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Deidre
Deidre is a feminine given name and variant of the given name Deirdre, derived from Deirdre, a tragic heroine in Irish mythology. Notable people with the name include: * Deidre Airey (1926–2002), ceramic artist from New Zealand * Deidre Downs (born 1980), Miss America 2005 * Deidre Hall (born 1947), American actress * Deidre Henderson (born 1974), American politician * Deidre Holland (born 1966), Dutch porn star * Deidre McCalla (21st century), American singer-songwriter * Deidre Rubenstein (born 1948), Australian television and theatre actress * Deidre Sanders (born 1945), British agony aunt and writer of the Dear Deidre column in ''The Sun'' See also * List of Irish-language given names This list of Irish-language given names shows Irish language (''Gaeilge'') given names and Anglicized or Latinized forms, with English equivalents. Some English-language names derive directly from the Irish: Kathleen = Caitlín, Shaun = Seán. S ... * Deirdre (other) {{giv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deidre Downs
Deidre Downs Gunn (born July 7, 1980) is an American physician and former beauty pageant titleholder. Downs was Miss Alabama 2004 and later was crowned Miss America 2005. Education After graduating from Pelham High School in 1998, Downs attended the University of Virginia on a volleyball scholarship. While at the University of Virginia, she was an Echols Scholar and a member of the Jefferson Literary and Debating Society. After her freshman year of college at the University of Virginia, Downs chose to focus on her studies and aspiration to go to medical school and ultimately transferred to Samford University. Her transfer resulted in her losing her scholarship, so she began competing in local pageants to earn scholarship money. She graduated magna cum laude in 2002 from Samford University with a degree in history and a double-minor in biology and chemistry. She was also a finalist for the Rhodes Scholarship in 2002. After completing her stint as Miss America, she began medical sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deidre Hall
Deidre Ann Hall is an American actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Marlena Evans on NBC's daytime drama ''Days of Our Lives'', whom she has played for over 45 years. Hall has won many awards for her portrayal of Marlena, including two Best Actress Soapy Awards in 1982 and 1983. Hall has won three Soap Opera Digest Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in 1984, 1985, and 1995. Hall was the first recipient of the Outstanding Contribution by an Actress/Actor Award in 1986; in addition to receiving a shared award with Drake Hogestyn in 2005 for Favorite Couple: John and Marlena. Hall has also been nominated for a Daytime Emmy three times. Early years The third of five children born to John and Jeanie Hall, Deidre and her twin sister, Andrea, were born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and raised in Lake Worth, Florida along with a brother, John Terry Hall and two other siblings. At age 12, Hall was elected Junior Orange Bowl Queen. She is a graduate of Lake Worth High School ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deidre Henderson
Deidre Marie Hulse Henderson (born September 4, 1974) is an American politician serving as the ninth lieutenant governor of Utah since January 4, 2021. From 2013 to 2021, she served as member of the Utah State Senate for District 7, which is based in Spanish Fork, Utah. Early life and education Deidre Henderson graduated from Taylorsville High School in Taylorsville, Utah. She is currently pursuing a bachelor's degree in history from Brigham Young University and is her own intern. Career Before joining the Utah State Senate, Henderson worked as a business consultant, and was involved in U.S. Congressman Jason Chaffetz's 2008 campaign. Henderson started her political career working for the Jason Chaffetz election campaign. In 2012, Henderson was selected from among two candidates by the Republican convention and was unopposed for the November 6, 2012 General election, winning with 27,257 votes. This district formerly consisted of the East bench of the Salt Lake Valley and was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dear Deidre
''Dear Deidre'' was the British newspaper '' The Sun's'' long running agony aunt column written by Deidre Sanders.Archie Blan"The agony and the ecstasy: Why 'Dear Deidre' Sanders is still solving problems, 30 years on" ''The Independent'', 4 October 2009 ''Dear Deidre'' is also a phone-in section on the long-running British daytime TV programme '' This Morning'', where the section has viewers calling live on the show asking for help from Deidre Sanders. June Deidre Sanders (born 9 June 1945), a graduate of Sheffield University, was responsible for the feature which bears her name since November 1980 until her retirement at the end of 2020. On 27 September 2022, Sanders announced during an interview with ''This Morning'' that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer Breast cancer is cancer that develops from breast tissue. Signs of breast cancer may include a lump in the breast, a change in breast shape, dimpling of the skin, milk rejection, fluid coming from the nipple, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deidre McCalla
Deidre McCalla is an American singer-songwriter from New York City. McCalla was raised around the folk music scene of Macdougal Street in New York, where she began her career. In 1983, she moved to northern California. She has released several albums on the women's music label Olivia Records. She has worked with Teresa Trull, Mike Marshall, Linda Tillery, Bonnie Hayes, and other musicians. She has stated that she is a lesbian. Discography *''Fur Coats & Blue Jeans'' (Roulette Records, 1973) *''Don't Doubt It'' (Olivia Records, 1985) *''With a Little Luck'' (Olivia, 1987) *''Everyday Heroes & Heroines'' (Olivia, 1992) *''Playing for Keeps'' (MaidenRock, 2003) *''Endless Grace'' (MaidenRock 2023) References ;Footnotes ;Further reading *Laura Post, Deidre McCallaat Allmusic AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deidre Airey
