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Emma

Director/Writer: Douglas McGrath Director of Photography: Ian Wilson Editor: Lesley Walker Production Designer: Michael Howells Producers: Patrick Cassavetti and Steven Haft…

Willard, Emma

(Encyclopedia) Willard, Emma, 1787–1870, American educator, pioneer in woman's education, b. Emma Hart in Berlin, Conn. She attended and later taught in the local academy and in 1807 took charge of…

Calvé, Emma

(Encyclopedia) Calvé, EmmaCalvé, Emmakälvāˈ [key], 1858–1942, French operatic soprano; pupil of Mme Marchesi. She sang in the principal opera houses of Europe and between 1893 and 1904 sang often at…

Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson is an English actress known for appearing in the Harry Potter movies and for her Oscar-winning screenplay for the 1995 film version of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility. She had her…

Emma Goldman

Emma Goldman was a social and political activist and the founder of the anarchist publication Mother Earth in the early 20th century. A Jewish immigrant by way of Russia and Germany, she involved…

Emma Watson

Emma Watson first played Hermione Granger in the 2001 film Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, the original film based on the hit series of books by author J.K. Rowling. Hermione is young Harry…

Emma Stone

Name at birth: Emily Jean StoneActress Emma Stone was best known for her star performance in the 2010 comedy Easy A -- up until she won the Oscar for best actress in 2016's La La Land. She got her…

Emma Lazarus

Emma Lazarus was an American writer of Portugese-Jewish ancestry whose 1883 poem, "The New Colossus," is inscribed on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty. Lazarus grew up in a prosperous Jewish…

Emma Raducanu

Emma Raducanu is the tennis player who, at age 18, dashed out of semi-obscurity to win the 2021 U.S. Open. Emma Raducanu was born in Toronto as the only child of immigrant parents from China (her…

Goldman, Emma

(Encyclopedia) Goldman, Emma, 1869–1940, American anarchist, b. Lithuania. She emigrated to Rochester, N.Y., in 1886 and worked there in clothing factories. After 1889 she was active in the anarchist…