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( She unsuccessfully petitioned Neville Chamberlain to obtain a civil list pension for Douglas: the signitaries included Arthur Quiller-Couch, John Gielgud, Evelyn Waugh and Virginia Woolf.
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She portrays Diana, a fan of The Beatles band member John Lennon ; she tries unsuccessfully to meet him.
She has a crush on Hercules and unsuccessfully tries to seduce him many times.
She continued to gain experience with minor television appearances, and after she auditioned unsuccessfully for the role of Liesl in the film version of The Sound of Music, Ransohoff gave Tate walk-on roles in two motion pictures in which he was producer: The Americanization of Emily and The Sandpiper.
" She has also unsuccessfully lobbied for Sharon Tate to be awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
She auditioned unsuccessfully for Yves Boisset's Bleu comme l ' enfer and Robin Davis's Hors la loi, but was eventually cast in My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister ( 1986 ) by Jacques Rouffio opposite the popular French stars Michel Serrault and Michel Piccoli.
She was " something of a loner " in high school and unsuccessfully tried out for several plays.
She unsuccessfully sued Billing for libel, causing a national sensation in Britain.
She stood, unsuccessfully, as a Fianna Fáil candidate in the Dublin South – East constituency at the 1987 general election, receiving 2, 243 votes ( 5. 9 %).
She unsuccessfully tried that and the accused was eventually convicted of attempted murder.
She finds Jareth and Toby in a vast, stair-filled room inspired by M. C. Escher's Relativity and attempts unsuccessfully to find a path to reach her brother.
She entered politics in 1997, running unsuccessfully in the Irish presidential election, but later being elected as the MEP for Connacht – Ulster.
She stood unsuccessfully against James Chichester-Clark in the Northern Ireland general election of 1969.
She sought election to Dáil Éireann twice as a Fianna Fáil candidate, both times unsuccessfully.
She stood unsuccessfully for the Dáil at the February 1982 general election but was subsequently re-elected to the Seanad.
She has since unsuccessfully tried to control Egwene.
She unsuccessfully contested the Strathkelvin and Bearsden constituency at the 1983 Election.
She unsuccessfully contested the seat of East Melville at the 1983 election against sitting Liberal Party member Antony Trethowan, but was more successful in 1986 when she won the seat of Subiaco following the retirement of long-serving Liberal-turned-independent Dr Tom Dadour.
She also unsuccessfully lobbied the Soviet government of Mikhail Gorbachev to rehabilitate Leon Trotsky.
She unsuccessfully contested the Crosby seat at the 1992 general election where she was defeated by the sitting Conservative MP Malcolm Thornton by 14, 806 votes.
She unsuccessfully contested the Darwen constituency at the 1979 general election where she was defeated by the sitting veteran Conservative MP Charles Fletcher-Cooke by 13, 026 votes.
She unsuccessfully contested Cornwall South East at the 1992 General Election where she finished in third place some 25, 029 votes behind the sitting Conservative MP Robert Hicks.
She unsuccessfully contested the 1992 general election in Islwyn against the then leader of the Labour Party, Neil Kinnock, and the 1997 general election in Montgomeryshire.
She unsuccessfully tried out for Living Colour's bassist position, vacated in 1992 by Muzz Skillings.
She unsuccessfully contested Caernarfon in 1983 and Conwy in 1987 and 1992.
She and petitioned
She makes a point to note that while many women petitioned for funds, she herself only petitioned once and, being denied, decided such efforts were not worth the trouble.
She petitioned the college for the opportunity to read such an address herself — a college professor was to read it instead.
She petitioned the Duke of Cumberland, the head of the army, for her pension.
She and the other feminine spirits are autonomous and can be petitioned for good through prayers before her cross or image.
She also petitioned the Holy See for some mark to distinguish these knights from other Cruciferi, with whom they bore in common the red crusader.
She then petitioned some local priests for help to have a small church built for him.
She petitioned for her freedom and that of her son James ( John ) Henry from William Walker ( a slave trader ), based on having been held illegally as a slave by a previous master, an Army officer, in the free state of Michigan.
She petitioned Edward III for the restoration of her lands, claiming that she had signed them away after being threatened by Roger Mortimer that she would never be freed if she did not.
She and Neville
She was on good terms with her mother-in-law, Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, with whom she discussed religious works, such as the one written by Mechtilde of Hackeborn.
She married her stepbrother, Sir Ralph Neville, son of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmoreland, c. 1413 in Oversley, Warwickshire and had issue
She was a daughter of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, and Cecily Neville, and the sister of two Kings of England, Edward IV and Richard III.
She once admitted that she was " designed for a nun " and the fact that she had so many Catholic connections, such as Henry Neville who was later arrested, would certainly have aroused suspicions during the anti-Catholic fervor of the 1680s ( Goreau 243 ).
She was the aunt of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, the most powerful peer and military commander in 15th-century England, where he was also known as " The Kingmaker ".
She is also partly selfish, wanting Neville to marry her son to keep the jewels in the family ; she's blissfully unaware however, that Tony and Neville despise each other, and that Constance is in fact planning to flee to France with Hastings.
Neville schemes with Hastings and Tony to get the jewels so she can then flee to France with her admirer ; this is essentially one of the sub-plots of She Stoops to Conquer.
She was later renamed Neville and used in World War II
She was also close to Brenda and Neville Hope.
She arranged for her 20-year-old son, John Woodville, to marry the widowed and very rich dowager Duchess of Norfolk, Catherine Neville.
She was also a first cousin to Anne Neville, 16th Countess of Warwick and through her cousin-by-marriage to Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, the so-called " Kingmaker " during the Wars of the Roses.
She rejects him but he persists ; he says that if she gives him no hope, he will destroy Neville, the brother of her dear friend Helena.
She also supported the Neville Brothers on their Australian tour.
She married her stepbrother, Sir Ralph Neville, son of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmoreland, c. 1413 in Oversley, Warwickshire and had issue.
She supported the points of Winston Churchill and Clement Attlee but earned the enmity of Neville Chamberlain.
She co-founded the fashion house Zambesi with her husband, Neville Findlay, in 1979.
She is married to Neville Kennard and has a daughter and son.
Goodey's stage work, most notably with Max Stafford-Clark's Out of Joint touring company, included Nadia in Some Explicit Polaroids ( 1999 ), Odette in Remembrance of Things Past ( 2000 ), Constance Neville in She Stoops to Conquer ( 2002 ) and Mrs. Garrick in A Laughing Matter.
She was also the elder sister of Anne Neville, Princess of Wales by her first marriage and Queen consort of England by her second.
She also toured with and recorded for various artists ( such as the Neville Brothers, Bobby Womack and Isaac Hayes ); made short appearances in films ; and contributed songs to different movie soundtracks ( including the 1970 film Cotton Comes to Harlem ).
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