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Myrna
Myrna is the anglicized form of the Irish name ''Muirne'' and may refer to: *Myrna Anselma (1936–2008), Dutch Antillean fencer *Myrna Blyth (born 1939), American editor and writer * Myrna Brown (1959–2007), African-American singer and songwriter best known as Screechy Peach *Myrna Clark, New Democratic Party candidate, Canada *Myrna Combellack, academic researcher and writer of the Institute of Cornish Studies *Myrna Culbreath (born 1938), American science fiction writer *Myrna Cunningham, Miskita feminist and indigenous rights activist from Nicaragua *Myrna Dell (1924–2011), American actress, model, and writer * Myrna Dey, Canadian writer and novelist *Myrna Driedger, politician in Manitoba, Canada *Myrna Fahey (1933–1973), American actress, played Maria Crespo in Walt Disney's ''Zorro'' * Myrna Fyfe (born 1941), retired Canadian provincial level politician and hospital administrator *Myrna Gopnik, Professor Emerita of Linguistics at McGill University *Myrna Hague, Jamaican ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myrna Loy
Myrna Loy (born Myrna Adele Williams; August 2, 1905 – December 14, 1993) was an American film, television and stage actress. Trained as a dancer, Loy devoted herself fully to an acting career following a few minor roles in silent films. She was originally typecast in exotic roles, often as a vamp or a woman of Asian descent, but her career prospects improved greatly following her portrayal of Nora Charles in '' The Thin Man'' (1934). Born in Helena, Montana, Loy was raised in rural Radersburg during her early childhood, before relocating to Los Angeles with her mother in her early adolescence. There, she began studying dance, and trained extensively throughout her high school education. She was discovered by production designer Natacha Rambova, who helped facilitate film auditions for her, and she began obtaining small roles in the late 1920s, mainly portraying vamps. Her role in ''The Thin Man'' helped elevate her reputation as a versatile actress, and she reprised ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myrna Opsahl
Myrna is the anglicized form of the Irish name ''Muirne'' and may refer to: *Myrna Anselma (1936–2008), Dutch Antillean fencer * Myrna Blyth (born 1939), American editor and writer * Myrna Brown (1959–2007), African-American singer and songwriter best known as Screechy Peach *Myrna Clark, New Democratic Party candidate, Canada * Myrna Combellack, academic researcher and writer of the Institute of Cornish Studies *Myrna Culbreath (born 1938), American science fiction writer *Myrna Cunningham, Miskita feminist and indigenous rights activist from Nicaragua *Myrna Dell (1924–2011), American actress, model, and writer * Myrna Dey, Canadian writer and novelist *Myrna Driedger, politician in Manitoba, Canada *Myrna Fahey (1933–1973), American actress, played Maria Crespo in Walt Disney's ''Zorro'' * Myrna Fyfe (born 1941), retired Canadian provincial level politician and hospital administrator *Myrna Gopnik, Professor Emerita of Linguistics at McGill University *Myrna Hague, Jamaica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myrna Fahey
Myrna Fahey (March 12, 1933 – May 6, 1973) was an American actress known for her role as Maria Crespo in '' Walt Disney's Zorro'' and as Madeline Usher in '' The Fall of the House of Usher''. She appeared in episodes of 37 television series from the 1950s into the 1970s, including ''Bonanza'', ''Wagon Train'', ''The Time Tunnel'' with Robert Colbert, '' Maverick'' with James Garner, ''77 Sunset Strip'' with Efrem Zimbalist Jr., '' Laramie'', ''Gunsmoke'' with James Arness, '' The Adventures of Superman'' with George Reeves, '' Kraft Suspense Theatre'', ''Daniel Boone'' with Fess Parker, '' Perry Mason'' with Raymond Burr, and ''Batman'' with Adam West and Burt Ward. Early years Myrna Elisabeth Fahey was born in Carmel, Maine, near Bangor, the youngest of three children for Francis Edward Fahey and Olivia Newcomb. She attended Carmel Grammar School until age six, along with her older brothers. By early 1940 the family had moved to Southwest Harbor, where her father took ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myrna Hague
