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Denyse
Denyse is a feminine given name, and may be seen as a variant of Denise. Notable people with the name include: *Denyse Alexander (born 1931), British actress *Denyse Benoit, Canadian actress, director and screenwriter *Denyse Floreano (born 1976), Venezuelan beauty pageant winner *Denyse Julien (born 1960), Canadian badminton player *Denyse Plummer (1953 – 2023), Trinidadian calypsonian and gospel singer *Denyse Thomasos (1964 – 2012). Trinidadian-Canadian painter *Denyse Tontz (born 1994), American singer-songwriter, dancer and actress *Denyse Woods (born 1958), Irish writer See also *Denise (other) *Denice (other) Denice is an Italian commune. Denice may also refer to: * Denicé, a French commune * Denice (given name), a list of people with the given name Denice See also * Denise (other) * Denyce * Denyse {{disambiguation, geo ... {{given name Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denyse Thomasos
Denyse Thomasos (October 10, 1964 – July 19, 2012) was a Trinidadian-Canadian painter known for her abstract-style wall murals that conveyed themes of slavery, confinement and the story of African and Asian Diaspora. ''Hybrid Nations'' (2005) is one of her most notable pieces that features Thomasos' signature use of dense thatchwork patterning and architectonic images to portray images of American superjails and traditional African weavework. Early life and education Denyse Thomasos was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, to Jennie Ann (née Leiba) and Raymond Garth Thomasos, who attained his BS in University College of the West Indies and was a high school teacher at a boys' school. Her father's family was politically involved in Trinidad and her great-uncle was the first Black Speaker of the House of Representatives. Thomasos and her family emigrated to Canada in 1970, settling in Toronto, Ontario, near Lawrence Avenue West and Keele Street. Her father obtained ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denyse Tontz
Denyse Tontz (born September 17, 1994"miranda rights". ''Soap Opera Digest''. July 15, 2013. p. 45.) is an American actress, singer and songwriter. Tontz is known for her roles as Cortney Strathmore on Freeform (TV channel), Freeform's ''The Fosters (2013 TV series), The Fosters,'' Miranda Montgomery on ''All My Children,'' Nikki Ortiz on ''Dog with a Blog,'' Elena on the 2017 Syfy series Incorporated (TV series), ''Incorporated'', and heroine Alicia Mendoza in the 2019 ABC summer series ''Grand Hotel (TV series), Grand Hotel''. She is known in the music world for her single, "United States of Anxiety", debuted in 2016 by People.com. Personal life Tontz has a younger sister and a younger brother. Career Acting Before she began her acting career, Tontz was a child model and the face of Barbie couture in the UK. Tontz made her first appearance on television, appearing on the show ''E-Ring'' as Princess Gabrielle. In 2007, she portrayed Alice Keefe in the Nickelodeon movie ''The La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denyse Plummer
Denyse Burnadette Kirline Plummer (8 November 1953 – 27 August 2023) was a Trinidadian calypsonian and gospel singer. The child of a white father and a black mother, she initially faced significant prejudice in a genre traditionally seen as Afro-Caribbean, but was eventually recognised as a leading calypso performer. In 2001, she won the Calypso Monarch title with her songs "Heroes" and "Nah Leaving". Early life Denyse Plummer was born in 1953 to a middle-class family in Saint James. Her father was Dudley "Buntin" Plummer, a white Trinidadian, and her mother was Joan Plummer, a light-skinned Afro-Trinidadian. Her father played guitar in a folk band called Le Petite Musicale. She attended Holy Name Preparatory and Holy Name Convent in Port of Spain. While attending Holy Name Convent, she sang in the folk choir, and won several youth music competitions. She also participated in several television talent competitions as a child and teenager. Career Early career and cal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denyse Woods
Denyse Woods (born 1958) is an Irish writer. Early life Denyse Woods was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1958, daughter of Gerard Woods, Irish Consul-General in Boston and his wife Finola Devlin. Her father was to be Ambassador to Australia, Belgium and the Holy See. Her uncle was the poet and diplomat Denis Devlin. Her mother died while her father was posted to Rome and Woods was sent to a boarding school in Ireland. After school Woods initially did a secretarial course. A later job in Iraq led to her to study Arabic and English at University College, Dublin. Her father died five years after her mother. Woods was left with two older siblings, a brother Henry and a sister Anne. Cork Both with her family growing up and later after college, Woods travelled extensively before finally moving to live in Cork with her husband and their two daughters, where she was the director for the West Cork Literary Festival for four years. She has also been the resident tutor for the Countr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denyse Benoit
Denyse Benoit is a Canadian actress, director and screenwriter from Montreal, Quebec. She is mostly known for ''La Crue'' (1977), ''La belle Apparence'' (1979) and ''Le dernier Havre'' (1986). Early life and education Denyse Benoit was born on June 28, 1949, in Sainte-Dorothée, Quebec, Canada. She studied painting and sculpture from 1966 to 1968 at the School of Fine Arts in Montreal. After finishing her two years of university studies in Quebec, she moved to Belgium to continue to broaden her education. She studied at the Institute des arts de diffusion in Brussels. During those three years of studying she broadened her knowledge in multiple mediums associated to the arts. She took classes such as mass media, literature history, theater history, music, text manipulations, vocal expression, and text analysis. After her studies In January 1971, once she obtained her diploma, she started an internship with actress and stage director Catherine Dasté in Paris at the Green Apples T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denyse Alexander
