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Karen Gershon
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Ika Freudenberg
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Helene von Forster
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Charlotte Mew
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born May 26, 1867 in London
died March 24, 1953 in London
Queen of Great Britain and Ireland
155th birthday on May 26, 2022
Queen Mary, the grandmother of British Queen Elizabeth II and mother of the Duke of Windsor and King George VI, was a dedicated queen. Unlike almost all members of the royal family, she had more than a polite interest in social and artistic matters.
Born the daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Teck, May (as she was known) was very shy throughout her life, but this never prevented her from "doing what had to be done."
When her parents could no longer afford the expensive lifestyle in London, the whole family went to Florence for two years in 1884. Here the foundation was laid for May's strong artistic interest and her openness to the world.
Mary, who was almost 20 years old, feared that she was not educated enough. Her governess, the well-read, cosmopolitan and pedagogically gifted Madame Bricka, drew up a work program: six hours a day - Mary kept to it until her wedding eight years later.
At the side of her husband, King George V, Mary was crowned queen on June 22,…read more
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Alice Guy-Blaché
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Fridel Mumme
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Renée Sintenis
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Sarah Bernhardt
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Hannelore Mabry
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Elizabeth I, Königin von England
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Elsa Brändström
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Maria Malibran
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Galina Ulanova
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(Margarete Emilie Charlotte Steffin)
*21 March 1908 in Rummelsberg near Berlin
†4 June 1941 in Moscow
German author, actress, Brecht-collaborator
100th birthday 21 March 2008
The multi-talented Grete Steffin, long known simply as one of many collaborators and lovers of the poet and dramatist Bert Brecht, was herself actually a gifted writer, translator and actress; her own accomplishments, however, were mostly obscured by those of her mentor/lover. Steffin’s immense contribution to Brecht’s writings have only begun to be adequately appreciated since the 1990’s. In addition to her authorial collaboration, this self-taught child of the working class made herself indispensable to Brecht in his European exile through her indefatigable services as secretary, critical editor, literary agent, general organizer and interpreter (she knew Russian, English, French, Danish and Swedish and had more than a basic knowledge of Norwegian and Finnish). Given the rise of Stalinism in Russia, Steffin had early on proposed the emigration of the Brechtian “extended family” to the United States and pursued this goal assiduously; she herself, having battled tuberculosis…read more