Clarice
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Clarice is a given name of Latin and Greek origin. The "Clarice" spelling is the Germanic variant of the Latin Clarus (bright, clear, famous) and the Greek Clarissa (brilliant).
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It may refer to:
- Clarice VanceClarice VanceClarice Vance née Clara Etta Black , "The Southern Singer" was an American vaudeville personality from the late 19th century to about 1917.-Early life and marriage:...
, American actress - Clarice TinsleyClarice TinsleyClarice Tinsley is an American broadcast journalist. In November 1978, she moved to the Dallas/Fort Worth area to anchor the ten o'clock news for KDFW. In 1979 the six o'clock news was added to her duties. Prior to KDFW, she spent three years working for WITI-TV in Milwaukee...
, American journalist - Clarice TaylorClarice TaylorClarice Taylor was an American stage, film and television actress.-Biography:Born in Buckingham County, Virginia, Taylor was best-known for her recurring role on television on The Cosby Show as Dr. Heathcliff "Cliff" Huxtable's mother, Anna Huxtable. She was nominated for an Emmy Award in 1986...
, American actress - "Clarice StrozziClarice StrozziPortrait of Clarissa Strozzi is a portrait by the Italian painter Titian from 1542 belonging to the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin.The painting depicts a girl from the old Florentine family of Strozzi. The girl seems slightly frightened and holds onto her little Bolognese dog...
," a painting by Italian artist Titian - Clarice StarlingClarice StarlingClarice M. Starling is a fictional character and the protagonist in the novels The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal by Thomas Harris....
, fictional character in the Hannibal Lecter series - Clarice SherryClarice SherryClarice Sherry was an American film actress who appeared in a string of films in the 1930s.-Career:...
, American actress - Clarice ShawClarice ShawClarice Marion McNab Shaw was a Labour Party politician and Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom....
, Scottish politician - Clarice (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer), a reindeer in the Rankin-Bass Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer series
- Clarice OrsiniClarice OrsiniClarice Orsini was the daughter of Jacopo Orsini, Lord of Monterotondo and Bracciano, and his wife and cousin Maddalena Orsini. Born in the Papal States, she is most known as the wife of Lorenzo de' Medici , de facto ruler of the Florentine Republic...
, Tuscan queen - Clarice MorantClarice MorantClarice Morant , also known as Classie, was an American centenarian from Washington, D.C., who gained national media attention for her role as caregiver to Rozzie Laney, Morant's younger sister diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, and Ira Barber, Morant's younger brother diagnosed with dementia and...
, American centenarian and caretaker - Clarice Modeste-CurwenClarice Modeste-CurwenClarice Modeste-Curwen is a politician and educator from Grenada. A member of the New National Party, she has served in the Parliament of Grenada since 1999, and previously served as Minister of Health and the Environment.-References:...
, Grenadan politician - Clarice McLeanClarice McLeanClarice "Dollie" McLean is founding executive director of the Artists Collective, Inc. of Hartford, Connecticut. She was raised in New York City, where she studied dance under Katherine Dunham, Jon Leone Destine, Asadata Dafora, and Martha Graham...
, American dancer - Clarice MayneClarice MayneClarice Mayne was a music hall and variety theatre singer and performer.-Life and career:Mayne was born in London in 1886. She is best known for the song "A Broken Doll" written by her husband, the composer James W...
, English actress - Clarice LispectorClarice LispectorClarice Lispector was a Brazilian writer. Acclaimed internationally for her innovative novels and short stories, she was also a journalist...
, Brazilian writer - Clarice de' MediciClarice de' MediciClarice de' Medici was the daughter of Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici and Alfonsina Orsini.Born in Florence, she was the granddaughter of Lorenzo de' Medici, niece of Pope Leo X and sister to Lorenzo II de' Medici...
, Tuscan noblewoman - Clarice BlackburnClarice BlackburnClarice Blackburn was an American actress who appeared as Mrs. Sarah Johnson, Abigail Collins, and Minerva Trask on Dark Shadows...
, American actress - Clarice BeniniClarice BeniniClarice Benini was an Italian chess master.She finished second in the Women's World Championship at Stockholm 1937, behind Vera Menchik but ahead of Sonja Graf, Milda Lauberte, Mary Bain, Mona May Karff, and others...
, Italian chess master - Clarice BeckettClarice BeckettClarice Majoribanks Beckett was an Australian painter born in Casterton, Victoria. Her works are featured in the collections of the National Gallery of Australia, National Gallery of Victoria and the Art Gallery of South Australia....
, Australian painter - Clarice Bean seriesClarice Bean seriesThe Clarice Bean series is a set of children's novels written and illustrated by English author Lauren Child. It deals with the eponymous Clarice Bean's difficulties in navigating the complex ethical and social questions children deal with at school and at home...
- Clarice AssadClarice AssadClarice Assad is a classical and jazz composer, arranger, pianist, and vocalist.A native of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Clarice Assad has performed professionally since the age of seven. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the Chicago College of the Performing Arts, in Chicago, IL, and a Masters...
, Brazilian composer
See also
- Clarissa (given name)
- Claire (given name)
- Clara (given name)Clara (given name)Clara is a female given name. It is the feminine form of the Late Latin name Clarus which meant "clear, bright, famous". Various early male Christian saints were named Clarus; the feminine form became popular after the 13th-century Saint Clare of Assisi , one of the followers of Saint Francis, who...
- Clare (given name)Clare (given name)Clare is a given name, the Medieval English form of Clara. The related name Clair was traditionally considered male, especially when spelled without an 'e', but Clare and Claire are usually female....