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Sookie, also written ‘Sukey’ or ‘Suki’, is a variant of the name Susan or Susannah, from Hebrew () meaning "rose" or "lily."Teresa Norman (2003) ''A World of Baby Names'', Perigee Trade; Revised edition Most famously, the name occurs in the English nursery rhyme " Polly Put the Kettle On."I. Opie and P. Opie, ''The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes'' (Oxford University Press, 1951, 2nd ed., 1997), pp. 353–54. Notable people with the name include: * Suki Brownsdon British swimmer * Suki Lahav Israeli musician and writer * Suki Potier English model * Sukey Richardson Escaped slave and church co-founder * Suki Schorer, American ballerina and ballet master * Sukie Smith British actress and musician * Suki Sommer American music librarian and critic * Suki Waterhouse, English actress, model and singer-songwriter Fictional characters * Sookie St. James, from the TV series ''Gilmore Girls'' * Sookie Stackhouse, appearing in ''The Southern Vampire Mysteries'' novels and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan
Susan is a feminine given name, the usual English version of Susanna or Susannah. All are versions of the Hebrew name Shoshana, which is derived from the Hebrew ''shoshan'', meaning ''lotus flower'' in Egyptian, original derivation, and several other languages. Variations * Susana, Susanna (or Suzanna), Susannah, Suzana, Suzannah * Susann, Sussan, Suzan, Suzann * Susanne, Suzanne * Susanne * Suzan * Suzanne * Suzette * Susie, Suzy Nicknames Common nicknames for Susan include: * Sue, Susie Susie is a female name that can be a diminutive form of Susan, Susanne, Suzanne, Susannah, Susanna or Susana. Susie may refer to: Songs *"Susie", a song by Krokus from '' Painkiller'' *"Susie", a song by John Lee Hooker from the album '' ..., Susi (German), Suzi, Suzy, Suzie, Suze, Sanna, Suzie, Sookie, Sukie, Sukey, Subo, Suus (Dutch), Shanti In other languages * Albanian and * * , or * * , or * * , or * Catalan, Estonian and * ** * Czech and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suki Waterhouse
Alice Suki Waterhouse (born 5 January 1992) is an English actress, singer, and model. Waterhouse began a career in modelling at the age of 16, and she went on to model for several major fashion labels such as Burberry, Tommy Hilfiger (company), Tommy Hilfiger, Hugo Boss, Laura Mercier Cosmetics, Laura Mercier, and Salvatore Ferragamo S.p.A., Ferragamo. Her first feature film as an actress was a minor role in Pusher (2012 film), ''Pusher'' (2012), and she has since appeared in films such as Love, Rosie (film), ''Love, Rosie'' (2014), ''The Divergent Series: Insurgent'' (2015)'','' The Bad Batch (film), ''The Bad Batch'' (2016)'','' ''Assassination Nation'' (2018), and Detective Pikachu (film), ''Detective Pikachu'' (2019). Waterhouse portrayed Karen Sirko in the musical drama miniseries ''Daisy Jones & the Six'' (2023). Outside of fashion and acting, she began performing as an indie pop artist and released her debut studio album ''I Can't Let Go'' and debut extended play (EP) ''M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mack The Knife
"Mack the Knife" or "The Ballad of Mack the Knife" () is a song composed by Kurt Weill with lyrics by Bertolt Brecht for their 1928 music drama ''The Threepenny Opera'' (). The song tells of a knife-wielding criminal of the London underworld named Macheath, the "Mack the Knife" of the title. The song has become a popular standard recorded by many artists after it was recorded by Louis Armstrong in 1955 with translated lyrics by Marc Blitzstein. The most popular version of the song was by Bobby Darin in 1959, whose recording became a number one hit in the US and UK and earned him two Grammys at the 2nd Annual Grammy Awards. Ella Fitzgerald also received a Grammy for her performance of the song in 1961. The original German lyrics and music of the song entered the public domain in the United States in 2024. ''The Threepenny Opera'' A '' Moritat'' is a medieval version of the murder ballad performed by strolling minstrels. In ''The Threepenny Opera'', the singer with his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Threepenny Opera
''The Threepenny Opera'' ( ) is a 1928 German "play with music" by Bertolt Brecht, adapted from a translation by Elisabeth Hauptmann of John Gay's 18th-century English ballad opera, '' The Beggar's Opera'', and four ballads by François Villon, with music by Kurt Weill. Although there is debate as to how much, if any, contribution Hauptmann might have made to the text, Brecht is usually listed as sole author of the text. The work offers a socialist critique of the capitalist world. It opened on 31 August 1928 at Berlin's Theater am Schiffbauerdamm. With influences from jazz and German dance music, songs from ''The Threepenny Opera'' have been widely covered and become standards, most notably "" ("The Ballad of Mack the Knife") and "" (" Pirate Jenny"). ''The Threepenny Opera'' has been performed in the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Russia, Italy, and Hungary. It has also been adapted to film and radio. The German-language version from 1928 entered the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bertolt Brecht
Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (10 February 1898 – 14 August 1956), known as Bertolt Brecht and Bert Brecht, was a German theatre practitioner, playwright, and poet. Coming of age during the Weimar Republic, he had his first successes as a playwright in Munich and moved to Berlin in 1924, where he wrote ''The Threepenny Opera'' with Elisabeth Hauptmann and Kurt Weill and began a life-long collaboration with the composer Hanns Eisler. Immersed in Marxist thought during this period, Brecht wrote didactic ''Lehrstücke'' and became a leading theoretician of epic theatre (which he later preferred to call "dialectical theatre") and the . When the Nazi Party, Nazis came to power in Germany in 1933, Brecht fled his home country, initially to Scandinavia. During World War II he moved to Southern California where he established himself as a screenwriter, while also being surveilled by the FBI. In 1947, he was part of the first group of Hollywood film artists to be subpoenaed by the Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steppenwolf (Steppenwolf Album)
