Famous People with Name Alison

Alison Elizabeth Pill            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Alison Elizabeth Pill: a Canadian film, television and theatre actress. In 2006, Pill starred as Grace Webster in the short-lived NBC drama The Book of Daniel, and was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance in Martin McDonagh's The Lieutenant of Inishmore.She was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and attended Vaughan Road Academy (high school) in Toronto.

Alison Knowles            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Alison Knowles: an American artist who produced work in a number of forms. Knowles was very active in the Fluxus movement, and continues to create work inspired by her Fluxus experience. She has created work that incorporates performance, radio, and sound, papermaking, and printmaking. She graduated from the Pratt Institute in New York with an honors degree in fine art. Knowles was married to the Fluxus artist and prominent intermedia theorist, Dick Higgins, from 1960 to 1970, and again from 1984 until Higgins' death in 1998.

Alison Saar            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Alison Saar: an American artist who was born in Los Angeles, California in 1956 and grew up in Laurel Canyon, California. Her parents were Betye Saar, a well-known African American artist, and Richard Saar, an art conservationist. Both parents encouraged their three daughters, all artists, to look at a wide range of art. They were given books on art and were taken to area museums. They also saw Outsider Art, such as Simon Rodia's Watts Towers in Los Angeles and Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village in Simi Valley. During high school, Alison began assisting her father in his restoration work. Dealing with artifacts from different cultures?Chinese frescoes, Egyptian mummies, and Pre-Columbian and African art?taught Alison about properties of various materials, techniques,

Alison Goring            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Alison Goring: a Canadian curler.Goring was a successful junior curler, having won the 1983 Canadian Junior Curling Championships.Goring won her first provincial championship in 1990. Her Ontario rink would with that years' Scott Tournament of Hearts, defeating the Nova

Alison Fraser            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Alison Fraser: daughter of Howard Melvin and Alyce Eleanor (Branagan). Fraser is an American actress and singer[1] who has appeared in concert at such venues as Carnegie Hall,[2] The White House, Town Hall, The Brooklyn Botanic Garden, The Tisch Center for the Arts, The

Charles Hugh Alison            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Charles Hugh Alison: was a first-class cricketer who played four matches for Somerset County Cricket Club between 1902 and 1905. He also appeared in the Minor Counties Championship for Buckinghamshire in 1911. He made his highest first-class score of 20 against Oxford University in 1904.