Sally
Encyclopedia
Military
- Sally (military), an attack by the defenders of a town or fortress under siege against a besieging force
- Sally, the Allied reporting name during World War II for the Imperial Japanese Armys Mitsubishi Ki-21Mitsubishi Ki-21The was a Japanese bomber during World War II. It began operations during the Second Sino-Japanese War participating in the Nomonhan Incident, and in the first stages of the Pacific War, including the Malayan, Burmese, Dutch East Indies and New Guinea Campaigns...
bomber
Names
- Sally, a nickname for Sarah, which is Hebrew for princess
- Sally, a nickname for Sandra
- Sally, a derivation of a traditional Irish Gaelic name, Sadhbh, pronounced 'syve'
- Sally, a derivation of a SorchaSorchaSorcha is a Gaelic feminine given name. It is both Irish and Scottish Gaelic, and is derived from a Gaelic word meaning "brightness". In Ireland, because Sorcha is pronounced "sorr-kha", the name has been considered as a Gaelic form of the etymologically unrelated name Sarah, and in consequence...
, an Irish and Scottish Gaelic name, pronounced 'sorr-kha' - A male nickname, rare outside Italy and the Italian diaspora, for someone named Salvatore
People with the given name Sally
- Sally Ann TriplettSally Ann TriplettSally Ann Triplett is a British singer and actress most famous for her participation in the Eurovision Song Contest and many West End productions.-Eurovision:...
(born 1962), British actress and singer - Sally Anne Bowman (1987–2005), British murder victim
- Sally DeweeseSally DeweeseSally Deweese was an American child reported by Dr. D. Rowlett of Kentucky to have given birth at the age of 10. Born in Butler County, Kentucky, she was the fifteenth child of John Deweese and his wife...
(born 1824), American young girl who became mother at 10 years - Sally FieldSally FieldSally Margaret Field is an American actress, singer, producer, director, and screenwriter. In each decade of her career, she has been known for major roles in American TV/film culture, including: in the 1960s, for Gidget or Sister Bertrille on The Flying Nun ; in the 1970s, for Sybil , Smokey and...
(born 1946), American actress - Sally GunnellSally GunnellSally Jane Janet Gunnell OBE is a former British Olympic champion in the 400 m hurdles...
(born 1966), British hurdler - Sally HawkinsSally HawkinsSally Cecilia Hawkins is an English actress. Her performance as Poppy in the 2008 film Happy-Go-Lucky won her several international awards, including the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy...
(born 1976), British actress - Sally KellermanSally KellermanSally Clare Kellerman is an American actress and singer known for her role as Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan in the film MASH , for which she was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.-Early life:...
(born 1937), American actress and singer - Sally KirklandSally KirklandSally Kirkland is an American film and television actress.-Early life:Kirkland was named after her mother, fashion editor Sally Kirkland, who was a fashion editor at Vogue and LIFE magazines, and was raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her father, Frederic McMichael Kirkland, worked in the scrap...
(born 1941), American actress - Sally Jessy RaphaelSally Jessy RaphaëlSally Lowenthal , better known as Sally Jessy Raphael, is an American talk show host, known for the eponymous Sally talk show she hosted for two decades.-Early years:...
(born 1935), talk show host (see Film and television below) - Sally RideSally RideSally Kristen Ride is an American physicist and a former NASA astronaut. Ride joined NASA in 1978, and in 1983 became the first American woman—and then-youngest American, at 32—to enter space...
(born 1951), American physicist and astronaut - Sally SalminenSally SalminenSally Alina Ingeborg Salminen , later Salminen-Dührkopf, was an internationally renowned author from the Åland Islands, Finland.-Biography:Born in Vårdö, Åland, Sally Salminen was the eighth child of twelve...
(1906–1976), Finnish writer - Sally StruthersSally StruthersSally Ann Struthers is an American actress and spokeswoman, best-known for her roles as Gloria Stivic on All in the Family, for which she won two Emmy awards, and as Babette on Gilmore Girls.-Personal life:...
(born 1948), American actress and spokeswoman - Sally WhittakerSally WhittakerSally Dynevor is an English soap opera actress.-Early life and career:...
