Famous People with Name Mary

Mary Kathleen Turner            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Mary Kathleen Turner: Turner was born in Springfield, Missouri, the daughter of Patsy (née Magee) and Allen Richard Turner, who was a U.S. Foreign Service officer and schoolteacher; who grew up in China (where Turner's great-grandfather was a Methodist missionary). A diplomat, her father had been imprisoned by the Japanese for four years during the Second World War. As a child, Turner lived in Canada, Venezuela, the United Kingdom and was living in Cuba, at the time Castro came to power. Turner has two brothers and a sister. While attending high school in London

Mary Elizabeth "Liz" Smith            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Mary Elizabeth "Liz" Smith: is an American gossip columnist. Liz Smith is known as The Grand Dame of Dish.In the late 1950's Smith worked as a ghostwriter for the popular Cholly Knickerbocker gossip column that appeared in the Hearst newspapers. After leaving that column in the early 1960's she went to work for Helen Gurley Brown as the entertainment editor for the American version of Cosmopolitan magazine, later working simultaneously as Sports Illustrated entertainment editor as well.

Mary Flannery O'Connor            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Mary Flannery O'Connor: was an American novelist, short-story writer and essayist.O'Connor described herself as a "pigeon-toed child with a receding chin and a you-leave-me-alone-or-I'll-bite-you complex." When O'Connor was five she taught a chicken to walk backwards, and it was this that led to her first experience of being a celebrity. The Pathé News people filmed "Little Mary O'Connor" with her trained chicken, and showed the film around the country. She said, "That was the most exciting thing that ever happened to me. It's all been downhill from there."

Mary Jo Salter            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Mary Jo Salter: Salter was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan and was raised in Detroit, Michigan and Baltimore, Maryland. She received her B.A. from Harvard University in 1976 and her M.A. from Cambridge University in 1978. In 1976, she participated in the Glascock Prize contest.

Mary Lillian Ellison            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Mary Lillian Ellison: etter known by her ring name The Fabulous Moolah, was an American female professional wrestler who was marketed by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as holding the record for the longest title reign by any athlete in any professional sport. She began her twenty-seven year championship reign in 1956. She was also known as being the first WWF Women's Champion. According to WWE, Moolah held the title a total of four times.

Ludovic Mary            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Ludovic Mary: is a footballer, currently playing for Championnat de France amateur Group C side US Colomiers Football as a left-back.