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Ryder

American  
[rahy-der] / ˈraɪ dər /

noun

  1. Albert Pinkham 1847–1917, U.S. painter.


Ryder British  
/ ˈraɪdə /

noun

  1. Susan , Baroness Ryder of Warsaw. 1923–2000, British philanthropist; founder of the Sue Ryder Foundation for the Sick and Disabled, which is funded by a chain of charity shops: married to Leonard Cheshire

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In Tim Burton’s breakthrough film, O’Hara played tragically hip Delia Deetz, the pretentious and self-absorbed stepmother of Winona Ryder’s Lydia.

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In 1988, she played Winona Ryder's stepmother in Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice."

From Barron's

The movie, also starring Alec Baldwin, Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder, became an instant hit, eventually leading to a Broadway musical and a 2024 sequel.

From The Wall Street Journal

Within the pages of “The Guy You Loved to Hate,” which came together with the help of culture journalist and ghostwriter Caroline Ryder, he deconstructs what the memoir describes as the compulsory, wholly unregulated nature of 2000s reality TV, which launched him and Montag to fame but also turned them into pariahs.

From Los Angeles Times

The Englishman, who made the winning putt at last year's Ryder Cup, holed his approach shot on the 17th for an eagle before adding a birdie on the final green.

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