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  1. Bessie Coleman

    pp move indef Infobox person name Elizabeth Bessie Coleman image Bessie Coleman, First African American ... known for Pioneer aviator Elizabeth Bessie Coleman January 26, 1892 April 30, 1926 was an American ... amex flygirls peopleevents pandeAMEX02.html Bessie Coleman 1892 1926 . PBS.org. Accessed 2010 03 03 ... www.biography.com articles Bessie Coleman 36928 Bessie Coleman Biography . Biography.com. Accessed ... la et story10 feb10 2006,0,7374705,full.story Daredevil of the Sky The Bessie Coleman Story ... 22, 1923. File 1coleman portrait 5 1000.jpg thumb Bessie Coleman, c.1922 Through her media ..., and the Bessie Coleman Aero Club, which he founded in 1929. ref cite book last Broadnax first Samuel ... name rich ref cite web last Onkst first David H. title Bessie Coleman publisher U.S. Centennial ... apparent following her death. In 1927, Bessie Coleman Aero Clubs sprang up throughout the country ... cite web author title First Flight Shrine Bessie Coleman url http www.firstflight.org shrine bessie ... Mayor Richard M. Daley renamed Old Mannheim Road at O Hare International Airport Bessie Coleman Drive. In 1992, he proclaimed May 2 Bessie Coleman Day in Chicago. Mae Jemison , physician and former NASA astronaut, wrote in the book, Queen Bess Daredevil Aviator 1993 I point to Bessie Coleman ... title The Selection of Bessie Coleman for induction to the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame url http www.bessiecoleman.com ... Chicago Hyde Park, Chicago Hyde Park neighborhood was named Bessie Coleman Park. Additionally, the Bessie ... web author title Bessie Coleman Park and Council url http www.hydepark.org parks BessieColemanPark.htm ... times july 22 28.html? r 1&scp 1&sq bessie 20coleman&st cse Staten Island Outloud Bessie Coleman , New ... Coleman The Brownskin Lady Bird , Garland, 1994 Hart, Philip S. Up in the Air The Story of Bessie Coleman , First Avenue Editions, 1996 Johnson, Dolores. She Dared to Fly Bessie Coleman , New York Benchmark Books, 1997 Plantz, Connie. Bessie Coleman First Black Woman Pilot , Enslow Publishers ...   more details



  1. Bessie

    Bessie can be a surname, a nickname diminutive , and a woman s given name. Bessie is an English diminutive of Elizabeth given name Elizabeth or Bessandra, and has been so used since the 16th century. Bessie is sometimes used as a name in its own right, rather than an informal diminutive. Bessie may refer to A common or stereotypical name for cow s Bessie, a stuffed List of Beanie Babies B Beanie Baby cow toy Bessie lake monster , a lake monster in Lake Erie Bessie Awards in dance, the New York Dance and Performance Awards Bessie Smith , blues singer Bessie Love , stage name of American film actress Juanita Horton Alvah Bessie , screenwriter blacklisted as one of the Hollywood Ten Diamond Bessie , murdered prostitute Bessie Coleman , first African American female aviator Bessilyn Johnson , woman who inspired Scotty s Castle A car List of Doctor Who vehicles Bessie used on the science fiction television series Doctor Who Bessie, an asphalt paver List of Cars characters Bessie character in the movie Cars Bessie Higgenbottom, titular character of the Nickelodeon TV channel cartoon, The Mighty B disambig given name Category Given names Category English given names de Bessie Begriffskl rung pt Bessie ...   more details



  1. Coleman

    Distinguish Colman disambiguation Coleman is a surname of both English people English and Gaels Gaelic ... . Coleman may refer to TOCright Coleman Company , Inc., a manufacturer of camping gear The Coleman Medal , an Australian Football League award For the English mustard, see Colman s People Alan Coleman , British television writer, director and producer Anthony Coleman born 1955 , American musician Ben Coleman born 1961 , former American basketball player Ben Coleman American football born 1971 , former American football player Bessie Coleman 1892 1926 , first African American to become an airplane pilot and the first American to hold an international pilot license Catherine Coleman born 1960 , American astronaut Charles Coleman disambiguation , multiple people Charlotte Coleman 1968 2001 , English actress Chris Coleman disambiguation , multiple people Choo Choo Coleman Clarence Choo Choo Coleman , baseball playing man Craig Coleman , Australian rugby league footballer Cy Coleman 1924 2004 , American composer, songwriter, and jazz pianist Dabney Coleman born 1932 , American actor David Coleman born 1926 , British sports commentator, after whom Colemanballs is named Derrick Coleman born 1967 , pro basketball player Dominic Coleman , British actor Earl Thomas Coleman born 1943 , former U.S. Congressman Edgar Coleman , classical pianist Eliot Coleman born 1939 , American farmer, author, agricultural researcher and educator Elliot D. Coleman 1881 1963 , Louisiana sheriff and bodyguard of Huey P. Long, Jr. Eric Coleman defensive back Eric Coleman born 1966 , former American footballer Fred Coleman born 1975 , American footballer Garnet Coleman , U.S. politician, Texas House of Representatives Gary Coleman 1968 2010 , American actor George Coleman disambiguation , multiple people George Drumgoole Coleman , Irish architect Gerald Coleman , American ice hockey goalkeeper Greg Coleman born 1954 , American football player Iain Coleman born 1958 , former member of the UK Parliament ...   more details



