|
Lenore (given Name)
Lenore is a feminine, rarely masculine, given name which may refer to: *Lenore Aubert (1913–1993), American actress * Lenore E. Bixby (1914–1994), American statistician *Lenore Blum (born 1942), American mathematician and professor of computer science * Lenore Chinn (born 1949), American artist *Lenore Coffee (1896–1984), American writer *Lenore Kandel (1932–2009), American poet *Lenore Kight (1911–2000), American swimmer * Lenore RS Lim (born 1945), Filipino artist *Lenore Manderson (born 1951), Australian medical anthropologist *Lenore Marshall (1899–1971), American poet, novelist and activist *Lenore Miller (1932–2025), American labor union leader * Lenore Muraoka (born 1955), American golfer * Lenore Carrero Nesbitt (1932–2001), American judge * Lenore Raphael (born 1942), American jazz pianist and educator *Lenore Romney (1908–1998), wife of American businessman and politician George W. Romney and mother of politician Mitt Romney *Lenore Skenazy (1907–2007) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenore Aubert
Lenore Aubert (born Eleonore Maria Leisner, April 18, 1913The book ''Women in Horror Films, 1940s'' says that Aubert was born "on April 18, 1913 (although 1918 was given in publicity)." – July 31, 1993) was a model and Hollywood actress best known for her movie roles as exotic, mysterious women. Early years Aubert was born in what is now Celje, Slovenia (what was at the time the Austro-Hungarian Empire). She grew up in Vienna. Career In New York, she found work as a model and was eventually offered a stage role as Lorraine Sheldon in ''The Man Who Came to Dinner'' at the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego. She began her U.S. film career in the early 1940s, taking the French-sounding screen name Lenore Aubert. Her European accent limited her choice of roles, and she played such parts as a Nazi spy and a French war bride. She was most fond of her role in the 1947 film '' I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now'', playing glamorous entertainer Fritzi Barrington. Her best-known role ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenore Muraoka
Lenore Muraoka Rittenhouse (born December 12, 1955) is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is an American organization for female golfers. The organization is headquartered at LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Florida, and is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of weekly .... She played under her maiden name, Lenore Muraoka, until her marriage in 1987, and then under her married name, Lenore Rittenhouse. Muraoka won once on the LPGA Tour in 1983. Muraoka Rittenhouse was inducted into the Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame in 2010. Professional wins LPGA Tour wins (1) LPGA Tour playoff record (0–1) References External links * American female golfers LPGA Tour golfers Golfers from Honolulu University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa alumni American sportspeople of Japanese descent 1955 births Living people 20th-century American sportswomen 21st-century American women {{US-golf-bio-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenore Zann
Lenore Zann (born November 22, 1959) is a Canadian actress and politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Cumberland—Colchester in the House of Commons of Canada as a member of the Liberal Party. Before entering federal politics, she represented the electoral district of Truro-Bible Hill in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2009 until 2019 as a member of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party and from June 9, 2019, until September 12, 2019, as an independent. As an actress, Zann is known for providing the voice of Rogue in various X-Men series and games. Life and career Zann was born on November 22, 1959, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, the daughter of Janice, a high school teacher, and Paul Zann, a professor. Her great-grandfather, named Zaninovich (Zaninović), came to Australia from Croatia. She emigrated with her parents to Canada in 1968, first to Regina, Saskatchewan, then to Truro, Nova Scotia, and later graduated from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenore Ulric
Lenore Ulric (born Lenore Ulrich; July 21, 1892 – December 30, 1970) was a star of the Broadway theatre as well as Hollywood films of the silent-film and early sound era. Discovered in 1913 by theater director David Belasco, who would go on to manage her stage career, she was noted for portraying fiery, hot-blooded women of the vamp type. Early life, theater, and silent films Lenore Ulrich was born on July 21, 1892, to Franz Xavier Ulrich, who was a United States Army hospital steward, and Ida Ulrich (née Engenhart). Both of her parents were first generation German-Americans. Franz reportedly named his daughter Lenore due to his fondness for the Edgar Allan Poe poem, "The Raven". She later dropped the "h" from her surname."Lenore Ulric, Broadway Star of Belasco Era, Is Dead at 78", ''New York Times'', December 31, 1970 She had four sisters, Isabel, Francis, Alma, and Florence, and a brother, Roy Richard. She left school after completing 3rd grade. As a young girl, Lenore obt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenore Tawney
Lenore Tawney (born Leonora Agnes Gallagher; May 10, 1907 – September 24, 2007) was an American artist working in fiber art, collage, Assemblage (art), assemblage, and drawing. She is considered to be a groundbreaking artist for the elevation of craft processes to fine art status, two communities which were previously mutually exclusive. Tawney was born and raised in an Irish-American family in Lorain, Ohio near Cleveland and later moved to Chicago to start her career. In the 1940s and 50s, she studied art at several different institutions and perfected her craft as a weaver. In 1957, she moved to New York where she maintained a highly successful career into the 1960's. In the 1970s Tawney focused increasingly on her spirituality, but continued to make work until her death. Early life and education Tawney was one of five children born in Lorain, Ohio to Irish mother Sarah Jennings and Irish-American father William Gallagher. In 1927, she left home at age 20 to move to Chicago, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenore Smith
