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Laplante (surname)
Laplante or LaPlante or la Plante is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include: * André Laplante (born 1949), Canadian pianist * Charles Laplante dit Champagne (1838–1907), lawyer, judge and political figure in Quebec *Courtney LaPlante (born 1989), vocalist of Canadian metal band Spiritbox * Darryl Laplante (born 1977), retired Canadian professional ice hockey centre * Deby LaPlante (born 1953), American hurdler * Joseph Normand Laplante (born 1965), federal judge for the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire * Laurent Laplante (1934–2017), Canadian journalist and essayist *Laura La Plante (1904–1996), American film actress *Lynda La Plante (born 1943), English author, screenwriter and former actress *Mike LaPlante (born 1966), American college basketball coach *Violet La Plante (1908–1984), American film actress; sister of Laura La Plante Laura La Plante (born Laura Laplante; November 1, 1904 – October 14, 1996) was an American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Laplante
André Laplante, (born November 12, 1949) is a Canadian ( Québécois) pianist. He received a 2004 Juno Award for the 2003 recording ''Concertos: Music of Jacques Hétu''. He is considered to be a Franz Liszt specialist and is also much associated with the music of Maurice Ravel. Education and early career Born in Rimouski, Quebec, Canada, Laplante began studying piano at seven and continued after 1964 at the École Vincent-d'Indy with Natalie Pépin and Yvonne Hubert. In 1965 he won the Montreal Symphony Orchestra (MSO) Matinées prize for young performers, and in 1968 he took first prize at the MSO Concours and the Quebec Music Festivals. He continued his studies during 19701971 in New York at the Juilliard School with Sascha Gorodnitzki and, with the aid of Canada Council grants, during 19711974 in Paris with Yvonne Lefébure. He worked again in 19761978 at Juilliard with Gorodnitzki. By this time he had performed as soloist with several Canadian orchestras, and in 19741975 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Champagne (MLA For Deux-Montagnes)
Charles Laplante dit Champagne (; October 16, 1838 – December 22, 1907) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Quebec. He represented Deux-Montagnes in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1876 to 1882 as a Conservative. His name also appears as Charles Champagne. He was born in Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada, the son of Charles Laplante dit Champagne and Christine Andrave. He was educated at the Séminaire de Sainte-Thérèse-de-Blainville and worked on the family farm, going on to study law with Gédéon Ouimet and Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau. In 1860, he married Aglaé Éthier. He was admitted to the Lower Canada bar in 1865. Champagne was first elected to the Quebec assembly in an 1876 by-election held after Gédéon Ouimet resigned his seat. He resigned his seat in 1882 and ran unsuccessfully for reelection later that year. Champagne was named to the Legislative Council of Quebec for Mille-Isles division in 1883 and served until 1888, when he was named a magistrat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Courtney LaPlante
Courtney LaPlante (born February 26, 1989) is an American singer best known as the lead vocalist of the Canadian Heavy metal music, heavy metal band Spiritbox. Born in the United States, LaPlante began singing in bands as a teenager after moving to Canada. She first gained success as the lead singer of the now-defunct American metalcore band Iwrestledabearonce. As the successor of the band's original vocalist, LaPlante recorded and performed with the band from 2012 until 2015. She left the group months after the release of her second album with them, ''Hail Mary (Iwrestledabearonce album), Hail Mary'' (2015). In 2016, LaPlante returned to Canada with longtime bandmate Mike Stringer, where the two married; they have played together in each of LaPlante's bands. Desiring to have their own creative identity following their experience in Iwrestledabearonce, the pair founded Spiritbox in 2017. They have released two studio albums, ''Eternal Blue (album), Eternal Blue'' (2021), ''Tsunam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spiritbox
Spiritbox is a Canadian Heavy metal music, heavy metal band, originally from Victoria, British Columbia, publicly established by guitarist Mike Stringer and vocalist Courtney LaPlante in October 2017. The band's full lineup comprises married couple LaPlante and Stringer alongside drummer Zev Rose and bassist Josh Gilbert (musician), Josh Gilbert. The band's style incorporates electronic elements and draws from a variety of influences, crossing multiple heavy metal genres, metal subgenres with its roots in metalcore and progressive metal. Their music is currently released through their label, Pale Chord, via a partnership with Rise Records. LaPlante and Stringer had been members of Iwrestledabearonce, but were dissatisfied with their roles and founded Spiritbox to better express themselves artistically. They released a debut extended play, ''Spiritbox'' (2017), followed by a second EP, ''Singles Collection'' (2019), with an expanded lineup. Spiritbox initially built their fanbase ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darryl Laplante
Darryl Laplante (born March 28, 1977) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played in 35 career National Hockey League games for the Detroit Red Wings. He is currently a non-competitive pond hockey player for the Steelhawks Playing career After three seasons in the Western Hockey League with the Moose Jaw Warriors, Laplante made his professional debut with Red Wings' AHL affiliate, the Adirondack Red Wings in the 1997–98 season. He also appeared in two NHL games with Detroit that season. Laplante spent the next two seasons in the Detroit organization. He was included on the 1998 Detroit Red Wings Stanley Cup winning picture, but left off cup (did not qualify). He then was selected in the 2000 NHL Expansion Draft by the Minnesota Wild. He never appeared in a game with the Wild, however, spending the 2000–01 season with the Wild's International Hockey League affiliate, the Cleveland Lumberjacks. During the 2001–02 season, Laplante was traded to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deby LaPlante