  1. Bessie Brown

    Infobox musical artist name Bessie Brown image Bessie Brown.jpg caption image size background solo singer birth name Bessie Brown alias The Original Bessie Brown Sadie Green, Caroline Lee, and possibly Helen Richards birth date 1890 death date 1955 origin Cleveland, Ohio , United States instrument Human voice Vocals genre Jazz , classic female blues occupation Singer years active 1920s label Path Records Path 1920s br Document Records Document 1990s compilation associated acts website current members past members notable instruments Bessie Brown 1890 1955 ref name Jazz cite web url http www.redhotjazz.com bessiebrown.html title Bessie Brown author date work publisher Redhotjazz.com accessdate September 27, 2011 ref also known as The Original Bessie Brown , was an United States American classic female blues , jazz , and cabaret singer. She sometimes recorded under the pseudonym s of Sadie Green, Caroline Lee, and possibly Helen Richards. Brown was active as a recording artist from 1925 to 1929. Her best known tracks were Ain t Much Good in the Best of Men Nowdays and Song from a Cotton Field . She should not be confused although often is in both biographies and discographies with her namesake, Bessie Brown, who recorded vaudeville and blues styled duet music duets with George W. Williams, over a similar timespan. ref cite book first Colin last Larkin year 1995 title The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music, Volume 1 edition 2nd publisher Guinness Publishing location London ... trombone Coleman Hawkins and Buster Bailey saxophone Buddy Christian and Clarence Holiday banjo plus ... References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Brown, Bessie ALTERNATIVE NAMES ... Brown, Bessie Category 1890 births Category 1955 deaths Category musicians from Cleveland, Ohio ... Category Classic female blues singers Category Deaths from myocardial infarction de Bessie Brown nl Bessie Brown ...   more details



  1. Bessie Blount

    Bessie Blount may refer to Elizabeth Blount , mistress of Henry VIII of England and mother of his son, Henry Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset Bessie Blount Griffin , scientist hndis Blount, Bessie ...   more details



  1. Bessie Potter

    Infobox character colour name Bessie Potter image Do not insert publicity images, they will be listed ... Kevin Williamson Bessie Potter is a fictional character from the United States American television ... in seasons five and six. Biography Bessie Potter is the sister of main character Joey Potter . Ten years Joey s senior, ref season 3 a weekend in the country ref Bessie was introduced in the pilot episode of the show. Bessie has taken care of her sister for the past few years, since their mother, Lilian ... two seasons, Bessie runs the family restaurant, The Ice House , and later the family bed .... Season one In the pilot episode of season one, Bessie is heavily pregnant with her first baby. She is living in the small family home with her boyfriend Bodie Wells, and her younger sister Joey. Bessie ... the first half of the season, Bessie complains a lot about being in the final stages of pregnancy ... the hurricane that hits Capeside, Bessie and her family take refuge at the home of Joey s best friend ..., Bessie clashes with Evelyn Ryan Dawson s Creek character Evelyn Grams Ryan the grandmother of main character Jen Lindley over her life choices. Grams disapproves of the fact that Bessie unmarried and pregnant, and that her partner is black. Because of this, Bessie can barely tolerate Grams. Later in the season, Bessie goes into labor and her baby, a son named Alexander, is delivered by Grams ..., Bessie encourages Joey to visit their jailed father in prison. Season two Bessie begins season ... in Capeside and helping Bessie with the family business. Bessie occasionally struggles with juggling her business commitments with caring for baby Alexander, frequently begging Joey for help. Bessie ... prison and returns to the family home. With Mike s help, Bessie and Joey cater for a high class wedding ... to drug deals that Mike had done. Bessie stands by Mike, until he confesses and is arrested. She ... Bessie is unemployed at the beginning of season three, and is waiting for the insurance money from ...   more details



  1. Bessie Head

    Bessie Emery Head July 6, 1937 April 17, 1986 is usually considered Botswana s most influential writer. Biography Bessie Emery Head was born in Pietermaritzburg , South Africa , the child of a wealthy ... to then give birth to Bessie without the neighbors knowing. However, the exact circumstances are disputed, and some of Bessie Head s comments, though often quoted as straight autobiography, are in fact ... Most of Bessie Head s important works are set in Serowe , in particular the three novels When Rain ... in nineteenth century Botswana. Bessie Head s work , which emphasised the value of ordinary life and humble ... prominently at times, as in the work A Question of Power . It is interesting to note that Bessie ... before she left South Africa. In some ways Bessie Head remained an outsider in her adopted country ... of Power is based partly on those experiences. Honors and awards In 2007 the Bessie Head Heritage Trust was established, along with the Bessie Head Literature Awards . In July 2007 the library in Pietermaritzburg was renamed the Bessie Head library in her honor. In 2003 she was awarded the South ... of Bessie Head date publisher S A National Orders url http www.thepresidency.gov.za orders list.asp ... Letters from Bessie Head, 1965 1979 1991 The Cardinals 1993 The Prisoner Who Wore Glasses References reflist Microsoft Encarta Microsoft Encarta 98 Encyclopedia , 1993 97 Ibrahim, Huma. Bessie ... 1685 2 Eilersen, Gillian Stead. Bessie Head Thunder Behind Her Ears Her Life and Writings Studies ... . External links http www.bessiehead.org Bessie Head Heritage http www.englishdaily626.com stories.php ... Head, Bessie ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH July 6, 1937 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH April 17, 1986 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Head, Bessie Category 1937 births Category 1986 deaths ... de Bessie Head fr Bessie Head ko it Bessie Head sw Bessie Head ja ro Bessie Head sh Bessie Head fi Bessie Head sv Bessie Head ...   more details



