Georgette is a feminine given name, the French form of (''Geōrgia''), the feminine form of
George.
Georgette may refer to:
People
* Georgette Barry (1919–2003), stage name
Andrea King, American actress
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Georgette Bauerdorf (1924–1944), American socialite, heiress and murder victim
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Georgette Berube (1927–2005), American politician
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Georgette Chen (1906–1993), Singaporean painter
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Georgette Gómez (born 1975), American politician and community activist
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Georgette Harvey (1882–1952), African-American singer and actress
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Georgette Heyer
Georgette Heyer (; 16 August 1902 – 4 July 1974) was an English novelist and short-story writer, in both the Regency romance and detective fiction genres. Her writing career began in 1921, when she turned a story conceived for her ail ...
(1902–1974), English novelist
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Georgette Kalil (born 2002), Ecuadorian model and beauty pageant titleholder
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Georgette Klinger (1915–2004), Czech-born American businesswoman and cosmetologist
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Georgette Leblanc (1869–1941, French operatic soprano, actress and author
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Georgette Lenoir (fl. 1922–1928), French track and field athlete, world record holder in the 800 meters and 1000 meters
* Georgette Meyer (1919–1965), also known as
Dickey Chapelle
Georgette Louise Meyer (March 14, 1919 – November 4, 1965) known as Dickey Chapelle was an American photojournalist known for her work as a war correspondent from World War II through to her death in the Vietnam War.
Early life
Chapelle wa ...
, American photojournalist
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Georgette Mosbacher (born 1947), American business entrepreneur, executive, political activist and United States Ambassador to Poland
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Georgette Peterson (1863–1947), Hungarian-born composer, pianist and singer
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Georgette Seabrooke
Georgette Seabrooke (aka Georgette Seabrooke Powell; August 2, 1916 – December 27, 2011), was an American muralist, artist, illustrator, art therapist, non-profit chief executive and educator. She is best known for her 1936 mural, ''Recreation ...
(1916–2011), American muralist, illustrator, art therapist, non-profit chief executive and educator
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Georgette Sheridan (born 1952), Canadian lawyer and politician
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Georgette Tsinguirides (born 1928), German ballet dancer, ballet mistress and choreologist
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Georgette Valle (1924–2024), American politician
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Googie Withers
Georgette Lizette "Googie" Withers (12 March 191715 July 2011) was an English entertainer. She was a dancer and actress, with a lengthy career spanning some seventy-three years in theatre, film, and television. She was a well-known actress and ...
(1917–2011), Anglo-Indian actress
Pseudonym
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Georgette Spelvin, variant on George Spelvin, a traditional American theatre pseudonym
Fictional characters
* Georgette Franklin (Baxter), recurring
character on the American sitcom ''Mary Tyler Moore'', played by Georgia Engel
* Georgette Lemare, in the anime/manga ''
Strike Witches
is a Japanese media mix franchise originally created by Fumikane Shimada via a series of magazine illustration columns. The illustrations have since inspired several official light novel, manga, and anime series and v ...
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* Georgette, in the 1988 animated musical film ''
Oliver & Company
''Oliver & Company'' is a 1988 American Animated film, animated musical film, musical adventure film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is inspired by the Charles Dickens novel ''Oliver Twist''. I ...
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Other uses
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Georgette (fabric)
(from ''crêpe Georgette'') is a sheer, lightweight, dull-finished crêpe fabric named after the early 20th century French dressmaker Georgette de la Plante.The Oxford English Dictionary's earliest citation is 1915.
Originally made from silk, ...
, a lightweight fabric
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Battle of the Lys, also known as Operation Georgette
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