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Edyth H
Edythe or Edyth is a female given name. It may refer to: Edythe *Edythe Baker (1899–1971), American pianist *Edythe Chapman (1863–1948), American stage and silent film actress * Edythe D. London, professor of psychiatry and behavioral studies at the University of California at Los Angeles * Edythe Lewis, the first black, woman disc jockey in Dayton, Ohio, in the 1950s * Edythe Morahan de Lauzon, Canadian poet * Edythe Shuttleworth (1907–1983), Canadian mezzo-soprano *Edythe Wright (1916–1965), singer who worked with Tommy Dorsey Edyth * Edyth Goodall (1886–1929), Scottish actress * Edyth H. Schoenrich (1919–2020), American physician and educator * Edyth Starkie (1867–1941), Irish portrait painter and sculptor * Edyth Walker (1867–1950), American opera singer See also *Edith Edith is a feminine given name derived from the Old English word , meaning ''wealth'' or ''prosperity'', in combination with the Old English , meaning ''wiktionary:strife, strife'', and is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Given Name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a family or clan) who have a common surname. The term ''given name'' refers to a name usually bestowed at or close to the time of birth, usually by the parents of the newborn. A ''Christian name'' is the first name which is given at baptism, in Christian custom. In informal situations, given names are often used in a familiar and friendly manner. In more formal situations, a person's surname is more commonly used. In Western culture, the idioms "" and "being on first-name terms" refer to the familiarity inherent in addressing someone by their given name. By contrast, a surname (also known as a family name, last name, or Gentile name, ''gentile'' name) is normally inherited and shared with other members of one's immediate family. Regnal names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edythe Baker
Edythe Baker (August 25, 1899–August 15, 1971) was an American pianist and dancer. Early life Baker was born in Girard, Kansas. Her parents divorced around 1905, and Edith moved to Kansas City, Missouri with her mother. From ages 8 to 14, Baker was educated at St. Mary's Convent in Independence, Missouri, receiving piano and voice lessons. There are varying accounts of her musical development during her early teenage years. One describes her work at Nowlin Music Co. in Kansas City as a musician and saleswoman. Another account claims she received lessons from the composer-performer Ernie Burnett, who composed 'My Melancholy Baby'. She supposedly also regularly visited the Orpheum Theatre in Kansas City, where she listened to different piano styles. Allegedly, she could support her mother and brother by age 15, playing ragtime piano in small cabarets. Her "peculiar style" along with her good looks made her "a favorite among cabaret regulars." Yet another account has her runn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edythe Chapman
Edythe Chapman (October 8, 1863 – October 15, 1948) was an American stage and silent film actress. Career Born in Rochester, New York, Chapman began her stage career as early as 1898 when she appeared in New York City in ''The Charity Ball''. Chapman played maternal roles in numerous silent motion pictures and became known in the 1920s as ''Hollywood's Mother''. She played ''Ma Jones'' in the film version of '' Lightnin''' (1925), a screen production that featured Will Rogers. Edythe was ''Grandmother Janeway'' in ''Man Crazy'' (1927). The film starred Dorothy Mackaill and Jack Mulhall. Chapman came to Hollywood around 1909 with her husband, screen and stage actor James Neill. The two met in Cincinnati when Chapman was working in Neill's stock company. The couple got married in 1897 and soon began making movies with Cecil B. DeMille and other noteworthy directors and producers. They had leading roles in '' The Ten Commandments'' (1923), ''Manslaughter'' (1922), ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edythe D
