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Darr (surname)
Darr is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Adam Darr (1811–1866), German guitar and zither composer * Ann Darr (1920–2007), American poet * Leonard Darr (c.1554–1615), English politician * Leslie Rogers Darr (1886–1967), American judge *Lisa Darr Lisa Darr (born April 21, 1963) is an American actress. Life and career Darr was born Lisa Darr Grabemann in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Mollie, an actress, and Karl Grabemann, a lawyer. She attended Stanford University and graduated in ... (born 1963), American actress * Mike Darr (1976–2002), American baseball outfielder * Mike Darr (pitcher) (born 1956), American baseball pitcher * Robert Darr (born 1951), American author * Sally Darr (1923–2023), American chef * Vondell Darr (1919–2012), American actress {{surname, Darr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Darr
Adam Darr (29 September 1811 – 2 October 1866) was a German classical guitarist, singer, zither player and composer. Biography Adam Darr was born in Schweinfurt, Germany, and started playing the guitar as a youth. Sometime after the age of 23, he left his hometown of Schweinfurt, performing abroad. Although secondary sources state that he performed for royal courts, no primary sources have been discovered to verify this claim. The first known performance of Darr is in April 1837 as a guitarist/vocalist in an ensemble known as the Bavaria Nature-Singers. It is known that he traveled with this ensemble in Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, and Estonia. According to Bone (1914), he spent three years in St. Petersburg, Russia, from 1836 to 1839, after which he returned to Germany, where, in Würzburg, he became the private tutor of an English family resident there named Whitbread. It is believed that he performed in Paris, and it has been verified that he performed in Berlin. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ann Darr
Ann Darr (March 13, 1920 – December 2, 2007) was an American poet and educator who lived in Washington, D.C. Biography Born Lois Ann Russell in Bagley, Iowa she studied at the University of Iowa where she graduated in 1941 and also completed Civilian Pilot Training. After college she began her career as a writer and broadcaster on the NBC Radio daily program '' The Women of Tomorrow''. When war broke out and her husband, enlisted in the Navy, she applied to the Women Airforce Service Pilots program and trained at Sweetwater, TX under pioneering aviator Jacqueline Cochran. She wrote of her experience as a pilot in her 1978 book ''Cleared For Landing'' which ''The Washington Post' praised for its "keen perception of the darker side of things."https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/10/AR2007121001832_2.html Washington Post obituary Darr taught creative writing at American University and at the Writer's Center in Bethesda, Maryland. She died of Alz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonard Darr
Leonard Darr (c. 1554–1615), a merchant by profession, was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Totnes in 1601. He was previously Mayor of Totnes from 1593–4. In 1602 He retired to South Pool South Pool is a village, parish and former manor in South Devon, England. It is situated 3 1/2 miles south-east of the town of Kingsbridge and 2 1/2 miles north-east of Salcombe. It is administered by the South Hams local authority. Historicall ... and died there in March 1615. References 1550s births 1615 deaths Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Totnes English MPs 1601 Mayors of Totnes 16th-century merchants 16th-century English businesspeople {{17thC-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leslie Rogers Darr
Leslie Rogers Darr (November 8, 1886 – May 29, 1967) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee and the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. Education and career Born in Jasper, Tennessee, Darr received a Bachelor of Laws from the Cumberland School of Law (then part of Cumberland University, now part of Samford University) in 1909. He was in private practice in Jasper from 1910 to 1926. He was a judge of the 18th Circuit Court of Tennessee from 1926 to 1939. Federal judicial service Darr was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on May 24, 1939, to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee and the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, to a new joint seat authorized by 52 Stat. 584. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 31, 1939, and received his commission on June 2, 1939. He was reassigned by operation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Darr
