Gentle Annie
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Gentle Annie may refer to:
People nicknamed "Gentle Annie":
- "Gentle Annie" (song)Gentle Annie (song)"Gentle Annie" is a popular American song composed by Stephen Foster in 1856. The song has original lyrics but is said to be based on a traditional Irish melody. According to his niece, Evelyn Foster Morneweck, there is a tradition that it was written in honor of Annie Jenkins, the daughter of a...
, an 1856 American song composed by Stephen Foster, and a popular Australian parody version - "Gentle Annie" (Tommy Makem song), a song by Tommy MakemTommy MakemThomas "Tommy" Makem was an internationally celebrated Irish folk musician, artist, poet and storyteller. He was best known as a member of The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. He played the long-necked 5-string banjo, guitar, tin whistle, and bagpipes, and sang in a distinctive baritone...
- Gentle Annie (film)Gentle Annie (film)Gentle Annie is a film with a Western theme, directed in 1944 by Andrew Marton, starring Donna Reed and James Craig.. Marjorie Main played the role of Annie Goss. A notable actor in this film is Harry Morgan, who plays Cottonwood Goss...
, a 1944 American film - Gentle Annie, a novel by MacKinlay KantorMacKinlay KantorMacKinlay Kantor , born Benjamin McKinlay Kantor, was an American journalist, novelist and screenwriter. He wrote more than 30 novels, several based on the American Civil War, and won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1956 for his 1955 novel Andersonville, about the Confederate prisoner of war camp...
; basis for the film - AnannAnannIn Irish mythology, Anann was a goddess. 'Anann' is identified as the personal name of the Morrígan in many MSS of Lebor Gabála Érenn. With Badb and Macha, she is sometimes part of a triple goddess or a triad of war goddesses. As such, she may be a Celtic personification of death, and is depicted...
or Gentle Annie, a Celtic goddess - Cenchrus longispinusCenchrus longispinusCenchrus longispinus is a species of grass, also known as Spiny Burr Grass or Gentle Annie. Its burrs produce sharp, barbed spines that can penetrate the hides and mouth of grazing animals....
or Gentle Annie, a species of grass - Gentle Annie Road, a road near TaihapeTaihapeTaihape is the Northern gateway town of the Rangitikei District, located near the middle of the North Island of New Zealand. It services a large rural community and lies on State Highway 1, which runs through the centre of the North Island.- Economy :...
, New Zealand - Gentle Annie Summit, an elevation near TinirotoTinirotoTiniroto is a small farming and forestry community on the “inland” road from Gisborne to Wairoa in the eastern part of the North Island of New Zealand...
, New Zealand
People nicknamed "Gentle Annie":
- Francis Joseph BayldonFrancis Joseph BayldonFrancis Joseph Bayldon was an Australian master mariner and nautical instructor. Born in England, he was apprenticed to Devitt & Moore, and was an officer on their passenger ships, on a route that circled the globe, around the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Horn. He was later with the...
(1872–1948), Australian master mariner and nautical instructor - Anna EtheridgeAnna EtheridgeLorinda Anna "Annie" Blair Etheridge was a Union nurse and vivandière who served during the American Civil War. She was one of only two women to receive the Kearny Cross....
(1839 – 1913), Union nurse during the American Civil War - Alfred Jefferis TurnerAlfred Jefferis TurnerAlfred Jefferis Turner was a pediatrician and noted amateur entomologist. He was born in Canton, China on October 3, 1861. He introduced the use of diphtheria antitoxin to Australia in 1895. He was known by the nickname "Gentle Annie". Dr. Turner died in Brisbane on December 29,...
(1861-1947), Australian pediatrician and entomologist