Eileen ( or ) is an Irish feminine

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anglicised from Eibhlín and may refer to:

People

Artists

* Eileen Agar (1899–1991), British Surrealist painter and photographer * Eileen Fisher (born 1950), clothing retailer and designer * Eileen Folson (1956–2007), Broadway composer * Eileen Ford (1922–2014), American model agency executive * Eileen Gray (1878–1976), Irish furniture designer and architect * Eileen Ramsay (1915-2017), British maritime photographer *

Eileen Shields Eileen Shields (born ) is a footwear designer and owner of the ''EILEEN SHIELDS'' label and the Dublin-based store/gallery "5 Scarlet Row". Shield's shoe designs have been worn by a number of celebrities, including Eva Longoria's character on ''D ...

(born 1970), American footwear designer and entrepreneur

Entertainers

Eileen (singer) Eileen Goldsen (born May 16, 1941) is an American-born former pop singer, songwriter and music publisher, who has mainly worked and lived in France since the 1960s. Her recordings credit her mononymously as Eileen. Biography She was born in New Y ...

(born 1941), American-born singer in France * Eileen Atkins (born 1934), English actress * Eileen Barton (1924–2006), American singer *

Eileen Bellomo Blondie is an American rock band co-founded by singer Debbie Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. The band was a pioneer in the American new wave scene of the mid-1970s in New York. Their first two albums contained strong elements of punk and new w ...

, member of rock group The Stilettos *

Eileen April Boylan Eileen April Boylan (born May 10, 1987) is an American film and television actress. She stands and is of Filipino and Irish descent. Biography Boylan was born in Acton, California, the daughter of Merlie Baris and Frank Boylan. She has on ...

(born 1987), Filipina/Irish-American actress * Eileen Brennan (1932–2013), American actress * Eileen Catterson, Scottish fashion model and former Miss Scotland * Eileen Daly (born 1963), English actress, singer and director * Eileen Davidson (born 1959), American film actress * Eileen Derbyshire (born 1930), English character actress * Eileen DeSandre, American actress * Eileen Essell (1922–2015), Irish actress * Eileen Farrell (1920–2002), American opera and concert singer * Eileen Fulton (born 1933), American actress * Eileen Heckart (1919–2001), American actress * Eileen Helsby (born 1937), British actress * Eileen Herlie (1918–2008), Scottish-American actress * Eileen Ivers (born 1965), Irish-American musician * Eileen Joyce (1908–1991), Australian pianist * Eileen McCallum (born 1936), Scottish actress * Eileen O'Brien (actress), English actress * Eileen Pollock (1947–2020), Northern Ireland actress * Eileen Rodgers (1930–2003), American singer and Broadway performer * Eileen Rose (born 1965), American singer/songwriter * Eileen Ryan, American actress * Eileen Sedgwick (1898–1991), American silent film actress * Eileen Walsh (born 1977), Irish actress * Eileen Way (1911–1994), English actress *

Eileen Whitfield ''Pickford: The Woman Who Made Hollywood'' is a 1997 biography of actress Mary Pickford (1892–1979) written by Eileen Whitfield. The book took ten years to complete and was published by Macfarlane Walter & Ross in Canada and by the University ...

, Canadian journalist and playwright *

Eileen Wilson Eileen Wilson (born Eileen Eshelman; January 15, 1923 – September 9, 2018) was an American big band singer, and one of the original stars of the 1950s television show ''Your Hit Parade'' on NBC.Terrace, Vincent (2011). ''Encyclopedia of Televi ...

(born 1923), American television star * Eileen Yeow (born 1972), Singaporean actress

Politicians

* Eileen Anderson (born 1928), Hawaii politician * Eileen Bell (born 1943), Northern Ireland politician * Eileen Desmond (1932–2005), British politician *

Eileen C. Dugan Eileen C. Dugan (April 15, 1945 – November 8, 1996) was an American politician from New York. Life She was born on April 15, 1945, in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, New York City. the daughter of James Brian Dugan and Anne Dugan (Née Cunningham). ...

