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Jill Craigie, Biography

Jill Craigie,Age: 85 influential British filmmaker and socialist whose documentaries include Out of Chaos (1955) and The Way We Live (1948). She was married to Michael Foote, Britain's former…

Jill Ireland Biography

Jill Irelandactress, producer, writerBorn: 4/24/1936Birthplace: London, England Jill Ireland began her career as a dancer, making her screen debut in the Michael Powell-Emeric Pressburger film Oh,…

Jill Clayburgh Biography

Jill ClayburghactressBorn: 4/30/1944Birthplace: New York CityDied: 11/5/2010 A versatile actress who appeared on the Broadway stage before entering films, she was nominated for a Best Actress…

Larkin, Philip

(Encyclopedia) Larkin, Philip, 1922–85, English poet. He graduated from St. John's College, Oxford (B.A., 1943; M.A., 1947) and was for many years librarian at the Univ. of Hull. With an eye for the…

Klobuchar, Amy Jean

(Encyclopedia) Klobuchar, Amy Jean, Senator from Minnesota, 1960- , b. Plymouth, Mn,, Yale University (B.A., 1982), University of Chicago Law…

Clyburn, Jim

(Encyclopedia) Clyburn, Jim (James Enos Clyburn), 1940- , African-American politician, b. Sumter, S.C., S.C. State College (B.A.). Clyburn’s father…

Jill Carroll, 2006 News

freelance reporter for the Christian Science Monitor, was kidnapped at gunpoint in January in Baghdad after she left the office of Sunni politician Adnan Dulaimi. She was held for 82 days by…

April Current Events 2023: U.S. News

Top of Page World News | Disaster News | Science & Technology News | Current Events This Week The world is a very busy place, and it's hard to stay on top of everything. Infoplease has got you…

McCarthy, Kevin Owen

(Encyclopedia) McCarthy, Kevin Owen, 1965–, U.S. politician, b. Bakersfield, Calif., grad. California State Univ., Bakersfield (B.S. 1989, M.B.A. 1994). A conservative Republican, he was elected to…

Buttigieg, Pete

(Encyclopedia) Buttigieg, Pete (Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg) Buttigieg, Pete b&oomacr;tˈəjĕj…