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feminine

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. It is derived from

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combined with Magdalene. It was popularized by actress and singer

Marlene Dietrich Marie Magdalene "Marlene" DietrichBorn as Maria Magdalena, not Marie Magdalene, according to Dietrich's biography by her daughter, Maria Riva ; however Dietrich's biography by Charlotte Chandler cites "Marie Magdalene" as her birth name . (, ; ...

Notable people

Politics

Marlene Catterall Marlene Catterall (born March 1, 1939) is a former Canadian politician. Catterall was a member of the Liberal Party of Canada in the House of Commons of Canada, representing the riding of Ottawa West—Nepean from 1997 to 2005 and previously repre ...

, Canadian Member of Parliament 1988-2005 * Marlene Cowling, Canadian Member of Parliament 1993-1997 * Marlene Graham, member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 1997-2004 *

Marlene Jennings Marlene Jennings (born November 10, 1951) is a former Canadian politician. She was a member of the Liberal Party of Canada in the House of Commons of Canada, and represented the riding of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine from 1997 to 2011. Jen ...

, Canadian Member of Parliament, 1997-2011 *

Marlene Johnson Marlene Johnson (born January 11, 1946) is an American politician and businesswoman who served as the 42nd lieutenant governor of Minnesota, the first woman to hold the office. She was elected as the running mate of Governor Rudy Perpich and s ...

, Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota 1983-1991 * Marlene Lenz, German Member of the Bundestag and Member of the European Parliament

Academia

* Marlene Belfort, who helped discover self-splicing introns in bacteriophage DNA * Marlene Dobkin de Rios (1939-2012), American cultural anthropologist, medical anthropologist, and psychotherapist *

Marlene Scardamalia Marlene Scardamalia is an education researcher, professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto. Contributions She is considered one of the pioneers in computer-supported collaborative learning. Other areas of r ...

, education researcher *

Marlene Zuk Marlene Zuk (born May 20, 1956) is an American evolutionary biology, evolutionary biologist and Ethology, behavioral ecologist. She worked as professor of biology at the University of California, Riverside (UCR) until she transferred to the Univ ...

, evolutionary biologist

Sports

Marlene Hagge Marlene Hagge (née Bauer; born February 16, 1934) is an American former professional golfer. She was one of the thirteen founders of the LPGA in 1950. She won one major championship and 26 LPGA Tour career events. She is a member of the Worl ...

Marlene Ahrens Marlene Ahrens Ostertag-Ebensperger (July 27, 1933 – June 17, 2020) was a Chilean athlete. She won the silver medal in Javelin throw at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne with a distance of 50.38 metres. She was the mother of jo ...

* Marlene Elejarde *

Marlene Gerson Marlene Gerson (born June 1940) is a female former tennis player from South Africa who was active in the late 1950s and the first half of the 1960s. Her best singles result at the Wimbledon Championships was reaching the third round in 1959. Par ...

(born 1940), South African tennis player *

Marlène Harnois Marlène Olivia Harnois (born 22 October 1986) is a Canadian-born French taekwondo Olympic medalist, TV personality, philanthropist and a Knight of the Order of Merit, decorated by the President of France. She is a Champion for Peace represen ...

(born 1986), French taekwondo practitioner *

Marlene Matthews Marlene Judith Mathews AO (later ''Willard''; born 14 July 1934) is a retired Australian Olympic sprinter. She has been described as 'one of Australia's greatest and unluckiest' champions.Marlene Slebsager, Danish cricketer *

Marlene Streit Marlene Stewart Streit, (born March 9, 1934) is a Canadian amateur golfer, and a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame. She was born in Cereal, Alberta. She learned golf from Gordon McInnis Sr. at the Lookout Point Golf Club in Fonthill, Ontar ...

Marlene Weingärtner Marlene Weingärtner (born 30 January 1980) is a retired tennis player from Germany. She is a former top 40 player in both singles and doubles. The most remarkable moment of her career was her first-round match at the 2003 Australian Open when ...

, tennis player *

Marlene Thomsen Marlene Thomsen (born 5 May 1971) is a former badminton player from Denmark. Career 1992 Summer Olympics Thomsen competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen. In the first round, they defeate ...

, Danish badminton player

Entertainment

Marlene Daudén Marlene Daudén (born 1941 in the Philippines) is considered one of the greatest Filipina drama actresses of all time. She achieved her legendary status as a film thespian during her film career that spanned from the 1950s up to the 1970s. Durin ...

, Filipina drama actress *

, German actress and entertainer *

Marlene Warfield Marlene Warfield (born in Queens, New York (state), New York) is an American actress. Warfield has acted in films and American television. She portrayed the underground revolutionary Laureen Hobbs in the 1976 film ''Network (1976 film), Network' ...

, American actress * Marlene Callahan, also known as Marlene Wallace *

Marlene Charell Marlene Charell (born Angela Miebs on 27 June 1944 in Winsen (Luhe), Winsen) is a German entertainer and was the leading dancer and superstar at Le Lido in Paris from 1968 until the end of 1970. Her stage name is an amalgamation of the entertainers ...

