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Mary Pickford

(Gladys Mary Smith) actress Born: 4/8/1893 Birthplace: Toronto, Canada Academy Award -winning…

Mary Steenburgen

actressBorn: 2/8/1953Birthplace: Newport, Arkansas This appealing, versatile actress won an Academy Award for her role in Melvin and Howard (1980). She also appeared in Ragtime (1981), A Midsummer'…

Mary Astor

(Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke)actressBorn: 5/3/1906Birthplace: Quincy, Illinois Starting off in silent films, she played opposite John Barrymore in Beau Brummel (1924) and Don Juan (1926). Some of…

Marie Marchowsky

choreographer, dancerBorn: 1919Birthplace: New York City After studying at Martha Graham's school for modern dance, Marchowsky pursued a career as performer, teacher, and choreographer. She danced…

Mary Poppins

Introduction   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10     Next by Beth Rowen Mary Poppins (1964) Disney's live action films are often overshadowed by the animated entries, but Mary…

Mary Wollstonecraft

Biography of the 18th-century English feminist   Mary Wollstonecraft, an 18th-century English feminist, believed that equal education among men and women would ensure the equal status…

Haroche, Serge

(Encyclopedia) Haroche, Serge, 1944–, French physicist, Ph.D. Paris VI Univ., 1971. He was a professor at Pierre and Marie Curie Univ. from 1975 to 2001 and at Paris VI Univ. from 1982 to 2001, when…

Mourou, Gérard Albert

(Encyclopedia) Mourou, Gérard Albert, 1944–, French physicist, Ph.D. Pierre and Marie Curie Univ. (now part of Sorbonne Univ.), 1973. Mourou was a professor at the Univ. of Rochester, New York, from…

Notable Children's Videos of 2000

Banjo FrogsChato's KitchenChato's Kitchen (Spanish Language Version) Chicka Chicka Boom BoomDear America: Dreams in the Golden CountryDegas & the DancerThe FaceFamous FredFedoraJust a Few Words…

Like Mother, Like Daughter

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and daughter Harriet "In search of my mother's garden, I found my own."-Alice Walker These women have followed in their mothers' footsteps: Printers: Sarah Goddard…