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5 unusual facts about Roxana


317 Roxane

The name was chosen by F. Bidschof, an assistant at the Vienna Observatory, at Charlois's request; Bidschof chose to name it after Roxana, the wife of Alexander the Great, and at first used the spelling Roxana.

Ashley Leggat

In 2005, Leggat performed in Moze Mossanen's short film Roxana as part of CBC's "Opening Night" series.

Omar, Delaware

Omar is an unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware, United States, located at the crossroads of Delaware Route 20 and Sussex County Road 54 and between the towns of Dagsboro and Roxana.

Roxana, Illinois

In the early 1940s, a large Art Deco-style theater was built at the northwest corner of Thomas Street and Central Avenue, at 400 N. Central Avenue.

Roxana is considered to be part of the Riverbend or Metro East area, including Alton, East Alton, Godfrey, Rosewood Heights, Bethalto, Wood River, Hartford and South Roxana.


Amigas y rivales

Maki as Alejandra - Girlfriend of Roberto, Killed by Roxana

Rebecca Marshall

And again, with Marshall as Poppea and Boutell as Cyara in Nathaniel Lee's The Tragedy of Nero (1674); as Queen Berenice and Clarona in John Crowne's The Destruction of Jerusalem (1677); and as Roxana and Statira in Lee's The Rival Queens (also 1677).

Roxana Díaz Burgos

Roxana Díaz Burgos (born February 20, 1972 in Caracas) is Venezuelan television actress.

Samuel Pordage

The plot was borrowed from Josephus and the romance of ‘Cleopatra.’ In 1678 appeared ‘The Siege of Babylon, by Samuel Pordage of Lincoln's Inn, Esq., author of the tragedy of “Herod and Mariamne.”’ This play had been licensed by Roger L'Estrange on 2 November 1677, and acted at the Duke's Theatre not long after the production at the Theatre Royal of Nathaniel Lee's ‘Rival Queens;’ and Statira and Roxana, the ‘rival queens,’ were principal characters in Pordage's rhymed tragedy.

Silverio Pérez

He later formed a duo, Silverio y Roxana, that specialized in Puerto Rican music, and as a result, was a guest -and later hosted- an autochthonous Puerto Rican music television program, "Borinquen Canta", along with news broadcaster Guillermo José Torres.

Velma Kelly

Women who have portrayed Velma on the Broadway stage include: Chita Rivera, Terra C. MacLeod, Amra-Faye Wright, Nancy Hess, Deidre Goodwin, Brenda Braxton, Caroline O'Connor, Roxana Carrasco, Bebe Neuwirth, Reva Rice, Donna Marie Asbury, Lori Ellis, Stephanie Brown, Holly Shepard, Pia Douwes and Ute Lemper.


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