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Babette

American  
[ba-bet] / bæˈbɛt /

noun

  1. a first name, form of Barbara.


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In 1959, Brigitte - after several love affairs - married the actor Jacques Charrier, with whom she starred in Babette Goes To War.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025

Speaking via Zoom, Baumbach says that in several scenes, including those set inside the busy home of protagonists Jack and Babette Gladney, they created a cacophony of sound through overlapping dialogue.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2022

Babette teaches life skills to the elderly and infirm.

From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2022

Adam Driver plays Hitler studies professor Jack Gladney, and Greta Gerwig is his wife, Babette, in this dark comedy about an American family after a rail car accident releases chemical waste over their town.

From Washington Post • Oct. 22, 2022

My mother introduced me to Deputy Sheriff Babette Burke and her son, Drew.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter