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1932–
Dame Carmen Esme Munroe (born 12 November 1932) is a British actress who was born in Berbice, British Guiana (now Guyana), and has been a resident of the UK since the early 1950s. Munroe made her West End stage debut in 1962 and has played an instrumental…
1933–2020
María del Carmen Platero (August 3, 1933 – March 16, 2020), known as Carmen Platero, was an Afro-Argentine playwright and actress who worked to promote Afro-descendant culture in Latin America. In 1987, she co-founded the theater group Comedia Negra de…
1914–2001
Carmencita Romero (born Lily Butler; 1914 – May 6, 2001) was an American dancer, choreographer, and dance teacher. She was associated with Katherine Dunham's company, appeared in the original Broadway productions of Cabin in the Sky and Carmen Jones, and…
1975
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “"Carmina Burana": Alvin Ailey & Judith Jamison” (Prints).
1973
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “"Carmina Burana": Sara Yarborough, John Parks, Michihiko Oka, & Judith Jamison” (Prints).
1973
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “"Carmina Burana": Sarah Yarborough, John Parkes, Michjhiko Oka, Judith Jamison” (Prints).
1973
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “"Carmina Burana": Sarah Yarborough & Judith Jamison” (Prints).
Biography
Carmine Pierre-Dufour is a Canadian film director and screenwriter from Quebec. She is most noted as co-director with Émilie Mannering of the short film Mahalia Melts in the Rain, which was a shortlisted Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Live Action…
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCONAKRY - REP. DE GUINEE[,] Carnaval; Lyna [logo]; Reproduction interdite; EXA [logo]; 546/38. Photographed by Photo Cisse, Diango, photographer (Bamako, Mali). Published by ABEILLE-CARTES - Editions "LYNA-PARIS"[,] 8, rue du Caire - 75002 PARIS - Tél. (1)…
April 12, 1963
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA program for a performance by Nina Simone at Carnegie Hall on April 12, 1963. The 14-page program has a cover with a black and white illustration of the interior of Carnegie Hall. The interior pages present the program of songs planned for the…
1989
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of a parade with a man and four children in costume on a float surrounded by a small crowd of adults and children.
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Carol Brice (April 16, 1918 – February 15, 1985) was an American contralto. Born in Sedalia, North Carolina, she studied at Palmer Memorial Institute and later at Talladega College in Talladega, Alabama, where she received a Bachelor of Music in 1939. She…
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Carol Elaine Channing (January 31, 1921 – January 15, 2019) was an American actress, comedian, singer and dancer who starred in Broadway and film musicals. Each of her characters typically possessed a fervent expressiveness and an easily identifiable…
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Carol Douglas (born April 7, 1948) is an American singer whose hit "Doctor's Orders" (1974) was a pioneering track in the disco genre.
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Carol Fran (born Carol Augustus Anthony; October 23, 1933 – September 1, 2021) was an American soul blues singer, pianist, and songwriter, best known for her string of single releases in the 1950s and 1960s, and her later musical association with her…
1992
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of Carol Fran singing into a microphone and playing piano during a performance in Charlotte, NC. Her eyes are closed and her mouth is open. She is wearing a dark longsleeve outfit and is wearing earrings.
1946–2021
Carol LaBrie Rose (December 27, 1946 – February 18, 2021) was an American model, dancer, and actress. She is recognized as the first African American model to appear on the cover of Vogue Italia in 1971. LaBrie began her career as a dancer before…
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Carolann Coleen Leeming MBE FRSA (born 27 November 1957) is a British and Jamaican descent multi-disciplinary artist, writer, singer and musician who is noted for her poetry, plays and musical work. She is best known for her choreopoetry. Leeming's…
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Carol Miller Swain (born March 7, 1954) is a conservative American political scientist and legal scholar who is a retired professor of political science and law at Vanderbilt University. She is a frequent television analyst and has authored and edited…
Biography
Carol Tulloch is a British author and academic who is a Professor of Dress, Diaspora and Transnationalism at the University of the Arts London, known for her work on cultural heritage, auto/biography, personal archives and style narratives.
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Carol Woods (born November 13, 1943) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her roles in Sweet and Lowdown (1999), The Honeymooners (2005) and Across the Universe (2007). In February 2008, she received a standing ovation during the 50th…
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Carole Michele Weatherford (née Boston; born February 13, 1956) is an American author, critic, and poet. She has published over 50 children's books, primarily non-fiction and poetry. The music of poetry has fascinated Weatherford and motivated her literary…
1941–2017
Carole Marie Byard (July 22, 1941 – January 11, 2017) was an American visual artist, illustrator, and photographer. She was an award-winning illustrator of children's books, and the recipient of a Caldecott Honor, as well as multiple Coretta Scott King Awards.
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Carole Anne-Marie Gist (born May 8, 1969) is an American television host, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss USA 1990. Gist was the first African American woman to win the Miss USA title. Gist first won the title of Miss Michigan USA…
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