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Sarah Ruhl is an American playwright and poet. Some of her most popular works include In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) and Eurydice.
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'Sarah' is the name of a popular song by underground singer/songwriter Alexander Giannascoli. The story describes a girl who gets emotionally manipulated by the speaker to depend on only him, and the speaker soon realizes he makes a mistake.
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Sarah Harris Fayerweather (1812 – 1878) was an African-American activist, abolitionist, and school integrationist. Beginning in January 1833 at the age of twenty, she attended Prudence Crandall's Canterbury Female Boarding School in Canterbury, Connecticut, the first integrated school in the United States.
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Sarah Williams is the main character from Labyrinth.
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Princess Sarah Jane Culberson, Lady of Bumpe, Bumpenya (born Princess Esther Elizabeth Kposowa) is an American-Sierra Leonean philanthropist, public speaker, educator, writer and actress. By birth she is a Mende princess of the Bumpe–Gao Chiefdom in Sierra Leone. She is the co-founder of Sierra Leone Rising, a non-profit organization that raises funds to improve education, economic opportunities, and sustainable living for people in Sierra Leone. In 2009, she co-authored her memoir, titled A Princess Found: An American Family, an African Chiefdom, and the Daughter Who Connected Them All. The book is being considered by Disney for development as a film directed by Stephanie Allain with Culberson as executive producer.
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Between the May 1970 and October 1972, Sarah Weddington argued the case that became Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision guaranteeing a woman's right to an abortion. The decision was handed down in January 1973; Weddington was just 27 years old.
For the last fifty years, abortion has been a consistently hot-button issue. Pres. Ronald Reagan actively campaigned to outlaw abortion, and pledged to nominate Supreme Court justices to invalidate Roe v. Wade. His supporters were outraged, then, when justices like Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, Reagan's much ballyhooed first woman on the Court, turned out to be fairly moderate on most social issues. (She would be denounced as a "radical feminist" for years, particularly by the religious right, with very limited justification.)
Abortion is under assault in an unprecedented way in 2022, with the Supreme Court seemingly poised to overturn Roe v. Wade. States have issued anti-abortion legislation in states like Texas and, most recently Oklahoma. In my home of Ohio, at least one GOP gubernatorial candidate has campaigning on appointing what he calls an official "Pro-Life Advocate."
It could prove to be an interesting coda to abortion legislation.
By January 1973, when the decision was handed down, Weddington had embarked on a political career of her own. She would win three elections to the Texas legislature.
In 1977, she joined the Carter administration, first as a counsel to the Department of Agriculture, and then as the WHite House Director of Political Affairs.
Weddington's appointment can be seen as something for feminists, lukewarm on Pres. Jimmy Carter from the outset, to support. Carter was personally opposed to abortion but believed it should be legalized. (This is not a particularly uncommon stance: public figures from Gov. Mario Cuomo (D-NY) to "The View" cohost Sunny Hostin share the same perspective.) Her effectiveness in the role was debatable.
Sarah Ragle was born in 1945 in Texas to a Methodist minister and his wife. She graduated from high school two years early and pursued a degree in English from McMurry University. A McMurry dean told her, "No woman from this college has ever gone to law school. It would be too tough." This lack of faith motivated her to attend law school at the University of Texas. In 1967, Ragle became pregnant by Ron Weddington; she traveled to Mexico for an illegal abortion. She graduated from law school the same year, and married Ron Weddington the next year. (She is referred to as Weddington going forward)
Weddington struggled to find a job with a law firm. This struggle became the opportunity she needed to make her mark with abortion. Wedding had begun making a name for herself in fighting anti-abortion statutes locally.
The story of Roe v. Wade began when a pregnant woman named Norma McCorvey visited a local attorney to see about getting an abortion. The attorney worked with McCorvey to help her find an adoptive family for the child, and then referred McCorvey to Weddington and Weddington's associate Linda Coffee.
In March 1970, Weddington and Coffee filed suit against Henry Wade, the Dallas district attorney responsible for enforcing anti-abortion statutes. McCorvey became the plaintiff, covering her identity with the alias "Jane Roe."