Deborah C. "Deby" LaPlante (, in second marriage Smith; born April 3, 1953) is an American retired female track and field athlete. She competed in the hurdles event. She twice won a medal at the Pan American Games during her career. LaPlante set her personal best in the women's 100m hurdles event on June 16, 1979, clocking 12.86 in Walnut, California Walnut is a city in the eastern part of Los Angeles County in the U.S. state of California. According to the 2020 census, the city had a population of 28,430. The greater Walnut Valley is located between the steep San Jose Hills to the nort .... Deby was voted to the San Diego State Univ Hall of Fame. Deby LaPlant Sweezey later competed in Masters Track and Field winning the 1995 World Masters Championship (W40) in the hurdles. 1993 Deby held the Masters W40 World Record in the 80 meter hurdles.National Masters News, May 1997 Page 21 of 44Retrieved Dec 28, 2020 References External links * Debbie LaPlante (née Lansk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Normand Laplante
Joseph Normand Laplante (born July 27, 1965) is an American attorney and jurist serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire. Early life and education Laplante was born in Nashua, New Hampshire. He received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Georgetown University in 1987. He received a Juris Doctor from the Georgetown University Law School in 1990. Career Laplante worked in private practice in New Hampshire, from 1990 to 1993. He was a senior assistant attorney general in the Office of the Attorney General of the State of New Hampshire, from 1993 to 1998. He was a trial attorney in the Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice, from 1998 to 1999. He was an assistant United States attorney in the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts from 2000 to 2002 and served as first assistant United States attorney in the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurent Laplante
Joseph Lucien Laurent Laplante (March 3, 1934Joseph Lucien Laurent Laplante's date of birth is taken from his baptismal certificate from the parish of Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs in Verdun, birth 57, sheet 10v of the year 1934. Baptized on March 4, 1934 and born yesterday. – March 15, 2017) was a Canadian journalist, essayist and detective writer. He is the author of 20 books. Early life Laurent Laplante was born in 1934 in Verdun, Quebec, Canada. He studied literature, history, philosophy and government. Career Laplante taught at Université Laval. He became a journalist for ''Le Devoir'', ''L’Action'', ''Le Jour'', ''Le Droit'' and ''Le Soleil''. He was also a television and radio presenter, an essayist and the author of 20 books, including detective fiction. He was a member of the ''Union des écrivaines et des écrivains québécois''. Laplante won the 1996 Olivar-Asselin Award for his defense of the French language in Quebec through his journalism. He also received the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura La Plante
Laura La Plante (born Laura Laplante; November 1, 1904 – October 14, 1996) was an American film actress, whose more notable performances were in the silent era. Early life La Plante was born in St. Louis, Missouri on November 1, 1904, the daughter of William A. Laplante and Elizabeth E. Turk. Her father taught dancing. After her parents were divorced her mother took her and her sister Violet to live in San Diego. In her teens, La Plante stayed with Mary MacMahon, her cousin, in Hollywood during a summer vacation and replied to a newspaper ad asking for children for moving pictures, and she was hired. After this, La Plante's mother started to lose her hearing, and her cousin Mary persuaded her to try more work in motion pictures to earn money for the family. La Plante became an extra with The Christie Film Company on Gower Street. Silent film career La Plante made her acting debut at age 15, and in 1923, she was named as one of that year's WAMPAS Baby Stars. During the 1920s, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lynda La Plante
Lynda Joy La Plante, CBE (née Titchmarsh; born 15 March 1943) is an English author, screenwriter and former actress often known for writing the '' Prime Suspect'' television crime series. In 2024 she was honoured with the Crime Writers' Association of Britain's Diamond Dagger award for her outstanding lifetime's contribution to the crime and mystery fiction genre. Early life Lynda La Plante was born Lynda Joy Titchmarsh on 15 March 1943 in Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire. La Plante's older sister Dail was killed in a road accident, at the age of five, before she was born. Her younger sister, Gill Titchmarsh is a casting director, and the two have often worked together. They also had a brother who was a doctor. Raised in Crosby, Liverpool, La Plante trained for the stage at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. After finishing her studies, using the stage name Lynda Marchal, she appeared with the Royal Shakespeare Company in a variety of productions, as well as popular televisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike LaPlante
Michael McCormick LaPlante (born October 27, 1966) is an American college basketball coach, who coached Jacksonville State University for eight seasons. sports-reference. His contract was not renewed following the 2007–08 season. Before becoming the head men's basketball coach at JSU, LaPlante served as an assistant coach at Auburn University, University of Maine and Yale University. LaPlante also worked as a consultant to the Senegalese Basketball Federation. Personal LaPlante was born in Holyoke, Massachusetts to Edward and Phyllis LaPlante. He is a 1989 graduate of the University of Maine with a B.S. in Education and earned his J.D. degree from the Birmingham School of Law in 2012. He is licensed to practice law in the State of Alabama. LaPlante is married to the former Leslie Henson and has fo ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Violet La Plante
Violet La Plante (born Violet LaPlant; January 17, 1908 – June 1, 1984), also known as Violet Avon, was an American silent films, silent film actress. Biography Violet La Plante, born in Missouri, was the younger sister of future Hollywood star Laura La Plante, and started acting in the early 1920s, adapting her surname to "La Plante", like her sister. Her first film was in 1924, starring opposite Buddy Roosevelt, in ''Battling Buddy''. She starred in four films in 1924. The following year, she made just one film, but was included in the WAMPAS Baby Stars (at the time, baby star was common slang for starlet). Her sister Laura was a 1923 WAMPAS Baby Stars. Despite the title as a WAMPAS Baby Star, she never achieved the same level of success as her sister. In 1926 and 1927, she starred in only one film for each year, then in 1928 she had only two films. Her career ended before the advent of sound films, and her last role was in the 1928 film ''How to Handle Women''. She died ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
