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Billingsley (surname)
Billingsley is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Andrew Billingsley, American sociologist and president of Morgan State University *Barbara Billingsley (1915–2010), American actress *Brent Billingsley (born 1975), American baseball pitcher *Chad Billingsley (born 1984), American baseball pitcher *Charles Billingsley (cricketer) (1910–1951), Irish cricketer *Franny Billingsley, American author of children's fantasy novels *Frederic C. Billingsley (1921–2002), American engineer *Henry Billingsley (died 1606), Lord Mayor of London and the first translator of Euclid into English *Hobie Billingsley, American diving champion *Jahleel Billingsley (born 2001), American football player *Jennifer Billingsley (born 1940), American actress *JoJo Billingsley, American singer, soloist, songwriter and recording artist *John Billingsley (born 1960), American actor *John Billingsley (agriculturist) (1747–1811), British agriculturist *Neil Billingsley, American child actor * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Billingsley
Andrew Billingsley, Ph.D. (born March 20, 1926) is an American sociologist, author, lecturer, and college professor who served as the 8th President of Morgan State University from 1975 to 1984. Biography Billingsley was born on March 20, 1926 in Marion, Alabama, the son of Silas and Lucy Billingsley. He served in the United States Army during World War II from 1944 to 1946. After his military service, he obtained his A.B. degree from Grinnell College in 1951. Thereafter, he obtained his M.S. degree from Boston University in 1956, and his Ph.D. from Brandeis University in 1964. While at Brandeis University, Billingsley met his future wife, Amy Loretta Tate, who was a fellow student. They were married in 1961 and had two children. Billingsley has been a sociology and African-American/ Africana studies at many colleges and universities, including Howard University, University of California, Berkeley, University of Maryland, College Park, and the University of South Carolina. Bil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JoJo Billingsley
Deborah Jo Billingsley (May 28, 1952 – June 24, 2010) was an American singer, soloist, songwriter and recording artist. She was best known for her work with The Honkettes, backing vocalists for the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. Lynyrd Skynyrd Billingsley was born in Memphis, Tennessee, to Doc and Hazel Billingsley. The family soon moved to Senatobia, Mississippi from Harmontown, Mississippi, where she was raised. In December 1975 she was hired, along with Cassie Gaines and Leslie Hawkins, as backing singers for the Southern Rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, whose leader, Ronnie Van Zant, dubbed them "The Honkettes". An October 20, 1977 airplane crash killed several members of the band and road crew, but Billingsley was the only band member not on the flight. At the time, she was under a doctor's care in Senatobia, Mississippi, dealing with health problems brought about by substance abuse. According to Billingsley, this experience led her to become a born-again Christian. Per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sherman Billingsley
John Sherman Billingsley (March 10, 1896 – October 4, 1966) was an American nightclub owner and former Prohibition in the United States#Bootlegging and hoarding old supplies, bootlegger who was the founder and owner of New York's Stork Club. Life and career John Sherman Billingsley was the youngest child of Robert Billingsley and Emily Collingsworth. He was born in Enid, Oklahoma, Enid, Oklahoma, on March 10, 1896."Billingsley" American National Biography: Baker-Blatch, Oxford University Press, 1999, Page 775 (In later years, Billingsley said he was born in 1900, but this is refuted by both the 1930 census and the Social Security Death Index.) His parents had settled in Enid following the 1893 land run. The Billingsley children attended school in a one-room schoolhouse, riding a horse to get to school. When an older brother committed a homicide and was sent to prison, the family relocated to Anadarko, Oklahoma, Anadarko to be near him. Upon the brother's release, he enlist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Billingsley
Ronald Smith Billingsley (April 6, 1945 – February 5, 2017) was an American football player, a defensive tackle in the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL). Early years Born in Florence, Alabama, Billingsley was a multi-sport athlete at Gadsden High School in Gadsden and graduated in 1963. He attended the University of Wyoming in Laramie, where he played college football for the Cowboys under head coach Lloyd Eaton. Billngsley received notice from AFL scouts during his senior season in 1966, when the Cowboys went 10–1, won the WAC championship, and defeated in the He was selected to the All-WAC team as a senior. Pro football The San Diego Chargers of the AFL selected Billingsley as the 14th pick of the 1967 NFL/AFL Draft, the first year that the two leagues held a common draft after their merger agreement. He played for the Chargers for four seasons as a defensive starter. After the 1970 season, he was traded to the Houston Oilers. Af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Billingsley
Raymond Curtis Billingsley (born July 25, 1957) is an African American cartoonist, best known for creating the comic strip ''Curtis''. It is distributed by King Features Syndicate and printed in more than 250 newspapers nationwide. Early life Billingsley was born in Wake Forest, North Carolina, and raised there in his earliest years. Later, his family moved to Harlem, in New York City. He credits sibling rivalry with sparking his initial fascination with cartooning. As a young boy, he learned to draw in order to emulate his older brother, who studied fine arts. Career Billingsley contributed early cartoons to ''Kids'', a magazine "by kids for kids" published in Cambridge, Massachusetts and then in New York City, from 1970 to 1975 under the co-editorship of Jenette Kahn (later president and editor-in-chief of ''MAD Magazine'' and DC Comics). After graduating from the High School of Music and Art in Manhattan, he attended the School of Visual Arts on a four-year scholarship. Af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Billingsley
