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Lillian (name)
Lillian, also spelled Lilian, Lilliann, or Lilliane, is a female given name. Its origin is the Latin word Lilium (lily). In French language, French, ''Lilian'' () is the male form of the name, while ''Liliane'' is the female form. The first time this name became popular was in the early 1700s, with the expansion of the French colonial empire around the world. People *Princess Lilian of Belgium (1916–2002), wife of King Leopold III of Belgium *Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland (1915–2013), wife of Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland of Sweden *Lillian B. Allen (1904–1994), Canadian painter *Lillian Allen (born 1951), Canadian dub poet, musician, and writer *Lillian Alling, walked from New York state to the Bering Strait in the 1920s *Lilian Bennett (1922–2013), British businesswoman *Lillian Boutté (1949–2025), American jazz singer *Lilian Calmejane (born 1992), French cyclist *Lillian Chrystall (1926–2022), New Zealand architect *Lillian Cohen (1878–1949), American ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lilium
''Lilium'' ( ) is a genus of Herbaceous plant, herbaceous flowering plants growing from bulbs, all with large and often prominent flowers. Lilies are a group of flowering plants which are important in culture and literature in much of the world. Most species are native to the Northern Hemisphere and their range is temperate climates and extends into the subtropics. Many other plants have "lily" in their common names, but do not belong to the same genus and are therefore not true lilies. True lilies are known to be highly toxic to cats. Description Lilies are tall perennial plant, perennials ranging in height from . They form naked or tunicless scaly underground bulbs which are their organs of perennation. In some North American species the base of the bulb develops into rhizomes, on which numerous small bulbs are found. Some species develop stolons. Most bulbs are buried deep in the ground, but a few species form bulbs near the soil surface. Many species form stem-roots. With t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lilian Constantini
Lilian Constantini (September 26, 1902 – January 5, 1982) was a French silent actress in the 1920s and 1930s. Early life Liliane Louise Hélène Chapiro-Volpert was born on September 26, 1902, in Paris.Lilian Constantini (1907-1982) Her father, Boris Chapiro-Volpert, was a Russian-born chemist.Liliane Chapiro Volpert GeneaNet Her mother was Louise Guesde. Her maternal grandfather, |
Lilian Greuze
Lilian Greuze (18901950) was a French model, and actress of the stage and screen. She was from Paris, France Theater ingenue (stock character) She was a protégé of Sarah Bernhardt and performed at the French Theater on West 44th Street in Manhattan (New York). Her first New York appearance came during the 1915 theatrical season. Greuze was one of many French notables who were recruited by Lucien Laurent Bonheur, director of the French Theater. She acted in a humorous sketch entitled ''English School'' in her first American stage performance. She was paired with George Ranavant. An observer remarked about her skill in speaking, ''So perfect was her enunciation and the modulation of her voice that every syllable could be heard distinctly in the rear of the auditorium.'' In December 1915 she played with Paul Gavault at the French Theatre in ''Mademoiselle Josette Ma Femme''. As ''Josette'', Greuze portrayed the character which made Billie Burke famous. A reviewer commented favo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lilian Greenwood
Lilian Rachel Greenwood (born 26 March 1966) is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Nottingham South since 2010, and the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Future of Roads since July 2024. A former union official, she served as the Shadow Secretary of State for Transport in Jeremy Corbyn's shadow cabinet from 2015 until her resignation in 2016, and as a shadow transport minister under opposition leader Ed Miliband from 2011 to 2015. On the back benches, Greenwood chaired the Transport Select Committee from 2017 to 2020, and the Commons Finance Committee from 2020 to 2021. She served as the Opposition Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Commons between 2021 and 2023, and the Shadow Minister for Arts, Heritage and Civil Society from 2023 until 2024. Early life and career Greenwood was born on the 26 March 1966 in Bolton, Lancashire. She attended Canon Slade School, a local Church of England state secondary school, befo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lillian Greene-Chamberlain
Lillian Greene-Chamberlain (born 1941) is an American educator and former track and field athlete. Since she began running at the age of 16 in 1957, she has had considerable success as an athlete. She was the first U.S. national champion in the 440-yard run indoors, the first African-American woman to represent the U.S. in the 400m and 800m in international competitions, a three-time U.S. national champion and American record holder, a Pan American Games champion, and a three-time U.S. All-American national team member. In 2007, she was named one of the 100 Most Influential Sports Educators in America by Business Wire. She served on the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports from 2006 to 2008. She is also a former Women's Sports Foundation The Women's Sports Foundation (WSF) is a 501(c)(3) educational nonprofit charity focused on female involvement in sports. Founded in 1974 by tennis player Billie Jean King and initially supported by Olympic athletes Donna de Varona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lillian Gish
Lillian Diana Gish (October 14, 1893 – February 27, 1993) was an American actress best known for her work in movies of the silent era. Her film-acting career spanned 75 years, from 1912, in silent film shorts, to 1987. Gish was dubbed the "First Lady of the Screen" by ''Vanity Fair'' in 1927 and is credited with pioneering fundamental film performance techniques. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Gish as the 17th-greatest female movie star of classical Hollywood cinema. Having acted on stage with her sister as a child, Gish was a prominent film star from 1912 into the 1920s, being particularly associated with the films of director D. W. Griffith. This included her leading role in the highest-grossing film of the silent era, Griffith's ''The Birth of a Nation'' (1915). Her other major films and performances from the silent era included ''Intolerance'' (1916), '' Broken Blossoms'' (1919), '' Way Down East'' (1920), '' Orphans of the Storm'' (1921), ''La Bohème'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lilian Garcia
Lilián Annette Garcia (born August 19, 1966) is an American ring announcer, singer and podcaster. She is signed to WWE as a ring announcer for special events. She also announces for the Professional Fighters League (PFL).Doyle, Dave"Former WWE ring announcer Lilian Garcia signs with PFL". MMAJunkie.com. April 29, 2019. Early life and career García was born on August 19, 1966, in the Panama Canal Zone. At three months old she went to Spain. She then spent eight years of her life in Spain due to her Puerto Rican father's employment with the Diplomatic missions of the United States, American Embassy, and was educated on an American military base, leading her to describe herself as a "Military brat (U.S. subculture), military brat". She is fluent in English language, English and Spanish language, Spanish. Upon returning to the United States, Garcia graduated from Irmo High School in Columbia, South Carolina. She went on to attend the University of South Carolina, graduating ''cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lilian Fowler
Elizabeth Lilian Maud Fowler MBE, JP (; 7 June 1886 – 11 May 1954) was an Australian politician. She was Australia's first female mayor, serving as mayor of Newtown, New South Wales, from 1937 to 1939. She later represented the seat of Newtown in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1944 to 1950. She had a long involvement with the Lang Labor faction of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), which had evolved into a separate party by the time of her election to Parliament. Early life Fowler was born at Cooma, New South Wales. She was the third daughter of Charles Munro Gill, who was a farmer, and Frances Rebecca, née Gaunson. After receiving a primary school education, she became closely involved in labour politics with the assistance of her father, a Labor League organiser and an Alderman, Valuer and Inspector of Nuisances for the Municipal District of Cooma. On 19 April 1909, while working as a waitress in Sydney, she married a bootmaker and widower, Albert Edward F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lillian Florsheim
Lillian Florsheim (née Lillian Hyman; – ) was an American sculptor whose work was displayed in the Art Institute of Chicago and museums in Washington, D.C. and New Orleans. Early life and education Lillian Hyman was born on in New Orleans, Louisiana to Clara Newman and Harris Hyman. Hyman was one of four children, with sisters Nettie and Claire and a brother, Harris Hyman, Jr. She attended Smith College in Massachusetts and graduated in 1916. In 1918, Hyman married Irving Florsheim, a navy officer and heir (along with his brother, Harold) to the Florsheim Shoe Company. The Florsheims had two children, Nancy Goldberg née Florsheim, restaurant owner and manager whom married artist Bertrand Goldberg and Mary Florsheim Picking, who was married to actor Allan Jones. Career Florsheim's art career and studies began in the late 1940s, around the time of her divorce from Irving Florsheim. Her career began in 50s and continued into her 80s; she first began her studies taking pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lillian Elidah
Lillian Elidah is a Zambian chef, who is a graduate of the Cesar Ritz Culinary Arts Academy in Switzerland and now owns and runs her restaurant Twaala, in Lusaka, Zambia. Career Lillian Elidah was born in Lusaka, Zambia, but most of her childhood was spent in Sweden, where she graduated from college. She decided to become a professional chef, and trained at Cesar Ritz Culinary Arts Academy in Switzerland where she achieved a Foundation Degree in Culinary Arts. After training in Switzerland, she worked in France as a chef where she was mentored by Anthony Leboube. At the age of 19, she became the food writer for the Zambian national newspaper '' The Post'', the youngest writer they had on staff. She started her own catering company, Twaala Catering, and opened a restaurant named the Twaala Restaurant. At the restaurant, she serves European/ African fusion cuisine. Her entrepreneurial work was highlighted in a report by the private enterprise programme Nyamuka Zambia, funded by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lilian Edirisinghe
Lilian Edirisinghe (born 19 May 1922 – died 26 December 1993 as ලිලියන් එදිරිසිංහ) inhala, was an actress in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama and television. One of the earliest pillars in Sri Lankan film history, Edirisinghe had a career that spanned more than four decades primarily in villain and comedy roles. Personal life Edirisinghe was born on 19 May 1922 in Imbulgoda area as the seventh of a family with 11 siblings. Her father Lewis Edirisinghe was a farmer and mother Kalu Kankanamge Podi Nona was a housewife. She attended to Parakandeniya Vidyalaya, Kossinna currently known as Perakumbadeniya Maha Vidyalaya. She started to act in school dramas and is a die hard fan of Laxmi Bhai. She married in 1942 and the couple gave birth to a son - Ranjith, who died after two months of age. Her husband also died soon after. Acting career Edirisinghe moved to Colombo with her family, where she started to practice dancing under renowned dance master Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lillian Disney
Lillian Marie Disney ( Bounds; February 15, 1899December 16, 1997) was an American ink artist at the Walt Disney Animation Studios and the wife of Walt Disney from 1925 until his death in 1966. Born in Spalding, Idaho, Disney graduated from high school in Lapwai before moving to Lewiston to attend college. She left Idaho in 1923 to move to southern California, where she met future husband Walt while working as a secretary for his company. During a train ride in 1928, Walt revealed to his wife a new animated character, whom he called "Mortimer Mouse". Lillian suggested that he rename his character "Mickey Mouse", a name which has since become synonymous with the Disney brand. Walt Disney died from lung cancer on December 15, 1966, after which Lillian remarried, to John L. Truyens (a Southern California real estate developer) from 1969 until his death in 1981. On December 15, 1997, Lillian Disney suffered a stroke and died the following morning in Los Angeles at age 98. Early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
