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Anne Bradstreet

Name at birth: Anne DudleyAnne Bradstreet emigrated to Massachusetts with her father and her husband in 1630. Her husband later became a governor of the colony, while Anne wrote poetry and raised…

Anne Bancroft

Name at birth: Anna Maria Louise ItalianoTony, Emmy and Oscar winner Anne Bancroft is best known for her portrayal of Mrs. Robinson, the older woman who seduces young Benjamin (Dustin Hoffman) in the…

Anne Sullivan

Name at birth: Joanna SullivanAnne Sullivan was the tutor and lifelong friend and assistant to Helen Keller, the famous deaf and blind activist. Sullivan lost her own sight as a child and attended…

Anne Parillaud

Actress Anne Parillaud made it big in France and on the international art-house circuit, but still best known for playing the title role in La Femme Nikita (1990) -- a hit woman with high heels. The…

Anne Hutchinson

Name at birth: Anne MarburyAnne Hutchinson was a theologically literate midwife who was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1638 for her religious views. Hutchinson emigrated with her…

Anne Lister

Anne Lister was a 19th century businesswoman and diarist whose openly lesbian lifestyle defied convention at a time when the love affairs between women were never discussed. Lister’s volumes of…

Ann Curtis

Ann CurtisBorn: Mar. 6, 1926Swimming won 2 gold medals and 1 silver in 1948 Olympics; set 4 world and 18 U.S. records during career; 1st woman and swimmer to win Sullivan Award (1944). Larry…

Anne Fadiman

Anne Fadiman won the National Book Critics Circle Award for The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, her 1997 report on the medical and cultural struggles of an immigrant Hmong family living in…

Wilson, Marie

actressBirthplace: Anaheim, Calif.Born: 1916Died: 1972

Frann, Mary

actressBirthplace: St. LouisBorn: 1943Died: 1998