Dr. Myrna Hague-Bradshaw, better known as Myrna Hague, known as "Jamaica's First Lady of Jazz", is a Jamaican lovers rock and jazz singer and actress, who recorded for Coxsone Dodd's Studio One. Biography Hague's career began in the mid-1960s.Olivia Leigh Campbell (2006),Myrna Hague: Over the cancer trauma and searching – Ten questions for Myrna Hague, ''Jamaica Observer'', 9 January 2006. She performed at jazz venues in London and recorded for Studio One, notably the ''Melody Life'' album.McDonald-Whyte, Novia (2008),There's Something About Myrna, ''Jamaica Observer'', 27 January 2008. ''Melody Life'' included some of her most popular singles, including the title track, "How Could I Live", and " First Cut Is The Deepest".''Melody Life'' at Roots Archives.Cooke, Mel (2011) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myrna Hansen
Myrna Hansen (born August 5, 1934) is an American actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss USA 1953. Education Hansen is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond E. Hansen. She graduated from Carl Schurz High School in Chicago, Illinois, in June 1953. Prior to competing in the 1953 Miss Universe contest, Hansen planned to study animal husbandry in Colorado. She had already mailed her tuition for admission to college, aspiring to become a veterinarian. Beauty contestant Hansen was chosen Miss Photoflash of 1953 by the Chicago Press Photographers Association. She was entered in the Miss USA contest by virtue of winning this title. She was 5'7" tall and weighed 125 pounds. Her measurements included a 37 ''-'' inch bust, 25 ''-'' inch waist, and 35 ''-'' inch hips. By the end of 1955 her bust had increased by an inch. Her measurements read 38 ''-'' 25 ''-'' 33. She is a blond with brown eyes. For winning the Miss USA crown Hansen was awarded a Hillman Minx converti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myrna Culbreath
Myrna Lou Culbreath (born September 1, 1938) is an American science fiction writer and editor, most well known for the ''Star Trek'' tie-in novels and anthologies cowritten with Sondra Marshak. Culbreath was a founding editor of the libertarian editorial magazine ''The Fire Bringer''. Her analysis of the ''Star Trek'' character Spock, originally published in an issue of ''The Fire Bringer'', was lauded by Gene Roddenberry as the "best analysis ever done" of the character. Early life According to a local newspaper in Colorado Springs, Culbreath operated a tutoring school in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in the early 1960s. The school offered preparation for GED and CLEP tests, as well as reading classes for students with disabilities and disabled veterans. The school had branch offices in Denver and Cortez. Culbreath is an objectivist and a libertarian, and she was a member of the Young Americans for Freedom. She attended the first Libertarian Party convention in June 1972. Fru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myrna Herzog
Myrna Herzog (born in Rio de Janeiro, 1 December 1951) is a Brazilian born Israeli musician, player of the viol/viola da gamba and baroque cello, conductor, and researcher in the field of viols. Musical career The Brazilian-born Herzog started her professional career in 1972 as one of the winners of the Young Soloists competition of the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra (OSB). Her early music involved the groups Kalenda Maya (1970–72) and Pro-Arte Antiqua (1971–74). In 1973 she founded Quadro Cervantes with Rosana Lanzelotte. In 1983 she founded Brazil's first Baroque Orchestra Academia Antiqua Pro-Arte. In 1992 Herzog immigrated to Israel, where she taught the first generation of sabra viola da gamba players. Dr. Herzog is known to have studied the viol with Judith Davidoff and Wieland Kuijken. Since 1998, she has been the musical director and conductor of the Ensemble PHOENIX of early instruments. Herzog has also worked in opera. Notably, she transcribed, edited, cast, directed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myrna Dell
Myrna Dell (born Marilyn Adele Dunlap; March 5, 1924 – February 11, 2011) was an American actress, model, and writer who appeared in numerous motion pictures and television programs over four decades. A Hollywood glamour girl in the early part of her career, she is best known today for her work in B-pictures, particularly film noir thrillers and Westerns. Early life and career Dell's mother was silent-film actress Carol Price. Dell entered show business when she was 16 as a dancer with the Earl Carroll Revue in New York. Her film debut came in '' A Night at Earl Carroll's'' (1940), after which she appeared in ''Ziegfeld Girl'' (1941), ''Raiders of Red Gap'' (1943), 'and ''Up in Arms'' (1943). She found work at Monogram Pictures, a "budget" studio specializing in inexpensive entertainments for double-feature theaters. She appeared as an ingenue in a B-western, ''Arizona Whirlwind'' (1944), with silent-screen veterans Ken Maynard, Hoot Gibson, and Bob Steele. She signed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myrna Mack
Myrna Mack Chang (24 October 1949 – 11 September 1990) was a Guatemalan anthropologist. In 1990, she was assassinated by elements in the Guatemalan military due to her criticism of the Guatemala government's treatment of the indigenous Maya, and human rights abuses against the people in general. Due to her sister's pursuit of justice, Mack's killer was convicted and upper-level superiors tried in precedent-setting cases before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in Costa Rica. In 2004 the government of Guatemala acknowledged its responsibility and paid her family financial compensation. Biography Myrna Mack Chang was born in Barrio San Nicolás, Retalhuleu Department, in southwest Guatemala. Her mother was Chinese and her father was Mayan. Myrna had a younger sister, Helen. After attending local schools, the elder Mack went abroad for college. She studied anthropology in the United Kingdom, at both the University of Manchester and Durham University. Upon returni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myrna Lorrie
Myrna Lorrie (born Myrna Lorraine Petrunka, August 6, 1940, Cloud Bay, Ontario) is a Canadian country singer/songwriter/musician. She is known as the "first lady of Canadian country music." Lorrie first sang publicly at age 11 on Fort William radio station CKPR on a program called ''School of the Air'', whose host, Jack Masters, gave Lorrie her own radio show, ''Harmony Trails,'' when she was just 12. At age 14 she wrote and recorded the song "Are You Mine" with Buddy DeVal, which was released on Abbott Records and reached number 6 on the ''Billboard'' Chart. The song became a hit in both Canada and the United States and was recorded by several artists; it peaked at No. 2 on the ''Billboard'' and ''Cashbox'' charts in early 1956. She was voted Best New Female Singer by fan polls in both ''Billboard'' and ''Cashbox'' magazines in 1955. The Lorrie/De Val team was a part of numerous Grand Ole Opry packages in 1956. "Are You Mine" received the Song of the Year award from BMI ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myrna Sharlow
Myrna Docia Sharlow (19 July 1893 – 14 August 1952) was an American soprano who had an active performance career in operas and concerts during the 1910s through the 1930s. She began her career in 1912 with the Boston Opera Company and became one of Chicago's more active sopranos from 1915–1920, and again in 1923–1924 and 1926–1927. She sang with several other important American opera companies during her career, including one season at the Metropolitan Opera. She made only a handful of opera appearances in Europe during her career, most notably singing in the English premiere of Riccardo Zandonai's ''Francesca da Rimini'' at Covent Garden in 1914. Her repertoire spanned a wide range from leading dramatic soprano roles to lighter lyric soprano fair and comprimario parts. She even performed a few roles traditionally sung by mezzo-sopranos or contraltos. Early life and education Born in Jamestown, North Dakota, Sharlow moved with her family at a young age to St. Louis, Miss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myrna Lamb
Myrna Lila Lamb (August 3, 1930, Newark, New Jersey – September 15, 2017, Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey) was an American playwright. Career Myrna Lamb graduated from The New School and Rutgers University. Anselma dell'Olio, film critic and director, selected her work for a feminist Theater production at the Martinique Theater in May 1969. Several of her works were produced by the Women's Interart Theatre in New York City, which had started around 1969. This theatre showcased work by women playwrights and directors. Myrna Lamb died of heart disease on September 15, 2017, aged 87.Genzlinger, Neil"Myrna Lamb, Feminist Playwright in an Unwelcoming Era, Dies at 87"''The New York Times'', September 22, 2017. Awards * 1971 Biennale de Paris production grant * 1973 Rockefeller Fellowship residency grant for New York Shakespeare Festival * 1973 Guggenheim Fellowship * 1974, 1975 National Endowment for the Arts The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is an independent agency of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
