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Dorothy Sidney may refer to: Dorothy Sidney, Countess of Leicester (née Dorothy Percy) (ca. 1598 – 1659) Dorothy Spencer, Countess of Sunderland (1617 – 1684), daughter of the above
Lady Dorothy Percy married Robert Sidney, later Earl of Leicester, in 1615. The couple had twelve children, including: Dorothy (1617–1683), married Henry Spencer, 1st Earl of Sunderland. [3] Philip (1619–1697), the 3rd Earl, married Lady Catherine Cecil. Henry, created Earl of Romney, died unmarried and without issue.
Porgy and Bess is a 1959 American musical drama film directed by Otto Preminger, and starring Sidney Poitier and Dorothy Dandridge in the titular roles. It is based on the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin, in turn based on Heyward's 1925 novel Porgy, as well as Heyward's subsequent 1927 non-musical stage adaptation, co-written with his wife Dorothy.
Dorothy Jean Dandridge was born in 1922 in Cleveland, Ohio to entertainer Ruby (née Butler) and Cyril Dandridge. [3] [4] Her father was a cabinetmaker and Baptist minister. Her parents separated before her birth. Ruby created a song-and-dance act for her two young daughters, Vivian and Dorothy, under the name The Wonder Children.
Dorothy Spencer (née Sidney; later Smythe), Countess of Sunderland (5 October 1617 – 5 February 1684), was the wife of Henry Spencer, 1st Earl of Sunderland, and the daughter of Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester, and Lady Dorothy Percy. Lady Dorothy Sidney (or Sydney) was celebrated not only for her beauty but for wit, charm and intelligence.
Sylvia Sidney (born Sophia Kosow; [1] August 8, 1910 – July 1, 1999) was an American stage, screen, and film actress whose career spanned 70 years. She rose to prominence in dozens of leading roles in the 1930s.
Sydney Hughes Greenstreet was born on December 27, 1879, in Eastry, Kent, [1] the son of Ann (née Baker) and John Jarvis Greenstreet, a tanner.He had seven siblings. He left home at the age of 18 to make his fortune as a Ceylon tea planter, but drought forced him out of business.
The children's work in the series was largely unrewarded in later years, although Spanky McFarland was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame posthumously in 1994. Neither he nor any other Our Gang children received any residuals or royalties from reruns of the shorts or licensed products with their likenesses. The only remittances were ...