"remains. Ginger Rogers Ginger Rogers (born Virginia Katherine McMath; July 16, 1911 – April 25, 1995) was an American actress, dancer, and singer. She is known for her starring role in ""Kitty Foyle"" (1940), but is best remembered for performing in RKO's musical films (partnered with Fred Astaire) on stage, radio and television, throughout much of the 20th century. Born in Independence, Missouri, and raised in Kansas City, Rogers and her family moved to Fort Worth, Texas, when she was nine years old. After winning a 1925 Charleston dance contest that launched a successful vaudeville career, she gained recognition as"
"Convention. A Republican and a devout Christian Scientist, Rogers was married five times, with all of her marriages ending in divorce; she had no children. During her long career, Rogers made 73 films, and her musical films with Fred Astaire are credited with revolutionizing the genre. Rogers was a major movie star during the Golden Age of Hollywood, and is often considered an American icon. She ranks number 14 on the AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars list of female stars of classic American cinema. Virginia Katherine McMath was born on July 16, 1911, in Independence, Missouri, the only child of Lela"
"Virginia Dwyer Virginia Dwyer Gorman (December 19, 1919 – August 20, 2012) was an actress known for her roles in several daytime soap operas. From 1954 to 1962, she had roles on at least five daytime programs, including ""The Road of Life"", ""The Secret Storm"", ""Young Dr. Malone"", ""The Guiding Light"", and ""As the World Turns"". She was born in Omaha, Nebraska. She was best known for her role as matriarch Mary Matthews on ""Another World"", a role she played from the series premiere in 1964 until her departure in 1975. Although popular with the audience, she fell into disfavor"
"Charlotte Elizabeth McManus Charlotte Elizabeth McManus (1850–1941) was an Irish nationalist, historian and novelist. Born in Castlebar, Co. Mayo in 1850 to James and Charlotte McManus, McManus was educated at home and in Torquay. She was known as Lil and Lottie, and published as L. McManus. Dermot MacManus was a nephew. McManus became ardent nationalist and worked as a Gaelic League worker in Kiltimagh, Co. Mayo. Due to her work it is believed up to 7000 people attended a nationalist meeting in the area in 1909. She was on the anti-Treaty side of the Civil War in Ireland. She wrote"
"Virginia True Boardman Virginia True Boardman (May 23, 1889 – June 10, 1971) was an American actress of the silent era. Born Margaret Shields in Fort Davis, Texas, Boardman began her theatrical career in 1906 as Virginia Eames (using her mother's surname) and went on to appear in 52 films between 1911 and 1936. Although her career started off strong, like many actresses of the silent film era she failed to make a successful transition to talking films, and by the mid-1930s her career was at its end for all practical purposes. She was married to actor True Boardman until"
"healed in Christian Science of a stomach ailment, smoking, drinking and gambling, causing him to leave medical practice. He has been called the best known convert to Christian Science to come from medicine. Tutt became a practitioner in 1912 and a teacher of Christian Science in 1916. From 1915 to 1918, he was the Committee on Publication for the state of Missouri. One of Tutt's early cases as a practitioner was that of a kidnapped toddler in Kansas City. The little girl, Virginia McMath, later became known as Ginger Rogers, a Hollywood actress. Tutt became a Christian Science lecturer in"
"Virginia Belmont Virginia E. Belmont, also spelled Virginia Belmonte (September 20, 1921 – May 6, 2014), was an American film actress. Born Virginia E. Califano in New York City, she graduated from UCLA and then started working as a cigarette girl at Mocambo. Belmont received her first acting role, uncredited, in the 1944 film ""Black Arrow"". Following a number of supporting roles for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and RKO films, she was put under contract with Monogram Pictures, starring in several B-movies as the heroine opposite William Boyd, Jimmy Wakely, and Johnny Mack Brown, among others. In 1941 Belmont married the native-born Italian"
"one of the Virginia Women in History by the Library of Virginia. Mary A. R. Marshall Mary Aydelotte Rice Marshall (June 14, 1921 – October, 1992) was an American civic activist, housewife and Democratic politician who represented Arlington, Virginia in the Virginia General Assembly for more than twenty years. Born in Chicago, Illinois, where her father John Andrew Rice was teaching and studying at the University of Chicago, Marion Aydelotte Rice moved with her family to Nebraska, England and finally North Carolina, where her father helped found Black Mountain College in 1933. Mary Rice attended Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, where"
