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  Laura Fraser's World
During her time in the business, Laura has amassed a large number of acting credits.
Starting with the low budget, critically acclaimed 'Small Faces', made while she was still studying, to blockbusters such as the international success of 'A Knights Tale' where she became widely recognised, Laura has demonstrated versatility in her roles and refuses to be typecast.
Laura takes the title role in this little-known story of a critical time in the life of Florence Nightingale, one of the most famous, but least understood, figures in British history.
www.laurafraser.bravepages.com   (542 words)

  
  Meadowlark Gallery: The Artist Biographies
Fraser was the creation of four larger than life sculptured plaques representing the strong traits in the character of President Theodore Roosevelt.
Laura completed the large works in 1960 and they were shipped to Washington, D. where, for some reason not fully apparent to her, they were placed in storage.
Fraser passed away August 14, 1966, she received high recognition and her work was widely acclaimed, but no notice or compliment eclipsed the fact that she had been the widow of James Earle Fraser.
www.meadowlarkgallery.com /FraserLaura.htm   (1201 words)

  
  Speaker Laura Fraser on America's Thin-Obsessed Society - News
Fraser began by tracing the fixation on thinness from 1900, where clothing sizes were first standardized, to the present, where people pay billions of dollars to lose weight.
Fraser commented on how ridiculous it was that everyone in the media was focusing on her weight, as though she had ballooned to a size 37.
Fraser concluded her lecture with what she called the "Anti-Diet," a 10-step process in which people are advised to stop dieting according to anyone else's rules.
media.www.dailycollegian.com /media/storage/paper874/news/2002/02/28/News/Speaker.Laura.Fraser.On.Americas.ThinObsessed.Society-1550113.shtml?norewrite200612092245&sourcedomain=www.dailycollegian.com   (1295 words)

  
  Laura Fraser - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Laura Fraser (born 24 July 1976, Glasgow) is a Scottish actress.
She was most recently seen on BBC television starring in two period drama serials, He Knew He Was Right (2004) and Casanova (2005).
Laura appeared in 'Virtual Sexuality' (1999) alongside Rupert Penry -Jones who she later appeared with in 'Casanova' (2005 television).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Laura_Fraser   (180 words)

  
 James Earle Fraser and Laura Gardin Fraser Studio Papers | Dickinson Research Center
James Earle Fraser was born November 4, 1876 in Winona, Minnesota, the son of Thomas Alexander Fraser and Caroline E. (West) Fraser.
According to Laura Gardin Fraser, this sculpture "was the result of his boyhood spent on the prairies of South Dakota where he lived on a ranch built by his father, who was in charge of engineering, supervising the building of a railroad to Mitchell, South Dakota.
Laura Gardin Fraser was born September 14, 1889 in Chicago, IL, the daughter of John Gardin and Alice Tilton Gardin.
www.nationalcowboymuseum.org /research/r_a_fras.html   (2143 words)

  
 Laura Fraser interview
Appearing opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in The Man in the Iron Mask, Laura Fraser was billed simply as "bedroom beauty", and it seemed a fair assessment of her seductive charms and of the extent of the role.
Fraser is more cautious these days, following a threat of legal action from one company that pointed out she had a legal obligation to promote their film, not rubbish it.
Fraser admits she was nervous about meeting Ledger, who made a big impact as Mel Gibson’s son in The Patriot.
www.iofilm.co.uk /feats/interviews/l/laura_fraser.shtml   (1235 words)

  
 Laura Fraser's World - Article 3
Fraser, though, will shortly reap the reward of all her hard but uncredited work, with two films released next month in which she has lead roles - The Match, a Scottish comedy combining romance and football, and Virtual Sexuality, which once more focuses on whom she goes to bed with.
Fraser describes it as a British version of the sort of teen comedy-dramas that John Hughes used to make, like Pretty in Pink.
Next on Fraser's agenda is a quick visit to Hollywood to meet a few of the people clamouring to represent her in America.
www.laurafraser.bravepages.com /lfart03.html   (1208 words)

