actress, singerBorn: 2/14/1934Birthplace: Dale, Indiana Perky and petite actress known best for anchoring the The Brady Bunch (1969–74). Born one of ten children to a poor tobacco farmer, she was…
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(Encyclopedia) Cortona, Pietro Berrettini daCortona, Pietro Berrettini dapyāˈtrō bār-rĕt-tēˈnē dä kōrtôˈnä [key], 1596–1669, Italian baroque painter and architect, b. Cortona. The Barberini family…
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