(born 1963), British actress - Sally WisterSally WisterSarah Wister was a girl living in Pennsylvania during the American Revolution. She is principally known as the author of Sally Wister's Journal, a first-hand account of life in the nearby countryside during the British occupation of Philadelphia in 1777–78, when she was sixteen.-Family and early...
(1761–1804), American diarist
Slang
- The Salvation ArmyThe Salvation ArmyThe Salvation Army is a Protestant Christian church known for its thrift stores and charity work. It is an international movement that currently works in over a hundred countries....
, a Protestant Christian church - An effeminateEffeminacyEffeminacy describes traits in a human male, that are more often associated with traditional feminine nature, behaviour, mannerisms, style or gender roles rather than masculine nature, behaviour, mannerisms, style or roles....
boy or man - Codename used for a modified 6502MOS Technology 6502The MOS Technology 6502 is an 8-bit microprocessor that was designed by Chuck Peddle and Bill Mensch for MOS Technology in 1975. When it was introduced, it was the least expensive full-featured microprocessor on the market by a considerable margin, costing less than one-sixth the price of...
used by Atari for a game console and home computers - The South Atlantic LeagueSouth Atlantic LeagueThe South Atlantic League is a minor league baseball league based chiefly in the Southeastern United States, with the exception of three teams in the Mid-Atlantic States...
, a minor league baseball league in the United States - A wild stallionStallionA Stallion is a male horse.Stallion may also refer to:* Stallion , an American pop rock group* Stallion , a figure in the Gobot toyline* Stallion , a character in the console role-playing game series...
- Salvia divinorumSalvia divinorumSalvia divinorum is a psychoactive plant which can induce dissociative effects and is a potent producer of "visions" and other hallucinatory experiences...
Fiction
- Sally, a detective novel by E.V. Cunningham (aka Howard FastHoward FastHoward Melvin Fast was an American novelist and television writer. Fast also wrote under the pen names E. V. Cunningham and Walter Ericson.-Early life:Fast was born in New York City...
) - Sally (short story), a short story by Isaac Asimov
- Sally (The Nightmare Before Christmas), a character in The Nightmare Before Christmas
- Princess Sally Acorn, a character from the American Sonic the Hedgehog comic book
- Sally BrownSally BrownSally Brown is the younger sister of Charlie Brown in the comic strip Peanuts by Charles Schulz. She was first mentioned in early 1959 and throughout a long series of strips before her first appearance in August 1959.-Appearance:...
, Charlie Brown's little sister - Sally Carrera, a Porsche 911 Carrera in Cars by Pixar
- Sally Simpson, a character from the musical Tommy
- "Sally", a poem by Patti Smith from her book Seventh HeavenSeventh Heaven (book)Seventh Heaven is a poetry collection by Patti Smith, published in 1972.- Contents :# "Seventh Heaven"# "Sally"# "Jeanne Darc"# "Renee Falconetti"# "A Fire of Unknown Origin"# "Edie Sedgwick"# "Crystal"# "Marianne Faithfull"# "Girl Trouble"...
- Sally LockhartSally LockhartVeronica Beatrice "Sally" Lockhart is a fictional character in a series of books by Philip Pullman.- Background :The character of Sally Lockhart first appears in The Ruby in the Smoke, a play Pullman wrote for performance by a secondary school. In the play, sixteen-year-old Sally Lockhart attempts...
, from books by Philip Pullman
Music
- Sally (musical)Sally (musical)Sally is a musical comedy with music by Jerome Kern, lyrics by Clifford Grey and book by Guy Bolton , with additional lyrics by Buddy De Sylva, Anne Caldwell and P. G. Wodehouse. It was originally produced by Florenz Ziegfeld, opening on December 21, 1920 at the New Amsterdam Theatre on Broadway...
, a 1920 theater musical - "Sally", a song by Anthony Phillips from the album Invisible MenInvisible MenInvisible Men is an album by Anthony Phillips released in March, 1984. It was originally packaged not as a solo album but as a duo project. The other member of the duo was Richard Scott who co-wrote most songs, sang a few of the lead vocals and programmed a drum machine.This album features a...
- "Sally", a song by Gracie FieldsGracie FieldsDame Gracie Fields, DBE , was an English-born, later Italian-based actress, singer and comedienne and star of both cinema and music hall.-Early life:...
