After graduating from Frederick Douglass High School Calloway joined his older sister, Blanche, in a touring production of the popular black musical revue Plantation Days.

( Blanche Calloway herself would become an accomplished bandleader before her brother, and he would often credit her as his inspiration for entering show business.

* Blanche Calloway

) Blanche Calloway, sister of Cab Calloway, led a male band, Blanche Calloway and Her Joy Boys, from 1932 to 1939, and Ina Ray Hutton led an all-girl band, the Melodears, from 1934 to 1939.

In 1931, the same year that Cab recorded the first version of Minnie, his sister Blanche ( who performed as Blanche Calloway and her Joy Boys ) recorded " Growlin ' Dan ", in which Minnie makes a guest appearance — as does a primal version of Cab's hi-de-ho.

He also discovered and signed Blanche Calloway and her brother Cab Calloway.

Although he never regained the popularity he had with the Lunceford organization, he did go on to play and / or record with big bands led by Blanche Calloway ( 1935 – 1936 ), Don Redman ( 1936 – 1940 ), Coleman Hawkins, Lucky Millinder, Slim Gaillard and Cootie Williams, mostly playing lead trumpet.

Baltimore's early jazz pioneers included Blanche Calloway, one of the first female jazz bandleaders in the United States, and sister to jazz legend Cab Calloway.

* May 22 – Blanche of England, sister of King Henry V ( b. 1392 )

Crawford starred as Blanche Hudson, an old, wheelchair-bound former A-list movie star in conflict with her psychotic sister, in the highly successful psychological thriller What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?

In 1299, the French proposed a marriage alliance between Philip IV of France's sister Blanche and Albert I of Germany's son Rudolf, with Alsace to be the dowry ; however, the deal never came off.

Jane, a former child star of early vaudeville known as " Baby Jane ", was spoiled, pampered, and doted upon by her father due to her success ; her ignored older sister, Blanche, lived in Jane's shadow.

When Blanche sees Jane's sinister mood swings beginning, she tries to talk to her sister about her decision.

This time, she chose a French noblewoman, Joan of Dammartin, a candidate put forth by the king's aunt and Berengaria's sister Blanche, widow of King Louis VIII of France.

Her sister Blanche Schrift later married George Boroff, who ran The Circle Theatre ( now named El Centro Theatre ) in Los Angeles.

His heir was his sister, whose precise name is unclear but has been given variously as Mary, Elvira, Albiria or Albinia, Blanche ( died after 1216 ).

His youngest child was Blanche Athena Clough ( 1861 – 1960 ), who devoted her life to Newnham College, Cambridge, where her aunt ( his sister Anne ) was principal.

The pair was married December 23, 1912, at the Toronto home of Edy's sister Blanche.

Devonshire married Blanche Georgiana Howard ( 11 January 1812-27 April 1840 ), daughter of George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle and Georgiana Cavendish, sister of the 6th Duke of Devonshire, known at the " Bachelor Duke ", in 1829.

She was the eldest daughter of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, and Blanche of Lancaster, and a sister of King Henry IV of England.

During her time in Paris, she and her sister became familiar with the Cisterian Order, probably under influence of Blanche of Castile, the future Queen consort of France.

William was married to Matilda (" Maud " in English ) of Lancaster and Countess of Leicester, sister to Blanche of Lancaster.

William was married to Maud of Lancaster, sister to Blanche of Lancaster.

The same time I saw there this earl James, a fair young child, and a sister of his called the lady Blanche.

Goldwyn was married to Blanche Lasky, a sister of Jesse, from 1910 to 1915.

His sister Blanche was 10 years older.

Matilda, however, soon died, and the title passed to John of Gaunt, husband of her younger sister, Blanche, who was later created Duke of Lancaster.

Sparks married a local U. S Virgin Island woman, Grace Joseph Sparks ; when Sparks ' superior, Rear Adm. Summer Ely Wetmore Kitelle, commissioned the design for the flag, P. W. Sparks asked his wife and her sister, Blanche Joseph ( later Sasso ), to sew the first flag.

Afterwards Sparks transferred it on heavy cotton material, then asked his wife Grace and her sister Blanche Joseph to embroider the design.

His many plays included Nobody's Widow ( 1910 ), starring Blanche Bates ; Fair and Warmer ( 1915 ), starring Madge Kennedy ( filmed in 1919 ); The Gold Diggers ( 1919 ), starring Ina Claire ( filmed in 1923 as The Gold Diggers, in 1928 as Gold Diggers of Broadway and also as Gold Diggers of 1933 ); Ladies ' Night, 1920, starring Charlie Ruggles ( filmed in 1928 ); the famous mystery play The Bat ( with Mary Roberts Rinehart ), 1920 ( filmed in 1926, 1930 and 1959 ); Getting Gertie's Garter ( with Wilson Collison ), 1921, starring Hazel Dawn ( filmed in 1927 and 1945 ); The Demi-Virgin, 1921, also starring Hazel Dawn ; The Alarm Clock, 1923 ; The Best People ( with David Gray ), 1924 ( filmed in 1925 and as Fast and Loose in 1930 ), the song-farce Naughty Cinderella, 1925, starring Irene Bordoni and The Garden of Eden in 1927 ( filmed in as 1928 ).

