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Samantha Smith. Actress: Dead Like Me. Samantha Lea Kelsea was born in Vancouver, Canada, to Terrea (Oster), an American-born actress, and Maurice Smith, a British-born film producer. Her brothers are actor Gregory and Douglas Smith. Samantha is an actress and dancer. She first started dancing at the age of four in Ballet, Jazz, Modern and ...
Samantha Smith. Samantha Smith (1972-1985) was an American schoolgirl and peace campaigner, famously invited to the Soviet Union during the early 1980s. Smith was born, raised and educated in Maine in the north-eastern United States. In November 1982 Smith, then aged 10, wrote a brief letter to newly elected Soviet leader Yuri Andropov.
Aug 24, 2020 · Samantha Smith's trip in July 1983 as a "goodwill ambassador" to the U.S.S.R. was a media sensation, although some dismissed her visit as a Soviet PR stunt. She spent three days at the most ...
Samantha Reed Smith (June 29, 1972 – August 25, 1985) was an American schoolgirl from Manchester, Maine, who became known as "America's Youngest Ambassador" in the United States and the "Goodwill Ambassador" in the Soviet Union during her short lifetime.
THE SAMANTHA SMITH FOUNDATION. (1985-2012) The Samantha Smith Foundation was founded in October 1985 by Jane Smith, in honor of her late daughter, America's youngest ambassador for peace. For the next decade, the foundation organized summer visits for children, mainly between the ages of 11 and 16, to and from the Soviet Union and its successor ...
In 1982 Samantha Smith was a frightened 10 year old girl in the small community of Manchester, Maine. One day she asked her mother, Jane, if she would write Yuri Andropov, the Premier of the Soviet Union, and ask him whether the Soviet Union intended to start a war. Samantha’s mother answered, “Why don’t you.”.
1 of 29. Samantha Smith, of Manchester, holds the letter she received from Soviet leader Yuri Andropov on April 26, 1983. Smith became known as a peace activist after writing to Andropov to ask ...
