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Jane Fonda Biography

Jane FondaactressBorn: 12/21/1937Birthplace: New York City This Academy Award-winner began her career playing sexy roles and later opted for films that were more in line with her liberal, often…

Jane Campion Biography

Jane Campiondirector, screenwriterBorn: 1954Birthplace: Waikanae, New Zealand An award-winning director of intense, often dark films about strong and unusual women, she earned international acclaim…

Jane Pauley Biography

Jane Pauley(Margaret Jane Pauley)TV journalistBorn: 10/31/1950Birthplace: Indianapolis, Indiana Most recently Pauley has served as co-anchor of Dateline NBC, anchor of Time and Again on MSNBC Cable,…

Jane Seymour Biography

Jane Seymour(Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg)actressBorn: 2/15/1951Birthplace: Hillingdon, England Seymour was unable to leverage a promising start as a Bond girl in Live and Let Die (1973)…

Jane Russell Biography

Jane Russell(Ernestine Jane Geraldine Russell)actressBorn: 6/21/1921Birthplace: Bemidji, MinnesotaDied: 2/28/2011Deathplace: Santa Maria, Calif. Beautiful, dark-haired, big-boned actress with…

Jane Wyman Biography

Jane Wyman actress, producer Born: 1/4/1914 Birthplace: St. Joseph, Missouri In 1969, Wyman starred in How to Commit Marriage.…

Jane's Addiction Biography

Jane's Addictionrock group To many, Jane's Addiction epitomized the alternative rock scene that developed during the mid-1980s. Merging elements of punk and metal among other styles, the band…

Porter, Jane

(Encyclopedia) Porter, Jane, 1776–1850, Scottish novelist. Her historical novels, particularly Thaddeus of Warsaw (4 vol., 1803) and Scottish Chiefs (5 vol., 1810), were exceptionally popular in…

Mun, Albert, comte de

(Encyclopedia) Mun, Albert, comte deMun, Albert, comte deälbĕrˈ kôNt də möN [key], 1841–1914, French Roman Catholic leader and politician. A monarchist at first, he later loyally supported the Third…