Her agent Al Levy convinced her to attend a party at the home of composer Jule Styne.

Her stage name derives from Mitch Ryder, a soul and rock singer her father happened to be listening to when her agent called and asked how she wanted to appear on the credits of her first film.

Her show business career began when a dance teacher urged her parents to find an agent for her.

Her mother, Billie ( née Early ), is an import-export agent, and her father, Emilio Diaz ( 1949 – 2008 ), worked for the California oil company UNOCAL for more than 20 years as a field gauger.

Her agent Mike Dawson helps get Ken and piano accompanist Steve Anderson a spot on a radio show singing cowboy songs.

Her agent told her it was " the best romantic comedy she had ever read ".

Her death is faked, and a secret government agent named Bob ( Gabriel Byrne ) informs her that she is to become an operative.

Her sympathetic agent at the welfare bureau finds her and reunites her with her ne ' er-do-well husband who deserted her decades ago.

Her agent Jon Roseman stated that he had been interviewed as a suspect by police.

Her mechanic and publicity agent, William Wills, was flying the plane with Coleman in the other seat.

Her father was a Navy pilot who completed two tours of duty in the Vietnam War, and her mother worked as a real estate agent.

Her novel The Passion was inspired by her affair with Pat Kavanagh, her literary agent.

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Her agent happened to be the London representative of the Myron Selznick talent agency, headed by David Selznick's brother, Myron.

Her first husband was her agent, Anthony Soglio, to whom she was married from 1955 to 1957.

Her agent allegedly had to fight to even get a reading for the part, since the role had been cast for an " older woman " to a " coming of age " 15 year old boy, and the director was only considering actresses over the age of thirty, Barbra Streisand being at the top of the list.

Her father, a shoemaker, was a key figure in the Underground Railroad and a subscription agent for William Lloyd Garrison's abolitionist newspaper, The Liberator.

Although Lazenby had been offered a contract for seven movies, his agent, Ronan O ' Rahilly, convinced him that the secret agent would be archaic in the liberated 1970s, and as a result he left the series after the release of On Her Majesty's Secret Service in 1969.

Her mother, Hannah G. Storen, is a successful real estate agent in Houston, Texas.

Her family was able to invalidate the will, but her estate proved to be insolvent due to years of lavish living, overgenerosity towards " friends ", and embezzlement by an agent.

Her mother, Charlotte ( née Baum ), was a writer and press agent who was involved in women's and civil rights movements, and her father, John J. Sheedy, Jr., was a Manhattan advertising executive .< ref >

Her mother married agent and producer Noel Marshall, and Griffith grew up with three stepbrothers.

Her father was a top agent at one time with the William Morris Agency.

( Her account was later confirmed by the Scobee-Frazier Expedition from the University of Manitoba in 1951.

Her invitation to serve as a juror on the hanging committee of the Academy confirmed her acceptance amongst her peers.

Buckingham Palace confirmed his recommendation on 1 October saying that: " The Queen is content for Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC, to remain in her current position until February 2008 as recommended.

On 13 May 2011 the Dutch parliament confirmed that when the Prince of Orange ascends the throne, Princess Máxima will take the style and title of Her Majesty The Queen of the Netherlands.

Her theory was based upon the morphological data of classical embryology, and has since been confirmed by molecular sequence analysis.

Her lawyer confirmed that Locklear had been cited for a traffic misdemeanor as the vehicle's owner, but said it was not clear who was driving at the time of the accident.

Her story was sensitively recounted by several of her friends and colleagues in a 1991 BBC Radio 4 documentary in the Radio Lives series, which confirmed that she gave no indication whatsoever to any of her friends that she was planning to take her own life, and that she kept up a facade of " business as usual ".

Her list of clients, the arranging of the black masses, her connection to Montespan and the murder attempt on the king was not to be revealed until after her death, when it was stated by her daughter and confirmed by the uncontaminated testimonies of the other accused.

* Most appointees confirmed by the Senate, such as ambassadors of the United States, who are referred to as His / Her Excellency when travelling abroad.

Her son then called to God and upon hearing him, an angel of Yahweh confirmed to Hagar that her son would become a great nation.

Her identity was confirmed using biometric technology, which matched her iris patterns to those of the photograph with almost full certainty.

Her birthplace has been incorrectly reported to be Zambia in some biographies, but she has confirmed in interviews that she was born in London, during a two-week trip by her parents.

Her second studio album, Laura, was released in 1994 and confirmed her international success, selling three million copies worldwide and spawning the hit singles " Strani amori " and " Gente ".

Her closeness to Andrew Neil, then editor of The Sunday Times, whom Waugh despised, further confirmed his view.

Her father, because he married a Roman Catholic, as well as her elder siblings, Lord Downpatrick and Lady Marina-Charlotte Windsor, both of whom also converted to and were confirmed in the Roman Catholic Church, are all ineligible to remain in the line of succession in accordance with the Act of Settlement 1701.

Her candidacy was confirmed on 28 July 2009.

Her husband ignored this, and confirmed Claude as Duchess and married her to Francis.

Her braces and dental records confirmed her identity.

Her husband was rumored to be homosexual ; he had an official favorite, Bengt Algotsson, Duke of Finland-although their relationship have never confirmed to be sexual-but she seems to have had a good relationship with him, and exerted political influence.

Her manager, Steven Tempone, confirmed on 19 July 2007 that she had checked into rehabilitation and told the Associated Press " All I know is it's something she did of her own free will and we're proud of her and wish her very well ... When she gets out we'll have a big birthday party, and Coca-Cola only ".

Her total confirmed kills during World War II was 309, including 36 enemy snipers.

Her daughter Melisende was supposed to marry Byzantine emperor Manuel I Comnenus ; the deal seemed to be confirmed and the young Melisende was even referred to as " the future empress.

Her sister, Caroline, and their mother have gone to France, and eventually Alicia's suspicions are confirmed that Caroline has become engaged to a man named Charles.

The earliest confirmed printed copy of the recipe using the name " Nanaimo Bars " appears in a publication entitled His / Her Favourite Recipes, Compiled by the Women's Association of the Brechin United Church ( 1957 ), with the recipe submitted by Joy Wilgress, a Baltimore, Maryland, native ( p. 52 ).