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Milly
Milly is a feminine given name, sometimes used as a short form (hypocorism) of Mildred, Amelia, Emily, etc. It may refer to: People * Milly Alcock (born 2000), Australian actress * Milly Babalanda (born 1970), Ugandan politician * Milly Bernard (1920–2005), American politician * Milly Childers (1866–1922), English painter * Milly Clark (born 1989), Australian long distance runner * Milly Dowler (1988–2002), murdered English schoolgirl * Milly Durrant (born 1985), Welsh former footballer * Milly Johnson (born 1964), British romance novelist * Milly Mathis (1901–1965), French actress, mainly in films, born Emilienne Pauline Tomasini * Milly Quezada (born 1955), Latin American singer * Milly Ristvedt (born 1942), Canadian abstract painter * Milly Scott (born 1933), Dutch actress and singer born Marion Henriette Louise Molly in 1933 * Milly Shapiro (born 2002), American stage actress and singer * Milly Vitale (1933–2006), Italian actress * Milly Witkop (1877–1955), Uk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murder Of Milly Dowler
On 21 March 2002, Amanda Jane "Milly" Dowler, a 13-year-old English schoolgirl, was reported missing by her parents after failing to return home from school and not being seen since walking along Station Avenue in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, that afternoon. Following an extensive search, Dowler's remains were discovered in Yateley Heath Woods in Yateley, Hampshire, on 18 September. On 23 June 2011, Levi Bellfield, who had already had three life sentences with a whole life tariff imposed for the murders of Marsha McDonnell and Amélie Delagrange and the attempted murder of Kate Sheedy, all of which had taken place after Milly Dowler's murder, was also found guilty of abducting and murdering Dowler and received another whole-life sentence. On 27 January 2016, Surrey Police announced that Bellfield had admitted to abducting, abusing and killing Dowler. Following their daughter's death, Dowler's parents established a charity called Milly's Fund to "promote public safety, and in partic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Boy Who Could Fly
''The Boy Who Could Fly'' is a 1986 American fantasy drama film written and directed by Nick Castle. It was produced by Lorimar Productions for 20th Century Fox, and released theatrically on August 15, 1986. The film stars Lucy Deakins as 14-year-old Milly Michaelson, Jay Underwood as Eric Gibb, a boy with autism, Bonnie Bedelia as Milly's mother, Fred Savage as Milly's little brother, Colleen Dewhurst as a teacher, Fred Gwynne as Eric's uncle, Janet MacLachlan, and Mindy Cohn. After the suicide of her terminally ill father, Milly becomes friends with Eric, who lost both of his parents to a plane crash. Together, Eric and Milly find ways to cope with the loss and the pain as they escape to faraway places. Plot Fourteen-year-old Amelia "Milly" Michaelson (Deakins) and her family move into a new suburban home shortly after the death of her father. Milly makes friends with her new neighbor Geneva, and Milly and her eight-year-old brother Louis (Savage), a budding military buff, ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milly Quezada
Milagros Quezada Borbón (born May 21, 1955) is a Dominican singer specializing in Merengue. She is a four-time Latin Grammy Award winner and has been referred to as the "Queen of Merengue" because of her impact on the world of merengue music. Early life Milagros Quezada Borbón was born in Santo Domingo, the daughter of two Cibao natives and sister of four musician brothers. Growing up in such a musical family, Quezada became interested in music as a toddler—she would sing along with her brothers for family, friends, and small gatherings near her home. She expressed an interest in developing her singing talents as a young girl, and, partly for this reason the Quezada family moved to New York City when she was still a child. Milly spent her pre-teen and teen years in New York, a city that is well known as a school for Merengue and Salsa singers from its Latino barrios, e.g. Spanish Harlem. In New York, Quezada developed an in-depth knowledge of her favorite musical genre, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seven Brides For Seven Brothers (musical)
''Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'' is a musical with a book by Lawrence Kasha and David Landay, music by Gene de Paul, Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn, and lyrics by Johnny Mercer, Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn. It is based on the 1954 Stanley Donen film of the same name which is, itself, an adaption of the short story "The Sobbin' Women," by Stephen Vincent Benét, based on the Ancient Roman legend of ''The Rape of the Sabine Women''. The show's 1978–79 premiere tour was canceled without reaching Broadway: after touring for eighteen months from 1981 a subsequent production opened on Broadway in July 1982 to close three days and five performances after its official opening. In 1985 a West End production had a six-week limited engagement run, with a further five and a half week West End run at The Prince of Wales Theatre. Revised versions of the musical have met with success in U.S. regional theatres and in amateur productions on both sides of the Atlantic. Synopsis ;Act 1 In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milly Ristvedt
Milly Ristvedt (born 1942 in Kimberley, B.C.), also known as Milly Ristvedt-Handerek, is a Canadian abstract painter. Ristvedt lives and paints in Ontario, where she is represented by the Oeno Gallery. A monograph covering a ten-year retrospective of her work, ''Milly Ristvedt-Handerek: Paintings of a Decade'', was published by the Agnes Etherington Art Centre in 1979. In 2017, a second monograph was published by Oeno Gallery which included a survey of paintings from 1964 through to 2016, ''Milly Ristvedt, Colour and Meaning : an incomplete palette''. Education Ristvedt studied at the Vancouver School of Art from 1961 to 1964, and later attained a master's degree in Art History from Queen's University, with her thesis, ''Reinhardt, Martin, Richter: Colour in the Grid of Contemporary Painting.'' Career Ristvedt began her art practice in Toronto in 1964 and had her first exhibition there in 1968 with the Carmen Lamanna Gallery. Since 1968 Ristvedt has had more than fifty so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wings Of The Dove
''The Wings of the Dove'' is a 1902 novel by Henry James. It tells the story of Milly Theale, an American heiress stricken with a serious disease, and her effect on the people around her. Some of these people befriend Milly with honourable motives, while others are more self-interested. Plot summary Kate Croy and Merton Densher are two betrothed Londoners who desperately want to marry but have very little money. Kate is constantly put upon by family troubles, and is now living with her domineering aunt, Maud Lowder. Into their world comes Milly Theale, an enormously rich young American woman who had previously met and fallen in love with Densher, although she has never revealed her feelings. Her travelling companion and confidante, Mrs. Stringham, is an old friend of Maud. Kate and Aunt Maud welcome Milly to London, and the American heiress enjoys great social success. With Kate as a companion, Milly goes to see an eminent physician, Sir Luke Strett, because she worrie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milly Alcock
Amelia May Alcock (born 11 April 2000) is an Australian actress. She received an AACTA nomination for her performance in the Foxtel comedy-drama ''Upright'' (2019–2022). She made her international debut as young Rhaenyra Targaryen in the HBO fantasy series ''House of the Dragon'' (2022). For the role, Alcock was nominated for a Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. Alcock was named a 2018 rising star by the Casting Guild of Australia (CGA). Early life and education Alcock was born 11 April 2000 and raised in Sydney, New South Wales. She has two brothers. Alcock was introduced to acting through a school production of ''Red Rocking Hood''. She attended the local Stanmore Public School and then Newtown High School of the Performing Arts, from where she dropped out in 2018 when she was cast in ''Upright''. Career Alcock made her television debut as a teenager in a 2014 episode of the Network Ten romantic comedy '' Wonderland''. She ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seven Brides For Seven Brothers
''Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'' is a 1954 American musical film, directed by Stanley Donen, with music by Gene de Paul, lyrics by Johnny Mercer, and choreography by Michael Kidd. The screenplay, by Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich, and Dorothy Kingsley, is based on the short story "The Sobbin' Women", by Stephen Vincent Benét, which was based in turn on the ancient Roman legend of the Rape of the Sabine Women. ''Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'', which is set in Oregon in 1850, is particularly known for Kidd's unusual choreography, which makes dance numbers out of such mundane frontier pursuits as chopping wood and raising a barn. Film critic Stephanie Zacharek has called the barn-raising sequence in ''Seven Brides'' "one of the most rousing dance numbers ever put on screen." The film was photographed in Ansco Color in the CinemaScope format. ''Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'' won the Academy Award for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture and was nominated for four addition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milly Scott
