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Doreen Roberts
Doreen may refer to: *Doreen (name), a woman's name, usually found in English-speaking countries *Doreen (given name), any of several people In arts and entertainment Fictional characters *Doreen Corkhill, on the British soap opera ''Brookside'' *Doreen Fenwick, on the British soap opera ''Coronation Street'' *Doreen Green, known as Squirrel Girl, in comic books published by Marvel Comics *Doreen Lostock, on the British soap opera ''Coronation Street'' *Doreen, the female protagonist in ''The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke'' (1915) and its sequels, including ''Doreen'' (1917), by C.J. Dennis *Doreen, the sister of Masa and Mune in the video game series ''Chrono Trigger'' *Doreen, the wife of James Honeyman in ''James Honeyman'' by W.H. Auden *Doreen Anderson, prisoner on the Australian drama series ''Wentworth'' Songs * "Doreen", on the 1981 Frank Zappa album ''You Are What You Is'' * "Doreen", on the 1993 Half Man Half Biscuit album ''This Leaden Pall'' * "Doreen", on the 2010 Ace ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Doreen (given 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doreen Corkhill
Doreen Corkhill is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Brookside'', played by Kate Fitzgerald. The character debuted on-screen during the episode broadcast on 27 August 1985. Doreen was introduced as part of the new Corkhill family consisting of herself, husband Billy Corkhill (John McArdle) and their two children Tracy (Justine Kerrigan) and Rod Corkhill (Jason Hope). Doreen was portrayed as the aspiring housewife who wants to buy her own home. Billy risks financial ruin to help Doreen get her ideal home on Brookside Close. She is characterised as competitive and wants to portray a positive family image to her neighbours. She is a shopaholic and over spender, a trait writers used to get the Corkhills into debt. Her behaviour causes the her family many problems, Billy begins committing fraud and robberies to fund their lifestyle. Fitzgerald decided to leave ''Brookside'' in 1987, citing exhaustion and issues with Doreen's characterisation. Writers crea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doreen Fenwick
The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the ITV (TV network), ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' in 2007, by order of first appearance. Roger Stiles Roger Stiles, played by Andrew Dunn (actor), Andrew Dunn, is a plumber who fixes Janice Battersby's (Vicky Entwistle) heating in January 2007 when her boiler breaks down. After they date twice in the Rovers Return Inn, he invites Janice to go to France with him for a three-month holiday and she accepts. Janice returns alone in March and Roger returns two months later. In 2007, he invests £10,000 in Janice's stepdaughter Leanne Battersby, Leanne's (Jane Danson) restaurant. Janice and Roger begin living together after Roger struggles to pay his rent, as a result of his loan to Leanne, which she eventually pays back. He saves the Barlows' kitchen roof when it is leaking in May 2008 and strikes up a friendship with Ken Barlow (William Roache). In early August 2008, he, Janice, Bill Webster (Peter Armitage (ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doreen Green
Squirrel Girl (Doreen Allene Green) is a superheroine appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Will Murray and writer/artist Steve Ditko, she first appeared in '' Marvel Super-Heroes'' vol. 2 #8, a.k.a. ''Marvel Super-Heroes Winter Special'' (cover-dated Winter 1991). Murray created the character out of a desire to write lighthearted stories, in contrast to the heavily dramatic tales that were then norm in mainstream comics. Although distinct from Marvel's mutants, Doreen has a genetic anomaly which gives her the ability to communicate with squirrels, she has been a member of both the Avengers and the Great Lakes Avengers, and has been a supporting character in stories featuring Luke Cage and Jessica Jones. She has also appeared in her own solo series, which have depicted her dividing her time between her superhero adventures and her work as a college student. Publication history Creation and development Squirrel Girl was created by wr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doreen Lostock
'' Coronation Street'' is a British soap opera, initially produced by Granada Television. Created by writer Tony Warren, ''Coronation Street'' first broadcast on ITV on 9 December 1960. The following is a list of characters introduced in the show's second year, by order of first appearance. Originally written by Warren, the series is produced by Stuart Latham until July and then by Derek Granger from July onwards. In January, Latham introduced four new regular characters, the first batch to arrive since Warren's initial creations at the start of the series a month earlier. These were factory workers Sheila Birtles (Eileen Mayers) and Doreen Lostock (Angela Crow), timid shop assistant Emily Nugent (Eileen Derbyshire) and an extension to the Walker family, Annie and Jack's son Billy Walker (Kenneth Farrington). Derbyshire departed from the role of Emily in 2016. January also saw the introduction of Len Fairclough ( Peter Adamson), a character who would become one of the serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Songs Of A Sentimental Bloke
