* The Golden Girls episode " An Illegitimate Concern " ( season five, episode eighteen ); Upon learning her dead husband, George, fathered an illegitimate son, played by Mark Moses of Desperate Housewives fame, during the course of their marriage, Blanche Devereaux ( Rue McClanahan ) decries this turn of events claiming she once passed up an affair with a noted journalist of 60 Minutes fame to uphold her vows.

* Gelfant, Blanche H. ( 1971 ) " The Forgotten Reaping-Hook: Sex in My Ántonia " American Literature 43: pp. 60 – 82

After five minutes with Blanche, one might welcome the astringency of Grazie, who was a sort of Gwen Cafritz to Francesca's Perle Mesta.

But Blanche had been able to maintain a serene and assured composure in the face of her widowed mother's continued carping, had been able to resist her urgings to date anyone who offered the slightest possibility of matrimony.

There was some resistance to his accession as count, which was suppressed with the help of his mother Blanche of Castile who was acting as regent in the absence of Louis IX.

His second wife, Alice, died in 1911 and his oldest son Jean, who had married Alice's daughter Blanche, Monet's particular favourite, died in 1914.

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.

By the autumn of 1537, Elizabeth was in the care of Blanche Herbert, Lady Troy who remained her Lady Mistress until her retirement in late 1545 or early 1546.

Ancestors of Blanche Parry ( the closest person to Queen Elizabeth I for 56 years ) and of Lady Troy ( who raised Edward VI and Elizabeth I ) had Lollard connections.

" ( It was really a released prisoner named Merrill, who was searching for Blanche.

He continued his education at home where one of his tutors was the Reverend John Dann, who was the Downend parish church curate ; like Mr Barnard before him, Mr Dann became Grace's brother-in-law, marrying Blanche Grace in 1869.

In 1241, when Isabella and Hugh were summoned to the French court to swear fealty to King Louis IX of France's brother, Alphonse, who had been invested as Count of Poitou, their mother, the Queen Dowager Blanche openly snubbed her.

This so infuriated Isabella, who had a deep-seated hatred of Blanche due to the latter having fervently supported the French invasion of England during the First Barons ' War in May 1216, that she began to actively conspire against King Louis.

It would be Nesbitt who would introduce him to Blanche Oelrichs.

#* Diana Blanche Barrymore ( 1921 – 1960 ), who died at age 38 of an overdose of alcohol and sleeping pills.

The only two members of the Barrow Gang who were alive at the time of the film's release were Blanche Barrow and W. D. Jones.

He married Blanche of Montferrat ( Bianca di Montferrato ) ( 1472 – 1519 ) who after Charles's death was the regent of the Duchy of Savoy from 1490 to 1496.

This gothic story deals with two aging sisters, Jane and Blanche Hudson, who are living alone together in a decaying Hollywood mansion.

Years later, Jane, a slatternly alcoholic who still dresses as if she were 10 years old, and Blanche, disabled after a mysterious car accident involving Jane, continue to live together in the same mansion in a declining neighborhood.

She hates having to cook, clean, and care for Blanche, who, although stuck upstairs in her bedroom, has nevertheless managed to keep her good looks, while Jane is now aged and ugly.

Jane, who eavesdrops on her sister's calls, believes that Blanche wants to sell the house and have her committed to a mental hospital.

Realizing that she may be dying, Blanche reveals to Jane that it was actually she, and not Jane, who had driven the car on the fateful night.

* Blanche ( 1 April 13288 February 1382 ), who married Philip of Valois, Duke of Orléans

She won the Tony Award for her performance as Blanche Dubois in the original Broadway production of A Streetcar Named Desire in 1948, sharing the prize with Katherine Cornell ( who won for the female lead in Antony and Cleopatra ) and Judith Anderson ( for the latter's portrayal of Medea ).

Saint Gwen Teirbron ( French: Blanche ; Latin: Alba Trimammis or Candida ; possibly English: Wite ) was a Breton holy woman and wife of Saint Fragan who supposedly lived in the 6th century.

Gaunt did not receive a large inheritance, so he made his fortune through marriage to the heiress Blanche of Lancaster, who brought with her the considerable lands of the Earls of Leicester and Lancaster, which made Gaunt the wealthiest landowner in England after the King.

