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unusual facts about Bridget



Barbara Berjer

Among her many soap opera credits were her roles as alcoholic actress Lynn Franklin on From These Roots (1958–1961); Claire English Lowell Cassen Shea #4 on As the World Turns (1965–1971); Barbara Norris Thorpe #2 on Guiding Light (1971–1981; she reprised the role for a few episodes in 1989 and on a recurring basis from 1995–1996); and Scottish nanny Bridget Connell on Another World (1985–1996).

Beckley, Oxfordshire

When Bridget died in 1657 Beckley passed to their son James Bertie, 5th Baron Norreys, whom Charles II made 1st Earl of Abingdon in 1682.

Berners Bay

Berners Bay, Point Bridget, and Point St. Marys were named by George Vancouver during his 1790s expedition to chart the Alaskan coastline; his mother's maiden name was Bridget Berners and she was born in St. Mary's Wiggenhall.

Bridget Benenate

Bridget Benenate is an American songwriter who first found success with the song "Permission to Shine," which was performed by the band Bachelor Girl and shot to the top of the Australian charts in 1999.

Bridget Chaworth

Bridget Chaworth was descended from Hugh de Cadurcis, whose brother, Bourchard de Cadurcis, is said to have fought at the Battle of Hastings with William the Conqueror.

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

Fielding has said that the first Bridget Jones story was based on the Jane Austen novel Pride and Prejudice.

Bridget Parker

Former Silversun actress Eloise Mignon was cast in the role of school girl Bridget Parker, despite being five years older than the character she would portray.

Bridget St John

Bridget St John (born Bridget Hobbs, 4 October 1946, South London) is a British singer and songwriter, best known for the three albums she recorded between 1969 and 1972 for John Peel's Dandelion label.

Bridget Tyrwhitt

Lady Bridget Wingfield, married name Bridget Tyrwhitt during her sixty-fifth bar mitzvah

Bridget Walters

Bridget Walters is an Australian actress and veteran member of the State Theatre Company of South Australia where she has performed in productions of Macbeth, Noises Off, Uncle Vanya and The Cripple of Inishmaan.

Bridgetta

Bridgetta is the Italian version of the Irish name, Bridget.

Church of St Bridget, Chelvey

Bridget's Church in Chelvey, Brockley, Somerset, England dates from the 12th century, and has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building.

Darkman III: Die Darkman Die

Peyton Westlake (Arnold Vosloo), still searching for the key to creating a permanent liquid-skin formula to repair his burned face and hands, is approached by Dr. Bridget Thorne (Darlanne Fluegel), one of the physicians who saved Westlake's life following his brutal attack at the hands of Robert G. Durant.

Dr Charles James Fox

Afterwards he became a corn merchant (for miss Flynn (Bridget, née Burke, married to Daniel Flynn?)) remained three years at home and then joined another company (His ship on fire at Hamburg) He got a sunstroke fell from a balcony and died at the Catholic Hospital 11 Feb 1881 and was buried by the Jesuits at Singapore

Duff Hart-Davis

He is the eldest son of the publisher Rupert Hart-Davis and the brother of television broadcaster and author Adam Hart-Davis and Bridget, the dowager Lady Silsoe.

Earl of Carlisle

He married as his first wife Bridget Helen Monckton, 11th Lady Ruthven of Freeland (see the Lord Ruthven of Freeland for earlier history of this title).

Edward Devereux, 11th Viscount Hereford

His paternal grandparents were George Devereux of Vaynor (d. 1682) and Bridget Price.

Edwin Plowden, Baron Plowden of Plowden

His wife, Lady Bridget Plowden, DBE (née Bridget Horatia Richmond; 1910-2000), was Chair of the group which wrote the 1967 Plowden report on primary education.

Ernest Henry Lee-Steere

He was the son of E. A. Lee Steere and his wife Bridget Yelverton O'Connor (the youngest daughter of C. Y. O'Connor; she was prominent in her own right, as Commissioner of Girl Guides in Western Australia for about 17 years).

Felicity Montagu

Montagu's reputation in comedy character parts was enhanced by her film performance alongside Renée Zellweger and Hugh Grant in Bridget Jones's Diary as Perpetua, Bridget's unpleasant colleague.

For the Love of Benji

Patsy Garrett, Cynthia Smith, Allen Fiuzat, Ed Nelson, Peter Bowles, Art Vasil, and Bridget Armstrong also appeared in the film, which was directed by Joe Camp.

George Abbey

After being injured in France, Sam returned to London to recuperate where he met Bridget, later changing her name to Brenta, who had moved to the capital from the village of Laugharne in Wales.

