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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 5, 2019 4:32:55 GMT
Elsa Lanchester - British actress who electrified her career by being Bride of Frankenstein
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Post by questa on Jun 5, 2019 6:12:03 GMT
Hester Temple, 1st Countess Temple, 2nd Viscountess Cobham was an English noblewoman. She was the daughter of Sir Richard Temple, 3rd Bt., of Stowe, Buckinghamshire. Wikipedia Born: 1690 Died: 1752 Parents: Sir Richard Temple, 3rd Baronet Children: George Grenville, Hester Pitt, Countess of Chatham Siblings: Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham Grandchildren: William Pitt the Younger, Wikipedia
Interesting times indeed.
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Post by bjd on Jun 5, 2019 6:54:21 GMT
Simon Templar Fictional hero of books by Leslie Charteris, later made into a TV series with Roger Moore
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 5, 2019 13:44:18 GMT
Bernard Montgomery - commander of the British 8th Army in North Africa in WW2
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Post by whatagain on Jun 5, 2019 18:48:20 GMT
Monet. French painter.
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Post by mossie on Jun 5, 2019 19:32:38 GMT
Al Capone - American gangster
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 6, 2019 1:35:31 GMT
Sharon Stone - American actress
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Post by bjd on Jun 8, 2019 6:07:07 GMT
Stormy Daniels Woman involved with Trump for money
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Post by mossie on Jun 8, 2019 7:02:01 GMT
Ernie Els - South African golfer
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Post by whatagain on Jun 8, 2019 10:02:53 GMT
Boris Eltsine. First democratically alcoholic elected leader of Russia.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 9, 2019 13:11:44 GMT
I'm not seeing 3 consecutive letters, so I will go with Mossie's entry.
Gelsomina - poignant character in La Strada that nobody can forget
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Post by mickthecactus on Jun 9, 2019 14:13:01 GMT
Boris Eltsine. First democratically alcoholic elected leader of Russia. I think you mean Boris Yeltsin...
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 9, 2019 16:01:36 GMT
Yes, he meant that, but he used the French spelling of the name. The cyrillic alphabet does not do us any favours.
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Post by bjd on Jun 9, 2019 16:27:18 GMT
Minas Gerais state in southeastern Brazil
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Post by mickthecactus on Jun 9, 2019 18:10:47 GMT
Yes, he meant that, but he used the French spelling of the name. The cyrillic alphabet does not do us any favours. I didn’t know that. Apologies all round.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 9, 2019 18:24:55 GMT
Minas Gerais state in southeastern Brazil Probably not a famous person, though.
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Post by mickthecactus on Jun 9, 2019 18:50:05 GMT
Minas Gerais state in southeastern Brazil Probably not a famous person, though. Isn’t she an opera singer?
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 9, 2019 19:08:02 GMT
If that had been the information tacked on to the name, I would absolutely not have questioned it.
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Post by bjd on Jun 9, 2019 19:13:59 GMT
Oops. It did work though for Gelsomina!
Minnie Gayton Woman on who "Minnie the Moocher" song was based.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 10, 2019 4:26:24 GMT
Niels Schneider - Franco-Canadian actor
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Post by bjd on Jun 10, 2019 15:19:09 GMT
Niels Bohr Danish physicist
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 10, 2019 18:52:13 GMT
Richard Bohringer - French actor born in 1942 who was raised by his grandparents because his mother had chosen to live with his father, a German soldier.
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Post by whatagain on Jun 12, 2019 15:45:29 GMT
Germaine Jackson. Less known than his brother but still Alive I think.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 12, 2019 17:34:40 GMT
Sonny Bono - mayor of Palm Springs for 4 years and also U.S. congressman. Was responsible for the copyright term extension act, but most people just think of him as the guy who was married to the plastic surgery poster girl Cher.
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Post by questa on Jun 12, 2019 22:55:49 GMT
Yoko Ono Had a life and career of her own, gave it up for a bit part in John's saga.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 13, 2019 6:08:14 GMT
Jeff Koons - American contemporary artist
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Post by questa on Jun 13, 2019 6:23:08 GMT
Koo Stark, is an American photographer and actress, known for her relationship with Prince Andrew.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 13, 2019 10:48:35 GMT
Thomas Ostermeier - highly acclaimed German theatrical director
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Post by bjd on Jun 16, 2019 15:30:42 GMT
Jeff Koons - American contemporary artist *cough*
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Post by bjd on Jun 16, 2019 15:32:47 GMT
John Oster founded an appliance company in 1924 that still makes good blenders.
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