Eileen ( or ) is an Irish feminine

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anglicised from Eibhlín and may refer to:

People

Artists

* Eileen Agar (1899–1991), British Surrealist painter and photographer *

Eileen Fisher Eileen Fisher (October 4, 1950) is an American fashion designer and entrepreneur. She is the founder of the women's clothing brand Eileen Fisher Inc. Biography Fisher grew up in Des Plaines, Illinois, the second of seven children. When Fisher de ...

(born 1950), clothing retailer and designer * Eileen Folson (1956–2007), Broadway composer * Eileen Ford (1922–2014), American model agency executive *

Eileen Gray Eileen Gray (born Kathleen Eileen Moray Smith; 9 August 187831 October 1976) was an Irish architect and furniture designer who became a pioneer of the Modern Movement in architecture. Over her career, she was associated with many notable Euro ...

(1878–1976), Irish furniture designer and architect * Eileen Ramsay (1915-2017), British maritime photographer *

Eileen Shields Eileen Shields (born ) is a footwear designer and owner of the ''EILEEN SHIELDS'' label and the Dublin-based store/gallery "5 Scarlet Row". Shield's shoe designs have been worn by a number of celebrities, including Eva Longoria's character on ''D ...

(born 1970), American footwear designer and entrepreneur

Entertainers

Eileen (singer) Eileen Goldsen (born May 16, 1941) is an American-born former pop singer, songwriter and music publisher, who has mainly worked and lived in France since the 1960s. Her recordings credit her mononymously as Eileen. Biography She was born in New Y ...

(born 1941), American-born singer in France *

Eileen Atkins Dame Eileen June Atkins, (born 16 June 1934), is an English actress and occasional screenwriter. She has worked in the theatre, film, and television consistently since 1953. In 2008, she won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress and the Emmy Aw ...

(born 1934), English actress *

Eileen Barton Eileen Barton (November 24, 1924 – June 27, 2006) was an American singer best known for her 1950 hit song, "If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake." Early years Barton was born in Brooklyn, New York. Her birthdate is often given as 1 ...

(1924–2006), American singer * Eileen Bellomo, member of rock group The Stilettos *

Eileen April Boylan Eileen April Boylan (born May 10, 1987) is an American film and television actress. She stands and is of Filipino and Irish descent. Biography Boylan was born in Acton, California, the daughter of Merlie Baris and Frank Boylan. She has one ...

(born 1987), Filipina/Irish-American actress * Eileen Brennan (1932–2013), American actress *

Eileen Catterson Miss Scotland is a national beauty pageant in Scotland. Entrants must hold a British passport to enter. The contest, whose title is owned by the Miss World organisation, is organised each year by Janis Sue Smith Director of The Catwalk Acade ...

, Scottish fashion model and former Miss Scotland *

Eileen Daly Eileen Mary Theresa Daly (born 1 June 1963) is an English actress, director, film producer, writer, singer, presenter, songwriter and former adult film performer. She is also a contemporary scream queen, having starred in numerous cult horror f ...

(born 1963), English actress, singer and director * Eileen Davidson (born 1959), American film actress * Eileen Derbyshire (born 1930), English character actress *

Eileen DeSandre Eileen DeSandre is an American stage actor and a member of the Actors' Equity Association. Known for much of her career as a character actor in the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon, she has more recently taken lead roles in a varie ...

, American actress * Eileen Essell (1922–2015), Irish actress * Eileen Farrell (1920–2002), American opera and concert singer *

Eileen Fulton Eileen Fulton (born Margaret Elizabeth McLarty; September 13, 1933) is an American actress. She is known for her television role as Lisa on the CBS soap opera ''As the World Turns'', a role that she played almost continuously for 50 years (with t ...

(born 1933), American actress *

Eileen Heckart Anna Eileen Heckart ( Herbert; March 29, 1919 – December 31, 2001) was an American stage and screen actress whose career spanned nearly 60 years. Early life Heckart was born Anna Eileen Herbert in Columbus, Ohio. The daughter of Esther (), ...

(1919–2001), American actress *

Eileen Helsby Eileen Helsby (born 30 June 1937) is a British actress with several television credits. She appeared in the ''Doctor Who'' serial '' The Ark'', ''Z-Cars'', ''Doomwatch'', '' Looking for Clancy'', '' Survivors'', ''Angels'', ''Juliet Bravo ...

