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Walters, Barbara

(Encyclopedia) Walters, Barbara, 1929–2022, American journalist, news anchor, and media personality, b. 1929, Boston. Walters was a pioneering…

Barbara Hershey

(Barbara HerzsteinBarbara SeagullBarbara Seagull Hershey)actressBorn: 2/5/1948Birthplace: Hollywood, California Barbara Hershey has quietly assembled an impressive acting career, which began with a…

McClintock, Barbara

(Encyclopedia) McClintock, Barbara, 1902–92, American geneticist. She discovered that certain genetic material, “transposable elements” or “jumping genes” (now called transposons), shifted its…

Harris, Julie

(Encyclopedia) Harris, Julie, 1925–2013, American actress, b. Grosse Point, Mich. Harris made her New York debut in It's a Gift (1945). Her versatility and power won her enormous critical acclaim,…

Barbara Pierce Bush

First LadyBorn: 6/8/1925Birthplace: Rye, New York After growing up in Rye, New York, Barbara Pierce attended the Ashley Hall school in South Carolina. It was at a school dance that she met George…

Kingsolver, Barbara

(Encyclopedia) Kingsolver, Barbara, 1955–, American writer, b. Annapolis, Md., B.S. DePauw Univ., 1977, M.S. Univ. of Arizona, 1981. She studied biology and ecology and was a science writer before…

Barbara Billingsley Biography

actressBorn: 12/22/1922 Birthplace: Los Angeles, CADied: 10/16/2010 (Santa Monica, CA) Barbara Billingsley was born Barbara Lillian Combes on Dec. 22, 1915, in…

Barbara Walters

television reporter and anchorBorn: 9/25/1931Birthplace: Boston Walters became the first woman to anchor the network nightly news when she signed with ABC in 1976, but she cut her newsroom teeth on…

Harris, Roy

(Encyclopedia) Harris, Roy, 1898–1979, American composer, b. Lincoln co., Okla. Harris was a pupil of Arthur Farwell and Nadia Boulanger. He began to compose c.1925, ultimately producing more than…