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    Rebekah West Harkness (née Semple West; April 17, 1915 – June 17, 1982) also known as Betty Harkness, was an American composer, socialite, sculptor, dance...
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    High Watch (category Harkness family)
    children with Edith Hale: Louise Hale Harkness (1898–1978) and William Hale Harkness. In 1947, William Hale married Rebekah Semple West, who was previously...
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  • The Last Great American Dynasty (category Harkness family)
    American socialite Rebekah Harkness, who once lived in Swift's Rhode Island mansion, inspired her to write the song. The lyrics recall Harkness's inherited wealth...
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  • The Harkness Ballet (1964–1975) was a New ballet company named after its founder Rebekah Harkness. Harkness inherited her husband's fortune in Standard...
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  • Ned Harkness (1919–2008), Canadian-American lacrosse and ice hockey coach Peter Harkness (born 1949), British media entrepreneur and investor Rebekah Harkness...
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  • the story of Rebekah Harkness, the founder of Harkness Ballet, when she resided in Swift's Rhode Island mansion. It details how Harkness married into...
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    Thomas J. Watson, Rebekah Harkness, whose name became associated with the building when she used it as the offices of the Harkness Ballet. In 2011, the...
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    Lamon Harkness (August 8, 1858 – May 10, 1919) was an American businessman and inheritor of a large share of Standard Oil. William Lamon Harkness was born...
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    Georgia Elma Harkness (1891–1974) was an American Methodist theologian and philosopher. Harkness has been described as one of the first significant American...
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  • engineer Randy Merrill – mastering engineer American philanthropist Rebekah Harkness is the subject of the third track on Folklore, "The Last Great American...
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  • Clark Gable (1901–1960), film actor Rebekah Harkness (1915–1982), Standard Oil heiress and founder of the Harkness Ballet; former owner of Swift's residence...
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  • television studio until 1971. Rebekah Harkness subsequently purchased the theater, renovated it, and reopened it in 1974 as the Harkness Theatre. After presenting...
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  • Temple Grandin (b. 1947), animal behavior researcher Rebekah Harkness (1915–1982), founder of the Harkness Ballet Steve Hathaway (b. 1990), pitcher Johannah...
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    choreographer Alvin Ailey was invited to make a work for the company. Rebekah Harkness was an important early benefactor and she made international touring...
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  • Ravel). Incubus (1962) Music by Anton Webern The Palace (1963) Music by Rebekah Harkness Viva Vivaldi! (1965) Music by Antonio Vivaldi Olympics (1966) Music...
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  • At the request of Rebekah Harkness, he journeyed to New York where he assumed the position of Artistic Director of the Harkness Ballet. After choreographing...
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  • two pianos in 1901. The Suite No. 1 was arranged for orchestra by Rebekah Harkness. A 1968 recording by Jorge Mester and the London Philharmonic Orchestra...
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    His clients in the 1950s included Marilyn Monroe, Katharine Hepburn, Rebekah Harkness, and future First Lady Jacqueline Bouvier. Encouraged by his clients...
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  • and philanthropist Joy Guidry – bassoonist and composer Rebekah Harkness – founder of the Harkness Ballet Eugene Istomin – pianist Marta Casals Istomin –...
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  • years. One of his ex-wives was the dance patron and philanthropist Rebekah Harkness. Kean's autobiography, M.D.: One Doctor's Adventures Among the Famous...
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  • Harkness Ballet and also worked in the studios of many of the era's leading ballet instructors. He even attempted, unsuccessfully, to teach Rebekah Harkness...
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    Johnson favored larger, more elaborate performances. Ballet patron Rebekah Harkness learned of the Johnsons' desire for a larger stage, and contacted noted...
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  • Lawrence Rhodes (category Harkness Ballet dancers)
    arts patroness and heiress Rebekah Harkness had become the company's primary sponsor. Through the association with Harkness and her foundation, Joffrey...
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  • Performing Arts Center to establish a performing arts center, and with a Rebekah Harkness Foundation grant to organize and direct dance performances in several...
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  • was contacted by the oil heiress Rebekah Harkness, who was looking for teachers for her ballet school, the Harkness Ballet in New York City. Howard left...
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  • Manola Asensio (category Harkness Ballet dancers)
    1974 she was invited to be principal dancer with the Harkness Ballet, directed by Rebekah Harkness. With them she toured with immense success in the United...
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    National Woman's Suffrage Association. His great-granddaughter was Rebekah Harkness, a socialite, philanthropist, and one of the richest women in America...
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    Finis Jhung (category Harkness Ballet dancers)
    led Harkness to establish her own ballet troupe. Eleven Joffrey dancers, including Jhung, joined the Harkness Ballet. He stayed with the Harkness company...
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  • Brunilda Ruiz (category Harkness Ballet dancers)
    ballet as an art form to audiences across the United States. When Rebekah Harkness, patron of the Joffrey Ballet, disputed with Joffrey in the 1960s,...
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  • inadvertently share the same conman (Petrie). Marianne Jean-Baptiste as Cheryl Harker Rebekah Staton as Alice Newman Alistair Petrie as Dr Robert Chance/Robbie Graham...
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