Edythe or Edyth is a female given name. It may refer to: Edythe *Edythe Baker (1899–1971), American pianist *Edythe Chapman (1863–1948), American stage and silent film actress * Edythe D. London, professor of psychiatry and behavioral studies at the University of California at Los Angeles * Edythe Lewis, the first black, woman disc jockey in Dayton, Ohio, in the 1950s * Edythe Morahan de Lauzon, Canadian poet * Edythe Shuttleworth (1907–1983), Canadian mezzo-soprano *Edythe Wright (1916–1965), singer who worked with Tommy Dorsey Edyth * Edyth Goodall (1886–1929), Scottish actress * Edyth H. Schoenrich (1919–2020), American physician and educator * Edyth Starkie (1867–1941), Irish portrait painter and sculptor * Edyth Walker (1867–1950), American opera singer See also *Edith Edith is a feminine given name derived from the Old English word , meaning ''wealth'' or ''prosperity'', in combination with the Old English , meaning ''wiktionary:strife, strife'', and is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edythe Lewis
Edythe M. "Delilah" Lewis (February 26, 1924 – June 5, 2014) was an American woman who was the first black, female disc jockey in Dayton, Ohio, United States, in the 1950s. Early life and education Lewis was born Edythe Mulzac, raised in Harlem and trained as a nurse at Harlem Hospital in New York. Later, she earned her bachelor's degree in Education from the University of Cincinnati and then two master's degrees. Career Lewis was the first black woman to host a radio show in Dayton, Ohio, broadcasting on WING-AM as Delilah in the 1950s. She was inducted into the Dayton Area Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 2003. The ''Dayton Daily News'' called her a pioneer and said she was a role model during a period when there were very few black people in the broadcasting industry. In 1971, she was hired by the Miami Conservancy District. She later became the District's executive director. In 1976, Governor James A. Rhodes appointed her to the Ohio Recreation and Resources Commis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edythe Morahan De Lauzon
Edythe Morahan de Lauzon was a Canadian poet. She is possibly best known for her poem collection ''Angels' Songs from the Golden City of the Blessed'' published in 1918, and ''From The Kingdom Of The Stars'' in 1922. Inspired by the First World War, she engaged in issues concerning war and German nationalism in her poems. She lived in Quebec and was a committed Christian and spiritualist. See also * Canadian literature Canadian literature is written in several languages including Canadian English, English, Canadian French, French, and various Indigenous Canadian languages. It is often divided into French- and English-language literatures, which are rooted in th ... * List of Canadian poets References External links ''Angels' Songs from the Golden City of the Blessed'' via onread.com 20th-century Canadian poets Canadian women poets 20th-century Canadian women writers Year of birth missing Year of death missing {{Canada-poet-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edythe Shuttleworth
Edythe Marjorie Shuttleworth (1907 – December 23, 1983) was a Canadian mezzo-soprano. She toured the rural areas of both Western Canada and the Central United States and was selected to sing on the first international radio broadcast to the United States from the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Shuttleworth made her operatic debut in the United States with the National Opera Company at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in 1934 before retiring professional when she got married in 1938. Life and career Shuttleworth was born in 1907, in Toronto, Ontario and not Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. She was the daughter of the Dominion Bank of Canada director John Kenyon Shuttleworth and his wife Edith Shuttleworth. She matriculated to The Royal Conservatory of Music before studying under La Scala coach Giovanni Pinetti in Italy. Shuttleworth made her debut at the Hart House Theatre at the University of Toronto in early 1928. After giving more than 200 concerts in an extensive tour of the rural areas o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edythe Wright
Edythe Wright (August 16, 1916 – October 27, 1965) was an American singer who performed from 1935 to 1939 with the band led by Tommy Dorsey. Early life Wright grew up in Highland Park, New Jersey. Early career Wright debuted on radio in March 1935, singing with Paul Whiteman, Paul Whiteman's Rhythm Trio. That performance led to her becoming the singer in the Sunset Room of the Robert Treat Center, Robert Treat Hotel in Newark, New Jersey. By the end of that month, she was also singing "7 to 10 presentations a week" on WOR (AM), WOR radio. She sang with Frank Crum's orchestra in the Sunset Room and later performed with Lennie Hayton's orchestra. In May 1935, while singing with Crum's orchestra, she made six recordings for Brunswick Records. Wright's early exposure on network radio came via appearances with the orchestras of Frank Dailey and Joe Haymes. She won the job with Dailey out of 500 women who auditioned, enabling her to be heard six nights a week on CBS. Her network ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edyth Goodall
