Allegra Kent Allegra Kent Allegra Kent (born August 11, 1937) is an American ballet dancer, actress, children's book author and columnist. Iris Margo Cohen was born to Jewish parents, Harry Herschel and Shirley (née Weissman) Cohen, and later changed her name to Allegra Kent. Kent grew up in what she later described as a dysfunctional environment. In "Once a Dancer: An Autobiography", she describes her Texan father – "who liked to substitute 'Cowboy' for Herschel" – as having "a gambler's soul and a restless nature". She describes her Wisznice-born immigrant mother as feeling "neither European nor American; she was ashamed of her
MS Costa Allegra Thailand and Indonesia. In 2010, the ship was relocated back to Europe, and her Asian itineraries were replaced by "Costa Classica" and "Costa Romantica". In an agreement with TMR of Marseilles, "Costa Cruises", who had owned the Paquet Cruises brand since 1996, used "Costa Allegra", marketed in France under the name "Allegra" and the Paquet Cruises brand, for four spring cruises and seven cruises in autumn of 2010. For these cruises, "Costa Allegra" featured a French master, cruise director, maitres ‘d, receptionists and two French chefs, one of whom, Jean Abauzit, served on board the renowned Mermoz, retired a decade