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Dorinda is a feminine given name, related to Dora, and its variants. It may refer to: __NOTOC__


People

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Dorinda Keenan Borer Dorinda Keenan Borer is an American businesswoman and mayor of West Haven, Connecticut since 2023. Borer is a former member of the West Haven Board of Education and served as a Democratic member of the Connecticut House of Representatives, repr ...
(born 1963), American businessperson and politician *
Dorinda Clark-Cole Dorinda Grace Clark-Cole (born Dorinda Grace Clark; October 19, 1957) is an American Grammy Award-winning gospel singer, songwriter, musician, talk show host, and evangelist. Clark–Cole is best known as a member of family vocal group The Clar ...
(born 1957), American evangelist and gospel singer, member of The Clark Sisters * Dorinda Connor (1947–2024), American politician *
Dorinda Cox Dorinda Rose Cox (born 25 May 1976) is an Australian politician who has been a Senator for Western Australia since 2021. A Yamatji and Noongar woman, she is the first Indigenous woman to represent Western Australia in the Senate. She was origin ...
(born 1976), Australian politician *
Dorinda Hafner Dorinda Hafner (born 1947) is a Ghanaian-born Australian celebrity chef, television presenter, author, actress, dancer/choreographer, public speaker and writer. She is also an optician and registered nurse. Early life Hafner was born in 1947 in ...
, Ghanaian-born Australian storyteller, actress, dancer, choreographer, public speaker, writer and television chef *
Dorinda Medley Dorinda Medley ( Cinkala; born December 13, 1964) is an American television personality. She is best known as a cast member on the Bravo reality television series ''The Real Housewives of New York City'', in which she starred from 2015 to 2020. ...
(born 1964), American television personality - see ''
The Real Housewives of New York City ''The Real Housewives of New York City'', abbreviated ''RHONY'', is an American reality television series that premiered on Bravo on March 4, 2008. Developed as the second installment of ''The Real Housewives'' franchise, it has aired fifteen s ...
'' * Dorinda Moreno, American Chicana activist, feminist and writer *Dorinda Morgan, a music producer - see '' Becoming the Beach Boys: The Complete Hite & Dorinda Morgan Sessions'' * Dorinda Neligan (1833–1914), Irish-born English headmistress and suffragette *
Dori Sanders Dorinda "Dori" Sanders (born 1934, York County, South Carolina) is an African-American novelist, food writer and farmer. Her first novel, ''Clover'' (1990), was a bestseller, and won a 1990 Lillian Smith Book Award. She has also written a cookb ...
(born 1934), African-American novelist and food writer *
Dorinda Stevens Dorinda Stevens (16 August 1932 – 25 October 2012) was a British television and film actress of the 1950s and 1960s. Biography Stevens was born Doreen May Stevens in Southampton, the daughter of and Winifred (née Lucas). During World W ...
(1932–2012), British actress


Fictional characters

*Dorinda, a nymph in the 1590 play ''
Il pastor fido ''Il pastor fido'' (''The Faithfull Shepherd'' in Sir Richard Fanshawe, 1st Baronet, Richard Fanshawe's 1647 English translation) is a pastoral tragicomedy set in Arcadia (utopia), Arcadia by Giovanni Battista Guarini, first published in 1590 ...
'' *Dorinda, in Dryden's 1667 comedy ''
The Tempest ''The Tempest'' is a Shakespeare's plays, play by William Shakespeare, probably written in 1610–1611, and thought to be one of the last plays that he wrote alone. After the first scene, which takes place on a ship at sea during a tempest, th ...
'' *Dorinda, a major character in the 1707 play ''
The Beaux' Stratagem ''The Beaux' Stratagem'' is a comedy by George Farquhar, first produced at the Theatre Royal, now the site of Her Majesty's Theatre, in the Haymarket, London, on 8 March 1707. In the play, Archer and Aimwell, two young gentlemen who have falle ...
'' *Dorinda, a major character in Handel's 1733 opera seria ''
Orlando Orlando commonly refers to: * Orlando, Florida, a city in the United States Orlando may also refer to: People * Orlando (given name), a masculine name, includes a list of people with the name * Orlando (surname), includes a list of people wit ...
'' *Dorinda Durston, the love interest in the 1943 film ''
A Guy Named Joe ''A Guy Named Joe'' is a 1943 American supernatural romantic drama film directed by Victor Fleming. The film was produced by Everett Riskin and stars Spencer Tracy, Irene Dunne and Van Johnson. The screenplay, written by Dalton Trumbo and Fre ...
'' and the 1989 remake ''Always'' *Dorinda Rogers, one of the main characters in
The Cheetah Girls (novel series) ''The Cheetah Girls'' is a novel series written by Deborah Gregory. The series, which began in 1999, is about a female vocal group seeking success and fortune. Novels ;1999 * ''The Cheetah Girls #01: Wishing on a Star'' * ''The Cheetah Girls ...


See also

*'' Porphyrosela dorinda'', a species of moth *'' Darinda'', a Pakistani Urdu film released in 2002 * Derinda Township, Jo Daviess County, Illinois * Maťo Ďurinda (born 1961), member of the Slovak hard rock/heavy metal band Tublatanka


References

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