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Velvet (given Name)
Velvet is an English primarily feminine given name derived from the name for the fabric. A young Elizabeth Taylor played the horse-crazy 12-year-old Velvet Brown in the 1944 film ''National Velvet'' based on the 1935 book by Enid Bagnold. An American television series based on the book and movie aired between 1960 and 1962. Usage The name ranked among the top 1,000 names for newborn American girls between 1961 and 1964, coinciding with the air dates of the television series, but has not otherwise ranked among the most popular names in that country. It continues to remain in occasional use. Women *Velvet Brown, American academic *Velvet McIntyre (born 1962), Irish-Canadian retired professional wrestler Stage name *Velvet, stage name of Swedish dance-pop singer Jenny Marielle Pettersson (born 1975) * Velvet D'Amour (born 1967), American plus-size model and fashion photographer *Susan Bottomly (born 1950), also known as International Velvet, American former model and actress * Red Vel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Taylor
Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor (February 27, 1932 – March 23, 2011) was an English and American actress. She began her career as a child actress in the early 1940s and was one of the most popular stars of classical Hollywood cinema in the 1950s. She then became the world's highest-paid movie star in the 1960s, remaining a well-known public figure for the rest of her life. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked her seventh on its AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars, greatest female screen legends list. Born in London to socially prominent American parents, Taylor moved with her family to Los Angeles in 1939 at the age of 7. She made her acting debut with a minor role in the Universal Pictures film ''There's One Born Every Minute'' (1942), but the studio ended her contract after a year. She was then signed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and became a popular teen star after appearing in ''National Velvet (film), National Velvet'' (1944). She transitioned to mature roles in the 1950s, when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Bottomly
Susan Dunn Whittier Bottomly (born October 1, 1948), also known as International Velvet, is a former American model and actress. Bottomly began her career as a fashion model in 1965, appearing on the cover of ''Mademoiselle''. The following year, she moved to New York and joined Andy Warhol's Factory as a Warhol superstar. She was renamed International Velvet and went on to star in several films, including ''Chelsea Girls'' (1966), ''Paraphernalia'' (1966)'','' '' Since'' (1966), ''Superboy'' (1966), and '' **** (Four Stars)'' (1967). Life and career Early life and education Susan Bottomly came from an old New England family. Her father John S. Bottomly was a former assistant attorney general of Massachusetts who prosecuted the Boston Strangler. Bottomly was a willful child who went to boarding schools. She was thrown out of school four times. She attended Milton Academy in Milton, Massachusetts. At the age of sixteen, Bottomly began modeling with Ford Modeling Agenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Feminine Given Names
English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Culture, language and peoples * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England * ''English'', an Amish term for non-Amish, regardless of ethnicity * English studies, the study of English language and literature Media * ''English'' (2013 film), a Malayalam-language film * ''English'' (novel), a Chinese book by Wang Gang ** ''English'' (2018 film), a Chinese adaptation * ''The English'' (TV series), a 2022 Western-genre miniseries * ''English'' (play), a 2022 play by Sanaz Toossi People and fictional characters * English (surname), a list of people and fictional characters * English Fisher (1928–2011), American boxing coach * English Gardner (born 1992), American track and field sprinter * English McConnell (1882–1928), Irish footballer * Aiden English, a ring name of Matthew Rehwoldt (born 1987), American former professional wrestle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Velvet (dog)
Velvet is a black lab-shepherd cattle mixed-breed dog, owned by Matty Bryant of Milwaukie, Oregon, who helped save three climbers, including Bryant, when they became stranded on Mount Hood, Oregon, on February 18, 2007. The three climbers and Velvet toppled off a ledge while descending from a climb of Mount Hood. Due to low visibility, they stepped off a ledge at about elevation during a storm, separating them from five other members of the party. The five reported the accident and were themselves soon rescued. The three fallen climbers activated Mountain Locator Units to let searchers find their position, which was at about elevation in White River Canyon. Due to worsening conditions, they were forced to spend the night on the mountain while winds blew with temperatures in the 20s (−1 to −7 C). Velvet spent the night going from person to person to ensure they kept warm as they huddled under two sleeping bags and a tarp. The climbers were rescued the next morning. Velv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim "Bad News" Barnes
Velvet James Barnes (April 13, 1941 – September 14, 2002), also known as Jim "Bad News" Barnes, was an American basketball player, who was an Olympic Gold Medalist and the No. 1 overall pick of the 1964 NBA draft. He played college basketball at Texas Western College (now the University of Texas at El Paso). Early life As a child, Barnes picked and chopped cotton, growing up in Tuckerman, Arkansas. He played basketball wearing socks, as his family was too poor to afford basketball shoes. At age 13, Barnes had grown to 6'6" and his grandfather was said to have been 7'0" tall. Barnes attended the all-Black W.F. Branch High School in Newport, Arkansas after they promised to provide him basketball shoes. The team finished 3rd in the 1957 State Black Basketball Championships. Barnes then moved to Poplar Bluff High School (Mo.), where he was ruled ineligible due to residency issues. He returned to Branch where, playing in socks, as his feet had grown to size 17, he scored 68 points ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Velvet Sky