  
 Colleen Laura Fraser   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Fraser, vice chairwoman of the New Jersey Disabilities Council, later drew on those experiences to become the top advocate in New Jersey for people with disabilities.
Fraser, who was employed as director of the Progressive Center for Independent Living Inc., a nonprofit advocacy group, was one of the 38 passengers killed on United Airlines Flight 93 in a terrorist hijacking last Tuesday.
Fraser took a job as a case manager with Community Access Unlimited, an advocacy group in Elizabeth for people with disabilities.
www.elizabeth.k12.nj.us /board/911/Fraser.htm   (292 words)

  
 Amazon.com: An Italian Affair: Books: Laura Fraser   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Laura also badly stereotypes American men as if all they are interested in is football.
Laura Fraser has been married for only one year when her husband declares that he no longer loves her and has fallen for a younger woman.
Fraser chronicles a jet-set love affair with a French man after a divorace.
www.amazon.com /Italian-Affair-Laura-Fraser/dp/0375420657   (2276 words)

  
 SALON Daily Clicks | Sneak Peeks
Fraser, a contributing editor at Health magazine, is no fast-talking diet guru — though she does include a chapter on the subject.
Fraser is a stalwart researcher, tracing woman's changing form from Victorian days — when America's most fashionable females tipped the scales at 200 pounds — all the way to the current Kate Moss backlash that has angry fat advocates spray-painting "Feed Me" on bus shelter advertisements.
Fraser spurs readers to rebellion by recommending that they "boycott the diet industry." Weight, after all, is "not a matter of health or discipline but a weapon our culture uses against us to keep us in our place and feeling small."
www.salon.com /sneaks/sneakpeeks970116.html   (403 words)

  
 Laura Risk
Like her teacher Alasdair Fraser, Laura plays in a powerful, percussive style, with tight control and beautiful tone but bursting with energy and passion, turning reels into romps and slow airs into soul-searches.
Laura Risk cut her teeth in the San Francisco Scottish fiddle scene (where she was taught by Alasdair Fraser) and had a spell in Cordelia's Dad.
Laura Risk has now discovered her own niche of Scottish, Cape Breton, and Quebecois fiddle, has moved to Montreal, and her new CD has bilingual, English/French sleeve notes.
www.laurarisk.com /2000milesreviews.html   (957 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Losing It: Books: Laura Fraser   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Fraser traces the history of what's been considered acceptable weight (surprise, it hasn't always been the Kate Moss figure), as well as debunking all those "diet gurus" out there.
Fraser does all her homework, exposing the realities behind obesity research and the (financial) connections between the research and the diet industry.
One reviewer complained that Fraser did not do "all" of her homework because she condemns all diets, and insinuates that the infamous low-carb diet may actually be healthy (I have yet to meet a dietician who will support that claim).
www.amazon.ca /Losing-Laura-Fraser/dp/0452272912   (1325 words)

  
 RandomHouse.ca | Books | An Italian Affair by Laura Fraser
When Laura Fraser's husband leaves her for his high school sweetheart, she takes off, on impulse, for Italy, hoping to leave some of her sadness behind.
And with each experience, Laura brings home not only a lasting sense of pleasure, but a more fully recovered sense of her emotional and sexual self.
Laura Fraser's desktop includes photographs from the time and locations portrayed in her book An Italian Affair, as well as essays on a variety of topics, her favorite Italian recipes, and an Italian phrasebook for lovers.
www.randomhouse.ca /catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780375421389   (359 words)

  
 An Italian Affair - Laura Fraser - Review - An Italian Affair With A French Professor
Laura Fraser gives the reader the lowdown on her situation at the beginning of the story: her husband has just left her for his high school sweetheart, so she flees to Italy to try and heal herself.
Overall An Italian Affair is Laura Fraser's personal journey to get over her husband and reclaim her emotional stability.
Fraser also describes the many places they met and spent their time which I felt gave me a very clear and fascinating picture of the exotic places they visited.
www.dooyoo.co.uk /printed-books/an-italian-affair-laura-fraser/413747   (1002 words)

