Biddy
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Biddy is a given name which may refer to:
People:
Fictional characters:
People:
- Biddy Anderson (1874–1926), South African cricketer
- Biddy BaxterBiddy BaxterBiddy Baxter MBE is best known as the former editor of the long-running popular BBC One children’s magazine show Blue Peter, a position she held from 1965 to 1988. She was also its producer from 1962 to 1965...
(born 1933), English television producer - Biddy DolanBiddy DolanLeon Mark "Biddy" Dolan , was a Major League Baseball first baseman. He played in 32 games in for the Indianapolis Hoosiers.-External links:...
(1881–1950), American Major League Baseball player - Biddy EarlyBiddy EarlyBiddy Early was a traditional Irish healer who helped peasants. She acted against the wishes of the local tenant farmer landlords and Catholic priests and was accused of witchcraft.-Childhood:...
(c. 1798-1874), Irish traditional healer - Bridget HodsonBridget HodsonBridget "Biddy" Hodson is a British actress better known for her roles of Elaine in mini-series The Mists of Avalon and Ilsa Haupstein in film Hellboy. She used the stage name Biddy Hodson from 1983 to 2004 and her name Bridget Hodson from 2004 onwards....
, British actress - Carolyn MartinCarolyn MartinCarolyn Arthur “Biddy” Martin is an American intellectual, author, and former Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She assumed office on September 1, 2008, succeeding John D. Wiley. She was the ninth graduate of UW–Madison to serve as its chancellor, and the first alumna to hold that...
, nicknamed "Biddy", Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–Madison - Biddy MasonBiddy MasonBridget "Biddy" Mason was an African American nurse and a Californian real estate entrepreneur and philanthropist.-Early life:...
(1818–1891), African American nurse, entrepreneur, and philanthropist - Biddy Rockman NapaljarriBiddy Rockman NapaljarriBiddy Rockman Napaljarri is a Walpiri-speaking Indigenous artist from Australia's Western Desert region. She has been painting since 1986, and her work is in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria.-Life:...
(born c. 1940), indigenous Australian artist - Biddy Will (born 1996), a cool person
- Biddy, a member or supporter of the Crozier Center for Women at Kenyon CollegeKenyon CollegeKenyon College is a private liberal arts college in Gambier, Ohio, founded in 1824 by Bishop Philander Chase of The Episcopal Church, in parallel with the Bexley Hall seminary. It is the oldest private college in Ohio...
Fictional characters:
- Biddy, in the novel Great ExpectationsGreat ExpectationsGreat Expectations is a novel by Charles Dickens. It was first published in serial form in the publication All the Year Round from 1 December 1860 to August 1861. It has been adapted for stage and screen over 250 times....
by Charles Dickens - Biddy Byrne, a protagonist in GlenroeGlenroeGlenroe was an Irish television drama series broadcast between September 1983 and May 2001 on RTÉ One. The programme was a spin-off from Bracken, a short-lived RTÉ drama itself spun off from The Riordans. Glenroe was broadcast on Sunday nights at 20.30, generally from September to May. The show was...
, an Irish television drama - Biddy Mulligan, a character played by Jimmy O'DeaJimmy O'DeaJames Augustine "Jimmy" O'Dea was an Irish actor and comedian.-Life:Jimmy O'Dea was born in Lower Bridge Street, Dublin, where his mother kept a small toy-shop. He was one of 11 children. His father was an iron-monger and had a shop in Capel Street. He was educated at Blackrock College and...
, an Irish actor and comedian
See also
- Bridget (given name)Bridget (given name)Bridget or Brigid is a Celtic/Irish female name derived from the noun brígh, meaning "power, strength, vigor, virtue." An alternate meaning of the name is "exalted one"...
- Acaena novae-zelandiaeAcaena novae-zelandiaeAcaena novae-zelandiae is an ornamental plant native to New Zealand and Australia. It can also be found elsewhere as an introduced species, and is considered a noxious weed in some areas, such as Hawaii and California.-Characteristics:Bidgee-Widgee is a prostrate herb...
or biddy-biddy, an ornamental plant - Silver biddySilver biddySilver biddies , also spelled silver-biddies, is the name used to refer to bony fishes belonging to the Gerreidae family in the order Perciformes. They are also known as Jerki or Mudro...
, a fish