Jessie
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Jessie may refer to:
- "Dear JessieDear Jessie"Dear Jessie" is a song by American singer-songwriter Madonna. It was released as the fifth single from her fourth studio album Like a Prayer on December 10, 1989 by Sire Records. It was released only in the UK, some European countries and Australia...
", a song by Madonna - "Jessie's GirlJessie's Girl"Jessie's Girl" is a rock song written and performed by pop singer Rick Springfield. It was released on the album Working Class Dog. The song is about unrequited love, and centers on a young man in love with his best friend's girlfriend....
", a 1981 single written and performed by Rick Springfield - "Jessie" (song)Jessie (song)"Jessie" is a single from the album Painted Desert Serenade, released in 1993. The song was performed by Joshua Kadison. The song describes the narrator's tumultuous relationship with Jessie and their cat Moses...
, a song written and performed by Joshua Kadison - "Kim & JessieKim & Jessie"Kim & Jessie" is a song by French electronic/dream pop act M83. Written by Anthony and Yann Gonzalez with Morgan Kibby, it was released in July 2008 as the third single from M83's fifth studio album, Saturdays = Youth.-Critical reception:...
", a song by M83M83 (band)M83 is a musical act by French musician Anthony Gonzalez. It is named after a spiral galaxy, Messier 83. The band was founded in 2001 by Gonzalez and former member Nicolas Fromageau in Antibes, France... - Jessie Mae HemphillJessie Mae HemphillJessie Mae Hemphill was an American award-winning electric guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist specializing in the primal, northern Mississippi country blues traditions of her family and regional heritage....
, pioneering electric guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist - Jessie OonarkJessie OonarkJessie Oonark, OC was a Canadian Inuit artist who is best known for her wall hangings and her prints.-Biography :...
(1906-1985), Canadian Inuit artist - Jessie (Toy Story)Jessie (Toy Story)Jessie, the Yodeling Cowgirl is a fictional character who is the main tritagonist of the films Toy Story 2 and Toy Story 3. At Christmas in 1999, the Wall Street Journal called Jessie toys among the hottest of the season...
, a female toy character in Disney/Pixar's animated films Toy Story 2 and Toy Story 3 - Jessie (TV series)Jessie (TV series)Jessie is an American television sitcom which premiered on September 30, 2011 on the Disney Channel. The series was created and executive produced by Pamela Eells O'Connell and stars Debby Ryan as Jessie, a small town Texas girl who moves to New York City and becomes a nanny to a high profile...
, a 2011 Disney Channel sitcom starring Debby Ryan - Jessie, a 1984 television drama starring Lindsay Wagner
Sports
- Jessie EvansJessie EvansJessie Evans is the former head men's basketball coach at the University of San Francisco. He was replaced by Eddie Sutton on December 26, 2007. He previously held the same position at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.-References:...
, American basketball coach - Jessie HollinsJessie HollinsJessie Edward Hollins was a professional baseball player who was a pitcher in the Major Leagues in 1992. He played for the Chicago Cubs. Hollins's body was recovered floating in Lake Livingston on July 10, 2009 after he was reported missing on July 9.-External links:...
(1970-2009), American baseball player - Jessie TuggleJessie TuggleJessie Floyd Tuggle is a former professional American football linebacker who played for the Atlanta Falcons his entire career from 1987 to 2000. He graduated from Valdosta State College in Valdosta, Georgia...
(born 1965), former professional footballer, linebacker - Jessie WardJessie WardJessie Lynn Ward is a former American professional wrestler who was forced to retire after being diagnosed with vasovagal syncope.-Private life:...
(born 1979), American professional wrestler
Media
- Jessie Royce LandisJessie Royce LandisJessie Royce Landis was an American actress.-Career:She was born Jessie Royce Medbury in Chicago, Illinois. Landis was a stage actress for much of her career...
(1896 - 1972), American actress - Jessie (Pokémon), a villainous character in the Pokémon anime and video games
- Jessie BuckleyJessie BuckleyJessie Buckley is an Irish singer and actress who came second place in the BBC talent show-themed television series I'd Do Anything, and subsequently played Anne Egermann in the West End revival of Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music.-Background:The eldest of five children, Buckley comes from...
, Irish entertainer and finalist in I'd Do Anything - Jessie Woods (born 1996), upcoming young Australian model
- Jessie Burlingame, character in Gerald's GameGerald's GameGerald's Game is a psychological horror novel by Stephen King. The story is about a woman who accidentally kills her husband while she is handcuffed to the bed as part of a bondage game, and, following the subsequent realisation that she is trapped with little hope of rescue, begins to let the...
a Stephen King novel - Jessie Burlingame, star character of Wrong TurnWrong TurnWrong Turn is a 2003 American slasher horror film, directed by Rob Schmidt, and written by Alan B. McElroy. The film was shot in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and stars Desmond Harrington and Eliza Dushku...
- Jessie Camacho, contestant on the television show, Survivor
- Jessie FlawsJessie FlawsJessie Flaws is an actor born in Bridgeport, Connecticut U.S., who has worked in Sweden since 1953.- External links :...
(born 1935), American actress working in Sweden - Jessie FlowerJessie FlowerJessie Flower is an American voice actress. She is most well known as the voice of Toph Bei Fong in the animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender. She also voiced the character Meng in the season one episode "The Fortuneteller". She voices Peggy in Random! Cartoons episode Tiffany...
(born 1994), American actress - Jessie JJessie JJessica Ellen Cornish , better known by her stage name Jessie J, is an English recording artist currently signed to Island Records. She began her career as a songwriter for artists including Chris Brown and Miley Cyrus. Her debut single, "Do It Like a Dude", was released in November 2010 and peaked...
