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Re: Strong, gorgeous women!
« Reply #50 on: May 07, 2007, 12:26:47 pm »
Elizabeth I   Was the fifth and final monarch of the Tudor dynasty, having succeeded her half-sister, Mary to the throne. She reigned during a period of turmoil in English history. A reign today referred as the Elizabethan Era or the Golden Age. It was marked by increases in English power and influence worldwide. It produced playwrights William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, and Ben Jonson. Francis Drake became the first Englishman to circle the globe. Francis Bacon laid out his philosophical and political views and English colonization of North America took place under Sir Walter Raleigh and Sir Humphrey Gilbert. The English colony in the new world, Virginia, was named in honor of the Queen. Elizabeth, the last of the Tudors, died at seventy years of age after a very successful forty-four year reign

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Re: Strong, gorgeous women!
« Reply #51 on: May 07, 2007, 12:27:33 pm »
another Elizabeth whose accomplishments are more well known in modern culture

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Re: Strong, gorgeous women!
« Reply #52 on: May 07, 2007, 12:30:07 pm »
and another whose portrait alone speaks volumes.

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Re: Strong, gorgeous women!
« Reply #53 on: May 07, 2007, 12:41:54 pm »


Hatshepsut was the fifth pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of ancient Egypt. She is generally regarded by Egyptologists as one of the most successful female pharaohs of Egypt, who reigned longer than any other female ruler of an indigenous dynasty.

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Re: Strong, gorgeous women!
« Reply #54 on: May 07, 2007, 02:11:52 pm »
Pardon me if these ladies have already been mentioned..

Three powerful British actresses who continue to wow me with their brains and beauty!  ;)


Angela Lansbury







Dame Judy Dench







Emma Thompson





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Re: Strong, gorgeous women!
« Reply #55 on: May 07, 2007, 02:36:47 pm »
Jessye Norman:  she does it all, from the tenderest pianissimo to the most dramatic fortissimo.


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Re: Strong, gorgeous women!
« Reply #56 on: May 07, 2007, 02:44:58 pm »
I don't know about anyone else but I just love this thread and all these amazing women everyone keeps posting!  I'm sure there are lots and lots more...don't stop now  :D
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Re: Strong, gorgeous women!
« Reply #57 on: May 07, 2007, 05:13:54 pm »
I don't know about anyone else but I just love this thread and all these amazing women everyone keeps posting!  I'm sure there are lots and lots more...don't stop now  :D

Totally agree with you Dottie!  :-*

Franka Potente! She came to fame as Lola in Tom Tykwer's Run Lola, Run! and has appeared in many good movies since. In an interview she said that her US agent always tells her she should loose weight in order to get more roles, but she gives a shit. Lol. A female heroine, don't ya think?  ;)

 


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Re: Strong, gorgeous women!
« Reply #58 on: May 07, 2007, 05:30:30 pm »
Let's not forget our Annie:



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Re: Strong, gorgeous women!
« Reply #59 on: May 07, 2007, 06:21:52 pm »
Totally agree with you Dottie!  :-*

Franka Potente! She came to fame as Lola in Tom Tykwer's Run Lola, Run! and has appeared in many good movies since. In an interview she said that her US agent always tells her she should loose weight in order to get more roles, but she gives a shit. Lol. A female heroine, don't ya think?  ;)

 



I love Franka.  I very much enjoyed her in the 'Bourne' movies.  Even my ex-boyfriend liked her because according to him, 'she looked like a normal person'.  In other words, the casting director of 'Bourne' chose an actor for the female lead who wasn't just a bombshell babe.