Born on November 21st, 1956, Cherry Jones was born in Paris TN. She was born to a high school teacher mother and a flower shop owner father. She was born as a tomboy and spent a lot of her time outdoors, and never excelled in school very well. As she progressed in age, her mother often inspired her in many ways, one being an actress. As a teen Cherry attended Henry County High School where she began her acting career with the help of teacher, Linda Miller. As probably guessed, Cherry Jones is most known for being an actress. She is also known for winning many awards. She won the 5-Time Tony Award nominee for her work in Broadway. She won the Tony Award for “Best Lead Actress in a play for the 1995 Revival of The Heiress, and also for the …show more content…
She was in the popular show “24” and played as President Allison Taylor, for which she won an emmy. Although, most of her career was on Broadway playing in “Doubt” and winning the Best Lead Actress award. She also narrated audio books, one being the Laura Ingalls Wilder series, Little House on the Prairie. In 2014, Cherry Jones was inducted the American Theatre Hall of Fame. Cherry Jones has left many lasting impacts on today’s society. She has proven that if one works hard, they can be whatever they want to be. That even though you face hard times, everything will be okay. Most importantly that, never to forget about your hometown. As well as leaving impacts on today’s society, she has also left impacts on our own Paris Tn. She has left the impact of believing for one. Jones started acting around the age of five, from then on she kept on believing and now is one of the most popular and honored actresses of today. She has also left the impact of just because you came from a small town, does not mean you will be small to the world. Cherry Jones came from the same small town, from the same school. She worked towards the spotlight, and now she is one of the biggest faces in it. Cherry Jones is a huge inspiration to everyone who has heard of
experience with civil rights. Her father fought a lengthy legal battle in the late 1930’s
Quanah Parker was born in 1845, the exact date of his birth is not known due to the times and the lack of recording dates like birthdays back then. Also the exact place of his birth is unknown, it is thought to be somewhere along the Texas-Oklahoma border, but there are conflicting reports. Quanah himself said that he was born on Elk Creek south of the Wichita Mountains, but a marker by Cedar Lake in Gaines County, Texas says otherwise. There are still other places where he was supposedly born like Wichita Falls, Texas. “Though the date of his birth is recorded variously at 1845 and 1852, there is no mystery regarding his parentage. His mother was the celebrated captive of a Comanche raid on Parker's Fort (1836) and convert to the Indian way of life. His father
LeAnn Rimes was born in Jackson, Mississippi and is the only child of Wilbur and Belinda Rimes. She was born on August 28, 1982. Her real name is Margaret LeAnn Rimes. “At age six LeAnn wins her first talent contest performing “Getting to Know You” (Wang). LeAnn was raised in Dallas, Texas as a child. On February 23,2002, Rimes married a dance named Dean Sheremet. They divorced,
Who is Marion Jones? Is she a liar or a role model? What is the true story? Marion Jones was born October 12, 1975. Jones was one of the fastest women on the planet. She was a role model for so many. She has a picture perfect smile- kind of like Tiger Woods for golf. She was the one everybody loved. She was the crowd favorite. Jones was a phenomenal athlete and her family moved several times while she was a little kid, so she could compete in junior high and high school teams and competitions/races. Jones also played basketball and attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on a basketball scholarship. While she was in college during 1995-1996, she stopped playing basketball for a little while to focus on her track career, but
“You'll never do a whole lot unless you're brave enough to try”-Dolly Parton. Most people only know her because of her music, which is very inspirational, however she has done so much more. She is always looking for ways to give back because she knows what it like to not have much. She loves to help kids in need. Dolly Parton is one of the most inspirational people in the world, and her influence has affected so many people that her legacy will live on long after she's gone.
Maya Angelou is not just known for being a poet, novelist, educator, producer, actor, musician, and civil right activist, but also as one of the most renowned and influential voices. Maya Angelou was born as Marguerite Johnson on April 4, 1928, in St. Louis, Missouri, and raised in Stamps, Arkansas. As a child, she had a passion for art. She attended public school in Arkansas and California, and won a scholarship to study dance and drama at San Francisco’s Labor school. At the age of fourteen, Dr. Angelou dropped out of school and became the first female cable conductor. Dr. Angelou later went back and finished high school. A few weeks after she graduated from high school, she gave birth to her son Guy. Even though being a single mother and working different jobs would challenge her, her passion for music, dance, and poetry grew (Bloom).
Mary Harris Jones Mary Harris was born on May 1, 1830. She was born near Cork, Ireland. Her father got into some political trouble and had to move the family to Canada when she was eight years old. After high school Mary decided she wanted to be a schoolteacher and later moved to Tennessee in 1861. That is when she met George Jones and they got married. He was an Iron Molder like her father.
Margaret LeAnn Rimes (Cibrian) is a well known American Pop / Country / Contemporary Christian music celebrity from Mississippi. LeAnn, as she is most referred to by, was born to (Father) Wilbur Rimes and (Mother) Belinda Butler Rimes on August the twenty-eighth in the year of nineteen eighty-two, in the state capitol of Mississippi, Jackson. (2.)
Cicely Tyson is a television and stage actress. She was born in Harlem, New York City on December 19, 1924. People believe that she was born in 1933. Cicely Tyson mother was Theodosia Tyson and her father was William Tyson. Her mother
•She was no stranger to the entertainment industry, stemming from a line of singers and actresses. Not only did her mother’s vocal group, the ‘Sweet Inspirations’, sing backup for Aretha Franklin, but her cousins Dionne and Dee Dee Warwick are also renowned singers, as well as her godmother, Darlene Love
Belle Starr was born on February 5,1848 in Carthage Missouri. Belle lived with her parents and her one sister and five brothers. Belle was the daughter of John Shirley and his third wife, Elizabeth Hatfield Shirley. A pianist, Belle grew up with her parents and their other children, including much older half-siblings from her father’s other marriages. Her elder brother John Addison influenced her, as the fact that she grew up in the years leading up to the Civil War in Missouri territory. Though Belle received her education
Katie Couric was born on January 7, 1957, in Arlington, Virginia. She is the youngest of four children and her father, John, is a retired journalist and public relations executive. Couric graduated from the University of Virginia in 1979 with a degree in American Studies. She then moved to Washington D.C.to pursue her dream of becoming a television new reporter.
Without a doubt there is one major performer that certainly stands out within our pop culture world. The name of this very famous American icon is, Dolly Parton. Dolly has surpassed any rags to riches story that ever lived. She has touched the lives of so many individuals over many decades through her many talents. Dolly started her career at a very young age and continued fulfilling her life endeavors through country music, pop music, and even acting. This American icon didn’t stop with just her talents, she also gave back to our society through charity, fundraising, and establishing her own theme park. Dolly Parton was brought up in a very poor family, however through much dedication she became the famous icon everyone idolized today.
Despite starting out with a low IQ of under 70 she went on to become a teacher and earn a college degree. She is now an internationally renowned public speaker (which is no small feat considering her former sensitivity to noise and bright lights) and is also a singer and songwriter. She has also since published many other books. Her first book was on the New York Times Bestseller List for 15
All-in-all, Grace Kelly was an amazing person who became a princess. Not many people are able to say that. Not only was she a famous actress, but she was also a famous princess. Long live Princess Grace.