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Gracie

Gracie family, a Brazilian sporting family known for their jiu-jitsu style

Hurricane Gracie, a hurricane that formed in 1959 affecting the Caribbean and United States


Alliance for Women in Media

Inspired by radio and television star Gracie Allen, the Gracie Awards honor programming made for women, by women, and about women.

Archibald Gracie IV

Colonel Archibald Gracie IV (January 17, 1859 – December 4, 1912) was an American writer, amateur historian, real estate investor, and survivor of the sinking of the RMS Titanic.

Burns and Allen

Burns and Allen had several regulars on radio, including Toby Reed, Gale Gordon, Bea Benaderet, Gracie's real-life friend Mary "Bubbles" Kelly, Ray Noble, singers Jimmy Cash and Tony Martin and actor/writer/director Elliott Lewis.

Carly Schroeder

Carly's younger brother, Hunter Schroeder, is also an actor; he has appeared with her in Gracie and Eye of the Dolphin.

David Avellan

He holds victories over Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Black Belts Rafael Lovato Jr., Tarsis Humphreys, Amaury Bitetti, Roberto Abreu, Rener Gracie, and Alexandre Ribeiro.

Denisse Oller

She has been honored with five Emmy's, two Gracies from the American Women in Radio and Television association , and the prestigious Edward R. Murrow Award for journalism for her coverage of the exit of the United States Navy from the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico after 60 years of military occupation.

Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence

Gracie hears from a woman that her mother is in Wiluna and not in Jigalong anymore what makes her decide to leave them and to take the train to Wiluna.

God Wants Me to Forgive Them!?!

As Scallion #1 tries to re-advertise The Forgive-O-Matic as a julienne fry maker and a Chia model, Junior turns of the lights and camera telling the Scallion to say "Goodnight Gracie" (a reference to the ending line of the Burns and Allen radio and television shows).

Gracie and Zarkov

According to Sisters of the Extreme: Women Writing on the Drug Experience, Gracie's name was chosen in homage to Gracie Allen, Grace Slick, and the "gratuitous grace" that Aldous Huxley found in the psychedelic experience.

Gracie Gilbert

Gracie Gilbert (born 20 October 1992) is an Australian actor, best known for her role as Tammy Lane in the Fox8 teen drama series, SLiDE and also as Vicki in Lockie Leonard.

Heather Peace

She is perhaps best known for her role as Sally 'Gracie' Fields in London's Burning from 1998 to 2002, also known for playing Nikki Boston in BBC 1's Waterloo Road

Horizons Communications Group

Horizons Communications Group was started in 1995 by Gracie Award winning Executive Producer Rick Roberts.

Karl Schellscheidt

Karl played the part of a soccer referee in the 2007 Davis Guggenheim film Gracie.

Kings of the Evening

Here he meets four strangers Clarence (Glynn Turman), Gracie (Lynn Whitfield), Benny (Reginald T. Dorsey), Lucy (Linara Washington), all finding themselves in similar positions.

Kristin Fairlie

Kristin starred in the Made for TV movie Gracie's Choice opposite Kristen Bell, Anne Heche and Diane Ladd a film that garnered an Emmy Nomination for Heche.

Lily Jackson

She is best known for her role as Gracie, the ten year old daughter of Chuck Darling (Kelsey Grammer) and Kelly Carr (Patricia Heaton) of the sitcom, Back to You and for her recurring role as Poochie McGruder in Disney XD's Zeke and Luther

Lloyd Schwartz

Schwartz's books of poetry include Cairo Traffic (University of Chicago Press, 2000) and the chapbook Greatest Hits 1973-2000 (Pudding House Press, 2003), which were preceded by Goodnight, Gracie (1992) and These People (1981).

Look Up and Laugh

This film is currently available as part of the Gracie Fields collector's edition which in addition to this film includes the films Sally in Our Alley (1931), Looking on the Bright Side (1932), Love, Life and Laughter (1934), Sing As We Go (1934), Queen of Hearts and The Show Goes On (1937), these are on 4 discs.

Looking on the Bright Side

This film is currently available as part of the Gracie Fields collector's edition which, in addition to this film, includes the films Sally in Our Alley (1931), Love, Life and Laughter (1934), Sing As We Go (1934), Look Up and Laugh (1935), Queen of Hearts (1936) and The Show Goes On (1937), these are on 4 discs.

Louise DuArt: The Mouth That Roared

Her guests include Barbara Walters (who has a clip of an interview with Tammy Faye Bakker), George Burns (who shows a clip of he and Gracie in a performance), Woody Allen (who has a clip of himself in therapy with Dr. Ruth) and Joan Rivers.

Marco Alvan

At the Gracie Barra school he trained under Master Carlos Gracie, Jr. and trained alongside Ryan and Renzo Gracie.

Matthew Gillard

He lives in Alpena with his wife, Jessica, and two children, Gracie and Joel.

Mauricio Motta Gomes

Maurício "Maurição" Motta Gomes ( ) is a practitioner of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, one of the six people (most commonly known as the "Famous Five") to have been promoted to Black Belt by the famous Rolls Gracie prior to Gracie's untimely death.

Other Gracie Barra World Champions who subsequently came over included Carlos Lemos, Victor Estima and Lucio Rodrigues.

Ralph Gracie

In sharp contrast to the typical "passive" Gracie approach, Ralph's aggressive and often brutal approach earned him the nickname of "The Pitbull".

Ralph Pape

Say Goodnight, Gracie ran off-Broadway for 400 performances in 1978 and was staged in 1979 by Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company with Austin Pendleton directing a cast headed by John Malkovich, Joan Allen and Glenne Headly.

In 1983, Say Goodnight, Gracie was adapted by the author for a 90-minute teleplay which was seen on Chicago's PBS affiliate WTTW with the original Steppenwolf cast of Joan Allen, Jeff Perry, Glenne Headly, Francis Guinan and John Malkovich.

Relson Gracie

Due to the success of his inaugural National tournament, Arnold Schwarzenegger approached Relson to start the Arnold-Gracie World Submission Championships in 2000, also held to be held in Columbus.

Rener Gracie

He is currently engaged to former WWE diva, Eve Torres, who is herself a blue belt in Gracie Jiu-Jitsu and currently works as a spokeswoman and head instructor for the Gracie Women Empowered Self-defense program.

The export version of the course features Ryron and Rener instructing with assistance from Eve Torres (WWE Diva) and Segina Gracie, their younger sister.

Rickson Gracie

In a 1997 Pride 1 Vale Tudo match in Japan's Tokyo Dome (before 47,860 spectators), Gracie defeated Japanese professional wrestler, Nobuhiko Takada, in 4:47 of the first round by armbar.

Rinty Monaghan

A part-time cabaret artist, Monaghan toured western Europe during World War II with other notables of the period including Vera Lynn, Gracie Fields and George Formby, and later formed his own band.

Ron Tripp

Tripp threw Gracie to the canvas by "Uchi mata" in 47 seconds, thus giving Tripp "absolute" victory under FIAS International Sambo rules.

Rorion Gracie

Rorion taught Mel Gibson Gracie Jiu Jitsu for the movie Lethal Weapon.

Royce Gracie

On December 31, 2004 Gracie entered the K-1 scene at the "Dynamite!" card inside the Osaka Dome, facing off against former sumo wrestler and MMA newcomer Akebono Tarō aka.

Sally in Our Alley

This film is currently available as part of the Gracie Fields collector's edition which in addition to this film includes the films Looking on the Bright Side (1932), Love, Life and Laughter (1934), Sing As We Go (1934), Look Up and Laugh (1935), Queen of Hearts (1936) and The Show Goes On (1937), these are on 4 discs.

The Gracie Allen Murder Case

The novel was adapted into a 1939 film starring Gracie Allen (who received billing above Warren William's portrayal of Philo Vance) which was fairly faithful to the novel.

To Sirloin with Love

Kahn tells Connie to take the night off from studying; Dale has figured out how to relieve Nancy's headaches on his own, Lucky and Luanne scoop up Gracie and head for the Hills'; and Boomhauer hurries over, leaving his wallet behind - which flips open to reveal a Texas Ranger badge with Boomhauer's name and picture—the first indication of his career ever revealed in the series.

UFC 45

In addition, ten fighters were chosen by fans to receive a Viewer's Choice Award during the event; they were Royce Gracie, Ken Shamrock, Randy Couture, Tank Abbott, Mark Coleman, Pat Miletich, Marco Ruas, Dan Severn, Don Frye and Oleg Taktarov.

WEZB

Cami McCormick (news director & host of the "B-97's 60-Second News Update;" worked alongside "Cajun" Ken Cooper in the mornings, and later "Walton & Johnson". Left for Moscow in 1991 to do an all-English radio show until its end in 1994, then became a CNN reporter. Now a dedicated journalist with CBS news. Received three Edward R. Murrow awards, as well as two Gracie Allen Awards, among others)


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