Bijou is a French word meaning ''jewel'', often loosely applied to buildings to mean small and elegant. It may also refer to:

Buildings

* Bijou Palace, also known as the Al-Gawhara Palace, a palace in Cairo, Egypt * Bijou Theatre (Manhattan), two former Broadway theaters in New York City *

Bijou Theatre (Boston) __NOTOC__ The Bijou Theatre (1882–1943) in Boston, Massachusetts, occupied the second floor of 545 Washington Street near today's Theatre District. Architect George Wetherell designed the space, described by a contemporary reviewer as "dainty." ...

, Massachusetts *

Bijou Theatre (Knoxville, Tennessee) The Bijou Theatre is a theater located in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Built in 1909 as an addition to the Lamar House Hotel, the theater has at various times served as performance venue for traditional theatre, vaudeville, a second-run m ...

Bijou Theatre, Melbourne The Victorian Academy of Music was a theatre in Bourke Street, Melbourne, built for Samuel Aarons in 1876. It was also advertised as the Bijou Theatre, as if to distinguish it from the larger Theatre Royal and Opera House, then in 1880 the "Acad ...

, Australia *

Bijou Theatre Building The Bijou Theatre Building is located in Marinette, Wisconsin, USA. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. History The building was constructed for Frank Lauerman to be both a vaudeville theater and a retail store. It ...

, Marinette, Wisconsin *

Bijou Theater (Chicago) The Bijou Theater (often referred to as The Bijou) was a gay adult theater and sex club in Chicago's Old Town neighborhood. The Bijou Theater opened in 1970 and it was the longest-running gay adult theater and sex club in the United States. The Bijo ...

, Illinois *

Royal Bijou Theatre Paignton ( ) is a seaside town on the coast of Tor Bay in Devon, England. Together with Torquay and Brixham it forms the borough of Torbay which was created in 1998. The Torbay area is a holiday destination known as the English Riviera. Paign ...

, a former theatre in Paignton, Devon, England

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

* Bijou, a character in the South Korean manhwa series '' Ragnarok'' *Andréia Bijou, a character in the Brazilian telenovela ''

Duas Caras ''Duas Caras'' (English: ''Two Faces'') is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by Globo from 1 October 2007 to 31 May 2008, replacing ''Paraíso Tropical'' and followed by '' A Favorita''. It is created by Aguinaldo Silva and directe ...

'' *Bijou, a character in the American war film '' Passage to Marseille'' * Bijou, a hamster in the Japanese anime series '' Hamtaro'' * Bijou, a fish in the American television series '' FishCenter Live''

Film and television

* ''Bijou'' (film), a 1972 American film directed by Wakefield Poole * ''

Matinee at the Bijou ''Matinee at the Bijou'' is a television series that premiered nationally on Public Broadcasting Service, PBS in 1980. It recreated the American moviegoing experiences of the 1930s and '40s, with trailers, a cartoon, one or more selected short s ...

'', an American television series on PBS

Music

*''Bijou'' is the title of the fourth track on the 1960 album ''

The Hottest New Group in Jazz ''The Hottest New Group in Jazz'', also known by its full title ''Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross!: "The Hottest New Group in Jazz"'' or alternatively considered self-titled, is the fourth album by Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, released in 1960. The titl ...

'' by Lambert, Hendricks & Ross * ''Bijou'' (album), a 1975 live album by jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp * "Bijou" (Queen song), song by Queen from the 1991 album ''Innuendo''

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

*''Le Bijou de la reine'', an 1855 play written by Alexandre Dumas fils *''The Basque and Bijou'', one of the 15 short stories in Anaïs Nin's book '' Delta of Venus'' * '' Bijou Funnies'', an underground comic edited by Jay Lynch *

Bijou d'Inde Bijou d'Inde (9 March 1993 – 19 June 2010) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. Bred in Hampshire and trained in Yorkshire he was a natural front-runner who was best at distances of around one mile. As a two-year-old he showed v ...

(1993–2010), British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire

People

* Bijou Heron (1863–1937), American stage actress * Bijou Fernandez (1877–1961), American stage and silent film actress *

Bijou Phillips Bijou Lilly Phillips Masterson (born April 1, 1980) is an American actress, model and singer. The daughter of musician John Phillips and Geneviève Waïte, she began her career as a model. Phillips made her singing debut with '' I'd Rather Ea ...

(born 1980), American actress, model, and singer *

Sidney W. Bijou Sidney William Bijou (November 12, 1908 – June 11, 2009) was an American developmental psychologist who developed an approach of treating childhood disorders using behavioral therapy, in which positive actions were rewarded and negative beha ...

(1908–2009), American child psychologist *

Jude Bijou Jude Bijou (born 1946 in Ann Arbor, Michigan) is a licensed psychotherapist, lecturer, and multi-award winning author of ''Attitude Reconstruction: A Blueprint for Building a Better Life'' (Riviera Press, Revised November 2011). Her approach to unde ...

(born 1946), American licensed psychotherapist, lecturer, and multi-award winning author *

Bijou (footballer) Davidson Renato da Cruz Coronel (born 14 April 1986), known as Bijou, is a Cape Verdean former footballer who played as a central midfielder. He spent his entire professional career in Portugal. Club career Bijou was born in Praia. After being ...

(born 1986), Cape Verdean former footballer *

Bijou Thaangjam Bijou Thaangjam (born Thangjam Biju Singh) is an Indian actor, lyricist, art director, chef and entrepreneur. He is of Meitei descent originally from Imphal, Manipur. He was one of the contestants on the reality cooking competition MasterChef ...

, Indian actor, lyricist, art director, chef, and entrepreneur

Places

* Bijou, California, a town in South Lake Tahoe * Bijou Geyser, in the Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone *

Bijou Hills, South Dakota Bijou Hills ( lkt, Wíyukeze Pahá) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Brule County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 2 according to the 2020 census. The CDP is located in southern Brule County, at the so ...

, a census-designated place *

Bijou Park, California Bijou Park is a former unincorporated community now incorporated in South Lake Tahoe in El Dorado County, California. It is located east of Bijou Bijou is a French word meaning ''jewel'', often loosely applied to buildings to mean small and elega ...

, a town in South Lake Tahoe * A main downtown artery in

Colorado Springs, Colorado Colorado Springs is a home rule municipality in, and the county seat of, El Paso County, Colorado, United States. It is the largest city in El Paso County, with a population of 478,961 at the 2020 United States Census, a 15.02% increase since ...

Other uses

Bijou (cocktail) A bijou is a mixed alcoholic drink composed of gin, vermouth, and chartreuse. This cocktail was invented by Harry Johnson, "the father of professional bartending", who called it ''bijou'' because it combined the colors of three jewels: gin for ...

, a gin-based cocktail *

Bijou (jewellery) A bijou (plural: bijoux) from the French bijou (pl. bijoux) is an intricate jewellery piece incorporated into clothing, or worn by itself on the body. Use Besides its decorative function, a bijou serves as a signal for many other purposes. Thes ...

, small pieces of valuable or costume jewellery * Citroën Bijou, a coupé car manufactured by Citroën * Bijou bottle, a small vial used in laboratories