(1945–1996), New York politician *

Eileen Gordon Eileen Gordon ('' née'' Leatt; born 22 October 1946) is a former Labour Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom, who represented Romford from 1997 to 2001. Early life and education Gordon was born in Islington, the daughter of Charles and M ...

(born 1946), United Kingdom politician *

Eileen Hickey (New York politician) Eileen Hickey (July 7, 1945 – March 5, 1999) was an American politician from New York (state), New York. Life She was born Eileen McKenna on July 7, 1945, in Poughkeepsie, New York, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York, the daughter of Peter ...

(1945–1999), New York politician *

Eileen M. Hickey Eileen M. Hickey (1886 – 3 February 1960) was a politician in Northern Ireland. Hickey studied at Queen's University Belfast, where she received a BSc, MD and DPH, before working as a civil servant at the Mater Hospital in Belfast. She bec ...

(1886–1960), Northern Irish politician *

Eileen Lemass Eileen Lemass (; born 7 July 1932) is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician, who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1977 to 1987, and also as a member of the European Parliament from 1984 to 1989. Early life and education She was born in Co ...

(born 1932), Irish politician *

Eileen Malloy Eileen A. Malloy (born July 9, 1954) served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian affairs in the United States Department of State. She served as the United States Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan from 1994 to 1997.

(born 1954), US ambassador * Eileen Paisley, Baroness Paisley of St George's (born 1931), Northern Irish politician *

Eileen Parsons Eileen Parsons Order of the British Empire, OBE who served as a member of the House of Assembly of the British Virgin Islands, including as Minister for of Health, Education and Welfare, Deputy Premier and Deputy Speaker during the course of her p ...

, British Virgin Islands politician

Sportspeople

* Eileen Ash (1911–2021), English cricketer *

Eileen Coparropa Eileen Mary Coparropa Alemán (born March 31, 1981 in Panama City) is a freestyle swimmer from Panama, who won a silver and a bronze medal in the women's 50m freestyle event at the Pan American Games. Nicknamed "La Sirena de Oro" she represented ...

(born 1981), freestyle swimmer from Panama *

Eileen Ellison Eileen Ellison (12 December 1910 – 29 July 1967) was a British Grand Prix racer. Born in Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire, she was a daughter of Sidney and Theresa Ellison (formerly Vinter). She had a sister, Diana, and a brother, Tony. Backg ...

(1910–1967), English Grand Prix racer * Eileen Gu (born 2003), Chinese freestyle skier * Eileen Hiscock (1909–1958), British athlete * Eileen McNamara (born 1952), equestrian *

Eileen O'Keeffe Eileen O'Keeffe (born 31 May 1981 in Kilkenny) is a former female hammer thrower from Ireland. Her personal best throw of 73.21 metres, achieved in July 2007 at the national championships in Dublin, is the Irish records in athletics, Irish record ...

(born 1981), Irish hammer thrower * Eileen Bennett Whittingstall (1907–1979), UK tennis player

Writers

Eileen Albrizio Eileen Albrizio is an American writer of poetry and prose, a professional proofreader and editor, and a former broadcast journalist. She was born in Hartford, CT where she still resides. Her poetry has appeared in numerous literary publications. ...

(born 1960), American writer * Eileen Chang (1920–1995), Chinese writer * Eileen Dunne (born 1958), Irish newsreader * Eileen Gunn (born 1945), American science fiction writer and editor *

Eileen Kernaghan Eileen Kernaghan (born January 6, 1939) is a Canadian novelist and three-time winner of the Prix Aurora Awards, Prix Aurora Award for English-language Canadian speculative fiction. The settings of her historical fantasy novels range from the prehis ...