"Victoria Earle Matthews Victoria Earle Matthews (""née"" Ella Victoria Smith, May 27, 1861 – March 10, 1907) was an American author, essayist, newspaperwoman, settlement worker, and activist. She was born into slavery in Fort Valley, Georgia and, with her family, moved to New York City after emancipation. She attended school and worked as a domestic servant to help her family. As a married woman, Matthews became involved in women's clubs and social work, at a time when the settlement movement started in Great Britain in 1884 was influencing American social work in major cities. In 1897 Matthews founded the White"
"Tayva Patch Tayva Patch (née Rhoton; February 18, 1953 – November 21, 2015) was an American actress who played the role of Lucy Mack Smith in many films. She also played the role of the FBI agent Meredith in the film ""Brigham City"" (2001). Tayva Rhoton was born in Winslow, Arizona. She studied acting at Brigham Young University. She married Brian Patch in 1972. The couple had four children and remained married until Tayva's death. She was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Other roles played by Tayva Patch include Mary Magdalene in ""The Testaments"""
"Virginia Marshall Virginia Elizabeth Marshall (October 1, 1918 – January 30, 1982) also called Little Virginia Marshall, was a child actress in silent films between 1924 and 1928. Virginia Elizabeth Marshall was born on October 1, 1918 in Dallas, Texas to Virginia G. Wallace of Cuba, Missouri and Wallace L. Marshall of Tyler, Texas. Marshall appeared in a ""Los Angeles Times"" feature entitled ""Stars Tomorrow?"" in April 1925. She was among a group of children that included Vonda Phelps and Virginia Davis. The article questioned whether their stardom would continue or fade away with time. In fact the nine youth"
"restaurateur Albert Califano, and in the late 1940s they moved to Rome, where she continued her film career in the Italian industry, starring in a number of melodrama films, while Califano worked as a correspondent for ""The Hollywood Reporter"". In the late 1950s she retired from acting and moved back in the U.S., where she was employed by United Airlines as a sales representative. Virginia Belmont Virginia E. Belmont, also spelled Virginia Belmonte (September 20, 1921 – May 6, 2014), was an American film actress. Born Virginia E. Califano in New York City, she graduated from UCLA and then started"
"are buried at the Goose Creek burying ground in Loudoun County, Virginia. Her papers are in the George Mason University special collections, and are being indexed. In 2015, the Library of Virginia honored her service as one of its Virginia Women in History. In 2004, he neighbors in the Ayr Hill Garden Club of Vienna, Virginia established a children's garden and named it in her honor. Dorothy Shoemaker McDiarmid Dorothy Shoemaker McDiarmid (October 22, 1906 – June 8, 1994) was a teacher, real estate broker, Quaker activist, and Virginia legislator for nearly 26 years. Born in Waco, Texas to U.S."
"Julia Faye Julia Faye (born Julia Faye Maloney, September 24, 1892 – April 6, 1966) was an American actress of silent and sound films. She was known for her appearances in more than 30 Cecil B. DeMille productions. Her various roles ranged from maids and ingénues to vamps and queens. She was ""famed throughout Hollywood for her perfect legs"" until her performance in Cecil B. DeMille's ""The Volga Boatman"" (1926) established her as ""one of Hollywood's popular leading ladies."" Faye was born at her grandmother's home near Richmond, Virginia. Her father, Robert J. Maloney (born 1865), worked for the Atchison,"
"Mary McNair Mathews Mary McNair Mathews (1834–1903) was a Nevada historian. Her memoir and early chronicle of life in Virginia City, Nevada, ""Ten Years in Nevada or Life on the Pacific Coast"", was published in 1880. She was born in Livingston County, New York in 1834, Widowed early, and learning of her brother's death in Virginia City, she sold her hoop skirt factory and left for Nevada in 1869 with her young son. Once in Virginia City, she ran a laundry business, a school, a boardinghouse, and a soup kitchen; she invested in stocks. Mathews returned to New York in"
"with headwriter Harding Lemay, reportedly because she refused to learn her dialogue as written. Finally, Lemay had the Mary Matthews character die unexpectedly off-camera, thus eliminating Dwyer from the program. After being a regular performer on daytime television for over 20 years, Dwyer did not work on daytime again (other than appearing in one commercial) after leaving ""Another World."" She was at one time married to director/producer Walter Gorman. She died in 2012 in Manhattan aged 92. Virginia Dwyer Virginia Dwyer Gorman (December 19, 1919 – August 20, 2012) was an actress known for her roles in several daytime soap"
"papers, including a taped interview. Charlotte Giesen Charlotte Milton Caldwell Giesen (January 27, 1907 – January 28, 1995) (nicknamed ""Pinkie"") was a Virginia politician and news editor. A lifelong resident of Radford, Virginia, she served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1958 to 1961, becoming the first Republican woman elected to the House. Charlotte Milton Caldwell was born to Charles Minor Caldwell and his wife the former Ida Goodykoontz in Radford, Virginia. She graduated from Radford College, then known as the Women's Division of Virginia Polytechnic Institute, in 1925. On April 5, 1929 she married Arthur Rossa Giesen, and"
