Her temper sparked like charcoal when it first lights up.

Her first day at work she was puzzled by an entry in the doctor's notes on an emergency case.

Her first class wasn't until ten, but she always got up to have breakfast with me.

Her first actual flight, for she and her kind had made mock flights on dummy panels since she was eight, showed her complete mastery of the techniques of her profession.

Her first appearance was in a short story published in The Sketch magazine in 1926, " The Tuesday Night Club ", which later became the first chapter of The Thirteen Problems ( 1932 ).

Her first appearance in a full-length novel was in The Murder at the Vicarage in 1930.

Her mother ’ s marriage to Agrippa was her second marriage, as Julia the Elder was widowed from her first marriage, to her paternal cousin Marcus Claudius Marcellus and they had no children.

Her reputed last words, uttered as the assassin was about to strike, were " Smite my womb ", the implication here being she wished to be destroyed first in that part of her body that had given birth to so " abominable a son.

Her second and last novel, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, which is considered to be one of the first sustained feminist novels, appeared in 1848.

Her first marriage, at the age of fifteen, was to the son of her father's rival in Italy, Lothair II, the nominal King of Italy ; the union was part of a political settlement designed to conclude a peace between her father and Hugh of Provence, the father of Lothair.

Her goal was to become the first Christian singer-songwriter who was also successful as a contemporary pop singer.

Her father's grandfather had fled France during the Revolution, going first to Saint-Domingue, then New Orleans, and finally to Cuba where he helped build that country's first railway.

Her first published work was a critical evaluation of D. H. Lawrence called D. H. Lawrence: An Unprofessional Study, which she wrote in sixteen days.

Her work was selected for exhibition in six subsequent Salons until, in 1874, she joined the " rejected " Impressionists in the first of their own exhibitions, which included Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Alfred Sisley.

Her first school was located in a 17th-century house.

Her first act surprises Odrade greatly.

Her mother, Kay Calista, reversed her own first and middle names in naming her Calista Kay.

Her report, Work Accidents and the Law ( 1910 ), became a classic and resulted in the first workers ' compensation law, which she drafted while serving on a New York state commission.

Her first stories appeared in pulp magazines in the 1930s, including two significant series in Weird Tales.

Her first name, Drew, was the maiden name of her paternal great-grandmother, Georgie Drew Barrymore ; her middle name, Blyth, was the original surname of the dynasty founded by her great-grandfather, Maurice Barrymore.

Her recording of " Sentimental Journey " was the first song placed in the Grammy Hall of Fame.

Her first country single, " Dumb Blonde " ( one of the few songs during this era, that she recorded but did not write ), reached number twenty-four on the country music charts in 1967, followed the same year with Something Fishy, which went to number seventeen.

Her first entirely self-produced effort, 1977's New Harvest ... First Gathering, highlighted Parton's pop sensibilities, both in terms of choice of songs-the album contained covers of the pop and R & B classics " My Girl " and " Higher and Higher " – and the album's production.

Her early career included portraying Mary Ryan for two years on the ABC soap Ryan's Hope ( 1975 ) She became a fan favorite and is still associated with the show long after its cancellation.

Her best known roles are in the Carry On films and as Peggy Mitchell in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.

Her initial success came with the role of Amanda Cousins on the soap opera All My Children between 1981 and 1984.

Her other films in the 1990s included Not Without My Daughter, a controversial suspense film based on the real-life experience of Betty Mahmoody's escape from Iran with her daughter Mahtob, and Soapdish, a comedy in which Field, playing Celeste Talbert, the pampered star of a television soap opera, heads an all-star cast including Kevin Kline, Whoopi Goldberg, Elisabeth Shue and Robert Downey, Jr.

Her father is director Paul Annett, who has directed a large number of episodes of the British soap opera, EastEnders.

Her mother worked as a stylist for television commercials, then turning to costume designing, ultimately working for the soap opera Return To Eden.

Her best-known role was that of governor Erica Davidson in the cult soap opera Prisoner, a role she played from 1979 to 1983, with guest reappearances in 1984.

Her first soap opera was Pobre Juventud.

Her television roles include Karen Wolek on the soap opera One Life to Live, Angela Bower on the sitcom Who's the Boss ?, Claire Meade on ABC's TV series Ugly Betty and Elizabeth " Liz " Donnelly on Law & Order Special Victims Unit.

Her memorable characterizations on the show included Las Vegas scorcher Lola Heatherton, buzzer-happy game show contestant Margaret Meehan, raunchy nightclub comedian Dusty Towne, soap opera seductress Sue Ellen, and stage actress Sue Bopper Simpson.

Her television roles include Caroline Holden in the long-running series Baywatch and Lee Anne Demerest on the soap opera One Life to Live.

Her mother is actress Taro Meyer, who appeared in the television soap opera Another World.

Her last role was the scheming matriarch of Clegg Clan, Myrna in the soap opera " Capitol ".

Her character's pairing with Robert Newman's Josh Lewis became very popular and the couple has developed into a supercouple and the cornerstone of the soap.

Her most prominent role was that of Krystle Carrington in the 1980s ABC prime time television soap opera Dynasty, a role she played from 1981 to 1989.

Her career took off in April 1983 when she started playing Hope Williams on the soap opera Days of our Lives.

Her onscreen and real-life romance with co-star Bill Hayes ( Doug Williams ) was widely covered by both the soap opera magazines and the mainstream press ( they married in 1974 ).

Her biggest break came when she was cast as Isabella " Belle " Black on the NBC soap opera Days of our Lives, and she aired from 1999 to 2004.

Her five years on the soap opera would feature her in many high profile storylines, such as the popular relationship with Shawn Brady, played by Jason Cook, as Storms ' character was promoted heavily as a major character within the show.

Her son is a director on the soap opera General Hospital ( on which she briefly appeared in 1994 ), husband of actress Nancy Bates.

Her last soap role was as alcoholic June Slater on

Her pairing with Peter Bergman's Dr. Cliff Warner was arguably the first supercouple on the soap.

* Her great-great grandfather's name is the fictional Albert Square in London, from the BBC soap opera EastEnders.

Her most famous role was her portrayal of Alma Miller, mother of Lisa Miller ( Eileen Fulton ) on the soap opera As the World Turns.