Sentence examples for born dame from inspiring English sources

Coatbridge born Dame Laurentia McLachlan was the Benedictine abbess of the Stanbrook Community whose correspondence with George Bernard Shaw and Sydney Cockerell was the subject of the film The Best of Friends.

Born in Johannesburg, Dame Monica moved to the UK in the 1950s after her father died suddenly.

The Dames, born a couple of weeks apart in 1934, met and became friends in 1958, when they were at the Old Vic.

November 7, 1926 Sydney, Australia October 10, 2010 Les Avants, Switzerland Dame Joan Sutherland, in full Dame Joan Alston Sutherland (born November 7, 1926, Sydney, Australia died October 10, 2010, Les Avants, Switzerland) Australian operatic soprano internationally acclaimed for her coloratura roles.

Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, in full Dame Olga Maria Elisabeth Friederike Schwarzkopf (born Dec. 9, 1915, Jarotschin, near Posen, Ger.

December 9, 1915 Poznań, Poland August 3, 2006 Schruns, Austria Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, in full Dame Olga Maria Elisabeth Friederike Schwarzkopf (born Dec. 9, 1915, Jarotschin, near Posen, Ger.

July 20 , 1938Doncaster, England Dame Diana Rigg, (born July 20 , 1938 Doncaster, Yorkshire, England) classically trained English stage actress who gained worldwide fame during the 1960s in the television series The Avengers.

Her play's title, "Vera Vera Vera," pays reference to the scene-change music of the venerable English singer-songwriter Dame Vera Lynn (born 1917), whose melodies exert a nostalgic pull at odds with the raw contemporaneity of Ms. Squires's script.

Born 40 years ago in Cardiff, Dame Tanni – who won an unparalleled 11 Paralympic golds, set 30 world records and won six London Marathons – joins Baroness Campbell, who like her is known to have Labour leanings, as a cross-bencher.

May 23 , 1933London, England Joan Collins, in full Dame Joan Henrietta Collins (born May 23 , 1933 London, England) English actress known for her portrayals of bombshells and sexpots, notably the scheming seductress Alexis Carrington on the soap opera Dynasty (1981 89).

The loveliest picture is that of Gudny Magnusdottir (born 1929), a grande dame in an elegant dress, a large Victorian hat and sunglasses, posed against a background of floral wallpaper adorned by a framed photograph of a young Victorian maiden.