Connie is a given name. It is often a pet form (
hypocorism
A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek: (), from (), 'to call by pet names', sometimes also ''hypocoristic'') or pet name is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for I ...
) of Concetta,
Constance,
Cornelia, or
Cornelius.
Given name or nickname
Women
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Connie Achurra, Chilean chef
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Connie Binsfeld
Connie Berube Binsfeld (April 18, 1924 – January 12, 2014) was an American Republican politician from the U.S. State of Michigan. She served as the 60th lieutenant governor of Michigan. Starting as an advocate for the environment in planning fo ...
(1924–2014), American politician
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Connie Booth
Connie Booth (born 2 December 1940) is an American-born actress and writer. She has appeared in several British television programmes and films, including her role as Polly Sherman on BBC Two's ''Fawlty Towers'', which she co-wrote with her t ...
(born 1944), American actress and writer, former wife of John Cleese
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Connie Britton
Constance Elaine Britton ( Womack; born March 6, 1967) is an American actress. Britton made her feature film debut in the independent comedy-drama film '' The Brothers McMullen'' (1995), and the following year, she was cast as Nikki Faber on th ...
(born 1967), American actress, singer and producer
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Connie Brockway (born 1954), American historical and romance novelist
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Connie Carpenter-Phinney
Connie Carpenter-Phinney (born February 26, 1957) is an American retired racing cyclist and speed skater who won four medals in World Cycling Championship competitions (both road and track cycling) in the late 1970s and early 1980s. She also won ...
(born 1957), American retired cyclist and speed skater
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Connie Chung
Constance Yu-Hwa Chung (born August 20, 1946) is an American journalist. She has been an anchor and reporter for the U.S. television news networks NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, and MSNBC. Some of her more famous interview subjects include Claus von B ...
(born 1946), American journalist
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Constance Clayton (born 1933), American educator and civic leader
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Connie Constance (born 1995), British singer and songwriter
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Connie Conway
Connie Marie Conway (born September 25, 1950) is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 2022 to 2023. She served as a member of the California State Assembly from 2008 to 2014. Before that, Conway was a member of ...
(born 1950), American politician
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Connie Desmond
Cornelius "Connie" Desmond (January 31, 1908 – March 10, 1983) was an American sportscaster, most prominently for the Brooklyn Dodgers of Major League Baseball.
Desmond began his career in 1932 as the voice of the minor league Toledo Mud He ...
(1908–1983), American baseball sportscaster
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Connie Dierking
Conrad William Dierking (October 2, 1936 – December 29, 2013) was an American professional basketball player from 1958 to 1971.
Early life
Connie Dierking was born in Brooklyn, New York and grew up on Long Island, where he starred in basketbal ...
(1936–2013), American Basketball League and National Basketball Association player
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Connie Egan
Connie Egan is a Northern Irish politician who is an Alliance Party Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). She was elected as an MLA in the 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election for North Down.
Political career Early career (2019-2022 ...
, Northern Irish politician
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Connie Fisher
Connie Fisher (born 17 June 1983) is a British actress, singer and TV presenter, who won the BBC One talent contest, '' How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?''
On 15 November 2006, she opened to excellent reviews in the part of Maria von Trapp ...
(born 1983), Northern Irish-born Welsh actress and singer
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Connie Gilchrist
Rose Constance Gilchrist (July 17, 1895 – March 3, 1985) was an American stage, film, and television actress. Among her screen credits are her roles in the Hollywood productions '' Cry 'Havoc (1943), ''A Letter to Three Wives'' (1949), ...
(1901–1985), American actress
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Connie Gilchrist, Countess of Orkney (1865–1946), British child artist's model, actress, dancer, and singer
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Connie Hansen
Connie Hansen (born 29 May 1964) is a noted Danish Paralympian. She competed in athletics at the Summer Paralympics
The Summer Paralympics also known as the Games of the Paralympiad, are an international multi-sport event where athletes wit ...
