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Early life and education. Born in Saluda, Virginia, on September 11, 1919, Margaret Elinor Tynes was one of ten children born to Lucy Jane (née Rich) and Rev. J. W. Tynes. [6] Her family later moved to Lynchburg and finally to Greensboro, North Carolina, where her father was the pastor of the Providence Baptist Church for 26 years.
Born in Gisborne, New Zealand, as Margaret Wilson, she got her first camera at age 8. She was the first news camerawoman in New Zealand, [2] originally for the local DNTV2 station in the South Island before working for the national TVNZ channel. She changed her name to Margaret Gipsy Moth reportedly because of her love for parachuting from ...
Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell (November 8, 1900 – August 16, 1949) was an American novelist and journalist. Mitchell wrote only one novel, published during her lifetime, the American Civil War -era novel Gone with the Wind , for which she won the National Book Award for Fiction for Most Distinguished Novel of 1936 [3] and the Pulitzer Prize for ...
Zakia in the American series 'sense 8' as of 2015. Awards. Kalasha awards. Mumbi Maina (born 14 January 1985) is a Kenyan actress known for her role in the soap opera Mali. [1] She is an actor and dancer who has starred in both local and international films since 2009. Mumbi is well known for her role as Zakia in the Netflix sci-fi show Sense8.
Portrait by Meynnart Wewyck, c. 1510. Lady Margaret Beaufort (usually pronounced: / ˈboʊfərt / BOH-fərt or / ˈbjuːfərt / BEW-fərt; 31 May 1443 – 29 June 1509) was a major figure in the Wars of the Roses of the late fifteenth century, and mother of King Henry VII of England, the first Tudor monarch. [1] A descendant of King Edward III ...
On 8 April 2013, former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, died of a stroke at the Ritz Hotel, London, at the age of 87. On 17 April, she was honoured with a ceremonial funeral. Due to polarised opinions about her achievements and legacy, the reaction to her death was mixed across the UK, including contrasting praise ...
Margaret Wise Brown (May 23, 1910 – November 13, 1952) was an American writer of children's books, including Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny, both illustrated by Clement Hurd. She has been called "the laureate of the nursery" for her achievements.
Margaux Hemingway. / 43.686806; -114.366668. Margaux Louise Hemingway (born Margot Louise Hemingway; February 16, 1954 – July 1, 1996) [a] was an American fashion model and actress. She gained success as a supermodel in the 1970s, appearing on the covers of magazines including Cosmopolitan, Elle, Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, and Time .