''The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke'' is a verse novel by Australian poet and journalist C. J. Dennis. Portions of the work appeared in '' The Bulletin'' between 1909 and 1915, the year the verse novel was completed and published by Angus & Robertson. Written in the rough and comical Australian slang that was Dennis' signature style, the work became immensely popular in Australia, selling over 60,000 copies in nine editions within the first year of publication.Bellanta, Melissa (2014).A Masculine Romance: The Sentimental Bloke and Australian Culture in the War- and Early Interwar Years. ''Journal of Popular Romance Studies''. 4 (2). ''The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke'' tells the story of Bill, a member of a larrikin push (or gang) in Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chrono Trigger
is a 1995 role-playing video game developed and published by Square. It was originally released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System as the first game in the ''Chrono'' series. The game's development team included three designers that Square dubbed the "Dream Team": Hironobu Sakaguchi, creator of Square's ''Final Fantasy'' series; Yuji Horii, creator of Enix's '' Dragon Quest'' series; and Akira Toriyama, character designer of ''Dragon Quest'' and author of the '' Dragon Ball'' manga series. In addition, Takashi Tokita co-directed the game and co-wrote the scenario, Kazuhiko Aoki produced the game, Masato Kato wrote most of the story, while composer Yasunori Mitsuda wrote most of the soundtrack before falling ill and deferring the remaining tracks to ''Final Fantasy'' series composer Nobuo Uematsu. The game's story follows a group of adventurers who travel through time to prevent a global catastrophe. ''Chrono Trigger'' was a critical and commercial success upon re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Wentworth Characters
The following is a list of characters from the Australian television series ''Wentworth (TV series), Wentworth''. Main characters Bea Smith Bea Smith (Danielle Cormack) (seasons 1–4) came to be an inmate after attempting to murder her husband, Harry, after she had endured years of domestic violence. After entering the facility she is coveted by both Franky Doyle and Jacs Holt in their fight for "Top Dog" of the prison. Bea struggles adjusting to her new life in prison as well as trying to keep up with her daughter, Debbie, and her husband while they are on the outside world. After Bea's daughter is murdered on the order of Jacs Holt, Bea kills her by jabbing a pen into her neck and is charged with manslaughter. After believing that Debbie committed suicide, it is later revealed to Bea that Debbie was murdered by Brayden Holt, Jacs' son. Hellbent on revenge, Bea concocts a plan to escape Wentworth and kill Brayden for killing Debbie. After a bloody fight with Franky, Bea s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You Are What You Is
''You Are What You Is'' is a 1981 double album by American musician Frank Zappa. His 34th album, it consists of three musical suites which encompass pop, doo-wop, jazz, hard rock, reggae, soul, blues, new wave and country. The album's lyrics satirize a number of topics, including hippies, socialites, fashion, narcotics use, cultural appropriation, religion, televangelists and the military draft. Production After the release of ''Joe's Garage'', Frank Zappa set up his home studio, the Utility Muffin Research Kitchen, and planned to release a triple LP live album called ''Warts and All''. As ''Warts and All'' reached completion, Zappa found the project to be "unwieldy" due to its length, and scrapped it, later conceiving ''Crush All Boxes''. ''Crush All Boxes'' would have been a single LP containing the studio recordings "Doreen", "Fine Girl", "Easy Meat" (a live recording with studio overdubs) and "Goblin Girl" on the first side, with the second side being occupied by a suite co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This Leaden Pall
''This Leaden Pall'' is the fourth album by the English rock band Half Man Half Biscuit, released in 1993. The album cover features a bleak overdeveloped picture of the now demolished Hale Wood pub in Halewood, Merseyside. In 2001 it was voted the 93rd best LP sleeve of all time in '' Q'' magazine. Anecdotally, lead singer Nigel Blackwell has referred to the album as their '' Closer''. Critical reception *Stewart Mason, AllMusic: "Following the somewhat shaky '' McIntyre, Treadmore & Davitt'', ''This Leaden Pall'' is a much more self-assured transition into the new era of Half Man Half Biscuit." *Johnny Cigarettes, ''NME'': "Nigel Crossley 'sic''s reputation as the only rival to Vic Reeves in making cultural ephemera unfeasibly funny remains untarnished." *Andrew Harrison, '' Select'': " '93 the Half Men remain gloriously morose and cruelly observant." Track listing # "M-6-ster" # " 4AD3DCD" # "Running Order Squabble Fest" # "Whiteness Thy Name Is Meltonian" # "This Leade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Golden Ratio (album)
''The Golden Ratio'' is the fifth studio album by Swedish pop music group Ace of Base. It was recorded in early 2009 through mid-2010. It is the only album to feature two new vocalists: Clara Hagman and Julia Williamson. Production on this album initially began with former band member and lead vocalist, Jenny Berggren in which the resulting sessions were shelved. ''The Golden Ratio'' marks the band's first album of completely new material since their 2002 album, ''Da Capo Da capo (, also , ) is an Italian musical term that means "from the beginning" (literally, "from the head"). It is often abbreviated as D.C. The term is a directive to repeat the previous part of music, often used to save space, and thus is an ...''. The album entered the German album charts at number 20 and at number 100 in Switzerland. Background The band have said of the album “The Golden Ratio” is the end result of three years of work in the studio for Ulf and Jonas. Their main challenge was to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