  1. Bessie Harvey

    Infobox artist bgcolour 6495ED name Bessie Harvey image imagesize caption Bessie Harvey, Golden Dreams n.d. birth name Bessie Ruth White birth date Birth date and age 1929 10 11 birth place Dallas, Georgia death date 1994 death place Alcoa, Tennessee nationality United States American field training movement works patrons influenced by influenced awards Image BessieHarvey.jpg thumb right 225px Bessie Harvey, Golden Dreams n.d. br Photograph by Charles Rotmil Bessie Harvey born Bessie Ruth White on October 11, 1929, died 1994 was an United States American artist best known for her sculptures constructed out of found objects, primarily pieces of found wood. Harvey was the seventh of thirteen children born to Homer and Rosie Mae White. At the age of fourteen she married Charles Harvey, from whom she separated in her early twenties and relocated independently to Alcoa, Tennessee . In 1977 Harvey began working at Blount Memorial Hospital where she first began to exhibit her artwork. In 1995 Harvey was included in the Whitney Biennial at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Her work Cross Bearers was subsequently purchased by the museum for its permanent collection. ref http findarticles.com p articles mi qa3812 is 200007 ai n8908734 Perry, Paul Wardell. Bessie Harvey s Sculpture The Beast in the Tree Trunk. The New Crisis July August 2002. ref Work by Bessie Harvey may be found in the permanent ..., 2001 ref References Reflist External links http sunsite.utk.edu bessie Bessie Harvey Awakening the Spirits , Knoxville Museum of Art http www.blounttoday.com news 2008 oct 09 bessie harvey remembered Remembering Bessie Harvey. Blount Today October 9, 2008. http www.folkartmuseum.org ?p folk&t images&id 4342 Bessie Harvey, Faces of Africa II , 1994, Collection os the American Folk Art Museum ... Harvey, Bessie ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH October 11, 1929 PLACE OF BIRTH Dallas, Georgia DATE OF DEATH 1994 PLACE OF DEATH Alcoa, Tennessee DEFAULTSORT Harvey, Bessie Category ...   more details



  1. Alvah Bessie

    Infobox person name Alvah Bessie image Alvah Bessie.jpg image size caption birth name birth date Birth date 1904 6 4 birth place death date Death date and age 1985 7 21 1904 6 4 death place death cause ... partner children parents relatives signature website footnotes Alvah Cecil Bessie June 4, 1904 July ... Ten . Life and career Educated at Columbia University ,Bessie became initially known for his translations ... of Bilitis by Pierre Lou s, translated by Alvah C. Bessie, illustrations by Willy Pogany .New York .... Translated by Alvah C. Bessie. Claude Kendall New York, 1931. ref No stranger to soldiering, through 1938 Bessie fought as a volunteer in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade of the International Brigades ... . About the book, Ernest Hemingway commented blockquote A true, honest, fine book. Bessie writes .... ref blockquote Bessie wrote screenplays for Warner Brothers and other studios during the mid and late ... and sound board and frequently introducing performers. In 1965, Bessie wrote a book about his ... was written by one of Alvah s two sons, Dan Bessie, who has also spent his career working in the film industry. Dan Bessie has published some of his father s previously unpublished or uncollected ... Family University Press of Kentucky, 2001 , Dan Bessie notes that Alvah was related to some highly ... Leo Burnett . Bessie died in Terra Linda, California , aged 81. References reflist External links IMDb name 78827 Alvah Bessie http www.ep.tc realist 51 Sneak Preview of a Hollywood Flashback Full scans of article by Alvah Bessie s on his experience as one of The Hollywood Blacklist The Realist No. 68, pgs 1, 19 23 August 1966 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Bessie, Alvah ... DATE OF DEATH 1985 07 21 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Bessie, Alvah Category 1904 births Category 1985 ... Columbia University alumni Category Abraham Lincoln Brigade members bg ca Alvah Bessie es Alvah Bessie fr Alvah Bessie sv Alvah Bessie ...   more details



