Dagmar
Dagmar may refer to:
- Dagmar bumpers, slang term for the artillery-shell-shaped styling elements found on the front bumper/grille assemblies on several makes of cars produced in the 1950s (named for Egnor after her rise to fame)
- Dagmar's Twin 40s, also named for Egnor, was the nickname for the twin 40-mm anti-aircraft guns mounted on the Korean War-era M19 Gun Motor Carriage
Dagmar (automobile)
The Dagmar was a sports version of the Crawford Automobile, made by the same highly regarded small-production company in Hagerstown, Maryland, throughout the 1910s and early 1920s. This firm was a small car producer, but was also the world's largest builder of pipe organs, the M.P. Moller company. The first Dagmars were made in 1922, and although the last Crawfords were sold in 1923, the Dagmar continued until 1927.
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Dagmar (American actress)
Dagmar (born Virginia Ruth Egnor, November 29, 1921 – October 9, 2001) was an American actress, model and television personality of the 1950s. As a statuesque, busty blonde, she became the first major female star of television, receiving much press coverage during that decade.
Born in Yawkey, West Virginia, she went to high school in Huntington, West Virginia where she was known as Ruthie. She attended Huntington Business School and worked at Walgreens as a cashier, waitress, sandwich maker and soda jerk.
Broadway bound
After her marriage to Angelo Lewis in 1941, she moved to New York where he was a Naval officer, stationed at Navy Ferry Command on Long Island. She adopted Jennie Lewis as her stage name (taken from her real life married name, Virginia Lewis). To keep busy, she became a fashion photographer's model, and in 1944, other models encouraged her to audition for comedians Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson. Although she had no show business experience, she was cast in their Broadway musical revue, Laffing Room Only, a Shubert production at the Winter Garden Theatre. With Olsen and Johnson, she performed in four sketches from December 23, 1944 to July 14, 1945.
Damek, Nepal
Damek is a village development committee in Baglung District in the Dhaulagiri Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 5,824 and had 1072 houses in the town.
Damek is largest V. D. C. in Baglung District. It is situated in a hilly area.
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Coordinates: 28°12′N 83°36′E / 28.200°N 83.600°E / 28.200; 83.600
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