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Netta (name)
Netta is a short form of many names ending -netta, including Aquanetta, Arnetta, Dawnetta, Janetta and Jenetta, as part of the largest etymological root of names with over five hundred variations, both male and female. Notable people with this name include the following: Given name * Netta Aloni (born 1945), Israeli composer * Netta Barzilai (born 1993), Israeli singer also known mononymously as Netta * Netta Eames, born Ninetta Wiley, (1852–1944), American writer * Netta Engelhardt, Israeli-American theoretical physicist * Netta Garti (born 1980), Israeli actress * Netta Elizabeth Gray (1913–1970), American botanist * Netta Muskett (1887–1963), British romance novelist * Netta Peacock (1864/7–1938), English art writer and photographer * Netta Rheinberg (1911–2006), English cricketer, journalist and administrator * Netta Schreiber (born 1998), Israeli figure skater * Netta Syrett (1865–1943), English writer Nickname * Netta Eames (1852–1944), American writer and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aquanetta
Acquanetta (born Mildred Davenport; July 17, 1921 – August 16, 2004), nicknamed "The Venezuelan Volcano", was an American B movie, B-movie actress during the 1940s and 1950s. Acquanetta was most known for her "exotic" beauty. Early years The facts of Acquanetta's origins are not known with certainty. Although accounts differ (some giving her birth-name as Mildred Davenport, from Norristown, Pennsylvania), Acquanetta claimed she was born Burnu Acquanetta, meaning "Burning Fire/Deep Water", in Ozone, Wyoming. Orphaned from her Arapaho parents when she was two (or three), she lived briefly with another family before being taken in by an artistic couple with whom she remained until she made the choice to live independently at the age of fifteen. Other accounts suggest she was a light-skinned African American who Passing (racial identity), concealed her heritage due to the racial discrimination of the era; her career was followed closely by the African American press. In 1942, ''L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |