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Sister Mary (song)
Sister Mary may refer to: Arts * ''Sister Mary'' (album), album by Irish singer Joe Dolan ** "Sister Mary" (song), title track of above album * ''Sister Mary'' (film), 2011 American comedy musical film directed and written by Scott Grenke People known as Sister Mary * Sister Mary Ignatius Davies (1921−2003), Jamaican nun * Sister Mary Celine Fasenmyer (1906–1996), American nun and mathematician * Sister Mary Laurence (1929–2024), New Zealand nun *Sister Mary Leo (1895–1989), New Zealand nun * Sister Mary Irene FitzGibbon (1823–1896), England-born American nun * Sister Mary Melanie Holliday (1850–1939), American nun See also *''Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You'', 1979 stage play by Christopher Durang *''Sister Mary Explains It All'', 2001 film adaptation of above and directed by Marshall Brickman *Sister Mary Elephant "Sister Mary Elephant" is a comedy sketch by Cheech and Chong. The recording appeared on the duo's second album, '' Big Bambu'', released ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sister Mary (album)
Joseph Francis Robert Dolan (16 October 1939 – 26 December 2007) was an Irish entertainer, recording artist, and pop singer. Chiefly known in Ireland for his association with showbands and for his innovative style and high pitched singing voice, he had a wide appeal with many international fans. His energetic and charismatic stage performances influenced his long standing advertising slogan: "There's no show like the Joe show". The only Irish singer to reach number one in the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, Dolan was a persistent presence in the music charts in Ireland and overseas. Early life and family Dolan was born at the County Hospital, now known as the Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar, County Westmeath on 16 October 1939, the youngest of nine children in a Roman Catholic family. He was orphaned at a young age – his father, a bicycle shop proprietor, died when Joe was ten; his mother when he was nineteen. He sang in school, and his mother had encouraged him to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sister Mary (song)
Sister Mary may refer to: Arts * ''Sister Mary'' (album), album by Irish singer Joe Dolan ** "Sister Mary" (song), title track of above album * ''Sister Mary'' (film), 2011 American comedy musical film directed and written by Scott Grenke People known as Sister Mary * Sister Mary Ignatius Davies (1921−2003), Jamaican nun * Sister Mary Celine Fasenmyer (1906–1996), American nun and mathematician * Sister Mary Laurence (1929–2024), New Zealand nun *Sister Mary Leo (1895–1989), New Zealand nun * Sister Mary Irene FitzGibbon (1823–1896), England-born American nun * Sister Mary Melanie Holliday (1850–1939), American nun See also *''Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You'', 1979 stage play by Christopher Durang *''Sister Mary Explains It All'', 2001 film adaptation of above and directed by Marshall Brickman *Sister Mary Elephant "Sister Mary Elephant" is a comedy sketch by Cheech and Chong. The recording appeared on the duo's second album, '' Big Bambu'', released ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sister Mary (film)
''Sister Mary'' is a 2011 American musical comedy film directed and written by Scott Grenke and starring Ant, James Vallo, Bruce Vilanch, Judy Tenuta, Sean Paul Lockhart and Shawn Quinlan. Plot Homophobic detective Mark Rima must "partner" up with flamboyant gay detective Chris Riant to stop a serial-killing nun from killing five members of a band called The Ex Choir Boys. When it is determined that the detectives cannot solve the case on their own, expert FBI profiler Agent Peccant is assigned to the case. As the details of the case slowly emerge the police determine that the "nun" may only be a silent witness to the grisly murders. The task force then turns its attention on the Catholic Church and a suspect group of priests with a propensity for "cleansing the souls" of innocent young choir boys. Cast * Ant as Agent Peccant * James Vallo as Mark Rima * Bruce Vilanch as Farmer Jake * Judy Tenuta as Older Nun * Sean Paul Lockhart as Chad * Shawn Quinlan as Chris Riant * Matthew Fee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Ignatius Davies
Sister Mary Ignatius Davies (18 November 1921 – 9 February 2003) was a Sister of Mercy and inspirational music teacher known for her work at the Alpha Boys School. Career Born Mary Davies in Innswood, Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica, Davies was baptised at the St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church in Spanish Town, and went to the St. Catherine Elementary School.Katz, David (2003)Sister Mary Ignatius Davies: Unlikely mentor of Jamaican ska greats and international jazz musicians, ''The Guardian'', 15 February 2003. Retrieved 7 December 2014 She joined the Sisters of Mercy on 1 February 1939, aged 17, taking the name Ignatius, and lived at the school for the remainder of her life.Green, Thomas H. (2006)Nun who nurtured reggae, '' Daily Telegraph'', 12 January 2006. Retrieved 7 December 2014 She inspired many musicians from the Alpha school to become professional musicians, including future Skatalites Tommy McCook, Don Drummond, and Johnny "Dizzy" Moore, as well as trombonist Ric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Celine Fasenmyer
Mary Celine Fasenmyer, RSM (October 4, 1906, Crown, Pennsylvania – December 27, 1996, Erie, Pennsylvania) was an American mathematician and Catholic religious sister. She is most noted for her work on hypergeometric functions and linear algebra.Rosen, KH and Michaels, JG (2000) ''Handbook of Discrete and Combinatorial Mathematics'', CRC Press. Biography Fasenmyer grew up in Pennsylvania's oil country, and displayed mathematical talent in high school. For ten years after her graduation she taught and studied at Mercyhurst College in Erie, where she joined the Sisters of Mercy. She pursued her mathematical studies in Pittsburgh and the University of Michigan, obtaining her doctorate in 1946 under the direction of Earl Rainville, with a dissertation entitled ''Some Generalized Hypergeometric Polynomials''.Murray, MAM (2001) ''Women Becoming Mathematicians: Creating a Professional Identity in Post-World War II America'', MIT Press. After earning her Ph.D., Fasenmyer published tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheila O'Toole
Sheila Mary O'Toole (1929 – 10 June 2024), also known as Sister Mary Laurence, was a New Zealand Catholic nun who worked in Western Samoa and Vietnam. She is the most decorated New Zealander in relation to Vietnam. Biography Sister Sheila O'Toole was a member of the order Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions. She worked with indigenous Montagnard refugees at Phuoc Binh in Phuoc Long province from March 1969 to April 1975. She was in Saigon during the Vietnam War, was held in a prisoner of war camp, and was one of the last people to depart from the United States Embassy in April 1975. She also helped Vietnamese orphans leave Saigon in Operation Babylift. O'Toole returned to Vietnam in 1992 and spent another 12 years there, including working at a hospital for leprosy patients. She introduced fellow New Zealander Sally Morrison to the hospital and Morrison spent many years supporting the centre. In the 1986 New Year Honours, O'Toole was appointed a Companion of the Queen's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sister Mary Leo
Dame Sister Mary Leo Niccol (3 April 18955 May 1989) was a New Zealand religious sister who is best known for training some of the world's finest sopranos, including Dames Malvina Major, Kiri Te Kanawa, and Heather Begg. She was born as Kathleen Agnes Niccol in Auckland and educated by the Sisters of Mercy. She had a talent for music and eventually adopted the vocation of a teacher of music. She took private classes in dancing, elocution, and singing. She joined the Sisters of Mercy at the age of 28, taking the religious name Sister Mary Leo. She occupied herself in the work of her religious institute in tending to the sick and needy. Sister Mary Leo initially began her teaching career as a violin teacher. She never received formal training in vocal technique. It was in the late 1930s, after she heard a recording of Deanna Durbin and was so taken with Durbin's natural tone, flexible technique, vocal range, and repertoire that included both opera and light music, that she decide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sister Mary Irene FitzGibbon
Sister Irene (born Catherine Rosamund Fitzgibbon; May 12, 1823 – August 14, 1896) was an American nun who founded the New York Foundling Hospital in 1869, at a time when abandoned infants were routinely sent to almshouses with the sick and insane. The first refuge was in a brownstone on E.12th St. in Manhattan, where babies could be left anonymously in a receiving crib with no questions asked. The practice was an echo of the medieval foundling wheel and an early example of modern "safe haven" practices. As the number of infants in care grew, the Foundling Hospital came to occupy a full city block between 68th and 69th Streets. In conjunction with her work at the Foundling Hospital, in 1880, Sister Irene founded St. Ann's Maternity Hospital, at 13 East 69th Street. Sister Irene is among the pioneers of modern adoption, establishing a system to board out children rather than institutionalize them. Life Catherine Rosamund Fitzgibbon was born May 12, 1823 in Kensington, Lond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Melanie Holliday
Sister Mary Melanie Holliday (born Martha Ann "Mattie" Holliday; December 14, 1850 - April 19, 1939) was an American Catholic nun. As a member of the Sisters of Mercy, she served as Mother Superior at the Convent and Academy of St. Vincent de Paul in Savannah and at the Convent of the Immaculate Conception in Atlanta. While living in the convent in Savannah, she worked as a schoolteacher in the affiliated academy. When Holliday moved to the convent in Atlanta, she worked as a nurse at St. Joseph's Infirmary. She is believed to be the inspiration behind Melanie Hamilton and Carreen O'Hara in the novel '' Gone With the Wind'', which was written by her second cousin once-removed, Margaret Mitchell. Biography Holliday was born Martha Ann Holliday in Jonesboro, Georgia on December 14, 1850. She was one of eight children of Captain Robert Kennedy Holliday, a Confederate military officer and quartermaster who served in the 7th Georgia Infantry during the American Civil War, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You
''Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You'' is a play by Christopher Durang. Productions ''Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You'' was first performed on December 14, 1979, at the Ensemble Studio Theatre in New York City. It was performed on a bill with one-act plays that included works by David Mamet, Marsha Norman, and Tennessee Williams. Durang, who was raised a Roman Catholic, won an Obie Award for the play as did Elizabeth Franz for her role as Sister Mary Ignatius. In 1981, the play was presented again, this time on a double bill with a new Durang one-act, ''The Actor's Nightmare''. Elizabeth Franz repeated her performance as Sister Mary, and in ''The Actor's Nightmare'', she played the glamorous Sarah Siddons. Jeff Brooks played the accountant in that play who shows up at a theatre and is told he is the understudy and must go on; and in ''Sister Mary'', he played the troubled alcoholic ex-student Aloysius. Others in the cast included Polly Draper, as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sister Mary Explains It All
''Sister Mary Explains It All'' is a 2001 satirical dark comedy film written by Christopher Durang and directed by Marshall Brickman. The film, based upon Durang's 1979 play ''Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You'', and starring Diane Keaton in the title role, premiered on the Showtime network. Background The project was filmed in Toronto in association with Columbia TriStar Television. The theme was originally covered in Christopher Durang's controversial 1979 stage play. In updating the character of Sister Mary, Durang read through 15 earlier drafts of the screenplay and discussed changes with Brickman and the producers. The original film title was ''Sister Mary'', but Durang felt the proffered title was too generic, preferring the original theatrical title. For the film, Keaton was Brickman's choice for the role, which was cast against type, and she accepted the part because she thought she couldn't do it. The Catholic League objected to the depiction of Catholicis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
