Violet
Encyclopedia
People
- Violet (name)Violet (name)Violet is a given name for girls.The name comes from the Violet flower. As with other such names its popularity has varied dramatically over time. Flower names were very commonly used from about 1880 through about 1910 in the United States, with usage dropping throughout the next 80 years or so...
, a given name for girls - Violet BerlinViolet BerlinViolet Berlin is a Turkish born English television presenter, writer and producer best known for her coverage of video games.-Career:Berlin began presenting in the early 1990s when she presented WildBunch on BBC One, and Cool Cube on BSkyB...
(born 1969), television presenter - Violet Blue (author)Violet Blue (author)Violet Blue is an American writer and sex educator.Blue wrote a weekly sex column for the San Francisco Chronicle. In her podcast, Open Source Sex, she reads erotica and discusses topics such as fetishes and oral sex. She also has a video blog. Blue wrote a feature about porn for women which was...
, American writer and sex educator - Violet Bonham CarterViolet Bonham CarterHelen Violet Bonham Carter, Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury, DBE was a British politician and diarist. She was the daughter of H. H. Asquith, Prime Minister from 1908-1916, and later became active in Liberal politics herself, being a leading opponent of appeasement, standing for Parliament and being...
(1887-1969), British politician and diarist - Violet JessopViolet JessopViolet Constance Jessop was an ocean liner stewardess and nurse who achieved fame by surviving the disastrous sinkings of sister ships RMS Titanic and HMHS Britannic in 1912 and 1916 respectively...
(1887–1971), survivor of three shipwrecks - Violet WilkeyViolet WilkeyViolet Wilkey was an American child actor who appeared in films over a four year period during the early silent film era....
(1903–1976), American child actress
Geography
- Violet, LouisianaViolet, LouisianaViolet is a census-designated place in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 8,555 at the 2000 census. Violet is located on the east bank of the Mississippi River, about southeast of New Orleans and is part of the New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner Metropolitan...
, United States - Violet, TexasViolet, TexasViolet is a small unincorporated community with a population of around 40 in Nueces County, Texas, United States. It lies along State Highway 44 between the cities of Corpus Christi and Robstown....
, United States - Violet, West VirginiaViolet, West VirginiaViolet is an unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States. Violet is located on the Greenbrier River east-northeast of Hillsboro....
, United States - Violet, Ontario, Canada
Entertainment
- Violet (musical)Violet (musical)Violet is a musical with music by Jeanine Tesori and libretto by Brian Crawley based on the short story "The Ugliest Pilgrim" by Doris Betts. It tells the story of a young disfigured woman who embarks on a journey by bus from her farm in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, all the way to Tulsa, Oklahoma...
, a stage show - Violet (The Birthday Massacre album)
- Violet (Closterkeller album)Violet (Closterkeller album)Violet is the third studio album by Polish gothic rock band Closterkeller. It was released on September, 1993 in Poland through Izabelin Studio. The album was recorded at Izabelin Studio from April to September, 1993...
- "Violet" (song)Violet (song)"Violet" is a song by American alternative rock band Hole, written by vocalist and rhythm guitarist Courtney Love and lead guitarist Eric Erlandson. The song was written circa 1991, and was played at several live shows between 1991 and 1992 during Hole's Pretty on the Inside tours...
,by Hole - "Violet" (Seal song)Violet (Seal song)"Violet" is a song by Seal. It was released as the fifth and final single from his debut album Seal.-Charts:...
- Violet (film)Violet (film)Violet is a 1981 short film directed by Shelley Levinson. It won an Academy Award in 1982 for Best Short Subject.-Cast:* Didi Conn - Violet* Patrick Dollaghan - Monty* Rodney Saulsberry - Flick* Tom McGowan - Dr. Pleasance* Belle Richter - Mrs...
, a 1981 short film - Violet (1978 film)Violet (1978 film)Violet is a Croatian film directed by Krešo Golik. It was released in 1978....
, a Croatian feature film - Violet (computer game)Violet (computer game)Violet is a work of interactive fiction by Jeremy Freese. It is a one-room puzzle game. It took first place in the 2008 Interactive Fiction Competition with an average score of 8.53....
Fictional characters
- Violet (comics) a DC Comics character
- Violet Gray, a Peanuts character
- Violet BaudelaireViolet BaudelaireViolet Baudelaire is one of the main characters in the children's book series A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket and appears in all thirteen books. She is the oldest of the Baudelaire orphans at 14 years old, and often helps her 12-year-old brother Klaus and her baby sister Sunny...
, an A Series of Unfortunate Events character - Violet Beauregarde, a Charlie and the Chocolate Factory character
- Violet Parr, a The Incredibles character
- Violet Song jat Shariff, an UltraViolet character
- Violet TurnerViolet TurnerDr. Violet Marianne Wilder is a fictional character on the American television series Private Practice . She is portrayed by Amy Brenneman.-Storylines:...
, a Private Practice character - Violet, a BoundBound (film)Bound is a 1996 neo-noir crime thriller film directed by the Wachowski brothers. Violet , who longs to escape her relationship with her mafioso boyfriend Caesar , enters into a clandestine affair with alluring ex-con Corky , and the two women hatch a scheme to steal $2 million of mafia money.Bound...
character - Violet, a Fifi and the Flowertots character
- Violet Potato, sister of the Monster Allergy character Elena PotatoElena PotatoElena Potato is a fictional character and the female protagonist in the comic book and animated series Monster Allergy. In the animated series, she is voiced by Monica Ward in the Italian version and by Annie Bovaird in the English version.- Biography :Elena is Zick's Italian 12-year-old best friend...
- Violet Nightshade, a MySimsMySimsMySims, formerly The Sims Wii and Nintendo Sims, is a video game developed by EA Redwood Shores and published by Electronic Arts as a spinoff to Maxis' The Sims franchise for the Nintendo DS and Wii in 2007, then re-released for Microsoft Windows and Mobile phone in 2008.It is the first game in the...
character - Violet, a Pretty Baby character
- Violet, a Rainbow BriteRainbow BriteRainbow Brite was a character franchise introduced by Hallmark Cards in 1983, with the animated television series starting the following year....
character - Violet, an alias of the Tekken 4 character Lee Chaolan
- Violet Heaslip, a WordGirlWordGirlWordGirl is an American children’s animated television series for children aged 6-12, produced by the Soup2Nuts animation unit of Scholastic Entertainment for PBS Kids...
character
Other uses
- NYU Violets, the teams of New York University
- The Violet Party, a new-age political party in Germany.