"one of the 21 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor. (* = made directly for television) Headlining Co-headlining tours Residency shows Diana Ross Diana Ross (born March 26, 1944) is an American singer, actress, and record producer. Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, Ross rose to fame as the lead singer of the vocal group the Supremes, which, during the 1960s, became Motown's most successful act, and are the best charting girl group in US history, as well as one of the world's best-selling girl groups of all time. The group released a record-setting"
"Diana Gibson Diana Gibson (March 21, 1915 – October 12, 1991) was an American film actress. Born Rosemary La Bie in Chicago, Illinois, Gibson started her film career in 1935 with a role in ""His Night Out"", starring Edward Everett Horton and Irene Hervey. She appeared in nine film roles in 1936, four of which were uncredited. She starred opposite John Wayne in the 1937 film ""Adventure's End"", which would be her best known role. That year she appeared in six films, in five credited roles. However, in 1938 and 1939 her career took a downward turn, and she only"
"Diana Ross, then going by ""Diane"". Betty McGlown completed the original lineup and Jenkins named them as ""The Primettes"". The group performed at talent showcases and at school parties before auditioning for Motown Records in 1960. Berry Gordy, head of Motown, advised the group to graduate from high school before auditioning again. Ballard eventually dropped out of high school though her groupmates graduated. In 1960, Ballard was raped at knifepoint by local high-school basketball player Reggie Harding after leaving a sock hop at Detroit's Graystone Ballroom (she had attended with her brother, but they accidentally lost track of each other)."
"Virginia Earle Virginia (née Earl) Earle (August 6, 1873 – September 21, 1937) was an American stage actress remembered for her work in light operas, Edwardian musical comedies and vaudeville over the decades surrounding the turn of the twentieth century. Born Virginia Earl on August 6, 1873, in Cincinnati, Ohio, she was the daughter of Irish immigrants Sara and Nathan Wheeler Earl. Earle's family later moved to Chicago where her father found employment as a machinist. Her mother and father were both said to have done some theater work, as did her younger brother, Wheeler Earl, who performed for a"
"Diana Miller Diana Miller (March 18, 1902 – December 18, 1927) was an American actress in silent motion pictures. She had red hair and excelled in playing roles which required delineation of character. She was briefly married director and producer George Melford. Born in Seattle, Washington, Miller entered movies with assistance from actor Wallace Reid. She worked for five years for Famous Players-Lasky before she lost her job and rebounded with the Fox Film Company. She was almost penniless and took work as an extra. By 1925 Miller had worked in nine Fox films. Miller's first performance was in ""Honor"
"adopted the professional name of ""Dana"", which had been her school nickname. Now studying A-level music and English, she became popular in Dublin's cabaret and folk clubs at weekends, and was crowned Queen of Cabaret at Clontarf Castle in 1968. Rex Records' secretary Phil Mitton suggested she audition for the Irish National Song Contest, due to take place in February 1969 – a victory would see her represent Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest. With mixed feelings due to nerves she made it through to the final in Dublin where she sang ""Look Around"" by Michael Reade, later released as"
"Diana (singer) Diana (born June 2, 1954) is a Brazilian singer, who gained fame in the 1970s. She was born Ana Maria Siqueira Iorio, in Botafogo ward, in Rio de Janeiro city, at 2 June, and raised in the Leblon ward. Her fans have given her the nickname ""The Love Singer of Brazil"". Her song styles are Jovem Guarda and Brazilian Pop. She began her career in the late 1960s, following in the footsteps of ""Jovem Guarda"". At 1969, she recorded her first single, ""Menti Pra Você"" (I Lied For You) (Side A) and ""Sítio do Pica-Pau Amarelo"" (Yellow Woodpecker's"
"as ""The Adventures of Kit Carson"" (1951–1952), ""Highway Patrol"" (1957), and ""The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp"" (1957–1958). She left the movie business in 1958, but returned to acting for a few films in the 1980s. She died in Burbank, California, and is interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills). Virginia Dale Virginia Dale (July 1, 1917 – October 3, 1994) was an American actress and dancer. Dale was born in Charlotte, North Carolina. While working as one of the dancing Paxton Sisters in New York City, she was discovered by Darryl F. Zanuck who signed her to"
"2010, Diana adopted the new stage name Dianah. She declared the intention to record a new CD, a live DVD and to release an autobiography. Diana (singer) Diana (born June 2, 1954) is a Brazilian singer, who gained fame in the 1970s. She was born Ana Maria Siqueira Iorio, in Botafogo ward, in Rio de Janeiro city, at 2 June, and raised in the Leblon ward. Her fans have given her the nickname ""The Love Singer of Brazil"". Her song styles are Jovem Guarda and Brazilian Pop. She began her career in the late 1960s, following in the footsteps of"
"Diana Darvey Diana Magdalene Roloff (21 April 1945 – 11 April 2000), known professionally as Diana Darvey, was an English actress, singer and dancer, best known for her appearances on ""The Benny Hill Show"". The daughter of a former Windmill Girl, Pamela Cooper, Diana was raised and educated in Bristol. Her father died when she was just two and, when she first entered show business, she adopted the surname ""Davey"" from her mother's second husband (the ""r"" was added years later). In 1962, aged 17, Darvey made her first stage appearance as a pantomime dancer in Bath, and a year"
"Daisy Earles Daisy Earles (1899-1981) was a German dwarf who migrated to the United States in the early 1920s. She worked in Hollywood films in California and later toured with circus companies. Daisy Earles was blonde, pretty, and tall compared to her other sisters, and had a very well proportioned figure, for which she earned the epithet of a ""miniature Mae West"". Her circus acts with her siblings were as ""parade performers"". Daisy Earles was born Hilda Emma Schneider on April 29, 1907 in Stolpen, Germany. Her parents were Emma and Gustav Schneider. Their three daughters, less than average height,"
"Beth Rogan Jenifer Puckle (19 July 1931 – 25 November 2015), known professionally as Beth Rogan, was a British film actress and Rank Films starlet of the 1950s and 60s. She was married and divorced three times, said by friends to be charming but ""dangerous to know"", and grew her own cannabis. Reputedly, she was the model for Diana Scott, the central character in John Schlesinger's film ""Darling"" (1965). Puckle was born in Walmer, Kent. She was always known as Jeni to friends and family. Her father was Kenneth Puckle, a major in the Royal Marines and a veteran of"
"on 11 April 2000, ten days before her 55th birthday, after a fall at her home. Diana Darvey Diana Magdalene Roloff (21 April 1945 – 11 April 2000), known professionally as Diana Darvey, was an English actress, singer and dancer, best known for her appearances on ""The Benny Hill Show"". The daughter of a former Windmill Girl, Pamela Cooper, Diana was raised and educated in Bristol. Her father died when she was just two and, when she first entered show business, she adopted the surname ""Davey"" from her mother's second husband (the ""r"" was added years later). In 1962, aged"
"also called Diana. His first wife contested Poplar South in the 1935 general election, failing to be elected in what was a safe Labour seat. She contested Hull Central in the 1945 general election, again failing to be elected. His grandson Alexander James Spearman (born 1984) married in 2014 Princess Amelia of Orleans-Braganza, daughter of Prince Antônio of Orléans-Braganza. Alexander Spearman Sir Alexander Cadwallader Mainwaring Spearman (2 March 1901 – 5 April 1982) was a British Conservative Member of Parliament (MP). His father, who was a Commander in the Royal Navy and commanded a battalion of a Royal Naval Brigade"
"Anne Shirley (actress) Anne Shirley (born Dawn Evelyeen Paris, April 17, 1918 – July 4, 1993) was an American actress. Beginning her career as a child actress under the stage name Dawn O'Day, Shirley adopted the name of the character she played in the film adaptation of ""Anne of Green Gables"" in 1934, and achieved a successful career in supporting roles. Among her films is ""Stella Dallas"" (1937), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She retired from acting in 1944, at the age of 26. She remained in Los Angeles, where she died"
"Diana Lewis Diana Lewis (September 18, 1919 – January 18, 1997) was an American film actress and an M-G-M contract player. The daughter of vaudeville performers, Lewis was born in Asbury Park, New Jersey. She attended Fairfax High School in west Hollywood. Lewis began her film career in ""It's a Gift"" (1934) and worked steadily over the next few years, usually in minor roles. Her more notable films include ""It's a Gift"" (1934), ""Gold Diggers in Paris"" (1938), ""Go West"" (1940) and ""Johnny Eager"" (1941). She was the love interest of ""Andy Hardy"" as Daphne Fowler in ""Andy Hardy Meets"
"Kendall Carly Browne Kendall Carly Browne (May 31, 1918 – January 26, 2018) was an American film and television actress and television host. Browne, whose professional career spanned decades, was best known for her film role, including ""Dreamscape"" in 1984 and ""Pineapple Express"" in 2008, as well as television roles from the 1950s to 2000s including ""The Jack Benny Program"", ""Beverly Hills, 90210"", ""ER"", """", and ""My Name Is Earl"". Born in Pennsylvania on May 31, 1918, Browne began her career as a receptionist at the Zeppo Marx Talent Agency before seguing into acting and on-air work. In 1952, she"
"Edna May Edna May Pettie (September 2, 1878 – January 1, 1948), known on stage as Edna May, was an American actress and singer. A popular postcard beauty, May was famous for her leading roles in Edwardian musical comedies. May was born in Syracuse, New York, to Edgar and Cora Petty. The family later changed the surname to ""Pettie"". Her siblings were Adelbert, Jennie and Marguerite. At the age of 5, she played Little Willie Allen in a production of ""Dora"". The next year, her performances ""charmed a number of audiences lately with her child voice"". By the age of"
"Diana Prince Princess Diana is a fictional character appearing regularly in stories published by DC Comics, as the secret identity of the Amazonian superhero Wonder Woman, who bought the credentials and identity from a United States Army nurse named Diana Prince who went to South America and married her fiancé to become Diana White. The character debuted in ""Sensation Comics"" #1 (January 1942) and was created by Charles Moulton and H. G. Peter. The fictional career of Diana Prince evolved over the years, from the original Army nurse to becoming a military intelligence officer (promoted to higher ranks), then later"
"home-grown cannabis was found drying in the airing cupboard at her home. Beth Rogan Jenifer Puckle (19 July 1931 – 25 November 2015), known professionally as Beth Rogan, was a British film actress and Rank Films starlet of the 1950s and 60s. She was married and divorced three times, said by friends to be charming but ""dangerous to know"", and grew her own cannabis. Reputedly, she was the model for Diana Scott, the central character in John Schlesinger's film ""Darling"" (1965). Puckle was born in Walmer, Kent. She was always known as Jeni to friends and family. Her father was"
"she divorced him. She moved to Washington, D.C. and began a long-term love affair with black actor-boxer Canada Lee, despite the threat of miscegenation laws. She founded Women Against War and continued, after World War II, to try to establish a Center for World Peace at Delphi, Greece. When rebuffed by Greek authorities, she purchased Castello di Rocca Sinibalda, a 15th-century castle north of Rome, which she used to support an artists' colony. She died of pneumonia related to heart disease in Rome, in 1970. Born on April 20, 1891 in New Rochelle, New York, she was nicknamed ""Polly"" to"
"Diana Wynyard Diana Wynyard, CBE (born Dorothy Isobel Cox, 16 January 1906 – 13 May 1964) was an English stage and film actress. Born in Lewisham, South London, Wynyard began her career on the stage. After performing in Liverpool and London with the Liverpool Repertory Company and the Hamilton Deane Repertory Company, she performed on Broadway, appearing first in ""Rasputin and the Empress"" in 1932, with Ethel, John, and Lionel Barrymore. She appeared in the film version, beginning her brief Hollywood career. Fox Film Corporation then borrowed her for their lavish film version of Noël Coward's stage spectacle ""Cavalcade"" (1933)."
"Donna Dixon Donna Lynn Dixon (born July 20, 1957) is a retired American actress and former beauty queen. After meeting and starring together in the film ""Doctor Detroit"", Dixon has worked in several movies with her husband Dan Aykroyd. Dixon was born on July 20, 1957, in Alexandria, Virginia to Earl Dixon. Her father owned a nightclub on U.S. 1 called Hillbilly Heaven. In 1975, she graduated from Groveton High School and attended the George Washington University but dropped out. Dixon began her career as a model and was named Miss Virginia USA, in 1976, and Miss Washington D.C. World,"
"Diana (U.S. TV series) Diana is an American sitcom that aired on NBC during the 1973-1974 television season that was created by Leonard Stern, which ran from September 10, 1973 to January 7, 1974. The series was filmed in front of a live studio audience at CBS Studio Center in Los Angeles. The series starred Diana Rigg in her first American television series, as Diana Smythe, a recently divorced British fashion designer who moves to the States in the hopes of becoming more noticed in the fashion world by relocating to New York City. As the series begins she has"
"Diane Denoir Diana Roches Mehler, more commonly known by her pseudonym Diane Denoir (born 21 January 1957), is an Uruguayan singer. Diane Denoir was born to two Austrian immigrants to Uruguay in Montevideo, the nation's capital, on 21 January 1957. She grew up and spent her adolescence in the Pocitos neighborhood of Montevideo. In the winter of 1966, she was one of the promoters of the ""Conciertos Beat"", a series of innovative shows in which music from different genres was mixed with sketches and the reading of texts, performed at the Solís and Odeón Theaters. It was at these performances"
"have been used to allow Diana some escape from her more recognized role as Diana Themyscira and Wonder Woman. Diana Prince Princess Diana is a fictional character appearing regularly in stories published by DC Comics, as the secret identity of the Amazonian superhero Wonder Woman, who bought the credentials and identity from a United States Army nurse named Diana Prince who went to South America and married her fiancé to become Diana White. The character debuted in ""Sensation Comics"" #1 (January 1942) and was created by Charles Moulton and H. G. Peter. The fictional career of Diana Prince evolved over"
"20 years starting in 1960 and had other homes, including one in Maryland (in the Washington, D.C., area). She was a mother of two and grandmother of four. Her husband Bill Sowle worked for the CIA and died in 2013. She ran a free tutoring program for underprivileged children in Washington D.C. for almost a quarter-century. Sowle died of undisclosed causes in Maryland on October 19, 2018, aged 88. Diana Sowle Diana Mae Sowle (née Laumer; June 19, 1930 – October 19, 2018) was an American actress of film and theater and voice artist, best known for playing Mrs. Bucket"
"Laura Lee Laura Lee (born Laura Lee Newton; 9 March 1945 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American soul and gospel singer and songwriter, most successful in the 1960s and 1970s and influential for her records which discussed and celebrated women's experience. Lee was born in Chicago, but as a child moved to Detroit with her mother, Ernestine Rundless, the founder of a leading gospel group, The Meditation Singers. Featuring Della Reese, they were the first Detroit gospel group to perform with instrumental backing. The group recorded on the Specialty label in the mid-1950s appeared on the LP ""Della Reese Presents"
"Deena Dill Deena Dill is an American actress and television executive producer best known for her recurring roles on Nickelodeon's hit show ""iCarly"", ABC's television series ""Suburgatory"", and The CW's sci fi series ""Star-Crossed"", as well as being a creator and executive producer of The CW's award-winning game show ""Oh Sit!"" Deena Dill was born and raised in Dayton, Tennessee, the daughter of business owners James and Phyllis Dill. She was named Deanna Francine Dill at birth, which her parents always pronounced as ""Deena"". Dill changed the spelling of her first name a few years after college when she joined"
"in South Africa in 2002, at the age of 60. Barbara Randolph Barbara Randolph (5 May 194215 July 2002), also known as Barbara Ann Sanders, was an American singer and actress who recorded for Motown Records in the 1960s. She was born in Detroit and was adopted by the actress Lillian Randolph, who appeared in ""It's a Wonderful Life"" (1946) and many other movies. Her show business career beganunder the name Barbara Ann Sanders, having taken the name of Lillian's second husband - when she was eight years old, playing the part of Tanya in the 1953 feature film ""Bright"
"9000"", as a singer in the opening scenes. Laura Lee Laura Lee (born Laura Lee Newton; 9 March 1945 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American soul and gospel singer and songwriter, most successful in the 1960s and 1970s and influential for her records which discussed and celebrated women's experience. Lee was born in Chicago, but as a child moved to Detroit with her mother, Ernestine Rundless, the founder of a leading gospel group, The Meditation Singers. Featuring Della Reese, they were the first Detroit gospel group to perform with instrumental backing. The group recorded on the Specialty label in the"
"By the 1920s, Diamond Tooth Lil was a household name. Honora Ornstein was born in Austria-Hungary in 1882 to a Jewish family. She also used the name Lilian Orinstein. She became famous during the Klondike Gold Rush in the Yukon before the turn of the century on the Pantages vaudeville circuit, where she was a star entertainer for the region's spendthrift ""sourdough"" gold seekers. A nearby gambling house owner said that Lil spent three or four years there. Her stage name, Diamond Tooth Lil, is based on her several diamond-inset dental fillings, including ones in her front and canine teeth."
"Tina Robin Harriet ""Tina"" Robin (November 27, 1937 – March 16, 1996) was an American pop singer and entertainer. She was born in New Jersey. In 1957 she appeared on a popular television quiz show, either ""Hold That Note"" or ""Name That Tune"" (sources differ), and won, gaining recognition for her powerful singing voice and her personality; she was tall, and nicknamed ""The Little Dynamo"". She was managed by Buddy Kaye, and first recorded for Coral Records, releasing several singles in the late 1950s but with little success. However, she released an LP, ""The 4 Seasons"", on Coral in 1958,"