(Barbara Joan Streisand)actress, singer, directorBorn: 4/24/1942Birthplace: New York City Academy Award-winning film and stage actress, singer, film producer, and director. She appeared in the…
actorBorn: 5/22/1907Birthplace: Dorking, England Academy and Emmy Award-winning film and stage actor best known for his roles in Shakespearean works. His films include Pride and Prejudice (1940…
Teen readers across the country vote for the best from the American Library Association Thwonk by Joan Bauer Related Links Teen Read Week from the ALA…
film, television and stage actorBorn: 19/19/1928Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York Though Hickey had been acting since the 1940s, it wasn't until 1985 that he gained fame for his role as the aging,…
(Encyclopedia) Joinville, Jean, sire deJoinville, Jean, sire dezhäN sēr də zhwăNvēlˈ [key], 1224?–1317?, French chronicler, biographer of Louis IX of France (St. Louis). As seneschal (governor) of…
(Encyclopedia) Moore, Marianne, 1887–1972, American poet, b. St. Louis, grad. Bryn Mawr College, 1909. She lived mostly in New York City, working first as a librarian and then as editor of the Dial…
(Encyclopedia) Fouquet or Foucquet, NicolasFouquet or Foucquet, Nicolasnēkôläˈ [key]Fouquet or Foucquet, Nicolas f&oomacr;kāˈ [key], 1615–80, superintendent of finance (1653–61) under King Louis…
(Encyclopedia) Orléans, city (1990 pop. 107,965), capital of Loiret dept., N central France, on the Loire River. A commercial and transportation center, it has food-processing, tobacco, machine-…
