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Hamill

American  
[ham-uhl] / ˈhæm əl /

noun

  1. Dorothy (Stuart), born 1956, U.S. figure skater.


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She joined Sarah Hughes, Tara Lipinski, Kristi Yamaguchi, Dorothy Hamill and Peggy Fleming as the only American women with individual Olympic golds in the past half-century.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

It is based on the 2020 novella King of Horror by Stephen King and stars Tom Hiddleston and Chiwetel Ejiofor, alongside Gillan and Star Wars actor Mark Hamill.

From BBC • Aug. 22, 2025

But when Flanagan, who had previously cast him as a ruthless lawyer in the Netflix horror miniseries “The Fall of the House of Usher,” offered him the role, Hamill didn’t hesitate, at least not outwardly.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2025

Hamill, who hasn’t often had the chance to deliver this kind of grounded, dramatic work on screen, approached it with some trepidation.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2025

She was a tall, painfully thin woman with hair dyed an unnatural flaxen and cropped in a manner reminiscent of Dorothy Hamill.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng