"at his Ardmore Hotel in Newry, where a reception took place following a ""Dana Place"" street-naming ceremony in nearby Hilltown, to honour her recent Eurovision success. After a three-week honeymoon in Grenada the newlyweds set up home in Rostrevor, County Down. They have four children: Grace (born 1981), Ruth (born 1983), John James (born 1984), and Robert (born 1989). The Scallons currently live in Claregalway, County Galway. Dana Rosemary Scallon Dana Rosemary Scallon (born Rosemary Brown on 30 August 1951), known in her singing career as Dana, is an Irish singer and former politician who served as Member of the"
"Rozonda Thomas Rozonda Ocielian ""Chilli"" Thomas (born February 27, 1971) is an American dancer, singer-songwriter, actress, and television personality who rose to fame in the early 1990s as a member of group TLC, one of the best-selling girl groups of the 20th century. Thomas was born in Atlanta, Georgia and graduated from Benjamin Elijah Mays High School in 1989. Her father, Abdul Ali, is of Arab and Indian descent, and her mother, Ava Thomas, is of African American and Native American descent. Thomas, who had been raised by her mother, later allowed the ""Sally Jessy Raphael"" television talk show to"
"Rhonda Fleming Rhonda Fleming (born Marilyn Louis; August 10, 1923) is a retired American film/television actress and singer. She acted in more than forty films, mostly in the 1940s and 1950s, and became renowned as one of the most glamorous actresses of her day. She was nicknamed the ""Queen of Technicolor"" because her fair complexion and flaming red hair photographed exceptionally well in Technicolor. Fleming was born as Marilyn Louis on August 10, 1923 in Hollywood, California, to Harold Cheverton Louis, a non-professional insurance salesman, and Effie Graham, who was a famous model and actress. Effie had appeared opposite Al"
"Lily Pons Alice Joséphine Pons (April 12, 1898 – February 13, 1976), known professionally as Lily Pons, was a French-American operatic soprano and actress who had an active career from the late 1920s through the early 1970s. As an opera singer she specialized in the coloratura soprano repertoire and was particularly associated with the title roles in ""Lakmé"" and ""Lucia di Lammermoor"". In addition to appearing as a guest artist with many opera houses internationally, Pons enjoyed a long association with the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, where she performed nearly 300 times between 1931 and 1960. She also"
"founders of the Faculty of Community Health (now the Faculty of Public Health), which brought together academic bodies such as the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, community health doctors, and organisations such as the Public Health Laboratory Service (PHLS). She served as the PHLS Regional Medical Officer from 1973–84, and Regional General Manager from 1984−88. In her last few years, Dame Rosemary continued to take an active interest in health service matters, despite both breast and colon cancer. She died, aged 76, at her cottage in Stanton St John, Oxfordshire on Christmas Eve 2004, aged 76. She was"
"Tamsin Egerton Tamsin Olivia Egerton (born 1988) is an English actress and model best known for her roles as Chelsea Parker in the 2007 film ""St Trinian's"", Holly Goodfellow in the 2005 film ""Keeping Mum"" and Guinevere in the 2011 TV series ""Camelot"". She is of English, Irish, French and Ukrainian origin. Egerton began her acting career at age six, following her older sister, Sophia, to a local youth theatre, saying, ""The whole reason I'm acting now is because I wanted to be doing what my big sister was doing"". A year later, she appeared in a Royal Shakespeare Company"
"and CD. Lily Pons Alice Joséphine Pons (April 12, 1898 – February 13, 1976), known professionally as Lily Pons, was a French-American operatic soprano and actress who had an active career from the late 1920s through the early 1970s. As an opera singer she specialized in the coloratura soprano repertoire and was particularly associated with the title roles in ""Lakmé"" and ""Lucia di Lammermoor"". In addition to appearing as a guest artist with many opera houses internationally, Pons enjoyed a long association with the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, where she performed nearly 300 times between 1931 and 1960."
"Rose McClendon Rose McClendon (August 27, 1884 – July 12, 1936) was a leading African-American Broadway actress of the 1920s. A founder of the Negro People's Theatre, she guided the creation of the Federal Theatre Project's African American theatre units nationwide and briefly co-directed the New York Negro Theater Unit. Rose McClendon was born as Rosalie Virginia Scott in Greenville, South Carolina, and as a child relocated to New York City. She started acting in church plays in her youth. She became a professional actress in her thirties, after winning a scholarship to the American Academy of Dramatic Art. At"
"Marla Landi Marla Landi, Lady Dashwood (born Marcella Teresa Scarafina in 1933, Turin, Italy) is an Italian-born British film actress. Her major roles included ""Across the Bridge"" (1957), ""Dublin Nightmare"" (1958), ""First Man into Space"" (1959), ""The Murder Game"" (1965), and the Hammer films ""The Hound of the Baskervilles"" (1959, as Cecille Stapleton) and ""The Pirates of Blood River"" (1962). She was a ""Play School"" presenter from 1964-70. Joy Whitby, the programme's creator and earliest producer, recalled in 2013: ""She spoke English with a heavy accent, but she was very loveable and children adored her."" Landi also presented ""Parliamo Italiano""."
"interviews Others Rosa Parks Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The United States Congress has called her ""the first lady of civil rights"" and ""the mother of the freedom movement"". On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Parks rejected bus driver James F. Blake's order to relinquish her seat in the ""colored section"" to a white passenger, after the whites-only section was filled. Parks was not the first person to resist bus segregation, but the"
"as Gail Platt. Thelma Barlow Thelma Barlow (née Pigott; born 19 June 1929) is an English television actress and writer, most famous for her roles as Mavis Wilton in the long-running ITV soap opera ""Coronation Street"" and as Dolly Bellfield in the sitcom ""Dinnerladies"". Thelma Barlow was born in 1929 in Middlesbrough, North Riding of Yorkshire, the younger of two daughters. Her father, Tommy, a cabinet maker, died of pneumonia five weeks before her birth, and Barlow was brought up by her mother Margaret. Barlow has an elder sister, Veda. During her childhood the family moved to Huddersfield, West Riding"
"couple married on August 28, 2016. Aytes has partnered with DonorSee, a charitable giving platform that allows donations directly to specific needs, and provides raw video of how the money changed someone's life. Aytes has supported building a well in rural Malawi, Africa. Rochelle Aytes Rochelle Aytes (born May 17, 1976) is an American actress and model. She is best known for her role as April Malloy on ABC drama series ""Mistresses"" (2013-16). Aytes also starred in the auto-biography story film of TLC such as """" as Perri ""Pebbles"" Reid, short-lived series ""Drive"", ""The Forgotten"" (2009–10), Criminal Minds and ""Work"
"Theresa Saldana Theresa Saldana (August 20, 1954 – June 6, 2016) was an American actress and author. She is known for her role as Rachel Scali, the wife of Police Commissioner Tony Scali, in the 1990s television series ""The Commish"", for which she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, in 1994. Major film roles include the part of 'Lenore La Motta', the wife of Joe Pesci's character, in the 1980 feature film ""Raging Bull"" and Robert Zemeckis's Beatlemania ensemble ""I Wanna Hold Your Hand"". She was also known for raising public"
"from the competition. Rosemary Conley Rosemary Jean Neil Conley CBE, DL (née Weston, 19 December 1946, in Leicester) is an English businesswoman, author and broadcaster on exercise and health. She was the founder and president of Rosemary Conley Diet And Fitness Clubs, a franchise-based organisation that was alongside Slimming World and Weight Watchers, one of the ""big three"" weight loss organisations in the UK. She has released several exercise videos and books. She now chairs Rosemaryconley.com an online weight loss club. Conley attended Bushloe High School and Goddards Secretarial College. She then studied for an RSA in Exercise to Music."
"Mary Ellis Mary Ellis (June 15, 1897 – January 30, 2003) was an American actress and singer appearing on stage, radio, television and film, best known for her musical theatre roles, particularly in Ivor Novello works. After appearing with the Metropolitan Opera beginning in 1918, she acted on Broadway, creating the title role in ""Rose-Marie"". In 1930, she emigrated to England, where she gained additional fame and continued to perform into the 1990s. She also became known for film roles, including in ""The 3 Worlds of Gulliver"" in 1960. Ellis was born May Belle Elsas, in Manhattan, New York City,"
"Thelma Barlow Thelma Barlow (née Pigott; born 19 June 1929) is an English television actress and writer, most famous for her roles as Mavis Wilton in the long-running ITV soap opera ""Coronation Street"" and as Dolly Bellfield in the sitcom ""Dinnerladies"". Thelma Barlow was born in 1929 in Middlesbrough, North Riding of Yorkshire, the younger of two daughters. Her father, Tommy, a cabinet maker, died of pneumonia five weeks before her birth, and Barlow was brought up by her mother Margaret. Barlow has an elder sister, Veda. During her childhood the family moved to Huddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire. Barlow"
"was married to conductor Roberto Benzi. Jane Rhodes Jane Marie Andrée Rhodes (March 13, 1929 – May 7, 2011) was a French opera singer whose voice encompassed both the soprano and high mezzo-soprano ranges. Her most celebrated role was Carmen, which she sang in the opera's first ever staging at the Palais Garnier. She also created the roles of Isadora in Marcel Landowski's ""Le Fou"" and Maguelone in Georges Delerue's ""Le Chevalier de Neige"" and sang Renata in the first recorded performance of Prokofiev's ""The Fiery Angel"". Admired for both her voice and her glamorous stage presence, she was nicknamed"
"Rolonda Watts Rolonda Watts (born July 12, 1959) is an American actress, producer, voice over artist, novelist, motivational speaker, and television and radio talk show host. She is best known for hosting the eponymous ""Rolonda"", an internationally syndicated talk show which aired from 1994 to 1997. Watts was the on-camera announcer for ""Judge Joe Brown"", which ended its run in 2013. She is currently the on-camera announcer for ""Divorce Court"". Watts's mother, Dr. Velma Gibson Watts, was an associate dean at Wake Forest University and her father, Roland Watts, was chairman of Winston-Salem State University's Fine Arts Department. Watts attended"
"Elaine Symons Elaine Symons (born 4 December 1974) is an Irish actress who was trained at the prestigious RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art) active on television since 1997. She is most notable for her role as alcoholic mother-of-five Rose Kelly in the BBC One school TV drama ""Waterloo Road"", making her first appearance in the first episode of the show's fourth series, screened on 7 January 2009. Her earlier credits include roles in ""Sinners"" ""Totally Frank"", ""Waking the Dead"", ""As If"", ""Custer's Last Stand-up"" and ""Touched by an Angel"". In 2011 Elaine Symons played the role of Kerry Cadogan"
"Jane Rhodes Jane Marie Andrée Rhodes (March 13, 1929 – May 7, 2011) was a French opera singer whose voice encompassed both the soprano and high mezzo-soprano ranges. Her most celebrated role was Carmen, which she sang in the opera's first ever staging at the Palais Garnier. She also created the roles of Isadora in Marcel Landowski's ""Le Fou"" and Maguelone in Georges Delerue's ""Le Chevalier de Neige"" and sang Renata in the first recorded performance of Prokofiev's ""The Fiery Angel"". Admired for both her voice and her glamorous stage presence, she was nicknamed the ""Bardot of the Opéra"". She"
"Sarah Tells"". Polley was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada on December 30, 2013. Sarah Polley Sarah Ellen Polley (born January 8, 1979) is a Canadian actress, writer, director, and political activist. Polley first garnered attention and is probably most known as a child actress for her role as Ramona Quimby in the television series ""Ramona"", based on Beverly Cleary's books. Subsequently this led to her role as Sara Stanley in the Canadian television series ""Road to Avonlea"" (1990–1996). She has starred in many feature films, including ""Exotica"" (1994), ""The Sweet Hereafter"" (1997), ""Guinevere"" (1999), ""Go"" (1999), ""The"
"has been married to jazz drummer Joseph Patti since 1967. Rosemary Prinz Rosemary Prinz (born January 4, 1930) is a stage and television actress. She is most known for her work in the early era of the American soap opera, ""As the World Turns"". Prinz originated the role of M'Lynn Eatenton in ""Steel Magnolias"" during its first production Off-Broadway. Prinz was born in Manhattan. Her father, Milton Prinz, was a talented cellist (many years later Prinz taped ""How to Survive a Marriage"" in the same studio where her father had performed with Arturo Toscanini) and Prinz herself spent her early"
"Vanessa Redgrave Vanessa Redgrave (born 30 January 1937) is an English actress of stage, screen and television, and a political activist. She is a 2003 American Theatre Hall of Fame inductee, and received the 2010 BAFTA Fellowship. Redgrave rose to prominence in 1961 playing Rosalind in ""As You Like It"" with the Royal Shakespeare Company and has since starred in more than 35 productions in London's West End and on Broadway, winning the 1984 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Revival for ""The Aspern Papers"", and the 2003 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for the revival"
"Rosemary Clooney Rosemary Clooney (May 23, 1928 – June 29, 2002) was an American singer and actress. She came to prominence in the early 1950s with the song ""Come On-a My House"", which was followed by other pop numbers such as ""Botch-a-Me"", ""Mambo Italiano"", ""Tenderly"", ""Half as Much"", ""Hey There"" and ""This Ole House"". She also had success as a jazz vocalist. Clooney's career languished in the 1960s, partly due to problems related to depression and drug addiction, but revived in 1977, when her ""White Christmas"" co-star Bing Crosby asked her to appear with him at a show marking his"
"Remastered Edition"", consisting of her complete studio recordings totaling 39 albums in a boxed set remastered at Abbey Road Studios in 24-bit/96 kHz digital sound from original master tapes. Sources Maria Callas Maria Callas, Commendatore OMRI (; ; December 2, 1923 – September 16, 1977) was an American-born Greek soprano. She was one of the most renowned and influential opera singers of the 20th century. Many critics praised her ""bel canto"" technique, wide-ranging voice and dramatic interpretations. Her repertoire ranged from classical ""opera seria"" to the ""bel canto"" operas of Donizetti, Bellini and Rossini and further, to the works of"
"Rosa Parks Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The United States Congress has called her ""the first lady of civil rights"" and ""the mother of the freedom movement"". On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Parks rejected bus driver James F. Blake's order to relinquish her seat in the ""colored section"" to a white passenger, after the whites-only section was filled. Parks was not the first person to resist bus segregation, but the National Association"
"Gladys Spellman Gladys Noon Spellman (March 1, 1918 – June 19, 1988) was a U.S. Congresswoman who represented the 5th congressional district of Maryland from January 3, 1975, to February 24, 1981. She was a member of the Democratic Party. Spellman was born Gladys Blossom Noon in New York City and attended Eastern and Roosevelt high schools in Washington, D.C. She graduated from George Washington University, Washington, D.C., and graduate school with the United States Department of Agriculture. Spellman became a teacher, and taught in Prince George's County, Maryland, schools. A consummate politician, Spellman was part of the wave of"
"Micole Mercurio Micole Diana Mercurio (March 10, 1938 – January 19, 2016) was an American film and television actress and artist. Her film credits included the roles of Rosemary Szabo in ""Flashdance"" in 1983, Mrs. Kelly in ""Gleaming the Cube"" in 1989, Momma Love in ""The Client"" in 1994, Midge Callaghan in ""While You Were Sleeping"" in 1994, as well as ""What Lies Beneath"" in 2000. Mercurio's television work included guest appearances and recurring roles on ""Night Court"", ""Hill Street Blues"", ""L.A. Law"", ""Chicago Hope"", and ""FlashForward."" Mercurio was born in Chicago, Illinois, on March 10, 1938, to Michael Mercurio"
"language and culture in the United Kingdom. In 1977 she married Sir Francis Dashwood, 11th Baronet. Together they lived at West Wycombe House in Buckinghamshire. Marla Landi Marla Landi, Lady Dashwood (born Marcella Teresa Scarafina in 1933, Turin, Italy) is an Italian-born British film actress. Her major roles included ""Across the Bridge"" (1957), ""Dublin Nightmare"" (1958), ""First Man into Space"" (1959), ""The Murder Game"" (1965), and the Hammer films ""The Hound of the Baskervilles"" (1959, as Cecille Stapleton) and ""The Pirates of Blood River"" (1962). She was a ""Play School"" presenter from 1964-70. Joy Whitby, the programme's creator and earliest"
"Joy Chambers Joy Chambers (born 1947) is an Australian actress, author, and businesswoman. Chambers is known for such television soap opera roles as Rita Merrick in ""The Restless Years"", Dr Robyn Porter in ""The Young Doctors"", and Rosemary Daniels in ""Neighbours"". Chambers has played Rosemary on a recurring basis since 1986. Chambers made a brief return to the show in 2005, after line producer Linda Walker emailed her asking if she would return for the 20th anniversary celebrations. She shot her scenes in April on a visit to Melbourne. In May 2010, it was announced that Chambers would again be"
"Liliana Ross Liliana Piera Marina Brescia Clerici, best known professionally as Liliana Ross, (March 30, 1939 – June 10, 2018) was an Italian-born Chilean actress, director, playwright, and theatrical producer whose professional career spanned more than fifty years. She was best known to television audiences for her starring roles in the Chilean telenovelas ""La Colorina"" (1977) and ""Machos"" (2003). In 1992, Ross was honored with the title Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic by the Italian government. Ross was born Liliana Piera Marina Brescia Clerici in Genoa, Italy. She was raised in Pegli, a neighborhood in"
"Rosemary Conley Rosemary Jean Neil Conley CBE, DL (née Weston, 19 December 1946, in Leicester) is an English businesswoman, author and broadcaster on exercise and health. She was the founder and president of Rosemary Conley Diet And Fitness Clubs, a franchise-based organisation that was alongside Slimming World and Weight Watchers, one of the ""big three"" weight loss organisations in the UK. She has released several exercise videos and books. She now chairs Rosemaryconley.com an online weight loss club. Conley attended Bushloe High School and Goddards Secretarial College. She then studied for an RSA in Exercise to Music. After losing weight"
"sciences. Rosemary Crompton Rosemary Crompton, (""née"" Baxendale; 22 April 1942 – 17 August 2011) was a British sociologist and academic, specialising in gender and social class. She was Professor of Sociology at City University from 1999 to 2008: she was then appointed professor emeritus. She had previously been a research assistant at the University of Cambridge, a lecturer at the University of East Anglia and at the University of Kent, and held a chair at the University of Leicester. In 2007, Crompton was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and"