Search

Search results

Displaying 1 - 10

Angelou, Maya

(Encyclopedia) Angelou, MayaAngelou, Mayamīˈə ănˈjəl&oomacr; [key], 1928–2014, African-American writer and performer, b. St. Louis, Mo., as Marguerite Johnson. She toured Europe and Africa in the…

Maya Angelou

Name at birth: Marguerite JohnsonMaya Angelou's 1969 autobiography, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, was nominated for a National Book Award and made her a symbol of pride for Black Americans. In…

Maya Angelou Biography

Maya Angeloupoet, writer, composer, actressBorn: 4/4/1928Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri Grammy Award-winning poet, writer, composer and actress who has appeared in several Off-Broadway…

Mark Andrus Biography

Mark Andrusscreenwriter Screenwriter who co-wrote the critically acclaimed film As Good As It Gets (1997) with James L. Brooks. He also wrote Late for Dinner (1991). Julie AndrewsAMaya Angelou…

Jennifer Aniston Biography

Jennifer Aniston(Jennifer Anistonapoulos)actressBorn: 2/11/1969Birthplace: Sherman Oaks, California You could just say she was born to act. As the daughter of Days of Our Lives star John…

Maya Lin

Name at birth: Maya Ying LinMaya Lin was still an undergraduate at Yale University when she won the national design competition for a Vietnam War veterans memorial to be built near the Lincoln…

Maya Rudolph

Maya Rudolph is an actress known mostly for comedy, as a cast member of TV's Saturday Night Live and a co-star in feature films such as Away We Go (2009) and Bridesmaids (2011). Born in Florida, she…

Coe, Michael Douglas

(Encyclopedia) Coe, Michael Douglas, 1929–2019, American anthropologist, b. New York City, Ph.D. Harvard, 1959. Coe taught at Yale from 1960, becoming Charles J. MacCurdy Professor of Anthropology in…

Mother's Day Quotations

Need a suggestion for your Mother's Day card? More Mother's Day Features Related Links Mother's Day Features Quotations by Women Winter Quotations African-American Quotations…