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Katharine Elizabeth, Lady Woolley (née Menke; June 1888 – 8 November 1945) was a spy, British military nurse and archaeologist who worked principally at the Mesopotamian site of Ur. She was married to archaeologist Leonard Woolley .
Hannah Woolley, sometimes spelled Wolley (c.1622 – in or after 1675), [1] was an English writer who published early books on household management; she was probably the first person to earn a living doing this.
Mary Woolley Gibbings Cotton, Viscountess Combermere was born in 1799 in Cork, the only daughter of Robert Gibbings, a wealthy Irish physician, and Barbara Woolley. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In 1838, she became the third wife of Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere , 26 years her senior.
Mary & George is a British television historical drama created by D. C. Moore. [1] The show is based on Benjamin Woolley's non-fiction book The King's Assassin (2017), which explores the complex relationship between James VI and I and George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham.
The number of grave goods that Woolley uncovered in Puabi's tomb was staggering. They included a heavy, golden headdress made of golden leaves, rings and plates; a superb lyre (see Lyres of Ur) complete with a golden and lapis lazuli-encrusted bearded bull's head; a profusion of gold tableware; golden, carnelian, and lapis lazuli cylindrical beads used in extravagant necklaces and belts; a ...
Woolley in 1895. Woolley was born in Hereford, [2] England, eldest of five daughters of Mary Margaret Woolley, née Turner (died 21 September 1886), [3] and her husband John Woolley, who in 1850 was headmaster of King Edward VI Grammar School, Norwich. [4] Blanche Mary Elizabeth Woolley (1845–1906), mother of Freda Du Faur, was a sister.
Instead of a country girl, however, Miss Otis is a polite society lady. Friend and Yale classmate Monty Woolley jumped in to help Porter "sell it", pretending to be a butler who explains why Madam can't keep a lunch appointment. In the previous 24 hours, Miss Otis was jilted and abandoned, located and killed her seducer, was arrested, jailed ...
Moving to Hollywood in 1940, Cooper found success in a variety of character roles. She received three Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress, for performances in The Song of Bernadette (1943), My Fair Lady (1964) and, most famously, Now, Voyager (1942). Throughout the 1950s and 1960s she worked both on stage and on screen ...