(born 1937), British actress *

Eileen Herlie Eileen Herlie (March 8, 1918 – October 8, 2008) was a Scottish-American actress. Personal life Eileen Herlie was born Eileen Isobel Herlihy to an Irish Catholic father, Patrick Herlihy, and a Scottish Protestant mother, Isobel Cowden, i ...

(1918–2008), Scottish-American actress *

Eileen Ivers Eileen Ivers (born July 13, 1965) is an American fiddler. Ivers was born in New York City of Irish-born parents, grew up in the Bronx and attended St. Barnabas High School. She spent summers in Ireland and took up the fiddle at the age of ni ...

(born 1965), Irish-American musician * Eileen Joyce (1908–1991), Australian pianist *

Eileen McCallum Eileen McCallum, MBE (born 2 December 1936) is a Scottish actress who is best known for playing the part of shopkeeper Isabel Blair through the complete run of soap opera '' Take the High Road'' from 1980 to 2003, and as Liz Hamilton from 2005 ...

(born 1936), Scottish actress *

Eileen O'Brien (actress) Eileen O'Brien is an English actress who has played a wide variety of roles in British television over many years. She appeared in the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale'' as Beattie Dixon in 2013, having previously appeared in the show as teacher Bri ...

, English actress * Eileen Pollock (1947–2020), Northern Ireland actress *

Eileen Rodgers Eileen Rodgers (July 10, 1930 – July 13, 2003) was an American singer and Broadway performer. Career Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1930, she began her career as a nightclub performer, later singing as lead vocalist with Charlie Spivak ...

(1930–2003), American singer and Broadway performer * Eileen Rose (born 1965), American singer/songwriter * Eileen Ryan, American actress * Eileen Sedgwick (1898–1991), American silent film actress * Eileen Walsh (born 1977), Irish actress * Eileen Way (1911–1994), English actress *

Eileen Whitfield ''Pickford: The Woman Who Made Hollywood'' is a 1997 biography of actress Mary Pickford (1892–1979) written by Eileen Whitfield. The book took ten years to complete and was published by Macfarlane Walter & Ross in Canada and by the University P ...

, Canadian journalist and playwright *

Eileen Wilson Eileen Wilson (born Eileen Eshelman; January 15, 1923 – September 9, 2018) was an American big band singer, and one of the original stars of the 1950s television show ''Your Hit Parade'' on NBC.Terrace, Vincent (2011). ''Encyclopedia of Televi ...

(born 1923), American television star * Eileen Yeow (born 1972), Singaporean actress

Politicians

* Eileen Anderson (born 1928), Hawaii politician * Eileen Bell (born 1943), Northern Ireland politician *

Eileen Desmond Eileen Christine Desmond (; 29 December 1932 – 6 January 2005) was an Irish Labour Party politician who served as Minister for Health and Minister for Social Welfare from 1981 to 1982. She served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1965 to 1969, 1 ...

(1932–2005), British politician * Eileen C. Dugan (1945–1996), New York politician *

Eileen Gordon Eileen Gordon (''née'' Leatt; born 22 October 1946) is a former Labour Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom, who represented Romford from 1997 to 2001. Early life and education Gordon was born in Islington, the daughter of Charles and M ...

(born 1946), United Kingdom politician *

Eileen Hickey (New York politician) Eileen Hickey (July 7, 1945 – March 5, 1999) was an American politician from New York. Life She was born Eileen McKenna on July 7, 1945, in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York, the daughter of Peter McKenna and Ruth (Mollica) McKenna. She a ...

(1945–1999), New York politician *

Eileen M. Hickey Eileen M. Hickey (1886 – 3 February 1960) was a politician in Northern Ireland. Hickey studied at Queen's University Belfast, where she received a BSc, Doctor of Medicine, MD and Professional degrees of public health, DPH, before working as a ...

(1886–1960), Northern Irish politician *

Eileen Lemass Eileen Lemass (; born 7 July 1932) is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician, who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1977 to 1987, and also as a member of the European Parliament from 1984 to 1989. Early life and education She was born in ...