Denyse Alexander (born 28 June 1931) is a British stage, film and television actress. She was married to the film and television director Jack Gold from 1957 until his death in August 2015. Selected filmography Film roles * '' Orders to Kill'' (1958) * '' The Medusa Touch'' (1978) * '' The Sailor's Return'' (1978) * '' Lady Jane'' (1986) Television roles * ''Inspector Morse'' * '' Foyle's War'' * ''Fawlty Towers'' (episode '' The Anniversary'', 1979) * ''Midsomer Murders'' * '' Dramarama'' * '' Heavy Weather'' (TV film of Sir P. G. Wodehouse Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse ( ; 15 October 1881 – 14 February 1975) was an English writer and one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century. His creations include the feather-brained Bertie Wooster and his sagacious valet, Je ...'s book) References External links * 1931 births Living people British stage actresses British film actresses British television actresses {{UK-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denyse Floreano
Denyse del Carmen Floreano Camargo (born August 26, 1976) is a Venezuelan model and beauty pageant titleholder who was Miss Venezuela 1994 and Top 6 finalist at Miss Universe 1995. Pageantry ;Miss Venezuela Floreano competed in 1994 as Miss Costa Oriental in her country's national beauty pageant, Miss Venezuela, capturing the crown and the right to represent her country in Miss Universe 1995. ;Miss Universe As the official representative of her country to the 1995 Miss Universe pageant held in Windhoek, Namibia Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Africa. Its borders include the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south; in the no ... on May 12, 1995, she was one of the Top 6 finalists. Agencia Mariela Centeno Model Agency References External linksMiss Venezuela Official Website [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denise (given Name)
Denise, with several spelling variations, is a female given name. Dionysus is the Greek mythology, Greek god of wine, and the name Denise means "to be devoted to Dionysus, Bacchus." Feminine variants * Deneece, Denice, Deniece, Denyse: English language, English * Denisa: Czech language, Czech, Romanian language, Romanian, Russian language, Russian, Slovak language, Slovak * Denise: English language, English, French language, French, Portuguese language, Portuguese * Denisse: English language, English, French language, French * Deniz: Turkish language, Turkish * Dennet, Denote, Deonisia, Deonysia: Middle English language, Middle English * Dinisia: Portuguese language, Portuguese * Dionycia, Dionis: Middle English language, Middle English * Dionise: Old French language, Old French (on St. Denise's burial site) * Dionísia: Portuguese language, Portuguese * Dionisia: Middle English language, Middle English, Italian language, Italian, Spanish language, Spanish * Dionizja: Polish langua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denyse Julien
Denyse Julien (born 22 July 1960, in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec) is a Canadian former badminton player noted for her versatility and longevity. Career Between 1981 and 2004 Julien won a record 31 Canadian National Championship events, thirteen in singles, eight in women's doubles, and ten in mixed doubles. She also captured five events at the Canadian Open Championships, including women's singles in 1989. Julien earned four individual medals at the quadrennial Commonwealth Games. These include a silver medal in singles (1990), and a silver (1986) and two bronzes (1990, 1994) in women's doubles. Julien's record in another quadrennial competition, the Pan American Games, has been particularly noteworthy. A few months shy of her 35th birthday she won all three events at Mar del Plata, Argentina in 1995 when badminton was introduced into these Games. She won medals in each event at the next competition in Winnipeg in 1999, and a silver in women's doubles and a gold in mixed doubles at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denise (other)
Denise may refer to: * Denise (given name), people with the given name ''Denise'' * Denise (computer chip), a video graphics chip from the Amiga computer * "Denise" (song), a 1963 song by Randy & the Rainbows * Denise, Mato Grosso, a municipality in Brazil * ''Denise'', an 1885 play by Alexander Dumas ''fils'' * SP-350 Denise, a small submarine also known as the "Diving saucer" * A brand name of desogestrel See also * Hurricane Denise, a list of tropical cyclones named Denise * Saint Denise (other) *Denice (other) Denice is an Italian commune. Denice may also refer to: * Denicé, a French commune * Denice (given name), a list of people with the given name Denice See also * Denise (other) * Denyce * Denyse {{disambiguation, geo ... * Denyse, a given name {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denice (other)
Denice is an Italian commune. Denice may also refer to: * Denicé, a French commune * Denice (given name), a list of people with the given name Denice See also * Denise (other) * Denyce * Denyse {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dionysus
In ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology, myth, Dionysus (; ) is the god of wine-making, orchards and fruit, vegetation, fertility, festivity, insanity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, and theatre. He was also known as Bacchus ( or ; ) by the Greeks (a name later adopted by the Ancient Rome, Romans) for a frenzy he is said to induce called ''baccheia''. His wine, music, and ecstatic dance were considered to free his followers from self-conscious fear and care, and subvert the oppressive restraints of the powerful. His ''thyrsus'', a fennel-stem sceptre, sometimes wound with ivy and dripping with honey, is both a beneficent wand and a weapon used to destroy those who oppose his Cult of Dionysus, cult and the freedoms he represents. Those who partake of his mysteries are believed to become possessed and empowered by the god himself. His origins are uncertain, and his cults took many forms; some are described by ancient sources as Thrace, Thracian, others as Greek. In O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
