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    Neely Dickson (May 19, 1877 – January 25, 1946) was an American theater impresario, drama teacher, and founder of the Hollywood Community Theater (1917–1922)...
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    signing with Goldwyn. The founder of the Hollywood Community Theater, Neely Dickson, disputed the gas station story, saying it was invented by Goldwyn publicists...
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    Katharine "Kitty" Dukakis (née Dickson; born December 26, 1936) is an American author. She is married to former Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis...
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    having signed with a false identification. She studied acting with Neely Dickson at the Hollywood Community Theater. She had contracts with RKO and Paramount...
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  • Fiona Castle (redirect from Fiona Dickson)
    Joan Fiona Castle OBE (née Dickson; born 1940) is a British retired dancer and was wife of TV entertainer Roy Castle. They were married from 1963 until...
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    campus theater company and also studied with Neely Dickson at the Hollywood Community Theater. Recalled Dickson, "I couldn’t help remembering the first time...
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    Chaplin sent her to local acting teacher Neely Dickson at the Hollywood Community Theater to, in Dickson's words, "give her a polish." It marked a turning...
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    1910 and 1912. The son of Rear Admiral John Bourmaster Dickson and Sarah Matilda Dickson (née Poynder), he was born on the Isle of Wight and educated...
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    Lieutenant Colonel Harold Richard Patrick Dickson (4 February 1881 – 14 June 1959) was a British colonial administrator in the Middle East from the 1920s...
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    Joan Alice Katherine Grigg, Baroness Altrincham (née Dickson-Poynder; 11 September 1897 – 1987) was a British organiser of maternity and nursing services...
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    his start at the Hollywood Community Theater, founded and managed by Neely Dickson. He began acting in Hollywood films of the growing film community in...
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  • Lois Rice (redirect from Lois Dickson Rice)
    Brookings Institution concentrating on education policy. Lois Ann Fitt Rice (née Dickson) was born in Portland, Maine, on February 28, 1933. Her parents were...
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    Horton, Haydon began her acting career when she was 19, studying with Neely Dickson at the Hollywood Community Theater. She then toured with Minnie Maddern...
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  • Ridgewood, New Jersey, to Robert George Nordling and Lois Nordling (née Dickson). He grew up in Washington Township. After moving to Saddle River, New...
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    7, 1832, in Homer, New York, to Clara (née Dickson) and Horace White. Clara was the daughter of Andrew Dickson, a New York State Representative in 1832...
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    Varsity Show, It's Love I'm After and Submarine D-1. She studied with Neely Dickson at the Hollywood Community Theater. In 1939, she got her first leading...
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  • Hajjiyah Dame Violet Penelope Dickson, DBE (née Lucas-Calcraft; 3 September 1896 – 4 January 1991) was an English botanist, writer, and Orientalist. She...
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  • Lois June Ramsey (née Dickson; 18 June 1922 – 22 January 2016) also billed as Lois Ramsay, was an Australian actress, best known for her regular roles...
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    Minister of Kenya Deputy President of Kenya Lists of office-holders "Grigg [née Dickson-Poynder], Joan Alice Katherine, Lady Altrincham (1897–1987), organizer...
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  • Evon Joan Fraser (née Dickson; 11 September 1934 – 16 August 2012) was a New Zealand cricketer who played as a right-handed batter. She appeared in two...
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    Jeremy Dickson Paxman (born 11 May 1950) is an English former broadcaster, journalist and author. Born in Leeds, Paxman was educated at Malvern College...
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  • Camilla Ada Dickson (née Lambert; 4 December 1932 – 18 May 1998) was an archaeobotanist specialising in the analysis of archaeological plant material from...
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  • Mary Hannah (May) Brahe (née Dickson) (6 November 1884 – 14 August 1956) was an Australian composer, best known for her songs and ballads. Her most famous...
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  • FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 11 December 2017. Williams, Susan (2004). "Grigg [née Dickson-Poynder], Joan Alice Katherine, Lady Altrincham (1897–1987), organizer...
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  • Gazette. 2 August 1963. pp. 6533–6534. Williams, Susan (2004). "Grigg [née Dickson-Poynder], Joan Alice Katherine, Lady Altrincham (1897–1987), organizer...
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    Hollywood Community Theater (1917-1922), founded by noted drama teacher Neely Dickson, that no longer had a permanent building after losing its lease. Photoplay's...
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    was born in Downpatrick on 4 January 1977, the son of Rosalind E. M. (née Dickson), the daughter of a Northern Bank manager, and George Bomfforde Wheeler...
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    be/ama-ucl/karenblixen55.html Wheeler 2010, p. 153. Williams, Susan (2004). "Grigg [née Dickson-Poynder], Joan Alice Katherine, Lady Altrincham (1897–1987), organizer...
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    1930s, Tibbett also appeared in movies, after getting his start at Neely Dickson's Hollywood Community Theater. His sojourn in Hollywood proved brief...
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  • Zahra Freeth (née Irene Zahra Dickson; 1924/1925 – 20 May 2015) was a British author who wrote primarily about the Middle East. She was the daughter of...
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