  1. Bessie Learn

    Infobox person name Bessie Learn image Bessie Learn Stars of the Photoplay.jpg imagesize 175px caption birth name birth date Birth date 1888 8 30 mf y birth place San Diego, California , USA death date Death date and age 1987 2 20 1888 8 30 mf y death place Burbank, Los Angeles, California , USA occupation Actor years active 1911 1919 film spouse Bessie Learn 30 August 1888 5 February 1987 was an American actress, who appeared in 86 films between 1911 and 1919 Biography Elizabeth Bessie Learn was born in San Diego ref Photoplay the Aristocrat of Motion Picture Magazines, Volume 9 by Ruth Waterbury ref the middle of three daughters raised by Eugene and Lizzie Learn. Her father was a native of New York who served in the U.S. Army before marrying Lizzie MacBride on October 11, 1883, in Buffalo County, Nebraska . ref Nebraska Marriage Records ref ref US hArmy Recruitment Records ref Eugene Learn was a house painter by trade and by the time of the birth of his first daughter he and Lizzie were living in California. Soon after Bessie s birth her family relocated to Chicago where her father found work as a printer. A few years later Bessie s mother died in Chicago leaving her father to care for three young daughters. ref Bessie Learn There s Something About Bessie by James Trottier ref ref US Census Records 1880 900 ref Bessie Learn s first known stage appearance came at age eight with Amelia ... Bessie Learn Note Not currently in copyright ref Her death was recorded on February 5, 1987 in Los Angeles under the name Betty Robbins, aged 98. ref California Death Index ref File Bessie Learn 5.jpg ... There s Something About Bessie at Classic Images http content.lib.washington.edu cdm4 item viewer.php?CISOROOT sayrepublic&CISOPTR 2787&CISOBOX 1&REC 18 Bessie Learn portrait University of Washington Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Learn, Bessie ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION ..., Bessie Category 1888 births Category 1987 deaths Category American film actors Category American silent ...   more details



  1. Bessie Abott

    Infobox musical artist name Bessie Abott image Abott 2477621357 525624f36e o.jpg alt caption image size background solo singer birth name Bessie Pickens alias birth date 1878 birth place Heuvelton, New York death date February 9, 1919 death place origin instrument genre Opera occupation years active YYYY YYYY label associated acts website notable instruments Listen title Bella figlia dell amore filename Enrico Caruso, Bessie Abott, Louise Homer, Antonio Scotti, Giuseppe Verdi, Bella figlia dell amore Rigoletto .ogg description Rigoletto , Act 3. A Victor Records recording with Enrico Caruso , Bessie Abott, Louise Homer and Antonio Scotti from 1907. Bessie Abott 1878 February 9, 1919 was an American opera singer. ref name obit Biography Bessie Abott was one of twin daughters ,Bessie and Jessie, born in Heuvelton, New York as Bessie Pickens to John Pickens Jr and his wife, Frances Josephine Button. She was a descendant of General Andrew Pickens congressman Andrew Pickens . She used her mother s maiden name, Abbott, and later drop off a letter in her name after she saw a misprinted theater program in Paris . ref name obit She started as a vaudeville act with her twin sister Jessie Pickens at Pickens Hall , which was built by her grandfather, John Pickens sr. . The act was known as the Abbott Sisters. Bessie sang with Caruso in San Francisco s Grand Opera House during the 1906 San Francisco ... ref cite news first last authorlink coauthors title Bessie Abott Wed To T. Waldo Story. Famous American ... of Bessie Abott, the American opera singer, who died Saturday morning at his home, No. 133 East ... title Death of Bessie Abott. Popular Singer in Opera, She Left to Wed Waldo Story. url http query.nytimes.com gst abstract.html?res 9D05E6DD1139E13ABC4852DFB4668382609EDE quote Bessie Abott, who for some ... . NAME Abott, Bessie Pickens ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1878 PLACE OF BIRTH Heuvelton, New York DATE OF DEATH February 9, 1919 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Abott, Bessie Pickens ...   more details



  1. Bessie Marchant

    Bessie Marchant 1862 1941 was a prolific England English writer of adventure novel s featuring young female heroines. Marchant was born in Kent , and despite never leaving England herself, she wrote over 150 novels set in locations around the world. She wrote in the style of the Victorian literature Victorian adventure novel even being called the girls G. A. Henty Henty , but challenged established gender roles by putting strong female characters in what was seen as a boys genre. References cite book author Richard Phillips title Mapping Men and Empire A Geography of Adventure publisher Routledge year 1997 id ISBN 0415137713 pages 91 92 External links gutenberg author id Bessie Marchant name Bessie Marchant worldcat id id lccn nr97 27734 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Marchant, Bessie ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1862 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1941 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Marchant, Bessie Category 1862 births Category 1941 deaths Category English novelists Category Women novelists UK novelist stub ...   more details



  1. Bessie Wheeler

    File Bessie Wheeler Flower Lei Seller , oil on canvas, c. 1900.jpg thumb right 300px Lei Hawaii Flower Lei Seller , oil on canvas painting by Bessie Wheeler, c. 1900 Bessie Wheeler was a painter about whom little is known, other than that she was born in 1876. ref Severson, 2002 ref She painted portraits of people encountered on the streets of Honolulu around 1900. ref Severson, 2002 ref She contributed illustrations to Thrum s Hawaiian Annual and was a member of the Kilohana Art League . ref Thrum s Hawaiian Annual , Honolulu, Thos. C. Thrum, 1900, p. 122 ref References Severson, Don R. Finding Paradise Island Art in Private Collections , University of Hawaii Press, 2002, pp.  104 5. Footnotes reflist Persondata NAME Wheeler, Bessie ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION painter DATE OF BIRTH 1876 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Wheeler, Bessie Category 1876 births Category American painters Category Hawaii artists Category American women artists Category Women painters ...   more details



