Kathy
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Kathy is a feminine given name. It is a pet form of Katherine
, Kathleen
and their related forms. Kathy may refer to:
Katherine (given name)
Katherine is a feminine name, which is popular in historically Christian countries, owing to its having been the name of one of the first Christian saints, Catherine of Alexandria.-Origin and meaning:...
, Kathleen
Kathleen (given name)
Kathleen is a given name, used in English and Irish-language communities. Sometimes spelled Cathleen, it is an Anglicized form of Caitlín, the Irish form of Cateline, which was the Old French form of Catherine...
and their related forms. Kathy may refer to:
In sports
- Kathy BaldKathy BaldKatherine Ann Bald is a former international freestyle swimmer from Canada. She was affiliated with the University of Toronto....
, Canadian freestyle swimmer - Kathy RadzuweitKathy RadzuweitKathy Radzuweit is a German volleyball player, who was a member of the German Women's Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. She is 196 cm and played as middle attacker.-Individual awards:...
, German volleyball player - Kathy Smallwood-Cook, British Olympic athlete
- Kathy SheehyKathy SheehyKathy Sheehy is an American water polo player, who won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics and was inducted into the USA Water Pole Hall of Fame in 2010. Kathy attended San Diego State University.-References:...
, American water polo player - Kathy ToughKathy ToughKathy Tough is a retired female volleyball player from Canada, who competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There she ended up in tenth place with the Women's National Team....
, Canadian volleyball player - Kathy WattKathy WattKathryn Ann Watt is an Australian racing cyclist who won two medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain ....
, Australian female cycle racer - Kathy WestonKathy WestonKathleen Stella Weston is a retired female middle distance runner from the United States. She set her personal best in the women's 800 metres at the 1976 Olympic trials. She was also a member of the 1976 US Olympic team and won many medals.-Achievements:-References:**...
, American middle distance runner
In television and film
- Kathy BatesKathy BatesKathleen Doyle "Kathy" Bates is an American actress and director.After several small roles in film and television, Bates rose to prominence with her performance in Misery , for which she won both the Academy Award for Best Actress and a Golden Globe...
, American actress and director - Kathy BurkeKathy BurkeKatherine Lucy Bridget Burke is an English actress, comedienne, playwright and theatre director. She is best known for her portrayals of Perry in the Harry Enfield film Kevin and Perry Go Large, and of Linda La Hughes in the British sitcom Gimme Gimme Gimme...
, British actress - Kathy GarverKathy GarverKathleen Marie "Kathy" Garver is an American film, television, voice-over and character actress of stage, most widely known for playing Uncle Bill Davis's teenaged niece, Catherine "Cissy" Davis, on the popular 1960s sitcom, Family Affair. Before that, she played a slave in The Ten Commandments...
, American television, stage, screen, and voice actress - Kathy GreenwoodKathy GreenwoodKathryn "Kathy" Greenwood is a Canadian actress and comedienne. She appeared on the American version of Whose Line Is It Anyway? numerous times, and played Grace Bailey on the Canadian television drama series Wind at My Back....
, Canadian comedian and actress - Kathy GriffinKathy GriffinKathleen Mary "Kathy" Griffin is an American actress, stand-up comedienne, television personality, New York Times best-selling author and an LGBT rights advocate. Griffin first gained recognition for appearances on two episodes of Seinfeld, and then for her supporting role on the NBC sitcom...
, American stand-up comedian whose career took off in the early 1990s - Kathy HiltonKathy HiltonKathleen Elizabeth "Kathy" Hilton is an American actress. She is the mother of Paris Hilton and Nicky Hilton.-Personal life and family:...
, American actress, celebrity and socialite - Kathy StaffKathy StaffKathy Staff was an English actress, well known for her work on British television...
, British actress born in Dukinfield, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
In music
- Kathy FosterKathy FosterKathy Foster is the bassist for the punk band The Thermals and drummer for the All Girl Summer Fun Band. With The Thermals bandmate Hutch Harris, she was in Haelah, Hutch and Kathy, and Urban Legends. She also performs under the name Butterfly Transformation Service...