  
 Laura Fraser - Brief Article Interview - Find Articles
Into the house of Fraser she was born--Laura, a wee lassie so fair and so canny that all the men of Glasgow fought for her in an amusement known as Small Faces (1995).
And thus the Gods had their revenge on Laura Fraser for her frolicsome ways.
In the so-called Titus, her Lavinia was raped and mutilated and hung out to dry in a swamp--a sight so stark it chilled all those who looked upon it.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1285/is_2_30/ai_59461495   (271 words)

  
 Laura Garden Fraser - American Sculptor
Laura Gardin Fraser (1889 - 1966) was born  near Chicago Illinois.  She was encouraged in art by her mother and by the time she graduated from high school in New York City she had already modeled two portraits and many animal sculptures.
She became an instructor at the League between 1910 and 1913, working under James Earl Fraser who was her sculpture instructor at the school.  Laura Gardin and James Earl Fraser were married in 1913 and purchased a home in Westport, Connecticut where they built a large studio for them both to sculpt in.
An entire building at the Cowboy Museum of Western Art in Oklahoma City is devoted to the plaster models and personal effects of James and Laura Fraser.
www.bronze-gallery.com /sculptors/artist.cfm?sculptorID=116   (232 words)

  
 Borders - Feature - Revising the Love Story   (Site not responding. Last check: )
When Laura Fraser's husband suddenly left her, it seemed like she had lost everything—not just the man she loved, but a whole vision of her life and her future.
The ensuing romance—passionate, but without commitment—helped restore Fraser to herself, and it changed her understanding of love and marriage.
Fraser tells her story in An Italian Affair, and she shares some of the wisdom she gained in this essay.
www.bordersstores.com /features/feature.jsp?file=fraser   (1250 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Virtual Sexuality: DVD: Laura Fraser (II),Rupert Penry-Jones,Luke de Lacey,Kieran O'Brien,Steve John ...   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Justine (the delightful Laura Fraser), the heroine of Virtual Sexuality, thinks her life is ruined because she's a 17-year-old virgin.
Fraser and Penry-Jones are perfectly matched; they do a superb job of seeming like the same personality in two different bodies.
Laura Fraser shines in both sensitivity and comedy as Justine (third-billed, inexplicably, though she carries the film), the lonely and frustrated teen desperate for romance.
www.amazon.com /Virtual-Sexuality-Laura-Fraser-II/dp/0767847539   (1374 words)

  
 Laura Gardin Fraser and the Washington Quarter - Coin Collecting
I am her grand-niece, and during my childhood I spent alot of time at their home, and in the huge studio in Westport, CT, where she worked with her husband James Earle Fraser.
It was a lovely article, but failed to mention the designer of the coin, even though the author, Verlyn Klinkenborg, called it a "work of art".
I do plan on writing an article on James Earle Fraser and his Buffalo Nickel within the next month or two.
www.bellaonline.com /articles/art29631.asp   (357 words)

  
 The Fraser Institute: Laura Jones
Laura Jones is the Director of Environmental Studies at The Fraser Institute.
She joined The Fraser Institute in 1996 to develop the Institute's policy on the environment.
Ms Jones has also published articles in Fraser Forum, The Vancouver Sun, the Ottawa Citizen, the Financial Post, and the National Post, and was a co-author of the first and second editions of Environmental Indicators for Canada and the United States (1997, 1998) and of Environmental Indicators for North America and the United Kingdom (1999).
oldfraser.lexi.net /about_us/people/laura_jones.html   (238 words)

