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Alyce
Alyce is a feminine given name. Alyce or Allyce may refer to: * Allyce Beasley (born 1954), American actress and comedienne * Alyce Clarke (born 1939), American politician * Alyce Cleese (born 1944), American psychotherapist, author and talk radio host, former wife of actor/comedian John Cleese * Alyce Frank (born 1932), American landscape painter * Alyce King (1915–1996), one of The King Sisters singing group * Alyce McCormick (1899–1932), American actress * Alyce Miller, American writer and academic * Alyce Mills (1899–1990), American actress * Alyce Parker (born 2000), Australian rules footballer * Alyce Platt (born 1963), Australian actress and singer * Alyce Rogers, American opera singer * Alyce Spotted Bear (1945–2013), Native American educator and politician * Alyce Wood (born 1992), Australian canoeist See also * Alice (name) * Ellice (given name) * Ellise Chappell (born 1992), English actress * Ellyse Perry Ellyse Alexandra Perry (born 3 November 1990) is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alyce Miller
Alyce Miller is an American writer who currently lives in the DC Metro area.''Poets & Writers'' Directory of Writers > Alyce Miller Biography She was born in Zürich, Switzerland and lived "most of her life"Author Website > Bio in the San Francisco Bay Area. She was a professor of English and taught in the graduate creative writing program at Indiana University in Bloomington for twenty years. She received her B.A. from Ohio State University, an M.A. in English Literature from San Francisco State University; an M.A. in Film from San Francisco State University, 1987; an M.F.A. in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts in 1995; and a J.D. from the Indiana University School of Law in 2003. She is professor emerita from the English department at Indiana University. She is also an attorney who works pro bono in family law and for animal rights. She believes that animals are not "just property," as the law defines them, but deserving of a different moral status that acknowledge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alyce Platt
Alyce Mary A Platt (born 19 December 1963) is an Australian actress and singer. As an actress, she had roles in the TV soap operas '' Sons and Daughters'' and ''Neighbours'', and worked as a TV presenter and game show host, including on '' Sale of the Century'' from 1986 to 1991. Also a musician, Platt released her debut album, ''Beautiful Death'', in April 2004. In 2012, Platt started playing another role in ''Neighbours'', that of Olivia Bell, a potential love interest for Karl Kennedy. In May 2020, Platt resumed the part of Olivia for a second guest stint and returned again for another stint the following year. Early life Alyce Mary Platt was born on 19 December 1963 and grew up in Melbourne with her parents and two older brothers. From the age of 12 she was singing in competitions. At 16 she attended Box Hill Technical College for a two-year drama course. Career Acting Platt's acting roles include the regular part of Amanda Morrell in '' Sons and Daughters'' from 1983 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alyce Frank
Alyce Frank is an American landscape painter. Early life Frank was born in New Iberia, Louisiana, in 1932. She then moved to Los Angeles and Tulsa at a young age. At the age of 15, she applied to a liberal arts program and was accepted at the University of Chicago, graduating three years later, in 1950. She then moved to Los Angeles, where she attended graduate school at UCLA and the University of Southern California (USC). At USC she met Larry Frank, an aspiring filmmaker; they married in 1953. For ten years, she worked on educational films that her husband produced. Her work as a film editor helped cultivate her sense of composition, something that served her well when she took up painting. Career She moved to New Mexico in 1962 and began painting in 1973, specializing in boldly colored landscape paintings influenced by fauvism and German expressionism. In 1983, she was selected for a master class with Richard Diebenkorn at the Santa Fe Institute of Art. Frank collaborate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alyce Spotted Bear
Alyce Spotted Bear (Mandan: Numakshi Mihe, December 17, 1945 – August 13, 2013) was a Native American educator and politician and an enrolled member of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation. Early life and education Born in Elbowoods on the Fort Berthold Reservation of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation, North Dakota, Spotted Bear received her bachelor's degree in Education from Dickinson State University, Dickinson, North Dakota in 1970. Career Spotted Bear served as chairwoman of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Tribe from 1982–1987. Environmental issues were a key focus of her term in office. One of her major initiatives involved seeking compensation for lands flooded by the construction of the Garrison Dam in 1953; this initiative was ultimately successful, with the tribe receiving $149.2 million in 1992. Her administration also strongly supported the passage of the Fort Berthold Mineral Restoration Act. Some of Spotted Bear's other policies included revisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alyce Mills
Alyce Mills (16 February 1899 – 27 April 1990) was an American actress. She appeared in silent films including as a lead. She starred in the 1924 film '' Daughters of the Night''. and the 1926 film '' Say It Again''. She also starred in two B. P. Schulberg films with William Powell: ''My Lady's Lips'' and ''Faint Perfume''. Biography Mills was from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where she attended Allegheny High School and won a beauty contest before beginning a career in film. She arrived in Los Angeles in 1925, having signed a long-term contract with Schulberg to appear in his films. In a review of ''With This Ring,'' the '' Lansing State Journal'' wrote that Mills was "rapidly becoming established as one of the leading actresses of the younger players." Mills married businessman William Davey in 1928. He bought her a house and they honeymooned in Honolulu, Hawaii. Mills retired from acting at the time of her marriage. The couple divorced in 1937, and Davey went on to m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The King Sisters