I had once been a witness when Blanche had smiled and said with only minimum ruefulness, `` Oh, my souffle has collapsed ''.

Blanche Hunt ( Maggie Jones ) embodied the role of the acid-tongued busybody originally held by Ena Sharples, Sally Webster ( Sally Dynevor ) has grown snobbish, like Annie Walker, and a number of the programme's female characters mirror the vulnerability of Elsie Tanner and Bet Lynch.

The Department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence has a Mediterranean climate in the lower valleys under one thousand metres in altitude and an alpine climate in the high valleys, such as the valleys of the Blanche, the Haut Verdon and the Ubaye, which are over 2500 metres high.

The women dislike each other on first sight, and their feud only escalates from there: shrill Blanche has nothing but disdain for Bonnie, Clyde and C. W., while gun-moll Bonnie sees Blanche's flighty presence as a constant danger to the gang's well-being.

In 1314, the daughters-in-law of Philip IV, Margaret of Burgundy ( wife of Louis X ) and Blanche of Burgundy ( wife of Charles IV ) were accused of adultery, and their alleged lovers ( Phillipe d ' Aunay and Gauthier d ' Aunay ) tortured, flayed and executed in what has come to be known as the Tour de Nesle Affair ().

If a player has no face cards in her hand, then she may declare Carte Blanche, which is worth 10 points.

If the Elder has not declared Carte Blanche, then the younger may.

* Tristan Bernard has his first work published in La Revue Blanche.

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 ).

When Sebastian and Charles return to Oxford, in the Michaelmas term of 1923, they learn that Anthony Blanche has been sent down.

Lady Blanche, who has not fallen for the men's disguises, confronts Melissa.

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

According to the group's former leader, Eugène Terre ' Blanche, the group is in possession of the old contracts of 1882 that conferred ownership of the area and has vowed to take their case to the International Court of Justice in The Hague if necessary.

He had some influence, mainly in the Breton movement and around, and on some new-comers as the best known, Gilles Servat, whose " La Blanche Hermine " has been a popular Breton anthem since the 1970s.

The opening of the Parkdale Arts and Cultural Centre, along with efforts to promote businesses in the area, such as the Parkdale-Liberty Economic Development Centre, has spurred the growth of a vibrant creative area along Queen Street, which puts on a large display during Toronto's annual ' Nuit Blanche.

I DESIRE that my successor shall, during the first seven years of his Imamat, be guided on questions of general Imamat Policy, by my said wife, Yvette called Yve Blanche Labrousse, the BEGUM AGA KHAN, who has been familiar for many years with the problems facing my followers, and in whose wise judgment, I place the greatest confidence.

Carte Blanche has developed a high degree of credibility in South African television journalism and has been awarded over 120 local and international awards.

Carte Blanche has also covered the story of a world champion free diver.

Carte Blanche has to date:

He is married to Dominique du Buor de Villeneuve, born at Valenciennes on 4 October 1950, and has seven children: Caroline ( born Montaigu, 12 August 1976 ), Guillaume ( born La Roche-sur-Yon, 14 December 1977 ), Nicolas ( born La Roche-sur-Yon, 10 September 1979 ), Marie ( born Nantes, 5 October 1981 ), Laurent ( born La Roche-sur-Yon, 8 April 1984 ), Bérengère ( born La Roche-sur-Yon, 1 October 1988 ) and Blanche ( born Cholet, 21 June 1993 ).

In 1989, when Plantard revised his claims about the Priory of Sion, it was stated in a 1989 issue of Vaincre: " The parchments of Blanche of Castile were in Etienne Plantard's safe-deposit box in London since November 1955 and they did not ' mention ' Dagobert, or a Dagobert II and Pierre Plantard de Saint-Clair was never ' a Merovingian pretender ' to the throne of France: His lineage results from the Counts de Rhédae and by the female line of Saint Clair-sur-Epte, which has no relationship with ' Sinclair '.

In conspiracy theories, such as the one promoted in The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail, Blanche of Navarre has been alleged to be the seventh Grand Master of the Priory of Sion.