Famous People with Name Teresa

Teresa Wright            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Teresa Wright: was an Academy Award-winning American actress.In the fall of 1939, she appeared in the stage play Life with Father, playing the role of Mary Skinner for two years. It was there that she was discovered by a talent scout hired by Samuel Goldwyn to find a young actress for the role of Bette Davis' daughter in the 1941 adaptation of Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes. She was immediately signed to a five-year Hollywood contract but asserted her seriousness as an actress. Her contract was unique by Hollywood standards because it contained the following clause:

Teresa Brewer            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Teresa Brewer: was an American pop and jazz singer who was one of the most popular female singers of the 1950s. Born Theresa Breuer in Toledo, Ohio, Brewer died of a neuromuscular disease at her home in New Rochelle, N.Y. at the age of 76.[1]

Teresa Stratas            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Teresa Stratas: , is a Canadian soprano.She was born Anastasia Stratakis to a struggling immigrant Greek family in Toronto, Ontario. At age 13, she performed Greek pop songs on the radio. She graduated from the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. At age 20, Stratas made her professional opera debut as Mim

Teresa Fay (Terri) Gibbs            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Teresa Fay (Terri) Gibbs: is an American country music artist. Born in Miami, Florida but raised in Grovetown, Georgia, she is also one of only a few blind country musicians, having been so from birth. In the 1980s, Gibbs charted several hits on the Billboard country music charts,

Teresa Graves            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Teresa Graves: was an American actress and singer. As the star of Get Christie Love! (1974), Graves is credited as being the first African American woman to star in her own hour long drama television series.[

Mother Teresa            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Mother Teresa: Albanian Roman Catholic nun who founded the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata (Calcutta), India in 1950. For over forty years she ministered to the poor, sick, orphaned, and dying, while guiding the Missionaries of Charity's expansion, first throughout India and then in other countries.

Lorne William Bell Carr            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lorne William Bell Carr: was a professional ice hockey player in the National Hockey League.Carr began his career in 1930 with the Vancouver Lions of the Pacific Coast Hockey League. He next played for the Buffalo Bisons of the International Hockey League. In 1934 Carr signed with the New York Rangers. After one season with the Rangers, Carr signed with the rival New York Americans, with whom he played for the following seven seasons.

Joan Manuel Serrat I Teresa            Origin/Culture/Country: Spanish

Joan Manuel Serrat I Teresa: is a Spanish Catalan singer-songwriter.Serrat is considered one of the most important figures of modern, popular music in both the Spanish and Catalan languages. He became involved with music at the age of 17, when he got his first guitar, to which he dedicates one of his earliest songs, "Una guitarra."