Deidre Morag Airey (9 December 1926 – 16 August 2002) was a New Zealand ceramic artist. Her work is held in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Life Airey was born in Christchurch in 1926, to Willis Thomas Goodwin Airey, a university lecturer, and Isobel Lilian Airey (née Chadwick). She attended Epsom Girls’ Grammar School in Auckland, followed by the University of Otago Dunedin School of Medicine. She graduated MB ChB in 1953, and practised medicine in Auckland until settling in the Coromandel in 1960, where she was appointed part-time superintendent of the Coromandel Hospital. Airey's friend Barry Brickell inspired her to begin working in clay, and she began to experiment with creating relief tiles from local Coromandel clay. The tiles were wood-fired at Driving Creek Pottery, producing interesting variations in colour and glaze, and depicted scriptural scenes from the gospels of the New Testament. Many of her scenes are set in the local ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deidre Rubenstein
Deidre Rubenstein (born 1948) is an Australian television and theatre actress, as well as a dramatist and playwright well known for her performance in Australian soap operas and main stage dramatic roles. She has won the Australian Film Institute (AFI) Award as Best Actress. Rubenstein graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1967 and has worked extensively in live theatre, television, films and as a narrator of audio books. She has produced a significant body of work as a narrator of audio books and has won several awards in this field. Television work Rubenstein has worked in television comedies, drama, mini-series and TV movies. In 1970 she appeared in an episode of ''Homicide''. She played a guest role in ''Prisoner'' (1979–80), as terrorist Janet Dominguez. In 2004 Rubenstein played the scheming Svetlanka Ristic in the soap opera ''Neighbours''. Films * ''The Girl Who Came Late'' (1991), directed by Kathy Mueller * '' The Inner Sanctuary'' (1996), directe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deidre Holland
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List Of Irish-language Given Names
This list of Irish-language given names shows Irish language (''Gaeilge'') given names and Anglicized or Latinized forms, with English equivalents. Some English-language names derive directly from the Irish: Kathleen = Caitlín, Shaun = Seán. Some Irish-language names derive or are adapted from the English-language: Éamon = Edmund or Edward. Some Irish-language names have direct English equivalents deriving from a common name in Ireland. Máire, Maura and Mary derive from the French "Marie" and the Hebrew "Mary". Maureen = Máirín, a diminutive. Some Irish names have apparent equivalents in other languages, but they are not etymologically related. Áine (meaning "brightness" or "radiance") is accepted as Anna and Anne (Áine was the name of an Irish Celtic goddess). Some Irish given names may have no equivalent in English (being simply spelt phonetically in an Anglo-Roman way). During the " Irish revival", some Irish names which had fallen out of use were revived. Some names a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deirdre (other)
Deirdre is a feminine given name. Deirdre may also refer to: * Deirdre, a tragic heroine in Irish mythology, from whom the name originates * Deirdre (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * "Deirdre" (song), a song by the Beach Boys * Deirdre (horse) Deirdre (foaled 4 April 2014) is a retired Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse. As a two-year-old she raced six times, winning one minor race and running third in the Fantasy Stakes. In the following year she developed into a top-class performer in ..., a Thoroughbred racehorse * LÉ ''Deirdre'' (P20), a ship in the Irish Naval Service See also * Dierdre (artist), world fusion artist Dierdre Dubois, former frontwoman of Ekova * Deidre {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deirdre (given Name)
Deirdre is a feminine given name. Deirdre is the name of a tragic heroine of Irish mythology. It is also the name of: People * Deirdre Bair (1935–2020), American literary scholar and biographer * Deirdre Blomfield-Brown (born 1936), American Tibetan Buddhist nun * Deirdre Connelly (born 1961), Puerto Rican business executive, particularly with pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline * Deirdre English (born 1948), American former editor of ''Mother Jones'' and author * Deirdre Hargey, Irish Sinn Féin politician, Minister for Communities within the Northern Ireland Executive, and former Lord Mayor of Belfast * Deirdre Hutton (born 1949), British public servant * Deirdre Lovejoy (born 1962), American actress * Deirdre Madden (born 1960), Irish novelist * Deirdre McCloskey (born 1942), American economist and philosopher * Deirdre Mullins, 21st-century Irish actress, director and activist * Deirdre Sullivan, 21st-century Irish children's writer and poet * Deirdre Wilson (born 1941 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deirdre
Deirdre ( , Irish: ; sga, Derdriu ) is the foremost tragic heroine in Irish legend and probably its best-known figure in modern times. She is known by the epithet "Deirdre of the Sorrows" (). Her story is part of the Ulster Cycle, the best-known stories of pre-Christian Ireland. In legend Deirdre was the daughter of the royal storyteller Fedlimid mac Daill. Before she was born, Cathbad the chief druid at the court of Conchobar mac Nessa, king of Ulster, prophesied that Fedlimid's daughter would grow up to be very beautiful, but that kings and lords would go to war over her, much blood would be shed because of her, and Ulster's three greatest warriors would be forced into exile for her sake. Hearing this, many urged Fedlimid to kill the baby at birth, but Conchobar, aroused by the description of her future beauty, decided to keep the child for himself. He took Deirdre away from her family and had her brought up in seclusion by Leabharcham, a poet and wise woman, and planned to m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
