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The Beauty Queen of Leenane The Beauty Queen of Leenane is a 1996 black comedy by Irish playwright Martin McDonagh which was premiered by the Druid Theatre Company in Galway, Ireland. It also enjoyed successful runs at London's West End, Broadway and Off-Broadway.
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Martin McDonagh Martin McDonagh ( ; born 26 March 1970) is a British playwright, screenwriter and film director, born and brought up in London to Irish parents. He holds dual British and Irish citizenship. He has been described as one of the most important living playwrights in Ireland.
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Jane Anne Jayroe Jayne Anne Jayroe-Gamble (born October 30, 1946) is a well known broadcaster, author and public official and former American beauty queen from Laverne, Oklahoma, who was Miss Oklahoma in 1966 and Miss America in 1967. Jayroe worked as an anchor in TV News in Oklahoma City and Dallas-Fort Worth broadcast media markets for 16 years. Later, Governor of Oklahoma Frank Keating appointed her to serve as his Secretary of Tourism and Recreation in his Cabinet. She served in that position from 1999 until 2003. Jayroe has authored numerous articles and books and was spokesman for The Presbyterian Health Foundation.
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Adele King Adèle King (born Adèle Condron-King, 4 April 1951) is an Irish entertainer better known as Twink from her time as a member of a group called Maxi, Dick and Twink which was a girl band in Ireland in the late 1960s and 1970s. She is the mother of singer Chloë Agnew from the group Celtic Woman.
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Philomena Lee Annie Philomena Lee (born 24 March 1933) is an Irish woman whose life was chronicled in the 2009 book "The Lost Child of Philomena Lee" by Martin Sixsmith. The book was made into a film titled " Philomena" (2013), which was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Lead Actress for Judi Dench's portrayal of Philomena, and Best Picture. Lee is now an advocate and spokesperson for adoption rights. Lee has created "The Philomena Project" in order to raise awareness about adoption laws and find ways to improve them. In February 2014, she met Pope Francis to discuss the Catholic church's adoption policies.
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Rita Connolly Rita Connolly is a singer who has lived and worked in Ireland. She is primarily known for her work with composer Shaun Davey who wrote a song cycle for her called "Granuaile" based on the 16th-century pirate queen Gráinne O'Malley as well as including her in other of his works such as "The Relief of Derry Symphony", "The Pilgrim Suite" and his Special Olympics music which was specially composed in 2003. Rita Connolly and Ronan Tynan sang the anthem song "May We Never Have to Say Goodbye" which topped the Irish charts for two weeks. She has also produced two solo albums, one with the eponymous title "Rita Connolly", and the second "Valpariso" on the Tara Music label.
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Brittany Mason Brittany Mason is an international fashion model, actress, activist and pageant queen from Anderson, Indiana. In 2017 she became the national director for the Miss Universe Ireland franchise.
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Joanna Lumley Joanna Lamond Lumley, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born 1 May 1946) is an English actress, former model, author and activist. She won two BAFTA TV Awards for her role as Patsy Stone in the BBC sitcom "Absolutely Fabulous" (1992–2012), and was nominated for the 2011 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for the Broadway revival of "La Bête". In 2013, she received the Special Recognition Award at the National Television Awards and in 2017, she was honoured with the BAFTA Fellowship award.
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McKenzie Lee McKenzie Lee (born Paula McQuone, 16 May 1979 in Leicester, England) is a British pornographic actress.
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Pearl Binder Pearl Binder (28 June 1904–25 January 1990) was a British writer, illustrator, playwright, stained-glass artist, lithographer, sculptor and a champion of the Pearly Kings and Queens. She was a legendary character who had a lifelong fascination with the East End of London, where she settled in the 1920s. In 1974 she became "Lady Elwyn-Jones", when her husband the politician and lawyer Elwyn Jones was appointed Lord Chancellor and made a life peer, taking the title "Baron Elwyn-Jones".
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Caitlín Maude Caitlín Maude (1941–1982) was an Irish poet, activist, teacher, actress and traditional singer.
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Casey-Lee Jolleys Casey-Lee Jolleys (born 1974) is a British actress, dancer and performer.
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Tracey Ullman Tracey Ullman (born Trace Ullman; 30 December 1959) is an actress, comedian, singer, dancer, screenwriter, producer, director, author, and businesswoman. She holds both British and American citizenship.
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Laurie Lee Laurence Edward Alan "Laurie" Lee, MBE (26 June 1914 – 13 May 1997) was an English poet, novelist and screenwriter, who was brought up in the village of Slad. His most famous work is the autobiographical trilogy "Cider with Rosie" (1959), "As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning" (1969), and "A Moment of War" (1991). The first volume recounts his childhood in the Slad Valley. The second deals with his leaving home for London and his first visit to Spain in 1935, and the third with his return to Spain in December 1937 to join the Republican International Brigades.
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Sinéad O'Carroll Sinéad Maria O'Carroll (born 14 May 1973) is an Irish singer-songwriter, musician, dancer and actress. She is best known for being a member of the girl group B*Witched.
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Siân Phillips Dame Jane Elizabeth Ailwên Phillips, DBE (born 14 May 1933), known professionally as Siân Phillips ( ), is a Welsh actress, author and singer.
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Wieteke van Dort Louisa Johanna Theodora van Dort (born May 16, 1943 in Surabaya, Dutch East Indies) is a Dutch actress, comedian, singer, writer and artist of Indo (Eurasian) descent. On April 29, 1999, Queen Beatrix appointed her "Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau".
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Terence Beesley Terence Beesley is an English actor and writer. He was born in London in September 1957 to Irish parents and trained at the City Lit in London in 1980 and then the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. He is married to Scottish actress Ashley Jensen (2007).
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Lucy Evangelista Lucy Avril Evangelista (born on 17 January 1986 in Ballymena, Northern Ireland) is a British model and former Miss Northern Ireland winner and Miss World entrant.
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Tante Leen Tante Leen (English: Auntie Leen, January 28, 1912 — August 5, 1992), real name Helena Kok-Polder, later Helena Jansen-Polder, was a Dutch folk singer from Amsterdam, Netherlands. Together with her partner Johnny Jordaan, the two together hold the title of "de Beste Stem van de Jordaan" (English: "The best voice of the Jordaan").
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Tanya Tate Tanya Tate (born 31 March 1979 in Liverpool, England) is the stage name of an English glamour model, writer, international cosplayer, and pornographic actress. She entered the British adult industry in 2009 and now divides her time between London and Los Angeles. Her stage name is inspired by her interest in comic books and attributed to the manner in which Stan Lee named his characters with the same initial in their first and last name. Tate is best known for her appearances in the MILF genre; she has nine "MILF of the Year" wins to her credit.
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L. T. Meade L. T. Meade was the pseudonym of Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith (1844–1914), a prolific writer of girls' stories. She was born in Bandon, County Cork, Ireland, daughter of Rev. R. T. Meade, of Nohoval, County Cork. She later moved to London, where she married Alfred Toulmin Smith in September 1879.