(born 1932), Irish politician *

Eileen Malloy Eileen A. Malloy (born July 9, 1954) served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian affairs in the United States Department of State. She served as the United States Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan from 1994 to 1997.

(born 1954), US ambassador *

Eileen Paisley, Baroness Paisley of St George's Eileen Emily Paisley, Baroness Paisley of St George's, Lady Bannside (''née'' Cassells; born 2 November 1931), is a Northern Irish Unionist politician, a vice-president of the Democratic Unionist Party, and the widow of Ian Paisley, Lord B ...

(born 1931), Northern Irish politician *

Eileen Parsons Eileen Parsons OBE who served as a member of the House of Assembly of the British Virgin Islands, including as Minister for of Health, Education and Welfare, Deputy Premier and Deputy Speaker during the course of her political career. Early life ...

, British Virgin Islands politician

Sportspeople

* Eileen Ash (1911–2021), English cricketer * Eileen Coparropa (born 1981), freestyle swimmer from Panama *

Eileen Ellison Eileen Ellison (12 December 1910 – 29 July 1967) was a British Grand Prix racer. Born in Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire, she was a daughter of Sidney and Theresa Ellison (formerly Vinter). She had a sister, Diana, and a brother, Tony. Backgro ...

(1910–1967), English Grand Prix racer *

Eileen Gu Eileen Feng Gu (born September 3, 2003), also known by her Chinese name Gu Ailing ( zh, s=谷爱凌), is an American-born freestyle skier. She has competed for China in halfpipe, slopestyle, and big air events since 2019. At age 18, Gu becam ...

(born 2003), Chinese freestyle skier *

Eileen Hiscock Eileen May Hiscock, later Wilson, (25 August 1909 – 3 September 1958) was an English track and field athlete who competed for Great Britain in the 1932 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics. She was born in Blackheath, London. At th ...

(1909–1958), British athlete * Eileen McNamara (born 1952), equestrian * Eileen O'Keeffe (born 1981), Irish hammer thrower *

Eileen Bennett Whittingstall Eileen Bennett Whittingstall (née Bennett; 16 July 1907 – c. 18 August 1979, full name Eileen Viviyen Bennett Fearnley-Whittingstall) was a tennis player from the United Kingdom who won six Grand Slam doubles titles from 1927 to 1931. Career ...

(1907–1979), UK tennis player

Writers

Eileen Albrizio Eileen Albrizio is an American writer of poetry and prose, a professional proofreader and editor, and a former broadcast journalist. She was born in Hartford, CT where she still resides. Her poetry has appeared in numerous literary publications. ...

(born 1960), American writer * Eileen Chang (1920–1995), Chinese writer *

Eileen Dunne Eileen Dunne (born 28 April 1958) is a retired Irish journalist, newsreader and presenter with Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), Ireland's national radio and television station, where she presented the main television news programmes '' Six On ...

(born 1958), Irish newsreader * Eileen Gunn (born 1945), American science fiction writer and editor * Eileen Kernaghan (born 1939), Canadian novelist * Eileen McNamara (born 1952), American columnist and professor *

Eileen Myles Eileen Myles (born December 9, 1949) is a LAMBDA Literary Award-winning American poet and writer who has produced more than twenty volumes of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, libretti, plays, and performance pieces over the last three decades. No ...

(born 1949), American poet *

Eileen Pollock (writer) Eileen "Mike" Prince Pollock (March 22, 1926 – December 5, 2012) and Robert "Bob" Mason Pollock (March 19, 1917 – July 11, 2016) were an American married couple who worked as television screenwriters and producers best known for their work o ...

, American television screenwriter and producer * Eileen Power (1889–1940), British economic historian and medievalist *

Eileen Tabios Eileen Tabios (born 1960) is a Filipino-American poet, fiction writer, conceptual/visual artist, editor, anthologist, critic, and publisher. Early life Born in Ilocos Sur, Philippines, Tabios moved to the United States at the age of te ...

(born 1960), Filipino-American writer and artist *

Eileen Wilks Eileen Wilks is an American fiction writer living in Midland, Texas. Biography Eileen Wilks moved from West Texas to the town of Norman, OK in the summer of 2012, and has previously lived in Canada and Venezuela, as well as twelve U.S. ci ...