In May 1970, Weddington argued her case for the first time before a three-judge panel in Dallas, Texas. The court agreed with Texas abortion laws were unconstitutional. The state appealed the decision, and it landed before the Supreme Court.
Weddington argued the case twice before the Supreme Court. The first time was 13 December 1971. After initial discussions, it was decided the case should be reargued, which it was 11 October 1972. At the time of her first argument, Weddington was 26 years old and had never tried a case.
In January 1973, the Court decision was handed down, overturning Texas' anti-abortion law by a 7-2 majority, and legalizing abortion nationwide.
Weddington's ethics in the case have often been questioned. In 1993, Weddington stated in a speech, "My conduct may not have been totally ethical. But I did it for what I thought were good reasons." This was further complicated by McCorvey. McCorvey claimed that she had been raped at the time of the arguments, though she recanted that; rape was never a factor in the case as argued. She publicly became a vocal part of the anti-abortion movement, but then recanted her involvement, claiming she had been used and misled by the movement's leaders. In 2018, Weddington said of McCorvey, "[...] the problem I had was trying to tell when she was telling the truth and when she wasn't. [...\] I was very careful in drafting the materials that were filed with the court to be sure I only put in things I was sure were accurate."
In the fall of 1972, around the time of her second oral arguments before the Supreme Court, she successfully ran for a seat in the Texas House of Representatives as a Democrat; future Texas governor Ann Richards worked on her campaign. She was reelected in 1974 and 1976. She resigned from her seat in September 1977.
She then joined the Carter administration, as the general counsel for the Department of Agriculture. She then became the White House Director of Political Affairs, beginning in mid-1979. Carter had alienated feminists, particularly with his January 1979 firing of former Rep. Bella Abzug (D-NY, 1971-1977) as head of the National Advisory Commission for Women. She served through the end of the Carter administration.
Weddington joined the faculty of Texas Women's University as a lecturer, serving there for nearly a decade. She also taught at the University of Texas at Austin for nearly three decades.
Weddington remained an active part of the women's movement through her life, often venerated as an icon of the movement.
Weddington struggled with health issues for the last two decades of her life. She died 26 December 2021, just 25 days after the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, the case that saw the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
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For the last fifty years, abortion has been a consistently hot-button issue. Pres. Ronald Reagan actively campaigned to outlaw abortion, and pledged to nominate Supreme Court justices to invalidate Roe v. Wade. His supporters were outraged, then, when justices like Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, Reagan's much ballyhooed first woman on the Court, turned out to be fairly moderate on most social issues. (She would be denounced as a "radical feminist" for years, particularly by the religious right, with very limited justification.)
Abortion is under assault in an unprecedented way in 2022, with the Supreme Court seemingly poised to overturn Roe v. Wade. States have issued anti-abortion legislation in states like Texas and, most recently Oklahoma. In my home of Ohio, at least one GOP gubernatorial candidate has campaigning on appointing what he calls an official "Pro-Life Advocate."
It could prove to be an interesting coda to abortion legislation.
By January 1973, when the decision was handed down, Weddington had embarked on a political career of her own. She would win three elections to the Texas legislature.
In 1977, she joined the Carter administration, first as a counsel to the Department of Agriculture, and then as the WHite House Director of Political Affairs.
Weddington's appointment can be seen as something for feminists, lukewarm on Pres. Jimmy Carter from the outset, to support. Carter was personally opposed to abortion but believed it should be legalized. (This is not a particularly uncommon stance: public figures from Gov. Mario Cuomo (D-NY) to "The View" cohost Sunny Hostin share the same perspective.) Her effectiveness in the role was debatable.
