Betty Lou Holland

Betty Lou Holland (born December 25, 1926) is an American actress who worked on stage, in television, and in film during the decades of the 1940s, 1950s, and early 1960s. She is best known for her work on Broadway and as a lead in a 1960 television adaptation of The Devil and Daniel Webster.

Biography

Betty Lou Holland was born in New York City, she began acting on the stage in the 1940s and appeared on Broadway. She was in "Call Me Mister," "Annie Get Your Gun", and "The Devil's Disciple." In "The Member of the Wedding," she played a 12 year old when she was in her twenties. She continued to act on stage through the 1950s, playing a leading role in "Six Characters in Search of an Author," and the George Bernard Shaw play, "The Disciple."

Holland acted in television programs in the 1950s. Holland was one of the principal roles of the NBC television adaptation of "The Devil and Daniel Webster." Holland played in the NBC-television special, "Johhny Belinda" in 1958. She was also in including a TV version of Daphne Du Maurier's "The Birds" on the CBS series Danger on May 31, 1955.

Holland

Holland is a region and former province on the western coast of the Netherlands. The name Holland is also frequently used to informally refer to the whole of the country of the Netherlands. This usage is commonly accepted in other countries, but in the Netherlands and particularly in other regions of the country it could be found undesirable or even insulting.

From the 10th to the 16th century, Holland proper was a unified political region within the Holy Roman Empire as a county ruled by the Counts of Holland. By the 17th century, Holland had risen to become a maritime and economic power, dominating the other provinces of the newly independent Dutch Republic.

The area of the former County of Holland roughly coincides with the two current Dutch provinces of North Holland and South Holland, which together include the Netherlands' three largest cities: the capital city of Amsterdam; Rotterdam, home of Europe's largest port; and the seat of government of The Hague.

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Lou Holland

Louis A. Holland (born c. 1941) was a Canadian football player who played for the BC Lions. He won the Grey Cup with them in 1964. He played college football previously with the University of Wisconsin. After his football career he was an investment management executive. In 2011, he was inducted into the University of Wisconsin Athletics Hall of Fame. Holland was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2010 and lives in a nursing home in Oak Park, Illinois.

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Mary Lou

Mary Lou is a female name. See also: Marylou, Mary Louise and Mary Louisa.

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Lee Morgan

Edward Lee Morgan (July 10, 1938 – February 19, 1972) was an American hard bop trumpeter.

Biography

Edward Lee Morgan was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 10, 1938, the youngest of Otto Ricardo and Nettie Beatrice Morgan's four children. A leading trumpeter and composer, he recorded prolifically from 1956 until a day before his death in February 1972. Originally interested in the vibraphone, he soon showed a growing enthusiasm for the trumpet. Morgan also knew how to play the alto saxophone. On his thirteenth birthday, his sister Ernestine gave him his first trumpet. His primary stylistic influence was Clifford Brown, with whom he took a few lessons as a teenager. He joined the Dizzy Gillespie Big Band at 18, and remained a member for a year and a half, until the economic situation forced Dizzy to disband the unit in 1958. He began recording for Blue Note Records in 1956, eventually recording 25 albums as a leader for the company, with more than 250 musicians. He also recorded on the Vee-Jay label and one album for Riverside Records on its short-lived Jazzland subsidiary.