Geraldine
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The feminine form of the first name Gerald
Gerald
Gerald is a masculine German given name meaning "rule of the spear" from the prefix ger- and suffix -wald . Variants include the English given name Jerrold, and the feminine nickname Jeri. Gerald is less common as a surname...

. Famous women named Geraldine include:
  • Geraldine Ferraro
    Geraldine Ferraro
    Geraldine Anne Ferraro was an American attorney, a Democratic Party politician, and a member of the United States House of Representatives. She was the first female Vice Presidential candidate representing a major American political party....

    , United States congresswoman and 1984 Vice Presidential candidate
  • Geraldine Chaplin
    Geraldine Chaplin
    Geraldine Leigh Chaplin is an English-American actress and the daughter of Charlie Chaplin.Chaplin first came to prominence for her Golden Globe-nominated role of Tonya in David Lean's Doctor Zhivago . She received her second Golden Globe nomination for Robert Altman's Nashville...

    , actress
  • Geraldine Fitzgerald
    Geraldine Fitzgerald
    Geraldine Fitzgerald, Lady Lindsay-Hogg was an Irish-American actress and a member of the American Theatre Hall of Fame.-Early life:...

    , actress
  • Geraldine Page
    Geraldine Page
    Geraldine Sue Page was an American actress. Although she starred in at least two dozen feature films, she is primarily known for her celebrated work in the American theater...

    , actress
  • Geraldine McEwan
    Geraldine McEwan
    Geraldine McEwan is an English actor with a diverse history in theatre, film, and television. From 2004 to 2009 she appeared as Miss Marple, the Agatha Christie sleuth, for the series Marple.-Background:...

    , actress
  • Geraldine James
    Geraldine James
    Geraldine James, OBE is an English actress.-Early life and family:James was born in Maidenhead, Berkshire, to a cardiologist father...

    , actress
  • Geraldine Somerville
    Geraldine Somerville
    Geraldine Margaret Agnew-Somerville is a British actress best known for her roles as Detective Sergeant Jane "Panhandle" Penhaligon in Cracker, and Lily Potter in the Harry Potter film series.-Early life:...

    , actress
  • Géraldine Martineau, French actress
  • Geri Halliwell
    Geri Halliwell
    Geraldine Estelle "Geri" Halliwell is an English pop singer-songwriter, author and actress. After coming to international prominence in the late 1990s as Ginger Spice, a member of the girl group the Spice Girls, Halliwell launched her solo career in 1998 and released her album Schizophonic...

    , pop star
  • Geraldine Farrar
    Geraldine Farrar
    Geraldine Farrar was an American soprano opera singer and film actress, noted for her beauty, acting ability, and "the intimate timbre of her voice." She had a large following among young women, who were nicknamed "Gerry-flappers".- Early life and opera career :Farrar was born in Melrose,...

    , opera soprano
  • Geraldine McCaughrean
    Geraldine McCaughrean
    Geraldine McCaughrean is a British children's novelist.The youngest of three children, McCaughrean studied teaching but did not like it, and found her true vocation in writing. She claims that what makes her love writing is the desire to escape from an unsatisfactory world...

    , author
  • Geraldine from Blockbuster

Places

  • Geraldine, New Zealand
    Geraldine, New Zealand
    Geraldine is a town in the Canterbury Region on the South Island of New Zealand. It is about 140 km south of Christchurch, and inland from Timaru, which is 35 km to the south...

    • Geraldine (New Zealand electorate)
      Geraldine (New Zealand electorate)
      Geraldine was a former parliamentary electorate in the South Canterbury region of New Zealand that existed three times from 1875 to 1911. It was represented by six Members of Parliament.-History:...

  • United States:
    • Geraldine, Alabama
      Geraldine, Alabama
      Geraldine is a town in DeKalb County, Alabama, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 896.-Geography:Geraldine is located at ....

    • Geraldine, Montana
      Geraldine, Montana
      Geraldine is a town in Chouteau County, Montana, United States. The population was 284 at the 2000 census. The area around the town is an agricultural, largely wheat-producing region.-History:...


Other

  • Geraldine (song)
    Geraldine (song)
    "Geraldine" is a 2008 single by Scottish Indie rock band Glasvegas. It was released on 23 June 2008 and reached #11 on the UK singles chart, and #1 on the NME chart two weeks later...

    , by Glasvegas
  • Geraldine McQueen, a fictional singer, played by Peter Kay
    Peter Kay
    Peter John Kay is an English comedian, writer, actor, director and producer. His work includes That Peter Kay Thing , Phoenix Nights , Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere , Britain's Got the Pop Factor... and other independent productions which have included two sell out tours.-Early career:Peter Kay...

  • Geraldine, an opera by Michael William Balfe
    Michael William Balfe
    Michael William Balfe was an Irish composer, best-remembered for his opera The Bohemian Girl.After a short career as a violinist, Balfe pursued an operatic singing career, while he began to compose. In a career spanning more than 40 years, he composed 38 operas, almost 250 songs and other works...

  • "Geraldine", having to do with the FitzGerald dynasty in medieval Ireland
  • "Geraldine and John", a song on Joe Jackson
    Joe Jackson (musician)
    Joe Jackson is an English musician and singer-songwriter now living in Berlin, whose five Grammy Award nominations span from 1979 to 2001...

    's album I'm the Man
    I'm the Man (Joe Jackson album)
    I'm the Man is Joe Jackson's second album, released in October 1979. Critically, the album was considered a continuation of Look Sharp!, an opinion shared by Jackson himself...

  • "Geraldine Jones", a character on the Flip Wilson
    Flip Wilson
    Clerow Wilson, Jr. , known professionally as Flip Wilson, was an American comedian and actor. In the early 1970s, Wilson hosted his own weekly variety series, The Flip Wilson Show...

     TV show who was famous for her statement 'the devil made me do it'.
  • Helga Geraldine Pataki, a fictional character in the cartoon Hey Arnold, a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1918
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