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Linda Cardellini

Linda Cardellini is known for her roles in a number of television series, including Freaks and Geeks, ER, Mad Men and Dead to Me. Cardelinni has also been in a number of feature films, including the…

Linda Manz

Linda Manz was an American screen actress from New York known for her roles in the films Days of Heaven and Out of the Blue. She grew up taking drama, dance and improv lessons, and when she was 15…

Linda Ronstadt

Linda Ronstadt was one of the top-selling female vocalists of the late 1970s, the singer of such hits as "You're No Good" and "When Will I Be Loved." After three albums with The Stone Poneys,…

Davies, Samuel

(Encyclopedia) Davies, SamuelDavies, Samueldāˈvēz [key], 1723–61, American Presbyterian clergyman, b. New Castle co., Del. Ordained as an evangelist, he went in 1747 to Hanover co., Va., where he was…

Eight, the

(Encyclopedia) Eight, the, group of American artists in New York City, formed in 1908 to exhibit paintings. They were men of widely different tendencies, held together mainly by their common…

Davies, Arthur Bowen

(Encyclopedia) Davies, Arthur BowenDavies, Arthur Bowendāˈvĭs, –vēz [key], 1862–1928, American painter and lithographer, b. Utica, N.Y., studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students…

Davies, Sir Peter Maxwell

(Encyclopedia) Davies, Sir Peter MaxwellDavies, Sir Peter Maxwelldāˈvĭs [key], 1934–2016, English composer and conductor, b. Salford, studied Royal Manchester College of Music and Princeton with…

San Francisco Symphony

(Encyclopedia) San Francisco Symphony, orchestra founded 1911. It has performed at the Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall since 1980. Henry Hadley, the original music director, was followed by Alfred…

Linda Wachner Biography

Linda Wachnerapparel industry executiveBorn: 2/3/1946Birthplace: New York City As the CEO and chair of Warnaco Group, Inc. and Authentic Fitness Corp., and the first woman to lead a Fortune…

Linda Alvarado Biography

Linda AlvaradoentrepreneurBorn: 1952Birthplace: Albuquerque, N.M. Alvarado has been a pioneer on several fronts. She started her own construction company in 1976 with a $2,500 loan from her…