Commemoratives of Famous Women for 23 April 2012

60. birthday: Esther Dischereit
German writer
* 23 April 1952 in Heppenheim a.d. B./Bergstasse

215. birthday: Penina Moïse
American writer
* 23 April 1797 in Charleston, SC
† 13 September 1880 in Charleston, SC

105. birthday: Lee Miller
American photographer, war reporter
* 23 April 1907 in Poughkeepsie, NY
† 27 July 1977 in Chiddingly, East Sussex

65. birthday: Bernadette Devlin McAliskey
Northern Irish civil rights activist
* 23 April 1947 in Cookstown

289. birthday: Hannah Snell
English
* 23 April 1723 in Worcester
† 8 February 1792 in Bethlehem Hospital

154. birthday: Ethel Smyth
English composer, writer
* 23 April 1858 in Sidcup, Kent
† 8 May 1944 in Woking, Surrey

146. birthday: Hedwig von Redern
German writer
* 23 April 1866 in Berlin
† 22 February 1935 in Berlin

136. birthday: Aino Ackte
singer
* 23 April 1876 in Helsinki
† 8 August 1944 in Nummela, Finnl.

133. birthday: Elisabeth de Gramont
French writer
* 23 April 1879 in Nancy
† 1954

123. birthday: Sofia Isaakowna Dymschiz-Tolstaja, geb. Pesati
Russian painter and graphic artist
* 23 April 1889 in Petersburg
† 30 August 1963 in Leningrad (=ebd.)

116. birthday: Margaret Kennedy
English writer
* 23 April 1896 in Cornwall
† 31 July 1967 in Banbury

113. birthday: Ngaio Marsh
English writer
* 23 April 1899 in Christchurch, Neuseeland
† 18 February 1982 in Christchurch, Neuseeland

102. birthday: Sheila Scott MacIntyre
Scottish-American mathematician
* 23 April 1910 in Edinburgh
† 21 March 1960 in Cincinnati

102. birthday: Simone Simon

* 23 April 1910 in Marseille
† 22 February 2005 in Paris

97. birthday: Christine Busta
Austrian poet
* 23 April 1915 in Wien/Vienna
† 3 December 1987 in Wien/Vienna

93. birthday: Silja Walter
Swiss poet, nun
* 23 April 1919 in Rickenbach b. Olten

88. birthday: Ruth Leuwerik
German actress
* 23 April 1924 in Essen

84. birthday: Shirley Temple
American actress (child star), diplomat: US ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia.
* 23 April 1928 in Santa Monica, CA

76. birthday: Adelheid Duvanel
Swiss writer
* 23 April 1936 in Basel
† 8 July 1996 in Basel

71. birthday: Lena Vandrey
German-French painter, sculptor and writer
* 23 April 1941 in Breslau

62. birthday: Maria Böhmer
German politician
* 23 April 1950 in Mainz

57. birthday: Judy Davis
actress
* 23 April 1955 in Perth, Austral.

75. day of death: Anna Maria Roos (Ps. Alfaro, Bertil Erla, Dabar Ezah, Esil Eckhart, Tor Delling)
Swedish writer
* 9 April 1862 in Stockholm
† 23 April 1938 in Bombay

90. day of death: Luise Luise von Baden
German
* 3 December 1838 in Berlin
† 23 April 1923 in Baden-Baden

742. day of death: Isabelle Isabelle de France, Königin von Navarra
French
* 18 March 1242
† 23 April 1271 in Marseille, Iles d'Hyères b.

278. day of death: Marie Egual, Marquise de Castelfort
Spanish
* 6 January 1698 in ""
† 23 April 1735 in Valence

233. day of death: Maria Antonia Walpurgis
German composer, painter, poet, elector
* 18 July 1724 in München/Munich
† 23 April 1780 in Dresden

122. day of death: Charlotte von Hagn
German actress
* 23 March 1809 in München
† 23 April 1891 in ""

84. day of death: Caroline Séverine
French writer
* 27 April 1855 in Paris
† 23 April 1929 in Pierrefonds

73. day of death: Mother Marie Joseph Butler
American
* 22 July 1860 in Ballynunnery, Cty Kilkenny, Irland
† 23 April 1940 in Tarrytown

63. day of death: Gemma Bellincioni
Italian singer
* 18 August 1864 in Como (not Monza)
† 23 April 1950 in Neapel, Roccabelvedere b.

61. day of death: Elisabeth Schumann
German singer
* 13 June 1888 in Merseburg, Saale
† 23 April 1952 in New York, NY

54. day of death: Bertha Thalheimer-Schöttle
German politician
* 17 March 1883 in Affaltrach
† 23 April 1959 in Stuttgart

43. day of death: Adeline Genée
Danish
* 6 January 1878 in Aarhus
† 23 April 1970 in London

43. day of death: Hildegard Plievier
German actress, writer
* 8 February 1900 in Königshütte/ Ober schlesien
† 23 April 1970 in München

23. day of death: Paulette Goddard
American actress, wife / widow of Erich Maria Remarque
* 3 June 1905 in Whitestone, Long Island
† 23 April 1990 in Porto Ronco, Tessin

17. day of death: Pamela Travers
writer
* 9 August 1899 in Maryborough, Queensland
† 23 April 1996 in London

2. day of death: Anne Klein
German feminist lawyer and politician
* 2 March 1950 in Körprich/Saarland
† 23 April 2011 in Berlin