Muriel Matters (1877 – 1969) was an Australian suffragist, lecturer, journalist, educator, actress and elocutionist. Based in Britain from 1905 until her death, Matters is best known for her work on behalf of the Women's Freedom League at the height of the militant struggle to enfranchise women in the United Kingdom.
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Muriel Smith (1923 – 1985) was an American singer. In the 1940s and 1950s, she was a star of musical theater and opera, and was also the off-film ghost singer in several hit movies. She is perhaps best known in the UK for her 1953 #3 hit single, "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me", which was first covered in 1965 by Mel Carter (and which remains a staple of easy listening and oldies radio to this day) and later in 1994 by Gloria Estefan.
― Anonymous User 11/22/2022
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Muriel Pemberton, RWS, (1909 – 1993) was a British fashion designer, painter and academic. According to The Independent, she "invented art-school training in fashion in Britain".
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Muriel Bowser is an American politician serving as the eighth mayor of the District of Columbia (since 2015). A member of the Democratic Party, she previously represented Ward 4 as a member of the Council of the District of Columbia from 2007 to 2015. She is the second female mayor of the District of Columbia after Sharon Pratt, and the first woman to be reelected to that position. She is also the second African American woman to be mayor.
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Muriel Bell was a New Zealand nutritionist and medical researcher.
― Anonymous User 6/15/2020
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Muriel is the name of the goat in George Orwell's novel "Animal Farm".
In a children's book series, the 'Fudge' series by Judy Blume, Peter's grandma's name is Muriel. Though she is seventy years old, she can turn cartwheels and whip up a mean cup of hot chocolate. She marries Sheila's grandpa, Buzzy Sr.
Muriel Rush was a main character on the 80s American TV series "Too Close for Comfort". She was the wife of Henry and mother of Jacqueline "Jackie", Sara, and Andrew.
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In the cartoon Courage the Cowardly Dog made by Cartoon Network, Muriel Bagge is a supporting character and the owner of Courage.
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Hemingway's grand-daughter is Mariel Hemingway. She did not commit suicide, but her older sister, Margaux, did.
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Muriel is the name of the wife of Seymour Glass, a character in several works of J. D. Salinger, including Raise High the Roofbeam Carpenters and Seymour: an Introduction as well as the short story "A Perfect Day for Bananafish."
Muriel is the name of the main character in Winifred Holtby's 1924 novel "The Crowded Street".It is also the name of country singer Kitty Wells, who was most popular in the 1950s and '60s.All the vowel sounds in the name give it an interesting, varied sound, rolling off the tongue, similar to the name Olivia. I like it!
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Muriel Hemingway was a daughter of the famous Ernest Hemingway, who, like her father, committed suicide.