Berenice (daughter of Herod Agrippa I)
Berenice of Cilicia, also known as Julia Berenice and sometimes spelled Bernice (, ''Bereníkē'' or ''Berníkē''; 28 – after 81), was a Jewish client queen of the Roman Empire during the second half of the 1st century. Berenice was a membe ...
(28 AD-?), spelled "Bernice" in the New Testament
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Bernice Pauahi Bishop
Bernice Pauahi Bishop KGCOK RoK (December 19, 1831 – October 16, 1884), born Bernice Pauahi Pākī, was an '' alii'' (noble) of the Royal Family of the Kingdom of Hawaii and a well known philanthropist. At her death, her estate was the la ...
(1831-1884), a Hawaiian princess
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Bernice Coppieters
Bernice Coppieters (born 18 November 1970) is a Belgian retired ballet dancer and ballet master. She danced as an ''étoile'' at Les Ballets de Monte Carlo and is a long time collaborator of Jean-Christophe Maillot. She is now the principal bal ...
(born 1970), Belgian ballet dancer
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Bernice Gera
Bernice Shiner Gera (June 15, 1931 – September 23, 1992) was an American baseball umpire. She became the first woman to umpire a professional baseball game in 1972, retiring after one game citing the resentment of other umpires.
Life
Born in ...
(1931-1992), the first female
umpire
An umpire is an official in a variety of sports and competition, responsible for enforcing the rules of the sport, including sportsmanship decisions such as ejection.
The term derives from the Old French nonper, ''non'', "not" and ''per'', ...
in professional baseball
* Bernice Gottlieb (born 1931), early leader in the trans-racial adoption movement
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Bernice Kentner
Bernice Kentner (1929–2018) was an American cosmetologist, color theorist, and author.
Background
Bernice Kentner was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming and later moved to North Platte, Nebraska. In the 1980s, Kentner relocated to Concord, Californi ...
(1929-2018), American cosmetologist and author
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Bernice King
Bernice Albertine King (born March 28, 1963) is an American lawyer, minister, and the youngest child of civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King. She was five years old when her father was assassinated. In her adolesc ...
(born 1963), Baptist minister and daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King
* Bernice Neugarten (1916-2001), professor and researcher in the field of aging
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Bernice Petkere
Bernice Petkere (August 11, 1901 – January 7, 2000) was an American songwriter. She was dubbed the "Queen of Tin Pan Alley" by Irving Berlin.
Biography
Born in Chicago, Illinois, United States, she began performing in vaudeville as a child. "St ...
(1901–2000), American songwriter dubbed the "Queen of Tin Pan Alley" by Irving Berlin
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Bernice Rubens
Bernice Rubens (26 July 1923 – 13 October 2004) was a Welsh novelist.She became the first woman to win the Booker Prize in 1970, for '' The Elected Member''.
Personal history
Bernice Ruth Reuben was born in Splott, Cardiff on 26 July 19 ...
(1928–2004), Booker Prize-winning Welsh novelist
* Bernice F. Sisk (1910-1995), American Democratic Congressman from California
Fictional characters
* Bernice, Bert's pet pigeon from the children's television series ''
Sesame Street
''Sesame Street'' is an American educational children's television series that combines live-action, sketch comedy, animation and puppetry. It is produced by Sesame Workshop (known as the Children's Television Workshop until June 2000) a ...
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* Bernice, a reality television character in the truTV series ''
South Beach Tow
''South Beach Tow'' is an American television series that portrayed dramatized reenactments of the day-to-day business of Tremont Towing, a family-run towing business in Miami Beach, and South Beach Towing, a towing company in Gladeview create ...
'', played by
Lakatriona Brunson
Lakatriona Brunson (born May 15, 1977) is an American teacher, athlete, coach and actress. She is best known for her character Bernice on the truTV television series ''South Beach Tow''.
Early life and education
Lakatriona Brunson was born and r ...
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Bernice Blackstock
Bernice Blackstock (also Thomas and White) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale'', played by Samantha Giles. She made her first on screen appearance on 25 November 1998. In September 2012, it was announced Giles ...
, from the British soap opera ''Emmerdale''
* Bernice Clasky, in the Adam Sandler movie "
Spanglish
Spanglish (a portmanteau of the words "Spanish" and "English") is any language variety (such as a contact dialect, hybrid language, pidgin, or creole language) that results from conversationally combining Spanish and English. The term is mos ...
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* Bernice Clifton, in the TV series ''
Designing Women
''Designing Women'' is an American television sitcom created by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason that aired on CBS from September 29, 1986, to May 24, 1993, producing seven seasons and 163 episodes. It was a joint production of Bloodworth/Thomason M ...
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* Bernice Fish, in the TV series ''
Fish
Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% of li ...
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* Bernice Halper, the title character's best friend in the Luann comic strip
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Bernice Hibbert
The American animated television series ''The Simpsons'' contains a wide range of minor and supporting characters like co-workers, teachers, students, family friends, extended relatives, townspeople, local celebrities, and even animals. The write ...
, a recurring character on ''The Simpsons'' TV show
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Bernice Summerfield
Bernice Surprise Summerfield (later Professor Bernice Summerfield or just Benny) is a fictional character created by author Paul Cornell as a new companion of the Seventh Doctor in Virgin Publishing's range of original full-length ''Doctor Who ...
, a companion of the seventh Dr. Who in novels
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Bernice Waverley
Bernice Waverley is a fictional character from the Australian drama series '' City Homicide'', played by Noni Hazlehurst. She made her first screen appearance in the pilot episode "In The Hands Of Giants Pt 1", which was broadcast on 28 August 2007 ...
, in the Australian TV drama series ''City Homicide''
* Bernice the Whiffle Hen in
Popeye
Popeye the Sailor Man is a fictional cartoon character created by E. C. Segar, Elzie Crisler Segar.Bernice (disambiguation)
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