Jamie Lynn Szantyr (born June 2, 1981) is an United States, American color commentator and retired Professional wrestling, professional wrestler best known for her time with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and the National Wrestling Alliance, NWA under the ring name Velvet Sky. She is a former two-time Impact Knockouts Championship, TNA Women's Knockout Champion and is a former TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship, TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion as part of The Beautiful People (professional wrestling), The Beautiful People (with Madison Rayne and Angelina Love, with the group defending the title under the The Fabulous Freebirds#Freebird Rule, Freebird rule). While a part of NWA she served as a color commentator. Professional wrestling career Early Career (2003–2007) Szantyr was trained by Jason Knight (wrestler), Jason Knight at the House of Pain Pro Wrestling Dojo in New Britain, Connecticut. After completing her training, she began working as a Manager (professional w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Velvet Rhodes
Velvet Rhodes (born Patricia Laura Adams; August 16, 1949 in Los Angeles, California-July 25, 2020 in Glendale, California), was an American actress, director, producer, musician, rock and theater critic, travel agent, advertising agent, and sales manager for a moving and storage company. In 1980, she was the Amazon Supreme of the Society for the Promulgation and Encouragement of Amazon Conduct and Attitude, an organization in Orange County, California that was based on the guiding principle of female superiority. Rhodes' papers and others related to the history of the organization from 1970 to 1990 are located at the University of California at Berkeley in Berkeley, California. The organization was devoted to kink. Rhodes has been called a sex worker and Amazon Supreme. Most of the letters to the organization that are preserved in the collection were from men interested in joining the organization and in serving and being dominated by Rhodes or other women who were members. M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Velvet (wrestler)
Stephanie M. Cardona (born June 3, 1992), better known by the ring name Red Velvet, is a Colombian-American professional wrestler and dancer. She is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and sister promotion Ring of Honor (ROH), where she is the current ROH Women's World Television Champion in her first reign. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2016–2021) Velvet began training at Fighting Evolution Wrestling (FEW) under JB Cool, based in Miami, Fl, in 2015. She made her in-ring debut, under the ring name Red Velvett, on March 24, 2016, in a singles match against Rebel, in a losing effort. On August 19, 2016, Velvet won the FEW Women's Championship in a triple threat match against Jade and Rebel. On January 21, 2017, Velvet lost the title to Lea Nox. On November 2, 2018, she made her SHINE debut against Avery Taylor, which she was pinned. All Elite Wrestling (2020–present) On June 10, 2020, Velvet made her All Elite Wrestling debut on ''AEW Dark'', facin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Velvet D'Amour
Velvet d'Amour (born May 27, 1967) is an American plus-size model and fashion photographer, best known via the worldwide media coverage she received after her appearance in Jean-Paul Gaultier's 2007 Spring/Summer prêt-à-porter collection shown in Paris in October 2006. Standing at and weighing , she made a catwalk appearance in John Galliano's prêt-à-porter showing entitled "Everybody Is Beautiful" in 2006, and in the associated French Vogue article featuring photography by Nick Knight. In response to the skinny model debate, D'Amour commented, "The general reason one gets as to why there is not more representation of curvier folks within modern media is that inclusion would be equivalent to acceptance, and acceptance would then equal condoning, which would mean they support alleged ill health. The odd dichotomy is that whilst people like myself are banned due to the purported notion we will somehow 'promote' being unhealthy, we are besieged with media saturated with imag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Velvet (film)
''National Velvet'' is a 1944 American Technicolor sports film directed by Clarence Brown and based on the 1935 novel of the same name by Enid Bagnold, about a young English girl who rides a racehorse. It stars Mickey Rooney, Donald Crisp, Angela Lansbury, Anne Revere, Reginald Owen, and an adolescent Elizabeth Taylor. In 2003, ''National Velvet'' was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." In 2006, the film was ranked 24th on the American Film Institute's list of most inspirational movies. Plot Velvet Brown, a 12-year-old horse-crazy girl, lives with her family in Sewels, a village in Sussex, England. After winning a gelding in a raffle, she dreams of training him for the Grand National steeplechase. Penniless young drifter Mi Taylor, who discovered Mrs. Brown's name and address among his late father's effects, arrives at the Brown farm. Mrs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Velvet (singer)
Jenny Marielle Pettersson (born 5 November 1975, Helsingborg, Sweden), professionally known as Velvet, is a Swedish dance-pop singer. She has released two albums since her 2005 debut in the music industry and her first eight singles have all achieved a top-twenty peak on the Swedish Singles Chart. Early life Velvet moved from Helsingborg to Stockholm in 1993 to study ballet at Balettakademien. She soon took singing lessons at a dance school where she "got a voice". She worked at Wallmans cabaret where she discovered that singing was what she really wanted to do. She then toured for eight years as a choir singer and dancer to major artists such as Lena PH, Markoolio, Carola, Sanne Salomonsen, Orup, Meat Loaf, Martin Stenmarck and Jessica Folcker. Velvet was also a part of the house choir for the Swedish Eurovision organisation for five years and traveled to the various Eurovision Song Contests across Europe. Music Velvet was discovered in 2005 and signed with Bonnier Amigo Musi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Velvet McIntyre
Velvet McIntyre (born November 24, 1962) is a Canadian retired professional wrestler. After beginning her career in 1980, she wrestled in American independent promotions before joining the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). She had rivalries with both The Fabulous Moolah and Sherri Martel and held the WWF Women's Championship and WWF Women's Tag Team Championship. After the WWF's women's division went on hiatus in the 1990s, McIntyre wrestled in several Canadian promotions, holding several championships. McIntyre wore wrestling boots for the first four years of her career, but later wrestled barefoot when someone took one of her boots as a joke and she was forced to wrestle without them. Wrestling barefoot subsequently became one of her trademarks, as well as her high flying wrestling maneuvers. Early life She had three brothers with whom she wrestled. After finishing high school, she moved to Oregon in 1980 to train with Sandy Barr, under whom she trained with her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
