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Woodward (surname)
Woodward is a surname. People with the name Notable people with the name Woodward include: Actors * Adam Woodward (born 1992), British actor * Edward Woodward (1930–2009), British actor * Joanne Woodward (born 1930), American actress * Jonathan M. Woodward (born 1973), American actor * Morgan Woodward (1925–2019), American actor * Peter Woodward (born 1956), British actor * Pollyanna Woodward (born 1982), British television presenter * Sarah Woodward (born 1963), British actress * Shannon Woodward (born 1984), American actress * Tim Woodward (born 1953), British actor Architects * Benjamin Woodward (1816–1861), Irish architect * Robert Woodward (architect) (1923–2010), Australian architect Art, literature, music * Alice B. Woodward (1862–1951), British illustrator * Alun Woodward (born 1971), Scottish singer-songwriter known as Lord Cut-Glass * Anna Woodward (1868–1935), American painter * Antony Woodward (born 1963), British writer * Buddy Woodward (born 1963) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Woodward
Adam Woodward (born 10 June 1992) is a British actor and model, known for his two roles in Emmerdale first as Grant then as Nathan and is also known for portraying the role of Brody Hudson in the Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks''. For his portrayal of Brody, he received the award for Best Male Dramatic Performance at the 2019 British Soap Awards. Life and career Prior to acting, Woodward studied Politics and worked as an underwear model. He then trained to become an actor at Act Up North, and made his debut appearance in the 2014 war film ''The War I Knew''. Then in 2015, he appeared in an episode of the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale'' as Grant; he later appeared again in 2017 as Nathan. Later in 2017, he was cast in the Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' as series regular Brody Hudson ''Hollyoaks'' is a British television soap opera that was first broadcast on 23 October 1995. The following is a list of characters that appeared or will appear in the serial in 2017, by order ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Kingston Trio
The Kingston Trio is an American folk and pop music group that helped launch the folk revival of the late 1950s to the late 1960s. The group started as a San Francisco Bay Area nightclub act with an original lineup of Dave Guard, Bob Shane, and Nick Reynolds. It rose to international popularity fueled by unprecedented sales of LP records and helped alter the direction of popular music in the U.S. The Kingston Trio was one of the most prominent groups of the era's folk-pop boom, which they kick-started in 1958 with the release of the Trio's eponymous first album and its hit recording of " Tom Dooley", which became a number one hit and sold over three million copies as a single. The Trio released nineteen albums that made ''Billboard''s Top 100, fourteen of which ranked in the top 10, and five of which hit the number 1 spot. Four of the group's LPs charted among the 10 top-selling albums for five weeks in November and December 1959, a record unmatched for more than 50 years, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Jones (singer)
Sir Thomas Jones Woodward (born 7 June 1940), known professionally as Tom Jones, is a Welsh singer. His career began with a string of top-ten hits in the mid-1960s. He has toured regularly, with appearances in Las Vegas (1967–2011). Jones's voice has been described by AllMusic as a "full-throated, robust baritone". His performing range has included pop, R&B, show tunes, country, dance, soul and gospel. In 2008, the ''New York Times'' called Jones a musical "shape shifter", who could "slide from soulful rasp to pop croon, with a voice as husky as it was pretty". Jones has sold over 100 million records, with 36 Top 40 hits in the UK and 19 in the US, including "It's Not Unusual", "What's New Pussycat?", the theme song for the 1965 James Bond film '' Thunderball'', "Green, Green Grass of Home", "Delilah", "She's a Lady", "Kiss" and " Sex Bomb". Jones has also occasionally dabbled in acting, first making his acting debut playing the lead role in the 1979 television film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Woodward
Roger Woodward (born 20 December 1942) is an Australian classical pianist, composer, conductor and teacher. Life and career Early life The youngest of four children, Roger Woodward was born in Sydney where he received first piano lessons from Winifred Pope. His mother and second sister were amateur violinists and his father and elder sister sang in the local Chatswood Church of Christ choir. On his first day at Chatswood Public School, he sat next to Peter Kraus, a boy who had survived the Auschwitz train four years before. The six-year olds became lifelong friends and, as he came to know Peter, his brother Paul, and the Kraus family, their story impacted his emerging vision and personal development. He attended the Conservatorium High School and matriculated from North Sydney Technical High School, North Sydney Boys' Technical High School with a Commonwealth scholarship. Woodward's early studies of Bach organ works with Peter Verco led to his immersion in Bach's cantata ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard B
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include "Richie", "Dick", "Dickon", " Dickie", "Rich", "Rick", "Rico", "Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English, German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Catalan "Ricard" and the Italian "Riccardo", among others (see comprehensive variant list below). People named Richard Multiple people with the same name * Richard Andersen (other) * Richard Anderson (other) * Richard Cartwright (other) * Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Woodward (organist)
Richard Woodward the younger (c.1743/44 – 22 November 1777) was an Irish composer and organist, probably of English birth. Biography Woodward was probably born in Salisbury and became a choirboy of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, in 1751, following the appointment of his father (of the same name) from Salisbury to the Dublin cathedral choir as a lay vicar choral. In 1764 Woodward was awarded a gold medal by the Hibernian Catch Club (which has been referred to as the oldest surviving musical society in Europe) for his canon ''Let the Words of My Mouth'', which is inscribed on his memorial at Christ Church Cathedral. In 1771, Trinity College conferred upon him the degree of MusD. He had several students, including British composer Harriet Wainwright. At the age of 22, in 1765, Woodward was appointed organist at Christ Church Cathedral as successor to George Walsh and choral vicar at St Patrick's Cathedral. His memorial records that he was "Preceptor to the Children of the two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mabel May Woodward
