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Retta (other)
Retta (born 1970) is an American stand-up comedian and actress. Retta may also refer to: People Given name *Retta Davidson (1921–1998), American animator *Retta T. Matthews (1856–1899), American painter and sculptor *Retta Scott (1916–1990), American animator and illustrator *Retta Ward (1953–2016), American health advocate *Retta Young (born 1949), American singer Surname *Joe Retta, front man and vocalist of British glam rock band The Sweet *Seifu Retta (born 1954), Ethiopian boxer Other uses *Retta, Arkansas, a community in the United States *Retta Dixon Home, an institution for Aboriginal children in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia *Retta language, spoken in parts of the Indonesian Archipelago *Retta Nagala, a village in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, India See also *Rettah Chess, a variant of chess invented by V.R. Parton *Reta (other) {{dab, given name, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Retta
Marietta Sirleaf,Jung, E. Alex Vulture.com, May 23, 2018. rchived https://web.archive.org/web/20180523214634/https://www.vulture.com/2018/05/retta-has-a-story-to-tell.htmlon 05-23-2018Retta ''TV Guide’’. Retrieved 07-16-22. known professionally as Retta, is an American comedian and actress. She is best known for her roles of Donna Meagle on 's '' |
Retta Davidson
Retta Davidson (November 1, 1921 in Arcadia, California – June 12, 1998 in Carlsbad, California) was a United States animator. She is best known as one of the few women animators for Walt Disney Studios during the Golden Age of American animation. Career After graduating from high school in 1939, Davidson joined Disney as an inker and painter, where she worked on '' Pinocchio'', '' Bambi'', ''Fantasia'', and '' Sleeping Beauty''. The Disney studios were affected by the resultant labor shortage from World War II, and many of their lead animators were drafted to serve in the First Motion Picture Unit. In 1941, the studio asked members of the Ink and Paint Department to submit artwork to be considered for animation training and jobs in the animation department. Davidson was one of a group of ten women accepted to the program. Davidson worked as an animator for a year before taking leave from the studio in 1942 to enlist in the United States Navy, which she s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Retta T
Marietta Sirleaf,Jung, E. Alex Vulture.com, May 23, 2018. [Archived https://web.archive.org/web/20180523214634/https://www.vulture.com/2018/05/retta-has-a-story-to-tell.html] on 05-23-2018Retta ''TV Guide’’. Retrieved 07-16-22. known professionally as Retta, is an American stand-up comedy, stand-up comedian and actress. She is best known for her roles of Donna Meagle on NBC's ''Parks and Recreation'' and Ruby Hill on NBC's ''Good Girls (TV series), Good Girls''. She has appeared in several films and television shows, and has performed stand-up on Comedy Central's ''Premium Blend''. Early life and education Retta was born in Newark, New Jersey. She is of Liberian Americans, Liberian descent. She ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Retta Scott
Retta Scott (February 23, 1916August 26, 1990) was an American artist. She was the first woman to receive screen credit as an animator at the Walt Disney Animation Studios. Early life and education Scott was born in Omak, Washington on February 23, 1916. She graduated from Seattle's Roosevelt High School in 1934. Scott received two scholarships over the course of her education. The first was from the Seattle Art & Music Foundation, who awarded her with a scholarship in the 4th grade that she used to attend 10 years of creative art classes. She later received 3-year scholarship to attend the Chouinard Art Institute, so she moved to Los Angeles, California. She spent much of her free time sketching wildlife at the nearby Griffith Park zoo. Her ambition was to mold a career in Fine arts. As her time at the Chouinard Art Institute ended, its director, Vern Caldwell, urged Scott to apply for work with Walt Disney, based on her passion for animals. She was initially uninterested d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Retta Ward
Retta Ward (May 4, 1953 – March 3, 2016) was an American health advocate, health official and former high school teacher. She served as the state Secretary of the New Mexico Department of Health, the largest government agency in the state, from January 2013 until her death in March 2016, during the administration of Governor Susana Martinez. Ward had first joined Governor Susana Martinez's administration in February 2011 as the state cabinet Secretary of Aging and Long-Term Services Department. Governor Martinez then appointed Ward as Secretary of the New Mexico Department of Health. Martinez then appointed Ward as the state Secretary of the Department of Health, New Mexico's largest government department, beginning in January 2013. Retta Ward was raised in New Mexico. She received a bachelor's degree in health education from the University of New Mexico and her master's degree in public health from the University of Arizona. Ward began her career as a high school A second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Retta Young
