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Lucille Méndez
Lucille is a female given name of French origin and may refer to: People with the given name * Lucille Roybal-Allard (born 1941), American politician * Lucille Ball (1911–1989), American actress best known for the television series ''Love Lucy'' * Lucille Benson (1914–1984), American actress * Lucille Berrien (born 1928), American political activist * Lucille Bliss (1916–2012), American actress * Lucille Bogan (1897–1948), American singer and songwriter * Lucille Bremer (1917–1996), American actress and dancer * Lucille Carlisle (1895–1958), American actress * Lucille Cavanagh (1895–1983), American dancer and singer * Lucille Charuk (born 1989), Canadian volleyball player * Lucille Collard, Canadian politician * Lucille Teasdale-Corti (1929–1996), Canadian physician and pediatric surgeon * Lucille Davy, former Commissioner of Education in New Jersey * Lucille Desparois (1909–1996), Canadian author and radio personality * Lucille Douglass (1878–1935), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucille Roybal-Allard
Lucille Elsa Roybal-Allard (born June 12, 1941) is an American politician who served as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative from California from 1993 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, she first entered Congress in 1993. Her district, numbered as the California's 33rd congressional district, 33rd until 2003, the California's 34th congressional district, 34th from 2003 to 2013, and the California's 40th congressional district, 40th from 2013 to 2023, included much of southern Los Angeles, as well as several eastern suburbs, such as Downey, California, Downey, Bell, California, Bell and Bell Gardens, California, Bell Gardens. On December 20, 2021, Roybal-Allard announced her retirement at the end of the 117th United States Congress, 117th Congress. Early life, education, and career Roybal-Allard was born in Boyle Heights, California, the daughter of Edward R. Roybal, who served in Congress from 1963 to 1993, and Lu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucille George-Wout
Lucille Andrea George-Wout (born 26 February 1950) is a Curaçaoan politician currently serving as the second governor of Curaçao since 4 November 2013. Political career George-Wout was a member of parliament for the Partido MAN in the Island Council of Curaçao in the early 1990s. As a politician for the Party for the Restructured Antilles (PAR), she was speaker of the Parliament of the Netherlands Antilles from 1994 to 1998. She also served as minister for work and social affairs of the Netherlands Antilles for the same party between 1999 and 2001. On 1 November 2013 Ronald Plasterk, minister of the interior and kingdom relations of the Netherlands, nominated George-Wout in the Council of Ministers of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, with her appointment commencing on 4 November 2013. She was sworn in by King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands on the same day, becoming the second governor of Curaçao. George-Wout had to formally accept the office in a solemn session of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucille Miller
Lucille Marie Miller (née Maxwell; January 17, 1930 – November 4, 1986) was a Canadian-American housewife and mother who was convicted of first-degree murder in the death of her husband. Prosecutors alleged Miller was inspired by the eponymous plot device of the film ''Double Indemnity'', a provision in which the proceeds of a life insurance policy pay double the face value for accidental deaths. Joan Didion wrote a 1966 essay about the case, "Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream", which appeared originally in ''The Saturday Evening Post'' as "How Can I Tell Them There's Nothing Left" (a quote from Lucille Miller the morning of the fire); it was included in her 1968 book '' Slouching Towards Bethlehem''. Background At the time of the murder, Lucille Miller was just a few months shy of 35 years old, married to dentist Dr. Gordon "Cork" Miller, a mother of three, and pregnant with their fourth child. The Millers were Seventh-day Adventists (SDA), and had met and married when they at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucille P
