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Shirl is a given name, often a short form (hypocorism) of Shirley. It may refer to: People: * Shirl Bernheim, stage name of American actress Shirley Raphael (1921–2009) * Shirl Conway, stage name of American actress Shirley Crossman (1916–2007) * Shirl, a stage name of Graeme Strachan (1952–2001), Australian singer, songwriter, radio and television presenter and carpenter * Shirl Henke (born 1942), American romance novelist * Shirley Shirl Jennings (1940–2003), one of the few people to regain his sight after nearly lifelong blindness * Colleen Shirley Perry Smith (1924–1988), better known as Mum Shirl, Aboriginal Australian humanitarian, activist and social worker Fictional characters: * Laverne's name for Shirley in the American television series ''Laverne & Shirley'' * Shirl, wife of Cockney Wanker Cockney Wanker is a character created by Graham Dury and Simon Thorpe [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hypocorism
A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek: (), from (), 'to call by pet names', sometimes also ''hypocoristic'') or pet name is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for Isabel or ''Bob (given name), Bob'' for Robert, or it may be unrelated. In linguistics, the term can be used more specifically to refer to the morphological process by which the standard form of the word is transformed into a form denoting affection, or to words resulting from this process. In English, a word is often Clipping (morphology), clipped down to a closed monosyllable and then suffixed with ''-y/-ie'' (phonologically /i/). Sometimes the suffix ''-o'' is included as well as other forms or templates. Hypocoristics are often affective in meaning and are particularly common in Australian English, but can be used for various purposes in different semantic fields, including personal names, place names and nouns. Hypocorisms are usually ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shirley (name)
Shirley is a given name and a surname originating from the English place-name Shirley, which is derived from the Old English elements ''scire'' ("shire") or ''scīr'' ("bright, clear") and ''lēah'' ("wood, clearing, meadow, enclosure"). The name makes reference to the open space where the moot (an early English assembly of freemen which met to administer justice and discuss community issues) was held. Shirley was originally a male name, but became established as a female name in 1849 due to its use in Charlotte Brontë's novel ''Shirley'' and further popularized in 1851–52 by its pseudonymous use by California Gold Rush writer Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe (Dame Shirley). It was eventually brought to its highest popularity, in the 1930s, by the fame of child star Shirley Temple. Given name Female *Shirley (born 1946), Dutch singer *Shirley Abicair (born 1928), Australian singer, musician, actress and author *Shirley Abrahamson (1933–2020), American judge *Shirley Andrews ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shirl Bernheim
Shirl Bernheim (September 21, 1921 in Manhattan, New York City – March 30, 2009 in Englewood, New Jersey) was an American actress of film and television. She was born as Shirley Raphael and made her sole appearance on Broadway in her debut in 2000, aged 79, in ''The Tale of the Allergist's Wife'', in which she played "Frieda", the mother of the lead character (played by Linda Lavin and Valerie Harper, consecutively). Bernheim appeared in the play from October 12, 2000, until May 26, 2002. Starting late in the industry, using her married name as her professional name, Bernheim's film and television career began in 1978 and lasted until 2004, with her second appearance on ''Law & Order ''Law & Order'' is an American police procedural and legal drama television series created by Dick Wolf and produced by Wolf Entertainment, launching the '' Law & Order'' franchise. ''Law & Order'' aired its entire run on NBC, premiering on ...''. From 1978 to 1979 she played "Polly th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shirl Conway
Shirl Conway (born Shirley Elizabeth Crosman, June 13, 1916 – May 7, 2007) was an American television and Broadway actress. Early years A great-niece of actress Henrietta Crosman, Conway graduated from the University of Michigan in 1938 with a bachelor's degree in speech therapy. She was a John Robert Powers model. Career ''Banjo Eyes'' (1940) was Conway's theatrical debut. She played Ruth Winters in the 1955 musical comedy ''Plain and Fancy'' on Broadway, for which she won a Theatre World Award. She also appeared on Broadway in '' Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'' and toured in ''Auntie Mame'', including performances in the capital cities of Australia. She played the role of Liz Thorpe in the CBS drama '' The Nurses'' (which ran from 1962 to 1965) for which she was nominated for an Emmy award in 1963 for Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Series. Other TV credits include ''Route 66'', '' The Defenders'', and ''Caesar's Hour''. She moved to Washington in 1972, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graeme Strachan
