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Allen Drury Allen Stuart Drury (September 2, 1918 – September 2, 1998) was an American novelist. He wrote the 1959 novel "Advise and Consent", for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1960.
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Jean Giono Jean Giono (30 March 1895 – 8 October 1970) was a French author who wrote works of fiction mostly set in the Provence region of France.
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Ruth Allen (singer) Ruth Allen is a London born cabaret artist and singer. She initially performed under the stage name Ronnie Graham, in venues such as the chic Astor Club in Berkeley Square, where, as top of the bill, she performed for an unprecedented year-long residency. Her continuing success took her to Paris, where she performed at the famous jazz venue the Mars Club and met the legendary Billie Holiday.
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Violet Henry-Anderson Violet Winifred Leslie Henry Anderson (December 15, 1882 — June 20, 1935), known professionally as V. Henry-Anderson (with or without the hyphen), was a Scottish-born golfer and partner of poet Elsa Gidlow.
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Les Âmes fortes Les Âmes fortes ("the strong souls") is a 1949 novel by the French writer Jean Giono. It was the basis for the 2001 film "Savage Souls", directed by Raúl Ruiz.
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David Ashton (actor) David Ashton (born 10 November 1941 in Greenock) is a Scottish actor and writer. Trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, 1964–67, he has acted in a wide variety of film, television, theatre and radio roles. He has also developed a parallel career as a writer of fiction, film and television screenplays and plays for theatre and radio. His radio play "The Old Ladies at the Zoo", which starred Peggy Mount and Liz Smith, won the Radio Times Drama Award in 1985.
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The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, sometimes called The Burns and Allen Show, is a half-hour television series broadcast from 1950 to 1958 on CBS. It stars George Burns and Gracie Allen, one of the most enduring acts in entertainment history. Burns and Allen were headliners in vaudeville in the 1920s, and radio stars in the 1930s and 1940s. Their situation comedy TV series received Emmy Award nominations throughout its eight-year run.
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Mary Allen Mary Allen (born 22 August 1951) is a British writer, broadcaster, arts administrator and management consultant best known for her controversial and turbulent period as Chief Executive of the Royal Opera House.
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Carmen Silvera Carmen Dorothy Blanche Silvera (2 June 1922 – 3 August 2002) was a Canadian-born British comic actress of Spanish descent, who moved to Coventry, England, with her family when she was a child. She appeared on television regularly in the 1960s, and achieved mainstream fame in the 1980s as her starring role in British television programme, "'Allo 'Allo!" as Edith Artois.
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Johnny Stark (talent manager) Johnny Stark (Born Roger Oscar Emile Stark) (August 29, 1922 - April 24, 1989) was one of the most dynamic imprésarios (A&R executive) and producers in French show business. He is perhaps best known for working with Édith Piaf and representing Mireille Mathieu from the 1960s until his death in 1989, assisting her rise to international stardom.
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Gery Scott Gery Scott (5 October 1923 – 14 December 2005) was a jazz and cabaret entertainer and teacher, whose performing career spanned 26 countries and over 60 years. She was noted for her powerful stage persona and engaging delivery, with material ranging from the songbooks of Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Harold Arlen, Lorenz Hart, Cy Coleman and all the "standards" as well as Noël Coward and some pop material. Whilst she was well known to British audiences during the later part of the Second World War, she achieved most of her fame outside the UK.
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Jean Gandois Jean Gandois, AM (born 7 May 1930, Nieul, Haute-Vienne) is a French businessman.
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Lillian Allen Lillian Allen is a Canadian dub poet, reggae musician, writer and Juno award winner.
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Joshua Allen Joshua Allen (born March 13, 1989) is the winner of the fourth season of "So You Think You Can Dance". He had originally auditioned in Dallas, Texas with his friend and fellow contestant, Comfort Fedoke. Allen was announced winner of the show on August 7, 2008, winning $250,000.
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Jennifer Cody Jennifer Cody (born November 10, 1969) is an American dancer and actress.
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Herbert Campbell Herbert Campbell (22 December 1844 – 19 July 1904) born Herbert Edward Story was an English comedian and actor who appeared in music hall, Victorian burlesques and musical comedies during the Victorian era. He was famous for starring, for forty years, in the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane's annual Christmas pantomimes, predominantly as a dame.
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Stephen Drury Stephen Drury (born April 13, 1955) is an American pianist, conductor and electronic musician.
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Chet Allen (actor, born 1939) Chet R. Allen (May 6, 1939 – June 17, 1984) was an American child actor of the 1950s known for his role as Amahl in Gian Carlo Menotti's "Amahl and the Night Visitors", the first opera written for television, which he made with the NBC Opera Theatre.
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Joshua Allen, 2nd Viscount Allen He was the son of John Allen, 1st Viscount Allen and succeeded to his father's titles on 8 November 1726. Between 1709 and 1727, he represented Kildare County in the Irish House of Commons.
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Jean DuShon Jean DuShon (born Anna Jean Harris, 16 August 1935) is an American jazz and R&B singer, and stage actor. She is best known for her recordings in the 1960s, including the first recording of the song "For Once in My Life".
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John Arthur Gibson John Arthur Gibson, (March 1, 1850–November 1, 1912) was also known as "Ganio<nowiki>'</nowiki>dai<nowiki>'</nowiki>io<nowiki>',</nowiki>" ("Promoter of the Code of Handsome Lake") and "Skanyadehehyoh" (or "Skanyadai'iyo" - one of the traditional office-chiefs of the Seneca - that of "Handsome Lake") was born to his father, also named John Gibson, who was an Onondaga chief or "Royaner" whose title was Atotarho, (or Thatótá•hoˀ) and Hanna Gibson, of the Turtle clan of the Seneca nation.
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John Drury (clergyman) John Henry Drury (born 23 May 1936) is an Anglican priest and author. He has been the Chaplain of All Souls College, Oxford since 2003.