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Zelda (given Name)
Zelda is a nickname for the feminine name Griselda, which may originally have meant "dark battle" or "strong woman;" often combined to mean "Grey fighting maiden". It is also the feminine form of the Yiddish name Selig, meaning "blessed", "happy". Since 1986, the name has been associated with the popular Nintendo franchise The Legend of Zelda and its eponymous character Princess Zelda. People * Zelda Barron (1929–2006), British director, screenwriter, and producer * Zelda Curtis (1923–2012), British journalist * Zelda D'Aprano (1928–2018), Australian feminist activist * Zelda F. Gamson (born 1936), American sociologist, writer, and activist * Zelda Fichandler (1924–2016), American stage producer, director, and educator * Zelda Fitzgerald (1900–1948), American writer, painter, and socialite; wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald * Zelda Harris (born 1985), American actress * Zelda Jongbloed (1950–2018), South African journalist and politician * Zelda Kahan (1886–1969), Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nickname
A nickname is a substitute for the proper name of a familiar person, place or thing. Commonly used to express affection, a form of endearment, and sometimes amusement, it can also be used to express defamation of character. As a concept, it is distinct from both pseudonym and stage name, and also from a title (for example, City of Fountains), although there may be overlap in these concepts. Etymology The compound word ''ekename'', literally meaning "additional name", was attested as early as 1303. This word was derived from the Old English phrase ''eac'' "also", related to ''eacian'' "to increase". By the 15th century, the misdivision of the syllables of the phrase "an ekename" led to its rephrasing as "a nekename". Though the spelling has changed, the pronunciation and meaning of the word have remained relatively stable ever since. Conventions in various languages English nicknames are generally represented in quotes between the bearer's first and last names (e.g., '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zelda Lockhart
Zelda Lockhart is a contemporary African-American writer, speaker, teacher and researcher. Her latest novel ihttps://www.harpercollins.com/products/trinity-zelda-lockhart?variant=40902291947554July 2023 release. She is the director ohttps://lavensonpressstudios.com/anhttps://herstorygardenstudios.com/ Her recent books include ''Diamond Doris: The True Story of the World’s Most Notorious Jewel Thief'' by Doris Payne with Zelda Lockhart (2019), and https://www.amazon.com/Soul-Full-Length-Manuscript-Turning-Literary/dp/0978910265' (2017). She is the author of three novels: '' Fifth Born'' (2003), https://www.amazon.com/Cold-Running-Creek-Zelda-Lockhart/dp/0978910206/ref=sr_1_1?crid=81W2DY4E4FAU&keywords=cold+running+creek&qid=1683822245&s=books&sprefix=cold+running+creek%2Cstripbooks%2C96&sr=1-1' (2006), and https://www.amazon.com/Fifth-Born-II-Hundredth-Turtle/dp/0978910249' (2010). Her first novel was published to critical acclaim and was a finalist for an award—for a debut novel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zelda Zabinsky
Zelda Barbara Zabinsky is an industrial engineer and operations researcher specializing in the application of global optimization to logistics. She is a professor of industrial engineering at the University of Washington, where she also holds adjunct positions in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, and civil and environmental engineering. Education and career Zabinsky did her undergraduate studies at the University of Puget Sound, majoring in mathematics with a minor in biology. Her interests from this time include optimization of transportation as well as predator-prey dynamics. After graduating, she worked at the National Marine Fisheries Service and Boeing before following her husband to Ann Arbor, Michigan, where she worked on applications of operations of research to health care at Vector Research, now part of the Altarum Institute. She completed her Ph.D. in industrial and operations engineering at the University of Michigan. Her 1985 dissertation, ''Computational ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zelda Wynn Valdes
Zelda Barbour Wynn Valdes (June 28, 1901 - September 26, 2001) was an American fashion designer and costumer. She is credited for designing the original Playboy Bunny waitress costumes. Biography Zelda Valdes was born Zelda Christian Barbour in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina. She trained as a classical pianist at the Catholic Conservatory of Music. In the early 1920s, Valdes started to work in the tailoring shop of her uncle in White Plains, New York. Around the same time, Valdes began working as a stock girl at a high-end boutique. Eventually, she worked her way up to selling and making alterations, becoming the shop's first black sales clerk and tailor. Looking back, Valdes said "It wasn't a pleasant time, but the idea was to see what I could do." Despite the struggles she experienced in her early experiences in the alteration industry, Valdes and her sister, Chez Valdes, opened the first African American owned Manhattan boutique in 1948. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zelda Williams
Zelda Rae Williams (born July 31, 1989) is an American actress, director, producer, and writer. She is the daughter of actor and comedian Robin Williams and film producer and philanthropist Marsha Garces Williams. As a voice actress, she is best known for voicing Kuvira in the Nickelodeon cartoon ''The Legend of Korra''. Early life Williams was born in New York City to Robin and Marsha Garces Williams. She was born 10 days after her father's 38th birthday. Her father stated that he named her after Princess Zelda from ''The Legend of Zelda'' video game series. Her mother is of Filipino and Finnish descent. Zelda, the older of Williams's children by his second wife, has a younger brother, Cody, and an older half-brother, Zachary Pym "Zak" Williams. Career She made her acting debut at age 5. At 15, Williams acted in the 2004 film ''House of D'' opposite her father and actor Anton Yelchin as the latter's young first love, Melissa Loggia. In June 2011, both she and her father wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zelda Tinska