  
 Laura Fraser: AN ITALIAN AFFAIR
When Laura Fraser's husband leaves her for his high school sweetheart, she takes off, on impulse, for the Italian island of Ischia, to nurse her shattered ego.
And each experience also becomes for Laura another step toward a fully recovered sense of her emotional and sexual self.
Laura Fraser has written for Salon.com, Vogue, Glamour, Mother Jones, Self, The San Francisco Examiner, Gourmet, and Health, among other publications.
www.randomhouse.com /pantheon/authors/laurafraser/diet.html   (1865 words)

  
 books by Laura Fraser
Fraser's travelogue is in no way a superficial or trivial book about a soon-to-be-forgotten fling, however.
Writing with great emotional depth and insight, Fraser candidly describes the devastating marriage breakup that became the catalyst for her journey to Italy, and the life-affirming relationship she discovers while trying to simply lose herself.
Her trip begins in Florence, a city she knows well, but before long Fraser feels that her time among friends won't allow her to put the necessary distance between herself and the painful memories of her husband.
laurafraser.com /books.html   (279 words)

  
 Laura Fraser at tedstrong.com
Laura Fraser Stats: Actress, Scottish, Age 23, Supa-Dope Hot.
But I was also sad because I thought that she'd die from such wounds or she would be mercy-killed or some such.
But that did not happen, and we got to see more and more of Laura Fraser, all the way until the end of the movie.
www.tedstrong.com /laurafraser.shtml   (292 words)

  
 Anthony Trollope - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He Knew He Was Right transmitted April 18, 2004 on BBC One, the first of four sixty-minute episodes.
Produced by BBC Wales, and adapted again by Andrew Davies, it starred, amongst others, Bill Nighy, Laura Fraser, David Tennant, and Geoffrey Palmer.
In the United States, PBS has broadcast all four series: The Pallisers in its own right, and The Barchester Chronicles, The Way We Live Now, and He Knew He Was Right as part of Masterpiece Theatre.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Anthony_Trollope   (1981 words)

  
 ClubMemoir.org: Book Review - An Italian Affair by Laura Fraser
When Fraser's brief marriage falls apart, she heads to Italy to outrun her heartbreak.
After a few men make obnoxious passes at her, Fraser finally meets "the professor," a married Parisian art instructor known to the reader only as M. They spend four days together frolicking on beaches, hotel rooms, and sharing romantic meals before she returns home to San Francisco.
For example, at one point Fraser says to M., "as my psychologist says, 'you are una fantasma '." M. is confused until Fraser realizes she called him a ghost.
www.blackandjewish.com /cm/reviews/fraser.htm   (474 words)

  
 Laura Fraser (II)
Laura Fraser was born on 24th July 1976 and brought up in Glasgow.
Laura Fraser and Max Beesley star as a couple who trash their apartment.
Discuss this name with other users on IMDb message board for Laura Fraser (II)
www.imdb.com /name/nm0292182   (259 words)

  
 books by Laura Fraser
Fraser's travelogue is in no way a superficial or trivial book about a soon-to-be-forgotten fling, however.
Writing with great emotional depth and insight, Fraser candidly describes the devastating marriage breakup that became the catalyst for her journey to Italy, and the life-affirming relationship she discovers while trying to simply lose herself.
Her trip begins in Florence, a city she knows well, but before long Fraser feels that her time among friends won't allow her to put the necessary distance between herself and the painful memories of her husband.
www.laurafraser.com /books.html   (279 words)

  
 articles by Laura Fraser
We went Laura Fraser to three cities with one mission in mind: Date like crazy--then kiss and tell.
On an island off Sicily, writer Laura Fraser discovers the importance of doing…nothing.
Laura Fraser pays tribute to a mainstay of Italian cuisine.
laurafraser.com /articles.html   (1266 words)

  
 Laura Fraser - Overview - MSN Movies
Biography:A native of Glasgow, Scottish actress "Laura Fraser" first came to the attention of international audiences with her work in "Gillies MacKinnon"'s 1995 Small Faces.
A coming-of-age drama set in a rough Glasgow neighborhood in the 1960s, it featured Fraser as the girlfriend of a local gangster, and the acclaim the film received contained praise for Fraser's tough, vivacious performance.
In 1999 Fraser was chosen as part of a high-profile cast to star as Lavinia in Titus, "Julie Taymor"'s iconoclastic screen adaptation of Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus.
entertainment.msn.com /celebs/celeb.aspx?c=304818   (178 words)

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