Cicely (disambiguation)
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- Cicely Mary BarkerCicely Mary BarkerCicely Mary Barker was an English illustrator best known for a series of fantasy illustrations depicting fairies and flowers. Barker's art education began in girlhood with correspondence courses and instruction at the Croydon School of Art...
(1895 – 1973), English illustrator of books, greeting cards, and postcards noted for The Flower Fairies of the Spring - Dame Cicely CourtneidgeCicely CourtneidgeDame Esmerelda Cicely Courtneidge DBE was an English actress and comedienne. The daughter of the producer Robert Courtneidge, she was appearing in his productions in the West End, by the age of 16, and was quickly promoted from minor to major roles in his Edwardian musical comedies.After the...
(1893 – 1980), English actress, comedienne, and Dame Commander of the British Empire (DBE) - Cicely HamiltonCicely HamiltonCicely Mary Hamilton , born Hammill, was an English actress, writer, journalist, suffragist, lesbian and feminist. She is now best known for the play Diana of Dobson's, with a setting in an Edwardian department store....
(1872 – 1952), English actress, feminist, journalist, writer, and, most notably, suffragist; granddaughter of opera singer Cicely Nott - Dame Cicely SaundersCicely SaundersDame Cicely Mary Saunders, was a prominent Anglican, nurse, physician and writer, involved with many international universities...
(1918 – 2005), English nurse, physician and writer, member of the Order of Merit and DBE - Cicely TysonCicely TysonCicely Tyson is an American actress. A successful stage actress, Tyson is also known for her Oscar-nominated role in the film Sounder and the television movies The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman and Roots....
(born 1933), African-American actress known for The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, Roots, and Diary of a Mad Black Woman