No footnotes date February 2011 A socialite is a person who participates in social activities and spends a significant amount of time Entertainment entertaining and being entertained at fashionable upper class events. ref name Dictionary cite web url http dictionary.reverso.net english cobuild socialite title Socialite definition accessdate 2010 10 28 work Reverso Dictionary ref Socialites have used their social skills and connections to promote and Fundraising raise funds for various Charitable organization charitable or Philanthropy philanthropic activities. Contemporary socialites may include persons considered by the media to have a certain notoriety such as Kim Kardashian and the late Casey Johnson . American socialites were originally listed in the Social Register , a list of the names and addresses of the preferred social contacts of the prominent families in the 19th century. In 1886, Louis Keller, described in his obituary as known to more persons here and abroad than any other one resident of New York, had the idea of consolidating these lists and packaging them for sale. Mr. Keller s formula met with great success and by 1918 there were 18 annual volumes representing 26 cities. ref name SocialReg cite web url http www.socialregisteronline.com history title Social Registry History accessdate 2010 10 28 work Social Registry ref In late 18th and early 19th century Britain ... not necessarily bear this out, as the two groups are often interchangeable. The recent book The Socialite ..., the title socialite has made a popular come back, with various public figures such as Tinsley Mortimer ... meaning to the term socialite, saying that one does not have to come from a privileged background in order to be a socialite. He uses his popularity to raise funds for various charitable causes, lends ..., Television Presenter and Events Host, thus earning the nickname The Working Socialite . See also Celebutante ... reading commons category Socialites Christiana Spens Spens, Christiana . The Socialite Manifesto . London ... more details
Infobox Book See Wikipedia WikiProject Novels or Wikipedia WikiProject Books name Socialite Evenings title orig translator image Image SocialiteEvenings.jpg 200px Cover of Socialite Evenings prefer 1st edition image caption author Shobha De cover artist country India language English language English series genre Novel publisher Penguin Books release date 1989 media type Print Paperback pages isbn 0 14 012267 2 congress MLCS 89 00052 P oclc 21599147 preceded by followed by Starry Nights Socialite Evenings is Shobha De s first novel . It describes a backdrop of Bombay high society and the lives of bored, rich housewives trapped in loveless marriages and engaging in ill fated extramarital affairs, smug selfish husbands who use their wives more for social respectability than for love, fashionable parties, false spiritual leaders, and a portrait of the general moral, spiritual and intellectual bankruptcy and decadence of the Mumbai Elite who have traded in their traditional culture for near total Westernization and the discarding of any discernible values other than materialism . Plot summary Karuna, the main protagonist and narrator is caught up in a drab, boring life and she seeks to escape by writing her memoir s. Her memoirs are successful and she achieves a measure of fame and pride in herself as she becomes an active socialite and eventually uses her newfound prominence as a celebrity to get herself a position as an advertising copywriter and creator of a television series.ankit patel Literary significance & criticism Socialite Evenings was a critical disaster but a commercial success, likely due in part to its racy and controversial content, something that was fairly new in India at the time. Fact date February 2007 Obviously written to shock, it has been widely criticized by many traditional elements in Indian society, De seems to have struck a nerve with many people and it is clear that many, particularly women, in India seem to be able to relate well to the novel ... more details
distinguish Susan Blanchard actress Susan Blanchard born March 8, 1928 ref cite web url http 209.85.129.132 search?q cache YpyFFwxboUJ www.freerangephotography.co.uk MMDgenealogy p jasper 2520pridham 2520descendancy.doc susan jacobson blanchard&cd 9&hl de&ct clnk&gl de title Descendants of Jasper Pridham author date work publisher accessdate 2009 12 25 ref is an United States American socialite and former lyricist and theatrical producer. She was the third wife of actor Henry Fonda , with whom she adopted a daughter, Amy born 1953 , and the second wife of actor Richard Widmark . Background The younger child of Dorothy Kiaora Blanchard born June 7, 1899 died August 3, 1987 , a native of Australia , and Henry Jacobson, a New York businessman, ref http query.nytimes.com gst fullpage.html?res 9B0DE6D81030F937A3575BC0A961948260 New York Times obituary for Dorothy Hammerstein ref Susan Jacobson took her mother s surname after her parents divorce and was known as Susan Blanchard thereafter. In 1929, her mother, a former actress turned interior decorator, married the lyricist and record producer producer Oscar Hammerstein II . Susan Blanchard had four siblings a brother, Henry Jacobson, Jr. a half brother, James Blanchard Hammerstein 1931 1999 and two step siblings, William and Alice Hammerstein. Susan Blanchard studied at The Shipley School in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania . ref name Shipley Fonda, A. Mark May 20, 2006 . http www.fonda.org notables.htm Notable Fondas ref Her only sibling was an older brother, n Henry Samuel Jacobson b. April 27, 1926 d. January 28, 1997 . Marriages Henry Jaynes Fonda Henry Fonda December 27, 1950 &ndash May 1956 divorced one daughter, Amy born and adopted 1953 Michael Wager married 1962, divorced Richard Widmark 1999 to his death in 2008 References Reflist External links http www.freerangephotography.co.uk MMDgenealogy p p34.htm i4045 Wedding photo of Blanchard and Henry Fonda, 1950 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Blanchard, ... more details