(born 1964), Danish Paralympian
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Connie Hedegaard
Connie Hedegaard Koksbang (born 15 September 1960) is a Danish politician and public intellectual. She was European Commissioner for Climate Action in the ( second Barroso) European Commission from 10 February 2010 through 31 October 2014.
On ...
(born 1960), Danish politician
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Connie Laliberte
Connie Laliberte (born October 21, 1960) is a Canadian curler from Manitoba and world champion.
In 2019, Laliberte was named the tenth greatest Canadian curler in history in a TSN poll of broadcasters, reporters and top curlers.
Championships ...
, Canadian curler, 1984 world champion
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Connie Lawson
Connie Lawson (born April 20, 1949) is an American politician. A Republican, Lawson was Indiana Secretary of State from 2012 to 2022 and was a member of the Indiana Senate from 1996 to 2012. While in the state senate, she was Republican floor l ...
(born 1949), American politician, Indiana Secretary of State
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Connie Lewcock
Constance Mary Lewcock OBE born Constance Mary Ellis (11 April 1894 – 11 November 1980) was a British suffragette, arsonist and socialist.
Life
Lewcock was born in Horncastle in 1894.
In 1913 she volunteered her services to the Women's Soci ...
(1894–1980), British suffragette, arsonist and socialist
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Connie Meijer
Connie Meijer (5 February 1963 – 17 August 1988) was a Dutch cyclist who won a bronze medal in the road race at the 1987 UCI Road World Championships. She won a national title in this event in 1984, as well as individual stages of the Tour of N ...
(1963–1988), Dutch cyclist
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Connie Mitchell
Connie Thembi Mitchell (born ), also known as Miss Connie, is a South African-born Australian singer-songwriter. In 1995 she was a founding member of Primary. Briefly, in 2004, she was vocalist for Machine Gun Fellatio under the pseudonym Feyo ...
(born c. 1977), South African-born Australian singer-songwriter also known as Miss Connie
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Connie Morrison
Constance "Connie" Morrison was an American politician.
Morrison lived with her husband and family in Burnsville, Minnesota
Burnsville () is a city south of downtown Minneapolis in Dakota County, Minnesota. The city lies on a bluff overloo ...
, American politician and businesswoman
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Connie Nielsen
Connie Inge-Lise Nielsen (born 3 July 1965) is a Danish actress. She has starred as Lucilla in the film ''Gladiator'' (2000) and as Hippolyta in the DC Extended Universe, and in the films ''Wonder Woman'' (2017), '' Justice League'' (2017), '' ...
(born 1965), Danish actress
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Connie Norman
Connie Norman (1949 – July 15, 1996) was an AIDS and gay and transgender rights activist with ACT UP/LA. Beginning in 1991, she was the host of the first daily commercial talk radio show about gay issues in Los Angeles, and also co-hosted a ...
(1949–1996), American AIDS and trans rights activist
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Connie Price-Smith
Connie Price-Smith (born Constance Marie Price, June 3, 1962) is an American shot putter and discus thrower. Price-Smith is also a four-time Olympian. She graduated from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale in 1985.
Later career
Price-Sm ...
(born 1962), American former shot putter and discus thrower
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Connie Ramsay
Connie Ramsay (born 24 February 1988) is a Scottish judoka, who competed at the Commonwealth Games.
Judo career
Ramsay became champion of Great Britain, winning the lightweight division at the British Judo Championships in 2012.
Ramsay compet ...
(born 1988), Scottish judoka
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Connie Ruth
Connie Ruth (born 1944) was an American politician.
Ruth was born in Canby, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, was raised on a farm, and went to Canby High School. She graduated from Concordia University, Saint Paul, Minnesota, with her bachelor' ...
(born 1944), American politician
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Connie Schultz
Connie Schultz (born July 21, 1957) is an American writer and journalist. Schultz is a nationally syndicated columnist for Creators Syndicate. She worked at '' The Cleveland Plain Dealer'' newspaper from 1993 to 2011. She won the 2005 Pulitzer Pr ...
