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Susan Davis (actress)
Susan Davis may refer to: *Susan Davis (politician) (born 1944), U.S. Representative * Susan Davis (author), American financial executive and social planner who organizes aid *Susan Davis (born 1956), British participant in the ''Up'' Series documentaries * Jeramie Rain (born Susan Davis, 1948), American actress See also *Davis (surname) *List of people with surname Davis * Susan Davies (Paralympian), Australian archer *Susan Davies (born 1954), Australian politician *Sue Davies Susan Elizabeth Davies OBE HonFRPS (née Adey; 14 April 1933 – 18 April 2020) was the founder of The Photographers' Gallery in 1971, Britain's first independent gallery of photography, which she directed until 1991. Early life Davies was bor ..., founder of the Photographers' Gallery in 1971 * Susan Davis Wigenton, judge * Suzanne Davis (other) {{human name disambiguation, Davis, Susan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Davis (politician)
Susan Carol Alpert Davis (born April 13, 1944) is a former American politician who served as the U.S. representative for for one term and for nine terms from 2001 to 2021. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Her district included central and eastern portions of the city of San Diego, as well as eastern suburbs such as El Cajon El Cajon ( , ; Spanish: El Cajón, meaning "the box") is a city in San Diego County, California, United States, east of downtown San Diego. The city takes its name from Rancho El Cajón, which was in turn named for the box-like shape of the va ..., La Mesa, Spring Valley, and Lemon Grove. Early life, education and career Davis was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She has spent most of her life in California. She graduated from the University of California, Berkeley where she was a member of Delta Phi Epsilon (social), Delta Phi Epsilon sorority. She earned a master's degree in social work from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Davis (author)
Susan Davis is an author, public speaker, consultant and expert on international development and social entrepreneurship. She is the Chairperson of Solutions Journalism Network, an Adjunct Associate Professor at New York University Stern School of Business, a coach to social entrepreneurs and active on many boards and advisory councils. She was the founding president and CEO of BRAC USA, an organization created in 2006 to support BRAC, a position she held until 2016. BRAC runs programs to alleviate poverty using microfinance, education, healthcare, legal services, community empowerment, and other methods. Career NYU Davis has been an advisor to New York University's Catherine B. Reynolds Program for Social Entrepreneurship since its inception. She taught Social Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development in the Spring semester of 2015 at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University and at NYU's Reynolds/Stern School program in spring 2017. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Up Series
The ''Up'' series of documentary films follows the lives of ten males and four females in England beginning in 1964, when they were seven years old. The first film was titled ''Seven Up!'', with later films adjusting the number in the title to match the age of the subjects at the time of filming. The documentary has had nine episodes—one every seven years—thus spanning 56 years. The series has been produced by Granada Television for ITV, which has broadcast all of them except ''42 Up'' (1998), which was broadcast on BBC One. Individual films and the series as a whole have received numerous accolades; in 1991 the then-latest instalment, ''28 Up'', was chosen for Roger Ebert's list of the ten greatest films of all time. The children were selected for the original programme to represent the range of socio-economic backgrounds in Britain at that time, with the expectation that each child's social class would determine their future. The first instalment was made as a one-off e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeramie Rain
Jeramie Rain (born Susan Davis; August 23, 1948) is an American screenwriter, producer, philanthropist and former actress. Rain began her career with starring roles in several local stage productions in Charleston before moving to New York City in the early 1970s. After appearing in a string of commercials, she made her film debut in the crime film ''The Abductors'' (1972), then became known for roles as Sadie in Wes Craven's controversial horror film ''The Last House on the Left'' (1972) and Willie Mae in Albert T. Viola's comedy film ''Preacherman Meets Widderwoman'' (1973). Outside of film, Rain had a supporting role as Nurse Samantha Tolliver in the soap opera '' The Doctors'' (1972–77), followed by guest appearances on several soap operas, including '' General Hospital'', and starring roles in off-Broadway productions, including ''22 Years'' and ''The Fan Club''. Rain quit acting in the mid 1970s and subsequently worked as a writer and producer for NBC and CBS. At the ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davis (surname)