Orphan date March 2010 Judith Judy Green October 26, 1931 September 14, 2001 was a New York novelist, socialite and philanthropy philanthropist . She was born and brought up in New York, on Central Park West , the daughter of a wealthy businessman. She attended Vassar College . From an early age she moved in social, publishing and showbusiness circles. Dorothy Fields , the Broadway lyricist, was a maternal relative. When she was in her late 20s, by which time she was already a published author, she married Bill Green, a businessman almost twice her age. She went on to author three more books. Irving Lazar was her first agent. ref http www.newyorksocialdiary.com listpopup.php?tid 240 New York Social Diary article on Judy Green s passing ref Marriage Judy and Bill Green resided on Park Avenue . They also had had, at one time, a Mount Kisco estate, where they entertained lavishly for, among others, Frank and Barbara Sinatra, Ann and Morton Downey, Bennett and Phyllis Cerf, Rosalind Russell and Freddie Brisson, Pamela and Leland Hayward, and Claudette Colbert. ref http www.newyorksocialdiary.com listpopup.php?tid 240 New York Social Diary article, ibid. ref Bill Green died from heart disease in his late 60s. The Greens had two children, a daughter, Christina Mrs. Lloyd Gerry , and a son, Nicholas. Death She endured a 10 month long battle with pancreatic and liver cancer and died on September 14, 2001 at home, aged 69, having left the hospital for the last time on Monday, September 10, unknowingly avoiding the logistical problems caused by the 9 11 attacks the following day. ref http www.pagesix.com celebrities Dayssi Olarte de Kanavos New York Post article ref External links http www.newyorksocialdiary.com node 4250 Site with photo of Judith Green References references Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Green, Judith ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Green, Judith Category 1931 birt ... more details
Teresa Cheung may refer to Teresa Cheung socialite , Hong Kong socialite, producer and actress Teresa Cheung singer , Hong Kong singer hndis Cheung, Teresa ... more details
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Summary book cover fur Article Socialite Evenings Use Infobox OPTIONAL FIELDS Title Socialite Evenings Author Shobha De Publisher Penguin Books Cover artist Website Owner Commentary Year 1989 OVERRIDE FIELDS Description Source Portion Low resolution Purpose Replaceability Other information Socialite Evenings, Penguin Books India 1995 by Shobha De Licensing Non free book cover ... more details
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Baroness Decies may refer to Helen Beresford, Baroness Decies 1893 1936 , n e Gould, socialite and philanthropist, first wife of John Beresford, 5th Baron Decies Elizabeth Wharton Drexel 1868 1944 , author and Manhattan socialite, second wife of John Beresford, 5th Baron Decies hndis Decies, Baroness Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages ... more details
Geldof may refer to Bob Geldof Robert Bob Frederick Zenon Geldof, KBE born 1951 , an Irish singer, songwriter, author, and political activist Peaches Geldof Peaches Honeyblossom Geldof born 1989 , a British model and socialite Pixie Geldof born 1990 , a young British model and socialite See also Geldoff , a fictional character in Marvel Comics surname Geldof surname stub ... more details
Batcheller may refer to David Batcheller Mellish , a United States Representative from New York Tryphosa Bates Batcheller , an American socialite James Batcheller Sumner , an American chemist Doris Batcheller Humphrey , an American dancer See also Bachelor disambig ... more details
McKenty is a surname shared by several notable people Jacob Kerlin McKenty 1827&ndash 1866 , American national politician Neil McKenty born 1924 , English Canadian radio and television broadcaster and author Andrew E. McKenty born 1989 , young New York City socialite surname ... more details
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Pulitzer may refer to Pulitzer Prize , an annual U.S. journalism, literary, and music award Pulitzer, Inc. , a U.S. newspaper chain Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting , a non profit organization for journalists People Joseph Pulitzer 1847 1911 , a newspaper publisher and journalist Joseph Pulitzer Jr. 1913 1993 , grandson of Joseph Senior, and publisher of the St. Louis Post Dispatch Lilly Pulitzer b. 1931 , a socialite and prominent fashion designer Ralph Pulitzer 1879 1939 , the son of newspaper magnate Joseph Pulitzer Roxanne Pulitzer , a socialite, actress, novelist See also Politzer disambiguation Politz disambiguation Pollitz , Germany disambig surname Category Jewish surnames Category Germanic language surnames Yiddish Category Surnames of Czech origin Category Surnames of Hungarian origin ca Pulitzer da Pulitzer el it Pulitzer pl Pulitzer tr Pulitzer ... more details
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Etti may refer to Etti Plesch 1914 2003 , an Austrian countess, Hungarian countess , huntress , racehorse owner and socialite Etti Ankri born in 1963 , an Israeli singer songwriter Eda Ines Etti born in 1981 , an Estonian singer and celebrity Etti IV , a Star Wars planet given name cat Feminine given names Category Surnames de ETTI ... more details
The Greek surname Mitsotakis may refer to Konstantinos Mitsotakis b. 1918 , Greek prime minister from 1990 to 1993 Kyriakos Mitsotakis b. 1968 Greek politician, son of Konstantinos Mitsotakis Dora Bakoyannis n e Mitsotakis b. 1954 , politician and Greek Foreign Minister daughter of Prime Minister Mitsotakis above Maria Mitsot ki 1907 1974 , Athens socialite and a principal character in epic poem The Changing Light at Sandover Category Greek language surnames surname el ... more details
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