voice actressBorn: 5/16/1916Birthplace: Bridgeport, Connecticut She played the part of the title character in the Disney animated movie Snow White (1937), singing such memorable tunes as “I'm…
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(Encyclopedia) LimaLimalīˈmə [key], city (1990 pop. 45,549), seat of Allen co., NW Ohio; settled 1831, inc. 1842. Located in a fertile farm area, it is a processing and marketing center for grain,…
(Encyclopedia) Rose of Lima, Saint, 1586–1617, Peruvian Dominican tertiary and mystic, the first canonized saint of the New World, patron of South America and the Philippine Islands. Despite her…
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