Elaine Stritch Research Paper

“On Broadway, although some female roles are narrow, demeaning, passive, or long-suffering and convey weakness, the performer sings with incredible strength. Listening to the female singing voice is a more complicated phenomenon. Visually, the character singing is the passive object of our gaze. But aurally, she is resonant; her musical speech drowns out everything in range. A singer, more than any other musical performer, stands before us having wrested the composing voice away from the lyricist and composer who wrote the score.” Said Musicologist Carolyn Abbate (Wolf, p.31)

Carol Hutchins is the top ranked coach with the most wins in the history of college softball. She has collected a total of 1461 wins in 32 years of coaching. She has a mere 474 loses on her record. Hutchins first coached at Ferris State from 1981-1982 and then Michigan from 1985 to present time. Carol grew up in Lansing, Michigan where she then went and played softball at the place she coaches. She was the starting shortstop there as a freshman and also played basketball, too. Hutchins attended Everett High School where she also played on the Lansing Laurels.

Annie Easley was born on April 23, 1993, to Mary Melivina Hoover and Samuel Bird Easley. She had a brother, but with him being six years older than her, Easley was practically the only child raised by her single mother. In Birmingham, Alabama, Easley attended a parochial school all the way to graduation and was valedictorian of her graduating class.

For my dance history lineage project, I chose three different choreographers who helped each other in their careers. My timeline includes what choreographer taught who and when. The choreographer at the bottom of my timeline is Ruth St. Denis. Ruth St. Denis was an American modern dancer who started to dance in 1906. Taught by Ruth was Martha Graham who was also modern American dancer and choreographer.

Despite pushback from her community, in 1932 Elizabeth became the medical director of Hamilton Ontario's first birth control clinic. She worked with passionate volunteers to provide affordable and reliable contraceptives to the women of her community, as well as offer advice and education to Hamilton women. She remained the director until 1966, and continued to be a practicing doctor until her retirement in 1975 at age 95. It wasn't until 1969 that the practice was seen as legal and began to receive government grants. Elizabeth Bagshaw went on to live to 100, dying on January 5th,

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, best known for her roles as Elaine Benes in Seinfeld and Selina Meyer in Veep, is regarded as the funniest woman on American television. You have seen her a million times on TV, but, how much do you really know about her? Take a look at our remaining seven little known facts about the actress! Number Seven: She Inspired ’30 Rock’ Tina Fey cites Julia Louis-Dreyfus as the biggest inspiration for her character in the comedy show 30 Rock.

Richards was born July 12th, 1920. She was an American actress, poet, playwright, and author. Richards was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi. In 1948, she graduated from Dillard University, and move to New York City two years after. Her career began in 1955 as she performed in the Broadway show Take a Giant Step. She knew she acting was her passion so she continued to do it her entire life. Richards was nominated for a Tony awards years later for her outstanding performance on stage. But stage was not her only doing in acting; she also acted in numerous television shows. Richards also won two Emmy awards for her performance. In the last year of her life, Richards was diagnosed with emphysema in 2000. By the age of 80, she died from

Despite being a star kid and featuring in some television shows she did not get instant success. Her

Beyond her musical and acting achievements, Streisand’s impact on popular culture is profound. She has sold over 150 million records worldwide, making her one of the best-selling recording artists of all time. Billboard has hailed her as the greatest solo artist on the Billboard 200 chart and the top Adult Contemporary female artist of all time. Streisand’s accolades include two Academy Awards, 10 Grammy Awards, five Emmy Awards, and nine Golden Globes, among others. She has also been honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her contributions to the

	Lucille Ball has made significant and positive contributions to the country with her comedy. Many consider her America's best female actress. Kathleen Brady, in fact, says, "Lucille Ball is one of the greatest performing artists America has produced" (ix). Throughout her career, Ball has not only been a comedienne, but also a superb businesswoman, an excellent role model, and has won numerous awards.

Elizabeth MacCracken likes to keep documents by her family, from any of her relatives. Elizabeth McCracken’s grandfather was genealogist, the grandmother wrote stories, poems. I remember once opening a drawer full of letters she wrote to God. My other grandmother Jacobson’s my collection of family letters, she had 11 brothers and sisters most of them did write to her. She keeps diaries and laundry list and diplomas by all of her relatives. Her grandmother loves to save letters from Martha her kid’s nanny. Which it’s also my mother, she had said Martha had a very good child hood when she was little she also wrote to my traveling grandmother that the twins didn’t miss her at all

Julia Carolyn Child/Mcwilliams came to the earth on August 15,1912 in Pasadena,Ca. Her proud parents were John Mcwilliams and his wife Julia Carolyn Weston. They were wealthy.Julia was the eldest of her siblings. She had a brother named John III and a sister named Dorothy Dean Cousins. Julia attended Westridge Polytechnic School from fourth to ninth grade. Then she moved to Katherine Branson School in Ross, California. Julia has a passion for outdoor sports especially golf, basketball and tennis. She was 6ft 2in(6 feet 2 inches)tall.She graduated from Smith College in 1934. Her major subject was english in college.

Uta Hagen was born in Göttingen, Germany on June 12th, 1919 and passed on January 14th, 2004. Hagen moved to Wisconsin in 1924. In 1936, she began classes at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. After her studies, Uta moved to New York in 1937 and received her first professional role as Ophelia in Hamlet. After that, Hagen played the role of Nina in the Broadway production The Seagull. Working with Lunt and Fontanne in this production had an enormous influence on her because she admired their passion. Hagen had a breakthrough in her theatrical philosophies while working with Clurman on the “Streetcar Named Desire” national tour. She was inspired to write a book, named Respect for Acting about how to “make a character run through [you]”. She

Mary Scholz was born March 18 2002 to her two parents Barb and Mark Scholz, which holds great significance because that means she has never in her fifteen years of being has she ever had school on her birthday. She was born in Des Moines Iowa, and has lived nowhere else for longer than a month.

Jennifer Hudson may not have had our attention when she first appeared on television as an American Idol contestant, but she has our attention now! The actress has been shining brightly since receiving her big break in Dreamgirls (2006), but here are some facts about the actress you may not know. Number Fifteen: Jennifer Hudson Did Not Win American Idol The competition show American Idol has been credited by many of its winners for giving them their start in the music business.