Davis is a surname of English and Welsh origin. As an English surname it may be a corruption of Davy or a reference to King David in the Old Testament. As a Welsh surname may be a corruption of Dyfed, related to Irish colonists who occupied an area of southwest Wales in the late third century and established a dynasty there which lasted five centuries. Dyfed is recorded as a surname as late as the twelfth century, e.g. Gwynfard Dyfed, born 1175. Dafydd (generally translated into English as David) appears as a given name in the thirteenth century, e.g. Dafydd ap Gruffydd (1238–1283), Prince of Wales, and Dafydd ab Edmwnd ( ), a Welsh poet. Alternatively, Davis may be a patronymic surname (''son of David''). Davis is the 45th most common surname in England and 68th most common in Wales. According to the 2000 United States census, it is the seventh most frequently reported surname, accounting for 0.48% of the population, preceding Garcia and following Miller. It was the seventh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of People With Surname Davis
Davis is a common English-language surname shared by many notable people. People with the surname Davis A *Aasha Davis (born 1973), American actress * Abel Davis (1874–1937), American officer * Abraham Hopkins Davis (1796–1866), Australian businessman *Abraham Lincoln Davis (1914–1978), American minister *Addie Elizabeth Davis (1917–2005), American religious leader *Adelle Davis (1904–1974), American nutritionist *Aidan Davis (born 1997), English rapper * Aidon Davis (born 1994), South African rugby union footballer * Aine Davis (born 1984), British criminal *Alana Davis (born 1974), American singer-songwriter * Albert Davis (baseball), American baseball player *Alfonza W. Davis (1919–1944), American aviator * Alicia Boler Davis, American business executive * Alistair Davis (born 1992), South African sports shooter * Alonzo Davis (born 1942), American artist *Altovise Davis (1943–2009), American dancer *Alvin Davis (born 1960), American baseball player * Ambrose Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Davies (Paralympian)
Susan Davies is an Australian Paralympic archery medalist. She attended Brisbane Girls Grammar School. In 1970, a car accident left her a paraplegic. Five years after the accident, she took up archery as part of her physiotherapy. She explained that " it was mainly to help me get balance in a wheelchair. When you sever your spinal cord you have no sensation of where you are sitting or if you are sitting for a start". She practised in her Mount Gravatt back garden and at the Belmont Range in Brisbane. In 1984, she worked part-time as an accountant for the University of Queensland. She competed at the 1980 Summer Paralympics, 1980 Arnhem Games and came 6th in the Women's Double FITA Round Paralplegic. At the 1984 Summer Paralympics, 1984 Stoke Mandeville Games, she won a bronze medal in the Women's Double FITA Round Paraplegic. References Paralympic archers for Australia Archers at the 1980 Summer Paralympics Archers at the 1984 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair categor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Davies
Susan Margaret Davies (born 1954) is a former Australian politician. She was born in Mirboo North, Victoria, to parents Richard Llewellyn (dec) and Jean Margaret Davies (dec). She attended Leongatha High School (1966–70) and Watsonia High School in 1971, where she completed her Higher School Certificate. She received a Bachelor of Arts and a Diploma of Education in 1976 from La Trobe University. She subsequently became a secondary school teacher, and began farming in addition to this in 1989. Davies joined the Labor Party in 1993, as part of the rural protest against Kennett government funding and service cuts, and was the Labor candidate for Gippsland West in the 1996 Victorian state election. Sitting Liberal MP Alan Brown resigned less than a year after the state election, precipitating a by-election. Labor declined to stand a candidate for this very safe Liberal seat; most of the area covered by Gippsland West had been in the hands of a conservative party for mor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sue Davies
Susan Elizabeth Davies OBE HonFRPS (née Adey; 14 April 1933 – 18 April 2020) was the founder of The Photographers' Gallery in 1971, Britain's first independent gallery of photography, which she directed until 1991. Early life Davies was born in Abadan, Iran, on 14 April 1933 where her father Stanworth Adey was working as an engineer at the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, and the family later moved to New York. Her mother was Joan (née Charlesworth). They returned to the U.K. when she was 14 and she went to school in Kent and London before training as a secretary. In 1954, at the age of 21, she married jazz musician John R.T. Davies (1927–2004), also a sound restorer of early jazz recordings. The couple had three children, Joanna, Jessica and Stephanie. (Stephanie, the youngest, died from cancer in 1988.) Davies worked on the ''Municipal Journal'' and then started a part-time job at the Artists Placement Group in London before taking a job at the Institute of Contempora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Davis Wigenton
Susan Davis Wigenton (born October 12, 1962) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. Early life and education Born in Neptune Township, New Jersey, Wigenton grew up with three brothers in a sports-oriented family headed by her pastor father. She graduated from Norfolk State University with her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1984 and later from The College of William & Mary Law School with a Juris Doctor in 1987. Career Wigenton was a law clerk for Superior Court Judge Lawrence Lawson in the New Jersey Superior Court from 1987 to 1988 before serving in private practice in the State of New Jersey from 1988 to 2000. Federal judicial service Wigenton was a United States magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey from 2000 to 2006. She was nominated to be a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey by President George W. Bush on Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