Sarah Ragle was born in 1945 in Texas to a Methodist minister and his wife. She graduated from high school two years early and pursued a degree in English from McMurry University. A McMurry dean told her, "No woman from this college has ever gone to law school. It would be too tough." This lack of faith motivated her to attend law school at the University of Texas. In 1967, Ragle became pregnant by Ron Weddington; she traveled to Mexico for an illegal abortion. She graduated from law school the same year, and married Ron Weddington the next year. (She is referred to as Weddington going forward)
Weddington struggled to find a job with a law firm. This struggle became the opportunity she needed to make her mark with abortion. Wedding had begun making a name for herself in fighting anti-abortion statutes locally.
The story of Roe v. Wade began when a pregnant woman named Norma McCorvey visited a local attorney to see about getting an abortion. The attorney worked with McCorvey to help her find an adoptive family for the child, and then referred McCorvey to Weddington and Weddington's associate Linda Coffee.
In March 1970, Weddington and Coffee filed suit against Henry Wade, the Dallas district attorney responsible for enforcing anti-abortion statutes. McCorvey became the plaintiff, covering her identity with the alias "Jane Roe."
In May 1970, Weddington argued her case for the first time before a three-judge panel in Dallas, Texas. The court agreed with Texas abortion laws were unconstitutional. The state appealed the decision, and it landed before the Supreme Court.
Weddington argued the case twice before the Supreme Court. The first time was 13 December 1971. After initial discussions, it was decided the case should be reargued, which it was 11 October 1972. At the time of her first argument, Weddington was 26 years old and had never tried a case.
In January 1973, the Court decision was handed down, overturning Texas' anti-abortion law by a 7-2 majority, and legalizing abortion nationwide.
Weddington's ethics in the case have often been questioned. In 1993, Weddington stated in a speech, "My conduct may not have been totally ethical. But I did it for what I thought were good reasons." This was further complicated by McCorvey. McCorvey claimed that she had been raped at the time of the arguments, though she recanted that; rape was never a factor in the case as argued. She publicly became a vocal part of the anti-abortion movement, but then recanted her involvement, claiming she had been used and misled by the movement's leaders. In 2018, Weddington said of McCorvey, "[...] the problem I had was trying to tell when she was telling the truth and when she wasn't. [...\] I was very careful in drafting the materials that were filed with the court to be sure I only put in things I was sure were accurate."
In the fall of 1972, around the time of her second oral arguments before the Supreme Court, she successfully ran for a seat in the Texas House of Representatives as a Democrat; future Texas governor Ann Richards worked on her campaign. She was reelected in 1974 and 1976. She resigned from her seat in September 1977.
She then joined the Carter administration, as the general counsel for the Department of Agriculture. She then became the White House Director of Political Affairs, beginning in mid-1979. Carter had alienated feminists, particularly with his January 1979 firing of former Rep. Bella Abzug (D-NY, 1971-1977) as head of the National Advisory Commission for Women. She served through the end of the Carter administration.
Weddington joined the faculty of Texas Women's University as a lecturer, serving there for nearly a decade. She also taught at the University of Texas at Austin for nearly three decades.
Weddington remained an active part of the women's movement through her life, often venerated as an icon of the movement.
Weddington struggled with health issues for the last two decades of her life. She died 26 December 2021, just 25 days after the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, the case that saw the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
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Sarah Cameron, from the show Outer Banks.
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Sarah Geronimo is a Filipina singer and actress. Geronimo rose to prominence in 2002, after winning the television singing contest Star for a Night earning her a recording contract with Viva Records and released her debut album Popstar: A Dream Come True (2003). Billboard hailed her as the “Ultimate Pop Superstar.”.
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Sarah Beaupré is a character in the book series The Complicated Life of Léa Olivier. She is Léa's archenemy from her hometown, and Thomas's girlfriend.
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Sarah Harding (1981-2021) was one of the singers of Girls Aloud, a girl group that was active from December 2002 until March 2013. She died of breast cancer on September 5, 2021 at the age of 39.
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“Sara Smile” is the name of a 1975 song written by American musical duo Hall and Oates.
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Sarah Ashley Hunt born 2005 is a dancer best known for Dance Moms.
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Sarah Camilla Georgiana (b 2007) is a dancer best known for “Dance Moms” season 8 and “Kobra Kai”.
