She fell asleep leaning on her hand, hearing the house creaking as though it were a living a private life of its own these two hundred years, hearing the birds rustling in their cages and the occasional whirring of wings as one of them landed on the table and walked across the newspaper to perch in the crook of her arm.

She is not herself from the aristocracy or landed gentry, but is quite at home among them ; Miss Marple would probably have been happy to describe herself as a gentlewoman.

She landed the role of Si-Tchun, a lady-in-waiting, in the 1946 Broadway musical about the Orient, Lute Song, starring Mary Martin and a pre-stardom Yul Brynner.

She appeared in several student films, and later landed a role in an Off-Broadway play No Time Flat.

She later learns that Vader once landed on the Noghri home planet Honoghr and tricked the Noghri into serving the Empire by promising to help their planet recover from the ecological disaster that it suffered during the Clone Wars.

She then landed a contract with a major label, Virgin Records, recording Play Me Backwards ( 1992 ) for Virgin shortly before the company was purchased by EMI.

She then landed her first major film role as Stephanie Zinone in Grease 2 ( 1982 ), the sequel to the smash-hit musical Grease ( 1978 ).

She ruled the part of Wendland in which Olaf had landed, and Olaf and his men were given an offer to stay for the winter.

She won Female Vocalist of the Year at the 1987 Tejano Music Awards and landed a recording contract with EMI a few years later.

She landed in Fife on 10 June and was formally received by James.

She landed on the island of Delos, which was sacred to Apollo.

She began to attract attention and finally landed larger film roles that began to win her screen credits.

She then calls Cynthia from her office overlooking Manhattan to say she's landed her dream job.

She loved riding, and was falconing with Maximilian when her horse tripped, threw her, and then landed on top of her, breaking her back.

She landed her first starring role in 2001, playing Hannah Rayburn in the television sitcom State of Grace, which aired in the United States on the cable television channel Fox Family ( subsequently renamed ABC Family ) until 2002.

She held the glove up for protection, and the ball landed squarely in it.

She landed her first major supporting part in a movie as an intelligent teenager who aids her boyfriend ( Christopher Collet ) in building a nuclear bomb in Marshall Brickman's The Manhattan Project ( 1986 ).

She landed her first role in 1988 as the villain Paulina Montenegro in Pasión y Poder ( Passion and Power ).

She landed a role in Dreamgirls, the film adaptation of the 1981 hit Broadway musical about a 1960s singing group loosely based on Motown all-female group The Supremes.

She landed in Falmouth, Cornwall, setting Lapenotiere on his historic 36-hour journey by post chaise to the Admiralty in London.

She was signed to a contract with Columbia Pictures in 1958 and landed her first English-speaking role in the film Song Without End ( 1960 ) for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award.

She landed her first professional onstage role in Tom Eyen's Off-Off-Broadway plays in 1965, Miss Nefertiti Regrets and Cinderella Revisited, a children's play by day and an adult show by night.

She soon landed some of the most prestigious magazine covers, establishing herself as a supermodel.

She began taking acting classes and going to auditions almost daily, and soon landed a role as " Erica McCray " in the NBC TV series A Brand New Life ( 1989 – 90 ).

She has appeared on over 100 covers of such popular magazines as Cosmopolitan, Vogue, Rolling Stone, Elle and Glamour, and modeled for designers like Yves Saint Laurent, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Chanel, Ralph Lauren, Tommy Hilfiger, J.

She also appeared on the covers of Vogue, Elle, Cosmopolitan, and Harper's Bazaar, and appeared on the June 16, 1975 cover of Time, which dubbed her one of the " new beauties ". The September 1, 1975 cover issue of American Vogue called Hemingway " New York's New Supermodel.

She was the editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine for 32 years.

She has also contributed extensively to several magazines, including Cosmopolitan, Nick Jr., Family Circle, Child, and Notre Dame Magazine.

She published fiction in Mademoiselle, Cosmopolitan Magazine, and non-fiction in the New York Times Magazine and in American Heritage, including lengthy articles on Ethel Waters, Bessie Smith, Irving Berlin and Mae West.

She wrote many free-lance articles for Maclean's, McCall's, Ladies ' Home Journal, and Cosmopolitan.

She wrote for Cosmopolitan and Tatler amongst others.

She also contributed to Cosmopolitan, and a satirical cartoon to Tariq Ali's Black Dwarf magazine.

She appeared on the covers of numerous magazines around the world during the 1980s and 1990s, including Vogue, Elle, Harper's Bazaar, Self, Cosmopolitan and Glamour.

She has appeared in numerous international magazine covers, including Cosmopolitan, Elle, GQ, Harper's Bazaar, Marie Claire, Ocean Drive, Vogue and the only model to appear on the cover of Glamour in the United States in 2006.

She worked as a runway model for Calvin Klein, Giorgio Armani, and Donna Karan and appeared on the covers of ELLE, Cosmopolitan, and Esquire.

She has also been on the covers of Vogue, V, I. D., Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, and Harper's Bazaar.

She has presented lectures at venues across the country including the 2001 Fall Concert & Lectures Series at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and at The Cosmopolitan Club.

She has written articles and short stories for many publications including The New Yorker, New York, Redbook, Cosmopolitan and Reader's Digest.

She has appeared on the covers of GQ, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, Glamour and ELLE.

She would later go on to appear in numerous other popular magazines, including ELLE, Cosmopolitan, Allure, and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.

She has been a cover girl for Marie Claire, Harpers & Queen and Cosmopolitan.

She appeared within and on covers of magazines including Harper's Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, Photo, Elégance, Vogue, Marie Claire, and Playboy, and worked with some of fashion's best-known names, including Bill Blass, Gianni Versace, Valentino, Azzedine Alaïa, Pino Lancetti, Halston, Oscar de la Renta and Calvin Klein.

She has been on the cover of Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Elle, and Harper's Bazaar.

She has written for several magazines, including The Weekly Standard, Time, Town & Country, Cosmopolitan, and Fortune Small Business.

She also appeared on the covers of and featured in magazines including Vogue, Elle, Cosmopolitan, FHM, Maxim, and Loaded.

She attended the University of Wales, Aberystwyth and worked as a journalist throughout her twenties, writing women's features for The Daily Express, The Daily Mail, Cosmopolitan and others.

She has been featured in magazines such as Vogue, ELLE, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, and Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition.

She has made the covers of Neo, Cosmopolitan, Self, Vogue, Amica, Lucky, Woman, Elle, and Glamour.