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Dorothy Faye Dunaway (born January 14, 1941) [1] is an American actress. She is the recipient of many accolades, including an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and a BAFTA Award.
Claassen or Claassens is an Afrikaans, Dutch and Low German patronymic surname. It may refer to: Arthur Claassen (1859–1920), German orchestral conductor. Ben Claassen III (born 1977), American comics artist and illustrator. Fay Claassen [ de; nl] (born 1969), Dutch jazz singer. George Claassen (born ca. 1950), South African writer, brother ...
Europe. A fairy (also fay, fae, fey, fair folk, or faerie) is a type of mythical being or legendary creature, generally described as anthropomorphic, found in the folklore of multiple European cultures (including Celtic, Slavic, Germanic, and French folklore), a form of spirit, often with metaphysical, supernatural, or preternatural qualities.
Fay Weldon CBE FRSL (born Franklin Birkinshaw; 22 September 1931 – 4 January 2023) was an English author, essayist and playwright.. Over the course of her 55-year writing career, she published 31 novels, including Puffball (1980), The Cloning of Joanna May (1989), Wicked Women (1995) and The Bulgari Connection (2000), but was most well-known as the writer of The Life and Loves of a She-Devil ...
Graffiti in the Republic of Macedonia reading "Death for Shiptars" (Macedonian: Смрт за Шиптари, romanized: Smrt za Šiptari). The term Shiptar (Serbo-Croatian Latin and Slovene: Šiptar; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic and Macedonian: Шиптар) used in Serbo-Croatian, Slovene and Macedonian is an ethnic slur, and it is also considered derogatory by Albanians when used by South Slavic ...
Nina Simone ( / ˈniːnə sɪˈmoʊn / NEE-nə sim-OHN; [ 1] born Eunice Kathleen Waymon; February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003) was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, composer, arranger, and civil rights activist. Her music spanned styles including classical, folk, gospel, blues, jazz, R&B, and pop. Her piano playing was strongly ...
Ë is the 8th letter of the Albanian alphabet and represents the vowel / ə /, like the pronunciation of the a in " a go". It is the fourth most commonly used letter of the language, comprising 7.74 percent of all writings. [ 2]
"Direach Ghlinn Eiti, or Fachan" as illustrated by J. F. Campbell. In Scottish folklore, the fachan (or fachin, [1] fachen, Direach Ghlinn Eitidh or Dithreach (dwarf of Glen Etive)) is a monster or giant described by John Francis Campbell in Popular Tales of the West Highlands as having a single eye in the middle of its face, a single hand protruding from its chest instead of arms, and a ...