Cissy, Cissie or Cissi may refer to :

People

* Cissy Chandler (died 1954), wife of American author

Raymond Chandler Raymond Thornton Chandler (July 23, 1888 – March 26, 1959) was an American-British novelist and screenwriter. In 1932, at the age of forty-four, Chandler became a detective fiction writer after losing his job as an oil company executive durin ...

* Cissie Caudeiron (1909–1968), Creole nationalist and folklorist * Cissi Elwin Frenkel (born 1965), Swedish journalist and television presenter *

Zainunnisa Gool Zainunnisa "Cissie" Gool (6 November 1897 – 1 July 1963) was an anti-apartheid political and civil rights leader in South Africa. She was the daughter of prominent physician and politician Abdullah Abdurahman and mother Helen Potter James. G ...

(1897–1963) anti-apartheid political and civil rights leader in South Africa, nicknamed "Cissie" *

Cissy Houston Emily Drinkard (September 30, 1933 – October 7, 2024), known professionally as Cissy Houston, was an American soul and gospel singer. Born in Newark, New Jersey, Houston began singing with three of her siblings in the family gospel group, T ...

(1933–2024), American singer *

Cissy Jones Cissy Jones is an American voice actress. Jones's voice has appeared in games such as ''Firewatch'', '' The Walking Dead'', ''Life Is Strange'', ''Grand Theft Auto V'' and '' Darksiders III''. She voiced the part of Lois Lane in the 2018 game ...

, American BAFTA-award-winning video game voice actress * Cissy King (born 1946), American-born singer and dancer * Cissi Klein (1929-1943), Norwegian Jewish girl who is commemorated every year as one of the victims of the Holocaust *

Cissy Patterson Eleanor Josephine Medill "Cissy" Patterson, Countess Gizycki (November 7, 1881 – July 24, 1948) was an American journalist and newspaper editor, publisher and owner. She was one of the first women to head a major daily newspaper, the ''Washingto ...

(1884-1948), American writer and newspaper owner *

Cecilia Loftus Cecilia Loftus (born Marie Cecilia Loftus Brown; 22 October 1876 – 12 July 1943) was a Scottish actress, singer, mimic, vaudevillian, and music hall performer in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Early life Loftus was born in Glasgow, ...

(1876–1943), Scottish actress and singer, nicknamed "Cissie" or "Cissy" * Cecilia Östlund (born 1988), Swedish curler, nicknamed "Cissi" * Cissie Stewart (1911–2008) British swimmer

Film and TV

Narcissa Malfoy The following is a list of characters from the ''Harry Potter'' series. Each character appears in at least one ''Harry Potter''–related book or story by J. K. Rowling. These books and stories include the seven original ''Harry Potter'' nove ...

, nicknamed "Cissy", from the ''Harry Potter'' stories * Cissy Davis, a character in the U.S. TV series ''

Family Affair ''Family Affair'' is an American sitcom starring Brian Keith and Sebastian Cabot that aired on CBS from September 12, 1966, to March 4, 1971. The series explored the trials of well-to-do engineer and bachelor Bill Davis (Keith) as he attempt ...

'' * A character in Cissie and Ada, a British television skit from the 1970s and 1980s * "

The Cissy "The Cissy" is the third episode in the eighteenth season of the American animated television series ''South Park''. The 250th overall episode, it was written and directed by series co-creator Trey Parker. The episode premiered on Comedy Centra ...

", an episode of the television series ''South Park''

Other uses

* Cissi, an Ancient Roman name for Djinet * "The Cissy", a song by The Action * A British spelling variation of

sissy ''Sissy'' (derived from ''sister''), also ''sissy baby'', ''sissy boy'', ''sissy man'', ''sissy pants'', etc., is a pejorative term for a boy or man who does not demonstrate masculine traits, and shows possible signs of fragility. Generally, ''s ...

Cisgender The word ''cisgender'' (often shortened to ''cis''; sometimes ''cissexual'') describes a person whose gender identity corresponds to their sex assigned at birth, i.e., someone who is not ''transgender''. The prefix '' cis-'' is Latin and ...

or cissexual in LGBT slang

People

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