actressBorn: 5/4/1929Birthplace: Brussels, Belgium Academy Award-winning, naturally chic film and stage actress whose poise, sense of style and graceful demeanor made her a star in films such as…
modelBorn: 12/4/1973Birthplace: Los Angeles One of the “beautiful people” with a social conscience, Tyra has broken ground in her modeling career as the first African-American to grace the cover of…
modelBorn: 5/10/1965Birthplace: St. Catharines, Ont., Canada Highly successful supermodel whose striking good looks have launched a thousand products and graced a thousand magazines. Evangelista,…
model, actressBorn: 2/2/1954Birthplace: Malibu, California American supermodel whose 20-year contract with Cover Girl (1976–96) was the longest-running contract in the modeling industry. Her image…
(Encyclopedia) Mignard, PierreMignard, Pierrepyĕr mēnyärˈ [key], 1612–95, French painter. In 1657 he was summoned by Louis XIV to portray the king and celebrities of the court. In 1664 he decorated,…
(Encyclopedia) Mostel, ZeroMostel, Zeromŏsˌtĕlˈ [key], 1915–77, American actor, b. New York City as Samuel Joel Mostel. Mostel made his Broadway debut in Keep 'Em Laughing (1942). A comic actor with…
(Encyclopedia) Alemán, MateoAlemán, Mateomätāˈō älāmänˈ [key], 1547–1614?, Spanish novelist, b. Seville. Alemán studied medicine and practiced accounting. He led a turbulent life, was sent to jail…
(Encyclopedia) Altoaguirre, ManuelAltoaguirre, Manuelmänwĕlˈ ältōägēˈrā [key], 1904–59, Spanish poet, b. Málaga. With his contemporary Emilio Prados he founded the literary journal Litoral. His…
(Encyclopedia) PontefractPontefractpŏnˈtĭfrăkt, pŭmˈfrĭt [key], town (1991 pop. 28,621), Wakefield metropolitan district, N England. It is an industrial city; furniture, iron products, and textiles…
(Encyclopedia) BamburghBamburghbămˈbərə [key], village, Northumberland, NE England, on the North Sea. It was the capital of ancient Bernicia and for a time of Northumbria. In the 6th cent. a castle…