Mabel May Woodward (September 28, 1877 – August 14, 1945) was a prominent Rhode Island impressionist painter during the late 19th and early 20th century. She was active from 1896 until 1943, primarily in Rhode Island and in Maine. Early life and education Woodward was born on September 28, 1877 to a stable, affluent family in Providence, Rhode Island, where she spent most of her life, except for a brief period in San Francisco and many summers in Ogunquit, Maine. Her family gave her the "finest domestic art education then available." She studied at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in 1896, and graduated with highest honors. Later in 1898, she attended the Art Students League of New York, studying under William Merritt Chase, Kenyon Cox and Frank Duveneck. She also studied for a time at the Ogunquit Art Colony in Maine, with Arthur Wesley Dow and Charles Woodbury. Career She was faculty at the Rhode Island School of Design for over twenty years. There, she originated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucy Woodward
Lucy Woodward is an English-American singer-songwriter. She has recorded for Atlantic Records, Atlantic, Verve Records, Verve, and GroundUP Music, GroundUP and has sung background vocals for Rod Stewart, Barbra Streisand, Snarky Puppy, Celine Dion, Pink Martini, Gavin DeGraw, Joe Cocker, Chaka Khan, Nikka Costa, and Randy Jackson. She co-wrote Stacie Orrico's Top 40 hit "(There's Gotta Be) More to Life". Early life A native of London, England, she is the daughter of British conductor Kerry Woodward, who conducted the BBC Singers, and his American wife Julie Woodward, who was an editor of ''The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians''. Woodward's parents mounted the first performances of Viktor Ullmann's opera ''Der Kaiser von Atlantis'', which Ullmann composed while interned in a Nazi concentration camp. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lydia Woodward
Lydia Woodward is an American television writer and producer. She has worked as both a writer and producer on the television series '' ER''. She signed a deal with the Warners in 2001. Positions held *''Pan Am'' (Co-Executive Producer, Writer) *'' The Riches'' (Consulting Producer, Writer) *''Presidio Med'' ( Co-Creator, Executive Producer, Writer) *''Citizen Baines'' ( Creator, Executive Producer, Writer) *'' ER'' (Executive Producer, Supervising Producer, Consulting Producer, Writer) *''Keys'' (Supervising Producer) *''Angel Street'' (Supervising Producer, Writer) *''China Beach'' (Executive Script Consultant, Producer, Writer) *'' St. Elsewhere'' (Story Editor, Writer) *''Hooperman'' (Writer) *''Slap Maxwell'' (Writer) *''Miss Lonelyhearts'' (Producer) Awards and nominations Woodward has won one Emmy Award and been nominated for 7 other Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keren Woodward
Keren Jane Woodward (born 2 April 1961) is an English singer and, with Sara Dallin and Siobhan Fahey, a founding member of the girl group Bananarama. In 1986, the trio reached number one on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 with their version of "Venus". Woodward and Dallin are the only constant members of Bananarama, and both have been a part of the group for over 40 years since 1979. Early life Woodward is a classically-trained pianist; she sang in choirs and performed in amateur dramatics with Dallin, whom she has known since childhood. After leaving school, Woodward worked at the BBC in Portland Place, London. Career Woodward formed Bananarama with Dallin and Fahey, releasing their first single " Aie a Mwana" in 1981. They went on to have a string of UK top-ten hits and top the American charts in 1986 with "Venus". Fahey left the band in 1988, to be replaced by Jacquie O'Sullivan, who left in 1991. Woodward and Dallin performed as a duo from 1991 to 2017. They briefly reunit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Douglas Woodward
John Douglas Woodward (July 12, 1846 – June 5, 1924), usually simply J.D. or Douglas Woodward, was an American landscape artist and illustrator. He was one of the country's "best-known painters and illustrators". He produced hundreds of scenes of the United States, Northern Europe, the Holy Land, and Egypt, many of which were reproduced in popular magazines of the day. Life Woodward was born on July 12, 1846 in Middlesex Co., Virginia, the son of John Pitt Lee Woodward and Mary Mildred Minor Woodward. The family moved while he was still very young and he spent his childhood in Covington, Kentucky, where J.P.L. Woodward became a successful hardware merchant. By 1861, at the age of 15 or 16, he had begun studying art under the German painter T.C. Welsch in nearby Cincinnati, Ohio. The family had Confederate sympathies and fled to Canada during the American Civil War. In 1863, though, John travelled to New York City where he studied until 1865 at Cooper Union and the Nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerard Woodward
Gerard Woodward (born 1961) is a British novelist, poet and short story writer, best known for his trilogy of novels concerning the troubled Jones family, the second of which, '' I'll Go to Bed at Noon'', was shortlisted for the 2004 Man Booker Prize. Biography Woodward was born in North London and attended St Ignatius College, a Jesuit comprehensive school, leaving at 16 to work for two years in a variety of jobs before studying painting at Falmouth School of Art in Cornwall. He dropped out in his second year but later attended the London School of Economics, where he studied Social Anthropology, and Manchester University, where he studied for an MA in the same subject. In 1989 he won a major Eric Gregory Award for poets under 30 and his first collection of poetry, ''Householder'', won the Somerset Maugham Award in 1991. His first novel, ''August'', was shortlisted for the Whitbread Award. In 2011 he was writer in residence at Columbia College, Chicago. He has taught or been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
