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Beatrice Arthur (born Bernice Frankel on May 13, 1923), is an Emmy-winning American actress and comedienne with a distinctive deep voice, acid wit, and height, standing almost 5 ft 10 in (1.77 m). Her notable television roles included the title role on the popular sitcom Maude in the 1970s, and a starring role on The Golden Girls in the 1980s and 1990s. In the former she played Maude Findlay, an outspoken "limousine liberal" and "New Deal fanatic", living in the wealthy community of Tuckahoe, Westche ...

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Carol can be: a female given name Carol City, Florida carol — a festive song, especially the Christmas carol The Mazda Carol — a keicar automobile. Carol — a Japanese rock band that Eikichi Yazawa once belonged to Carol - Famous people named Carol. Carole Lombard, American actress Carol Burnett, American comedienne Carol Smillie, Scottish television personality Carole King, songwriter

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It is commonly believed that Lewis Hallam, Jr., an Anglo-American comedic actor, brought blackface to prominence as a theatrical device when playing the role of an inebriated black man onstage in 1789. The play attracted notice, and other performers adopted the style. White comedian Thomas D. Rice later popularized blackface, introducing the song "Jump Jim Crow" accompanied by a dance in his stage act in 1828. The song had a syncopated rhythm and purportedly recreated the dancing of a crippled, black stable hand, Jim Cuff, or "Jim Crow", who ...

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Blackface, Blackface - History and the shaping of racist archetypes, Blackface - Blackface and darky iconography, Blackface - Modern-day manifestations, Blackface - The Netherlands' Zwarte Piet, Blackface - The coons of Cape Town and Auckland, Blackface - In the U.S., Blackface - Blackface minstrelsy and world popular culture, Blackface - Blackface spinoffs, Blackface - Compare, Blackface - Bibliography

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Bearse studied acting at New York City's Neighborhood Playhouse under instructor Sanford Meisner. Her initial success came with the role of Amanda Cousins on the soap opera All My Children between 1981 and 1984. During and after that time she appeared in a string of independent and B-movies, including Protocol (1984), Fright Night (1985), Fraternity Vacation (1985), The Doom Generation (1995), and Here Come the Munsters (1995). Her big break came in 1987 when she was cast as Marcy Rhoades on the hit FOX TV sitcom Married... with Children. ...

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Amanda Bearse, Amanda Bearse - Career, Amanda Bearse - Bearse's Sexuality, Amanda Bearse - Directing Career

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1964 in television - 1940s. Meet the Press (1947-present) Candid Camera (1948-present) The Ed Sullivan Show (1948-1971) Bozo the Clown (1949-present). Come Dancing (UK) (1949-1995). 1964 in television - 1950s. The Jack Benny Show (1950-1965) Truth or Consequences (1950-1988) What's My Line (1950-1967) Love of Life (1951-1980) ...

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1964 in television, 1964 in television - Events, 1964 in television - Debuts, 1964 in television - Television shows, 1964 in television - 1940s, 1964 in television - 1950s, 1964 in television - 1960s, 1964 in television - Ending this year, 1964 in television - Births, 1964 in television - Deaths

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CRLS is actually several separate schools combined into one greater whole. In 1648, just twelve years after the founding of Harvard University, a school system was set up in Newtowne, marking it the fifth town—after Boston, Charlestown, Dorchester, and Salem— in the Massachusetts Bay Colony to do so. Master Elijah Corlett's "lattin schoole" was born. The school was seen as a supplemental part of Harvard, and gained recognition far and wide. “And by the side of the colledge a faire GRAMMAR Schoole, for the tra ...

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Cambridge Rindge and Latin, Cambridge Rindge and Latin - History, Cambridge Rindge and Latin - Famous Alumni, Cambridge Rindge and Latin - Register Forum, Cambridge Rindge and Latin - Athletics, Cambridge Rindge and Latin - Deans and Administration

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The station has always transmitted from the Hampden Road Artarmon tower, jointly owned by television stations Seven, Nine and Ten. It shares an antenna with three other stations, Triple M, 2WS and Mix 1065, under the collective banner of Sydney FM Facilities. It has a backup transmission facility on the Channel Nine tower at Artarmon Road Willoughby. The base broadcast power is 20 Killowatts and is currently delivered by a Harris PT20 solid state transmitter. Originally the studios were located on the second floor of the Sovereign Inn at 220 Pacific Highway, Crows Nest. The original equipment comprised BMX Pacific Recorder mixing co ...

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2Day FM, 2Day FM - History, 2Day FM - Current key staff As Of October 2005, 2Day FM - On air staff, 2Day FM - Notable past on-air staff, 2Day FM - Notable past admin staff, 2Day FM - External link

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While employed as a video store clerk, Tarantino penned the script for "From Dusk Till Dawn." He sold the script to a movie make-up company for $1,500.00 and the promise to do the make-up on a future film that would turn out to be "Reservoir Dogs." His first major break came with the sale of another script called True Romance, written with Roger Avary. It was made into a film starring Patricia Arquette and Christian Slater. He also wrote the original screenplay for Natural Born Killers as part of the longer screenplay that T ...

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What you saw on stage, however, was merely a character who wore the name Gracie Allen. In actuality, Allen was a cleverly talented comedienne whose timing was impeccable, who made every line she uttered, however carefully scripted, seem ad-libbed, and who went to great lengths in rehearsals to make her doings on the air or on the camera realistic---if the script called for Gracie to vacuum a rug, she vacuumed the rug for real. If it called for her to water or trim a plant, she did exactly that, for real. If it called for her to chop vegetabl ...

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Gracie Allen, Gracie Allen - Life and Early Career, Gracie Allen - Gracie How's Your Brother?, Gracie Allen - Gracie Where's Your Brother?, Gracie Allen - To Television, Gracie Allen - Family, Gracie Allen - The Real Gracie, Gracie Allen - Farewell, Gracie Allen - Filmography, Gracie Allen - Radio series, Gracie Allen - TV series

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Nicole starred in the first six seasons of MADtv, from 1995 to 2001. Nicole Sullivan - Recurring characters. The obnoxious Vancome Lady, the near catatonic Antonia Timmens, promiscuous Latina Lida (Lida and Melina), redneck country singer Darlene McBride, as well as Amy (X-News), Diane Lawyer-Trabajo (News at 6), Debbie (Eracists), Charlotte (Anti-Depressercize Minute), Mimi O'Malley (The O'Malley's), Destiny (Pretty White Kids with Problems), Champagne (The Stick Chicks), Inga (Hoppy Potty), Judith (Literally), and Susan Caydel (The Caydels).

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Nicole Sullivan, Nicole Sullivan - TV work, Nicole Sullivan - Biography, Nicole Sullivan - MADtv career, Nicole Sullivan - Recurring characters, Nicole Sullivan - Celebrity impressions, Nicole Sullivan - Television appearances, Nicole Sullivan - Filmography, Nicole Sullivan - Movie appearances, Nicole Sullivan - Trivia, Nicole Sullivan - Current work, Nicole Sullivan - Catch phrases

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November was included in the Official Selection at the Sundance Film Festival, and received its first public screening there on January 18, 2004. For her work on the film, the festival's Excellence in Cinematography Award went to Nancy Schreiber, who admitted it was "quite a shock, since it was on mini-dv and we were up against films shot on film". Reviews were generally positive; Guylaine Cadorette said the film was "sure to garner buzz" outside of the fest,^{See also:}

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At the end of Series 3, Tom left the flat having finally got his big break in TV soap opera Crossroads. Right at the end of the episode Linda revealed she was bald. Apparently a fourth series was written but never produced due to Kathy Burke's stage commitments. ...

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Gimme Gimme Gimme, Gimme Gimme Gimme - Series 1 8 January - 12 February 1999, Gimme Gimme Gimme - Special 29 December 1999, Gimme Gimme Gimme - Series 2 14 January - 18 February 2000, Gimme Gimme Gimme - Series 3 2 November - 14 December 2001, Gimme Gimme Gimme - Cast, Gimme Gimme Gimme - Regulars, Gimme Gimme Gimme - Guests

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Nyack is one of five villages and hamlets (Nyack, Central Nyack, South Nyack, Upper Nyack, and West Nyack) that make up an area of southeastern Rockland County called The Nyacks. Named after the Native Americans that resided here prior to colonization, the village itself lies on the hilly terrain that meets the western shore of the Hudson River. The village consists mostly of low-rise buildings that lie along a cozy portion of the Hudson River. Throughout the 18th Century and 19th Century, Nyack was known for its shipbuilding and was ...

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Nyack New York, Nyack New York - Geography, Nyack New York - History, Nyack New York - Information, Nyack New York - Demographics

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Thompson's first major film role was in a romantic comedy, The Tall Guy (1989). Her career took a more serious turn with a series of critically acclaimed performances and films, beginning with 1992's Howards End (for which she received an Academy Award for "Best Actress"), The Remains of the Day opposite Anthony Hopkins, and Carrington (1995). She won her next Academy Award in 1996, for her screenplay adaptation of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, a film in which she also played the lead role. Consequen ...

