Sentences with phrase «illegitimate daughters»

The illegitimate daughter of a Mississippi sharecropper, she overcame poverty, parental neglect, sexual abuse and racism to become one of the richest and most powerful women in the entertainment industry.
But this crossover benefit, in which the arts seem to have formed their own Mutual Admiration Society, does not apply to what perhaps should be called the illegitimate daughter in the family of the Muses: the art of the theater.
Born in Milan in 1463, Caterina was the illegitimate daughter of the soon - to - be duke of Milan, Galeazzo Maria Sforza.
I'm just wondering how the heavily Catholic part of upstate (including Western NY) is going to view Carl taking his illegitimate daughter and her mother on a vacation to Italy with his wife's blessing.
According to Debrett's, Cameron is a distant relative of the Queen because he is William IV's great, great, great, great, great grandson via an illegitimate daughter with Dorothy Jordan.
At the factory owned by the former prisoner, there is Fantine (Anne Hathaway), a young woman who's ratted out for sending money to her illegitimate daughter and then fired.
Valjean's thoughtfulness extends to Cosette, Fantine's young illegitimate daughter, who he adopts as his own.
The impassioned lament of Fantine, a fired factory worker forced into prostitution to support her illegitimate daughter, «I Dreamed a Dream» is already emotional pornography of the first order, made more so by Hathaway's borderline hysterical interpretation, all bulging eyes and hyperventilation, as if Hooper were shouting «More!
The second strand concerns her mother, a middle - aged factory worker named Cynthia (Brenda Blethyn) who lives in London with another illegitimate daughter, Roxanne (Claire Rushbrook), a street sweeper who despises her mother and won't even introduce her to her scaffolder boyfriend (Lee Ross).
As Henry's sole heir, Max travels to Provence with plans to sell the estate and quickly return to the fast - paced world of stocks, but when a young American girl (Abbie Cornish) shows up claiming to be the illegitimate daughter of Henry, Max's money - making scheme is put in jeopardy.
A few years later in 1859, playwright Dion Boucicault halved the calculation and doubled the drama creating THE OCTOROON, a play about a beautiful woman named Zoe (the touching Shawna M. James) who is 1/8 black and the illegitimate daughter of the plantation owner.
Valjean agrees to take care of Cosette (Amanda Seyfried), the illegitimate daughter of Fantine (Anne Hathaway), after Fantine can no longer afford to take care of her.
Speaking of characters, players will get to pick from four: Lucas Montbarron, son of the former Grand Master of the 10th Legion; Anajli, an archon or living legend; Reinhart Manx, a descendant of the 10th Legion mages; and Katarina, the illegitimate daughter of the former Grand Master.
Fantine (a radiant and heartbreaking Anne Hathaway), who toils to support her illegitimate daughter Cosette (Isabelle Allen), sheds her dignity bit by bit, finally turning to prostitution.
At the same time, the monarch's illegitimate daughter, Marie - Josephe, is brought to court in order to pay off war debts.
Her new epic fantasy novel, A Flight of Marewings, tells the adventure of a duke's illegitimate daughter who must stop her father's murderers — by taming a dangerous monster.
The beautiful, illegitimate daughter of Viscount Partington earns her living as an overworked governess while her vain and spoiled half sister, Araminta, enjoys London's social whirl as its most feted debutante.
Catherine Hewitt's richly told biography of Suzanne Valadon, the illegitimate daughter of a provincial linen maid who became famous as a model for the Impressionists and later as a painter in her own right.
Much has been written about Thomas Jefferson, his family and his illegitimate daughter, Harriet Hemings.
«Did you know he had an illegitimate daughter
Old man Dolmides will sell on one condition: Theron must marry Dolmides» illegitimate daughter.

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In From Ashes to Glory, McCartney speaks frankly about his failures as a husband and father, his struggles with alcohol, his temper and his daughter's two illegitimate children sired by two different players on his football team.
BELLE tells the true story of Dido Elizabeth Belle, an illegitimate mixed race, naval Captain's daughter, who arrives in Britain in the mid-1700s.
Synopsis: BELLE is inspired by the true story of Dido Elizabeth Belle (Gugu Mbatha - Raw), the illegitimate mixed race daughter of Admiral Sir John Lindsay (Matthew Goode).
Synopsis: An illegitimate mixed race daughter of a Royal Navy Admiral is raised by her aristocratic great - uncle (IMDb).
Gugu Mbatha - Raw takes the title role alongside Tom Wilkinson, Miranda Richardson, Emily Watson and Canada's Sarah Gadon in the true story of Dido Elizabeth Belle, the illegitimate, bi-racial daughter of a Royal Navy admiral in 18th - century Britain.
Her next film was the critically - acclaimed Belle starring Gugu Mbatha - Raw as Dido Elizabeth Belle, an illegitimate mixed - race daughter of an enslaved African woman and a British navy captain, who placed the girl with his uncle Lord Mansfield in late 18th - century London to be raised as a free lady.
«Belle» is inspired by the true story of Dido Elizabeth Belle (Gugu Mbatha - Raw), the illegitimate mixed race daughter of Admiral Sir John Lindsay (Matthew Goode).
Inspired by a few facts from Errol Flynn's life, and rooting her story firmly in Jamaican history, Cezair - Thompson vividly imagines the life of Ida, who is little more than a child herself when she gives birth to her daughter May, the illegitimate child of 1930 / 40s movie star Errol Flynn - known as a swashbuckling adventurer on screen, and for his glittering parties and affairs off screen.
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