Marion Henriëtte Louise Molly (born 29 December 1933), known professionally as Milly Scott, is a Dutch singer and actress of Surinamese origin, best known for her participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 1966. She is recognised as the first black singer to take part in the Eurovision Song Contest. Early life Scott was born in Den Helder, the main base of the Royal Netherlands Navy, where her father was stationed as a marine. Both her parents were immigrants from the Dutch colony of Surinam, while her paternal grandfather was originally from North Brabant. As the first black family in Den Helder and the only black child in kindergarten, she often experienced discrimination while growing up. In the beginning of World War II, the ship HNLMS ''Johan Maurits van Nassau'' was bombed, severely wounding Scott's father, after which the family moved to Amsterdam. Soon after, her father was summoned by the Nazis and taken to Germany as a prisoner of war. The Red Cross later inf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milly Childers
Emily Maria Eardley Childers (1866–1922), known as Milly Childers, was an English painter of the later Victorian era and the early twentieth century. She was the daughter of Hugh Childers, a prominent Member of Parliament and Cabinet minister of his generation. Little is known about Milly Childers's early life; she began exhibiting her art around 1890. After her father's 1892 retirement from public service, father and daughter traveled together through England and France; Milly Childers painted landscapes and church interiors. Her father's social and political connections brought his daughter some commissioned work, including as a restorer and copyist for Lord Halifax at Temple Newsam. Liz Rideal, ''Mirror, Mirror: Self-Portraits by Women Artists'', New York, Watson-Guptill, 2002; p. 44. Childers exhibited her work at the Palace of Fine Arts at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. One of Childers' best-known works is a portrait of her father; another is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milly Johnson
Milly Johnson is a British author of romantic fiction. She has written 20 best-selling novels with over three million sales worldwide, one book of poetry, and 5 novellas. She was nominated for the Melissa Nathan award for Romantic comedy in 2012, winner of the RoNA Award for Comedy Romance in 2014 and 2016 and Winner of Channel 4's ''Come Dine With Me'' – Barnsley edition. She was honoured with the Romantic Novelist Association's Outstanding Achievement Award in 2020. She is also an after-dinner speaker, poet, professional joke writer, short-story writer and newspaper columnist. Biography Born in Barnsley on 23 February 1964. She was an avid reader and writer of stories from a very young age and was strongly influenced by the works of Enid Blyton, the Brontë sisters, Jane Austen, Catherine Cookson, Stan Barstow and Barry Hines, who also gave Johnson a great love of birds and she regularly flies birds of prey at the Falconry Centre in Thirsk. She was educated at Agnes Road ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milly D'Abbraccio
Milly D'Abbraccio (born 3 November 1964) is an Italian actress and pornographic actress. Life and career Born in Avellino, the sister of stage actress Mariangela D'Abbraccio, she started her career in 1978, winning the Miss Teenager Italy pageant, then she appeared in a number of films, stage plays and television shows as an actress and soubrette. In 1979, she published a song with the pseudonym of Milly Mou, "Superman Supergalattico". In the late 1980s, she joined the agency Diva Futura and switched to porn. She was one of the first Italian actresses to star pregnant in a porn film. In the Italian 2008 general election, she was a Socialist Party candidate for the municipality of Rome. In 2011, she announced her candidacy for mayor of the city of Monza with a local party, Forza Monza. D'Abbraccio was a protagonist in gossip columns dealing with her affair with art critic and politician Vittorio Sgarbi Vittorio Umberto Antonio Maria Sgarbi (born 8 May 1952 in Ferrara) is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
