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Doreen (name)
Doreen (, DAWR-een), also occasionally spelt Dorean or Dorine, is a feminine given name, usually found in English-speaking countries. It is a combination of Dora with the suffix -een, which is related to the -''ín'' suffix used in Irish, usually signifying small size or as an endearment. Dora is a variant of Dorothy / Dorothea, which derives from the Late Greek name ''Δωρόθεος'' (Dorotheos), which meant "gift of god" (from ''δῶρον''/doron meaning "gift" and ''θεός''/theos meaning "god". It is thus related to many other feminine given names names, including Dorian, Dorinda, Theodora and Isidora. Theodore is the masculine equivalent. Diminutive forms include Dee, Dodie, Dolly, Dory, Dot, Dottie, and Dotty. The first known use of Doreen may have been in Edna Lyall's 1894 novel ''Doreen: The Story of a Singer''. Doreen may refer to the following people: In arts, entertainment, and media *Doreen Blumhardt (1914–2009), New Zealand potter, ceramicist and arts e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dora (given Name)
Dora ( el, Δώρα) is a female name of Greek origin being a shortened form or derived from Dorothea (Dorothy), Theodora meaning "Gift" or in its full form "God's Gift", from , ''doron'', "gift" + , ''theos'', "god". The name ''Dora'' can also be a short form of ''Isadora'', ''Isidora'' and other such compound names. The earliest form of the word ''doron'' is the Mycenaean Greek , ''do-ra'', meaning "gifts", written in the Linear B syllabic script, but it is not an anthroponym, it is only the plural () of said word; on the other hand, the names ''Theodora'' and ''Amphidora'' are attested in Linear B as , ''te-o-do-ra'', and , ''a-pi-do-ra'', respectively. The masculine counterpart of the latter, i.e. ''Amphidoros'', is also found: , ''a-pi-do-ro''. In Albanian, ''dora'' means 'hand'. In Russian, Dora can be a diminutive of the male first name Agafodor.Superanskaya, p. 24 People * Dora Altmann (1881–1971), German actress *Dora Annie Dickens (1850–1851), infant daught ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doreen Gentzler
Doreen Gentzler (born September 24, 1957) is a retired American television news anchor . She anchored the news at 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. on WRC-TV in Washington, D.C. Early life Gentzler was raised in the Dominion Hills neighborhood of Arlington, Virginia Arlington County is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The county is situated in Northern Virginia on the southwestern bank of the Potomac River directly across from the District of Columbia, of which it was once a part. The county ....Fahri, Paul. "Jim & Doreen: NBC4's top-rated anchors are still leading the pack after 25 years". ''The Washington Post''. July 25, 2014. Her mother, Rita O'Flinn, worked as a secretary for the federal government while her father, Ferris Gentzler, was an executive with an insurance company. Her family moved to Mount Pleasant, South Carolina when she was 11 years old. Her family came back to the area when she left for college at the University of Georgia. Gentzler is a 1979 graduate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doreen Wonda Johnson
Doreen Wonda Johnson is an American politician serving as a member of the New Mexico House of Representatives from the 5th district. Elected in 2014, she assumed office in 2015. Johnson is a member of the Navajo Nation. Early life and education Johnson was born in Crownpoint, New Mexico. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in education from Marymount University in Arlington County, Virginia Arlington County is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The county is situated in Northern Virginia on the southwestern bank of the Potomac River directly across from the District of Columbia, of which it was once a part. The county .... Career In the 2014 general election, Johnson defeated Democratic incumbent Sandra Jeff who ran as a write-in candidate after she failed to obtain sufficient signatures to qualify for the primary. In the 2016 legislative session, Johnson served on the Committee on Compacts, the Education Committee, and the Regulatory and Public Affairs C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doreen Hamilton
Doreen Ellen Hamilton ( Munholland; May 17, 1951 – December 2, 2022) was a Canadian politician. She received her Education Standard A Certificate at the University of Regina.Douglas R. Archer - City of Regina. Retrieved October 29, 2010. In 1985, she was elected to and re-elected in 1988. She served as interim for six weeks in 1988, following the resignation of [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doreen Eagles
Doreen Eagles is a Canadian provincial politician. She was the Saskatchewan Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for the constituency of Estevan from 1999 until 2016. Doreen was born in Midale, Saskatchewan Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western Canada, western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on t ... and grew up in Macoun-Estevan area on her families farm. Doreen received her education in Macoun. Doreen and her husband Vic Eagles have two children: Terry and Trisha, both who have children of their own. References Women MLAs in Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Party MLAs Living people 21st-century Canadian politicians 21st-century Canadian women politicians Year of birth missing (living people) {{Saskatchewan-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doreen Dodick
Doreen Lois Dodick (born February 17, 1932 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan) is a former politician in Manitoba, Canada. She was a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1981 to 1986. She was born Doreen Lois Oehlerking, the daughter of Edward John Oehlerking and Ima Cathine Annable, was educated in Saskatchewan, and subsequently moved to Manitoba. In 1952, she married John Dodick. She worked as an organizer for the NDP before entering political life herself. She was a candidate in the south Winnipeg riding of Riel in the provincial election of 1977, but lost to Tory incumbent Donald Craik by almost 4,000 votes. Four years later, in the provincial election of 1981, she defeated Craik by 242 votes in a rematch, as the NDP won a majority government under Howard Pawley. She was not appointed to cabinet. In the 1986 election, Dodick lost to Tory challenger Gerry Ducharme by over 700 votes. She has not sought a return to provincial politics sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doreen Chen
