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Recent Examples of mademoiselleDoja also matches the vibe of a mademoiselle while putting her French to the test and posing for photos in front of the Eiffel Tower.—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 20 Aug. 2025
Two years after starring with Polly James as single roommates on the first season of the Liverpool-set The Liver Birds, Collins in 1971 was hired for ITV’s Upstairs, Downstairs to portray the maid Sarah, who at one point leaves Eaton Place to become a singer at a music hall, only to return.
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Lisa de los Reyes,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Nov. 2025
Jessica Barden will play the actress Nance O’Neill, who was Lizzie’s friend, and Vicky Krieps will star the Borden family’s maid, Bridget Sullivan.
Based on Henry James' The Turn of the Screw, the story — about an emotionally unstable governess (Deborah Kerr) who becomes convinced that there’s something very wrong with her young charges — has inspired multiple films and TV series, including Mike Flanagan’s The Haunting of Bly Manor.
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Katie Rife,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
His father worked as a janitor and mother a governess.
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Jan Goldsmith,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Sep. 2025
These include typecasting Black women as jezebels, sapphires and mammies; these depictions, combined with the law enforcement they may be exposed to, increase their vulnerability under the law.
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Kerry Lester Kasper,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Aug. 2025
The mammy stereotype, which desexualized both dark skinned enslaved and free women (who were often in domestic roles), made muting Black beauty the norm.
The story centers on a high-end D.C. madam who goes into witness protection and flees to Maine with her daughter; Gillen will reportedly play business exec Carl Milliken III.
Both boys and girls soccer have won state titles, with the former already claiming two and in the running for a third this fall.
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Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
8 Nov. 2025
Each year, the parade organization invites all military, veteran and civic organizations, as well as many universities, high schools, junior high schools, youth groups throughout the Treasure Valley and encourage marching bands, floats, boys and girl scout units to participate.
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