The King Sisters were an American big band-era vocal group consisting of six sisters: Alyce, Donna, Luise, Marilyn, Maxine, and Yvonne King. History Born and raised in Pleasant Grove, Utah, the King sisters were part of the Driggs family of entertainers. They were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Their father was William King Driggs.DeLong, Thomas A. (1996). ''Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . P. 152. Their first professional job was with a Salt Lake City radio station, from which they graduated to a station in Oakland, California. In the early 1930s sisters Luise, Maxine, and Alyce formed a vocal trio along the lines of their idols, the Boswell Sisters, and traveled to San Francisco to audition for radio station KGO (to replace the Boswell Sisters themselves, who were leaving the station). After this, Maxine retired to home life in Oakland and sisters Donna an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alyce McCormick
Alyce McCormick (1899 – January 5, 1932) was an American actress and a leader in the Volunteers of America (VOA). Early years McCormick was born in Chicago in 1899 and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. A. McCormick. The family moved to Omaha when she was six or seven years old. Her father was a minister who was head of operations of the (VOA) for four states, and Maud Ballington Booth (co-founder of the group) was her godmother. In 1923, she was designated the most beautiful girl in Nebraska in a contest, which led to her going to New York City to participate in a national beauty contest. She finished as runner-up in the national competition, which was held in conjunction with the Spring Fashion Show of the National Milliners' Association. Career Before McCormick became an entertainer, she was the Omaha relief secretary for the Volunteers of America. She began helping with missionary work when she was four years old, and as she matured she took on more responsibilities. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alyce Parker
Alyce Parker (born 15 August 2000) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW). Parker grew up in Holbrook, New South Wales, and was an active participant in numerous sports before trying Australian Rules in year seven. She was selected at pick 12 in the 2018 draft and made her debut in round one of the 2019 season. She was a two-time Under-18 All Australian as a junior and received a nomination for the rising star award for her debut game against . The 2020 AFL Women's season saw Parker obtain her first AFL Women's All-Australian team selection, named on the interchange bench. In the 2021 AFL Women's season, Parker was awarded with her second consecutive All-Australian blazer, named in the rover position. Parker achieved selection in Champion Data's 2021 AFLW All-Star stats team, after leading the league for average contested possessions in the 2021 AFL Women's season, totalling 14.9 a game, the high ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alyce Cleese
Alyce Faye Eichelberger Cleese (''née'' McBride; born October 28, 1944) is an American psychotherapist, author and talk radio host. She was married to golfer Dave Eichelberger and later to actor-comedian John Cleese. Education Alyce Faye McBride received her bachelor's degree from Oklahoma State University in 1966. While at Oklahoma State, she served as "queen" of Willard Hall, before it was transformed from a women's dormitory into its current role as the site of the University's College of Education. She continued her studies at Baylor University, earning master's degrees in Educational Psychology and in Vocational and Educational Counseling. The future Eichelberger Cleese then moved to London, where she studied the Psychoanalysis of children under Anna Freud, working with disturbed children from disadvantaged backgrounds at The Hampstead Clinic (established by Freud in 1952), and receiving a postgraduate qualification, the Diploma in the Maladjusted Child, from the Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alyce Wood
Alyce Wood (née Burnett, born 11 August 1992) is an Australian canoeist. She competed in the women's K-2 500 metres event at the 2016 Summer Olympics and in the women's K2 500 metres and women's K1 500 metres at the 2020 Summer Olympics. In 2017 she won her maiden World Championship title in the K1 1000m. She has also won a string of World Cup medals. In the Under 23 Category she won two Bronze Medals at the World Championships (2014: K1 500 & 2015: K2 500). At the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Wood competed with K-2 partner Alyssa Bull. They then made the A-Final of the K-2 500m by finishing second in their semi-final. In the final they came fifth and finished with a time of 1min 37.412sec, just 0.545sec from a podium finish. This was an improvement from their 8th place at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the same event. Wood also made the final of the women's K-1 500m at the 2020 Olympics and finished in eighth place. Personal Wood (née Burnett) grew up on the Sunshine Coast. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alyce Rogers
Alyce Rogers is an American mezzo-soprano and alto opera singer. She began her career as an actor on the East Coast, but later found her passion in opera and light opera. After moving to Portland, Oregon, she appeared with the Oregon Symphony, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, among others. Rogers is well known for her interpretations of the mezzo and contralto riles in the operas of Gilbert and Sullivan Gilbert and Sullivan was a Victorian-era theatrical partnership of the dramatist W. S. Gilbert (1836–1911) and the composer Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900), who jointly created fourteen comic operas between 1871 and 1896, of which '' H.M.S. ..., and Menotti. References Musicians from Portland, Oregon American opera singers Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Singers from Oregon Classical musicians from Oregon {{US-singer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alyce Clarke
Alyce Griffin Clarke (born July 3, 1939) is an American politician. A Democrat, she is a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the 69th district, being first elected in 1984. Early life Clarke was born on July 3, 1939, in Yazoo City, Mississippi. She received a bachelor's degree from Alcorn State University and a master's degree from Tuskegee Institute. She also attended Jackson State University and Mississippi College. Prior running for office, Clarke worked in education, teaching home economics. She also worked as a nutritionist at a community health center in Hinds County.The Political Lives of Mississippi Women, in Black and White by Ellen Ann Fentress; at Bitter Southerner; retrieved November 1, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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