Patricia Routledge originally played Irene ( Ruddock ) in A Lady of Letters, a 1988 episode of Alan Bennett's BBC television series, Talking Heads.

The Beverly Hillbillies is an American situation comedy originally broadcast for nine seasons on CBS from 1962 to 1971, starring Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas, and Max Baer, Jr.

Emperor John II Komnenos | John II ( 1118 – 1143 ) is shown on the left, with the Mary, Mother of Jesus | Virgin Mary and infant Jesus in the centre, and John's consort Piroska of Hungary | Empress Irene on the right.

His granddaughter is the novelist Irene Marcuse and his grandson, Harold Marcuse, is currently a professor of history at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

" Goodnight Irene ", for example, acquired the aura of a protest song because it was written by Lead Belly, a black convict and social outcast, although on its face it is a love song.

Santorini was named by the Latin Empire in the thirteenth century, and is a reference to Saint Irene, from the name of the old cathedral in the village of Perissa.

During the Crusades, the " Franks " ( Catholic Western Europeans ) settled it, while in the 13th century AD, the Venetians annexed the isle to the Duchy of Naxos and renamed it " Santorini ", that is " Saint Irene ".

The album is also notable for containing a number of covers of songs by other artists, including The Ramones (" The Return of Jackie and Judy " and " Danny Says "), Daniel Johnston (" King Kong "), Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht (" What Keeps Mankind Alive "), and Leadbelly (" Ain't Goin ' Down to the Well " and " Goodnight Irene "), as well as renditions of works by poets and authors admired by Waits, such as Charles Bukowski and Jack Kerouac and a previously released duet with Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse entitled " Dog Door ".

One of the many remarkable features of this album is Irene Papas's guest participation ( vocal on " Infinity ").

* October 31 – Irene is deposed as Empress of Byzantium, replaced by Nicephorus I, and banished to Lesbos.

Trapped on his return march, he is rescued by the defection of the Byzantine general Tatzates, which allows him to impose a harsh truce on Empress Irene of Athens.

* Irene is confirmed empress of the Byzantine Empire.

* August 15 – Irene of Athens's orders are carried out ; her son is blinded, and she is declared empress the next day.

The emotional centre lies, however, in Donizetti's forceful depiction of Belisario's relationship with his strong-willed daughter Irene – you think at once of Cordelia – and his eventual reunion with Alamiro, the son who vanished in infancy and in whose supposed murder Belisario is implicated.

Sister Irene is among the pioneers of modern adoption, establishing a system to board out children rather than institutionalize them.

* Mother Tucking Children into Bed ( 1921 ; first wife Irene is the model )

Although she is a " valid ", Irene knows she will only ever be picked for lesser missions due to slightly elevated risk of heart failure.

After numerous close calls, Vincent's identity is revealed to a shocked Irene.

Yet Irene comes to see Vincent for who he is and accepts him.

It has been suggested that these were commissioned by Irene, as another sign of her good favor toward Theodore, although a commission under Michael I Rangabe ( r. 811 – 813 ) is also possible ; in any case, they were removed in 815 by Leo V the Armenian ( r. 813 – 820 ) and replaced by new " iconoclastic " verses.

Irene is a name derived from the Greek word ( eirēnē ) meaning " peace ".

* Irene, is formed mixing Rhea and Aleena.

It is known that he was born into a notable family and that his uncle Tarasios had been the Patriarch of Constantinople from 784 – 806 under both Empress Irene ( r. 797 – 802 ) and Emperor Nikephoros I ( r. 802 – 811 ).

* Montez is featured prominently in Spider Dance by Carole Nelson Douglas, the last work in her Irene Adler mystery series.

During his senior year at Princeton, Buechner received the Irene Glascock Prize for poetry, and he also began working on his first novel and one of his greatest critical successes: A Long Day ’ s Dying, published in 1950.

Irene Shubik began her career working on educational films for Encyclopædia Britannica Inc in Chicago.

While working on Lights Out, he wrote numerous dramatic sketches for variety shows ( Grand Hotel, The Chase and Sanborn Hour, Rudy Vallee's programs ), anthologies ( The First Nighter Program, The Irene Rich Show ) and specials.

Irene Adler appears as an opera singer in The Canary Trainer, where she encounters Holmes during his three-year ' death ' while he is working as a violinist in the Paris Opera House, and asks him to help her protect her friend and unofficial protege, Christine Daaé, from the ' Opera Ghost '.

I remember it only because 10 years later, I had my first full-time job working for the Wiki Wiki Girl herself, Irene Tsu, former dancer and now fashion designer.

The short story " A Shambles in Belgravia " features Professor Moriarty and Irene Adler working to cause a scandal in the Ruritanian government.

The following year, in 1957, Hawtrey appeared in a one-off episode of Laughter In Store ( BBC ) working with the comic actors Charlie Drake and Irene Handl.