Edyth Shipton Goodall (20 February 1886 – 22 July 1929), professionally known as Edyth Goodall, was a Scottish actress. She was born in Dundee, the daughter of A. E. E. Goodall and his wife Annie, ''née'' Shipton. She made her professional stage debut in 1904 and made her first London appearance in 1907. She appeared in many West End productions and was noted particularly for playing the roles of Fanny Hawthorne in '' Hindle Wakes'' (1912) and Maggie Hobson in ''Hobson's Choice A Hobson's choice is a free choice in which only one thing is actually offered. The term is often used to describe an illusion that choices are available. The best known example is "I'll give you a choice: Take it or leave it", wherein "leaving ...'' (1916) in their West End premieres."Miss Edyth Goodall", ''The Times'', 23 July 1929, p. 16 '' The Era'' said of her performance in the latter, "Good as her past record is, Miss Edyth Goodall has never done anything equal to her portrayal of this fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edyth H
Edythe or Edyth is a female given name. It may refer to: Edythe *Edythe Baker (1899–1971), American pianist *Edythe Chapman (1863–1948), American stage and silent film actress * Edythe D. London, professor of psychiatry and behavioral studies at the University of California at Los Angeles * Edythe Lewis, the first black, woman disc jockey in Dayton, Ohio, in the 1950s * Edythe Morahan de Lauzon, Canadian poet * Edythe Shuttleworth (1907–1983), Canadian mezzo-soprano *Edythe Wright (1916–1965), singer who worked with Tommy Dorsey Edyth * Edyth Goodall (1886–1929), Scottish actress * Edyth H. Schoenrich (1919–2020), American physician and educator * Edyth Starkie (1867–1941), Irish portrait painter and sculptor * Edyth Walker (1867–1950), American opera singer See also *Edith Edith is a feminine given name derived from the Old English word , meaning ''wealth'' or ''prosperity'', in combination with the Old English , meaning ''wiktionary:strife, strife'', and is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edyth Starkie
Edyth Starkie (27 November 1867 – March 1941) was an established Irish portrait painter who was married to Arthur Rackham. She was born on the west coast of Ireland at Westcliff House, County Galway. Life and career Early life The youngest of six, she spent most of her youth at Creggane Manor, Rosscarbery, near Cork where her father, William Robert Starkie JP (1824–1897), was a resident magistrate, who had also taught himself to play the violin. Her youthful behavior was said to be so wild and outrageous that at Mass in Skibbereen the parish priest denounced her, along with her cousin Fanny, from the pulpit. In 1883, at the age of sixteen, she set off with her mother (Frances Maria Starkie) for London. There, Edyth enrolled at the Slade School, one of Europe's most progressive art schools. In 1884, she moved to Paris to study art at the Académie Julian under Jules Joseph Lefebvre and Tony Robert-Fleury. She then continued her studies in Germany, where one of her brothers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edyth Walker
Edyth Walker (March 27, 1867 – February 19, 1950) was an American opera singer who had an active international career from the 1890s through the 1910s. She began her career performing roles from the mezzo-soprano repertory, but later successfully added several soprano parts to her repertoire as well. She performed in Italian and French language operas, but had a clear affinity for works in the German language. She particularly excelled in the operas of Richard Wagner. After retiring from the stage, she was active as a voice teacher in both France and the United States. Her voice is preserved on several Gramophone record, gramophone recordings, made mainly for His Master's Voice (British record label), His Master's Voice, between 1902 and 1908. Early life and career Born in Hopewell, New York, Walker had her initial musical training at her church in her native town where she sang in the choir and began performing solos at the age of 14. Her family moved to Rome, New York, where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
