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Beth Harmon is orphaned at age eight when her mother dies in a car crash. Growing up in an orphanage in Kentucky, she is taught chess by the custodian Mr. Shaibel, and soon becomes a chess prodigy. While at the orphanage, she struggles with an addiction to tranquilizers. In her teens she is adopted and begins her rapid rise in the chess world ...
The Queen's Gambit follows the life of an orphan chess prodigy, Elizabeth Harmon, during her quest to become an elite chess player while struggling with emotional problems, drugs and alcohol dependency. The title of the series refers to a chess opening of the same name. The story is set in the mid-1950s and 1960s. [6]
Tim Matheson (born Timothy Lewis Matthieson; December 31, 1947) is an American actor and director. [1] Some of his best-known acting roles include the title character of the 1960s animated Jonny Quest TV series, Eric "Otter" Stratton in the 1978 comedy film National Lampoon's Animal House, and the recurring role of Vice President John Hoynes in the 2000s NBC drama The West Wing, which earned ...
Williams began work on the play in the fall of 1959, calling it at first The Enemy of Time. [2] As Sweet Bird of Youth, the work-in-progress had a tryout production starring Tallulah Bankhead and Robert Drivas in Coral Gables, Florida, directed by George Keathley [2] at his Studio M Playhouse in 1956 [3] [4] which began before Williams' agent Audrey Wood knew he had a new play. [5]
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 ...
What happened to Elizabeth Pollard? Elizabeth Pollard of Unity Township, Pennsylvania was reportedly last seen at 5 p.m. on Monday behind a restaurant in Unity Township, calling for her cat, Pepper.
What happened to Elizabeth Haysom? Elizabeth was sentenced to two consecutive 45-year prison sentences, and began her term at Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women in Troy, Virginia in 1987.
Sweet Bird of Youth (also known as Tennessee Williams' Sweet Bird of Youth) is a 1989 American made-for-television drama film directed by Nicolas Roeg, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Mark Harmon. [1] Adapted from the 1959 Tennessee Williams play of the same name by Gavin Lambert , it focuses on the relationship between a drifter and a faded ...