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Mary Ray
Mary Ray may refer to: * Mary Ellen Ray (1931–2004), American-born actress in the UK * Mary Josephine Ray (1895–2010), Canadian supercentenarian * Mary Lyn Ray (born 1946), American author, conservationist, and historic preservationist * Mary Ray (dog trainer), British dog trainer * Mary Ruth Ray (1956–2013), American classical musician {{hndis, Ray, Mary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Ellen Ray
Mary Ellen Ray (3 January 1931 – 10 September 2004) was an American-born actress who had a career in the United Kingdom. Early life She was born as Mary Ellen McPherson in Springfield, Missouri in 1931 to 17 year-old Hayzle McPherson and her husband Owen M. McPherson. Following her parents' divorce in 1937 and her mother's remarriage to Earl Ray, she assumed her stepfather's surname. Career Ray spent two years with the ACT Theatre after which she went to the American Shakespeare Festival Theatre at Stratford, Connecticut where she appeared in such plays as ''The Crucible'', '' Endgame'' and ''Under Milk Wood''. She made her début at the Stratford Festival at Stratford, Ontario in 1970 as Mariana in ''All's Well That Ends Well'' and Mrs William Dudgeon in '' The Devil's Disciple''. In September 1970 she opened in ''Othello'' at the American Shakespeare Festival Theatre and appeared with repertory companies in the United States and Britain. The couple separated in 1972 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Canadian Supercentenarians
This article lists Canadian supercentenarians (people from Canada who have attained the age of at least 110 years). The oldest verified Canadian person ever was Marie-Louise Meilleur, who died in 1998 aged 117 years, 230 days. As of , the oldest living person in Canada is Margaret Romans, born on 16 March 1912 in Latvia, aged . 100 oldest known Canadians Biographies Sum Ying Fung Sum Ying Fung (née Eng, zh, s=吴如英, 27 January 1899 – 6 December 2011), was a Chinese Canadian supercentenarian who was the oldest person in Canada in 2011. Sum Ying Eng was born in Wing On Village, Yanping, China in 1899. In 1926, she married Chong Lim Fung, who had been working in Canada since 1911. Chong Lim would travel to visit Sum Ying regularly in the ensuing years and they had three children. However, the Chinese Exclusion Act prevented her from joining her husband in Canada. In 1954, she emigrated to Canada under the sponsorship of her husband. The couple settled in China ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Lyn Ray
Mary Lyn Ray (born 1946) is an American author of children's literature, a conservationist, and a historic preservationist. Her books' depictions of nature have been praised by outlets including ''Publishers Weekly'', the ''School Library Journal'', ''The Horn Book Magazine'', and ''The Washington Post'', which listed her book ''Stars'' among its best children's books of 2011. ''The New York Times'' likened her 2014 book ''Go to Sleep, Little Farm'' to ''Goodnight Moon''. Biography Mary Lyn Ray was born in 1946 in Monroe, Louisiana and grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas. In 1968 she received an A.B. in American studies from Smith College in 1968. In 1970, she received an M.A. in early American arts and culture from the University of Delaware. She was a Winterthur Fellow at the Winterthur Museum. In 1984, she moved to a farmhouse in South Danbury, New Hampshire. The scenery of her new home would inspire her future books. For instance, Ray was inspired to write the book ''Pumpk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Ray (dog Trainer)
Mary Ray is a professional dog trainer located in the UK. She is generally credited with creation of heelwork to music in the United Kingdom. Obedience Ray has qualified nine dogs to work Championship ‘C’ Obedience; seven Border Collies and two Belgian Shepherds (Tervurens). She has won 59 Kennel Club Obedience Challenge Certificates with five of her dogs and 38 Reserve Certificates. Ray's Belgian Shepherd, Roxy, was the first Belgian Shepherd in the UK to become an Obedience Champion and she also won the Bitch Obedience Championship at Crufts. Ray's also very well known Border Collie Red Hot Toddy was the winner of the Dog Obedience Championship at Crufts. The other main British obedience competition culminating in a final was the Pro Dogs Obedience Stakes. A dog was only allowed to win this competition once in its lifetime and Ray won this on two occasions, once with Toddy and once with Roxy. This competition has now been renamed the Open ‘C’ Charity Competitio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |