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Gwendoline is a feminine given name, a variant of Gwendolen.


Notable people called Gwendoline

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Gwendoline Maud Syrie Barnardo Gwendoline Maud Syrie Maugham (''née'' Barnardo, formerly Wellcome; 10 July 1879 – 25 July 1955) was a leading British interior decorator of the 1920s and 1930s who popularized rooms decorated entirely in white. Birth Syrie Maugham was born ...
(1879–1955), a British interior decorator *
Gwendoline Butler Gwendoline Butler, née Williams (19 August 1922 – 5 January 2013) was a British writer of mystery fiction and romance novels since 1956, she also used the pseudonym Jennie Melville. Credited for inventing the "woman's police procedural", is ...
(born 1922), an English writer of mystery fiction *
Gwendoline Christie Gwendoline Tracey Philippa Christie (born 28 October 1978) is an English actress who is best known for portraying Brienne of Tarth in the HBO fantasy-drama series ''Game of Thrones'' (2012–2019). She is also widely known for her role the Firs ...
(born 1978), a British actress *
Gwendoline Davies Gwendoline Elizabeth Davies, CH (11 February 1882 – 3 July 1951), was a Welsh philanthropist and patron of the arts who, together with her sister Margaret, is recognised as the most influential collector of Impressionist and 20th-century art ...
(1882–1951), a Welsh patron of the arts *
Gwendoline Didier Gwendoline Didier (born 3 October 1986 in Enghien-les-Bains, Val-d'Oise) is a French former competitive figure skater. She is the 2008 French national champion and the 2004 & 2010 national bronze medalist. Programs Competitive highlights ''GP ...
(born 1986), a French figure skater *
Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith Gladys Shirley Eastlake Smith (14 August 1883 – 18 September 1941), also known as Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith and Gladys Lamplough (after her marriage), was a British tennis player. She won an Olympic gold medal at the 1908 Summer Olymp ...
(1883–1941), a British tennis player * Gwendoline "Gwen" Harwood (1920–1995), an Australian poet *
Gwendoline Malegwale Ramokgopa Gwen Malegwale Ramokgopa is a South African politician who was elected the Treasurer-General of the governing African National Congress (ANC) in December 2022. She was formerly the Deputy Minister of Health under President Jacob Zuma from Octobe ...
, mayor of the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa *
Gwendoline Porter Gwendoline Alice Porter (25 April 190229 August 1993) was a British track and field athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. She was born in Ilford, London. She worked in the head office of an insurance company. In 1922 she participated ...
(born 1909), a British athlete *
Gwendoline Riley Gwendoline Riley (born 1979) is an English writer. Early life and education Riley was born in London, England, in 1979. She attended Manchester Metropolitan University. Career Riley's first novel, ''Cold Water'', was named one of the five o ...
(born 1979), an English writer * Gwendoline "Wendy" Wood (1892–1981), a Scottish nationalist and artist * Gwendoline Yeo (born 1977), a Singaporean-American actress and musician


Fictional characters

*Gwendoline Mary Lacey, a character in Enid Blyton's ''
Malory Towers ''Malory Towers'' is a series of six novels by English children's author Enid Blyton. The series is based on a girls' boarding school that Blyton's daughter attended, Benenden School, which relocated during World War II to the Hotel Bristol i ...
'' series of children's novels (1946–1951)


See also

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Guendalina ''Guendalina'' is a 1957 Italian comedy film directed by Alberto Lattuada. It was entered into the 1957 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Jacqueline Sassard as Guendalina * Raf Mattioli as Oberdan * Sylva Koscina as Francesca, Guendalina's mother * ...
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Gwendolyne "Gwendolyne" (), sometimes spelt "Gwendoline", is a song composed and recorded by Spanish singer Julio Iglesias, co-written by Leo Johns. It is best known as the entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1970, held in Amsterdam. The single was also ...
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Wendeline (disambiguation) Wendeline may refer to: * 1438 Wendeline, a main-belt asteroid * 15268 Wendelinefroger, a main-belt asteroid, named after Wendeline Froger (born 1948) * Nina Bang (born Nina Henriette Wendeline Ellinger; 1866–1928), a Danish social democratic p ...
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