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Glenda

American  
[glen-duh] / ˈglɛn də /

noun

  1. a female given name.


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In England, though, the likes of Judi Dench, Maggie Smith or Glenda Jackson had always navigated effortlessly between the big and small screen and the stage.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

Glenda Tietjens’s post said, “Can’t sleep, eyes hurts, heart hurts and is broken, chest hurts too! It’s just not fair!! Can’t stop crying!”

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 4, 2026

Glenda Caesar, director of the Windrush National Organisation, also urged the government to step in to save the event.

From BBC Jun. 22, 2025

Chamberlain appeared in director Bryan Forbes’ 1969 film “The “Madwoman of Chaillot,” starring Katharine Hepburn, and he starred as the Russian composer Tchaikovsky opposite Glenda Jackson in director Ken Russell’s 1970 film “The Music Lovers.”

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 30, 2025

She did not want to meet another Miss Glenda Fae Hawkins or Miss Susannah Sally Peters, had no desire to face their smiles and clucking and gloved hands.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez

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