"Margaret Mann Margaret Mann (4 April 1868, in Aberdeen, Scotland – 4 February 1941, in Los Angeles, California), was a Scottish-American actress. Margaret Mann starred in a number of major silent films such as ""Black Beauty"" in 1921 and played the lead role in John Fords 1928 drama ""Four Sons"", one of John Wayne's first films. She often played kind-hearted or suffering motherly roles. With the advent of sound films her roles got noticeable smaller and she was often uncredited. She portrayed the kindly grandmother Mrs. Mack in two ""Our Gang"" comedies in 1931. She also played bit parts in"
"Virginia Hamilton Adair Virginia Hamilton Adair (February 28, 1913, New York City – September 16, 2004, Claremont, California) was an American poet who became famous later in life with the 1996 publication of ""Ants on the Melon"". Mary Virginia Hamilton was born in the Bronx and raised in Montclair, New Jersey. She attended Montclair Kimberley Academy, graduating in the class of 1929. She disliked the name ""Mary"" and dropped it as a young adult. Adair composed her first poem at the age of two; since then, she has written over a thousand poems. Exposed to poetry as a young child"
"Ruth Terry Ruth Mae Terry (born Ruth Mae McMahon, October 21, 1920 – March 11, 2016) was an American singer and actress in film and television from the 1930s to the 1960s. She claimed her stage name came from Walter Winchell, who combined the names of two then-famous baseball players, Babe Ruth and Bill Terry. Terry was born in Benton Harbor, Michigan, the daughter of Irish-American parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. E. McMahon. She attended St John's Catholic School in Benton Harbor. Terry won a number of prizes for singing before singing with the Paul Ash Theater Orchestra at the"
"election. Terry died on March 11, 2016 at the age of 95. Ruth Terry Ruth Mae Terry (born Ruth Mae McMahon, October 21, 1920 – March 11, 2016) was an American singer and actress in film and television from the 1930s to the 1960s. She claimed her stage name came from Walter Winchell, who combined the names of two then-famous baseball players, Babe Ruth and Bill Terry. Terry was born in Benton Harbor, Michigan, the daughter of Irish-American parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. E. McMahon. She attended St John's Catholic School in Benton Harbor. Terry won a number of prizes"
"and Smith College. She married Arthur Richard Wolff in 1959. They divorced in 1976. Virginia Euwer Wolff Virginia Euwer Wolff (born August 25, 1937) is an American author of children's literature. Her award-winning series ""Make Lemonade"" features a 14-year-old girl named LaVaughn, who babysits for the children of a 17-year-old single mother. There are three books. The second, ""True Believer"", won the 2001 National Book Award for Young People's Literature. The second and third, ""This Full House"" (2009), garnered ""Kirkus Reviews"" starred reviews. She was the recipient of the 2011 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature. Wolff was born in"
"Mary Thurman Mary Thurman (April 27, 1895 – December 22, 1925) was an American actress of the silent film era. Born Mary Christiansen in Richfield, Utah, she was one of seven children raised in the Mormon faith. Her father died in 1906. She attended the University of Utah and became a teacher. Thurman's film career began with roles in the comedies of Mack Sennett, as one of the Sennett Bathing Beauties, and featured appearances in ""Bombs!"" (1916) and ""The Fool"" (1925). Her greatest success came when she was started working with director Allan Dwan. They collaborated on several critically acclaimed"
"until 1948. She lived an increasingly reclusive life after her husband's death in 1937. She died in 1958, and was buried in the graveyard of the Moravian Church at Brockweir. Flora Klickmann Emily Flora Klickmann (26 January 1867 – 20 November 1958) was an English journalist, author and editor. She was the second editor of the ""Girl's Own Paper"", but became best known for her ""Flower-Patch"" series of books of anecdotes, autobiography and nature description. Flora Klickmann was born on 26 January 1867 in Brixton, London, one of six children of German-born Rudolf Klickmann and his wife, Fanny Warne. The"
"Virginia Fox Virginia Fox Zanuck (April 2, 1902 – October 14, 1982) was an American actress who starred in many silent films of the 1910s and 1920s. Fox was born in Wheeling, West Virginia (though her grave erroneously lists Charleston, W.Va. as her place of birth), the daughter of Marie (née Oglseby) and Frederick Fox. While on vacation from boarding school, Fox traveled to visit a friend in Los Angeles. The two made a casual stop by the studio of Mack Sennett, where she was hired on the spot and made a bathing beauty in the studio's films. Fox went"