Lenore Smith (born 25 October 1958) is an Australian actress best known for her work in television. Internationally, she is best known for her role as Kate Wellings in the drama series ''The Flying Doctors''. Career Smith studied economics as a teenager, but after being dissuaded by a teacher, she decided to take a course at Ensemble Studios in Sydney and become an actress. After being there for just over two years, Smith landed her first role in ''The Restless Years'' as Diane Archer. Smith left Australia after ''The Restless Years'' to work in London, but received a telegram asking her to return to play a role in ''The Flying Doctors''. Smith accepted and came back to Australia to begin work on the TV series. Lenore embarked on higher education later in life after a long and successful career as an actor in television, stage and screen. Lenore graduated with a Bachelor of Podiatry degree, 1st Class Honours, at Central Queensland University. Lenore is a member of the Austra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenore Skenazy
Lenore Skenazy () is an American speaker, blogger, syndicated columnist, author, and Reality television, reality show host, known for her activism in favor of free-range parenting. In 2008, she wrote a controversial column on her decision to let her then-9-year-old son take the New York City Subway home alone. The piece became a national story, prompting massive media attention. She was dubbed "America's Worst Mom". In response, Skenazy wrote ''Free-Range Kids,'' adding a blog of the same name. She is the president of Let Grow, co-founded in 2018 with Daniel Shuchman, Peter Gray (psychologist), Peter Gray and Jonathan Haidt, an organisation advocating free-range parenting. Early life Skenazy is a 1981 graduate of Yale University. She got her master's degree from Columbia in 1983. Career Skenazy spent fourteen years as a columnist for the ''New York Daily News'', but was fired in December 2006. She wrote about “intriguing oddballs”, such as a couple who got married under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenore Romney
Lenore LaFount Romney (; November 9, 1908 – July 7, 1998) was an American actress and political figure. The wife of businessman and politician George W. Romney, she was First Lady of Michigan from 1963 to 1969. She was the Republican Party nominee for the U.S. Senate in 1970 from Michigan. Her younger son, Mitt Romney, was a U.S. senator from Utah, a former governor of Massachusetts, and was the 2012 Republican presidential nominee. Lenore LaFount was born in Logan, Utah, and raised in Salt Lake City. She went to Latter-day Saints High School, where she developed an interest in drama and first met George Romney. She attended the University of Utah and George Washington University, graduating from the latter in 1929. She studied acting at the American Laboratory Theatre in New York, then went to Hollywood, where she became a bit player who appeared in a number of films with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Turning down a contract offer with them, she married George Romney in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenore Raphael
Lenore Raphael (born Lenore Hyams; June 1, 1942) is an American jazz pianist and educator influenced by Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans, and George Shearing. Early life Raphael was born in New York City. She studied classical music at the High School of Music & Art in Manhattan, going on to New York University, where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in music. As a teenage prodigy, she performed in a classical concert at Carnegie Hall. She gave up a career as a music teacher and switched to playing jazz professionally after hearing Oscar Peterson in concert. She studied jazz piano under Barry Harris and Mike Longo. Later life and career Raphael has performed with Lionel Hampton, Ken Peplowski, Illinois Jacquet and Clark Terry . A composer as well as performer, her tribute tune to Oscar Peterson following his death ("Blues for OP") premièred at a memorial concert for Peterson at the International Association for Jazz Convention in Toronto, Ontario. Her compositions also include ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenore Carrero Nesbitt
Lenore Carrero Nesbitt (July 19, 1932 – October 6, 2001) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Education and career Nesbitt was born in Miami, Florida. She received an Associate of Arts degree from Stephens College in 1952. She received a Bachelor of Science degree from Northwestern University in 1954. She received a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Miami School of Law in 1957. She was a research assistant for the Florida First District Court of Appeal in Tallahassee from 1957 to 1959. She was in private practice of law in Miami from 1960 to 1963. She was a special assistant state attorney general of the State of Florida from 1961 to 1963. She was a research assistant for the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida in Dade County from 1963 to 1965. She returned to private practice in Miami from 1969 to 1975. She was a counsel for the Florida State Board of Medical Examiners from 1970 to 1971. State Ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenore Miller
Lenore Miller (March 10, 1932 – June 2, 2025) was an American labor union leader. Life and career Born in Union City, New Jersey, Miller studied at Rutgers University, Purdue University, and The New School for Social Research. In 1958, she began working as a secretary at the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), and was soon promoted to become assistant to the union's president. In 1978, she was elected as a vice president of the union, then in 1980, as its secretary-treasurer. In 1986, she was elected as president of the union, the first woman to serve in the post. The following year, she became a vice president of the AFL-CIO and the first woman union president to serve on the federation's executive council. As the leader of the union, Miller campaigned for improved day care provision, and for family leave to be more widely available. She campaigned on health and safety at work, and for the representation of low paid workers by unions. She served on the ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenore E
Lenore may refer to: __NOTOC__ Arts and entertainment * "Lenore" (poem), by Edgar Allan Poe *Lenore, an unrelated character in the poem "The Raven", also by Edgar Allan Poe * "Lenore" (ballad), a 1773 poem by Gottfried August Bürger * "Lenore" (melodrama), a melodrama by Franz Liszt after Gottfried August Bürger's ballad * Symphony No. 5 (Raff), a symphony by Joachim Raff entitled "Lenore" *the title character of ''Lenore, the Cute Little Dead Girl'', a comic series Places * Lenore, Idaho, an unincorporated community * Lenore, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Lake Lenore (Washington) * Lenore Lake (Saskatchewan), Canada People * Lenore (given name), a list of people See also *Leonore (other) Leonore may refer to: * Leonore (given name), a list of people with the name * The title character, and original title, of Beethoven's opera '' Fidelio'' * '' Léonore, ou L'amour conjugal'', a 1798 opera by Pierre Gaveaux * Leonore, Illinois, a ... * Lenora (disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
