(Catherine Dorléac)actressBorn: 10/22/1943Birthplace: Paris, France She entered into films as a teenager and first gained attention in Jacques Demy's musical The Umbrella's of Cherbourg (1964).…
actressBorn: 1/1/1972Birthplace: Alton, England Convent-educated McCormack has risen quickly to stardom in film. After appearing in Loaded (1994), she played Mel Gibson's wife in the Oscar-winning…
(Encyclopedia) Prince of Wales, Cape, at the tip of the Seward Peninsula, NW Alaska, on the Bering Strait; westernmost point of North America. Cape Dezhnev, Siberia, is only 55 mi (89 km) to the west.
(Encyclopedia) Catherine of Siena, SaintCatherine of Siena, Saintsēĕnˈə [key], 1347–80, Italian mystic and diplomat, a member of the third order of the Dominicans, Doctor of the Church. The daughter…
(Encyclopedia) Howard, Catherine, 1521?–1542, fifth queen consort of Henry VIII of England. She was the daughter of Lord Edmund Howard and the niece of the powerful Thomas Howard, 3d duke of Norfolk…
(Encyclopedia) Breshkovsky, CatherineBreshkovsky, Catherinebrĕshkôfˈskē [key], 1844–1934, Russian revolutionary, called “the little grandmother (babushka) of the Russian Revolution.” Of a noble…
(Encyclopedia) Parr, Catherine, 1512–48, sixth queen consort of Henry VIII of England. She was the daughter of Sir Thomas Parr, an officeholder at the court, and had been twice widowed before Henry…
Wife of Crown Prince Naruhito, heir to the Japanese throne Born: 12/9/1963Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan Daughter of a Japanese diplomat, Masako Owada grew up in several countries, including the U.S. and…
(Encyclopedia) Deneuve, Catherine, 1943–, French film actress, b. Paris as Catherine Fabienne Dorléac. The daughter of actors and sister of actress Françoise Dorléac (1942–67), the cool and beautiful…
(Encyclopedia) Tower of London, ancient fortress in London, England, just east of the City and on the north bank of the Thames, covering about 13 acres (5.3 hectares). Now used mainly as a museum, it…