"and summer camps as well. The all-black Victoria Earle Matthews (Mothers) Club, named after her, helped girls and women who had been sexually abused or threatened with such. Victoria Earle Matthews Victoria Earle Matthews (""née"" Ella Victoria Smith, May 27, 1861 – March 10, 1907) was an American author, essayist, newspaperwoman, settlement worker, and activist. She was born into slavery in Fort Valley, Georgia and, with her family, moved to New York City after emancipation. She attended school and worked as a domestic servant to help her family. As a married woman, Matthews became involved in women's clubs and social"
"Jeanette Nolan Jeanette Nolan (December 30, 1911 – June 5, 1998) was an American actress. Nominated for four Emmy Awards, she had roles in the television series ""The Virginian"" (1962–1971) and ""Dirty Sally"" (1974); and in films such as ""Macbeth"" (1948). Nolan began her acting career at the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, California, and, while a student at Los Angeles City College, made her radio debut in 1932 in ""Omar Khayyam"", the first transcontinental broadcast from station KHJ. She continued acting into the 1990s. She appeared regularly in several radio series: ""Young Dr. Malone"", 1939–1940; ""Cavalcade of America"", 1940–1941; Nicolette"
"Pocahontas Pocahontas (, ; born Matoaka, known as Amonute, 1596 – March 1617) was a Native American woman notable for her association with the colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia. Pocahontas was the daughter of Powhatan, the paramount chief of a network of tributary tribal nations in the Tsenacommacah, encompassing the Tidewater region of Virginia. In a well-known historical anecdote, she saved the life of a captive of the Native Americans, the Englishman John Smith, in 1607 by placing her head upon his own when her father raised his war club to execute him. Many historians doubt the veracity of this"
"Lila Meade Valentine Lila Meade Valentine (February 4, 1865 – July 14, 1921) was an American educational reformer and a participant in the woman's suffrage movement. Born in Richmond, Virginia, Valentine actively campaigned for women's rights, for higher public health standards and for a better public education system. She was the founder and president of the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia. Created in 1909, the primary goal of this group was to achieve equal voting rights for women in the state of Virginia. After women were given the right to vote, through the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920,"
"76 due to complications from pneumonia. Born in 1921 in Baltimore City, Maryland, Virginia S. Baker was raised in East Baltimore and lived in Baltimore for her entire life. As a kid, Baker was often known by her nickname Queenie, or sometimes kids in the neighborhood referred to her as ""queen of the hill"". As an adult, Baker was given more nicknames, such as Queen of Fun, Baltimore's First Lady of Fun, and ""Baltimore's oldest kid"", which were often used by reporters when Baker was mentioned in newspaper articles. Baker's father, an immigrant from Bohemia (now the Czech Republic), changed"
"Virginia Brown Faire Virginia Brown Faire (born Virginia Labuna, June 26, 1904 – June 30, 1980) was an American silent-film actress, appearing in dramatic films and, later, in sound westerns. Faire was born in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Joseph Labuna and Martha Delsand. (Other sources have her last name as La Buna.) She attended Wadleigh High School for Girls. She was brought to Hollywood in 1919 after being one of the four winners of the ""Motion Picture Classic"" magazine's ""Fame and Fortune"" contest, which she had entered as Virginia Brown, using her stepfather's last name. Not long after"
"Maggie McOmie Maggie McOmie is an American stage and film actress, best known for co-starring with Robert Duvall in George Lucas' 1971 film ""THX 1138."" Though the film received mixed reviews at the time, it has since developed a cult following. McOmie chose not to pursue a film career following ""THX 1138,"" which remains her only major film credit, although she returned to the screen in small roles in the 2006 films ""Grand Junction"" and ""The Boston Strangler."" Throughout the years, she has remained active in small plays and productions, both in Los Angeles and now in her home of"
"Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles at the age of 90. Her urn at Hollywood Forever Cemetery lists her as Viola Dana, as well as her real last name Flugrath. For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Viola Dana has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It is located at 6541 Hollywood Boulevard. Viola Dana Viola Dana (born Virginia Flugrath, June 26, 1897 – July 3, 1987) was an American film actress who was successful during the era of silent films. She appeared in over 100 films, but was unable to make the transition"