Milica Zelda Tinska (Serbian Cyrillic: Милица Зелда Тинска, born 1978) is a Serbian actress who lives and works in London, UK. Career Zelda trained as a ballerina in the renowned École supérieure de danse de Cannes Rosella Hightower, France, and later at the London Studio Centre, a college for performing arts in London, UK. She was a professional jazz, ballet and neoclassical dancer prior to becoming an actress, after being cast as Sonja in '' The Beach'' opposite Leonardo DiCaprio. As an actress, she appeared in the '' Waking The Dead'', ''The Bill'', '' The Beach'', '' The Mother'', '' Mathilde'' and many other productions, and has performed in English, French, Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Russian and Albanian. In 2009, Tinska signed a petition in support of film director Roman Polanski, calling for his release after Polanski was arrested in Switzerland in relation to his 1977 sexual abuse case. Tinska was part of the visual effects team of the film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gorgeous Ladies Of Wrestling
Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (also known by its initials as GLOW or G.L.O.W.) is a women's professional wrestling promotion that began in 1986 (the pilot was filmed in December 1985) and has continued in various forms after it left television. Colorful characters, strong women, and over-the-top comedy sketches were integral to the series' success. Most of the performers were actresses, models, dancers or stunt women hoping to enter show business. Inception David B. McLane created the series while working as an announcer and promoter with Indianapolis-based World Wrestling Association (WWA) after seeing fans react to women's wrestling. The show runner Dick the Bruiser believed that Indianapolis audiences would not be receptive to a wrestling promotion featuring female wrestlers and dismissed the concept as an unprofitable novelty. Undeterred, McLane went to Hollywood and posted casting notices in ''The Hollywood Reporter'' and ''Variety,'' leading to over 500 women showing up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zelda Seguin Wallace
Zelda Harrison Seguin Wallace (1848 – February 19, 1914) was an American opera singer and suffragist. Early life Zelda Harrison was born in New York City. She studied voice with Ann Childe Seguin, who sang at the coronation of Queen Victoria.Thomas Allston Brown''A History of the New York Stage from the First Performance in 1732 to 1901, Volume 1''(Dodd, Mead 1903): 250. Career Zelda Harrison, a contralto, first appeared on stage in 1865, at age 17, in Saratoga Springs, New York. As Zelda Seguin she found success singing popular French and Italian operas in English translations, including with Emma Abbott in her Abbott English Opera Company. She was well known for being the first to sing the title role of ''Carmen'' in English in the United States, and as Azucena in ''Il trovatore'', among other parts. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zelda Sears
Zelda Sears (née Paldi; January 21, 1873 – February 19, 1935) was an American actress, screenwriter, novelist and businesswoman. Early life and background She was born as Zelda Paldi near Brockway Township, St. Clair County, Michigan, into a multi-lingual family that spoke French, Italian and English. Her father, Justin Lewis Paldi, was a first-generation Italian immigrant engineer and horse breeder, and her mother Roxa Tyler was of English heritage. Her entry into the job market at age 12 was borne out of a family financial crisis. Merchant L.A. Sherman conducted an essay contest for his store's opening day, with Sears submitting the winning entry and being rewarded with a position as cash runner for the sales staff. In the evening hours, she educated herself on secretarial skills. She was eventually promoted to the position of sales clerk. When she expressed an interest in writing, Sherman transferred her as a reporter on his newspaper the ''Port Huron Daily Times''. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zelda Schneersohn Mishkovsky
Zelda Schneurson Mishkovsky ( he, זלדה שניאורסון-מישקובסקי; June 20, 1914 – April 30, 1984), widely known as Zelda, was an Israeli poet. She received three awards for her published works. Biography Zelda Schneurson (later Mishkovsky) was born in Chernihiv, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empireisrael.poetryinternationalweb.org , retrieved Oct. 10, 2018 the daughter of Sholom Shneerson and Rachel Hen. Her father was the great-great grandson of the third , |
Zelda Rubinstein
Zelda May Rubinstein (May 28, 1933 – January 27, 2010) was an American actress and human rights activist, known as eccentric medium Tangina Barrons in the ''Poltergeist'' film series. Playing "Ginny", she was a regular on David E. Kelley's Emmy Award-winning television series ''Picket Fences'' for two seasons. She also made guest appearances in the TV show '' Poltergeist: The Legacy'' (1996), as seer Christina, and was the voice of Skittles candies in their long-running "Taste the Rainbow" ad campaign. Rubinstein was also known for her outspoken activism for little people and her early participation in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Early life Rubinstein was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on May 28, 1933, to Jewish immigrant parents from Poland, Dolores and George Rubinstein. She was the youngest of three children and the only short-statured person in her family (she has been incorrectly referred to as a dwarf). Rubinstein did not become comfortable with her short stature unt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zelda Popkin
Zelda Popkin (née Feinberg; 5 July 1898 – 25 May 1983) was an American writer of novels and mystery stories. She created Mary Carner, one of the first professional female private detectives in fiction. Carner was a store detective who appeared in five novels. Life Zelda Popkin was married to Louis Popkin, and together they ran a small public relations firm until his death. They had two children, Roy and Richard. Work Popkin's most successful book was ''The Journey Home'', published in 1945, which sold nearly a million copies. ''Small Victory'', published in 1947, was one of the first American novels with a Holocaust theme, and ''Quiet Street'' (1951) was the first American novel about the creation of the state of Israel. She also wrote an autobiography, ''Open Every Door'' (1956), chronicling her childhood, life with her husband Louis Popkins, and life after his death. ''Herman Had Two Daughters'' (1968), a novel about two young Jewish women growing up in a small Pennsylvani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