Lisa Darr (born April 21, 1963) is an American actress. Life and career Darr was born Lisa Darr Grabemann in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Mollie, an actress, and Karl Grabemann, a lawyer. She attended Stanford University and graduated in 1985 with a degree in biology. She went on to receive an MFA in Acting from UCLA. She played Annie Whitman on ABC's '' Life as We Know It''. Darr's previous television appearances include the 1991 short-lived sitcom '' Flesh 'n' Blood'' as Rachel Brennan, The WB's teenage drama '' Popular'' as Jane McPherson, as well as the short-lived but critically acclaimed 1996 Fox series ''Profit'' as Gail Koner. In the fifth season of the sitcom ''Ellen'', she played Laurie Manning, the girlfriend of the title character Ellen Morgan; In "Four for the Seasaw", an episode of '' Frasier'', she and Megan Mullally played love interests for the Crane brothers. She played archaeologist Ginny Will on an episode of '' Quantum Leap''. Darr also made an appea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Darr
Michael Curtis Darr (March 21, 1976 – February 15, 2002) was a Major League Baseball (MLB) outfielder who played from 1999 through 2001 for the San Diego Padres. He was the son of Mike Darr, Sr., who pitched in one game for the Toronto Blue Jays in 1977. Darr batted left-handed but threw right-handed. Born and raised in Corona, California, Darr was a second-round draft pick of the Detroit Tigers out of high school in 1994. Traded to the San Diego Padres before the 1997 season, he made his MLB debut with the team in 1999. After playing 58 games with the Padres in 2000, Darr was named the team's Opening Day right fielder in 2001, serving as the everyday player at that position until August. During 2002 spring training, Darr and a passenger were killed in a single-car accident in Peoria, Arizona. Darr, the driver, had a blood alcohol content over the legal limit and was not wearing a seat belt. He was buried at the Crestlawn Memorial Park in Riverside, California; the Padres w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Darr (pitcher)
Michael Edward Darr (born March 23, 1956) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in one game for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB) in their inaugural 1977 season. Early years Mike attended Norco High School in Norco, California. Career Darr was selected by the Baltimore Orioles in 4th round (96th overall) in the 1974 Major League Baseball Draft, but never played for them. He then was selected by Toronto Blue Jays in the 2nd round (17th overall) of the 1976 expansion draft. Darr appeared in just one game for the Blue Jays on September 6, 1977, at Exhibition Stadium against the Boston Red Sox. He was the starting pitcher that day against "Spaceman" Bill Lee. He pitched an inning and a third before being pulled and replaced by Tom Murphy. He gave up three hits, five runs, four walks, hit one batter with a pitch, had one strike-out. He gave up a first inning grand slam to Carlton Fisk. Darr earned the losing decision in the game and f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Darr
Robert Darr (born 1951 in Orange County, California), also known as Robert Abdul Hayy Darr, is the author of several books on Sufism. A U.S. citizen and resident of the San Francisco Bay Area, Darr is a translator and interpreter of classic Islamic mystical texts. He was introduced to Sufism in the 1970s through the works of Idries Shah. By 1985 he left the Shah groups and began working in Afghan refugee camps in Pakistan and making overland trips inside Afghanistan. There he befriended a number of Sufis in the region including Khalilullah Khalili. Darr spent the next couple of decades studying traditional Sufism along with specialized disciplines such as abjad (Islamic numerology). From 1988 to 1998, he studied miniature painting Miniature painting may refer to: * Miniature (illuminated manuscript), a small illustration used to decorate an illuminated manuscript * Persian miniature, a small painting on paper in the Persian tradition, for a book or album * Ottoman miniatu ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sally Darr
Sally Darr (January 18, 1923 – November 7, 2023) was an American chef. From 1979 to 1991, she was the chef and owner of La Tulipe, a French bistro in Greenwich Village, New York City. Life and work Sally Kaufman was born on January 18, 1923, in Brooklyn, New York to Albert Kaufman and Yetta Goldstein Kaufman. Sally attended Brooklyn's Abraham Lincoln High School and took a job as a textile designer. In 1953 she met John Darr (died 2007), described as a minister and peace activist, and he became her second husband that same year. Sally and John Darr hosted “peace dinners” for fellow activists which inspired Sally to become a serious cook, "working her way through every single recipe in “The Escoffier Cookbook” — there are nearly 3,000 — as she told Craig Claiborne of The Times in 1980." Exploring her new passion, she began testing recipes for the “ Foods of the World” cookbook series for Time-Life Books. In 1970, Gourmet magazine hired her and she helped cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |