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Dame Helen Mirren, DBE (born Helen Lydia Mironoff; 26 July 1945) is an English actor. She has won an Academy Award for Best Actress, four SAG Awards, four BAFTAs, three Golden Globes, four Emmy Awards, and two Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Awards.
Mirren was born Helen Lydia Mironoff in Queen Charlotte's Hospital, Chiswick, West London. Her father, Vasiliy Petrovich Mironov (1913–1980), was of Russian origin, and her mother, Kitty (née Kathleen Alexandrina Eva Matilda Rogers; 1909–1996), was English. Mirren's paternal grandfather, Colonel Pyotr Vasilievich Mironov, was in the Tsarist Army and fought in the 1904 Russo-Japanese War. He later became a diplomat, and was negotiating an arms deal in Britain, when he and his family were stranded during the Russian Revolution. The former diplomat became a London cab driver to support his family.
His son, Helen Mirren's father, changed the family name to the Scottish-sounding Mirren in the 1950s and became known as Basil Mirren. He played the viola with the London Philharmonic before World War II, and later drove a cab and was a driving-test examiner, before becoming a civil servant with the Ministry of Transport. Mirren's mother was from West Ham, East London, and was the 13th of 14 children born to a butcher whose father had been the butcher to Queen Victoria. Mirren considers her upbringing to have been "very anti-monarchist".
Actors: Terrence Mann (actor), Anghus Houvouras (actor), Matt Mosher (producer), Matt Mosher (director), Troy Blischok (editor), Troy Blischok (producer), Ira David Wood III (actor), Thomas Hunt (writer), Thomas Hunt (producer), Kelly Padgett (producer), Kirstin Elrod (actress), James E. Long (actor), Mary P. Easley (actress), Casey Clark (actress), Molly Corbett Broad (actress),
Plot: Junior League of Raleigh to Host North Carolina's 2005 Inaugural Ball Events will celebrate newly elected governor, Council of State RALEIGH, (December 8, 2004) - The 1600 member Junior League of Raleigh is planning the 2005 Inaugural Ball for the governor, lieutenant governor and the members of the Council of State. The League, which is the only Junior League in the country to sponsor an inaugural ball, has hosted North Carolina's since 1933. This year's events will take place Jan. 14 and 15. Friday's events include a luncheon for First Lady Mary Easley and a reception for Lieutenant Governor Beverly Perdue. A reception, gala presentation and ball honoring Governor Mike Easley will be held Saturday evening, January 15. "The Junior League of Raleigh is privileged to help North Carolina celebrate its newly elected and re-elected officials," said Susan McAllister, Junior League of Raleigh president. "For 75 years our League has been committed to training volunteers to improve the community. The funds generated by the Inaugural Ball festivities will help us further this important mission and continue to make a difference in the lives of many North Carolina citizens." Proceeds from past balls have funded programs and projects sponsored by the Junior League of Raleigh in Wake County and statewide, including Communities in Schools of North Carolina, Heritage Park Community Learning Center and SAFEchild. This year's theme "North Carolina Firsts" highlights the state's unique firsts including: the first state-funded art museum in the country in Raleigh, the first Pepsi - created and served in New Bern in 1898 and the famous "first flight" in Kitty Hawk in 1903. The events will feature many of the state's prominent musicians and entertainers, and food will be provided by numerous North Carolina vendors.
Genres: Family,Actors: Christopher Eccleston (actor), John Gielgud (actor), Joseph Fiennes (actor), James Frain (actor), Eric Cantona (actor), Edward Hardwicke (actor), Jean-Pierre Léaud (actor), Richard Attenborough (actor), Vincent Cassel (actor), Daniel Craig (actor), Tim Bevan (actor), Angus Deayton (actor), Jamie Foreman (actor), Fanny Ardant (actress), Geoffrey Rush (actor),
Plot: This film details the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, as played by Cate Blanchett. The main focus is the endless attempts by her council to marry her off, the Catholic hatred of her and her romance with Lord Robert Dudley.
Keywords: 1550s, 16th-century, advisor, allegiance, anne-boleyn, assassination, assassination-attempt, assassination-plot, axe, bare-breastsActors: Robert Powell (actor), Bob Carruthers (producer), Ian Brooker (actor), Phil Reynolds (actor), Graham Holloway (director), Graham Holloway (producer), Simon Kirk (actor), Kate Dunn (writer), Kate Dunn (actress), Ralph Tittley (editor), John Fenner (actor), Giovanni Guarino (actor), Tim Meacock (actor), Vanessa Comer (actress), Mary MacDonald (actress),
Genres: ,Actors: John McGrath (writer), John McGrath (director), John Bett (actor), John Bett (actor), John Bett (actor), Jenifer Booth (miscellaneous crew), Juliet Cadzow (actress), Juliet Cadzow (actress), David Brown (producer), Billy Riddoch (actor), Billy Riddoch (actor), Dave Anderson (actor), Derek Anders (actor), Derek Anders (actor), Derek Anders (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Esmond Knight (actor), Diana Dill (miscellaneous crew), John Thaw (actor), David Ryall (actor), Peter Cellier (actor), Paul Darrow (actor), Lawrence Gordon Clark (producer), Lawrence Gordon Clark (director), Charlotte Cornwell (actress), Colin Matthews (actor), Michael Turner (actor), Terence Budd (actor), Alan Downer (actor), John Nelson-Burton (writer), David Taylor (editor),
Genres: History,Actors: Mecha Ortiz (actress), Paquita Muñoz (actress), Pedro Escudero (director), Marcel Mitois (writer),
Genres: ,If you're feeling lonely and if you're feeling blue and
things are at their worst/If you know your history then
just what I do: Sing a song about Elizabeth the First/
Some say she was a tyrant. She was mean to all her
vassals/But then hey, I wasn't there. Maybe her vassals
all were assholes/And her daddy left four step moms with
the women that he wedded/And he got a little paranoid and
had her mom beheaded/And her cousin tried to kill her so
she locked her in a garrison/It makes your folks divorce
seem pretty minor by comparison/Oh, Elizabeth, get some
sleep/Take that crazy crown on off your head/The Spanish
armada has been battled back to Spain/And now you run the
middle ages from the middle of your bed/She had a lot of
suitors. Lots of princes made a pass at her/I bet that
once or twice she would make out with an ambassador/But
the couriers and courtiers were uppity and boring/She had
crushes on explorers but they always went exploring/So
she never kept a king. She held her independence higher
and/Her sexual frustration, she just took it out on
Ireland/Oh, Elizabeth, get some sleep/Wipe that crazy
frown on off your head/The Catholic insurgents are all
lying in a ditch/And now you run the middle ages from the
middle of your bed/And they named a colony after her/And
they called it Virginia cuz she's the Virgin Queen/Which
seems to me awfully personal/Oh, Elizabeth, get some
sleep/Wipe those crazy tears on off your head/Your poets
and your pirates they all like you as a friend/And you