Edythe or Edyth is a female
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...
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Edythe Baker
Edythe Baker (August 25, 1899–August 15, 1971) was an American pianist and dancer.
Early life
Baker was born in Girard, Kansas. Her parents divorced around 1905, and Edith moved to Kansas City, Missouri with her mother. From ages 8 to 14, Ba ...
(1899–1971), American pianist
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Edythe Chapman
Edythe Chapman (October 8, 1863 – October 15, 1948) was an American stage and silent film actress.
Career
Born in Rochester, New York, Chapman began her stage career as early as 1898 when she appeared in New York City in ''The Charity Ball''. ...
(1863–1948), American stage and silent film actress
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Edythe D. London, professor of psychiatry and behavioral studies at the University of California at Los Angeles
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Edythe Lewis, the first black, woman disc jockey in Dayton, Ohio, in the 1950s
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Edythe Morahan de Lauzon, Canadian poet
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Edythe Shuttleworth (1907–1983), Canadian mezzo-soprano
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Edythe Wright
Edythe Wright (August 16, 1916 – October 27, 1965) was an American singer who performed from 1935 to 1939 with the band led by Tommy Dorsey.
Early life
Wright grew up in Highland Park, New Jersey.
Early career
Wright debuted on radio in Mar ...
(1916–1965), singer who worked with Tommy Dorsey
Edyth
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Edyth Goodall (1886–1929), Scottish actress
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Edyth H. Schoenrich (1919–2020), American physician and educator
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Edyth Starkie (1867–1941), Irish portrait painter and sculptor
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Edyth Walker (1867–1950), American opera singer
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Edith
Edith is a feminine given name derived from the Old English word , meaning ''wealth'' or ''prosperity'', in combination with the Old English , meaning ''wiktionary:strife, strife'', and is in common usage in this form in English language, Englis ...
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