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Janette Knittel
Janette may refer to: People * Janette Ahrens (1925–2016), American figure skater * Janette Barber (born 1953), American comedian, television producer and writer * Janette Hales Beckham (1933–2022), general president of the LDS Young Women Organization * Janette Beckman (born 1959), English photographer * Jan Brittin (1959–2017), English cricketer born Janette Ann Brittin * Janette Carter (1923–2006), American country musician * Janette Anne Dimech (born 1951), Spanish singer who uses the stage name Jeanette * Janette Garin (born 1972), Filipino politician * Janette Geri (1961–2018), Australian singer-songwriter * Janette Turner Hospital (born 1942), Australian writer * Janette Howard (born 1944), wife of the 25th Prime Minister of Australia * Janette Husárová (born 1974), Slovak tennis player * Janette Hill Knox (1845–1920), American reformer, suffragist, teacher, author * Janette Luu (born 1976), television broadcaster * Janette McBride (born 1983), Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janette Ahrens
Janette Louise Buckbee ( Ahrens, December 10, 1925 – April 24, 2016), also known as Deedee Ahrens, was an American Figure skating, figure skater. Life and career Ahrens was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota on December 10, 1925. She attended the University of Minnesota during the 1940s. Ahrens competed as both a single and pair skating, pair skater, first with partner Robert Uppgren and later with Arthur Preusch. She also competed in fours with Uppgren, Mary Louise Premer, and Lyman Wakefield Jr. and won the 1941 North American Figure Skating Championships, North American title. They were called the "St. Louis Four" and were the first team in history that defeated Canada. After becoming a professional skater, she taught skating. Ahrens married Norman Simmons DeCoster in 1947; they divorced and she married Allen Buckbee in December 1985. During the 1970s, Ahrens lived in Minneapolis, Minnesota, but later resided in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, White Bear Lake. She died in Mahtomedi, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janette Hill Knox
Janette Hill Knox (January 24, 1845 – July 28, 1920) was an American temperance reformer, suffragist, teacher, author and editor. She served as President of the New Hampshire State Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). Early life and education Janette Hill was born in Londonderry, Vermont, January 24, 1845. She was the daughter of Lewis Hill, a reverend of the Vermont Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Her mother's maiden name was Olive Marsh. Hill was reared in a quiet New England clerical home. Hill went to school in the various towns to which her father's itinerant assignments took the family, including Vermont public schools. Her education also included at the Vermont Methodist Seminary, Montpelier, Vt. (L.L.A. 1869) (now, Vermont College of Fine Arts), Baker University, Baldwin, Kansas (A.B.), Boston University (A.M. 1879), and Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania (Ph.D.). Career On January 9, 1871, in Craftsbury, Vermont, Hill married the Rev. Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janette Lake, Minnesota
Jeanette Lake is an unorganized territory in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 249 at the 2000 census. State Highway 73 ( MN 73) serves as a main route in the area. The unincorporated communities of Silica and Bengal are located within Janette Lake Unorganized Territory. Janet Lake Wayside Park is located in the area. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the unorganized territory has a total area of 36.2 square miles (93.7 km2), of which 34.7 square miles (89.8 km2) is land and 1.5 square miles (3.9 km2) (4.12%) is water. The lake itself is approximately 612 acres in size and about 15 feet deep at its deepest point. Demographics At the 2000 census there were 249 people, 105 households, and 84 families living in the unorganized territory. The population density was . There were 136 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the unorganized territory was 98.39% White, 0.40% N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forever Knight
''Forever Knight'' is a Canadian television series about Nick Knight (Forever Knight), Nick Knight, an 800-year-old vampire working as a police detective in modern-day Toronto, Ontario. Wracked with guilt for centuries of killing others, he seeks redemption by working as a homicide detective on the night shift while struggling to find a way to become human again. The series premiered on May 5, 1992, and concluded with the third-season finale on May 17, 1996. Plot Nick Knight (Forever Knight), Nick Knight is a Toronto police detective who works the wikt:graveyard shift, graveyard shift with his partner. Unbeknownst to most of his colleagues, Nick is actually Nicholas, an 800-year-old vampire (his human surname was reference to his status as a literal knight in medieval France). Remorseful over centuries spent as a vampiric cold-hearted killer, Nicholas serves the public good as a police officer. He often uses his special abilities to bring criminals to justice. Whenever he works o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janette Scott
Thora Janette Scott (born 14 December 1938) is a British retired actress. Life and career Scott was born on 14 December 1938 in Morecambe, Lancashire, England. She is the daughter of actors Jimmy Scott and Thora Hird and began her career as a child actress known as Janette Scott. Scott was briefly (with Jennifer Gay) one of the so-called "Children's Announcers" providing continuity links for the BBC's children's TV programmes from the Lime Grove Studios in the early 1950s. She became a popular leading lady, appearing as a daughter in ''As Long As They're Happy''. One of her best-known roles was April Smith in the film '' School for Scoundrels'' (1960), based on the "one-upmanship" books by Stephen Potter, in which Ian Carmichael and Terry-Thomas vie for her attention. Some scenes for ''School for Scoundrels'' were shot at a private members club before its current incarnation as a hotel. The hotel hosted a screening in 2016 with Janette Scott attending and answering qu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janette Sadik-Khan
