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Carol Alt Biography

Carol Alt modelBorn: 12/1/1960Birthplace: Flushing, New York A model since age sixteen, she has an estimated 600–800 photographs to her credit, including endorsements for Lancome, Hanes, Cover…

Carol Burnett Biography

Carol Burnettcomedienne, actressBorn: 4/26/1933Birthplace: San Antonio, Texas Emmy Award-winning television, film and stage comedienne. She starred in the Carol Burnett Show (1967–78) and appeared…

Carole King Biography

Carole Kingpop songwriter, singerBorn: 2/9/1942Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York Grammy Award-winning pop songwriter and singer best known for her 1971 recording Tapestry. With her former…

Carole Lombard Biography

Carole Lombard(Jane Alice Peters)actressBorn: 10/6/1908Birthplace: Fort Wayne, Indiana Lombard's screwball comic style radiated both intelligence and sex appeal, making her a popular favorite in…

Carol Channing Biography

Carol Channingcomedienne, singerBorn: 1/31/1921Birthplace: Seattle, Washington Comic actress best known for her roles in popular Broadway musicals, including Gentleman Prefer Blondes (1949)…

Carol Botwin Biography

Carol Botwinwriter, social critic A respected author and researcher, she wrote a number of books on the subject of sex and infidelity, including Sex and the Teenage Girl (1972), The Love…

Christmas

(Encyclopedia) Christmas [Christ's Mass], in the Christian calendar, feast of the nativity of Jesus, celebrated in Roman Catholic and Protestant Churches on Dec. 25. In liturgical importance it ranks…

Seton, Saint Elizabeth Ann

(Encyclopedia) Seton, Saint Elizabeth Ann, 1774–1821, American Roman Catholic leader, usually called Mother Seton, b. Elizabeth Ann Bayley, New York City. She was the daughter of a prominent…

Wiggin, Kate Douglas (Smith)

(Encyclopedia) Wiggin, Kate Douglas (Smith), 1856–1923, American author and educator, b. Philadelphia. In San Francisco she organized the first free kindergartens on the Pacific coast (1878) and with…

Betzig, Robert Eric

(Encyclopedia) Betzig, Robert Eric, 1960–, American physicist, b. Ann Arbor, Mich., Ph.D. Cornell, 1988. Betzig worked at AT&T Bell Laboratories from 1988 to 1996, when he become vice president…