Anthea ( grc-gre, Ἄνθεια), "blossom" in Greek, was an

epithet An epithet (, ), also byname, is a descriptive term (word or phrase) known for accompanying or occurring in place of a name and having entered common usage. It has various shades of meaning when applied to seemingly real or fictitious people, di ...

of the Classical Greek goddess

Hera In ancient Greek religion, Hera (; grc-gre, Ἥρα, Hḗrā; grc, Ἥρη, Hḗrē, label=none in Ionic and Homeric Greek) is the goddess of marriage, women and family, and the protector of women during childbirth. In Greek mythology, she ...

, and is used as a female given name in English. It may refer to: *

Anthea Askey Anthea Shirley Askey (2 March 1933 – 28 February 1999) was an English actress, particularly prominent on television in the 1950s. Anthea Askey was born in Golders Green, north London, to the comedian and actor Arthur Askey, and his wife Elizab ...

(1933–1999), British actress *

Anthea Bell Anthea Bell (10 May 1936 – 18 October 2018) was an English translator of literary works, including children's literature, from French, German and Danish. These include '' The Castle'' by Franz Kafka, ''Austerlitz'' by W. G. Sebald, the '' In ...

(1936–2018), British translator of literary works *

Anthea Benton Anthea Benton is a British television commercial and music video director, best known for her adverts for Stella Artois and Levi's. Career Benton began her career as a Fashion Designer and moved into directing in 1982 as half of the directing ...

, British television commercial and music video director *

Anthea Butler Anthea Deidre Butler (born 1960) is an African-American professor of religion and chair of the University of Pennsylvania Department of Religious Studies, where she is the Geraldine R. Segal Professor in American Social Thought. Early life and ...

(born 1960), American professor *

Anthea Fraser Anthea Mary Fraser (born 1930) is a British novelist, known for her mystery thrillers. Her mother was a published novelist and Anthea began composing poems and stories before she could write. At the age of five she announced that she wanted to be ...

(born 1930), novelist *

Anthea Joseph Anthea Esther Joseph ( Hodson; 6 March 1924 – 23 January 1981), also known by her second married name Hastings, was a British publisher. Life Anthea Joseph was born in London as Anthea Esther Hodson, daughter of Charles and Susan Hodson. D ...

(1924–1981), British publisher *

Anthea Larken Commandant Anthea Larken CBE (born 1938), who served as Director of the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) between 1988-1991, while also acting as aide-de-camp to Queen Elizabeth II. Larken has since served as president of the Not Forgotten Assoc ...

(born 1938), British director of the Women's Royal Naval Service *

Anthea Millett Anthea Christine Millett, CBE, FRGS, FRSA (2 November 1941 – 5 December 2022) was a British educator who held a number of appointments and posts in the public sector, including Chairman of the Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire Strategic Heal ...

, British health administrator *

Anthea Phillipps Datin Anthea Phillipps B.Sc. (born 3 June 1956) is a British botanist. Phillipps was brought up in Sabah, Borneo as a child (and still dwells there today). She received a Botany degree from the University of Durham, England. She worked at the S ...

(born 1956), British botanist *

Anthea Redfern Anthea Bernice Redfern (born 15 April 1948) is a British former television host, best known as the assistant to Bruce Forsyth, her husband of six years, on the BBC's ''The Generation Game'' during its first run in the 1970s. Redfern was born in ...

(born 1948), British television host * Anthea Stewart (born 1944), Zimbabwean field hockey player *

Anthea Sylbert Anthea Sylbert (born October 6, 1939) is an American film producer and costume designer, who was active during the "modern era" of American film. She was nominated twice for Academy Awards for Best Costume Design, first at the 47th Academy Awards ...

(born 1937), American costume designer *

Anthea Turner Anthea Turner (born 25 May 1960) is an English former television presenter. She was a host of ''Blue Peter'' from 1992 until 1994, and of ''GMTV'' from 1994 until 1996. Early life Turner was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, and educated ...

(born 1960), British television presenter and media personality

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*Anthea, home world (which is dying due lack of water) of the fictitious alien Thomas Jerome Newton, the protagonist of

Walter Tevis Walter Stone Tevis (February 28, 1928 – August 9, 1984) was an American novelist and short story writer. Three of his six novels were adapted into major films: '' The Hustler'', '' The Color of Money'' and '' The Man Who Fell to Earth''. A four ...

's sci-fi novel ''

The Man Who Fell to Earth ''The Man Who Fell to Earth'' is a 1976 British science fiction drama film directed by Nicolas Roeg and written by Paul Mayersberg. Based on Walter Tevis's 1963 novel of the same name, the film follows an extraterrestrial (Thomas Jerome Newt ...

''. In the novel's 1976 film adaptation by

Nicolas Roeg Nicolas Jack Roeg (; 15 August 1928 – 23 November 2018) was an English film director and cinematographer, best known for directing '' Performance'' (1970), ''Walkabout'' (1971), ''Don't Look Now'' (1973), ''The Man Who Fell to Earth'' (1976 ...

, Newton was played by

David Bowie David Robert Jones (8 January 194710 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie ( ), was an English singer-songwriter and actor. A leading figure in the music industry, he is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the ...

and the scenes taking place on dying Anthea were shot at

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. * Anthea Hopper, a minor supporting character in the French animated show, ''

Code Lyoko ''Code Lyoko'' () is a French animated series, animated television series created by Thomas Romain and Tania Palumbo and produced by Antefilms Production (season 1) and MoonScoop Group (seasons 2-4) for France 3 and Canal J, with the participatio ...

'' and '' Code Lyoko: Evolution''. She was the wife of Professor Waldo Franz Shaffer, and is the long-lost mother of protagonist Aelita. Her second husband is Professor Lowell Tryon; the villain in '' the live-action seuqel'' *In

Men Behaving Badly ''Men Behaving Badly'' is a Television in the United Kingdom, British British sitcom, sitcom that was created and written by Simon Nye. It follows the lives of Gary Strang (Martin Clunes) and his flatmates Dermot Povey (Harry Enfield; series 1 ...

, Valerie Minifie plays Anthea, an employee at Gary's security firm. *In BBC'S

Sherlock (TV series) ''Sherlock'' is a British mystery crime drama television series based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes detective stories. Created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, it stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes and Martin Freema ...

, the assistant of Mycroft Holmes calls herself Anthea *Anthy Himemiya is one of the main characters of the manga

Revolutionary Girl Utena is a series created by Be-Papas, an artist collective founded by Kunihiko Ikuhara. The primary entries in the series include a 1996 manga written by Chiho Saito, a 1997 anime television series directed by Ikuhara, and ''Adolescence of ...

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