- "Sally", a song by Sade from the album Diamond LifeDiamond Life-Personnel:*Sade Adu – vocals*Andrew Hale – keyboards*Stuart Matthewman – guitar, saxophone*Paul S. Denman – bass*Paul Cooke – drums*Terry Bailey – trumpet*Pete Brown – assistant engineer*Tom Coyne – remastering*Martin Ditcham – percussion...
- "Sally", a song by Mike Oldfield on his Platinum album
- "Sally", a song by Foxboro Hot TubsFoxboro Hot TubsThe Foxboro Hot Tubs band is a side project of Green Day. All members of the band perform live with Green Day . Their debut album, Stop Drop and Roll!!! was released on April 22, 2008....
- "Sally", a song by CarmelCarmel (singer)Carmel is a British female singer, her eponymous band Carmel uniting bassist Jim Parris, and drummer Gerry Darby.-Biography of Carmel McCourt:...
- "Sally", a song by Sam SparroSam SparroSam Sparro is an Australian singer-songwriter, music producer, and former child actor. His stage name was derived from a family nickname, which in turn was inspired by the Dagenham radio mascot Sammy Sparrow...
- "Sally", a song by Vaya Con Dios from the album Night OwlsNight Owls (album)-Personnel:*André Brasseur — hammond organ*Bruno Castellucci — drums*Steve Clisby - background vocals*Verona Davis — background vocals*Jason Johnson — background vocals*Dani Klein — vocals*Eric Melaerts — acoustic guitar*Patrick Mortier — trumpet, flugelhorn...
- "Sally" (Gogol Bordello song)Sally (Gogol Bordello song)"Sally" is a song by gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello, written by frontman Eugene Hütz. The song was packaged as a double single along with "Start Wearing Purple", and released as the band's second single in February 2006...
, a 2005 song by Gogol Bordello - "Sally" (Kerbdog song), a 1996 song by Kerbdog
- Sally (band)Sally (band)Sally is an American Indie rock band from Chicago, Illinois.- Biography :Sally was formed in 2003 by Charlie Deets and Melissa Neis. Their friend, Jeff Shafar later joined the band on drums...
, an indie-rock band from Chicago, Illinois
Film and television
- Sally (TV series), a television talk show originally called The Sally Jessy Raphaël Show
- Sally (1957 TV series)Sally (1957 TV series)Sally is an American situation comedy which aired on NBC from September 15, 1957 to March 30, 1958. The series is the first filmed television series produced by Paramount Studios.-Synopsis:...
, an American situation comedy - "Sally" (Flight of the Conchords)Sally (Flight of the Conchords)"Sally" is the pilot episode of the American television sitcom Flight of the Conchords. It first aired on the HBO television channel in the United States at 10:30 PM on Sunday, June 17, 2007 in the time slot preceded by Entourage, and vacated by the last episode of the final season of The...
, the pilot episode of the TV series Flight of the Conchords - Sally (1929 film), a 1929 film that was third sound feature photographed in Technicolor
- Sally (2000 film), a 2000 film featuring mental retardation
- Sally, the WitchSally, the Witch, is the first magical girl genre anime in Japan. This may be the first shōjo anime as well. The first magical girl manga was Himitsu no Akko-chan but it took longer to be adapted into an anime. Both series deal with henshin style transformations , but neither is the first anime to feature this...
, a Japanese manga and anime series - Sally (film series)Sally (film series)Sally, Sally Meyer or shortly Meyer was an silent movie slapstick character played by Ernst Lubitsch, before he moved to Hollywood. The character was an antisemitic satire of a Jewish businessman....
, an antisemitic stereotype from the 1910s, played by Ernst Lubitsch
Businesses
- Sally CorporationSally CorporationFounded in 1977, Sally Corporation is known for its dark rides , and its human, animal and cartoon animatronic characters and shows. The company serves amusement parks, attractions, museums and retail clients worldwide...
, a manufacturer of dark rides and audio-animatronics - Sally LineSally LineSally Line UK was a British ferry operator on the English Channel and North Sea.-History:Sally Line was founded in 1981 by Michael Kingshott as a subsidiary of the Finland-based Rederi Ab Sally, and initially marketed as Sally Viking Line, with a livery that was nearly identical with that of...
, an Ålandian passenger shipping company and cruise line