, American bassist/drummer in various bands including The ThermalsThe ThermalsThe Thermals are an American indie punk band based in Portland, Oregon. The group was formed in 2002. With influences heavily rooted in both lo-fi punk, as well as more standard rock, the band's songs are also known for their political and religious imagery.- History :The Thermals came together in...
and All Girl Summer Fun BandAll Girl Summer Fun Band-Biography:All Girl Summer Fun Band, or AGSFB, is a Portland based twee-pop quartet made up of Kathy Foster, Jen Sbragia, Kim Baxter, and Ari Douangpanya. Baxter met Sbragia after a Softies show, when Baxter gave Sbragia a tape of her music... - Kathy LeanderKathy LeanderKathy Leander is a Swiss singer.She was born in the village of Alle in the Canton of Jura, Switzerland, on May 24, 1963 as Catherine Meyer. From the age of thirteen, she sang in the choir at her home village church and performed at several local events....
, Swiss singer - Kathy ValentineKathy ValentineKathy Valentine is the American bass guitarist for the all-girl rock band, The Go-Go's....
, American bassist for the all-girl pop band The Go-Gos
In politics
- Kathy StantonKathy StantonKathy Stanton was a Sinn Féin Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly from 2003 to 2007 in North Belfast.Stanton is a full-time party official in North Belfast, and is her party's spokesperson on Equality. She was elected to the Assembly in November 2003 election, and was co-opted to Belfast City...
, Sinn Féin Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly in North Belfast - Kathy SullivanKathy Sullivan (Australian politician)Kathy Sullivan , Australian politician, was a Liberal member of the Australian Senate from 1974 to 1984, representing Queensland, and a member of the House of Representatives for the Division of Moncrieff, Queensland, from 1984 to 2001. She served longer in the Australian Parliament than any other...
, Australian politician - Kathy Whitmire American Politician
In literature
- Kathy AckerKathy AckerKathy Acker was an American experimental novelist, punk poet, playwright, essayist, postmodernist and sex-positive feminist writer. She was strongly influenced by the Black Mountain School, William S...
, American sex-positive feminist writer - Kathy StinsonKathy StinsonKathy Stinson is a Canadian children's writer. She lives in Rockwood, Ontario.-Bibliography:*Red is Best *Big or Little...
, Canadian children's writer - Kathy TyersKathy TyersKathy Tyers is an American author and musician currently living in Bozeman, Montana.-Biography:Kathy Tyers was born and raised in Long Beach, California. She obtained a degree in microbiology from Montana State University, where she met her future husband Mark Tyers...
, American author - Kathy SierraKathy SierraKathy Sierra is a programming instructor and game developer.She is the co-creator of the Head First series of books on technical topics, along with her partner, Bert Bates. The series, which began with Head First Java in 2003, takes an unorthodox, visually intensive approach to the process of...
, author of Head First -programming tutorial series, blogger, game developer.
In fiction
- Kathy Anderson, fictional character in the popular American TV and radio sitcom Father Knows BestFather Knows BestFather Knows Best is an American radio and television comedy series which portrayed a middle class family life in the Midwest. It was created by writer Ed James in the 1940s.-Radio:...
- Kathy Carter, fictional character in the 1959-1964 Marvel comic book Kathy
- Kathy Mitchell, fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
Songs about Kathy
- Kathy's Song (disambiguation)
- Kathy's waltz by The Dave Brubeck QuartetThe Dave Brubeck QuartetThe Dave Brubeck Quartet is an American jazz quartet, founded in 1951 by Dave Brubeck and originally featuring Paul Desmond on saxophone and Brubeck on piano...
from the album Time OutTime Out (album)Time Out is a jazz album by The Dave Brubeck Quartet, released in 1959 on Columbia Records, catalogue CL 1397. Recorded at Columbia's 30th Street Studio in New York City, it is based upon the use of time signatures that were unusual for jazz such as 9/8 and 5/4. The album is a subtle blend of cool...