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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 (1962). Since 1971 she's…

Laura Ashley

fashion designerBorn: 1925Birthplace: Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales, United Kingdom With her husband, Bernard Ashley, she manufactured home decorating materials and wallpaper based on 19th century…

Ashley Judd

actressBorn: 4/19/1968Birthplace: Los Angeles Intelligent (she graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Kentucky) and beautiful, Ashley Judd didn't head to Hollywood until after college.…

Montagu, Ashley

(Encyclopedia) Montagu, Ashley (Montague Francis Ashley Montagu)Montagu, Ashleyăshˈlē mäntˈəgyü [key], 1905–99, British-American anthropologist, b. London as Israel Ehrenberg, Ph.D. Columbia Univ.,…

Ashley, Laura

(Encyclopedia) Ashley, Laura, 1925–85, British fashion designer and manufacturer. After serving in the Women's Royal Naval Service, she and her husband founded a company to produce silkscreened…

Ashley, Merrill

(Encyclopedia) Ashley, Merrill, 1950–, American ballerina, b. St. Paul, Minn. as Linda Michelle Merrill. She studied (1964–67) at the School of American Ballet, joining the parent New York City…

George Tisdale HODGES, Congress, VT (1789-1860)

HODGES, George Tisdale, a Representative from Vermont; born in Clarendon, Vt., July 4, 1789; attended the common schools; engaged in business in Rutland, Vt.; member of the State house of…

Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen

twin child stars Born: 6/13/1986Birthplace: Sherman Oaks, California Ashley and Mary-Kate became wildly popular in the TV series Full House (1987–95), in which they alternated playing the role of…

Cooper, Anthony Ashley

(Encyclopedia) Cooper, Anthony Ashley: see Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st earl of.