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Ann Magnuson Biography

Ann MagnusonactressBorn: 1/4/1956Birthplace: Charleston, West Virginia After working as a performance artist in New York City, Magnuson appeared opposite David Bowie in The Hunger (1983).…

Anne Baxter Biography

Anne BaxteractressBorn: 5/7/1923Birthplace: Michigan City, Indiana A versatile stage and screen performer, she won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her work in The Razor's Edge (1946…

Ann Petry Biography

Ann PetrynovelistBorn: 10/12/1908Birthplace: Old Saybrook, Connecticut A pharmacist who wrote newspaper ad copy, Petry came to notice when her book The Street, about life in Harlem, gained…

Princess Anne Biography

Princess Anne(Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise Windsor)Princess RoyalBorn: 8/15/1950Birthplace: London, England The second child of Great Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Anne has…

Mary II, 1662–94, queen of England

(Encyclopedia) Mary II, 1662–94, queen of England, wife of William III. The daughter of James II by his first wife, Anne Hyde, she was brought up a Protestant despite her father's adoption of Roman…

Cheverus, Jean Louis Anne Madeleine Lefebvre de

(Encyclopedia) Cheverus, Jean Louis Anne Madeleine Lefebvre deCheverus, Jean Louis Anne Madeleine Lefebvre dezhäN lwē än mädəlĕnˈ ləfĕˈvrə də shəvrüsˈ [key], 1768–1836, French churchman, first Roman…

Ferraro, Geraldine Anne

(Encyclopedia) Ferraro, Geraldine AnneFerraro, Geraldine Annefərärˈō [key], 1935–2011, American political leader, b. Newburgh, N.Y., grad. Marymount College (1956), Fordham Law School (1960). A…

Bancroft, Anne

(Encyclopedia) Bancroft, Anne, 1931–2005, American actress, b. New York City as Anna Maria Italiano. Her New York stage debut in Two for the Seesaw (1958) was a major triumph. She was acclaimed for…

Rice, Anne

(Encyclopedia) Rice, Anne, 1941-2021, American novelist, b. New Orleans, La., as Howard Katherine O'Brien, San Francisco State Univ. (B.A., 1964; M.A…

Oldfield, Anne

(Encyclopedia) Oldfield, Anne, 1683–1730, English actress. The successor of Mrs. Bracegirdle, she first won acclaim in 1704 for her brilliant portrayal of Lady Modish in Colley Cibber's Careless…