Bette is a given name, sometimes short for
Elizabeth
Elizabeth or Elisabeth may refer to:
People
* Elizabeth (given name), a female given name (including people with that name)
* Elizabeth (biblical figure), mother of John the Baptist
Ships
* HMS ''Elizabeth'', several ships
* ''Elisabeth'' (sch ...
and
Bettina
Bettina is a female name predominantly found in the Italian and German languages. This name has various interpreted meanings and origins.
In Italian, Bettina originated as a diminutive of the names Elisabetta and Benedetta. Benedetta is the Ita ...
, and may refer to:
People
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Bette Davis
Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (; April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989) was an American actress with a career spanning more than 50 years and 100 acting credits. She was noted for playing unsympathetic, sardonic characters, and was famous for her pe ...
(1908–1989), American actress
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Bette Franke
Bette Franke (born 3 December 1989 in Heemskerk, North Holland) is a Dutch model. At fourteen years old, she was discovered by Dutch modeling agent Wilma Wakker in Amsterdam, while shopping with her mother.
She debuted during the Spring 2006 s ...
, Dutch fashion model
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Bette Nesmith Graham
Bette Nesmith Graham (March 23, 1924 – May 12, 1980) was an American typist, commercial artist, and the inventor of the correction fluid Liquid Paper. She was the mother of musician and producer Michael Nesmith of The Monkees.
Biography
Born ...
(1924–1980), inventor of liquid paper
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Bette Korber
Bette Korber is an American computational biologist focusing on the molecular biology and population genetics of the HIV virus that causes infection and eventually AIDS. She has contributed heavily to efforts to obtain an effective HIV vaccine. ...
, American computational biologist
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Bette Midler
Bette Midler (;''Inside the Actors Studio'', 2004 born December 1, 1945) is an American singer, actress, comedian and author. Throughout her career, which spans over five decades, Midler has received List of awards and nominations received by Be ...
(born 1945), American singer and actress
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Bette Otto-Bliesner
Bette Otto-Bliesner is an earth scientist known for her modeling of Earth's past climate and its changes over different geological eras.
Education and career
Otto-Bliesner graduated from William Fremd High School in Palatine, Illinois in 196 ...
, American earth scientist
Fictional characters
* Bette Abney, main character in the young adult fiction novels ''
Tiny Pretty Things
''Tiny Pretty Things'' is an American drama streaming television series based on the novel of the same name by Sona Charaipotra and Dhonielle Clayton, created by Michael MacLennan. It premiered on Netflix on December 14, 2020, and has aired for ...
'' and ''
Shiny Broken Pieces
Shiny may refer to gloss (optics), the ability of a surface to reflect light in a specular way.
Film and television
* "Shiny", an episode of the TV series '' The Pinky and Perky Show''
* Shiny, a character in the TV series '' Dinosaur Train''
* S ...
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* Bette Fischer, title character of
Honoré de Balzac
Honoré de Balzac ( , more commonly , ; born Honoré Balzac;Jean-Louis Dega, La vie prodigieuse de Bernard-François Balssa, père d'Honoré de Balzac : Aux sources historiques de La Comédie humaine, Rodez, Subervie, 1998, 665 p. 20 May 179 ...
's 1846 novel ''
La Cousine Bette
''La Cousine Bette'' (, ''Cousin Bette'') is an 1846 novel by French author Honoré de Balzac. Set in mid-19th-century Paris, it tells the story of an unmarried middle-aged woman who plots the destruction of her extended family. Bette works wit ...
'' and its film adaptations
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Bette Kane
Mary Elizabeth Kane, better known as Bette Kane, is a superheroine appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appeared in the 1960s as "Betty Kane", the Batgirl#Betty/Bette Kane, Bat-Girl. Her name was later mod ...
, a DC Comics superhero
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Bette Porter
Bette Porter is a fictional character on the Showtime television network series ''The L Word'' and its sequel '' The L Word: Generation Q'', played by Jennifer Beals.
Fictional character biography
Before ''The L Word''
Bette is introduced as ...
, in the television series ''The L-Word'' and its sequel ''The L-Word: Generation Q''
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Bette Tattler, in ''American Horror Story: Freak Show''
See also
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Betti (given name) Betti is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
* Betti Alisjahbana (born 1960), Indonesian business executive
*Betti Alver (1906–1989), Estonian poet
* Betti-Sue Hertz, American art curator and art historian
* Betti Sheldon (1935– ...
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Betty
Betty or Bettie is a name, a common diminutive for the names Bethany and Elizabeth. In Latin America, it is also a common diminutive for the given name Beatriz, the Spanish and Portuguese form of the Latin name Beatrix and the English name Beat ...
, given name
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Bettye, given name
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English-language feminine given names