Her mother was a good manager and established a millinery business in Milwaukee.

Her father, James Upton, was the Upton mentioned by Hawthorne in the famous introduction to the Scarlet Letter as one of those who came into the old custom house to do business with him as the surveyor of the port.

Her father had an engineering degree and worked with his own father ( Charles Bardot ) in the family business.

Her husband ran the business end of the company and she managed the artistic side, often starring in the productions.

Her father was a home builder and later successful real estate developer while her mother worked as the bookkeeper for her father's business.

Her father owned a successful heating and ventilation company and he wanted her to follow him into the world of business.

Some remained in politics: Mackenzie Bowell continued to serve as a senator ; R. B. Bennett moved to the United Kingdom after being elevated to the House of Lords ; and a number led Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition in the Canadian parliament: John A. Macdonald, Arthur Meighen, William Lyon Mackenzie King, and Pierre Trudeau, all before being re-appointed as premier ( Mackenzie King twice ); Alexander Mackenzie and John Diefenbaker, both prior to sitting as regular Members of Parliament until their deaths ; Wilfrid Laurier dying while still in the post ; and Charles Tupper, Louis St. Laurent, and John Turner, each before they returned to private business.

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

Her parents, who were her business managers from the start, are former adult film actors and both appeared in the pornographic film Deep Throat.

Her research finds that anything — math, musical composition, business dilemmas — may get solved during dreaming.

Her father did not approve of her plans to enter show business.

Her business interests have included launching several product lines for Koala Blue and co-owning the Gaia Retreat & Spa in Australia.

Her husband had unsuccessfully approached several companies for help until he had a chance meeting with Sir Robert Robinson at a business dinner.

Her father's earlier business venture had depended at least in part upon slave labour, and the outcome of the American Civil War caused the family to live in near-poverty for several years before Nancy was born.

" Her business savvy has been compared to that of Madonna, gaining a level of autonomy which enables " creative latitude and access to financial resources and mass-market distribution.

Her highly publicized second marriage to oil business mogul J. Howard Marshall, 62 years her senior, resulted in speculation that she married the octogenarian for his money, which she denied.

Her father sold ice and coal in downtown Philadelphia at the Reading Terminal and eventually opened a small liquor business as well.

: Her Majesty the Queen charges and commands all persons being assembled immediately to disperse and peaceably to depart to their habitations or to their lawful business on the pain of being guilty of an offence for which, on conviction, they may be sentenced to imprisonment for life.

Her official reason was that she wanted to visit her mother but unofficially she intended to generate publicity for her husband's invention ( which had only been used on short test drives before ), which succeeded as the automobile took off greatly afterwards and the Benz's family business eventually evolved into the present day Mercedes-Benz company.

Her material dealt with her difficulties breaking into show business because of her ethnicity and weight and her resulting struggle with and triumph over body image issues and drug and alcohol addiction.

Her best school subject is economics, and it is implied that she will eventually take over her father's business.

Her husband, who for most of the past 11 years has devoted as much time to the restaurant as she, recently went into the mobile home service business.

Her father, Robert Erhard ' Bob ' Duff, is a partner and owner in a chain of convenience stores with father John B. Duff and who resides at the family home in Houston to maintain the family's business.

Her break into big-time show business came in February 1955, when she turned down $ 30 to appear on a Swainsboro radio station in order to see Red Foley and a touring promotional unit of his ABC-TV program Ozark Jubilee in Augusta.

Her business website promotes improvement of standards in slaughter plants and livestock farms.

Her other awards include the 1953 Theatre World Award for Picnic.

Her other awards include one Golden Globe Award, a Grammy Award, a BAFTA Award and a Laurel Award.

This high number of awards for bravery has been interpreted as a reaction to the earlier defeat at the Battle of Isandlwana-the extolling of the victory at Rorke's Drift drawing the public's attention away from the great defeat at Isandlwana and the fact that Lord Chelmsford and Bartle Frere had instigated the war without the approval of Her Majesty's Government.

Hannah and Her Sisters won two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress, the first film to win both supporting actor awards since Julia in 1977, nearly nine years before, and the last until The Fighter over two decades later.

Her other awards include the Medallion of Honor of the State of Israel, the Fashion Foundation of America award and a Chevalier de l ' Ordre de Leopold ( Belgium ).

Her achievements in science and education have been recognized with multiple awards, including the CIBA-GEIGY Exceptional Black Scientist Award.

She announced her retirement in March 1980, but the next year starred in a one-woman show, Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music, which ran for more than three hundred performances on Broadway and earned her numerous awards and accolades.

Her recent awards include finalist placements for the Stephen Dunn Poetry Award, The Broome Review ( USA ); the Malahat Review Long Poem Competition ; and Descant ’ s Winston Collins Best Canadian Poem.

Her performance was highly acclaimed, receiving a Golden Globe nomination and a Best Actress award from the National Society of Film Critics, as well as Best Actress awards from the Chicago Film Critics Association and Fort Lauderdale Film Critics.

Her awards include the first Pope John XXIII Peace Prize, the Philippines-based Ramon Magsaysay Award, the Pacem in Terris Award, an honorary Companion of the Order of Australia, the Order of Merit from both the United Kingdom and the United States, Albania's Golden Honour of the Nation, honorary degrees, the Balzan Prize, and the Albert Schweitzer International Prize amongst many others.

Her books have won many awards including Parents ' Choice, ABA Pick of the List, ALA Notable Books, Children's Book Council / NCSS Notable Books in the Field of Social Studies, New York Library Best List, Horn Book's Best, and School Library Journal Best Books.

Her awards for All in the Family include three Emmys and two Golden Globes.

Her accomplishments gained her substantial media attention in the late 1980s and earned her many awards, including the " National Women's Sports Foundation Amateur Athlete of The Year Award " and the " Tanqueray Athlete of the Year.

Her book Home of the Brave has won two awards.

Her career spanned four decades and she has been the recipient of several Grammy awards and nominations, including three nominations which will be decided posthumously.

Her album Cantora 1 won two awards at the Latin Grammy Awards of 2009.

Her play Harlem Duet won many Canadian awards, including four Dora Mavor Moore Awards and a Governor General's Award for drama.

Her 2009 album " AMIT " impressed the judges of the 21st Golden Melody Awards, where she clinched 6 awards, including " Best Female Vocalist ", an award she long awaited for 8 years.

Her role as Billy Kwan earned her an Academy Award, an Australian Film Institute Award, a Golden Globe nomination and various other awards.

Her poetry collection ( Yama, य ा म ा- 1936 ) received the Jnanpith Award, one of the highest Indian literary awards.

Her most notable role to date is that of cheerleader Claire Bennet on the NBC series Heroes ( 2006 – 2010 ), for which she won several awards.

Her other film work includes roles in Dead Man on Campus, Legally Blonde, Brokeback Mountain ( for which she was nominated for the ensemble Gotham and Screen Actors Guild awards ), and a starring role in the Happy Madison film Grandma's Boy as Samantha.

Her first short film, Peel ( 1982 ) won the Short Film Palme d ' Or at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival, and other awards followed for the shorts Passionless Moments ( 1983 ), Girls Own Story ( 1984 ) and After Hours ( 1984 ).

Her credits also include a series of commercials for MCI Communications and several awards for her recordings.

Her music has received awards from the National Endowment of the Arts ( Composer's Fellowship ), International Society of Contemporary Music, the League of Composers ' National Competition, New York State Council on the Arts and the coveted Kranichsteiner Musikpreis at Darmstadt.