Lya (name) (1897–1960), German actress
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Lya is a female first or given name and is usually thought of as a variant of "Lia" or "Leah." Notable people with the name include: * Lya Barrioz, Nicaraguan singer * Lya De Putti (1899–1931), Hungarian actress * Lya Isabel Fernández Olivares (born 2007), Mexican tennis player * Lya Imber (1914–1981), Bessarabian-Venezuelan pediatrician * Lya Ley (1899–1992), Austrian actress * Lya Luft (born 1938), Brazilian writer * Lya Lys (1908–1986), German American actress * Lya Mara Lya Mara (born Aleksandra Gudowicz; 1 August 1897 – 1 March 1960) was a Polish actress. She was one of the biggest stars of the German silent cinema. Biography Lya Mara was born Aleksandra Gudowicz in a Polish family in Riga, Governorate of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Given Name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a family or clan A clan is a group of people united by actual or perceived kinship and descent. Even if lineage details are unknown, clans may claim descent from founding member or apical ancestor. Clans, in indigenous societies, tend to be endogamous, mea ...) who have a common surname. The term ''given name'' refers to a name usually bestowed at or close to the time of birth, usually by the parents of the newborn. A ''Christian name'' is the first name which is given at baptism, in Christian custom. In informal situations, given names are often used in a familiar and friendly manner. In more formal situations, a person's surname is more commonly used. The idioms 'on a first-name basis' and 'being on first-name terms' refer to the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Leah (given Name)
Leah is a feminine given name of Hebrew origin. One source gives its meaning as ''languid''. The name can be traced back to the Biblical matriarch Leah, one of the two wives of Jacob. This name may derive from , presumably cognate with Akkadian , meaning 'wild cow', from Proto-Semitic *''layʾ-at-'' ~ ''laʾay-at-'' 'cow'. The name is the origin of the Ashkenazi Jewish matronymic surname Leykin/Leikin/Leikind . Variants * Lea – Croatian, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian, Norwegian, Serbian, Slovene, Swedish, Polish, Yoruba *Léa – French *Leah – English, Hebrew * Leia – Koine Greek *Lėja – Lithuanian *Lia – Ecclesiastical Latin, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, German *Lía – Galician *Liadh – Irish *Liah * Lya *Λεία (Lia) – Greek *Liia – Estonian *Lija – Latvian *Liya Royalty *Leah Isadora Behn, the second daughter of Princess Märtha Louise of Norway Public figures *Leah Manning (1886–1977), British activist and pol ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lya Barrioz
Lya may refer to: * LYA (airport), an airport serves Luoyang, China * Lya (DC Comics), a fictional character * Lya (given name) Lya is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Lya Barrioz (21st century), Nicaraguan singer * Lya De Putti (1899–1931), Hungarian actress * Lya Luft (born 1938), Brazilian writer * Lya Lys (1908–1986), German American ..., a feminine given name * Lyman-alpha line (Lyα), a spectral line of hydrogen. {{Disambig ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lya Isabel Fernández Olivares
Lya Isabel Fernández Olivares (born 24 July 2007) is an inactive Mexican tennis player. She reached a best singles ranking of world No. 702 in November 2022. On the ITF Circuit, she has won one title in singles. Career In 2022, Fernández Olivares won her first title in singles in Cancún, Mexico. Fernández Olivares made her WTA Tour The WTA Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second-tier tour is the WTA 125K series, and third-tier is the ITF Women's Circuit. The men's equivalent is the ATP Tour. WTA Tour tourna ... singles debut at the 2023 Guadalajara Open where she entered the main draw as a wildcard player. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner–ups) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fernández Olivares, Lya Isabel 2007 births Living people Mexican female tennis players 21st-century Mexican women ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lya Imber
Lya Imber (1914–1981) was a pediatriacian. Biography Imber was born in Odessa, Ukraine on 17 March 1914 and died from cancer in Caracas, Venezuela on 23 September 1981. She was a prominent pediatrician vice president of UNICEF, and the first woman in Venezuela to earn the degree of Doctor of Medical Sciences, as well as the first female member of the board of the Medical School of the Federal District. Her parents, Naúm Imber and Ana Barú, left Soroca (Moldova) together with Lya, who was 16 years old at the time, and her sister, Sofía, to emigrate to Venezuela. She graduated from the Central University of Venezuela The Central University of Venezuela (Spanish: ''Universidad Central de Venezuela''; UCV) is a public university of Venezuela located in Caracas. It is widely held to be the highest ranking institution in the country, and it also ranks 18th in L ..., earning the degree of Doctor of Medical Sciences, in 1936. She was one of the founders of the Venezuelan So ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lya Ley
Lya Ley (1899–1992) was an Austrian-born film actress of the silent era. She was built up into a star by the director Franz Hofer.Bock & Bergfelder p.204 Selected filmography * ''Rose on the Heath ''Rose on the Heath'' (German: ''Heidenröschen'') is a 1916 German silent drama film directed by Franz Hofer and starring Lya Ley and Fritz Achterberg.Bock & Bergfelder p.204 Cast * Lya Ley as Röschen * Fritz Achterberg as Graf von Bröder ...'' (1916) * '' Der Verheiratete Junggeselle'' (1918) * '' Hängezöpfchen'' (1919) * '' Der Christus von Oberammergau'' (1921) References Bibliography * Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009. External links * 1899 births 1992 deaths Austrian film actresses People from Opava Austrian emigrants to Germany {{Austria-actor-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lya Luft
Lya Fett Luft (15 September 1938 – 30 December 2021) was a Brazilian writer and a prolific translator, working mostly in the English-Portuguese and the German-Portuguese language combinations. Life and career Lya Fett was born on 15 September 1938 in Santa Cruz do Sul ( Rio Grande do Sul) which was largely settled by German-speaking immigrants, beginning in the first half of the 19th century. A notable percentage of the population there speak both German and Portuguese, including Fett's family. She later moved to Porto Alegre, where she lived until her death. She was a college professor of linguistics and literature, and wrote an opinion column for ''Veja Veja may refer to : Places * Veja, a town in Lazio, central Italy; now Vejano comune * Veja, a village in Stănița Commune, Neamț County, Romania * Veja River, Romania * Veja State, a former princely state in present Gujarat, western India P ...'' magazine. Luft's literary work has been translated into other European ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lya Lys
Lya Lys (born Nathalie Margoulis; May 18, 1908 – June 2, 1986) was a German-born American actress. Biography Lya Lys was born in Berlin on May 18, 1908U.S. Naturalization Records August 7, 1933 to a Russian banker and French pediatrician who moved to Paris when she was about seven.Actress Lya Lys Dies at Age 78 - Los Angeles Times June 8, 1986 pg. 24 Her mother was Ina Löscht (''née'' Blumenfeld), who later served at a French field hospital during the early months of World War II. Her fate during or after the German invasion is unclear. Nathalie was educated in France and Switzerland and later studied language at the Sorbonne. In the late 1920s, Lya Lys was among a group of French actors that included Charles Boyer, André Berley and Mona Goya who were brought to Hollywood by MGM to work on films intended for the French market. Reportedly, after her contract expired, Lys received a Hollywood movie offer just as she was about to board an ocean liner to return to Europe. In 1 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |