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Necker, Suzanne (Curchod)

(Encyclopedia) Necker, Suzanne (Curchod)Necker, Suzanne (Curchod)süzänˈ kürshōˈ [key]Necker, Suzanne (Curchod) nĕkĕrˈ [key], 1739–94, French writer; wife of Jacques Necker and mother of Mme de Staël…

Valadon, Suzanne

(Encyclopedia) Valadon, SuzanneValadon, Suzannesüzänˈ välädôNˈ [key], 1867–1938, French painter. After abandoning successful careers as an acrobat and as artist's model to many of the major…

Lenglen, Suzanne

(Encyclopedia) Lenglen, SuzanneLenglen, Suzannesüzänˈ läNglĕnˈ [key], 1899–1938, French tennis player. She won the world hard-court singles and doubles titles in 1914. She was champion of French…

Suzanne Lenglen

Suzanne LenglenBorn: May 24, 1899French tennis player dominated women's tennis from 1919-26; won both Wimbledon and French singles titles 6 times.Died: July 4, 1938Ivan LendlK - MSugar Ray…

Farrell, Suzanne

(Encyclopedia) Farrell, SuzanneFarrell, Suzannefârˈəl [key], 1945–, American ballet dancer, b. Cincinnati, Ohio, as Roberta Sue Ficker. After studying in her hometown and at the School of American…

Collins, Wilkie

(Encyclopedia) Collins, Wilkie (William Wilkie Collins), 1824–89, English novelist. Although trained as a lawyer, he spent most of his life writing. He produced some 30 novels, the best known of…

Collins, Eddie

(Encyclopedia) Collins, Eddie (Edward Trowbridge Collins), 1887–1951, American baseball player, b. Millerton, N.Y., grad. Columbia, 1907. One of the game's great second basemen, he was active in the…

Collins, Patricia Hill

(Encyclopedia) Collins, Patricia Hill, 1948–, American sociologist and social theorist, b. Philadelphia, Ph.D. Brandeis University, 1984. A noted…

Suzanne Pleshette Biography

sitcom actressDied: January 19, 2008 (Los Angeles, California) Best Known as: actress who played Emily Hartley on "The Bob Newhart Show" Suzanne…