Lucille is a female given name of French origin and may refer to: People with the given name * Lucille Roybal-Allard (born 1941), American politician * Lucille Ball (1911–1989), American actress best known for the television series ''Love Lucy'' * Lucille Benson (1914–1984), American actress * Lucille Berrien (born 1928), American political activist * Lucille Bliss (1916–2012), American actress * Lucille Bogan (1897–1948), American singer and songwriter * Lucille Bremer (1917–1996), American actress and dancer * Lucille Carlisle (1895–1958), American actress * Lucille Cavanagh (1895–1983), American dancer and singer * Lucille Charuk (born 1989), Canadian volleyball player * Lucille Collard, Canadian politician * Lucille Teasdale-Corti (1929–1996), Canadian physician and pediatric surgeon * Lucille Davy, former Commissioner of Education in New Jersey * Lucille Desparois (1909–1996), Canadian author and radio personality * Lucille Douglass (1878–1935), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucille Lund
Lucille Lund (June 3, 1913 – February 15, 2002) was an American actress. She is best known for her role in the film '' The Black Cat'' (1934). Background Lucille Lund was born in Buckley, Washington to Olaf Sylfestson Lund (1888–1940) and Laura (Skjelkvåle) Lund (1885–1972), who were immigrants from Oppland, Norway. She began her theatrical career as a child doing play extracts and readings. After leaving school she joined Henry Duffy Players, a stock company and toured up and down the Pacific Coast. She then studied drama at Northwestern University in Chicago. Career In 1933 she won a nationwide contest, "The Most Beautiful College Coed", which included a small Universal Pictures contract as a prize. Her first film was ''Horseplay'' in 1933, in which she had a minor role, with her first noticeable film being opposite Robert Young in the 1933 movie ''Saturday's Millions''. In 1934 she starred in six films. That year she starred in '' The Black Cat'', a horror film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucille Lortel
Lucille Lortel (née Wadler, December 16, 1900 – April 4, 1999) was an American actress, artistic director, and theatrical producer. In the course of her career Lortel produced or co-produced nearly 500 plays, five of which were nominated for Tony Awards: ''As Is'' by William M. Hoffman, ''Angels Fall'' by Lanford Wilson, ''Blood Knot'' by Athol Fugard, Mbongeni Ngema's '' Sarafina!'', and '' A Walk in the Woods'' by Lee Blessing. She also produced Marc Blitzstein's adaptation of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's '' Threepenny Opera'', a production which ran for seven years and according to ''The New York Times'' "caused such a sensation that it...put Off-Broadway on the map." Early life and acting career Lortel was born Lucille Wadler on December 16, 1900, at 153 Attorney Street in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, one of four children of Anny and Harris Wadler, Jewish immigrants of Polish descent. Her father was a manufacturer of women's clothes who frequently traveled to Eu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucille Lisle
Lucille Lisle (1908–2004) was an Australian actress. Born Lucille Hunter Jonas in Melbourne, Australia on 16 May 1908, she began appearing in local stage productions at age 11. In 1930 she moved to New York where she appeared in touring companies. In 1932 moved to Britain and had her greatest success in the West End. In 1942, she married Lieutenant Nicholas Harris, a Royal Navy officer. She then limited her work to radio drama before retiring in 1958. She died in Kent, England on 23 September 2004. Selected filmography * ''After Dark'' (1932) * '' Expert's Opinion'' (1935) * '' Twice Branded'' (1936) * '' Midnight at Madame Tussaud's'' (1936) * '' The Minstrel Boy'' (1937) * ''Special Edition The terms special edition, limited edition, and variants such as deluxe edition, collector's edition or expanded edition are used as a marketing incentive for various kinds of products, originally published products related to the arts, such as b ...'' (1938) Radio * '' The Dark T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucille Lemay
Lucille Lemay (born 20 July 1950) is a Canadian archer. Lemay competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics, where she finished 5th in the individual event, and at the 1984 Summer Olympics, where she finished 33rd in the individual event. She won a bronze medal at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in the individual An individual is one that exists as a distinct entity. Individuality (or self-hood) is the state or quality of living as an individual; particularly (in the case of humans) as a person unique from other people and possessing one's own needs or g ... event. References 1950 births Living people Olympic archers for Canada Archers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Archers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Archers at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Canadian female archers Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in archery Pan American Games silver medalists in archery Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada Archers at the 1983 Pan Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucy Lawless
