Gussie
Americannoun
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She won a featured actress award for that last one, with her irrepressible turn as Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins, a schemer with a heart that stays gold.
From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2024
Brown plays Gussie Carnegie, a Broadway diva married to self-centered writer Frank Shepard.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 25, 2023
Only two board members are women: Lara Tyler Chambers, a member of the Class of 2003, and Gussie Lord, who graduated in 2001 and was recently appointed by Northam.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 13, 2021
His wife, who was known as Gussie, had been the oldest of 16 children.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 21, 2016
Like there wasn’t any question, he nodded toward the big post bed and said, like teasing, “This here’s where Miss Gussie said sleep. I reckon we better mind her.”
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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