''Steppenwolf'' is the debut studio album by Canadian-American rock band Steppenwolf, released on January 29, 1968, on ABC Dunhill Records. It includes songs written by band members and songs written by others such as the Willie Dixon blues classic "Hoochie Coochie Man", retitled "Hootchie Kootchie Man". The album reached number six on the ''Billboard'' albums chart. " Born to Be Wild", which was released as a single, peaked at number two on ''Billboard''s Hot 100. It and "The Pusher" were included in the 1969 film ''Easy Rider''. Track listing Details are taken from the original Dunhill album; other releases may have different information. Personnel Steppenwolf * John Kay – lead vocals, guitars, harmonica * Michael Monarch – guitars, backing vocals * Goldy McJohn – organ, piano, Wurlitzer electric piano * Rushton Moreve – bass guitar, backing vocals * Jerry Edmonton – drums, backing vocals, percussion Technical * Gabriel Mekler – producer * Bill Coope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Igby Goes Down
''Igby Goes Down'' is a 2002 American comedy-drama film that follows the life of Igby Slocumb, a rebellious and sardonic teenager who attempts to break free of his familial ties and wealthy, overbearing mother. The film was written and directed by Burr Steers, and stars Kieran Culkin, Claire Danes, Jeff Goldblum, Susan Sarandon, Amanda Peet, Ryan Phillippe, Bill Pullman and Jared Harris. It was given a limited theatrical release through United Artists on September 13, 2002, in the United States, and received generally positive reviews from critics. Culkin and Sarandon received Golden Globe nominations for their performances. Plot Jason "Igby" Slocumb Jr. is a misanthropic 17-year-old boy, rebelling against the oppressive world of his strict East Coast "old money" family. Igby fears that he will eventually suffer a mental breakdown like his schizophrenic father, Jason, who has been committed to an institution. His mother, Mimi, is self-absorbed and distant and tends to d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sookie Stackhouse
Sookie Stackhouse is a fictional character and protagonist of ''The Southern Vampire Mysteries'' book series, written by Charlaine Harris. In HBO's television adaptation, ''True Blood'', Sookie is portrayed by Anna Paquin. Creation and casting Sookie was created by Charlaine Harris. Harris stated that she decided to "shake up my writing style by trying something new". Harris 2011, p.12. The author said that to do this she would include "all the elements I loved: mystery, the supernatural, bloody adventure, and a dash of romance. And since people had told me for years that I had a great sense of humor, I thought it would be interesting to try to include that in the book, too". Harris went on to establish the protagonist of the series. When naming the character Harris decided to use her grandmother's best friend's name because "it was a fine old Southern nickname, I thought it would do well for my heroine. And "Stackhouse" just flowed right after it". Sookie, Sooky, Sukie, Sukey, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sookie St
Sookie, also written ‘Sukey’ or ‘Suki’, is a variant of the name Susan or Susannah, from Hebrew () meaning "rose" or "lily."Teresa Norman (2003) ''A World of Baby Names'', Perigee Trade; Revised edition Most famously, the name occurs in the English nursery rhyme " Polly Put the Kettle On."I. Opie and P. Opie, ''The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes'' (Oxford University Press, 1951, 2nd ed., 1997), pp. 353–54. Notable people with the name include: * Suki Brownsdon British swimmer * Suki Lahav Israeli musician and writer * Suki Potier English model * Sukey Richardson Escaped slave and church co-founder * Suki Schorer, American ballerina and ballet master * Sukie Smith British actress and musician * Suki Sommer American music librarian and critic * Suki Waterhouse, English actress, model and singer-songwriter Fictional characters * Sookie St. James, from the TV series ''Gilmore Girls'' * Sookie Stackhouse, appearing in ''The Southern Vampire Mysteries'' novels and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suki Sommer
Susan Thiemann Sommer (January 7, 1935 – March 4, 2008) was a music librarian with a 40-year career at the New York Public Library, teacher, editor, and noted music critic for the magazine ''High Fidelity''. Life and career Thiemann was born in New York City and grew up in Greenwich, Connecticut. After graduating with a ''magna Cum laude'' from Smith College in 1956, she attended Columbia University. Assisted by a grant from the Fulbright Program she spent time studying in Florence,Cobbe, Hugh. "Susan Thiemann Sommer: 1935-2008," ''Fontes Artis Musicae'' 55 no. 2 (April 2008), 252-55. receiving her Master's degree in musicology in 1958.Susan T. Sommer papers, 1965-1996 Also from Columbia, she later received a [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susannah (given Name)
Susannah is a feminine given name. It is an English version of the Hebrew name Shoshana, meaning lily. Behind the Name. Accessed on July 11, 2011. Other variants of the name include Susanna, Susana, , Suzanne, and . Notable people bearing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sukie Smith
Sukie Smith (born 23 September 1964) is a British actress and musician. Her credits include the role of Rachel Branning in ''EastEnders'' in 2006, as well as appearances in '' Peak Practice'' and '' Doctors''. She also appeared in several films, including '' A Summer Story'' (1988), '' The Witches'' (1990) and '' Topsy Turvy'' (1999). She is an accomplished composer and has written the soundtrack for ''Hush Your Mouth'', the debut feature for Neophyte Films directed by Tom Tyrwhitt. Smith writes and records songs and poems, which are performed under the name Madam Madam (), or madame ( or ), is a polite and formal form of address for Woman, women in the English language, often contracted to ma'am (pronounced in American English and this way but also in British English). The term derives from the French la .... She has collaborated with artists such as Saskia Volde to make the Tate Gallery exhibited piece "Placebo". Her shows are regularly attended by English artists such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