George Wyllys

He married Bridget Yonge/Young on 2 November 1609 at the Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-on-Avon.

John Mitford

In late 1811 Mitford received an offer of a position in the civil service from Lady Bridget Perceval, who was daughter-in-law of the Earl of Egmont, and a family connection of Mitford’s relative and patron Lord Redesdale.

Joseph Lee Hooker

Eventually his faith, and his self-admitted need for conversion, led him to Medjugorje, in present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina, where on Easter Sunday of 1990, he met his wife, Bridget, an American also on a pilgrimage.

Katie Logan

Until Katie's niece, Bridget, discovered a cool gene therapy, which had been done in Stockholm that could perhaps help.

Kerry Ann Christiansen

After her character's departure from the show, she went on to play Kim Cotton in the short lived ITV series Close and True, which also starred Robson Green and Jamie Bell, and she made a cameo playing Bridget in the 2000 film Purely Belter.

Lady Bridget Wingfield

After the death of Sir Nicholas on 5 August 1532, Bridget married her third husband, Sir Robert Tyrwhitt of Kettleby, a man of whom Queen Anne did not approve.

Laugharne

The one-time director of the Johnson Space Centre George Abbey is the son of Bridget Gibby, of Laugharne.

Logan family

Bridget's marriage to Nick Marone ends after he finds out about her one-night stand with his stepfather Owen Knight.

Lord Robert Manners-Sutton

Bridget Sutton, and younger brother of the famous soldier Lord Granby, under whom he served as Lieutenant-Colonel of the 21st Light Dragoons.

Montagu Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey

Martha died in July 1641) and Bertie married secondly, between 1646 and 1653, Bridget Wray, Baroness Norris, daughter of Edward Wray and Elizabeth Norris.

Murder Must Advertise

Murder Must Advertise was adapted for television in 1973 as a mini-series starring Ian Carmichael as Lord Peter Wimsey, Mark Eden as Chief Inspector Charles Parker, Bridget Armstrong as Dian de Momerie, Peter Bowles as Major Milligan, and Paul Darrow as Mr. Tallboy.

Patrick Dollan

Born in Baillieston and raised Catholic, Dollan attended St Bridget's elementary school until he was ten years old.

Pevsner Architectural Guides

In 1986 Penguin Books published an anthology from Pevsner's volumes edited by Bridget Cherry and John Newman, "The Best Buildings of England", ISBN 0-670-81283-8.

Richard Needham

Needham is the son of Francis Needham, 5th Earl of Kilmorey, and Helen Bridget Fandel-Phillips, daughter of Sir Lionel Fandel-Phillips, 3rd Baronet.

Robert Petre, 10th Baron Petre

On 14 February 1786, in London, Lord Petre married Mary Bridget Howard (29 September 1767-30 May 1843), sister of the 12th Duke of Norfolk.

Roderick Sinclair, 19th Earl of Caithness

In 1947 while posted to Germany another daughter (Bridget), was born and the next year in Burma, Malcolm, Lord Berriedale was born.

Satellite City

The other main characters were Idris's son, Gwynne (played by Boyd Clack, who also co-wrote the series), Gwynne's wife Moira (Ri Richards), barman Dai (Rhodri Hugh), and Mandy's friend Bridget (Einir Sion), replaced in the final series by the character of Donna (Kirsten Clark).

Sir George Baker, 1st Baronet

He was born in Modbury, Devon, the son of George Baker, vicar of Modbury,Devon and his wife Bridget Harris.

St Bridget's Kirk

Bridget's Kirk is a former church in the outskirts of Dalgety Bay, Fife, Scotland.

Tamara Wilcox

Her acting credits include portraying Capt. Bridget "Knocko" McCarthy in Robert Altman's original 1970 film version of M.A.S.H., and appearing in 1977's Andy Warhol's Bad and 1994's Pontiac Moon.

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

The first book was made into a movie in 2005, starring Alexis Bledel as Lena, Amber Tamblyn as Tibby, America Ferrera as Carmen, and Blake Lively as Bridget.

Thomas Edge

On 31 January 1614, Edge married Bridget Poyntell, spinster and daughter of Richard Poyntell, of the parish of St. Botolph, Billingsgate, at the church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields.

Thomas Higgons

1661, Bridget Leach, widow of Simon Leach of Cadleigh, Devon, and daughter of Sir Bevil Granville of Stow, Cornwall, and had three sons (George, Thomas and Bevil) and three daughters.

Thomas Willoughby

Willoughby is the third eldest child of Bridget and Percival Willoughby.


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