Lucille Frances Lawless (; born 29 March 1968) is a New Zealand actress and director. She is best known for her roles as Xena in the television series ''Xena: Warrior Princess'', as Number Three (Battlestar Galactica), D'Anna Biers on the re-imagined ''Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series), Battlestar Galactica'' series, and List of Spartacus characters#Lucretia, Lucretia in the television series ''Spartacus: Blood and Sand'' and associated series. Since 2019, she has starred as Alexa in the television series ''My Life Is Murder''. Lawless had recurring roles as Diane Lewis-Swanson on the NBC sitcom ''Parks and Recreation'' (2012–2014), and as Countess Palatine Ingrid Von Marburg on the WGN America supernatural series ''Salem (TV series), Salem'' (2015). She also starred as Ruby on the Starz horror-comedy series ''Ash vs Evil Dead'' (2015–2018). Early life and education Lawless was born in the Auckland suburb of Mount Albert, New Zealand, Mount Albert to teacher Julie Rya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucille Kallen
Lucille Kallen (May 28, 1922, Los Angeles, California – January 18, 1999, Ardsley, New York) was an American writer, screenwriter, playwright, composer, and lyricist. She was best known for being one of only two women in the most famous TV writers' room, the one that created Sid Caesar's ''Your Show of Shows'' from 1950 to 1954, along with Selma Diamond. She also worked extensively on Broadway, was a long-time writing partner of Mel Tolkin, and published six novels, including a series of mysteries featuring the character C.B. Greenfield. ''The Mystery Fancier'' discussed and reviewed her books, and one was quoted in ''English Historical Syntax and Morphology''. Sid Caesar's writer's room has been fictionally recreated many times. Neil Simon, one of the writers, memorialized it in his play ''Laughter on the 23rd Floor''; it formed the centerpiece of the 1982 film '' My Favorite Year'', and most famously, it was the office in which Rob Petrie worked in ''The Dick Van Dyke Show' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucille Hutton
Lucille Hutton (1898–1979) was an American film actress of the silent era. She appeared in 56 films between 1916 and 1931. Biography Hutton was born in Los Angeles, California, and attended Sacred Heart Academy there. Before working in films, she performed on stage in Los Angeles with the Morosco Stock Company and in vaudeville on the Keith and Orpheum circuits. Hutton's first feature film was '' The Miracle Man'' (1919). She appeared opposite Bobby Vernon in a series of comedy films. Hutton married Donald Carlos Jacobson in March 1929 in Honolulu. They were divorced on August 26, 1930, and on August 27, 1930, she married George G. Buckingham. She filed for divorce from Buckingham on February 21, 1931. Selected filmography * '' The Miracle Man'' (1919) * '' The Last Outlaw'' (1919) * '' Ladies Must Live'' (1921) * '' The Village Blacksmith'' (1922) * '' East Side - West Side'' (1923) * '' The Buster'' (1923) * ''Desire'' (1923) * '' The Breathless Moment'' (1924) * '' Win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucille Hegamin
Lucille Nelson Hegamin (November 29, 1894 – March 1, 1970) was an American singer and entertainer and an early African-American blues recording artist. Life and career Lucille Nelson was born in Macon, Georgia, the daughter of John and Minnie Nelson.Harrison 1990, p. 229. From an early age she sang in local church choirs and theatre programs. By the age of 15 she was touring the US South with the Leonard Harper Minstrel Stock Company. In 1914 she settled in Chicago, Illinois, where, often billed as "The Georgia Peach", she worked with Tony Jackson and Jelly Roll Morton before marrying the pianist-composer Bill Hegamin. She later told a biographer, "I was a cabaret artist in those days, and never had to play theatres, and I sang everything from blues to popular songs, in a jazz style. I think I can say without bragging that I made the ' St. Louis Blues' popular in Chicago; this was one of my feature numbers." The Hegamins moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1918, then to New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