Graeme Ronald Strachan (pronounced "Strawn") (2 January 195229 August 2001), professionally billed and known as "Shirley" Strachan or Shirl, was an Australian singer, songwriter, radio and television presenter, and carpenter. He was the lead singer of the rock group Skyhooks (1974–1978, 1983, 1984, 1990, 1994). While still a member of Skyhooks he had solo singles, which charted on the Kent Music Report, with a cover recording of Brenda Holloway's "Every Little Bit Hurts" (October 1976, No. 3) and a remake of The Miracles "Tracks of My Tears" (July 1977, top 20). After leaving Skyhooks in July 1978 he concentrated on his solo career. He was the host of children's TV program ''Shirl's Neighbourhood'' (1979–83), From 1993 he appeared on home renovation TV program, '' Our House'', as a carpenter and co-host. At the ARIA Music Awards of 1993, Skyhooks were inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame. Strachan died in August 2001 in a self-piloted helicopter accident. Biography ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shirl Henke
Shirl Henke is an American best-selling author of contemporary and historical romance novels. She has eclectic tastes and has written historical, contemporary, western, and regency-themed books. She also writes mystery novels using the pen name Alexa Hunt. Some of her works have been translated into other languages. Biography She was born Shirl Nehrt, fifteen years after her next oldest sibling. Her father died while she was in her teens, leaving Henke alone with her mother. Henke entered the University of Missouri immediately after graduating from high school. In her first year at school she met her future husband, Jim Henke, in a shared Spanish class. Although Henke originally planned to become a journalist,''Romance Reader'' she eventually earned a B.A. and an M.A. in history (both from the University of Missouri). After her graduation, she worked as a cashier for a loan company, a public welfare caseworker, the assistant circulation manager for a small newspaper, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shirl Jennings
Shirley "Shirl" Jennings (1940 – October 26, 2003) was one of only a few people in the world to regain his sight after lifelong blindness and was the inspiration for the character of Virgil Adamson in the movie '' At First Sight'' (1999) starring Val Kilmer and Mira Sorvino. Early life Born in Bedford County, Virginia, in 1940, at age 3 Shirl became dangerously ill with three illnesses at once: meningitis, polio, and cat scratch fever. "His sickness plunged him into a coma, from which he emerged after two weeks with paralyzed legs and damaged eyesight. When he was 7 or 8, Jennings was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a progressive, untreatable disease of the retina that causes blindness. By the time he was 10, he could distinguish only light from dark. He attended the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind and later the YMCA School of Swedish Massage." Treatment and return of sight In 1991, at the urging of his then-girlfriend, Barbara, Shirl visited ophthalmologist Dr. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mum Shirl
Coleen Shirley Perry Smith AM MBE (22 November 1924 – 28 April 1998), better known as Mum Shirl, was a prominent Wiradjuri woman, social worker and humanitarian activist committed to justice and welfare of Aboriginal Australians. She was a founding member of the Aboriginal Legal Service, the Aboriginal Medical Service, the Aboriginal Tent Embassy, the Aboriginal Children's Services, and the Aboriginal Housing Company in Redfern, a suburb of Sydney. During her lifetime she was recognised as an Australian National Living Treasure. Biography Mum Shirl was born as Coleen Shirley Perry Smith on the Erambie Mission, in Wiradjuri country near Cowra, New South Wales, in 1924 to Joseph and Isabell Perry Smith. She did not attend a regular school because of her epilepsy and was taught by her grandfather and learned 16 different Aboriginal Languages. She began to visit Aboriginal people in jail after one of her brothers was incarcerated and discovered that her visits also bene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laverne & Shirley
''Laverne & Shirley'' (originally ''Laverne DeFazio & Shirley Feeney'') is an American sitcom television series that played for eight seasons on ABC from January 27, 1976, to May 10, 1983. A spin-off of ''Happy Days'', ''Laverne & Shirley'' starred Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams as Laverne DeFazio and Shirley Feeney, two friends and roommates who work as bottle-cappers in the fictitious Shotz Brewery in late 1950s Milwaukee, Wisconsin. From the sixth season onwards, the series' setting changed to mid-1960s Burbank, California. Michael McKean and David Lander co-starred as their friends and neighbors Lenny Kosnowski and Andrew "Squiggy" Squiggman, respectively; along with Eddie Mekka as Carmine Ragusa, Phil Foster as Laverne's father Frank DeFazio, and Betty Garrett as the girls' landlord Edna Babish. Featuring regular physical comedy, ''Laverne & Shirley'' became the most-watched American television program by its third season; in total, it received six Golden Globe nominat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cockney Wanker
Cockney Wanker is a character created by Graham Dury and Simon Thorpe10 funniest Londoners . ''''. Retrieved 15 March 2014 in '' Viz'' based on a d male . Wanker speaks in (often slang invented by the wr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
