Famous People with Name Millicent

Millicent Small            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Millicent Small: was often known as "Little Millie Small", and in the United States as "Millie Small", and is best known as the singer of the 1964 hit, "My Boy Lollipop".Millie is the daughter of a sugar plantation overseer.[1] In her teens, she was part of a duo called 'Roy and Millie' (with Roy Panton) and was recording for Coxsone Dodd's Studio One record label.[1] They had a minor local hit with "We'll Meet".[1]In late 1963 she went to Forest Hill, London to make her fourth recording, an Ernest Ranglin rearrangement of "My Boy Lollipop", which had originally been recorded and released by Barbie Gaye in late 1956. Released in March 1964, Small's cover was a massive hit, reaching number two both in the UK Singles Chart[2] and in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. It also topped the chart in Australia. Initially it sold over 600,000 copies in the United Kingdom.[3] Including singles sales, album usage and compilation inclusions, the song has since sold more than seven million copies worldwide.[1]

Millicent Hammond Fenwick            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Millicent Hammond Fenwick: was an American fashion editor, politician and diplomat. A four-term Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey, she entered politics late in life and was renowned for her energy and colorful enthusiasm. She was regard

Millicent Preston-Stanley            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Millicent Preston-Stanley: was an Australian feminist, politician and the first female member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and the second woman to enter government in Australia.She left parliament in 1927 after an electoral redistribution of the newly created seat of

Millicent Mary Lillian Martin            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Millicent Mary Lillian Martin: an English actress, singer and comedian.She made her Broadway debut opposite Julie Andrews in The Boy Friend in 1954. Her additional New York City theatre credits include 42nd Street, Side by Side by Sondheim, and King of Hearts (she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for the latter two). In London's West End, she starred opposite Jim Dale in The Card in 1975.During the early 1960s, Martin became known to television audiences as the resident singer of topical songs on the weekly satire show That Was The Week That Was. One of the songs she sang on the show, the John F. Kennedy tribute "In the Summer of His Years," was released as a single and "bubbled under" the Billboard Hot 100 chart at #104 in 1963 (but was outcharted by a cover version by Connie Francis, which reached #46). She also appeared in the 1966 film Alfie.