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Frances Grant was born Stella Theophane Fortier, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred H. Fortier. She graduated from Somerville High School. [1] She acted in stock theater after high school. [2] In the early 1930s, she became the dancing partner of Hal Le Roy in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1931. [3]
A family member of the Grants of Tullochgorm, and daughter of a colonel in the Seaforth Highlanders, [1] she was sent to London and the care of her grandfather Field Marshal Sir Patrick Grant, Goldstick-in-Waiting to Queen Victoria, and his daughter Miss Frances Gough Grant – known as 'Aunt Fan' – when her parents were posted to India. [2]
After Mrs. Hammersley's death in 1902, her husband kept the painting until 1923, when financial troubles compelled him to sell the work. At the suggestion of Sargent, it was purchased by Charles Deering (1852–1927), an American whose portrait Sargent had painted in Newport, Rhode Island in 1876, and who collected Sargent's works.
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...
Frances Miller (sometimes credited as Frances Grant or Frances Miller Grant) was an American actress who worked extensively during Hollywood's silent era. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Like many black actresses of her time, she was often cast in " mammy " roles.
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Franklin "Frank" Grant is a fictional character from the American daytime drama All My Children; he is noted for being the first Black primary character on the soap opera. Don Blakely originated the role in 1972, being replaced later that year by the actor most identified with the role, John Danelle, who would portray the character until ...
Kurt Cobain‘s daughter, Frances Bean Cobain, honored her late father on the 30th anniversary of his death. “30 years ago my dad’s life ended,” Frances, 31, wrote via Instagram on Friday ...