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Margie
Margie is a feminine given name, usually a short form (hypocorism) of Margaret, Marjorie or Margarita. Margie may refer to: People * Margie Ackles (born 1939), American retired figure skater * Marjorie Margie Alexander (1948–2013), American gospel and soul singer * Margie Velma Barfield (1932-1984), American serial killer * Margie Bowes (1941–2020), American country music singer * Margie Rasri Balenciaga Chirathiwat (born 1990), Thai actress and model * Margie Day (1926–2014), stage name of Margaret Hoffler, American R&B singer * Margaret Dingeldein (born 1980), American water polo player * Margie Evans, American blues singer and songwriter born Marjorie Ann Johnson in 1940 * Margie Gillis (born 1953), Canadian dancer and choreographer * Margie Goldstein-Engle (born 1958), American equestrian * Margie Harrison, first ''Playboy'' Playmate of the Month (January and June 1954) * Margaret Hart Ferraro (1913–2000), American burlesque strip tease artist better known as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margie Joseph
Margaret Marie Joseph (born August 19, 1950) is an American R&B, soul and gospel singer. Her greatest success came in the 1970s with a duet with Blue Magic on " What's Come Over Me" and her versions of Paul McCartney's " My Love" and The Supremes' "Stop! In the Name of Love". Life and career Margie Joseph was born in Gautier, Mississippi, and sang in her church choir. In 1967, during her time attending Dillard University in New Orleans where she studied speech and drama, she recorded some demos at the Muscle Shoals Sound Studios. This led to her debut on the Okeh label, "Why Does a Man Have to Lie?". In 1969, she signed with Volt Records, a subsidiary of Stax, and recorded the single "One More Chance" with producer Willie Tee. Her next single, "Your Sweet Lovin'", produced by Freddy Briggs, became her first hit, reaching # 46 on the ''Billboard'' R&B chart. Its follow-up, a version of The Supremes' "Stop! In the Name of Love" also became a minor hit on the pop chart (# 96 po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margarita Moran-Floirendo
Maria Margarita Roxas Moran-Floirendo (born 15 September 1953), professionally known as Margie Moran (), is a Filipino beauty queen, actress and peace advocate who was the president of Ballet Philippines and is the chairperson of the Cultural Center of the Philippines. She is best known for winning the second Miss Universe crown for the Philippines as Miss Universe 1973. Early life and education Moran was born on 15 September 1953 in Manila, Philippines, to lawyer Francis Gonzalez Morán and Rosario McIlvain Roxas. Her father Francis Morán was the son of Chief Justice Manuel Morán and Nieves Gonzalez de Morán, a granddaughter of Don Francisco Gonzalez y Reinado, owner of the legendary 39,000-hectare '' Hacienda Esperanza'' that included the municipalities of Santa Maria, Santo Tomas, Rosales and San Quintin, extending through the rest of Pangasinan and the provinces of Tarlac and Nueva Ecija. Her mother Rosario "Charo" Roxas is one of three children born to Manuel Rox ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margie Evans
Margie Evans (born Marjorie Ann Johnson; July 17, 1939 – March 19, 2021) was an American blues and gospel singer and songwriter. She started recording in the late 1960s and continued to record for five decades. She secured two hit singles on the US '' Billboard'' R&B chart. She has variously worked with Johnny Otis, Bobby Bland, T-Bone Walker, Big Joe Turner, Lowell Fulson, Joe Liggins, Lloyd Glenn, Willie Dixon, Al Bell, and Monk Higgins. Her main influences were Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, Big Maybelle and Big Mama Thornton. In addition to her musicianship, Evans was noted as a motivational speaker and rights activist, as well as a promoter of the legacy of blues music. Life and career Marjorie Ann Johnson was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States, in 1939. Raised as a devout church goer, Evans' early exposure to music was via gospel. In 1958, she moved to Los Angeles. She initially sang as a backing vocalist with Billy Ward between 1958 and 1964, befor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margie Goldstein-Engle
Margie Goldstein-Engle (born March 31, 1958) is an American show jumping equestrian, and a 10-time American Grandprix Association Rider of the Year. Early and personal life She was born in Wellington, Florida, to Mona (an elementary school principal and teacher) and Irvin Goldstein (an accountant), and is Jewish. She grew up in her middle-class family in South Miami, Florida, with two older brothers. In third grade, she became passionate about horses. At the age of nine, she took jobs at horse barns and dog kennels as a way to pay for riding lessons. Less affluent than other riders, she said: "You're maybe not dressed like the other riders. You don't have the custom things, you don't have the top clothing, and a lot of my stuff was hand-me-downs.... It was more cliquish than anything. They'd more snub you than tease you." She attended South Miami High School and North Miami Beach High School, and graduated from Florida International University with a 4.0 GPA, majoring in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margie Orford
Margie Orford (born 30 September 1964) is a South African journalist, film director and author of crime fiction, children's fiction, non-fiction and school text books. Biography Orford was born in London and grew up in Namibia and South Africa. She was detained during the 1985 State of Emergency while a student at the University of Cape Town, taking her final examinations in prison. After travelling widely, she studied under J. M. Coetzee John Maxwell Coetzee OMG (born 9 February 1940) is a South African–Australian novelist, essayist, linguist, translator and recipient of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature. He is one of the most critically acclaimed and decorated authors in ... before embarking on a career in publishing in the newly emerged Namibia. She returned to live in South Africa in 2001. Works Crime fiction * * * * * Children's fiction Non-fiction School textbooks Journalism * * References External links Margie Orford's website.Margie Orfo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margie Day
