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Lorena W. Weeks (born 1929) was the plaintiff in an important sex discrimination case, Weeks v. Southern Bell (1969). She claimed that Southern Bell had violated her rights under the 1964 Civil Rights Act when they denied her application for promotion to a higher paying position because she was a woman.
Lorena Alice "Hick" Hickok (March 7, 1893 – May 1, 1968) was an American journalist and long-term friend and possibly romantic partner [1] of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. [ 2 ] After an unhappy and unsettled childhood, Hickok found success as a reporter for the Minneapolis Tribune and the Associated Press (AP), becoming America's best-known ...
Weeks has appeared as Annie Ridd in the TV movie Lorna Doone in 2000, and Sarah in My Brother Tom in 2001. In 2005 she was cast as Clarissa in Red Mercury, but her most daring role was in The Wicker Tree (the "spiritual successor" to The Wicker Man) [11] in 2011, where she had to appear nude in a number of scenes for the first time in her career.
Professor who had an affair with Lesley Webber, his student, resulting in the birth of their daughter, Laura Collins. Husband of Florence Grey. Father of Martin Grey and Cyrus Renault. Revealed to have been killed by Cyrus, as a teenager, because of Gordon's abusive nature.
Jesusa Purificacion Levy Sonora-Poe (July 28, 1941 – May 20, 2022), known professionally as Susan Roces (Tagalog pronunciation:), was a Filipino actress.She was the wife of Ronald Allan Kelley Poe, better known as Fernando Poe Jr. [1] Roces was regarded as the "Queen of Philippine Movies" and starred in more than 130 films and television programs. [2]
Sylvia Roberts (1933–2014) was an American lawyer known for legal work on behalf of patients at the East Louisiana State Hospital's Forensic Unit, for the National Organization for Women's (NOW) Legal Defense and Education Fund (LDEF), as an educator and advocate for the legal rights of women in Louisiana, and on the behalf of victims of domestic violence.
Cherie Gil was born on June 21, 1963 [13] as Evangeline Rose Gil Eigenmann to a family of actors. [14] Her parents were Eddie Mesa and Rosemarie Gil. [14] She had two brothers, Michael de Mesa and Mark Gil (1961–2014), both actors, [15] and a half-sister, Elaine Eigenmann.
Nicholson was born in Los Angeles to actors Jack Nicholson and Rebecca Broussard.She was named after her father's aunt. She has a younger brother, Raymond, as well as two older half-siblings (a half-sister, Jennifer Nicholson and a half-brother, Caleb Goddard) and a younger half-sister Tessa.