(born 1988), British singer. - Jessie Jackson, a character from Coronation Street
- Jessie MatthewsJessie MatthewsJessie Matthews, OBE was an English actress, dancer and singer of the 1930s, whose career continued into the post-war period.-Early life:...
(1907 - 1981), a British actress and singer - Jessie McCarney, a non-player character in the video game Dead RisingDead Risingis an action-adventure, survivor horror video game, developed by Capcom and produced by Keiji Inafune. It was released on August 8, 2006 exclusively for the Xbox 360 video game console. The game was a commercial success. It has been introduced into the Xbox 360 "Platinum Hits" lineup, and a cell...
- Jessie WallaceJessie WallaceJessie Wallace is an English actress best known for her portrayal as Kat Moon in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.-Early life:...
(born 1971), British actress who stars in Eastenders - Jessie Cates, a character in the play 'night, Mother'night, Mother'Night, Mother is a 1983 play by Marsha Norman about a daughter, Jessie, and her mother, Thelma . The play opens with Jessie calmly telling Mama that by morning she will be dead, as she plans to commit suicide that very evening...
- Jessie Ward (actress)Jessie Ward (actress)Jessie Ward , sometimes credited as Jessica Ward, is an American actress who is featured on the MyNetwork TV telenovelas: Desire and Wicked Wicked Games...
(born 1982), American actress
Politics and academia
- Jessie CooperJessie CooperJessie Mary Cooper . Elected as a Liberal and Country League representative to the South Australian Legislative Council in 1959, she was the first female member of the Parliament of South Australia, beating Joyce Steele, who had been elected to the House of Assembly the same day, by only an hour...
(1914 - 1993), first female member of the South Australian Legislative Council - Jessie Redmon FausetJessie Redmon FausetJessie Redmon Fauset was an American editor, poet, essayist and novelist. Fauset was most known for being the editor of the NAACP magazine the Crisis. She also was the editor and co-author for the African American children magazine called Brownies' Book...
(1882 - 1961), African American editor, poet, essayist and novelist - Jessie MacWilliamsJessie MacWilliamsFlorence Jessie MacWilliams was an English mathematician who contributed to the field of coding theory. She was born in Stoke-on-Trent, England and studied at the University of Cambridge, receiving her BA in 1938 and her MA in the following year. She moved to the United States in 1939 and studied...
(1917 - 1990), English mathematician who contributed to the field of coding theory - Jessie Misskelley (born 1975), one of the West Memphis 3 who were convicted of a triple homicide in Arkansas, USA
- Jessie PopeJessie PopeJessie Pope was an English poet, writer and journalist, who remains best known for her patriotic motivational poems published during World War I...
(1868 - 1941), English World War I poet - Jessie M. RattleyJessie M. RattleyJessie Menifield Rattley served as the mayor of Newport News, Virginia from 1986 to 1990.-Life and career:Rattley obtained a degree from distance learning school La Salle Extension University. She was the first African-American to be elected to the Newport News City Council in 1970...
(1929 - 2001), mayor of Newport News, Virginia from 1986 to 1990 - Jessie RookeJessie RookeJessie Spinks Rooke was a suffragette and temperance reformer in Tasmania, Australia, and one of the first Tasmanian women to gain recognition outside Tasmania....
(1845 - 1906), Australian suffragette - Jessie WestonJessie WestonJessie Laidlay Weston was an independent scholar and folklorist, working mainly on mediaeval Arthurian texts.Her best-known work is From Ritual to Romance ; this book is now available as an online text, as are others of hers...
(1850 - 1928), independent scholar and folklorist - Jessie E. WoodsJessie E. WoodsJessie E. Woods , also known as Jessie Woods, was one of the first women air pilots in the United States.Woods was a native of Wichita, Kansas, where she garnered a love for aviation since she was a child...
(1909 - 2001), one of the first female air pilots in the United States - Elaine Riddick JessieElaine Riddick JessieElaine Riddick Jessie is an African-American woman who, as a 14-year-old girl in 1968, was forcibly sterilized by the Eugenics Board of North Carolina, which argued that she was "feebleminded" and "promiscuous."...
(born c.1954), was forcibly sterilized by the Eugenics Board of North Carolina, USA aged 14
Other uses
- Jessie, North DakotaJessie, North DakotaJessie is a census-designated place in northern Griggs County, North Dakota, United States. An unincorporated community, it was designated as part of the U.S. Census Bureau's Participant Statistical Areas Program on March 31, 2010...
, USA - Lake Jessie Township, MinnesotaLake Jessie Township, MinnesotaLake Jessie Township is a township in Itasca County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 335 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water.-Demographics:As of the census of 2000,...
, USA - Jessie Award, a theatre prize in Vancouver, Canada
- A mistaken form for jess (falconry), by wrong back-formation from its plural 'jesses'
- Jessie Godderz, Big Brother 10 & Big Brother 11 houseguest
- Jessie, British slang: A cowardly man.
See also
- JesseJesseJesse, Eshai or Yishai, is the father of the David, who became the king of the Israelites. His son David is sometimes called simply "Son of Jesse" ....
- Jesse (disambiguation)Jesse (disambiguation)Jesse is the father of David in the Bible.Jesse may refer to:People:*List of people named Jesse*F. Tennyson Jesse , English criminologist, journalist and author*John John Jesse , American painter...
- Jessi
- Jessica (given name)Jessica (given name)Jessica is a female given name.The oldest written record of the name with its current spelling is found as the name of a character in Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice, where it belongs to the daughter of Shylock...
- Jessilina
- Jessy (disambiguation)