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Jenney may refer to: ;People *Jack Jenney (1910–1945), jazz trombonist *Lucinda Jenney (born 1954), American actress * Neil Jenney (born 1945), self-taught artist * Newton-Jenney Party led by Henry Newton and Walter P. Jenney * Ralph E. Jenney (1883–1945), United States federal judge and attorney *William Le Baron Jenney (1832–1907), American architect and engineer ;Locations * Jenney Grist Mill, working grist mill located in Plymouth, Massachusetts * Jenney Stockade Site, stage station on the Cheyenne-Deadwood route near Newcastle, Wyoming See also * Janney (other) * Jeannie (other) * Jeanny (other) *Jennie (other) *Jenny (other) Jenny may refer to: * Jenny (given name), a popular feminine name and list of real and fictional people * Jenny (surname), a family name Animals * Jenny (donkey), a female donkey * Jenny (elephant), a female elephant in the German Army in Worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Jenney
Truman Eliot "Jack" Jenney (May 12, 1910 – December 16, 1945) was an American jazz trombonist. Early life Born in Mason City, Iowa, Jenney first played trumpet, then switched to trombone. His father was a musician and music teacher. Jenney performed in his father's band from age 11, but his professional work began with Austin Wylie in 1928. Career During his career, Jenney worked with Isham Jones, Red Norvo, Artie Shaw, Mal Hallett, and Waring's Pennsylvanians. He appeared in the film ''Syncopation''.AllMusicbiography He has been called "the greatest trombonist of the Big Band era" and won the ''DownBeat'' Reader's Poll for trombone in 1940. He led his own band for a year in 1938 and 1939, but it was a financial failure. He was drafted into the United States Navy in 1943, but also played as a studio musician the following year. Death He died on December 16, 1945, in Los Angeles, from complications following an appendectomy An appendectomy (American English) or a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucinda Jenney
Lucinda Jenney is an American actress. Personal life Jenney is married to actor Bill Moseley. Jenney was previously married to artist John Swanger, from 1989 to 1991. Early life Jenney was born in New York, NY. Career She began her acting career in 1979 with the film ''Impostors''. Several roles followed throughout the 1980s, with appearances in the 1986 comedy '' The Whoopee Boys'', '' Peggy Sue Got Married'', with Kathleen Turner and Nicolas Cage. She appeared as 'Iris' in '' Rain Man'', starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise. In 1991, Jenney portrayed the waitress 'Lena' in Ridley Scott's ''Thelma & Louise''; the following year, she appeared in '' American Heart'', a film which earned her an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female. Jenney played the role of 'Anne Loomis' in the Joe Dante comedy '' Matinee'', with John Goodman and Cathy Moriarty. During the nineties, she appeared in much smaller roles including '' Mr. Jones'' with Richard Gere, and ''Leavi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Jenney
Neil Jenney is an American painter and sculptor born on November 6, 1945, in Torrington, Connecticut, and working in New York City. He attended Massachusetts College of Art from 1964 to 1966. In 1966 he moved to New York City, where he continues to reside. He initially worked as a taxicab driver, and scrounged some of his art materials from dumpsters. His early artwork focused on interior environmental sculpture, but he found that his paintings were more successful in generating sufficient income. He initially painted mostly with acrylics in a deliberately crude style, but soon taught himself to do more-refined oil painting on wood panels; more recently, he has used canvas for his larger works. Since 1969, the artist has emphasized framing of his artwork, with various types of physical frames or with painted frames. He is interested in both the symbolic and physical framing of his artworks. His paintings often feature a stark dark-colored frame, with a stenciled title of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph E
Ralph (pronounced or ) is a male name of English origin, derived from the Old English ''Rædwulf'' and Old High German ''Radulf'', cognate with the Old Norse ''Raðulfr'' (''rað'' "counsel" and ''ulfr'' "wolf"). The most common forms are: * Ralph, the common variant form in English, which takes either of the given pronunciations. * Rafe, variant form which is less common; this spelling is always pronounced . * Raif, a very rare variant. Raif Rackstraw from H.M.S. Pinafore * Ralf, the traditional variant form in Dutch, German, Swedish, and Polish. * Ralfs, the traditional variant form in Latvian. * Raoul, the traditional variant form in French. * Raúl, the traditional variant form in Spanish. * Raul, the traditional variant form in Portuguese and Italian. * Raül, the traditional variant form in Catalan. * Rádhulbh, the traditional variant form in Irish. First name Middle Ages * Ralph the Timid (died 1057), pre-Conquest Norman earl of Hereford, England * Ralp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Le Baron Jenney
William Le Baron Jenney (September 25, 1832 – June 14, 1907) was an American architect and engineer known for building the first skyscraper in 1884. In 1998, Jenney was ranked number 89 in the book ''1,000 Years, 1,000 People: Ranking the Men and Women Who Shaped the Millennium''. Life and career Jenney was born in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, on September 25, 1832, the son of William Proctor Jenney and Eliza LeBaron Gibbs. Jenney began his formal education at Phillips Academy, Andover, in 1846, and at the Lawrence Scientific school at Harvard in 1853, but transferred to École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures (École Centrale Paris) to study engineering and architecture. In Paris he discovers the writings of Viollet-le-Duc and he will become one of his followers: "''the research and discoveries of Viollet le Duc surpass anything that any other author has been able to write".'' At École Centrale Paris, he learned the latest iron construction techniques as well as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenney Grist Mill
The Plimoth Grist Mill (formerly the Jenney Grist Mill) is a working grist mill located in Plymouth, Massachusetts. It is a reconstruction of the original Jenney Grist Mill, and it stands on the site of the original mill. History John Jenney, a Pilgrims (Plymouth Colony), Pilgrim who arrived in Plymouth in 1623 on the ship ''Little James'', erected the original grist mill in Plymouth in 1636. Jenney died in 1644, leaving the mill to his wife, Sarah. Sarah operated the mill until her own death. One of their sons, Samuel, eventually sold it in 1683 to Charles Stockbridge, the owner of another mill in the nearby town of Scituate, Massachusetts, Scituate. Stockbridge died shortly after purchasing the Jenney's old mill, leading his widow to sell the mill again, this time to Nathanial Church, brother of Benjamin Church (ranger), Benjamin Church. The Church family operated the mill until ownership was split up amongst numerous people beginning in the 1720s. In the mid-1840s, a fire en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
