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Bessie is a
feminine given name,
often a
diminutive form (hypocorism) of Elizabeth,
Beatrice and
other names since the 16th century. It is
sometimes a...
- in the
United States. She was po****rly
known as "Queen Bess" and "Brave
Bessie", and
hoped to
start a
school for African-American fliers.
Coleman died...
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Bessie Smith (April 15, 1892 –
September 26, 1937) was an African-American
blues singer widely renowned during the Jazz Age.
Nicknamed the "Empress of...
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Bessie Beatrice Carter (born 25
October 1993) is an
English actress. She is best
known for her role as
Prudence Featherington on the
Netflix series Bridgerton...
- Wallis,
Duchess of
Windsor (born
Bessie Wallis Warfield,
later Spencer and then Simpson; June 19, 1896 –
April 24, 1986) was an
American socialite and...
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Bessie Amelia Emery Head (6 July 1937 – 17
April 1986) was a
South African writer who,
though born in
South Africa, is
usually considered Botswana's most...
- (c. 1498/c. 1500/c. 1502 – 1540),
commonly known during her
lifetime as
Bessie Blount, was a
mistress of
Henry VIII of England.
Blount was the daughter...
- The
Death of
Bessie Smith is a one-act play by
American playwright Edward Albee,
written in 1959 and
premiered in West
Berlin the
following year. The play...
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Bessie Marchant (1862–1941) was a
prolific English writer of
adventure novels featuring young female heroines. She
published most of her work
under the...
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northeastern Ohio and
Michigan folklore,
Bessie is a name
given to a lake
monster in Lake Erie, also
known as
South Bay
Bessie or
simply The Lake Erie Monster...