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I am one of the few people who encounter the "probably" in rule 5.
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Sarah Midori Perry, also known by her stage name, Sarah Bonito, is a part of the indie pop band, Kero Kero Bonito.
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Sarah Jezebel Deva is a British vocalist. She is best known for her work in the gothic black metal band, "Cradle of Filth" and the symphonic metal band, "Angtoria".
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A notable bearer of this name is Sarah Thomas, the first female NFL referee.
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Sarah (called Sarah Brown Eyes by her lover Coalhouse) is one of the main characters of the Broadway musical Ragtime. She is a poor but beautiful young Black woman in the early 1900s but she sadly dies before the 2nd act. She was originally played by Audra McDonald.
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Sarah Neufeld (born August 27, 1979) is a Canadian violinist who was in the Canadian indie band Arcade Fire. She has also released several solo albums.
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Sarah Connor (played by Linda Hamilton) from the Terminator movie franchise.
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Sarah Carpenter is an Instagram star and sister of American actress Sabrina Carpenter.
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Sarah Georgiana is a dancer known for starring on “Dance Moms” season 8 with her Mom, Michelle.
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Sarah Brightman is a British-American singer.
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Sarah Ashley Hunt is a dancer known for starring on the reality show “Dance Moms” with her Mom, Christy.
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There's a semi-famous blues singer at the club in Chicago called b.l.u.e.s. and her name is Big Time Sarah. She weighs around the 4 or 500 lb mark, just guessing. Everyone else I've met with this name is also huge. This person is not very talented but being a blues singer of that size who has been around Chicago forevermore, she is considered a draw for the club and is more of a personality than a singer, imho.
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Sarah Knauss (September 24, 1880 – December 30, 1999) was the oldest American ever and the second oldest verified person ever.
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Sarah Palin was governor of the state of Alaska & ran for Vice President but lost to Joe Biden on Tuesday, November 4, 2008! She was later a contributor to Fox News!
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On the animated series Ed, Edd n Eddy, Ed’s little sister’s name is Sarah.
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Sarah Gillis is one of Ruby's older sisters in Anne of Green Gables.
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It is also another Biblical character in the Book of Tobit, which is not part of the Protestant Bible. Sarah had had many previous husbands but they were all killed by a demon on their wedding night. The Angel Raphael guides Tobias to marry Sarah, to burn a fish's liver and heart to drive away the demon. Raphael binds the demon, and Tobias and Sarah have a happy marriage. For this reason Catholics pray to St. Raphael for healing and to find your spouse.
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Sarah Jane Brown, usually known as Sarah Brown, is a British campaigner for global health and education, founder and president of Theirworld, a children's charity, the Executive Chair of the Global Business Coalition for Education and the co-founder of A World at School. She was a founding partner of Hobsbawm Macaulay Communications, a public relations company. She is married to the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Gordon Brown.
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Sarah "Sally" Hemings was an enslaved woman of mixed race owned by President Thomas Jefferson. Most historians believe she was the mother of six children fathered by him, of whom four survived to adulthood; and were given freedom by Jefferson. Hemings was the youngest of six siblings by the widowed planter John Wayles and his mixed-race slave Betty Hemings; Sally and her siblings were three-quarters European and half-siblings of Jefferson's wife, Martha Wayles Skelton. As an infant Sally came to Monticello as part of Martha's inheritance of her father's slave holdings.
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Sarah, Duchess of York is a British writer, charity patron, public speaker, film producer and television personality. She is the former wife of Prince Andrew, Duke of York, the second son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. She is the younger daughter of Major Ronald Ferguson and Susan Barrantes. Sarah has two daughters, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie of York, who are respectively seventh and eighth in the line of succession to the British throne.
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Sarah Margaret Qualley, known as Margaret Qualley, is an American actress and model best known for playing Jill Garvey on the HBO television series The Leftovers. Qualley was born in 1994 in Montana, the daughter of Andie MacDowell, an actress and model, and Paul Qualley, who is a model, musician, contractor, and rancher. Her sister, Rainey, is also an actress, dancer and model.