This made his name as a composer and arranger, and he went on to record a number of big-band albums, as well as working as an arranger for Cannonball Adderley, Sonny Rollins, Eddie " Lockjaw " Davis, Johnny Hodges, Wes Montgomery, Buddy Rich, Jimmy Smith, Billy Taylor, Stanley Turrentine, Irene Reid, Gene Ammons and many others.

* SMS Irene, a German protected cruiser 1887-1921, one of two Irene class cruisers

Other characters include Sally Hope ( Darrell's level-headed best friend ), Felicity Rivers ( Darrell's younger sister ), Gwendoline Mary Lacey ( the form's spoilt martyr ), Alicia Johns ( sharp tongued, competitive, class joker and intelligent ), Mary-Lou ( small and timid, but very kind hearted ), Irene ( scatterbrained music genius ), Belinda ( scatterbrained artistic genius ), Jean ( shrewd and straightforward ) and Wilhelmina ' Bill ' ( completely horse-mad ).

In 1901 he changed the name of his firm to the United Crafts, issued a new catalogue written by Syracuse professor Irene Sargent, and began to offer middle class consumers a host of progressive furniture designs in ammonia-fumed quartersawn white oak, as well as other mostly native woods.

The EP spawned the single " Totalimmortal ", a track later covered by The Offspring for the Me, Myself and Irene soundtrack.

In addition to producing several hits with Donna Summer, Moroder also produced a number of electronic disco hits for The Three Degrees, two albums for Sparks, a handful of songs on Bonnie Tyler's album Bitterblue as well as her 1985 single " Here She Comes " and a score of songs for performers including David Bowie, Irene Cara, Madleen Kane, Melissa Manchester, Blondie, Japan, and France Joli.

* In 1967 Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen single: When I'm Sixty Four / Goodnight Irene ( reached number 43 in the UK charts ).

* Other covers have been by The Hollies, country guitar virtuoso Chet Atkins, Odetta, Dolly Parton, folk chanteuse Judy Collins, The Kingston Trio, Marianne Faithfull ( 1964 single ), Jackie DeShannon, The Seekers, soul singer Sam Cooke, blues belter Etta James, Duke Ellington, Neil Young ( with air raid sound effects ), the Doodletown Pipers, Marlene Dietrich, Bobby Darin, Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Presley, Sielun Veljet, on their single " Blowin ' in the Wind ", Stevie Wonder ( whose version became a top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1966 ), John Fogerty, The Hooters on their 1994 album The Hooters Live, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, and was performed by Jenny in the award-winning film Forrest Gump ( sung by Joan Baez ), and was lampooned in Me, Myself & Irene.

The first single " What a Feeling " featuring Irene Cara from this album, which was the cover version of her original hit Flashdance ... What a Feeling, peaked at number 2 in Switzerland, number 11 in Austria and in Germany it peaked at number 3.

It consisted of Irene Papas chanting the words " I was, I am, I am to come " over and over again in various stages of hysteria, while Vangelis accompanied her on a maelstrom of percussion ( the five-minute finished track was reportedly edited down from a 39-minute piece recorded in a single take ).

The song has been covered by many other artists, including 2Play ( 2005 ), Bananarama ( 2001 ) on Exotica album, Brian McKnight ( 2007 ), Kenny G featuring McKnight ( 2004 ) from At Last ... The Duets Album, Boston Pops Orchestra composed by John Williams, Columbia Ballroom Orchestra ( 1994 ), Dave Koz featuring R & B artist Montell Jordan taking the vocal lead ( 1999 ) on the album The Dance, David & the High Spirit ( 2003 ), Del ( 2004 ), Delight ( 2001 ), DJ Irene ( 2003 ), Farhad Besharati ( 2006 ), George Michael ( 1998 ), Gloria Gaynor, Harlemm Lee ( 2003 ), Hit Crew ( 2006 ), James Douglas ( 2003 ), Julio Iglesias ( 2006 ), Jordan Knight ( 2006 ), Katelyn Tarver ( 2006 ), Kenny G ( 2004 ), Kymeria ( 2005 ), Paul Mauriat, Richard Clayderman for his 1988 album ' A little night music ', Roger Williams, Roxy Pain ( 2007 ), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ( 1998 ), Sarah Washington, The Sax Brothers ( 2003 ), Simion Luca ( 1998 ), Skip Martin ( 2006 ), Slinkee Minx ( 2004 ) A on " Closer ( Slinkee Minx song ) | Closer " single, The Shadows ( 1987 ) on Simply Shadows, Barry Manilow ( 2008 ) Tereza Kerndlová and 3Oh! 3 Ft: Juliet Simms of Automatic Loveletter & Alex Gaskarth of All Time Low, The Supervillains ( 2011 ) and sampled by the Paper Route Gangstaz, Sharam Jey ft. James Douglas-Out Of Your Mind ( Club Mix ).