Roxy
Encyclopedia
Brands
- Roxy (clothing), women's brand of clothing, accessories, and snowboards by Quiksilver company for surfing
- The Roxy TheatreThe Roxy TheatreThe Roxy Theatre is a famous nightclub, on the Sunset Strip, in West Hollywood, California. The Roxy is owned by Lou Adler and Adler's son, Nic, who operates the club.- History :...
, music venue in Los Angeles & online source for music, arts, culture, and more.
Names
- Roxy, sometimes used as a short form of the name Roseline / Roselind
- RoxanneRoxanneRoxanne may refer to:* Hurricane Roxanne, a major hurricane in October 1995* "Roxanne" , a 1978 song by The Police* A main character and love interest in Edmond Rostand's play Cyrano de Bergerac'...
, abbreviated form of the name - Roxy (plural "roxies"), slang for the drug Roxicodone, an instant release form of oxycodone
Music
- Roxy Theatre (West Hollywood), legendary music venue from 1973
- Roxy & ElsewhereRoxy & ElsewhereRoxy & Elsewhere is a live album by Frank Zappa & The Mothers which was released in 1974. Most of the songs were recorded at The Roxy Theatre in Hollywood, California on December 8, 9 and 10, 1973...
, a 1974 album by Frank Zappa and the Mothers - Roxy MusicRoxy MusicRoxy Music was a British art rock band formed in 1971 by Bryan Ferry, who became the group's lead vocalist and chief songwriter, and bassist Graham Simpson. The other members are Phil Manzanera , Andy Mackay and Paul Thompson . Former members include Brian Eno , and Eddie Jobson...
, British rock music group - The Roxy (TV series)The Roxy (TV series)The Roxy was a British television music programme that was broadcast on ITV in the late 1980s. It was produced by Tyne Tees Television following the demise a few months earlier of its more successful music show The Tube....
, a short lived television show featuring UK Chart Hits and Bands - Roxy RecordingsRoxy RecordingsKing Island Roxystars Recordings AB, more known as Roxy Recordings, or Roxy was an independent record label based in Stockholm, Sweden. It was bought by Universal Music Group in August 2011. The label was formed in 2007 and is owned by Egmont through Nordisk Film and MBO...
, a Swedish record label
Historical
- Eliza Roxcy Snow Young, poet
- Roxey Ann CaplinRoxey Ann CaplinRoxey Ann Caplin was a British writer and inventor.-Biography:She was born in 1793 in Canada. Around 1835 she married Jean Francois Isidore Caplin ....
, British writer and inventor - Roxy JezelRoxy Jezel__notoc__Roxy Jezel is a British pornographic actress.-Biography:Jezel, whose father is Thai and mother is English, lived in East London. In an interview, she described where she lived as a "kind of ghetto". She has a BA in Philosophy with a specialization in ethics.In 2005 she won the XRCO Award...
, pornographic actress - Roxy ReynoldsRoxy ReynoldsRoxy Reynolds is an American pornographic actress, rapper and glamour model of African American descent.- Adult film career :Roxy Reynolds was born in Southwest Philadelphia and raised in Columbus, Ohio....
, pornographic actress - Samuel Roxy RothafelSamuel Roxy RothafelSamuel Lionel Rothafel, known as "Roxy" was an American theatrical impressario and entrepreneur. He is noted for developing the lavish presentation of silent films in the deluxe movie palace theaters of the 1910s and 1920s.-Biography:Born in Stillwater, Minnesota, Samuel L. Rothafel was a showman...
, movie theater pioneer
Fictional
- Roxy, an enemy character from the video game Final Fight
- Foxy (cartoon character)Foxy (cartoon character)Foxy is an animated cartoon character featured in three 1931 animated shorts in the Merrie Melodies series distributed by Warner Bros. He was the creation of animator Rudolf Ising, who had worked for Walt Disney in the 1920s.-Concept and creation:...
, girlfriend of cartoon character "Foxy" - Roxy (Hannah Montana), a character in the TV series Hannah Montana
- Roxy Harvey, a character in the Showtime series Dead Like Me
- Roxy MitchellRoxy MitchellRoxanne Lizette "Roxy" Mitchell is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, portrayed by Rita Simons. Roxy arrived in Walford with her sister Ronnie on 24 July 2007 and decided to move permanently to Walford from Ibiza where they ran a bar together. Roxy is the younger of the two...
, a character from the television soap opera EastEnders - Roxy (Winx Club)Roxy (Winx Club)Roxy is a character in the Winx Club animated series. Her first appearance was in the third episode of the fourth season, "L´ultima Fata della Terra" . She is the last fairy on Earth...
, a character from Winx Club animated series. - Roxie HartRoxie HartRoxanne "Roxie" Hart is a fictional showgirl in various adaptations of the same story. She first appeared in the 1926 play Chicago written by reporter Maurine Dallas Watkins. Watkins was inspired by the real-life unrelated 1924 murder trials of Beulah Annan and Belva Gaertner, which she covered for...
, a character from the play and film Chicago
Places
- ITC Roxy MasITC Roxy MasITC Roxy Mas, located in Cideng in West Jakarta is a mall noted for its mobile phone business. The majority of Jakartans choose to shop for mobile phones and their accessories at Roxy Mas due to the usually lower prices as compared to other retailers...
, a shopping mall in West Jakarta - Roxie, MississippiRoxie, MississippiRoxie is a town in Franklin County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 569 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Roxie is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land....
- Roxie Theater, a 1909 movie theater in San Francisco
- Roxy Community TheatreRoxy Community TheatreRoxy Community Theatre is an Art Deco/Art Nouveau/Spanish Mission style movie theatre located in Leeton, New South Wales, Australia.-History:Roxy Theatre was designed as a 1091 seat theatre by well-known architectural firm Kaberry & Chard...
in Leeton, New South Wales which was originally called the Roxy Theatre - Roxy NYCRoxy NYCRoxy NYC was a popular nightclub located at 515 West 18th Street in New York City. Located in Chelsea section of Manhattan it began as a roller skating rink and roller disco in 1978, it was founded by Steve Bauman, Richard Newhouse and Steve Greenberg then acquired in 1985 by Gene DiNino until it...
, a famous nightclub on West 18th Street in New York City, now closed - Roxy Theatre (New York City), the original Roxy Theatre operated by "Roxy" Rothafel on 50th Street in New York City, demolished 1960
- Roxy Theatre (West Hollywood), a nightclub on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles, California
- The RoxyThe RoxyThe Roxy was a fashionable nightclub on Neal Street in London's Covent Garden, known for hosting the flowering British punk music scene in its infancy.-Brief history:...
, a nightclub in London, now closed - The Roxy (Rathbone Place)The Roxy (Rathbone Place)The Roxy is a bar and nightclub in central London, United Kingdom. It is located at the Tottenham Court Road end of Oxford Street. The Roxy attracts a predominantly young crowd and is particularly popular with University College London students on Wednesday nights....
(formerly The Office), another, still open, nightclub in London, in Rathbone Place - The Roxy cinema in OldhamOldhamOldham is a large town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies amid the Pennines on elevated ground between the rivers Irk and Medlock, south-southeast of Rochdale, and northeast of the city of Manchester...
, now closed and demolished