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Victoria Helen McCrae Duncan (née MacFarlane, 25 November 1897 – 6 December 1956) was a Scottish medium best known as the last person to be imprisoned under the Witchcraft Act 1735 (9 Geo. 2. c. c.
Bio-pic: 20th Century Fox: Wing and a Prayer: Henry Hathaway: Don Ameche, Dana Andrews, Cedric Hardwicke: War: 20th Century Fox; nominated for Best Screenplay Winged Victory: George Cukor: Lon McCallister, Jeanne Crain, Edmond O'Brien, Judy Holliday: War drama: 20th Century Fox: The Woman in the Window: Fritz Lang: Edward G. Robinson, Joan ...
Yorke's case demonstrated that, following the earlier trial of Helen Duncan, the Director of Public Prosecutions had decided that the Witchcraft Act 1735 was still useful in dealing with cases involving mediums. Although the Act was used as a threat in several subsequent cases, the last in 1950, this was the last in which someone was actually ...
Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World: Isadora Duncan: Vivian Pickles: Khartoum: General Gordon: Charlton Heston: Muhammad Ahmad: Laurence Olivier: La vida de Pedro Infante: Pedro Infante: Jose Infante Cruz: A Man for All Seasons: Thomas More: Paul Scofield: Rasputin, the Mad Monk: Grigori Rasputin: Christopher Lee: The Singing Nun ...
Lady in the Death House is a 1944 American film directed by Steve Sekely and starring Jean Parker and Lionel Atwill. Plot
Helen Duncan (1897–1956) was a Scottish medium best known as the last person to be imprisoned under the British Witchcraft Act 1735 (9 Geo. 2. c. 5). Helen Duncan may also refer to: Helen Duncan (politician) (1941–2007), member of the New Zealand House of Representatives; Helen M. Duncan (1910–1971), United States geologist and paleontologist
The Tiger Woman (1944) is a 12-chapter film serial by Republic Pictures starring Allan Lane and Linda Stirling (her serial debut). The serial was re-released in 1951 under the title Perils of the Darkest Jungle and, in 1966, it was edited into the 100-minute Century-66 film Jungle Gold. Stirling was immediately popular in The Tiger Woman.
Lauren Bacall was born Betty Joan Perske on September 16, 1924, in the Bronx, New York City, [a] the only child of Natalie (née Weinstein-Bacal; 1901–1969), a secretary who later legally changed her surname to Bacal, and William Perske (1889–1982), who worked in sales.