She had, of course, been exposed to and enjoyed a music appreciation course which had included the better known classical works such as `` Tristan und Isolde '', `` Candide '', `` Oklahoma '', `` Nozze de Figaro '', the atomic age singers, Eileen Farrell, Elvis Presley and Geraldine Todd, as well as the curious rhythmic progressions of the Venusians, Capellan visual chromatics and the sonic concerti of the Altairians.

She made headlines and became part of the national debate over troubled child stars, particularly given the difficulties of her Diff ' rent Strokes co-stars, Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges.

She was launched by Holt's widow Dame Zara at the Todd Shipyards in Los Angeles on 3 May 1969, and was the first American warship to bear the name of a foreign leader.

She is romantically involved with Todd, and they have a baby together ( Lindsay ).

She had better luck at other studios in Hollywood, appearing in supporting roles in a string of films, including Abe Lincoln in Illinois ( as Mary Todd Lincoln ), Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet ( as Mrs. Ehrlich ) and Action in the North Atlantic, in the early 1940s.

She has two siblings ; an older brother named Todd, an actor and avid cyclist, and a younger brother named Schuyler.

She credits her brother, Todd, as one of her most important sources of inspiration, and her mother and grandmother as role models.

She won Best Actress in a Musical for Mame ( 1966 ), Dear World ( 1969 ), Gypsy ( 1975 ), and Sweeney Todd ( 1979 ).

She lobbied Jack Warner to make two films, Ethan Frome and a biography of Mary Todd Lincoln ; however, Warner vetoed each proposal.

She expanded her repertoire to Broadway musicals and television in the 1950s and was particularly successful in Broadway productions of Gypsy, Mame and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

She changed her name briefly to Bea Baker when recording for Okeh Records in 1951, and then became LaVern Baker when singing with Todd Rhodes and his band in 1952.

She portrayed Aunt May in the Marvel Comics film The Amazing Spider-Man ( 2012 ), and will play Mary Todd Lincoln in Steven Spielberg's upcoming film Lincoln, written by Tony Kushner.

She met her husband, Todd Purdum, the national editor for Vanity Fair and a former White House correspondent and Los Angeles bureau chief for the New York Times, during the 1992 presidential campaign.

She returned to Broadway in October 2005, to star as Mrs. Lovett in John Doyle ’ s new Broadway production of Sweeney Todd.

She also went on several camping trips with friends, visiting important sites in the Southwest, and in 1961, she and others, including photographers Eliot Porter and Todd Webb, went on a rafting trip down the Colorado River about Glen Canyon, Utah.

She is a member of Republican groups such as Christine Todd Whitman's It's My Party Too, Mike Castle's Republican Main Street Partnership, and The Wish List.

She next sang the role of Mrs Lovett in the New York City Opera production of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd in March 2004, earning positive reviews from critics, and a nomination for a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical.

She has an older brother, Todd, and a younger sister, Julie.

She spent the day searching for Todd, finding out about a number of good deeds he did throughout his life that she had no idea about.

She also appeared as an actress in the award-winning 1998 Todd Solondz movie Happiness and in the 1999 movie Black and White.

She has appeared in numerous musical comedies including Gypsy, Annie and Sweeney Todd.

She does not have the money to buy Claire's release from Todd, and now she has no drugs to sell.

She explains to Todd that the deal fell through, gives the " stash " back to him, and frees Claire from collateral duty.

She encounters Todd ; they engage in small talk, then realize they are attracted to each other.

She said, `` My name is Songau and these girls are Ponkob and Piwen.

She used to tell me, `` When I stand there and look at the flag blowing this way and that way, I have the wonderful, safe feeling that Americans are protected no matter which way the wind blows ''.

She is the most beautiful thing you ever laid eyes on, and her dancing has a feminine suavity, lightness, sparkle, and refinement which are simply incomparable.

She found this a marvel because, as she said, only six per cent of English people are churchgoers.

She thought she was bigger than we are because she came from Torino ''.

She said, `` Well, those are the really interesting things, but if you don't like any of those I can turn over some of my extra typing jobs to you, if you think you can type well enough ''.

She said, `` Sometimes I think they are keeping religion for us while we play around.

She was silent for a while, then said, `` Why are you so unhappy ''??

She stops feeding while they are there and they consume their egg yolks.

She later said her years at the home " were the happiest years " of her life ; many of the incidents in her novel Little Women ( 1868 ) are based on this period.

She has only the ability to create a soulless body, and thus she is “ persuaded to undertake the journey to heaven to ask for a soul ,” and “ the Seven Liberal Arts produce a chariot for her ... the Five Senses are the horses ”.

She is by Ægir mother of nine billow maidens, whose names are:

She also argued that the two traditions are not comparable and should not be regarded as such.

She takes the form of a huge bladder of a creature whose face is all mouth and whose arms and legs are flippers.

She contended that this understanding was what enabled the biblical Jesus to heal and accords with the Scripture: " We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us ; he that is not of God heareth not us.

She later claims to have been bitten on the chest, although no wounds are found on her.

She was an accomplished landscape artist, some of whose paintings are in the collection of the Leanin ' Tree Museum of Western Art.

" She said that " pro-homosexual activists ... are creating media events all over the country and even internationally.

She may have been influenced by them, or have come to similar conclusions on her own ; as an Anglican, the reasonings she gave are rooted in the theologies of Creation and Incarnation, and thus are slightly different from the Catholic Chesterton and Belloc.

She never did, although she received many offers for her hand ; the reasons for this are not clear.

She has changed it to make reference to " Jock Stewart ", one of her relatives, and there are no Irish references.

She asserts: " In their traditional exhibitionist role women are simultaneously looked at and displayed, with their appearance coded for strong visual and erotic impact so that they can be said to connote to-be-looked-at-ness ," and as a result contends that in film a woman is the " bearer of meaning, not maker of meaning.

She argues that in order for women to be equally represented in the workplace, women must be portrayed as men are: as lacking sexual objectification.

She says that Loki is lying, that he is just looking to blather about misdeeds, and since the gods and goddesses are furious at him, he can expect to go home defeated.