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unusual facts about Bess, You Is My Woman Now



Ann Tyrrell

In 1953, she appeared unbilled as Mary Tudor sister of Queen Elizabeth I in the M-G-M historical drama Queen Bess and in 1955, she appeared in the film Seven Angry Men with Raymond Massey and Jeffrey Hunter.

Bess Marvin

Bess and George are introduced to readers in the 1931 novel,The Secret at Shadow Ranch.

Bess of Hardwick

Bess of Hardwick is a character in The Other Queen, by Philippa Gregory, as well as the title character of A Woman of Passion by Virginia Henley.

Bess Rogers

Her second and third, Travel Back and Bess Rogers Presents Bess Rogers, were produced by Dan Romer.

Bess, You Is My Woman Now

This song comes from the Gershwins' opera Porgy and Bess (1935) where it is sung by the main character Porgy and his beloved Bess.

Bhutan: A Visual Odyssey Across the Last Himalayan Kingdom

The book was created by scientist Michael Hawley along with photographers Carolyn Bess, Sandy Choi, Dorji Drukpa, Becky Hurwitz, Choki Lhamo Kaka, Gyelsey Loday, Christopher Newell, David Salesin, and Ming Zhang.

Bill Blythe

Bess Blythe's forbears were among the founders of the Republic of Texas.

Breakfast with Les and Bess

When it moved to Lamb's Theatre, the cast was as follows: Holland Taylor as Bess, Keith Charles as Les, Kelle Kipp as Shelby, Jeff McCracken as Roger, John Leonard as David, and Daniel Ziskie as Nate/Announcer.

The production at the Hudson Guild featured Holland Taylor as Bess, Keith Charles as Les, Amy Wright as Shelby, Tom Nolan as Roger, John Leonard as David, and Daniel Ziskie as Nate/Announcer.

Coot Club

There they encounter the Coot Club, a gang of local children comprising Tom Dudgeon, twin girls 'Port' and 'Starboard' (Nell and Bess Farland), and three younger boys — Joe, Bill and Pete (the Death and Glories).

Cunningham Piano Company

Also, one of America's greatest composers, George Gershwin, used a Cunningham Piano to write his opera "Porgy and Bess" in Folly Beach, South Carolina.

Davone Bess

Bess lost his scholarship to Oregon State when he was sentenced to about 21 months in Byron boys ranch juvenile facility after allowing a friend to put stolen items in his car.

Forrest Bess

Born October 5, 1911, in Bay City, Texas, Bess picked up his love of art from his mother.

Francis Lathom

First, he was one of the first writers of historical fiction, with historical romances such as The Mysterious Freebooter; or, The Days of Queen Bess (1806), a novel which blends fact and fiction regarding Queen Elizabeth, predating the better known historical novels of Scott.

Georges Bess

During the period 1976 to 1988, Bess productively provided artwork for the serial publication The Phantom distributed by Scandinavian publishers of the popular periodical.

In 1999 Bess joined with Milo Manara and Claire Wendling to illustrate the second tome of Pierre Louÿs' erotic masterpiece Aphrodite issed in three volumes.

Jefferson Drum

James Griffith, Robert Vaughn, and Anna Karen as Troy Bendick, Shelly Poe, and Bess, respectively" in the episode "Return.

Jerry Rivers

He turned professional, briefly toured with the Short Brothers and then found himself back in Nashville working with Big Jeff Bess, husband of Hattie Louise "Tootsie" Bess, owner of the famous Tootsie's Orchid Lounge on Music City's Lower Broadway.

John Evered

On October 1665, Captain John Evered bought from Bess, wife of Nobb How and daughter of Passaconaway, the land called Augumtoocooke, what is now Dracut, for the sum of four yards of Duffill and one pound of tobacco.

John W. Bubbles

In 1963, in a studio recording of Porgy and Bess featuring Leontyne Price and William Warfield, he performed Sportin' Life's two main arias from the opera, "It Ain't Necessarily So" and "There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York".

Mae Murray

Koran was later raised by Sara Elizabeth "Bess" Cunning of Averill Park, New York, who began taking care of him in 1936, when the child was recovering from a double mastoid operation (Cunning's brother Dr. David Cunning was the surgeon).

Marvis Martin

Marvis Martin is an African-American operatic soprano, best known for her concert performances and recitals, including her renditions of Joseph Canteloube's Songs from the Auvergne, and of Bess in Bobby McFerrin's touring concert version of Porgy and Bess.

Myra Merritt

She was to appear with that company many times through 1991, including appearances in L'enfant et les sortilèges (as the Fire, directed by John Dexter), the Centennial Gala (the duet from Don Giovanni), La bohème (as Musetta, opposite Plácido Domingo), Les contes d'Hoffmann (as Antonia, conducted by Julius Rudel), Porgy and Bess (as Clara), L'italiana in Algeri (as Elvira) and Don Giovanni (as Zerlina).

Nancy Drew: Alibi in Ashes

Nancy Drew returns to her hometown of River Heights to compete in the town's annual Clues Challenge along with her boyfriend Ned and her friends Bess and George.

George Fayne - George, Nancy's other best friend, tends to be more sensible and down to earth than her cousin, Bess.

Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall

Bess Marvin and Ned Nickerson - Nancy's best friend Bess and boyfriend Ned return as helpful phone friends and voice of reason for this odd and creepy case.

Nancy Drew: Ransom of the Seven Ships

Bess Marvin - Bess is a little boy crazy, but she's great with people and is able to persuade them to do anything!

George Fayne - George is one of Nancy's best friend and Bess' cousin.

Nancy Drew: Shadow at the Water's Edge

George Fayne - Nancy's athletic, tomboyish best friend and Bess's cousin.

Nancy Drew: Stay Tuned for Danger

Bess Marvin - Bess is Nancy's best friend and George's cousin.

George Fayne - George is Nancy's best friend and Bess's cousin.

Nancy Drew: The Haunted Carousel

Bess Marvin and George Fayne - Bess and George are cousins as well as Nancy's best friends.

Nancy Drew: Tomb of the Lost Queen

Bess Marvin - Nancy's best friend Bess is available to assist in her investigation.

Permanente Creek

Bess Kaiser and her spouse, industrialist Henry J. Kaiser, had a lodge on the creek's headwaters above the large Permanente Quarry and Cement Plant, and, in 1945, Bess felt that the name of their attractive and dependable stream would be a good name for their medical program at the shipyards.

Peter Cambor

In June and July 2005, Cambor had appeared as Schubal/Bess/Policeman, acting in the Gideon Lester play "Amerika or the Disappearance" based on the book by Franz Kafka, as a production of the American Repertory Theater at the Loeb Drama Center, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Rachel Bess

Currently Bess helps to organize the Phoenix branch of Dr Sketchy's Anti-Art School, and writes/illustrates a comic book titled, "Fighting Death Through Reanimation".

Stacey Bess

Stacey Bess is an author and educator, best known for Nobody Don't Love Nobody, which was made into a Hallmark Hall of Fame movie in 2011 called "Beyond the Blackboard."

The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess

This studio recording originated as several semi-staged performances which took place on February 24 and 25, 2006 at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center in Nashville, with Alvy Powell as Porgy, Marquita Lister as Bess, Nicole Cabell as Clara and Robert Mack as Sportin' Life.

The Modern Jazz Quartet Plays George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess

The Modern Jazz Quartet Plays George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess is an album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet performing the score to George Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess recorded in 1964-65 and released on the Atlantic label.

The Phoenix Singers

He numbered among his credits Broadway appearances in "Show Boat", Carmen Jones", "Finian's Rainbow" and "Porgy and Bess". Member of The Belafonte Folk Singers and The Phoenix Singers. Appeared with Belafonte on many concerts over the years, notably heard as background voice in "Try To Remember".

The Secret of Red Gate Farm

Out on a leisurely shopping trip, Nancy, Bess and George encounter an odd French-Chinese perfume saleswoman, who is reluctant to sell a particular fragrance to Bess.

Thomas Heyward, Jr.

Notable descendants include Duncan Clinch Heyward, twice elected Governor of South Carolina (1903-07) and 1937 published author of “Seed of Madagascar”, which relates the story of his rice-planting family; and DuBose Heyward, whose 1920’s novel and later stage play “Porgy”, portrayed blacks without condescension, and was transformed by George Gershwin into the popular opera “Porgy and Bess”, an American musical masterpiece.

Wonalancet

In October 1665, Wonalancet's sister Bess, wife of Nobb How, sold Augumtoocooke to Captain John Evered for the sum of four yards of Duffill and one pound of tobacco.


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