(born 1957), American writer, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and columnist
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Connie Talbot (born 2000), English child singer, finalist in the first series of ''Britain's Got Talent''
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Connie Willis
Constance Elaine Trimmer Willis (born December 31, 1945), commonly known as Connie Willis, is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. She has won eleven Hugo Awards and seven Nebula Awards for particular works—more major SF awards tha ...
(born 1945), American science fiction and fantasy writer
Men
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Connie Brown (1917–1966), Canadian National Hockey League player
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Connie Dion (1918–2014), Canadian National Hockey League player
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Connie B. Gay (1914–1989), American country music talent scout/manager, owner of radio and television stations and music executive
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Connie Grob
Conrad George Grob (rhymes with "robe"; November 9, 1932 – September 28, 1997) was an American professional baseball player in the 1950s and 1960s. A right-handed pitcher, he spent one full season — — in Major League Baseball as a member of ...
(1932–1997), American baseball player
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Connie Hawkins
Cornelius Lance "Connie" Hawkins (July 17, 1942 – October 6, 2017) was an American professional basketball player. A New York City playground legend, "the Hawk"
was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1992.
Early ye ...
(1942–2017), American Basketball League, National Basketball Association and American Basketball Association player and Harlem Globetrotter
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Connie Johnson (baseball)
Connie Johnson (December 27, 1922 – November 28, 2004) was an American professional baseball pitcher who played in the Negro leagues and Major League Baseball. He was born Clifford Johnson Jr. in Stone Mountain, Georgia. (1922–2004), American pitcher in the Negro leagues and Major League Baseball
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Connie Keane (born 1930), Irish hurler in the 1950s
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Connie Kelly (born 1949), Irish retired hurler
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L. William O'Connell (1890–1985), American cinematographer
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Connie Mack
Cornelius McGillicuddy (December 22, 1862 – February 8, 1956), better known as Connie Mack, was an American professional baseball catcher, manager, and team owner. The longest-serving manager in Major League Baseball history, he holds untoucha ...
(1862–1956), American Major League Baseball player, manager and team owner
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Connie Mack III
Cornelius Alexander McGillicuddy III (born October 29, 1940), also known as Connie Mack III, is an American retired Republican politician. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida from 1983 to 1989 and t ...
, American politician and attorney, grandson of Connie Mack
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Connie Mack IV
Cornelius Harvey McGillicuddy (born August 12, 1967), popularly known as Connie Mack IV, is an American politician and lobbyist. He is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 2005 to 2013. A Republican, he ran for the U.S. Senate in ...
, American politician, son of the above
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Connie Murphy (1870–1945), American Major League Baseball catcher
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Connie Sheehan
Cornelius Sheehan (31 May 1889 – 21 February 1950) was an Irish hurler who played as a centre-back with the Cork senior hurling team. He was an All-Ireland Championship winner in 1919.
Career
Sheehan began his hurling career at club leve ...
, Irish hurler in the 1910s and '20s
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Connie Simmons
Cornelius Leo "Connie" Simmons (March 15, 1925 – April 15, 1989) was an American professional basketball player. He was born in Newark, New Jersey.
A 6'8" forward/center from Flushing High School in New York City, Simmons played ten seasons ( ...
(1925–1989), American National Basketball Association player
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Connie Zelencik (1955–2021), American football player
Stage or pen name
* Connie Deka and Connie Lane, pen names of
Constance Laux (born 1952), American romance novelist
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Connie Francis
Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero (born December 12, 1937),
known professionally as Connie Francis, is an American pop singer, actress, and top-charting female vocalist of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Called the “First Lady of Rock & Roll” ...
(born 1938), American singer Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero
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Connie Glynn (born 1994), English YouTuber and author Constance Ella Glynn
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Connie Kay
Conrad Henry Kirnon (April 27, 1927 – November 30, 1994) known professionally as Connie Kay, was an American jazz and R&B drummer, who was a member of the Modern Jazz Quartet.
Self-taught on drums, he began performing in Los Angeles in the mid ...
