Word: theresa
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Sarah Theresa Craig, a first-year student who lived in Wigglesworth, died May 24 at Hartford Hospital from injuries suffered when she was struck by an alleged drunk driver two days earlier...
...skill he learned to develop early on. A son of New York City's black aristocracy, his first and perhaps most important lessons were imparted not by the wealthy prep schools he would attend as a teenager but by the human parade passing through his home, Harlem's Hotel Theresa, which his father managed. In its day, the Theresa served as a Mecca for famous black entertainers, sports heroes and, of course, politicians. Brown was on hair-mussing terms with the likes of Adam Clayton Powell Jr., Percy Sutton and the young David Dinkins...
...when it was a vibrant crossroads of black culture, prestige and political savvy. He was the pampered child of college-educated parents who equipped him with bottomless self-confidence, poise and ambition--everything except the power and wealth he later supplied for himself. His family's apartment in the Theresa Hotel, where his father was manager, looked down at the glittering Apollo theater and was only a few yards away from the corner of 125th Street and Seventh Avenue, where street orators expostulated on everything from Garveyism to the theory of predestination...
...Girl 6 (Theresa Randle), whose name is not revealed until the end of the movie (it's Judy), struggles to pay the bills while trying to make it in the acting world of New York City. Her main problem is that she does not want to take her clothes off, a scruple which is mocked by her agent and her acting teacher. Girl 6's life spirals downward as her numerous odd jobs as a movie extra, a club bartender, and a pamphlet distributor begin to jar her sensibilities. She finally gains a semblance of control in her life when...
...Theresa Randle, who also starred in "Bad Boys," flexes her acting prowess as she imperonates Dorothy Dandridge, Foxy Brown and Lovely. "Girl 6" will probably launch her career as a serious actress. Her range will amaze audiences. Randle can also be praised for her endurance. Her character changes her outfits and her wigs so often, it's a wonder that Randle didn't collapse from exhaustion...