Granny is a term and nickname for a grandmother, a female

grandparent Grandparents, individually known as grandmother and grandfather, are the parents of a person's father or mother – paternal or maternal. Every sexually-reproducing living organism who is not a genetic chimera has a maximum of four genetic gra ...

, and may refer to:

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Granny (Beverly Hillbillies character) ''The Beverly Hillbillies'' is an American television sitcom that was broadcast on CBS from 1962 to 1971. It had an ensemble cast featuring Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas, and Max Baer Jr. as the Clampetts, a poor, backwoods family f ...

, a character on ''The Beverly Hillbillies'' television series, played by Irene Ryan *

Granny (Looney Tunes) Emma Webster, better known as Granny, is a Warner Bros. Cartoons character created by Friz Freleng, best known from ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' animated shorts of the 1950s and 1960s. She is the owner of Tweety (and more often tha ...

, a ''Looney Tunes'' character *

Granny Goodness Granny Goodness is a fictional supervillain published by DC Comics. Granny Goodness made her live-action debut in the final two seasons of ''Smallville'', and she was portrayed by Nancy Amelia Bell and Christine Willes. Granny Goodness made her ...

, a Superman villainess * George "Granny" Grantham, a character from the Stephen King novella ''

Blockade Billy ''Blockade Billy'' is a 2010 novella by Stephen King. It tells the story of William "Blockade Billy" Blakely, a fictional baseball catcher who briefly played for the New Jersey Titans during the 1957 season. The novella took King two weeks to w ...

'' * Granny character created by cartoonist

Buck Brown Robert "Buck" Brown (February 3, 1936 – July 2, 2007) was an American painter and cartoonist best known for creating ''Playboy'' magazine's toothless, saggy-breasted, highly-sexed, naughty "Granny" character. Early life and education Brown was ...

for ''Playboy''

Fictional works

* ''Granny'' (film), a 2003 Russian drama film * ''Granny'' (video game), a 2017 survival horror video game * ''

The Granny ''The Granny'' is a 1995 American horror comedy film directed by Luca Bercovici and written by Bercovici and Sam Bernard. The film stars Stella Stevens as a grandmother who comes back from her grave to seek revenge on her greedy family. After a lim ...

'', a 1995 American horror comedy film * ''Granny'', a spin-off from the '' Cuddles and Dimples'' strip in the British Dandy comic * ''Granny'', a 1994 novel by Anthony Horowitz

People

Granny Alston Hallam Newton Egerton "Granny" Alston (10 June 1908 – 20 October 1985) was an English cricketer who played one first-class cricket match for Somerset. Alston made one appearance for Somerset during the 1933 season, against Surrey at The Oval ...

or Hallam Newton Egerton Alston (1908–1985), English cricketer * Grantland Rice (1880–1954), American sportswriter * Granny D or

Doris Haddock Doris "Granny D" Haddock (born Ethel Doris Rollins; January 24, 1910 – March 9, 2010) was an American political activist from New Hampshire. Haddock achieved national fame when, between the ages of 88 and 90, starting on January 1, 1999, and cul ...

(1910–2010), American political activist

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Granny (orca) Granny (born c. 1951, died c. 2016), also known as J2, was a female orca of the J pod of southern resident orcas notable for her long life. Early estimates placed her birth in 1911, putting her at 105 years old at the time of her death. However ...

, the oldest known orca *

Granny (sea anemone) Granny was the affectionate name eventually given to a beadlet sea anemone, ''Actinia equina'', which in 1828 was taken from a rocky shore at North Berwick in Scotland by an amateur naturalist, John Dalyell. During her long life through the Vi ...

, a celebrated sea anemone from 19th-century Britain * "Granny" (song), a song performed by Dave Matthews Band, popular at their live shows * Granny (townland), a townland in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland

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