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Jane Darwell (born Patti Woodard; October 15, 1879 – August 13, 1967) was an American actress of stage, film, and television. [1] With appearances in more than 100 major movies spanning half a century, Darwell is perhaps best remembered for her poignant portrayal of the matriarch and leader of the Joad family in the film adaptation of John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, for which she ...
Laura Hope Crews (December 12, 1879 – November 12, 1942) was an American actress. Although she is best remembered today for her later work as a character actress in motion pictures of the 1930s, she also was prolific on stage; among her films roles was the role of Aunt Pittypat in Gone with the Wind.
M. M (James Bond) Constance MacKenzie; Heather MacLeod; Moira MacTaggert; Malvina Monroe; Mama Fratelli; Lucie Manette; Mantis (Marvel Cinematic Universe) Mantis (Marvel Comics)
The race was the subject of the 1935 novel Women in the Wind: A Novel of the Women's National Air Derby by Francis Walton and the 1939 film adaptation, starring Kay Francis. The book The Powder Puff Derby of 1929: The First All Women's Transcontinental Air Race, written by Gene Nora Jessen, was published in 2002. [28]
Women in the Wind is a 1939 film directed by John Farrow and starring Kay Francis, William Gargan and Victor Jory. The plot concerns women pilots competing in the so-called " Powder Puff Derby ", an annual transcontinental air race solely for women.
Alice, character from Resident Evil; April O'Neil from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows; Arwen from The Lord of the Rings trilogy; Artemisia from 300: Rise of an Empire (2014) Ava from In the Blood (2014) Babydoll from Sucker Punch (2011) [18] Beatrix Kiddo from Kill Bill (2003–2004) [8] [16] [9]
This is a list of women artists who were born in America or whose artworks are closely associated with that country. Included are recognized American women artists, known for creating artworks that are primarily visual in nature, in traditional media such as painting, sculpture, photography, printmaking, ceramics as well as in more recently developed genres, such as installation art ...
The absence of women from the canon of Western art has been a subject of inquiry and reconsideration since the early 1970s. Linda Nochlin's influential 1971 essay, "Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?", examined the social and institutional barriers that blocked most women from entering artistic professions throughout history, prompted a new focus on women artists, their art and ...