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Ellen Burstyn

Entity type: Individual

Ellen Burstyn is an American actress. Known for her portrayals of complicated women in dramas, she is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Tony Award, and two Primetime Emmy Awards, making her one of the few performers to achieve the "Triple Crown of Acting". Born in Detroit, Michigan, Burstyn left school and worked as a dancer and model. At age 24, she made her acting debut on Broadway in 1957 and soon started to make appearances in television shows. Stardom followed several years later with her acclaimed role in The Last Picture Show (1971), which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her next appearance in The Exorcist (1973), earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. The film has remained popular and several publications have regarded it as one of the greatest horror films of all time. She followed this with Martin Scorsese's Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), winning the Academy Award for Best Actress in the title role. In 1975 she won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her role in Same Time, Next Year. Her performance in the 1978 film adaptation won her a Golden Globe Award. This biography is from Wikipedia under an Attribution-ShareAlike Creative Commons License.

Donna Byars

Entity type: Individual

Plan C

Entity type: Organization

University Archives and Special Collections, California State University, Fullerton

Entity type: Repository

Established in 1967, University Archives and Special Collections preserves and provides access to the library’s rarest and most valuable original materials, supports curriculum, and preserves the University’s history.

Nancy Callahan

Entity type: Individual

Nancy Callahan is a visual artist who works in a variety of mediums. She is known for her screen prints, drawings and installations as well as her work in the field of artist's books. She has exhibited her work nationally and internationally and has taught well over a hundred workshops on innovative book structures. Her work is housed in many permanent collections throughout the United States and Europe.

Debbie Gary Callier

Entity type: Individual

Lisa Cannistraci

Entity type: Individual

Lisa Cannistraci is the owner of Henrietta Hudson, a queer and lesbian bar in New York City.

Kitty Carlisle Hart

Entity type: Individual

Kitty Carlisle Hart (born Catherine Conn) was an American stage and screen actress, opera singer, television personality and spokesperson for the arts. She was the leading lady in the Marx Brothers movie A Night at the Opera (1935) and was a regular panelist on the television game show To Tell The Truth (1956–1978). She served 20 years on the New York State Council on the Arts. In 1991, she received the National Medal of Arts from President George H. W. Bush. She was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1999. This biography is from Wikipedia under an Attribution-ShareAlike Creative Commons License.

Ann Carr

Entity type: Individual

Cathy Carr

Entity type: Individual

Jeanne Carstensen

Entity type: Individual

Rosie Casals

Entity type: Individual

Kolleen Casey

Entity type: Individual

Kolleen Casey Shields was a gymnast who competed for the United States in the 1976 Montreal Olympics. She finished 23rd in the vault, an event won by Nadia Comăneci. She was the 1975 U.S. national champion in vault. Shields competed for Southwest Missouri State University from 1977 to 1979, where she won the Honda Sports Award as the nation's top female gymnast in 1979. She transferred to the University of Minnesota, graduating with a degree in Physical Therapy. Shields became a physical therapist at the University of Iowa. This biography is from Wikipedia under an Attribution-ShareAlike Creative Commons License.

Jackie Cassello

Entity type: Individual

CBS

Entity type: Organization

CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS (an abbreviation of its original name, the Columbia Broadcasting System), is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network and the flagship property of the CBS Entertainment Group division of Paramount Skydance. It is one of Paramount Skydance's three flagship subsidiaries, along with Paramount Pictures and MTV. This biography is from Wikipedia under an Attribution-ShareAlike Creative Commons License.

Whitney Chadwick

Entity type: Individual

Whitney Chadwick is an American art historian and educator, who has published on contemporary art, modernism, Surrealism, and gender and sexuality. Her book Women, Art and Society was first published by Thames and Hudson in 1990 and revised in 1997; it is now in its fifth edition. Chadwick is Professor Emerita at San Francisco State University from the School of Art. This biography is from Wikipedia under an Attribution-ShareAlike Creative Commons License.

Suzy Chaffee

Entity type: Individual

Artists Meeting for Cultural Change

Entity type: Individual

Tracy Chapman

Entity type: Individual

Tracy Chapman is an American singer-songwriter, widely known for her hit singles "Fast Car" (1988) and "Give Me One Reason" (1995). She was signed to Elektra Records by Bob Krasnow in 1987. The following year she released her debut album, Tracy Chapman, which became a commercial success. The album received six Grammy Award nominations, including one for Album of the Year, three of which she won: Best New Artist, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for her single "Fast Car", and Best Contemporary Folk Album. Chapman has since continued to release award-winning music. Chapman is politically and socially active. In a 2009 interview with National Public Radio, she said, "I'm approached by lots of organizations and lots of people who want me to support their various charitable efforts in some way. And I look at those requests and I basically try to do what I can. And I have certain interests of my own, generally an interest in human rights." This biography is from Wikipedia under an Attribution-ShareAlike Creative Commons License.

Judy Chicago

Entity type: Individual

Judy Chicago (born Judith Sylvia Cohen; July 20, 1939) is an American feminist artist, art educator, and writer known for her large collaborative art installation pieces about birth and creation images, which examine the role of women in history and culture.

Ruth Chickering Clusen

Entity type: Individual

Ruth Chickering Clusen was an American conservationist, politician, civil rights activist, and government official. She is remembered for serving as the president of the League of Women Voters, for hosting the debates between Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford, and for serving as the Assistant Secretary of Energy under President Jimmy Carter. This biography is from Wikipedia under an Attribution-ShareAlike Creative Commons License.

Laura Lee Ching

Entity type: Individual

Shirley Chisholm

Entity type: Individual

Kristen Clevenson

Entity type: Individual