(born 1952), American fiction writer

Other

Eileen Barker Eileen Vartan Barker (born 21 April 1938, in Edinburgh, UK) is a professor in sociology, an emeritus member of the London School of Economics (LSE), and a consultant to that institution's Centre for the Study of Human Rights. She is the chairp ...

(born 1938), UK professor * Eileen Caddy (1917–2006), founder of the Findhorn Foundation community * Eileen Collins (born 1956), American astronaut *

Eileen de Coppet, Princess of Albania Princess Eileen of Wied, Hereditary Princess of Albania (2 September 1922 – 1 September 1985), was an Englishwoman who became the wife of Carol Victor, Hereditary Prince of Albania. She is known in Albanian as ( Albanian: ''Princesha trashëgi ...

(1922–1985) *

Eileen Rockefeller Growald Eileen Rockefeller (born February 26, 1952) is an American philanthropist. She is the youngest daughter of David Rockefeller and Margaret "Peggy" McGrath. Eileen is a member of the fourth generation of the Rockefeller family widely known as "the ...

(born 1952), daughter of David Rockefeller *

Eileen McKenney Ruth Marguerite McKenney (November 18, 1911 – July 25, 1972) was an American author and journalist, best remembered for ''My Sister Eileen'', a memoir of her experiences growing up in Ohio and moving to Greenwich Village with her sister Eileen ...

, wife of American writer Nathanael West *

Eileen Nearne Eileen Mary "Didi" Nearne MBE, Croix de Guerre (15 March 1921Obituary in ''The Times'' 15 September 2010 – 2 September 2010 (date body found)) was a member of the UK's Special Operations Executive (SOE) in France during World War II. The pu ...

(1921–2010), member of UK Special Operations Executive (SOE) * Eileen O'Shaughnessy, wife of British writer George Orwell *

Eileen Saxon Eileen Saxon, sometimes referred to as "The Blue Baby", was the patient in an operation that ushered in the modern era of cardiac surgery. She had a condition called Tetralogy of Fallot, one of the primary congenital defects that lead to blue baby ...

(1942–1945), infant known as "The Blue Baby" * Eileen Southern (1920–2002), African American musicologist *

Eileen Tallman Sufrin Blanche Eileen Tallman Sufrin (; January 19, 1913 – March 20, 1999) was a Canadian author and labour activist. In 1942, she led a strike of bank employees in Montreal, the first strike in the Canadian banking industry. She later led a drive to ...

(1913-1999), Canadian author and labour activist * Eileen Vidal (died 2003), kelper telephone and radio operator

Characters

*Eileen Shallot, character in the novella ''

The Dream Master ''The Dream Master'' (1966), originally published as a novella titled ''He Who Shapes'', is a science fiction novel by American writer Roger Zelazny. Zelazny's originally intended title for it was ''The Ides of Octember''. It won the 1965 Nebu ...

'' * Birthday Girl: Eileen *Eileen the Crow, from the 2015 video game '' Bloodborne'' *Eileen Prince, mother of

Severus Snape Severus Snape is a fictional character in J. K. Rowling's ''Harry Potter'' series. He is an exceptionally skilled wizard whose sarcastic, controlled exterior conceals deep emotions and anguish. A Professor at Hogwarts School of Witchcraf ...

from the Harry Potter book series *Eileen, from the cartoon ''

Regular Show ''Regular Show'' (known as ''Regular Show in Space'' during its eighth season) is an American animated sitcom created by J. G. Quintel for Cartoon Network. It ran from September 6, 2010, to January 16, 2017, over the course of eight seasons a ...

'' *

Eileen Galvin The survival horror video games series ''Silent Hill'' features a large cast of characters. The games' player characters are " everymen", in contrast to action-oriented survival horror video game series featuring combat-trained player charact ...

, from the horror video game ''Silent Hill 4'' * Eileen Grimshaw from Coronation Street *Eileen, a fairy in the charmed ridge level from '' Spyro: Year of the Dragon'' * Eileen, a character from Tyler Perry's 2013 film '' A Madea Christmas'' *

Eileen (Virtua Fighter) The following is a list of characters from the ''Virtua Fighter'' fighting game series released by Sega. Starting with ''Virtua Fighter'', this series has spanned five games (not including updates) and has been released on arcade systems as well as ...

, a character in the game ''Virtua Fighter 5''