Janette Sadik-Khan (born April 28, 1961) is a former commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation (2007–2013) and an advisor on transportation and urban issues. She works for Bloomberg Associates, a philanthropic consultancy established by former Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg that advises mayors around the world to improve the quality of life for their residents. She serves as chairperson for the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO), a coalition of the transportation departments of 40 large cities nationwide. Early life and education Sadik-Khan was born in San Francisco, California, and moved to New York City as a child. She is the daughter of Orhan Idris Sadik-Khan (1929-2007), managing director of UBS Paine Webber, and his first wife Jane McCarthy, an environmental pioneer, one of the founders of Citizens for Clean Air in NYC, an urban preservationist, Chief Administrator Officer at the Municipal Art Society, and currently an advocate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janette Rallison
Janette Rallison (born April 1, 1966) is an American writer best known for her light romance novels for young adults. She also writes young adult science fiction and fantasy under the pen name C. J. Hill, and adult romantic novels as Sierra St. James. Biography Personal life Rallison was born in 1966. She grew up in Pullman, Washington. Growing up in a small town influenced the settings Rallison writes about in her books. She later moved to Chandler, Arizona. She began writing at the age of six years old, and has continued to write throughout her life in the genres of romance and science fiction. She attended college at Brigham Young University where she studied English Teaching. She is married and has five children, including James Rallison, an Internet personality and animator, better known online as TheOdd1sOut. Rallison is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Writing career Rallison published her first novels though Latter Day Saint movement, LDS publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janette Oke
Janette Oke (née Steeves; born February 18, 1935) (pronounced "oak") is a Canadian author of inspirational fiction. Her books are often set in a pioneer era and centered on female protagonists. Her first novel, ''Love Comes Softly'', was published by Bethany House in 1979. , more than 75 others have followed. The first novel of her ''Canadian West'' series, ''When Calls the Heart'' (1983), became the basis of the current television series of the same name. Biography Janette Steeves was born in Champion, Alberta, to Canadian prairie farmers Fred and Amy (née Ruggles) Steeves, during the Great Depression years. Oke graduated from Mountain View Bible College in Didsbury, Alberta, where she met her future husband, Edward Oke, who later became the president of that college. The Okes have four children, 3 sons and 1 daughter. Oke's daughter has written several books alongside her mother. Oke is a committed Evangelical Christian. She has written many books about her faith. Awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janette Manrara
Janette Manrara Škorjanec (born November 16, 1983) is an American singer, choreographer and professional dancer, and television presenter. She is best known for her appearances on the US series '' So You Think You Can Dance'' and British dance reality television competition, ''Strictly Come Dancing'' (the original version of ''Dancing with the Stars''). She is married to Slovenian dancer and co-star Aljaž Škorjanec. In June 2021, she quit being a dancer to co host '' Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two'' with Rylan Clark, and later Fleur East. Early life Manrara is from Miami, Florida, US. Born to her Cuban parents, Luis and Maritza, Janette is the oldest of three. Originally a singer, learning from her Cuban family, she formally studied dance from the age of 19. She began performing in musical theatre at age 12, and started her formal dance training at 19, studying ballroom, ballet, pointe, jazz and hip-hop. Manrara studied finance at Florida International University, and work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janette McBride
Janette Heather McBride, known professionally as Janet McBride (born 6 November 1983 in Queensland, Australia), is an Australian former actress and television host. Early life Born in Queensland, Australia, Janette Heather McBride is the daughter of Leslie and Fe McBride. Her parents were penpals, her mother is from Borongan, Samar and her father is from Queensland, and is of Scottish-Irish descent. She has one younger brother and four half-siblings from her mother's previous marriage. Career McBride was part of ABS-CBN's Star Circle Batch 8 and appeared in '' Richard Loves Lucy'', ''Kaybol: Ang Bagong TV'' and '' ASAP''. Her breakthrough performance in Philippine cinema came in 2000 when she was cast in Laurice Guillen's award-winning and critically acclaimed film '' Tanging Yaman'' which won her a New Movie Actress of the Year award in the PMPC Star Awards in 2001. The same year, she starred in '' Star Drama Theater Presents: Rave'' with Marvin Agustin, with whom she previ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janette Luu
Janette N. Luu (born March 18, 1976) is a Vietnamese- American broadcaster. Until October 2009, she hosted '' CANOE Live'', a local TV program on Sun TV in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, as Toronto's first-ever Vietnamese TV news anchor. Personal life Luu was born in Big Spring, Texas. Luu's parents came to the United States in 1975, with her birth coming just a year afterward. During her childhood, Luu attended Haley Elementary and Blackhawk Middle School. Luu later attended Snider High School, where she won first place for a speech written for 'Project XL', an Indiana competition sponsored by Farm Bureau and the Indiana High School Athletic Association. Having co-anchored the school's weekly television show known as ''Panther's Pause'', Luu also graduated as valedictorian from Snider High School, having been labeled as "Most Likely to be the First Woman President" in the school yearbook. Luu's parents had many expectations for her that involved a degree in medicine. She had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janette Husárová
Janette Husárová (; born 4 June 1974) is a Slovak former tennis player. On 13 January 2003, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 31. On 21 April 2003, she peaked at No. 3 in the doubles rankings. She won the WTA Tour Championships women's doubles title in 2002, partnering with Elena Dementieva. With Dementieva, she reached the final of US Open doubles competition in the same year, losing to Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez. Playing for Slovakia Fed Cup team, Husárová has a win–loss record of 17–12. Together with Daniela Hantuchová, she was a member of the Slovak team winning the Fed Cup in 2002. In her career, Husárová won 25 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, including the season-ending WTA Championships and three Tier I The WTA Tier I tournaments were Women's Tennis Association tennis elite tournaments held from 1990 until the end of the 2008 season. From 1988 to 1990, the different levels of WTA tournaments were referred to by the term ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |