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María Félix 2002 Deaths

María FélixAge: 87 Mexican actress whose beauty and flamboyant personality propelled her to international fame and icon status. Her credits include Woman Without a Soul and La Generala. Died…

Maria Schell 2005 Deaths

Maria SchellAge: 79 Austrian actress who appeared in dozens of European films before arriving in Hollywood in the 1950s. Her films include The Brothers Karamazov and The Hanging Tree. Died:…

Maria Chabot 2001 Deaths

Maria ChabotAge: 87 Native-American advocate, photographer, and rancher who started the Indian markets on Santa Fe, New Mexico's Plaza in the 1930s and was a close friend of Georgia O'Keefe.…

Maria Hsia, 2000 News

political fund-raiser and immigration consultant, was convicted in March on five felony counts of illegally arranging more than $100,000 in contributions to the Democratic Party during the…

Maria Pintasilgo 2004 Deaths

Maria PintasilgoAge: 74 Portuguese engineer and politician who was the country's first and only female prime minister. Died: Lisbon, July 10, 2004William PickeringM - QSir John Pople

Klaus Maria Brandauer Biography

Klaus Maria Brandauer actor, directorBorn: 6/22/1944Birthplace: Bad Aussee, Austria A successful international star, he first gained acclaim for his performance as an ambitious young actor in…

Crespi, Giuseppe Maria

(Encyclopedia) Crespi, Giuseppe MariaCrespi, Giuseppe Mariaj&oomacr;zĕpˈpā märēˈä [key]Crespi, Giuseppe Maria krāsˈpē [key], 1665–1747, Italian painter of the Bolognese school, called Lo…

Walewska, Countess Maria

(Encyclopedia) Walewska, Countess MariaWalewska, Countess Mariamärēˈä välĕfˈskä [key], 1789–1817, Polish noblewoman. She became (1807) the mistress of Emperor Napoleon I and bore (1810) him a son,…

Peter III, king of Portugal

(Encyclopedia) Peter III, 1717–86, king of Portugal (1777–86), younger brother of Joseph. He married his niece Maria I and was joint ruler with her, though she generally was the dominant figure.

Santa María, volcano, Guatemala

(Encyclopedia) Santa MaríaSanta Maríasänˈtä märēˈä [key], active volcano, 12,375 ft (3,772 m) high, SW Guatemala, in the Sierra Madre near the city of Quetzaltenango. Its eruption in 1902 was one of…