(1927–1994), American jazz drummer born Conrad Henry Kirnon
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Connie Sellecca
Connie Sellecca (born Concetta Sellecchia; May 25, 1955) is an American actress, producer, and former model, best known for her roles on the television series '' Flying High'', ''The Greatest American Hero'', and ''Hotel'', for which she was nomi ...
(born Concetta Sellecchia in 1955), American actress, producer and former model
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Connie Smith
Connie Smith (born Constance June Meador; August 14, 1941) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Her contralto vocals have been described by music writers as significant and influential to the women of country music. A similarity h ...
(born 1941), American country music singer and songwriter born Constance June Meador
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Connie Stevens
Connie Stevens (born Concetta Rosalie Ann Ingolia; August 8, 1938) is an American actress and singer. Born in Brooklyn, New York City to musician parents, Stevens was raised there until age 12, when she was sent to live with family friends in r ...
(born 1938), American actress and singer Concetta Rosalie Ann Ingoglia
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Connie (freestyle singer), American singer Consuelo Piriz
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Connie (Burmese singer) (), Burmese singer born Yadana Tun
Fictional characters
* Connie, portrayed by
Stephanie Beacham
Stephanie Beacham (born 28 February 1947) is an English television, film, radio and theatre actress. Although she has a wide number of credits to her name, Beacham is best known for for playing Sable Colby in the ABC soap operas ''The Colbys' ...
in the homonymous 1985 British television drama series ''
Connie
Connie is a given name. It is often a pet form (hypocorism) of Concetta, Constance, Cornelia, or Cornelius.
Given name or nickname
Women
* Connie Achurra, Chilean chef
* Connie Binsfeld (1924–2014), American politician
* Connie Booth ...
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* Constance
"Connie" Beauchamp, from the BBC medical dramas ''
Holby City'' and ''
Casualty
Casualty may refer to:
*Casualty (person), a person who is killed or rendered unfit for service in a war or natural disaster
**Civilian casualty, a non-combatant killed or injured in warfare
* The emergency department of a hospital, also known as ...
''
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Connie Blair, heroine of 12 mystery novels for adolescent girls written by
Betty Cavanna
Betty Cavanna (June 24, 1909 – August 13, 2001) was the author of popular teen romance novels, mysteries, and children's books for 45 years. She also wrote under the names Elizabeth Headley and Betsy Allen. She was nominated for the Edgar Awa ...
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Connie Clayton, from the soap opera ''Coronation Street''
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Connie Corleone
Constanzia "Connie" Corleone is a fictional character in ''The Godfather'', a 1969 novel by Mario Puzo, and the 1972 film ''The Godfather''. In the film, Connie is portrayed by Talia Shire, the sister of the director Francis Ford Coppola. Shire ...
, played by
Talia Shire
Talia Rose Shire ( née Coppola; born April 25, 1946) is an American actress who played roles as Connie Corleone in ''The Godfather'' films and Adrian Balboa in the ''Rocky'' series. For her work in ''The Godfather Part II'' and ''Rocky'', Shir ...
in ''
The Godfather
''The Godfather'' is a 1972 American crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mario Puzo, based on Puzo's best-selling 1969 novel of the same title. The film stars Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caa ...
'' movie trilogy
* Connie D'Amico, a supporting character and rival of Meg Griffin from the television series ''
Family Guy''
* Connie Falconeri, one of two personalities of the character
Kate Howard from the soap opera ''
General Hospital''
* Connie Kendall, from the radio series ''
Adventures in Odyssey
''Adventures in Odyssey'' (AIO), or simply ''Odyssey'', is an Evangelical Christian radio drama and comedy series created and produced by Focus on the Family. Aimed at families with children age 12 and younger, the series first aired in 1987 as ...
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* Connie Kurridge, the titular character of ''
Connie
Connie is a given name. It is often a pet form (hypocorism) of Concetta, Constance, Cornelia, or Cornelius.
Given name or nickname
Women
* Connie Achurra, Chilean chef
* Connie Binsfeld (1924–2014), American politician
* Connie Booth ...
