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1 dzień temu · Early life Lee was born on 27 May 1922 in Belgravia, London, the son of Lieutenant Colonel Geoffrey Trollope Lee (1879–1941) of the 60th King's Royal Rifle Corps, and his wife, Countess Estelle Marie (née Carandini di Sarzano ; 1889–1981). Lee's father fought in the Boer War and First World War, and his mother was an Edwardian beauty who was painted by Sir John Lavery, Oswald Birley, and ...
1 dzień temu · Early life Garland's birthplace in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, is now a museum dedicated to her life and career. Garland was born Frances Ethel Gumm on June 10, 1922, in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. She was the youngest child of Ethel Marion Gumm (née Milne; 1896–1953) and Francis "Frank" Avent Gumm (1886–1935).Her parents were vaudevillians who settled in Grand Rapids to run a movie theater ...
7 godz. temu · Richard Bruce Cheney ( / ˈtʃeɪni / CHAY-nee; [a] born January 30, 1941) is an American retired politician and businessman who served as the 46th vice president of the United States from 2001 to 2009 under President George W. Bush. Often cited as the most powerful vice president in American history, [4] [5] Cheney previously served as White ...
1 dzień temu · Production History and development In 1988, Dick Wolf developed a concept for a new television series that would depict a relatively optimistic picture of the American criminal justice system. He initially toyed with the idea of calling it Night & Day but then hit upon the title Law & Order. The first half of each episode would follow two homicide detectives (a senior and a junior detective ...
1 dzień temu · John Patrick McEnroe Jr. (born February 16, 1959) is an American former professional tennis player known for his shot-making and volleying skills, his rivalries with Björn Borg and Jimmy Connors, and his confrontational on-court behavior, which frequently landed him in trouble with umpires and tennis authorities. McEnroe is the only male player since the inception of the ATP rankings in 1973 ...
1 dzień temu · Marilyn Monroe ([ˈ m ɛ ə ɹ ɪ l ɪ n m ə n ˈ ɹ o ʊ]) [n 1] est une actrice, mannequin et chanteuse américaine, née le 1 er juin 1926 à Los Angeles et morte le 4 août 1962 dans la même ville. Elle reste après sa mort une icône de la culture populaire.. Elle se destine initialement au mannequinat avant d'être repérée par Ben Lyon et de signer son premier contrat d'actrice avec ...
7 godz. temu · The Castle of Otranto (1764) is regarded as the first Gothic novel. The aesthetics of the book have shaped modern-day gothic books, films, art, music and the goth subculture. Gothic fiction, sometimes called Gothic horror (primarily in the 20th century), is a loose literary aesthetic of fear and haunting.The name refers to Gothic architecture of the European Middle Ages, which was ...