  1. Bessie Eyton

    Infobox person name Bessie Eyton image Bessie Eyton photo.jpg birth date birth date 1890 7 5 birth place Santa Barbara, California , USA death date death date and age 1965 1 22 1890 7 5 death place Thousand Oaks, California , USA othername occupation Actor yearsactive 1911 &ndash 1925 Bessie Eyton 5 July 1890 &ndash 22 January 1965 was an American actress of the silent film silent era . She appeared in some 200 films between 1911 in film 1911 and 1925 in film 1925 . From 1910 to 1918 when the majority of her films were made, she was under contract to Selig Polyscope Company . She was born in Santa Barbara, California and died in Thousand Oaks, California . She died on January 22, 1965 in Thousand Oaks, California and was buried at Ivy Lawn Memorial Park in Ventura, California . Selected filmography Brown of Harvard 1911 Shotgun Jones 1914 The Man from Texas 1915 External links Commons category IMDb name 0264286 Bessie Eyton Find a Grave 9035173 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata NAME Eyton, Bessie ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Actor DATE OF BIRTH 5 July 1890 PLACE OF BIRTH Santa Barbara, California , USA DATE OF DEATH 22 January 1965 PLACE OF DEATH Thousand Oaks, California , USA DEFAULTSORT Eyton, Bessie Category 1890 births Category 1965 deaths Category American film actors Category American silent film actors Category People from Santa Barbara, California US film actor 1890s stub fr Bessie Eyton ...   more details



  1. Bessie Bamber

    Refimprove date October 2010 Bessie Bamber was a British artist from Birkenhead ref Eric Knowles on BBC Television Antiques Roadshow Failed verification date October 2010 ref who was active between 1900 and 1910. It is not known if Bamber was her married name or maiden name. Bessie Bamber worked in oils and specialised in painting cats, kittens and occasionally puppies. She usually painted on porcelain or opaline glass, and sometimes on a polished mahogany panel. She preferred to work using stuffed animals rather than live ones. There is no record of her exhibiting her paintings ref http www.baronfineart.com Gallery bessie bamber.htm Biography dead link date October 2010 ref . A picture of three kittens with a pile of books was sold for 2,468 by Bonhams in 2004 ref http www.bonhams.com cgi bin wspd cgi.sh pubweb publicSite.r?sContinent EUR&screen lotdetails&iSaleItemNo 1481283&iSaleNo 11131&sServer http images1.bonhams.com &sPath 2004 06 30 4154098 1 1.jpg Three kittens with a pile of books Bonhams sale report 2004 ref . References reflist External links http www.artnet.com artist 1905 bessie bamber.html Bessie Bamber on Artnet http www.collinsantiques.co.uk index.php?viewitem 22 Biography J. Collins & Son, antiques http www.christies.com LotFinder lot details.aspx?intObjectID 5294476 Two Collies Jock and Lucy and Best friends, two spaniels Christie s sale notice http www.mailchristies.com lotfinder lot details.aspx?intObjectID 5193476 Kittens Christie s sale notice http www.bridgemanartondemand.com art 101357 Kitten in a Blue China Bowl Kitten in a Blue China Bowl Bridgeman Art Library http www.hamsheregallery.co.uk stock.php?id 821 Eight Kittens Oil on walnut panel, 1910 Hamshere Gallery, London Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Bamber, Bessie ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Bamber, Bessie Category English painters Category Animal artists Category People from Birkenhead Category ...   more details



  1. Bessie Awards

    The New York Dance and Performance Awards , informally known as the Bessie Awards in honor of Bessie Schonberg , are awarded annually for innovative achievement in dance and related performances , particularly so called downtown performances. The awards were established in 1983 and celebrate the unique creative voices of performing artists while providing the dance and performance community with an occasion to gather together in sorrow, in frustration, in anger, but ultimately in celebration. http 209.85.165.104 search?q cache aHv6hSLz1kQJ www.danspaceproject.org about pressreleases bessies06.pdf 22New York Dance and Performance Awards 22&hl en&ct clnk&cd 1&gl us&ie UTF 8 . They honor exceptional choreography, performance, music composition, visual design and others areas of dance and performance. The awards are determined by the Bessie Awards Committee, which consists of dance presenters, producers, journalists, critics and academics, and are given in no fixed categories. Beginning in 2010, the annual award ceremony will be presented by Dance NYC at Symphony Space . From 1983 to 2008, it was presented by Danspace Project and Dance Theater Workshop , generally at the Joyce Theatre in the Chelsea New York Chelsea area of Manhattan in New York City . Over 400 Bessies Awards have been presented since their founding, including Choreographer s Arthur Aviles , Beverly Schmidt Blossom , Trisha Brown , Donald Byrd , Ann Carlson , Nora Chipaumire , Ping Chong , Yoshiko Chuma , Garth Fagan , Molissa Fenley , William Forsythe dancer William Forsythe , Guillermo G mez Pe a , David Gordon ... Dance http www.danspaceproject.org programs bessies.html Bessie Awards page at Danspace Project http www.dtw.org bes home.cfm Bessie Awards page at Dance Theatre Workshop http www.joyce.org joyceblog ?p 265 Return of the Bessie Awards Post at Joyce Theatre http www.dancenyc.org dance nyc bessies bessie ... York City Category Bessie Award winners fr Bessie Awards ...   more details