, German entertainer * Marlene Enright, Irish singer * Marlene Janssen, American model *

Marlène Jobert Marlène Jobert (born 4 November 1940) is a French actress and author. Life and career Jobert was born in Algiers, Algeria, to a Sephardic Jewish and Pied-Noir family, the daughter of Eliane Azulay and Charles Jobert, who served in the French A ...

, French actress *

Marlene Morreis Marlene Morreis (born 21 December 1976 in Schärding, Upper Austria, is an Austrian actress. Life and career Marlene Morreis was born in 1976 in Schärding in Upper Austria. She attended a rural primary school, then she went to the grammar schoo ...

, Austrian actress *

Marlene Morrow Marlene may refer to: People * Marlene (given name), including a list of people with the name * Marlene (Burmese businesswoman), Nang Kham Noung (born 1991) * Marlene (Japanese singer) (born 1960), a Filipina jazz singer active in Japan Film * ' ...

, American model *

Marlene Schmidt Marlene Schmidt (born 11 November 1937) is a German control engineer, actress, TV host and beauty queen who won Miss Universe 1961. Born in Breslau, Germany and raised in East Germany, where she earned a master's degree in engineering, in 1960, ...

, Miss Universe in 1961 *

Marlene van Niekerk Marlene van Niekerk (born 10 November 1954) is a South African poet, writer, and academic. She is best known for her novels, the satirical tragicomedy ''Triomf'' (1994) and the Herzog-winning ''Agaat'' (2004), which explore themes including the ...

, writer *

Marlene Favela Marlene Favela (born Silvia Marlene Favela Meraz on August 5, 1977, in Santiago Papasquiaro, Durango, Mexico) is a Mexican actress and model. In Mexican television, as of 2013 she was best known as Esmeralda in the TV show ''Zorro, La Espada y l ...

, Mexican actress

Arts

Marlene Neubauer-Woerner Marlene Neubauer-Woerner (August 25, 1918 – January 1, 2010), born Marlene Woerner, was a German Sculpture, sculptor. She was born in Landshut, Germany. Life In 1932, after the death of both parents, she attended the state school for ceramics ...

, German sculptor *

Marlene Dumas Marlene Dumas (born 3 August 1953) is a South African artist and painter currently based in the Netherlands. Life and work Dumas was born in 1953 in Cape Town, South Africa and grew up in Kuils River in the Western Cape, where her father had ...

, South African painter

Others

Marlene (Burmese businesswoman) Nang Kham Noung, preferred as Marlene (born 1991), is a Burmese businesswoman and philanthropist. She is a Deputy CEO of the country's largest financial institution Kanbawza Bank, and the executive director of the Kanbawza Group, a major business ...

, also known as Nang Kham Noung * Marlene Lehnberg, also known as ''The Scissor Murderess'' *

Marlene Garcia-Esperat Marlene Garcia Esperat (August 29, 1959 – March 24, 2005, in Tacurong City, Sultan Kudarat, Philippines) was a Filipina whistleblower and investigative journalist who wrote a weekly anti-graft column for local newspapers. As a result of her an ...

, murdered journalist

Fictional characters

* Marlene (''Final Fantasy VII'') *

Marlene Alraune Marlene may refer to: People * Marlene (given name), including a list of people with the name * Marlene (Burmese businesswoman), Nang Kham Noung (born 1991) * Marlene (Japanese singer) (born 1960), a Filipina jazz singer active in Japan Film * ' ...

, of the ''Marvel Universe'' *

Marlene Griggs-Knope The primary characters of the American television comedy series ''Parks and Recreation'' are the employees of the parks department of Pawnee (Parks and Recreation), Pawnee, a fictional Indiana town. The protagonist is Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler), ...

, from American comedy series ''

Parks and Recreation ''Parks and Recreation'' (also known as ''Parks and Rec'') is an American political satire mockumentary sitcom television series created by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur. The series aired on NBC from April 9, 2009, to February 24, 2015, for 125 ...

'' *

Marlene Kratz Marlene Kratz is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera '' Neighbours'', played by Moya O'Sullivan. She made her first screen appearance during the episode broadcast on 5 July 1994 and remained in the show until 14 October 1997, wh ...

, from Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'' *

Marlene Rush ''Robotech'' is the American adaptation of three Japanese animated series: ''The Super Dimension Fortress Macross'', ''The Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross'', and ''Genesis Climber MOSPEADA'', as a single TV series. The series is divided i ...

, from the ''Robotech Series'' * Marlene the otter, character in the animated TV show ''The Penguins of Madagascar'' * Marlene McKinnon, character in J.K. Rowling's ''Harry Potter'' series *

Marlene Boyce ''Only Fools and Horses....'' is a British television sitcom created and written by John Sullivan (writer), John Sullivan. Seven series were originally broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom from 1981 to 1991, with sixteen sporadic Christmas ...

, character in ''

Only Fools and Horses ''Only Fools and Horses....'' is a British television sitcom created and written by John Sullivan. Seven series were originally broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom from 1981 to 1991, with sixteen sporadic Christmas specials aired until t ...

'' and ''

The Green Green Grass ''The Green Green Grass'' is a BBC television sitcom, created and initially written by John Sullivan, produced by Shazam Productions for the BBC. It is a sequel/spin-off of the long-running sitcom ''Only Fools and Horses'' and stars John Chall ...

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