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Gilda

American  
[gil-duh] / ˈgɪl də /

noun

  1. a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “golden.”


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It was Vivian herself, singing Gilda’s first-act aria from Rigoletto, which she had first sung in the San Francisco Opera when she was twenty-one.

From Literature

This is how it began for her, in Toronto, where her brother Marcus was dating Gilda Radner, who was in “Godspell” with Levy and Martin Short.

From Los Angeles Times

“And it was really watching Gilda when I realized, ‘cause I’d always liked acting in school, that it was actually a local possibility.

From Los Angeles Times

She came up in the world of Toronto’s Second City improv, working as an understudy for Gilda Radner, one of the original seven “Saturday Night Live” cast members.

From The Wall Street Journal

We begin with a gilda, a tiny skewer of anchovy, olive, pickled pepper and a platter of cured meats and cheeses.

From Salon