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Pages in category "American child actresses" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,652 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
National Medal of Arts (1985) Presidential Medal of Freedom (1977) Edward MacDowell Medal (1972) Georgia Totto O'Keeffe (November 15, 1887 – March 6, 1986) was an American modernist painter and draftswoman whose career spanned seven decades and whose work remained largely independent of major art movements.
California Hall of Fame. Dorothea Lange (born Dorothea Margaretta Nutzhorn; May 26, 1895 – October 11, 1965) was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist, best known for her Depression -era work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA). Lange's photographs influenced the development of documentary photography and humanized ...
Wilma Glodean Rudolph (June 23, 1940 – November 12, 1994) was an American sprinter who overcame childhood polio and went on to become a world-record-holding Olympic champion and international sports icon in track and field following her successes in the 1956 and 1960 Olympic Games. Rudolph competed in the 200-meter dash and won a bronze medal ...
Shari Lewis. Shari Lewis (born Phyllis Naomi Hurwitz; [citation needed] January 17, 1933 – August 2, 1998) was a Peabody-winning American ventriloquist, puppeteer, children's entertainer, television show host, dancer, singer, actress, author, and symphony conductor. [1] She famously created and performed the sock puppet Lamb Chop for Captain ...
Florence Delorez Griffith Joyner [4] (born Florence Delorez Griffith; [2] December 21, 1959 – September 21, 1998), also known as Flo-Jo, was an American track and field athlete and the fastest woman ever recorded. She set world records in 1988 for the 100 m and 200 m. During the late 1980s, she became a popular figure due to both her record ...
Florence Owens Thompson (born Florence Leona Christie; September 1, 1903 – September 16, 1983) was an American woman who was the subject of Dorothea Lange 's photograph Migrant Mother (1936), considered an iconic image of the Great Depression. The Library of Congress titled the image: "Destitute pea pickers in California. Mother of seven ...
mistycopeland.com. Misty Danielle Copeland (born September 10, 1982) [ 1 ] is an American ballet dancer for American Ballet Theatre (ABT), one of the three leading classical ballet companies in the United States. [ 2 ] On June 30, 2015, Copeland became the first African American woman to be promoted to a principal dancer in ABT's 75-year history.