Doreen Chen (born 16 September 1949) is a Jamaican retired politician. Political career On 11 October 2000, her political opponent Alfred Chen (of no relation) was killed in a helicopter crash. References 1949 births Living people 20th-century Jamaican women politicians 20th-century Jamaican politicians 21st-century Jamaican women politicians 21st-century Jamaican politicians People from Trelawny Parish Members of the House of Representatives of Jamaica People's National Party (Jamaica) politicians {{Jamaica-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doreen Virtue
Doreen Virtue (née Hannan, born 1958), is an American former leading New Age author, who rejected those beliefs and embraced born again Christianity in 2017. Early life and education Doreen Virtue was born Doreen Hannan in Southern California, spending her childhood in North Hollywood until her family moved to Escondido, San Diego in 1968. She grew up as a student of Christian Science. Virtue earned a master's degree in counseling psychology from Protestant-affiliated Chapman University and a distance learning PhD in psychology from California Coast University, before it was accredited. New Age career Prior to 1995, Virtue worked as a psychotherapist. She was the victim of a carjacking that year and attributed "angelic intervention" for preventing her from death or serious injury; following the event, she chose to close her therapy practice and begin performing tarot readings. Over the next two decades, Doreen published over fifty books and divination cards through the New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doreen Valiente
Doreen Edith Dominy Valiente (4 January 1922 – 1 September 1999) was an English Wiccan who was responsible for writing much of the early religious liturgy within the tradition of Gardnerian Wicca. An author and poet, she also published five books dealing with Wicca and related esoteric subjects. Born to a middle-class family in Surrey, Valiente began practising magic while a teenager. Working as a translator at Bletchley Park during the Second World War, she also married twice in this period. Developing her interest in occultism after the war, she began practising ceremonial magic with a friend while living in Bournemouth. Learning of Wicca, in 1953 she was initiated into the Gardnerian tradition by its founder, Gerald Gardner. Soon becoming the High Priestess of Gardner's Bricket Wood coven, she helped him to produce or adapt many important scriptural texts for Wicca, such as ''The Witches Rune'' and the ''Charge of the Goddess'', which were incorporated into the early Gardn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doreen Tracey
Doreen Isabelle Tracey (April 13, 1943 – January 10, 2018) was a British-born American performer who appeared on the original ''Mickey Mouse Club'' television show from 1955–59. Early life Tracey was born in St Pancras, London, England. Her parents, Sidney Tracey and Bessie Hay, were an American vaudeville dance team that performed for Allied soldiers during World War II. Her father's original name was Murray Katzelnick. He emigrated to the United States from Russia with his Jewish parents as an infant. Career When Doreen was four, her family returned to the United States, where her father first ran a nightclub, then opened a dance studio in Hollywood, California. She learned to dance and sing at an early age, courtesy of the many instructors and performers who worked out at her father's studio. Her first professional work was an uncredited singing and dancing bit in the musical film ''The Farmer Takes'' ''a Wife'' (1953). At age twelve she auditioned for the Disney's ''Mic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doreen Taylor
Doreen Taylor is an American adult contemporary, pop singer, songwriter, Broadway performer and actress. Her debut EP, ''Unbreakable'', was released in 2007. A follow-up LP album, ''Taylor Made Hits'', was released in 2008. She released a special multi-media album called ''Coming Home'' which benefited the American troops. Her first original country solo album ''Magic'' was released worldwide on April 11, 2012. Her single ''Colors of the USA'' benefiting the National Parks Conservation Association was released on April 11, 2014. She released her single, "TOY", nationwide on June 23, 2015, which reached the top 50 of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and No. 31 on the Adult Contemporary chart. In 2016, she released her adult contemporary album ''Happily Ever After''. She made her Off-Broadway debut in 2017 in ''An Enchanted Evening: A Night with Oscar Hammerstein'' and returned to the Off-Broadway stage in March 2019 in the original musical, ''Sincerely, Oscar''. In 2019, she returned t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doreen Sloane
Doreen Sloane (24 February 1934, in Birkenhead – 8 April 1990, in Liverpool) was an English actress, best known for playing Annabelle Collins, one of the original characters in the soap opera ''Brookside'' on Channel 4 between 1982 and 1990. She trained at the Elliott Clarke Theatre School in Liverpool and appeared in repertory theatres before being cast in the first of four roles in ''Coronation Street''. Sloane also appeared in the films ''Yanks'' and ''Chariots of Fire''. Other TV appearances include ''Nearest and Dearest'', ''Last of the Summer Wine'' , '' How We Used To Live'' and in the soap opera ''Emmerdale ''Emmerdale'' (known as ''Emmerdale Farm'' until 1989) is a British soap opera that is broadcast on ITV1. The show is set in Emmerdale (known as Beckindale until 1994), a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, '' ...''. She died of cancer at the age of only 56. The final scenes she recorded for ''Brookside'' went to air after he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