Retta Young was a singer who released an album and 3 singles during the 1970s. She is remembered for her 1975 disco hit "Sending Out An S.O.S.". Background In the 1960s she was a member of The Superbs, and The Devotions. In the mid-70s she was with the All-Platinum label which also included Sylvia and The Moments. She was married to Ray, Goodman & Brown member, Al Goodman. She was originally introduced to her future husband by producer / composer Paul Kyser. Releases In 1975, her single "Sending Out An S.O.S." was released on the All Platinum All Platinum Records was a record company started in 1967 by singer/writer/producer Sylvia Robinson and her husband, businessman Joe Robinson, who had previously worked in the recording industry. All Platinum and its subsidiary labels, includin ... label, #AP-2355. It debuted for the week ending May 31, 1975. It Peaked at No. 88 on the U.S. R&B charts and No. 28 in the U.K. For the week ending June 14, 1975 "Sending Out An S.O.S." w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Retta
The Sweet (often shortened to just Sweet), are a British glam rock band that rose to prominence in the 1970s. Their best known line-up consisted of lead vocalist Brian Connolly, bass player Steve Priest, guitarist Andy Scott, and drummer Mick Tucker. The group were originally called The Sweetshop. The band were formed in London in 1968 and achieved their first hit, " Funny Funny", in 1971 after teaming up with songwriters Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman and record producer Phil Wainman. During 1971 and 1972, their musical style followed a marked progression from the Archies-like bubblegum style of "Funny Funny" to a Who-influenced hard rock style supplemented by a striking use of high-pitched backing vocals. The band first achieved success in the UK charts, with thirteen Top 20 hits during the 1970s alone, with "Block Buster!" (1973) topping the chart, followed by three consecutive number two hits in "Hell Raiser" (1973), "The Ballroom Blitz" (1973) and "Teenage Rampage" (1974). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seifu Retta
Seifu Retta (born 29 December 1954) is an Ethiopian boxer. He competed in the men's light middleweight event at the 1980 Summer Olympics. At the 1980 Summer Olympics, he lost to George Kabuto George Kabuto (born 25 October 1955) is a Ugandan boxer. He competed in the men's light middleweight event at the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiysk ... of Uganda. References 1954 births Living people Ethiopian male boxers Olympic boxers for Ethiopia Boxers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Light-middleweight boxers {{Ethiopia-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Retta, Arkansas
Retta is an unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Pope County, Arkansas, United States. It is a populated place located within the Township of Jackson, a minor civil division (MCD) of Pope County. The elevation of Retta is 679 feet. Retta appears on the Solo U.S. Geological Survey Map. Pope County is in the Central Time Zone (UTC -6 hours). The local timezone is named " America/Chicago''. References Unincorporated communities in Pope County, Arkansas Unincorporated communities in Arkansas {{Arkansas-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Retta Dixon Home
The Retta Dixon Home was an institution for Aboriginal children in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, from 1946 until 1982. It was located on the Bagot Aboriginal Reserve, and run by Aborigines Inland Mission of Australia. History The Retta Dixon Home was established in 1946 by the Aborigines Inland Mission of Australia (AIM), now renamed Australian Indigenous Ministries. Retta Dixon was a woman who in 1896 took over the Petersham Christian Endeavour Society at La Perouse, near Botany Bay in New South Wales, before moving to the Singleton area in the Hunter Valley in 1905, where the Aborigines Inland Mission of Australia was formed. She married Leonard Long and around 1909, AIM set up a centre at Herberton in Far North Queensland. AIM began working in the Top End in the 1930s. In 1941 an AIM representative was invited to Bagot Aboriginal Reserve to take charge of "part-coloured" or "half-caste" Aboriginal women and children. With the outbreak of World War II the then super ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Retta Language
Retta (Reta) is a Papuan language spoken on the south sides of Pura and Ternate islands, between Pantar and Alor in the Alor archipelago of Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine .... It is not mutually intelligible with Blagar, which is spoken on the north side of Pura Island, and is unrelated to Alorese, which is spoken on the north side of Ternate. References Alor–Pantar languages Languages of Indonesia {{TNG-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Retta Nagala
Retta Nagala (also known as Retanagla, Retanangala, Reta Nagla) is a village in Muzaffarnagar district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 .... It is situated on the Roorkee Road (NH-58), and has a population of between 5,000 and 6,000. References {{Muzaffarnagar-geo-stub Villages in Muzaffarnagar district ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
