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Elizabeth Ashley Biography

Elizabeth Ashley(Elizabeth Cole)actressBorn: 8/30/1939Birthplace: Ocala, Florida A leading Broadway actress of the 1960s, she won a Tony Award for her performance in Take Her, She's Mine (…

Elizabeth Farnsworth Biography

Elizabeth FarnsworthTV news reporter Farnsworth graduated from Middlebury College in 1965 and then earned an MA in history from Stanford University. She has written articles for Foreign Policy, World…

Elizabeth Lee Hazen

Elizabeth Lee Hazen Born: 1885Birthplace: rural Mississippi Nystatin—Hazen and Brown: Nystatin was the world's first non-toxic anti-fungal antibiotic. It cured fungal infections of the skin,…

Elizabeth McGovern Biography

Elizabeth McGovern actressBorn: 7/18/1961Birthplace: Evanston, Illinois McGovern's first appearance in film—opposite Timothy Hutton in Ordinary People (1980)—won critical and popular…

Elizabeth Hurley Biography

Elizabeth Hurley actress, modelBorn: 6/10/1965Birthplace: Basingstoke, England Actress and model best known for her modeling contract with Estee Lauder and her relationship with actor Hugh…

Drake, Sir Francis

(Encyclopedia) Drake, Sir Francis, 1540?–1596, English navigator and admiral, first Englishman to circumnavigate the world (1577–80). In 1585, Drake commanded a fleet that sacked Vigo in Spain and…

William Shakespeare: Winter's Tale, Act II

Act IIScene IA room in Leontes' palaceEnter Hermione, Mamillius, and LadiesHermioneTake the boy to you: he so troubles me, 'Tis past enduring.First LadyCome, my gracious lord, Shall I be your…

Why the royal fuss?

Related Links: Elizabeth: Official Movie SiteElizabeth trailer in RealVideoShekhar Kapur's Home PageAre Weir and her ilk overreacting? Is it really so awful for cinema to indulge in a few…

Mortals on Mount Olympus

  A history of climbing Mount Everest   by Borgna Brunner   Sir Edmund Hillary poses with Sherpa climber Tenzing Norgay at Everest base. Climbers who die on the mountain are…

Longford, Elizabeth

(Encyclopedia) Longford, ElizabethLongford, Elizabethlôngˈfərd [key], 1906–2002, British author. Born Elizabeth Harman, she married (1931) Frank Pakenham, later (1961) earl of Longford. She was…