor and violinist. Biography He was born in Kiev, and studied music at Yale. From 1916 to 1917 he was musical director of the San Francisco People's Philharmonic Orchestra, where he insisted on including women in his orchestra and paying them the same salaries as men received. Before being appointed as the first music director of The Cleveland Orchestra, Sokoloff served as a violinist in the Boston Symphony Orchestra and as concertmaster in the Russian Symphony Orchestra, which at the time was based in New York. He played recitals for American troops in Europe during World War I, and later met Adella Prentiss Hughes in New York City, who encouraged him to play a recital in Cleveland in February 1918. After Hughes heard Sokoloff speaking about the need for public school children to be exposed to professional orchestras, she encouraged him to move to Cleveland. At first, his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Sokoloff
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Sokoloff (russian: Влади́мир Алекса́ндрович Соколо́в; December 26, 1889 – February 15, 1962) was a Russian-American character actor of stage and screen. After studying theatre in Moscow, he began his professional film career in Germany and France during the Silent era, before emigrating to the United States in the 1930s. He appeared in over 100 films and television series, often playing supporting characters of various nationalities and ethnicities. Early life and education Sokoloff was born in Moscow, Russian Empire, to a German Jewish family. He was raised bilingual, speaking both Russian and German. He studied theatre in Moscow, first at the Moscow State University and later at the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts, graduating in 1913. At one point a pupil of Constantin Stanislavski, he would later reject Method acting (as well as all other acting theories). Career Upon graduation, he joined the Moscow Art Theatre as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandra Sokoloff
Alexandra Sokoloff is an American novelist and screenwriter, and the author of the Thriller award-nominated Huntress/FBI series, following a haunted FBI agent on the hunt for a female serial killer (''Huntress Moon'', ''Blood Moon'', ''Cold Moon'', published by Thomas & Mercer in 2015). Career Her first novel, ''The Harrowing'', was published by St. Martin's Press in 2006. Her second novel, ''The Price,'' was published by St. Martin's in 2007, her third, ''The Unseen'', in 2009, her fourth, "Book of Shadows", in 2010. She is a Bram Stoker and Anthony award nominee and a Thriller award winner, and the co-author of the paranormal mystery romance series "The Keepers". Her short story "The Edge of Seventeen" was the recipient of a 2009 International Thriller Writers Award. She also co-wrote the screenplay for the psychological thriller ''Cold Kisses'', and two books on story structure, "Story Structure" and "Writing Love", based on her ''Screenwriting Tricks for Authors'' workshops ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mel Lewis
Melvin Sokoloff (May 10, 1929 – February 2, 1990), known professionally as Mel Lewis, was an American jazz drummer, session musician, professor, and author. He received fourteen Grammy Award nominations. Biography Early years Lewis was born in Buffalo, New York, to Russian-Jewish immigrant parents Samuel and Mildred Sokoloff. He started playing professionally as a teen, eventually joining Stan Kenton in 1954. His musical career brought him to Los Angeles in 1957 and New York City in 1963.''All Music Guide to Jazz''. Yanow, Scott (1996). Miller Freeman Books. Career In 1966 in New York, he teamed up with Thad Jones to lead the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra. The group started as informal jam sessions with the top studio and jazz musicians of the city, but eventually began performing regularly on Monday nights at the famed venue, the Village Vanguard. In 1979, the band won a Grammy for their album '' Live in Munich''. Like all of the musicians in the band, it was only a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sokolov (surname)
Sokolov (, masculine) or Sokolova (, feminine) is one of the top ten most common Russian family names and has Cossack roots.Никонов В. А. "Словарь русских фамилий"Соколов Сост. Е. Л. Крушельницкий. Москва, Школа-Пресс, 1993. 224 с. The name derives from the Russian word "" (''sokol'', meaning "falcon"). It may appear in Germanized form as Sokoloff or Sokolow. Geographical distribution As of 2014, of all known bearers of the surname ''Sokolov'', the following countries had, as residents, the following shares of the international population of persons bearing the name: Within Russia, the frequency was higher than the population-proportionate contribution to the national 76.3% share, in each of the following constituents of the Russian Federation: #Kostroma Oblast (1 in 179) #Vologda Oblast (1 in 251) # Tver Oblast (1 in 260) #Ivanovo Oblast (1 in 269) #Yaroslavl Oblast (1 in 270) # Mari El (1 in 303) # Alta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sokolow
As a surname, Sokolow may refer to: * Nahum Sokolow (1859-1936), Jewish Hebrew language writer and Zionist leader * Americans: ** Anna Sokolow (1910 – 2000), dancer and choreographer ** Tobi Sokolow (born 1942), bridge player ** Fred Sokolow (born 1945), string musician ** Alec Sokolow (born 1963), screenwriter ** Deb Sokolow (born 1974), artist ** Julie Sokolow (born 1987), film director, musician, and writer See also * Sokolov (other) * Sokoloff Sokoloff, a surname, may refer to: *Alexandra Sokoloff, American novelist and screenwriter *Eleanor Sokoloff (1914–2020), American pianist *Kenneth Sokoloff (1952–2007), American economic historian *Marla Sokoloff (born 1980), American actress ... Slavic-language surnames Jewish surnames {{Falcon-surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sokołów (other)
Sokołów may refer to the following places in Poland: *Sokołów, district of the city of Łódź * Sokołów Podlaski, seat of Sokołów County in Masovian Voivodeship (east-central Poland) *Sokołów County, in Masovian Voivodeship (east-central Poland) *Sokołów Małopolski, town in Subcarpathian Voivodeship (south-east Poland) * Sokołów, Skierniewice County in Łódź Voivodeship (central Poland) * Sokołów, Gmina Goszczanów in Łódź Voivodeship (central Poland) * Sokołów, Gmina Sieradz in Łódź Voivodeship (central Poland) * Sokołów, Gostynin County in Masovian Voivodeship (east-central Poland) * Sokołów, Pruszków County in Masovian Voivodeship (east-central Poland) *Sokołów, Lubusz Voivodeship (west Poland) * Sokołów, West Pomeranian Voivodeship (north-west Poland) See also * Sokołów Dolny * Sokołów Górny * Nowy Sokołów * Stary Sokołów * Sokołów-Towarzystwo * Sokolov (surname) * Sokoloff Sokoloff, a surname, may refer to: *Alexandra Sokolof ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nahum Sokolow
Nahum ben Joseph Samuel Sokolow ( he, נחום ט' סוקולוב ''Nachum ben Yosef Shmuel Soqolov'', yi, סאָקאָלאָוו; ) was a Zionist leader, author, translator, and a pioneer of Hebrew journalism. Biography Nahum Sokolow was born in Wyszogród, in the Płock Governorate of Congress Poland in the Russian Empire. He began to attend ''heder'' at the age of three. When he was five, his parents moved to Płock. At the age of ten, he was already renowned as a Hebrew scholar. His father wanted him to study for the rabbinate but with the intervention of Baron Wrangel, the governor of Płock, he enrolled in a secular school. He married at eighteen and settled in Makov, where his father-in-law lived, and earned a living as a wool merchant. At the age of 20, he moved to Warsaw and became a regular contributor to the Hebrew daily '' HaTzefirah''. Eventually he wrote his own column and went on to become editor and co-owner. In 1914, after the outbreak of World War I, he mov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
