Words Of Wonder

Yvonne Joyce Craig, May 16, 1937 from May 16, 1937 until August 17, 2015. She was an American dancer and actress most well-known for her role as Batgirl on the 1960s TV show Batman and Marta as Marta, the Orion slave girl Marta as seen in Star Trek's episode "Whom Gods Deceive" (1969). The Huffington Post called her "a pioneer of female superheroes" for television. Yvonne Craig was born and raised in Taylorville, Illinois. Her family relocated to Dallas in 1951. She was a student at W. H. Adamson High School, Sunset High School and then W. H. Adamson High School. The only problem was that she was not able to graduate as she did not receive "one credits for PE". Craig was discovered by Alexandra Danilova (a ballerina and teacher) and was accepted into the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo as its youngest corps de ballet member. This was a great training for her when she performed stunts while playing Batgirl. She left the ballet troupe in the year 1957 "...

Mary-Louise Parker was born August 2, 1964. She is an American actress. After making her Broadway debut as Rita in Craig Lucas's Prelude to a Kiss in 1990 (for which she won a Tony Award nomination), Parker was a household name for roles in films such as Grand Canyon (1991), Fried Green Tomatoes (1991), The Client (1994), Bullets over Broadway (1994), A Place for Annie (1994), Boys on the Side (1995), The Portrait of a Lady (1996) as well as The Maker (1997). Parker was awarded the 2001 Tony Award as Best Actress in an Independent Film for her role in David Auburn's Proof of Catherine Llewellyn. She played Amy Gardner on NBC's television series The West Wing from 2001 until the year 2006. The role she played was so successful that she was nominated in 2002 for the Primetime Emmy Award in Outstanding Supporting Actress in the Drama Series. She won both the Golden Globe and a Primetime Emmy Award for her performance of Harper Pitt in the acclaimed HBO mini-series on televisio...

Jillian Noel Hennessy (born November 25 in 1968) is a Canadian actress and singer from Canada. Her appearances on American television shows like Law & Order were three-seasons long. Crossing Jordan lasted six seasons. Jordan Cavanaugh was her main character. She has also been an actor in films like RoboCop 3 or Most Wanted and independent films Chutney Popcorn, which she co-directed. Hennessy was born in Edmonton. John Hennessy, John's father, was a marketing and meat sales/marketing executive. The job required significant travel and meant that the family had to move frequently. Maxine Her mother was a secretary. Her daughter was left behind by Eleanor, her paternal grandmother from Kitchener, Ontario. John Paul Hennessy Jr., her younger brother, is Jacqueline Hennessy who is an identical twin, who works as a journalist for a magazine and TV host in Canada. Her ancestry is comprised of Irish, French, Swedish, and Italian descendents from her father's and predominantly U...

Gillian MacLaren Jacobs, born on the 19th of October, 1982 is an American actor from the United States. Her credits include Britta Perry (NBC comedy series from 2009 to 2015), Mickey Dobbs (Netflix romantic comedy series Love (2016)-2018) as well as Atom Eve (Amazon animated series Invincible 2021). Mimi-Rose Howard was her regular part in the fourth season of the HBO comedy-drama Girls (2012-2017). She has also been in films such as Life Partners (2014), Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (2015) and Don't Think Twice (2016). Gillian MacLaren Jacobs was conceived in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on October 19th 1982. Martina Magenau Jacobs is her mother. She works at Carnegie Mellon University in alumni relations. Her father, William F. Jacobs Jr. was an investment banker. Her father, William F. Jacobs Jr. passed away in 2013. Her mother was her caregiver in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania. Lebanon, Pennsylvania. She performed regularly in the Pittsburgh Public Theater. This led to her being cast in Tita...

Bonnie Francesca Wright, born 17 February 1991 is an English actress. She is also a director, model, activist as well as an actress. The most well-known part of her career is the role of Ginny Weasley who is the Harry Potter film series's main character. Born in London, Wright portrayed the character for a decade before she was chosen to play the character in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II (2011). Wright was in numerous independent films following the Harry Potter series. These films were mixed reviews. Wright made her stage debut as the lead character in Peter Ustinov's The Moment of Truth at the Southwark Playhouse in 2013.Wright graduated from the University of the Arts London in 2012 with a bachelor's diploma in filmmaking. Her company was later established as her own production firm, BonBonLumiere, and began to make short films. Her first film as a director was the coming-of-age-drama Separate We Come, Separate We Go (2012) with David Thewlis, which was r...

Alyson Lee Hannigan was conceived on March 24 1974. Hannigan is an American actor and host on television. Her most well-known roles include role in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003), Willow Rosenberg (2005-2014) and Lily Aldrin (2005–2014), that earned her a People's Choice Award in 2009. Michelle Flaherty (1999–2012) was also one of her credits. Hannigan hosts Penn Teller: Fool Us since 2016. Teller the Fool Us has been broadcast since the year 2016. Hannigan is also Claire Clancy, an animated character from Fancy Nick (2018-2018). Hannigan was the only child of Emilie (Posner) Haas, an agent in real estate, and Alan Hannigan, a Teamsters worker. Hannigan's mom was Jewish Her father was Irish. At age four, Hannigan began appearing in commercials. Hannigan relocated to Hollywood in her 12th year along with her mom. Her father was an agent for casting in Santa Barbara while she was there. She auditioned. After graduation from high school she went to California State Universit...