Peter Billingsley (born April 16, 1971), also known as Peter Michaelsen and Peter Billingsley-Michaelsen, is an American actor and filmmaker. His acting roles include Ralphie Parker in the 1983 movie '' A Christmas Story'' and its 2022 sequel '' A Christmas Story Christmas'', Jack Simmons in '' The Dirt Bike Kid'', Billy in ''Death Valley'', and Messy Marvin in a series of commercials for Hershey's Syrup in the 1980s. While an infant, he began acting in television commercials. Early life Peter was born in New York City. His father, Alwin Michaelsen, is a financial consultant, and his mother, Gail, was once Alwin's secretary. She is the niece of Stork Club owner Sherman Billingsley, and the cousin of Glenn Billingsley who was married to actress Barbara Billingsley. All five of the children in the family had acting careers when they were young. The older Billingsleys, Dina and Win, had the briefest acting careers working mostly in commercials, with minor guest spots on televi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Billingsley
Patrick Paul Billingsley (May 3, 1925 – April 22, 2011) was an American mathematician and stage and screen actor, noted for his books in advanced probability theory and statistics. He was born and raised in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1946. Academic career After earning a Ph.D. in mathematics at Princeton University in 1955, he was attached to the NSA until his discharge from the Navy in 1957. In 1958 he became a professor of mathematics and statistics at the University of Chicago, where he served as chair of the Department of Statistics from 1980 to 1983, and retired in 1994. In 1964–65 he was a Fulbright Fellow and visiting professor at the University of Copenhagen. In 1971–72 he was a Guggenheim Fellow and visiting professor at the University of Cambridge (Peterhouse). From 1976 to 1979 he edited the Annals of Probability. In 1983 he was president of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics. He was given the Lest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Billingsley
Neil Billingsley (1970–present) is a former child actor from the seventies and eighties and financial consultant. He was born in New York City. His four siblings were also child actors, most notably Peter Billingsley and Melissa Michaelsen. Career In 1975, Neil began playing Danny Walton on the daytime soap opera ''Search for Tomorrow''. His role lasted several years. The role was taken over by Cain Devore and later John Loprieno. Besides numerous roles in commercials, and guest shots on TV series like ''Father Murphy'', Neil also starred in TV movies such as ''Million Dollar Infield'' and ''Shattered Innocence'' (which also featured sister Melissa and ''A Christmas Story's'' Melinda Dillon). During the third season of ''The All New Mickey Mouse Club'', Neil played a character named Dave on the four episode serial ''Just Perfect''. Following his acting career, Neil graduated from Arizona State University Arizona State University (Arizona State or ASU) is a public researc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Billingsley (agriculturist)
John Billingsley (1747–1811) was an agricultural pioneer in 18th century Somerset, England. The writer of the 1794 Survey of Somerset, Billingsley was a leading agriculturalist who was one of the founders of the Bath and West Society, known today as the Royal Bath and West of England Society. He lived all his life at Ashwick Grove. Family life He was born in 1747, the grandson of Nicholas Billingsley, a Presbyterian dissenter who was minister at Ashwick from 1699 to 1729. Little is known about his early life but by 1782, he was listed as Brewer along with Ryan Gosling of the Oakhill Brewery in the neighbouring village of Oakhill, and may have been involved in the wool trade before that. He was described as a leading member of the Presbyterian church although at some stage he was reconciled with the Church of England. ''General View of the Agriculture of the County of Somerset'' The 18th century was largely one of peace in Somerset, but the Industrial Revolution in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Billingsley
John Billingsley (, born May 20, 1960) is an American actor best known for his role as Doctor Phlox on the television series '' Star Trek: Enterprise''. Early life and education Billingsley was born in Media, Pennsylvania, and subsequently lived in Huntsville, Alabama and Slidell, Louisiana before his family settled in Weston, Connecticut."Theater: Guest Artist Bios: John Billingsley" . . October 4, 2012. He graduated from in 1982. Career < ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Billingsley
Jennifer Billingsley is a retired American television and film actress. Early years The daughter of Army Col. Claude Augustus Billingsley, she was born in Honolulu, Hawaii and relocated often as an "Army brat", attending schools in Vienna and Chicago, and graduating with honors from Fort Smith Senior High School in Arkansas. She has one sister. Career Billingsley's stage debut came in Detroit, Michigan, and she debuted on Broadway in the musical ''Carnival!'' Her film debut came as James Caan's girlfriend in the 1964 thriller, '' Lady in a Cage'', and she appeared in the romantic drama, '' The Young Lovers'' that same year. She had a recurring role on the daytime soap opera, '' General Hospital'' and prominent roles in such films as ''The Spy with My Face'' (1965), ''C.C. and Company'' (1970), ''Brute Corps'' (1971), ''Welcome Home, Soldier Boys'' (1972), '' White Lightning'' (1973), ''The Thirsty Dead'' (1974) and ''Hollywood Man'' (1976). Billingsley's guest spots on TV i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Billingsley
Barbara Billingsley (born Barbara Lillian Combes; December 22, 1915 – October 16, 2010) was an American actress. She began her career with uncredited roles in '' Three Guys Named Mike'' (1951), ''The Bad and the Beautiful'' (1952), and '' Invaders from Mars'' (1953), and was featured in the 1957 film ''The Careless Years'' opposite Natalie Trundy. She then appeared in recurring TV roles, such as '' The Brothers''. Billingsley gained prominence for her best-known role of June Cleaver, the mother in the television series '' Leave It to Beaver'' (1957–1963) and its sequel '' The New Leave It to Beaver'' (1983–1989). She appeared as the " Jive Lady" in ''Airplane!'' (1980), and her final film role was as Aunt Martha in the 1997 film version of ''Leave It to Beaver''. Early life Billingsley was born Barbara Lillian Combes on December 22, 1915, in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Lillian Agnes (née McLaughlin) and Robert Collyer Combes, a police officer. She had one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
