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Shelley Winters

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Actress Shelley Winters was one of the most durable of the movie stars who began their careers during the golden age of the old studio system. She amassed more than 100 feature-film credits over the span of half a century and began establishing early on the reputation for impressive character portrayals that buoyed her career as she aged.

Author: Dugan, Kieran
Publisher: H.W. Wilson Co.
Publication Name: Current Biography
Subject: History
ISSN: 0011-3344
Year: 2006
Motion picture actors and actresses, Movie actors, Winters, Shelley

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Constance Baker Motley

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Constance Baker Motley became the first woman of any race to serve as president of one of New York's five boroughs, and the first African-American woman to be named a federal judge. Motley was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1993, and received the Presidential Citizens Medal in 2001.

Author: Dugan, Kieran
Publisher: H.W. Wilson Co.
Publication Name: Current Biography
Subject: History
ISSN: 0011-3344
Year: 2006
New York, Federal court judges, Motley, Constance Baker

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