May 2010 also saw the funeral of Coronation Street favourite Blanche Hunt, who was written out after the death of her portrayer Maggie Jones on 2 December 2009.

She won the Best Actress Academy Award for her portrayal of Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire ( 1951 ), a role she also played on stage in London's West End, as well as for her portrayal of the southern belle Scarlett O ' Hara, alongside Clark Gable, in the American Civil War drama Gone with the Wind.

Some biographers believed that the character of Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire is also based on her.

His first wife, Blanche, was also his third cousin, both being great great grandchildren of King Henry III.

* Leopold II also engaged in a religious ceremony with Blanche Zélia Joséphine Delacroix, also known as Caroline Lacroix, a prostitute, on 14 December 1909, with no validity under Belgian law, at the Pavilion of Palms, Royal Palace of Laken, in Brussels, five days before his death.

The actual Moulin Rouge theatre is also in Pigalle, next to Blanche métro station.

Charles gave his nephew a particularly advanced education by the standards of the day, arranged for his marriage to Blanche of Valois and also bestowed his name upon Václav.

In addition to selling his paintings, van Dongen also gained an income by selling satirical sketches to the newspaper ' Revue Blanche ' and organising very successful costume balls in Montparnasse to gain extra income.

It may be made only from a strict list of grape varieties, if it is to carry the name of one of the crus then it must be at least 90 % Ugni Blanc ( known in Italy as Trebbiano ), Folle Blanche and Colombard, although 10 % of the grapes used can be Folignan, Jurançon blanc, Meslier St-François ( also called Blanc Ramé ), Sélect, Montils or Sémillon.

It was about this time that the brick house now occupied by Mrs. Blanche Welker and also the old stone hotel were built.

She also sang the roles of Blanche in Dialogues of the Carmelites ( 1956 ) and Elle in La voix humaine ( 1958 ).

" Though she never considered portraying Drusilla with a Southern American accent, as James Marsters had considered for Spike, she notes that invited comparisons with Blanche DuBois would also have been interesting.

Fleming's golf partner, John Blackwell, ( a cousin to Blanche Blackwell ) was also a cousin by marriage to Ernő Goldfinger and disliked him: it was Blackwell who reminded Fleming of the name.

Sauvignon Blanc is also known under the synonyms Beyaz Sauvignon, Blanc Doux, Blanc Fume, Bordeaux Bianco, Douce Blanche, Feher Sauvignon, Feigentraube, Fie, Fie dans le Neuvillois, Fume, Fume Blanc, Fume Surin, Genetin, Gennetin, Gentin a Romorantin, Gros Sauvignon, Libournais, Melkii Sotern, Muskat Silvaner, Muskat Sylvaner, Muskatani Silvanec, Muskatni Silvanec, Muskatsilvaner, Painechon, Pellegrina, Petit Sauvignon, Picabon, Piccabon, Pinot Mestny Bely, Pissotta, Puinechou, Punechon, Punechou, Quinechon, Rouchelin, Sampelgrina, Sarvonien, Sauternes, Sauvignon, Sauvignon Bianco, Sauvignon Bijeli, Sauvignon Blanco, Sauvignon Fume, Sauvignon Gros, Sauvignon Jaune, Sauvignon Jeune, Sauvignon Petit, Sauvignon Vert, Sauvignon White, Savagnin, Savagnin Blanc, Savagnin Musque, Savagnou, Savignon, Servanien, Servonien, Servoyen, Souternes, Sovinak, Sovinjon, Sovinjon Beli, Sovinon, Spergolina, Surin, Sylvaner Musque, Uva Pelegrina, Weisser Sauvignon, and Zöld Ortlibi.

Born at Compton Place, Eastbourne, Sussex, Cavendish was the second son of William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire, by his wife Lady Blanche Howard, fourth daughter of George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle, and the brother of Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire, who had also been Chief Secretary.

Magnus additionally held the territories of Tønsberg and Skien, and he was also the real ruler over the territories of Borgar and most of Bohuslän which were held as personal fiefs by Queen Blanche.

He also ensured that cavalry were still trained to fight with sword and lance ( the “ Arme Blanche ”) rather than only being trained to fight dismounted with firearms, as Roberts had preferred.

Other mountains in the region ( Weisshorn, Zinalrothorn, Dent Blanche, Mont Collon ) also belong to the Dent Blanche nappe.

McEwan has also written two children's books, Rose Blanche ( 1985 ) The Daydreamer ( 1994 ).

Blanche Charlet was also captured but later managed to escape to London.