Granny is a term and nickname for a grandmother, a female

grandparent Grandparents, individually known as grandmother and grandfather, or Grandma and Grandpa, are the parents of a person's father or mother – paternal or maternal. Every sexually reproducing living organism who is not a genetic chimera has a maxi ...

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Granny (Beverly Hillbillies character) ''The Beverly Hillbillies'' is an American television sitcom that was broadcast on CBS from 1962 to 1971. It had an ensemble cast featuring Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas, and Max Baer Jr. as the Clampetts, a poor backwoods family fr ...

, a character on ''The Beverly Hillbillies'' television series, played by Irene Ryan *

Granny (Looney Tunes) Granny, whose full name is presented as Emma Webster, is a fictional character created by Friz Freleng, best known from the ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' animated short films of the 1950s and 1960s. She is the owner of Tweety Bird and ...

, a ''Looney Tunes'' character *

Granny Goodness Granny Goodness is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. She is a New God from Apokolips and a servant of Darkseid who trains others to serve him. Goodness has appeared in various media outside comics, primar ...

, a Superman villainess * George "Granny" Grantham, a character from the Stephen King novella '' Blockade Billy'' * Granny character created by cartoonist Buck Brown for ''Playboy''

Fictional works

* ''Granny'' (film), a 2003 Russian drama film * ''Granny'' or ''GrannyX'', a 1997 adventure video game * ''

The Granny ''The Granny'' is a 1995 American horror comedy film directed by Luca Bercovici and written by Bercovici and Sam Bernard. The film stars Stella Stevens as a grandmother who comes back from her grave to seek revenge on her greedy family. After a lim ...

'', a 1995 American horror comedy film * ''Granny'', a spin-off from the ''

Cuddles and Dimples ''Cuddles and Dimples'' is a British comic strip published in the comic book magazine ''The Dandy''. It was first published in 1986. The stories' protagonists are two toddler brothers who like to cause double the trouble wherever they go. The ...

'' strip in the British Dandy comic * ''Granny'', a 1994 novel by

Anthony Horowitz Anthony John Horowitz (born 5 April 1955) is an English novelist and screenwriter specialising in mystery and suspense. His works for children and young adult readers include the '' Alex Rider'' series featuring a 14-year-old British boy who spi ...

People

Granny Alston Hallam Newton Egerton "Granny" Alston (10 June 1908 – 20 October 1985) was an English cricketer who played one first-class cricket match for Somerset. Alston made one appearance for Somerset during the 1933 season, against Surrey at The Oval ...

or Hallam Newton Egerton Alston (1908–1985), English cricketer *

Grantland Rice Henry Grantland Rice (November 1, 1880 – July 13, 1954) was an American sportswriter and poet known as the "Dean of American Sports Writers". He coined the famous phrase that it was not important whether you “won or lost, but how you playe ...

(1880–1954), American sportswriter * Granny D or

Doris Haddock Doris "Granny D" Haddock (born Ethel Doris Rollins; January 24, 1910 – March 9, 2010) was an American political activist from New Hampshire. Haddock achieved national fame when, between the ages of 88 and 90, starting on January 1, 1999, and cul ...

(1910–2010), American political activist

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Granny (orca) Granny (born c. 1936-1951 approx, died c. 2016), also known as J2, was a female orca of the J pod of southern resident orcas notable for her long life. Early estimates placed her birth in 1911, putting her at 105 years old at the time of her dea ...

, the oldest known orca *

Granny (sea anemone) Granny was the affectionate name eventually given to a beadlet sea anemone, ''Actinia equina'', which in 1828 was taken from a rocky shore at North Berwick in Scotland by an amateur naturalist, John Dalyell. During her long life through the Vi ...

, a celebrated sea anemone from 19th-century Britain * "Granny" (song), a song performed by Dave Matthews Band, popular at their live shows *

Granny (townland) Granny () is a townland lying within the civil parish of Kilcronaghan, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It lies in the west of the parish on the boundary of the civil parish of Ballynascreen, and is bounded by the townlands of; Calmore, D ...

, a townland in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland

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