Margie Day (born Margaret Hoffler,Biography at Centerstage Children's Theatre April 6, 1926 – September 18, 2014), later Margie Day Walker, was an American R&B singer who had success in the 1950s and 1960s. Early life and start in show business Margaret Hoffler was born and brought up in , , one of the four children of Kemper Hoffler and his wife Ledora. She grew up listening to the |
Margie Gillis
Margie Gillis (born July 9, 1953) is a Canadian dancer and choreographer. Gillis has been creating original works of modern dance for over thirty-five years. Her repertoire includes more than one hundred pieces, which she performs as solos, duets, and group pieces. Early life and education Gillis was born in Montreal, Quebec, the daughter of Gene Gillis, an Olympic skier, and Rhona Wurtele, a Canadian Olympic skier. Her brother Jere Gillis played professional hockey. Her elder brother Christopher Gillis was a professional dancer and choreographer who danced with her since childhood and collaborated on numerous shows. Her Sister Nancy Andersen was a yoga teacher and personal trainer. Nancy is married to Henrik Andersen, her daughter is Kristina and grandson Henry. Showing a passion for dance early in life, she began ballet and gymnastic lessons at the age of three. In her youth, she trained and rehearsed on her own and later continued to learn in classes with teachers such as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Martin (bodybuilder)
Margie V. "The Marvelous One" Martin (née Smith) (born February 7, 1979) is an American professional female bodybuilder. She is the first Ms Rising Phoenix of the 2015 and the 2016 IFBB Wings of Strength Rising Phoenix World Championships. U.S. Marine Corps career At the age of 17, Martin entered the Marine Corps, like her father before her. During her time in the Marines, she reached the rank of sergeant. She remained in the Marines until 2007.NPC August 2012 Athlete of the Month Profiles: Men’s & Women’s Bodybuilding Npcnewsonline.com. Retrieved on November 30, 2015. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margie Profet
Margaret J. "Margie" Profet (born August 7, 1958) is an American evolutionary biologist with no formal biology training who created a decade-long controversy when she published her findings on the role of Darwinian evolution in menstruation, allergies and morning sickness. She argued that these three processes had evolved to eliminate pathogens, carcinogens and other toxins from the body. Career A graduate of Harvard University, where she studied political philosophy with Harvey Mansfield and graduated in 1980, and University of California, Berkeley, where in 1985 she received a bachelor's degree in physics, Profet returned to school in 1994, studying mathematics at the University of Washington in Seattle, where she was awarded a "visiting scholar" position in the astronomy department, an allied discipline. Several years later, she returned to Harvard, once again to study math. When Profet won a MacArthur Fellowship in 1993, international media took notice. ''New York Times'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Hart Ferraro
Margaret Hart Ferraro (September 28, 1913 – January 30, 2000), better known as Margie Hart, was a New York City stripteaser, in American burlesque theatre. Biography Hart was born Margaret Bridget Bryan on September 28, 1913, in Edgerton, Missouri, one of eight children. She left home aged 16, then studied "exotic dancing" once she was of age in St. Louis. She married John Ferraro, the Los Angeles City Council president, in 1982. Hart suffered an aneurysm and a stroke not long after their marriage. In the 1990s her health declined quickly until she later died at 86 years old in Los Angeles on January 30, 2000. Trial for indecency Hart was one of three burlesque dancers who performed at Minsky's Burlesque in April 1935, who were arrested for giving an indecent performance. Hart, 21, who resided at the Hotel Forrest in Manhattan, New York, was taken into custody along with Toots Brawner, 22, of the Dixie Hotel, and Gladys McCormick, 24, of 229 West 49th Street. The three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margie Bowes
Margie Marie Bowes (March 18, 1941 – October 22, 2020) was an American country music singer who was popular in the late 1950s. She had a top 10 country hit, "Poor Old Heartsick Me", in 1959. She was briefly married to Doyle Wilburn of the Wilburn Brothers. Biography Early years Bowes was born on March 18, 1941, in Roxboro, North Carolina. She began singing in elementary school. By the time she was 13 years old, she was appearing on TV programs including ''WDVA Virginia Barn Dance'' in Danville, WRXO-AM in Roxboro and other radio programs in North Carolina. In 1958, Bowes participated in the Pet Milk Company's nationwide talent search. She entered the contest in Nashville, Tennessee and won the competition later that year. Recording career Bowes signed with Hickory Records and released her first single in 1958, "Won'tcha Come Back to Me" backed with "One Broken Heart". The singles gained some attention, but failed to chart. Her next two-sided single, "One Time Too Many"/"Vio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margie Alexander
Marjorie Lucille "Margie" Alexander (October 11, 1948 – March 26, 2013) In 1968, she started singing at the Club 400 in Atlanta, and joined Clarence Carter's band as a back-up singer. By 1971 she had a recording contract with Atlantic Records, where Clarence Carter produced the single "Can I Be Your Main Thing", written by Hubert Carter and featuring electronic piano by Clayton Ivey.Margie Alexander at NME.com Although the record was not a hit, it has subsequently been widely anthologised as a classic example of music. After Clarence Carter founded his own label, Future Stars, Alexander continued t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