  1. Bessie Barnes

    lead too short date August 2011 orphan date August 2011 Bessie Barnes January 28, 1905 May 29, 1996 was a successful producer of nightclub entertainment in Chicago and Milwaukee. Barnes excelled at the piano as a child, becoming an accompanist at her high school and later at Chicago area radio stations. She continued to pursue music into adulthood at Chicago Music College and VanderCook College of Music . Barnes became renowned for producing stage shows in Chicago nightclubs such as Rainbow Gardens, Friar s Inn , and the Rendezvous Caf , where she worked with celebrities like Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers . She also produced shows at Picks Club Madrid in Milwaukee, Wisconsin . Barnes married nightclub owner Billy G. Rankin in 1925, but the marriage ended in divorce. In 1931, she married Elmer J. Baril, who died in 1953. In the 50s, 60s, and 70s, Barnes taught music and choreography at several colleges and high schools in Illinois and Wisconsin. She died in Wisconsin on May 29, 1996. External links http www.newberry.org collections FindingAids barnes Barnes.html Bessie Barnes Papers at Newberry Library Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Barnes, Bessie ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH January 28, 1905 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH May 29, 1996 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Barnes, Bessie Category 1905 births Category 1996 deaths Category Musicians from Chicago, Illinois Category American music educators ...   more details



  1. Bessie Thomashefsky

    had 3 sons and a daughter, born when Bessie was just 16 and who died when Esther was 6. The third ... Greenhorn scripts and Bessie s feature acting in them that led to Bessie being overworked and Boris taking the money and philandering. Bessie wanted an accounting of the money and couldn t find it. Boris ... modeled herself on Bessie in dress, speech, style and acting except that she was 20 years younger. This, and the financial mismanagement, caused a separation between Boris and Bessie during 1910 1911, who both went on to successful but separate careers, until Boris became a pauper in the 1930s. Bessie ... aired in 2012 on the PBS series Great Performances . Bessie Thomashefsky was portrayed by Judy ... . NAME Thomashefsky, Bessie ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American actor DATE OF BIRTH 1873 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH July 6, 1962 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Thomashefsky, Bessie Category ...   more details



  1. Bessie Moses

    Infobox Person name Bessie Moses image Bessie Moses.jpg caption Bessie Moses image size birth date 1893 birth place Baltimore , Maryland , USA death date 1965 death place Baltimore, Maryland, USA occupation Gynecologist, obstetrician, birth control advocate spouse parents children Bessie Louise Moses , M.D. 1893 1965 was a U.S. gynecologist and obstetrician who advocated birth control practices for women. ref cite web publisher Maryland State Archives title Bessie Moses, M.D. 1893 1965 work Maryland Women s Hall of Fame url http www.msa.md.gov msa educ exhibits womenshall html moses.html accessdate September 22, 2009 ref Born in Baltimore, Maryland , Moses graduated Goucher College in 1915 ref http jwa.org encyclopedia article moses bessie louise ref and began her public career after graduating from Johns Hopkins Medical School in 1922. ref cite news author Melissa R. Klapper title Bessie Louise Moses 1893 1965 title Jewish Women s Archive url http qa.jwa.org encyclopedia article moses bessie louise accessdate November 24, 2009 ref She began private practice as an obstetrician, but this path proved ill suited when she became emotionally attached to the outcome of every birth she attended, so she instead chose to pursue gynecology. ref Lucille Liberless Letter About Dr. Moses Personal .... ref Bessie L. Moses, Contraception as a Therapeutic Measure, Baltimore, MD Williams & Wilkins, 1936 ... Klapper, Melissa R. Bessie Louise Moses 1893 1965, Jewish Women s Archive, http ga.jwa.org encyclopedia article moses bessie louise accessed November 24, 2009 . Maryland State Archives. Maryland Women s Hall of Fame Bessie Moses, M.D. 1893 1965 , Maryland State Archives, http www.msa.md.gov ... Magazine 102, no. 4 2007 300 319. Moses, Bessie L. Contraception as a Therapeutic Measure. Baltimore ... 0020 accessed October 23, 2009 . Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Moses, Bessie ... OF DEATH 1965 PLACE OF DEATH Baltimore, Maryland, USA DEFAULTSORT Moses, Bessie Category 1893 births ...   more details



  1. Bessie Jones

    for the United States Navy ship USS Bessie Jones SP 1476 Deleted image removed Image Bessie jones.jpg thumb 250px right Jones in 1959 Bessie Jones February 8, 1902 July 17, 1984 , gospel singer from Smithville, GA ref cite web url http www.culturalequity.org alanlomax ce alanlomax profile jonesb.php title Association for Cultural Equity publisher Culturalequity.org date accessdate 2012 02 26 ref . She learned her songs from her grandfather, a former slave born in Africa . She was a founding member of the Georgia Sea Island Singers . Alan Lomax first encountered Bessie Jones on a southern trip in 1959. Jones made her way up to New York City two years later and asked Lomax to record both her music and biography. Jones told an interviewer in Alachua, Florida in the early 1980s, that she was born in Lacrosse, Florida, Alachua County , when that area was a tung oil production area. Jones also said she hadn t been to a doctor since 1925 and that she wore many copper bracelets which protected her from disease. Jones 1960 song Sometimes was heavily sampled in American electronica musician Moby Moby s 1998 single Honey Moby song Honey . Partial discography Southern Journey Recordings, V. 12, Georgia Sea Islands Songs and Spirituals Rounder 1712 Southern Journey Recordings, V. 13, Earliest Times Georgia Sea Island Songs for Everyday Living Rounder 1713 . Put Your Hand On Your Hip, and Let Your Backbone Slip Songs and Games from the Georgia Sea Islands Rounder 11587 2001 Step It Down Rounder 1979 So Glad I m Here Rounder 2015 1974 References reflist External links http www.floridamemory.com Collections folklife folklife cd3.cfm Recording of Bessie Jones performing Daniel in the Lion ... . NAME Jones, Bessie ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH February 8, 1902 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH July 17, 1984 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Jones, Bessie Category 1902 births Category ... stub fi Bessie Jones ...   more details



  1. Bessie Bunter

    Image Bessie Bunter.jpg thumb right center Bessie Bunter center Elizabeth Gertrude Bunter , better known as Bessie Bunter , is a fictional character created by Charles Hamilton writer Charles Hamilton , who also created her more famous brother Billy Bunter . History Image Bessie Bunter of Cliff House.jpg thumb left center Bessie Bunter of Cliff House center Billy Bunter was a central character in the Greyfriars School stories which appeared in the boys story paper, The Magnet from 1907 to 1940 and Bessie s first appearance was in a 1919 Greyfriars story. She was a pupil of Cliff House School, a girls school near Greyfriars. In 1919, attempting to replicate the success of The Magnet , Amalgamated Press decided to bring out a new magazine for girls called The School Friend later The Schoolgirl , which included stories by Hamilton about Cliff House using the pen name Hilda Richards, supposedly the sister of Frank. The stories were soon taken over by other authors, also using the name Hilda Richards. Hamilton wrote one more Cliff House story, in 1949, called Bessie Bunter of Cliff House School , and published by Cassell. The character also appeared in comic strip format in addition, she featured as an adult character in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Black Dossier where she married the former Greyfriars schoolboy Harry Wharton . Character Bessie Bunter was essentially a female counterpart to her brother Billy, sharing many characteristics with her brother, including her large size and large appetite. She was as unappealing as her brother Billy, being conceited, untruthful, gluttonous and obese, but she was rather more domineering than he was and would usually impose her will by nagging, or, in the case of her brothers, by administering hefty slaps to the head Harvcol ... ComicInformationPages Schoolgirl2Pages Schoolgirl2HomePage.asp Bessie Bunter and Cliff House School ... Buster DEFAULTSORT Bunter, Bessie Category Series of books Category Characters in British novels ...   more details



  1. Aunt Bessie

    Infobox company name Aunt Bessie s company logo type Private predecessor Tryton Foods successor foundation 1995 founder location Freightliner Road, Hull, HU3 4UW key people Nicholas Oughtred br small Chairman small area served UK industry Food products Frozen food services revenue operating income net income num employees 350 divisions subsid parent William Jackson Food Group slogan homepage http www.auntbessies.co.uk www.AuntBessies.co.uk intl Aunt Bessie s Limited formerly known as Tryton Foods Ltd is a UK producer of processed frozen food products. As well as Yorkshire Puddings, the Aunt Bessie s portfolio includes many traditional favourites including a wide range of potato products, meal accompaniments, ready meals, vegetables and desserts. History Aunt Bessie s frozen prefabricated Yorkshire puddings were originally created by the company for Butlins Butlins Holiday Camps in 1974. The company s name was taken from The Triton Inn , at Brantingham, then in the same ownership and noted for its Yorkshire Puddings. The company first entered the retail trade in 1995 with frozen Yorkshire puddings and the launch of the Aunt Bessie s brand. Three months after the Aunt Bessie s brand was launched, the factory on Trinity Street was burnt down. In August 2004, the supermarket division of the William Jackson company, Jacksons Stores based in North Ferriby , was sold to Sainsbury s for 100m as the company began to focus on food production rather than retail. In early 2008, sales of their Homestyle mashed potato doubled when they featured in Delia Smith s How to Cheat at Cooking for use ... Structure Aunt Bessie s is now the world s largest brand of frozen baked and ready to bake Yorkshire ... Hull Hull , the business employs over 350 staff. Aunt Bessie s Ltd is part of the William Jackson ... 121561 based in Hessle just off the A63 road A63 . It is owned by the Oughtred family. Aunt Bessie ... Times , page 13, 4 February 2004 reflist External links http www.auntbessies.co.uk Aunt Bessie s http ...   more details