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Emma Thompson, Emma Thompson - Early life, Emma Thompson - Acting career, Emma Thompson - Private life, Emma Thompson - Selected filmography, Emma Thompson - Interviews

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Since joining SNL in 1999 as a featured player and becoming a Repertory Player in 2001, Dratch has imitated many people, both real and fictional, including Calista Flockhart, Nicole Richie, Barbara Walters, Jane Eyre, Jenny Jones, Harry Potter, and the recurring characters Sheldon Green, Denise "Zazu" McDonough, and Debbie Downer. One of the best Rachel Dratch moments was the debut of the Debbie Downer character on a May 2004 broadcast of Saturday Night Live. It was considered a fan favorite due to the fact that none of ...

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Originally she had been a straight actress, working at the Royal Shakespeare Company alongside Juliet Stevenson. Her popularity in terms of comedy came from her interviewing skills in which she was always forthright, brash and loud, conforming to the British stereotype of an American. Her physical appearance conformed to this image, with red hair and blood-red lipstick. She cemented this trademark image in 1985 when she starred as loud-mouthed American actress Shelley DuPont ...

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Ruby Wax, Ruby Wax - Career, Ruby Wax - Controversies

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Tate continued to ask Ransohoff to cast her in a film; by 1965 she had been under contract for two years, and had only some minor television appearances to her credit. After she auditioned unsuccessfully for role of Liesl in the film version of The Sound of Music, Ransohoff allowed her to appear in the film Eye of the Devil (known during production by the title Thirteen) co-starring with David Niven, Deborah Kerr, Donald Pleasance and David Hemmings. Tate and Sebring travelled to London to begin preparation for the filmi ...

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Sharon Tate, Sharon Tate - Early life and becoming an actress, Sharon Tate - Movie career, Sharon Tate - Marriage to Roman Polanski, Sharon Tate - Murder, Sharon Tate - Arrest and trial of the Manson Family, Sharon Tate - Legacy, Sharon Tate - Filmography

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List of people from New York State - Film/Theater. Woody Allen (1935-), actor, director and writer Frances Bavier (1902 - 1989), actress Humphrey Bogart (1899-1957), actor James Cagney (1899-1986), actor Tom Cruise (1962-), actor Claire Danes (1979-), actress Sammy Davis, Jr. (1925-1990), actor, singer Agnes de Mille (1905-1993), dancer, choreographer Robert De Niro (1943-), actor Jimmy Durante (1893-1980), entertainer, actor, ...

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List of people from New York State, List of people from New York State - Native Americans, List of people from New York State - Public Office, List of people from New York State - Entertainment, List of people from New York State - Film/Theater, List of people from New York State - Comedians/Humorists, List of people from New York State - Music, List of people from New York State - Business, List of people from New York State - Art/Literature/Journalism, List of people from New York State - Science/Medicine, List of people from New York State - Athletics, List of people from New York State - Infamous New Yorkers, List of people from New York State - Lawyers and Jurists, List of people from New York State - Other

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The Facts of Life was a spinoff of the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes. The spinoff focused on Charlotte Rae's character, Edna Garrett, as she became housemother to seven young girls at the Eastland Academy in Peekskill, New York. The show was originally meant to be a summer series in 1979, but the head of programming decided to bring it back in early 1980. After a thirteen-episode run, the show was retooled extensively. Four of the actresses, Felice Schachter, Julie Piekarski, Julie Anne Haddock, and Molly Ringwald, were writt ...

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The Facts of Life, The Facts of Life - Production, The Facts of Life - Premise and plot, The Facts of Life - Syndication and VHS sales, The Facts of Life - Made-for-television movies related to the series, The Facts of Life - Pop culture references

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1-The Girls Want to Go to a Nightclub To celebrate the Mertzes' wedding anniversary, Fred and Ricky want to go to a prize fight, but the girls want to get dressed up and go to a nightclub. Lucy threatens to find two other escorts if their husbands won't take them. This is just fine with Fred, but Ricky worries. So he and Fred find two other girls and go to the same nightclub to spy on their wives. First aired October 15, 1951. 2-Be a Pal Lucy decides Ricky's love is growing cold, so she takes Ethel's suggestions: that she join her spo ...

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I Love Lucy, I Love Lucy - The show, I Love Lucy - Innovative techniques, I Love Lucy - Episode Guide - Season 1, I Love Lucy - Episode Guide - Season 2, I Love Lucy - Episode Guide - Season 3, I Love Lucy - Themes and Highlights, I Love Lucy - Cast, I Love Lucy - Emmy Awards, I Love Lucy - I Love Lucy The Show, I Love Lucy - See Also, I Love Lucy - Lucille Ball, I Love Lucy - Vivian Vance, I Love Lucy - William Frawley, I Love Lucy - Dezi Arnaz, I Love Lucy - DVD Releases, I Love Lucy - Trivia

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