Ondine

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Margot Fonteyn Margot was born on the 18th May 1919 with the name Margaret Hookham (Margot Fonteyn was a stage name). She was born in Reigate but later died of cancer on 21st of February 1991 in Panama City, Panama. She started ballet lessons at 4 years old in Ealing before she moved to China with her family to study in Shanghai for about 6 years. At age 14 she returned as her mother wanted to give her a chance to develop her ballet career and she done so by joining Sadler’s Wells School.…

ruling class in the United states consists of those who own and control the means of production, it is also true that there are those (including Africans) who so ardently wish to belong to this class that they exhibit the same behavioral patterns, dress in the same manner, use the same language patterns, and, most unfortunately, share the same ideology as those of their oppressors. Often referred to as the pretty bourgeois , this group of people exists between two worlds , denied entry into the…

Son “Okay. Okay. But I can’t call you Son. ‘Hi, Son. Come here, Son.’ I sound like a grandmother. Give me something else.” “You pick.” “Okay. I will. Let’s see. I need something that fits. I know. I’ll ask you a question – a question I want to ask anyway and the best name will fit right in. Here I go. ‘Why did you have to leave Eloe on the run, leave so fast you couldn’t go to Frisco’s funeral, uh, uh, Phil?’ That’s good. That’s Anglicized French for son.” -Jadine and Son, Tar…

As time had elapsed scars had divergent effects on the dominant society. Either authorities antagonistically repudiated its own voice because of shame, precarious denial, self-abashment, or ignorance as with outdated historical works have continued to implicate or, equally perilous, some have understood root issues and have tried to help the African-American, however, their efforts in turn endeavored to denature black bodies and transform them into white minds. Jadine Childs, for instance, in…

1940. Audrey recalls witnessing a load of Jewish children being herded into cattle trucks for deportation. Memories of the war left profound marks on Audrey. These memories were some of the reason she later became a well-known humanitarian. Audrey realized that there wasn’t much work and opportunities in England so she decided to pack her bags and try her luck in the states. Audrey was cast in parts on Broadway which later caught her attention for film roles. Her career kick-off film was Roman…

A French writer, Colette, discovered her while in Monaco shooting a movie. According to History.com, Colette insisted that Hepburn should be casted as a main character in the Broadway version of her book Gigi. Audrey made her Broadway debut in 1951 (History.com). In 1953, due to her success in Gigi, she was cast as the lead in the film Roman Holiday. She won an Academy Award for Best Actress for that film and won a Tony that same year for her starring role in Ondine. “Over the next decade,…

appearing in several British films, starring in the 1951 Broadway play Gigi, Hepburn played the lead role in Roman Holiday (1953)(Audrey Hepburn). In the Italian-set Roman Holiday, Hepburn had her first starring role. She played Princess Ann, a European princess who, escaping the responsibilities of royalty, falls in love with an American newsman. In addition, “Producers initially wanted Elizabeth Taylor for the role, but director William Wyler was so impressed by Hepburn's screen test that he…

most beautiful people. Winning Best Actress Academy in 1953, was Roman Holiday which led Entertainment Weekly to vote her twenty first greatest Movie Star. On top of memorizing all her lines for movies, she managed to speak English, Dutch, Spanish, French, and Italian unfaltering. Attaining a Tony, Emmy, Oscar, and a Grammy is a feat only nine other actresses, including Audrey, could accomplish as of 2005. She has also had two biographies written about her, including one titled “Audrey Hepburn:…

Other than the previously mentioned Gigi, Sauce Tartare, and Sauce Piquante, she played Ondine in the theater rendition of the 1811 novella Undine, which won her a Tony. This was only one of her many awards, as Audrey Hepburn was one of only thirteen people who have won an EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony). Hepburn earned an Academy Award (Oscar) for best actress in a film for her performance in Roman Holiday. Her Emmy (1993) for Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn and her Grammy (1994)…