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Gloria Josephine Mae Swanson [1] (March 27, 1899 – April 4, 1983) was an American actress. She first achieved fame acting in dozens of silent films in the 1920s and was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Actress, most famously for her 1950 turn in Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard, which also earned her a Golden Globe Award.
Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson was born in San Francisco to Lisa McNear and Dick Carlson on May 16, 1969. ... His dad later married Patricia Caroline Swanson (an heiress to the Swanson frozen-food ...
Lori Swanson (born December 16, 1966) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the attorney general of Minnesota from 2007 to 2019. She was the first female attorney general elected in Minnesota. [1]
Patricia Scanlan (born 1956) is an Irish novelist of over 20 books. Biography. Scanlan was born in Dublin where she still lives. She was a Dublin City librarian for ...
Maureen Swanson was born in Glasgow on 25 November 1932. After her parents emigrated to South Africa, she became a ward of Lady Phyllis Griffith-Boscawen.Swanson initially trained as a classical ballerina at the Sadler's Wells Ballet School, before moving into musical theatre and film.
Charles M. Schulz modeled Peppermint Patty after a favorite cousin, Patricia Swanson, who served as a regular inspiration for Peanuts. [6] Schulz had also named his earlier character Patty after Swanson, [6] and he coined his well-known phrase "Happiness is a Warm Puppy" during a conversation with her in 1959. [7]
The Mooney stories are set in the late nineteenth century, while the Maggie Ryan novels are set in the 1960s and 1970s; both series are informed by the periods of their setting. Many of Carlson's works feature aspects of her background as well. Carlson has also written on the subject of children's linguistic development.
Veronica Swanson Beard is an American entrepreneur and fashion designer [1] [2] who co-founded Veronica Beard, a contemporary fashion company, with her sister-in law Veronica Miele Beard. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Swanson Beard launched the brand in 2009 and has continued to run it with Miele Beard as the company scaled.