  1. Bessie Smith

    Infobox musical artist See Wikipedia WikiProject Musicians name Bessie Smith image Bessiesmith.jpg caption ... Ma Rainey , Alberta Hunter , Ethel Waters website notable instruments Bessie Smith April 15, 1894 September ... vocalists. ref http www.sparknotes.com biography bessiesmith section9.rhtml Bessie Smith at sparknotes.com ref Life The 1900 census indicates that Bessie Smith was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee in July ... among her siblings. Bessie Smith was the daughter of Laura n e Owens and William Smith. William Smith ... Viola took charge of caring for her siblings. ref Albertson. Bessie Revised and Expanded Edition , Yale ... household, Bessie Smith and her brother Andrew began busking on the streets of Chattanooga as a duo ... owned by Moses Stokes. If Bessie had been old enough, she would have gone with him, said Clarence s widow ..., when she learned of his affair with another singer, Gertrude Saunders, Bessie Smith ended the relationship ... thumb left Portrait of Bessie Smith by Carl Van Vechten All contemporary accounts indicate ..., but the success of the record led to a search for female blues singers. Bessie Smith was signed by Columbia ... attraction in the 1920s. ref Oliver, Paul. Bessie Smith , in Kernfeld, Barry. ed. The New Grove Dictionary ... Hammond, John Hammond On Record , p. 120. ref Bessie Smith worked at Art s Cafe on Ridge Avenue, but not as a hostess and not until the summer of 1936. In 1933, when she made the Okeh sides, Bessie ..., Bessie , pp. 224 225. ref Bessie Smith was paid a non royalty fee of 37.50 for each selection ... among her most popular recordings. ref Albertson. Bessie Revised and Expanded Edition , Yale University ... 1970s, Dr. Smith gave a detailed account of his experience to Bessie s biographer Chris Albertson. This is the most reliable eyewitness testimony about the events surrounding Bessie Smith s death. After stopping at the accident scene, Dr. Smith examined Bessie Smith, who was lying in the middle ... 1073,6477849&dq theater owners booking association&hl en title Blues Legend Bessie Smith Dead 50 Years ...   more details



  1. Bessie Banks

    Infobox musical artist See Wikipedia WikiProject Musicians name Bessie Banks image caption image size background solo singer birth name Bessie White alias Toni Banks birth date birth date and age 1938 2 8 death date origin New Bern , North Carolina , United States instrument genre R&B , Soul music soul occupation Singer Residence years active 1957 1974 label Blue Cat Records Blue Cat , Spokane, Verve Records Verve , Volt Records Volt associated acts The Four Fellows br Larry Banks website current members past members notable instruments Bessie Banks born 8 February 1938 ref http darcysfeelit.blogspot.com 2011 02 hens tooth.html Darcy s Feel It, 9 February 2011 ref is an American Soul music soul singer, best known for her original 1964 recording of Go Now song Go Now , successfully covered in the same year by UK band The Moody Blues . Life and career She was born Bessie White in New Bern , North Carolina , and later raised in Brooklyn , New York . By the mid 1950s, she began singing with a quartet called Three Guys and a Doll. While a member of the group, she met singer Larry Banks they married ... url Allmusic class artist id p183953 biography pure url yes title Biography Bessie Banks last Eder ... croasdell Taking back the name Bessie Banks, she recorded as a solo singer in the first half of the 1960s ... separated and later divorced, they continued to work together. In late 1963, Larry and Bessie decided ... by Gary Sherman, with Cissy Houston as one of the backing singers. ref name croasdell Bessie Banks ... was too out done. This was the time of the British Invasion English Invasion and the end of Bessie ... recorded as Jaibi . A compilation of recordings, including those by Bessie Banks, was issued as Larry ... Jaibi at Discogs.com ref At that time it was reported that Bessie Banks continues to sing though ... see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Banks, Bessie ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 8 February 1938 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Banks, Bessie Category 1938 births ...   more details



  1. Diamond Bessie

    Unreferenced date September 2008 Diamond Bessie 1854 January 21, 1877 was the popular name given to Bessie ... name. Bessie was born in 1854 in Syracuse, New York Syracuse , New York , and the abundance of attention ... that she had a large inheritance from her father may be apocryphal. Bessie plied her trade in brothels .... Bessie was pressuring Rothschild to marry her, and according to various accounts, she may have claimed ... fact to Rothschild s father. Whatever the motive, it is known that Bessie and Rothschild s relationship ... Bessie to prostitute herself numerous times during their travels together, and to give him 50.00 a day ... River , and it is possible Rothschild might have thought he could sell some of Bessie ..., nor at what point his plan to murder Bessie might have been hatched. The couple registered at the Brooks House in Jefferson as A. Munroe and wife . Their fine clothes and, of course, Bessie s diamonds ... as Bessie during this trip, and the locals adapted this into Diamond Bessie. On the morning of January ... noticed them in the restaurant before 11 00 AM Malloy took special note of Bessie s massive diamond ..., where he was seen wearing Bessie s rings. On the morning of Tuesday the 23rd, he boarded a train to Cincinnati with Bessie s luggage. Bessie s body was discovered in the woods along the Marshall road ... and jailed, awaiting extradition to Texas for the murder of Diamond Bessie Moore. With Rothschild ... opinion that Rothschild s wealth, and Bessie s being a prostitute, was influencing the appellate ... the inefficiency of the legal system. Rothschild quietly faded into obscurity, but Diamond Bessie ... titled The Diamond Bessie Murder Trial , derived from court transcripts, is performed. Diamond Bessie ... be one more story to add to Diamond Bessie s romantic legend. Abraham Rothschild Abraham or Abe Rothschild ... to history primarily for being accused of murder ing Diamond Bessie Moore, a prostitute who was his ... to his family, frequenting bar establishment saloons and brothel s with impunity. He met Bessie ...   more details




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