'', a newspaper comic strip created by
Frank Godwin
Francis Godwin (October 20, 1889 – August 5, 1959) was an American illustrator and comic strip artist, notable for his strip '' Connie'' and his book illustrations for ''Treasure Island'', ''Kidnapped'', ''Robinson Crusoe'', ''Robin Hood'' ...
* Connie Maheswaran, a supporting character from the television series ''
Steven Universe
''Steven Universe'' is an American animated television series created by Rebecca Sugar for Cartoon Network. It tells the coming-of-age story of a young boy, Steven Universe ( Zach Callison), who lives with the Crystal Gems—magical, mineral ...
''
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Connie Rubirosa
Consuela Rubirosa is a fictional character, portrayed by Alana de la Garza, who joined the cast of long-running NBC drama series ''Law & Order'' during the 17th-season premiere episode "Fame". She is the only second-chair assistant district att ...
, a character of ''
Law & Order'', an Assistant District Attorney, portrayed by
Alana De La Garza
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Connie Sachs, from the ''Karla Trilogy'' spy novels by
John le Carré
David John Moore Cornwell (19 October 193112 December 2020), better known by his pen name John le Carré ( ), was a British and Irish author, best known for his espionage novels, many of which were successfully adapted for film or television. ...
* Kahn Jr. "Connie" Souphanousinphone, a supporting character from the television series ''
King of the Hill
''King of the Hill'' is an American animated sitcom created by Mike Judge and Greg Daniels for the Fox Broadcasting Company. It aired its original non-syndicated run from January 12, 1997, to September 13, 2009, and centers on the Hills, an Am ...
''.
* Connie Springer, a supporting character from the anime/manga series ''
Attack on Titan''
* Connie Thompson (nicknamed "Creepy Connie"), from the Disney television series
''Jessie''
* Connie, the titular character of ''
Connie the Cow
''Connie the Cow'' is a children's television series created by Josep Viciana, and designed by Roman Rybakiewicz. It was produced by Spain-based studio Neptuno Films, and it aired on TV3 in Catalonia. In the United States, it aired on Noggin.
Th ...
'' (''La Vaca Connie''), a Spanish children's television series
* Connie, the main character of "
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" is a frequently anthologized short story written by Joyce Carol Oates. The story first appeared in the Fall 1966 edition of ''Epoch'' magazine. It was inspired by three Tucson, Arizona murders committed b ...
", a short story by
Joyce Carol Oates
* Connie Marble, portrayed by
Mink Stole
Nancy Paine Stoll (born August 25, 1947), known professionally as Mink Stole, is an American actress from Baltimore, Maryland. She began her career working for director John Waters, and has appeared in all of his feature films to date (a distinc ...
in ''
Pink Flamingos
''Pink Flamingos'' is a 1972 American film directed, written, produced, narrated, filmed, and edited by John Waters. It is part of what Waters has labelled the "Trash Trilogy", which also includes '' Female Trouble'' (1974) and '' Desperate Liv ...
'', a movie by
John Waters
John Samuel Waters Jr. (born April 22, 1946) is an American filmmaker, writer, actor, and artist. He rose to fame in the early 1970s for his transgressive cult films, including '' Multiple Maniacs'' (1970), '' Pink Flamingos'' (1972) and '' Fe ...
Animals
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Koni (dog)
Konni (russian: Конни, 1999 – 2014), full name Connie Leod Paulgrave (), also known as Connie, was a female black Labrador Retriever belonging to the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin. Konni was often seen at the President's side, inc ...
, Vladimir Putin's dog, also known as Connie
See also
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Konnie Huq
Kanak Asha "Konnie" Huq (; born 17 July 1975) is a British television and radio presenter, screenwriter and children's author. She became the longest-serving female presenter of the British children's television programme ''Blue Peter'', prese ...
(born 1975), British television presenter
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Conny, a given name or surname (including a list of persons with the name)
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Kalitta Air
Kalitta Air is an American cargo airline headquartered at Willow Run Airport, Ypsilanti Township, Michigan. The company operates international scheduled and cargo charter services. Its call sign "Connie" is from its founder, Connie Kalitta.
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, callsign "Connie"
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