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Sarah Kawahara is a Japanese-Canadian figure skater and choreographer of Japanese ancestry. She won an Emmy Award in 1997 for Scott Hamilton Upside Down and was the first skater to win the Best Choreography Emmy. She won her second Emmy in 2002 for choreographing the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2002 Winter Olympics. She joined the Ice Capades at age 17 and skated with them for seven years. She currently lives in California. She is married to actor Jamie Alcroft, with whom she has three children: Alysse Alcroft, Hayley Kiyoko, and Thatcher Alcroft.
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Sarah Huffman is an American former professional soccer player who last played for Portland Thorns FC of the NWSL.
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Sarah Catharine Paulson is an American actress. After beginning her acting career on stage, she starred in the 1990s television series American Gothic and Jack & Jill. Paulson later appeared in comedy films such as What Women Want and Down with Love, and had dramatic roles in films such as Path to War and The Notorious Bettie Page. From 2006 to 2007, Paulson played the role of Harriet Hayes in the NBC comedy-drama series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, for which she received her first Golden Globe Award nomination. In 2008, she starred as Ellen Dolan in the superhero noir film The Spirit.
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Sarah Brandner is a German model. Brandner attended Obermenzinger Gymnasium, where she completed her abitur in 2010 with the main subjects being mathematics and economics. She then started studying sociology and history of art at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich but dropped out.
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Sarah Jane Hyland is an American actress. Born in New York, Hyland attended the Professional Performing Arts School in Manhattan, followed by small roles in the films Private Parts, Annie, and Blind Date. She gained her first major role as Haley Dunphy on the ABC sitcom Modern Family, for which she has received critical acclaim and numerous accolades and nominations, sharing four Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series with her cast members and garnering a Critics' Choice Television Award nomination Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.
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Sarah Hassan is a Kenyan actress, model and TV host. She has appeared in more than a dozen films and television series. She is notable for her role in the Citizen TV comedy-drama, Tahidi High and The Wedding Show.
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Indonesian celebrities who use the name are Sarah Azhari (Actress, Model, Singer), Sarah Shafitri (Model, Actress), Natalie Sarah Sianipar (Actress), Aulia Sarah (Actress, Model), Sarah Sechan (Actress, Host), etc.
Note: Sarah Sechan is a nation-wide famous Indonesian host, she has her own TV Program with the same name as hers and people often call me Sarah Sechan for having the same name as hers.
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Note: Sarah Sechan is a nation-wide famous Indonesian host, she has her own TV Program with the same name as hers and people often call me Sarah Sechan for having the same name as hers.
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Sarah Connolly (born 1963) is a famous British mezzo-soprano.
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Sarah Manning is the badass main character of the television show Orphan Black. She is one of several clones, all portrayed by actress Tatiana Maslany.
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On Doctor Who, Sarah Jane Smith (played by Elisabeth Sladen) was a journalist from Croydon before she began traveling with the Third Doctor. She stayed with the Doctor when he regenerated into his fourth incarnation, and is considered one of the best loved companions in the show's history. The character went on to have adventures with the Tenth and Eleventh Doctors, and starred in her own spin-off series, The Sarah Jane Adventures. Interestingly, while most other characters call her Sarah Jane, the Doctor will sometimes refer to her simply as Sarah.
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Sarah McLachlan is a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter, and pianist. She has a song called "Angel".
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Sarah-Jane Crawford is a British television and radio presenter.
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Dr. Sarah Page was a character from the British TV show Primeval. She was portrayed by Laila Rouass.
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In the Septimus Heap novels, Septimus' mum is called this.
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British actor Tom Hiddleston has an older sister named Sarah.
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SARAH is the "smart house" owned by Sheriff Carter in the Syfy series Eureka. SARAH is voiced by actor Neil Grayston.
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A variation of the name has been used for a secondary character in Final Fantasy XIII and a main character in Final Fantasy XIII-2, Serah Farron, who is the sister of Lightning and fiancee of Snow Villiers.
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Sarah Madelaine Martineau was a goldsmith.
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Sarah Vida is the main character in two of Amelia Atwater-Rhodes' novels, Shattered Mirror and All Just Glass. In Shattered Mirror, she is a Witch of the Vida line, known for their Vampire-hunting prowess. In All Just Glass, she is a Vampire of Kendra's line.
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"Sarah Smiles" is a song by Panic! At the Disco.
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Sarah Patterson is an actress that is best known for playing Rosaleen in Neil Jordon's 'The Company of Wolves'.
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A famous bearer; author, essayist, historian, and radio personality Sarah Vowell.
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John Connor's mother is called Sarah in the Terminator films. I don't really like the films, but she is quite a cool character.
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I can't resist adding Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin, born in 1964 as Sarah Louise Heath.
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A noteworthy bearer was British actress Sarah Siddons (July 5, 1755 – June 8, 1831), well-known for her portrayal of Lady MacBeth in Shakespeare's "Macbeth", as well as other Shakespearean plays including "Othello", "As You Like It", "Hamlet", and "Coriolanus". She is remembered in the name of the Chicago, Illinois-based Sarah Siddons Society, a group that yearly awards the Sarah Siddons award for distinguished contributions to Chicago theatre.
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On June 15, 1905, Triplet sisters Annis, Sarah and Frances Waggoner are born in the United States. The three sisters each celebrate their 93rd birthdays in 1998 to earn the honors of oldest living triplets in the U.S. Sarah passes away on January 24, 1999 at 93 years, 223 days.
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Sarah Bolger - the older sister of Emma Bolger - is an Irish actress and was in "In America" just like her sister.
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Actress/comedian Sarah Silverman.
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Sarah Lancashire is an English actress who played Raquel Watts on Coronation Street.
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A famous bearer is Australian House DJ Sarah Main.
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Here in New Zealand a very famous bearer is Sarah Ulmer, a Gold medalist at cycling.
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A friend of mine was named Sarah, naturally, after the famous 80's song 'Sara Smile' by pop/rock duo Hall & Oates. She hates every mention of the song because she was constantly tormented by it growing up. For me, however, it's one of my favorite songs by the group, and I was almost named after it myself (before the decision was changed to Olivia by my mother at the last minute).
Each Sarah I've known has always been a good friend to me. All of them try to understand any issues I have and want to help me through them.
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Each Sarah I've known has always been a good friend to me. All of them try to understand any issues I have and want to help me through them.
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There is an author named Sarah Lovett.
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Sarah Sadler is a Christian music artist.
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Sarah Williams, played by Jennifer Connelly, is the main female protagonist of the 1986 Jim Henson movie Labyrinth. After wishing away her younger half-brother, Toby, Sarah must make her way through a complicated labyrinth to take him back from the Goblin King.
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Beautiful model Sarah O'Hare is a famous bearer.
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During the Salem witch trials of 1692 a number of women with the name Sarah were accused of witchcraft. Among them were Sarah Osbourne, Sarah Cloyce, Sarah Wilde, Sarah Bishop, and Sarah Goode.
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British fashion guru Trinny Woodall was born Sarah-Jane Woodall, but adopted the name Trinny at school.
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Sarah Beeny is a successful British property developer who presents the TV shows Property Ladder and Streets Ahead.
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A famous bearer of this name is Sarah Jessica Parker. SJP.
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There is a book titled "Sarah, Plain and Tall." There is also a set of movies based on the book.
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Sarah Brightman is a British singer.
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Sarah was the name of that stuck-up lady who had those annoying Siamese cats in Lady and the Tramp. Aunt Sarah...brrrr!
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Famous bearer is Sarah Hughes, an American figure skater. She won the gold medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
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Famous bearer is Sarah Michelle Gellar, an American actress.
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Sarah is the name of the fictional character Lieutenant Colonel Sarah MacKenzie in JAG.
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Sarah is the real name of Fergie - the Duchess of York.
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In Gone with the Wind, Aunt Pittypat's real name is Sarah Jane.
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