(born 1939), Canadian novelist * Eileen McNamara (born 1952), American columnist and professor * Eileen Myles (born 1949), American poet *

Eileen Pollock (writer) Eileen "Mike" Prince Pollock (March 22, 1926 – December 5, 2012) and Robert "Bob" Mason Pollock (March 19, 1917 – July 11, 2016) were an American married couple who worked as television screenwriters and producers best known for their work ...

, American television screenwriter and producer * Eileen Power (1889–1940), British economic historian and medievalist * Eileen Tabios (born 1960), Filipino-American writer and artist * Eileen Wilks (born 1952), American fiction writer

Other

* Eileen Barker (born 1938), UK professor * Eileen Caddy (1917–2006), founder of the Findhorn Foundation community * Eileen Collins (born 1956), American astronaut *

Eileen de Coppet, Princess of Albania Princess Eileen of Wied, Hereditary Princess of Albania (2 September 1922 – 1 September 1985), was an Englishwoman who became the wife of Carol Victor, Hereditary Prince of Albania. She is known in Albanian as ( Albanian: ''Princesha trashëgi ...

(1922–1985) *

Eileen Rockefeller Growald Eileen Rockefeller (born February 26, 1952) is an American philanthropist. She is the youngest daughter of David Rockefeller and Margaret "Peggy" McGrath. Eileen is a member of the fourth generation of the Rockefeller family widely known as "the ...

(born 1952), daughter of David Rockefeller *

Eileen McKenney Ruth Marguerite McKenney (November 18, 1911 – July 25, 1972) was an American author and journalist, best remembered for ''My Sister Eileen'', a memoir of her experiences growing up in Ohio and moving to Greenwich Village with her sister Eileen ...

, wife of American writer Nathanael West * Eileen Nearne (1921–2010), member of UK Special Operations Executive (SOE) * Eileen O'Shaughnessy, wife of British writer George Orwell *

Eileen Saxon Eileen Saxon, sometimes referred to as "The Blue Baby", was the patient in an operation that ushered in the modern era of cardiac surgery. She had a condition called Tetralogy of Fallot, one of the primary congenital defects that lead to blue baby ...

(1942–1945), infant known as "The Blue Baby" *

Eileen Southern Eileen Jackson Southern (February 19, 1920 – October 13, 2002) was an American musicologist, researcher, author, and teacher. Southern's research focused on black American musical styles, musicians, and composers; she also published on ea ...

(1920–2002), African American musicologist *

Eileen Tallman Sufrin Blanche Eileen Tallman Sufrin (; January 19, 1913 – March 20, 1999) was a Canadian author and labour activist. In 1942, she led a strike of bank employees in Montreal, the first strike in the Canadian banking industry. She later led a drive to ...

(1913-1999), Canadian author and labour activist * Eileen Vidal (died 2003), kelper telephone and radio operator

Characters

*Eileen Shallot, character in the novella '' The Dream Master'' * Birthday Girl: Eileen *Eileen the Crow, from the 2015 video game '' Bloodborne'' *Eileen Prince, mother of Severus Snape from the Harry Potter book series *Eileen, from the cartoon ''

Regular Show ''Regular Show'' (known as ''Regular Show in Space'' during its eighth season) is an American animated sitcom created by J. G. Quintel for Cartoon Network. It ran from September 6, 2010, to January 16, 2017, over the course of eight seasons a ...

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Eileen Galvin The survival horror video games series ''Silent Hill'' features a large cast of characters. The games' player characters are " everymen", in contrast to action-oriented survival horror video game series featuring combat-trained player characte ...

, from the horror video game ''Silent Hill 4'' * Eileen Grimshaw from Coronation Street *Eileen, a fairy in the charmed ridge level from '' Spyro: Year of the Dragon'' * Eileen, a character from Tyler Perry's 2013 film '' A Madea Christmas'' *

Eileen (Virtua Fighter) The following is a list of characters from the ''Virtua Fighter'' fighting game series released by Sega. Starting with ''Virtua Fighter'', this series has spanned five games (not including updates) and has been released on arcade systems as well as ...

, a character in the game ''Virtua Fighter 5''