Calamity Jane
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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On-screen she played Calamity Jane, Queen Elizabeth II, Georgia O’Keeffe and two Roosevelts – Eleanor from ages 18 to 60 in a mid-’70s miniseries, then Sara in HBO’s “Warm Springs” 30 years later.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 25, 2021
On-screen she played Calamity Jane, Queen Elizabeth II, Georgia O’Keeffe and two Roosevelts — Eleanor from ages 18 to 60 in a mid-’70s miniseries, then Sara in HBO’s “Warm Springs” 30 years later.
From Washington Post • Sep. 23, 2021
She has performed serious plays by Ibsen, Chekhov and Shakespeare; inhabited formidable characters like Eleanor Roosevelt and Calamity Jane; and led the National Endowment for the Arts through the culture wars.
From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2020
The legendary gunfighter resumes romance with Calamity Jane, faces an upstart and copes with his past in late-1800s Dakota Territory.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 9, 2019
“Why don’t you feed and water that horse? And check on Calamity Jane while you’re at it. She’s almost ready to have those kittens.”
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
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